Empowered Chaos: Age of War

[InvidiaCross]

Empowered Chaos: Age of War

It is an Age of Heroes and Villains, where those who do good and commit evil exist side by side.

It is an Age of Power, where those with strength and ability stand far above those who do not.

It is an Age of War, where only chaos reigns.​

Heroes took over the world, supplanting governments and creating a new world order. For the past century, the Council of Heroes and the nation states under them have maintained peace and stability across the world. Outnumbered and overpowered, the villains eked out existence in the margins of society. Only the most powerful among them could contend against the Council, but their individual desires made unity difficult. Against the coordinated front the Heroes presented, wresting away power was a pipe dream.

The situation however, has changed. Empyrean, the most powerful hero and the head of the Council has just been assassinated. Sent into great turmoil as the culprit was sought, an enemy force from another dimension began its invasion. Pouring forth from rifts on every continent, heroes scrambled to counter these forces dying in droves to protect the people. Some villains joined in, believing it necessary to combat a threat towards all of humanity rather than stay on the sidelines. Others exploited the chaos to commit crimes while some of the more nefarious villains set themselves up as god kings ruling over great swaths of land. The world order has been shattered. To what end no one knows.

This is where the story of Kassandra Green begins.

Spoiler: Original OP

You will play as one of the many empowered spread across the world. Whether you are a hero or a villain or something in between will be determined as we progress along. What is the Origin of your character's power?

[ ] Science Experiment - Humanity has always sought improvement through science and technology. Better weapons, better soldiers, better killers. Dr. Jerome E. Hunter was considered one of the most prominent minds in the world on the subject of empowerment, the caveat being a complete lack of morals and ethics. There was no boundary he was unwilling to push. Those who are survive are granted great abilities. Those who do not are buried without graves.

[ ] Inheritance - The universe is filled with powerful beings, both human and not. Taking on the mantle of one such being grants incredible powers and abilities, but a quick route to power has its price. Not the least of which was a slew of enemies including those who wish to steal the inheritance.

[ ] Birth - Natural born abilities whether due to mutation or otherworldly parentage are one of the most common sources of empowerment. Because they are so intrinsically a part of the wielder, they are safe and controllable. But it takes great time and effort to understand them which leaves such empowered vulnerable in their earliest years. Those who survive however tend to find less limitations as they grow their strength.

Your character is:
[ ] Female
[ ] Male

Their name is:
[ ] Kassandra Green
[ ] Kim Siun (male)
[ ] Write-In

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Next post will delve into your origin story and I will present a selection of power sets that I feel fits the provided origins. I expect to be going fairly mechanic light in this quest as I don't want to get too bogged down in it. Super powers can be weird and wonky too, trying to quantify them would be an exercise in futility especially when you reach the upper strata of abilities. Stats and character sheets will primarily be there to reflect what you can do and this will be improved primarily through an XP system. A combination of your character's abilities, plans, as well as the environment and circumstances of the conflict will determine success rather than dice rolls as a consequence. I hope to incentivize your participation but also to maintain my ability to narrate as necessary. Bonus XP will be granted for omakes, artwork and other forms of participation and these can be allocated at the discretion of the holder. Otherwise general XP is awarded as we go and the investment of this will be dictated by vote. I also expect to have something along the lines of an Achievement Point System. This will be a special resource that grant you big benefits, but how this is implemented will depend on how the power set plays out.

 

[InvidiaCross]

Character Sheet

Name: Kassandra Green
Gender: Female
Race: Human/Kishin
Age: 12
Birthday: May 18th
Appearance:
Height: 210 cm
Weight: 150kg
Power Set: Kishin Battle Form (locked)
Personality: Socially Awkward, Stoic, Just
Background: Kassandra is the half human, half Kishin daughter of Alexander Green and Setsuna. Currently an elementary school student, her powers are currently locked. It is unknown how her human heritage will impact her Kishin one.
Essence Pool:

Stats
Strength: 11 (20)
Kassandra's strength is able to bench press 300kg comfortably which is quite beyond the mundane world record.

