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Dragon Ball: After the End

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ChronOblivion said:
This is going to go down as the greatest failure of Kakara's life by far.
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Don't worry it will be surpassed eventually. When we are dealing with things on a galactic level and/or the Enemy I imagine what we will think as 'minor' failures will outweigh this one by orders of magnitude.
Gore17 said:
Another is likely that we've got a shit-ton of bonuses to communication checks, meaning that such actions are less likely to fail, if not impossible to do so.
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Which really says something about how bad the default odds were that we could still fail besides natural 1. Though that does puzzle me a bit since I was assuming talking them down here was a given considering all the bonuses* and 500k PL... Or wait, with three rolls then the odds would be 3% for failure so maybe that is it?

*Ambitious, Compelling Presence, Convictions, Decisive, Hopeful, Inquisitive, Level-Headed, Oddball, Pacifist and Socializer all apply.
 
Ugh. This is going to cost us so much political capital. Over half our rep is depending on our might.

It will also shatter the masquerade and whatever plans dad had for Maya. How the hell are we explaining this to the Garenhulders or to Maya?

I mean, by this point I am hoping Berra goes "fuck it" and send everyone with IT at 1M to mop them up but he is likely to do that with just the two of us.
 
Aranfan said:
I hope this is a lesson to us, to take the diplomatic option in the future.
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Absolutely not. This is a result of poor rolls, not poor decisions, and frankly you making snide comments and getting mad about losing the vote isn't going to change that.

EDIT: And frankly, I'm still stunned that you don't seem bothered by the prospect of open warfare, considering the appalling effect it will have compared to us getting in a single fight with a guy here to literally invade us.

DOUBLE EDIT: Apparently Aranfan's super sneaky, and did in fact donate his cookies before I even posted this, so my original edit was entirely mistaken.
 
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Aranfan said:
I hope this is a lesson to us, to take the diplomatic option in the future.
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Oh, it is a lesson allright. From now on, we are going to freaking weaponize all our talking bonus. We are going to think of every action mechanicaly and Word them to munchkin the ever loving shit of all our traits regardless of objectives.:evil:

We are stronger than the enemy? SURRENDER AND OBEY, WEAKLING!:mad:
Are we on par with the enemy? WE HAVE THE MORAL HIGH GROUND! CRUSH YOUR SOUL!:confused:
Is he stronger? JOIN TO ME! MY SIDE HAS COOKIES!:)
Has to mediate in a dispute? CUT THE BABY IN TWO!:cool:

Of course, this means that stuff like style training is pretty much obsolete for our build but we wanted to make a diplomancer anyways so who even wants to train that?:whistle::p
 
Well, with the shift in tone the quest is about to undergo we should probably start thinking about how best to contribute to the fighting. Do we go Super Saiyan and just take them all out ASAP to minimise the casualties, or are we still working around Maya?
 
Deathbybunnies said:
Well, with the shift in tone the quest is about to undergo we should probably start thinking about how best to contribute to the fighting. Do we go Super Saiyan and just take them all out ASAP to minimise the casualties, or are we still working around Maya?
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Without knowing the results of the rolls and such as-is, I'm not sure we can accurately respond yet.
 
KnightDisciple said:
Without knowing the results of the rolls and such as-is, I'm not sure we can accurately respond yet.
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I suppose so. I'm just wondering if we can take them all out quickly enough that the Garenhulders go "wtf was that explosion?!" not "how are those people flying and shooting lasers at each other?!" We might still be able to preserve the Masquerade in general, though Maya's going to have some questions.
 
Alright, here's how things stand. Aranfan decided, sometimes last night, to donate two cookies to the cause. This has triggered the conditions on Bommelom's cookie.

You all are not going to HAPCON 1.

There remains a less-critical Combat check that has not been made to pass, and requires a cookie to do so. I'll leave this a little while longer in case anybody wishes to donate.
 
Rule 4: Disruptive Behavior ("intentionally posting specifically to get a rise out of certain posters")
It was actually two days ago. Around this post is when I decided to put forward my cookies:

Aranfan said:
Per Poptart, this is just a combat exchange that went poorly. It isn't the end of anything.