Agility: 12 (20)
Kassandra can comfortably run 80kph with a top speed closer to 100kph for a short distance sprint.

Constitution: 12 (20)
Kassandra is very durable. A mundane could break a bat against her and she wouldn't feel it. A drop of 50m can be shrugged off.

Cognition: 7 (20)
Kassandra is quite mentally agile, able to match a well educated adult.

Will: 8 (20)
Kassandra has strong mental fortitude for an adult.

Essence: 1 (1)

Skills
Martial Arts (Tachibana Style) - Adept 50/200
Cooking - Professional 0/200

Traits
Kishin Star Core (embryo)
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The number in parentheses is the current cap. This reflects your human form. Battle Form will have different numbers. You can expect to have a pretty hard cap on cognition but much more loose ones for strength, agility, and constitution due to the nature of your power.

 

[InvidiaCross]

Reserved for future

 

[InvidiaCross]

Mechanics

Kassandra's six attributes are: Strength, Agility, Constitution, Cognition, Will, and Essence. Of these Essence is currently locked.

Strength governs purely physical strength. How much can Kassandra lift, how strong is her punch and so on.

Agility governs speed and reflexes. How quick can Kassandra move from point A to point B? Will she be able to react to a bullet? A light speed attack?

Constitution governs Kassandra's level of stamina and durability. How long can she fight? How difficult is she to hurt?

Cognition governs Kassandra's learning, problem solving ability, and awareness. How successful is she in trying to learn something new? Deciphering puzzles? Discovering hints, traps and hidden objects?

Will governs Kassandra's mental fortitude. How capable is Kassandra of enduring setbacks, throwing off charm effects, and how much she can control her Battle Form.

Essence I will expound upon when it is unlocked.

XP is the primary way within which you improve. This is given for the completion of a story arc, through training montages, as rewards for omakes and fan art and so on.

For stats every increase in the tens digit place is a bump up in tiers. 5 is an average adult. 10 would be peak athlete breaking into superhuman territory. I have short blurbs below each stat that will give you an idea of what you can do.

XP is used to buy new levels of a given stat until you hit a cap. Improving your stats within a given tier is the same cost for each point. There is a tier purchase fee to get to the next one i.e going from 9 to 10 or 19 to 20 in a stat which is 10x the cost of each point increase. The chart below outlines everything.

Tier	XP Cost per Point	XP Cost to Promote Tier	Points Covered in Tier
	10	100	0-9
1	20	200	10-19
2	40	400	20-29
3	60	600	30-39
4	80	800	40-49
5	160	1600	50-59
6	240	2400	60-69
7	320	3200	70-79

Next we have skills. You currently don't have any yet but this would encompass stuff like martial arts, stealth, meditation, first aid, archaeology, treasure hunting, etc. These can be great boons. For instance if Kassandra is evenly matched strength and agility wise, training in martial arts could tip the scales in her favor while greater mastery could lead her to contend against an otherwise dominant foe and preserve her life.

These go from Beginner -> Adept -> Professional -> Veteran -> Master -> Grandmaster -> Pinnacle -> Mythic. Cost to reach the next level are 50 -> 100 -> 200 -> 400 -> 800 -> 1600 -> 2400.

Lastly our Achievement Point System which will be called Essence Points from here on out. These are far rarer than XP and will be awarded typically at the end of arcs for significant accomplishments. These points are spent to directly improve your powers. I'll reveal more on this when Essence unlocks.

 

[veekie]

[X] Birth - Natural born abilities whether due to mutation or otherworldly parentage are one of the most common sources of empowerment. Because they are so intrinsically a part of the wielder, they are safe and controllable. But it takes great time and effort to understand them which leaves such empowered vulnerable in their earliest years. Those who survive however tend to find less limitations as they grow their strength.
[X] Female
[X] Kassandra Green

 

[NathanMedium]

[X] Birth - Natural born abilities whether due to mutation or otherworldly parentage are one of the most common sources of empowerment. Because they are so intrinsically a part of the wielder, they are safe and controllable. But it takes great time and effort to understand them which leaves such empowered vulnerable in their earliest years. Those who survive however tend to find less limitations as they grow their strength.
[X] Male
[X] Arthur Ainsworth

 

[Ghostdevil]

[X] Birth - Natural born abilities whether due to mutation or otherworldly parentage are one of the most common sources of empowerment. Because they are so intrinsically a part of the wielder, they are safe and controllable. But it takes great time and effort to understand them which leaves such empowered vulnerable in their earliest years. Those who survive however tend to find less limitations as they grow their strength.
[X] Male
[X] Arthur Ainsworth

Gotta have that AA name.

 

[Rossum]

[X] Birth - Natural born abilities whether due to mutation or otherworldly parentage are one of the most common sources of empowerment. Because they are so intrinsically a part of the wielder, they are safe and controllable. But it takes great time and effort to understand them which leaves such empowered vulnerable in their earliest years. Those who survive however tend to find less limitations as they grow their strength.
[X] Female
[X] Kassandra Green

 

[Frostbyte]

[X] Birth - Natural born abilities whether due to mutation or otherworldly parentage are one of the most common sources of empowerment. Because they are so intrinsically a part of the wielder, they are safe and controllable. But it takes great time and effort to understand them which leaves such empowered vulnerable in their earliest years. Those who survive however tend to find less limitations as they grow their strength.
[X] Female
[X] Kassandra Green

 

[InvidiaCross]

I expect to close the vote perhaps around 7pm EST tomorrow so about 24 hours with an update hopefully a bit after that.

 

[Terran Imperium]

[X] Birth - Natural born abilities whether due to mutation or otherworldly parentage are one of the most common sources of empowerment. Because they are so intrinsically a part of the wielder, they are safe and controllable. But it takes great time and effort to understand them which leaves such empowered vulnerable in their earliest years. Those who survive however tend to find less limitations as they grow their strength.
[X] Female
[X] Kassandra Green

 

[Inferno67]

[X] Birth - Natural born abilities whether due to mutation or otherworldly parentage are one of the most common sources of empowerment. Because they are so intrinsically a part of the wielder, they are safe and controllable. But it takes great time and effort to understand them which leaves such empowered vulnerable in their earliest years. Those who survive however tend to find less limitations as they grow their strength.
[X] Female
[X] Kassandra Green

 

[Birthday]

[X] Birth - Natural born abilities whether due to mutation or otherworldly parentage are one of the most common sources of empowerment. Because they are so intrinsically a part of the wielder, they are safe and controllable. But it takes great time and effort to understand them which leaves such empowered vulnerable in their earliest years. Those who survive however tend to find less limitations as they grow their strength.
[X] Male
[X] Arthur Ainsworth

 

[wingstrike96]

[X] Birth - Natural born abilities whether due to mutation or otherworldly parentage are one of the most common sources of empowerment. Because they are so intrinsically a part of the wielder, they are safe and controllable. But it takes great time and effort to understand them which leaves such empowered vulnerable in their earliest years. Those who survive however tend to find less limitations as they grow their strength.
[X] Female
[X] Kassandra Green

 

[K1ng]

[X] Birth - Natural born abilities whether due to mutation or otherworldly parentage are one of the most common sources of empowerment. Because they are so intrinsically a part of the wielder, they are safe and controllable. But it takes great time and effort to understand them which leaves such empowered vulnerable in their earliest years. Those who survive however tend to find less limitations as they grow their strength.
[X] Male
[X] Arthur Ainsworth

 

[thamuzz]

[X] Birth - Natural born abilities whether due to mutation or otherworldly parentage are one of the most common sources of empowerment. Because they are so intrinsically a part of the wielder, they are safe and controllable. But it takes great time and effort to understand them which leaves such empowered vulnerable in their earliest years. Those who survive however tend to find less limitations as they grow their strength.
[X] Male
[X] Arthur Ainsworth

 

[InvidiaCross]

Right now our votes are at 6 for Kassandra Green and 5 for Arthur Ainsworth. We are unanimous in a power from birth origin. So far its really a question of whether we're male or female.