Having gotten a full night's sleep, I am feeling significantly less spiteful, but having reread the announcement I'm not sure the situation actually warrants spending the cookies.
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Yes. I was fucking with you guys nearly the whole time.
 
Aranfan said:
It was actually two days ago. Around this post is when I decided to put forward my cookies:



Yes. I was fucking with you guys nearly the whole time.
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Jesus christ you are a master troll

EDIT: I spent the last 3 days working pretty much non-stop, so I wasn't following the thread as closely as I usually would. You got me!
 
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Aranfan said:
It was actually two days ago. Around this post is when I decided to put forward my cookies:



Yes. I was fucking with you guys nearly the whole time.
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In the future, please do not do this. Rule 4 is very explicit on the topic. I hadn't worked out the timing until you mentioned it -- I've been away a lot, and haven't been paying terribly much regular attention -- but I'll ask you not to repeat this going forward.
 
Yay for the world not ending!

And I still don't see how a ten-year-old girl can narratively stop a fight that's already in progress and diplomance it - it just strains my suspension of disbelief.

That's pretty much why I put forth CrapBaskets - it seemed more reasonable that we could KO a full-grown alien than successfully convince one not to keep punching stuff (and us).
 
Indeed

Poppy has done an excellent job of draining the bakery.

Honestly I'd have preferred for us to live with the narrative consequences of messing up though
 
KaintukeeBob said:
Yay for the world not ending!

And I still don't see how a ten-year-old girl can narratively stop a fight that's already in progress and diplomance it - it just strains my suspension of disbelief.

That's pretty much why I put forth CrapBaskets - it seemed more reasonable that we could KO a full-grown alien than successfully convince one not to keep punching stuff (and us).
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Yeah, unless we're seriously misreading the situation somehow the diplomacy plan was successful because we terrified him into submission with a 500,000 pulse. We didn't vote for it because that gave away waaaay too much information and let Maya sense it, but I don't think actual not-massively-overpowering diplomacy would have worked.
 
anailater said:
Siiigh
Well at least this is the last time that consequences can be stopped with cookies.
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Well, you still have plenty left over, but I know several are earmarked for Style training later. But yes, this was a significant draw.

Of course, there are consequences to this course of action that aren't affected by cookies. Those are the ones that are actually important.
 
PoptartProdigy said:
I hope so, because they aren't apparent to you all yet, is what I'm saying. Then again, I tend to have cascading consequences to every action, so I'm sure you all expected that. :p
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We didn't have nearly enough information to work out what those consequences were, so it pretty much boiled down to "do we trust Dad to at least not be massively screwing something up here?"

Aranfan said:
Oh god, please tell me we didn't lose pacifist.
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I don't think a single instance would be enough to lose it, but I could see it evolving into "there's a time for diplomacy, and a time for action" after a few similar actions. I especially don't think we'd lose it in a scenario such as this, where we were under extreme time pressure and being told to fight by Dad.

EDIT: That said, if we decide Dad's plan is terrible or irresponsible I could see our relationship going from "I love him and he's a good Lord, but he made a big mistake due to his Atoner shenanigans" to " I love him, but wow I really can't just follow his orders without having the why explained."

So I was looking at Berra's character sheet and noticed this:
PoptartProdigy said:
Goku Style [Master]: Some call your father Goku come again, and it's easy to see why. He has delved into your ancestor's application of the Turtle School Style of fighting, learnt its every secret, and advanced the style to new heights with his contribution of a fuller integration of Instant Transmission as an essential part of the style's maneuvering. His mastery of its forms is awe-inspiring.
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Did Berra go from Expert to Master by improving the style with Instant Transmission, and if so, is that a prerequisite for Mastering a style? If it is a prerequisite, can we fulfil it with Perfect Multiform - It would surely change the style, going from "only use Multiform in these specific circumstances" to "you should always use this".

EDIT: Merged a doublepost. Also, is that last combat check going to be "did we accidentally kill him?" Cause that would suck.
 
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