 

[InvidiaCross]

[X] Birth - Natural born abilities whether due to mutation or otherworldly parentage are one of the most common sources of empowerment. Because they are so intrinsically a part of the wielder, they are safe and controllable. But it takes great time and effort to understand them which leaves such empowered vulnerable in their earliest years. Those who survive however tend to find less limitations as they grow their strength.
[X] Male
[X] Arthur Ainsworth

Click to shrink...

I'm sorry Stanley Howlett didn't gain traction though I appreciate the references!

 

[jerry larry]

[X] Birth - Natural born abilities whether due to mutation or otherworldly parentage are one of the most common sources of empowerment. Because they are so intrinsically a part of the wielder, they are safe and controllable. But it takes great time and effort to understand them which leaves such empowered vulnerable in their earliest years. Those who survive however tend to find less limitations as they grow their strength.
[X] Male
[X] Arthur Ainsworth

 

[Macros]

[X] Birth - Natural born abilities whether due to mutation or otherworldly parentage are one of the most common sources of empowerment. Because they are so intrinsically a part of the wielder, they are safe and controllable. But it takes great time and effort to understand them which leaves such empowered vulnerable in their earliest years. Those who survive however tend to find less limitations as they grow their strength.
[X] Female
[X] Kassandra Green

 

[InvidiaCross]

As a preview the power sets are

Alien - What I jokingly called Hulkzilla

Demigod - The standard wonder woman package

Magic - Multi color pew pew

Then a small set of Mutation based powers to pick from such as Psionic, cryogenic, and an absorption/devouring ability.

 

[Pathetic King]

[X] Birth - Natural born abilities whether due to mutation or otherworldly parentage are one of the most common sources of empowerment. Because they are so intrinsically a part of the wielder, they are safe and controllable. But it takes great time and effort to understand them which leaves such empowered vulnerable in their earliest years. Those who survive however tend to find less limitations as they grow their strength.
[X] Male
[X] Arthur Ainsworth

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[InvidiaCross]

We are currently at a tie vote. I will be leaving voting open for about three more hours so hopefully we have a tie breaker by then. Otherwise I'll flip a coin, tails for Kassandra and heads for Arthur.

Adhoc vote count started by InvidiaCross on Dec 6, 2018 at 4:40 PM, finished with 23 posts and 14 votes.

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  7 people have voted

  [X] Birth - Natural born abilities whether due to mutation or otherworldly parentage are one of the most common sources of empowerment. Because they are so intrinsically a part of the wielder, they are safe and controllable. But it takes great time and effort to understand them which leaves such empowered vulnerable in their earliest years. Those who survive however tend to find less limitations as they grow their strength.
  [X] Female
  [X] Kassandra Green

  • veekie
  • Rossum
  • Frostbyte
  • Terran Imperium
  • Inferno67
  • wingstrike96
  • Macros

  7 people have voted

  [X] Birth - Natural born abilities whether due to mutation or otherworldly parentage are one of the most common sources of empowerment. Because they are so intrinsically a part of the wielder, they are safe and controllable. But it takes great time and effort to understand them which leaves such empowered vulnerable in their earliest years. Those who survive however tend to find less limitations as they grow their strength.
  [X] Male
  [X] Arthur Ainsworth

  • NathanMedium
  • Ghostdevil
  • Birthday
  • K1ng
  • thamuzz
  • jerry larry
  • Pathetic King

 

[Sirapthy]

[X] Birth - Natural born abilities whether due to mutation or otherworldly parentage are one of the most common sources of empowerment. Because they are so intrinsically a part of the wielder, they are safe and controllable. But it takes great time and effort to understand them which leaves such empowered vulnerable in their earliest years. Those who survive however tend to find less limitations as they grow their strength.
[X] Female
[X] Kassandra Green

 

[D.Rockstar]

[X] Science Experiment - Humanity has always sought improvement through science and technology. Better weapons, better soldiers, better killers. Dr. Jerome E. Hunter was considered one of the most prominent minds in the world on the subject of empowerment, the caveat being a complete lack of morals and ethics. There was no boundary he was unwilling to push. Those who are survive are granted great abilities. Those who do not are buried without graves.
[X] Female
[X] Kassandra Green