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Fragmentation (Original Superhero Setting)

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greatoz said:
==>Compare 3-sided shape with 4-sided shape of same brightness, and five and so on (basically, see if powers grow weaker as sides increase)
==>Compare strengths of connected shape vs unconnected shape of the same brightness
==>Sort powers by similarity to powers already present in capes in the outside world
==>Move powers that can only be used to harm (injure, kill, etc, with little/no potential unharmful effects) to one side
==>Arrange clusters (connected powers) by overall dimness
==>Bring forth the dimmest power with >1 connection. >3? 5? 20? More?
==>Move forward all powers labeled with greater or above in description
==>Try to view powers with ecolocation/sonar

And yeah, I'm thinking white or gold
==>Move forward white shapes, gold shapes, and clusters that contain both white and gold. Arrange by dimness, then try number of sides ascending, then descending
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Nah i think we need 'Red' its basically 'shaker' powers. So telekinesis or reality warping would be in here.
I'd love for our major power to be red/gold and maybe white as well, we will need a cluster if we want everyone to be happy.
I'd say that clusters are slightly less powerful however, we might get lucky and find something similar to QA's Reality Power.

I REALLY REALLY want something OP, if only so we can have similar levels of fun when it comes to trying new things.
 
kildar said:
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Nah i think we need 'Red' its basically 'shaker' powers. So telekinesis or reality warping would be in here.
I'd love for our major power to be red/gold and maybe white as well, we will need a cluster if we want everyone to be happy.
I'd say that clusters are slightly less powerful however, we might get lucky and find something similar to QA's Reality Power.

I REALLY REALLY want something OP, if only so we can have similar levels of fun when it comes to trying new things.
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Meh, personally I'd rather have a cool conceptual power we can leverage into cool results that a simple, blatantly OP power.
 
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Common Knowledge: Progenitor
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    • "Any sufficiently advanced magic is indistinguishable from me."
    -Progenitor


    Progenitor is the strongest reality-warper known to humanity, capable of feats no other cape has been able to replicate since. His most notable actions are as follows:

    - Turning the entirety of humanity into fire-breathing squirrels for six hours.

    - Turning the Egyptian Sphinx into an actual, giant cat, albeit one that doesn't need to eat. He never did change it back.

    - Making it impossible for humans to be harmed by non-human critters while in Australia. He forgot about the various dangerous plants.

    - Turning the moon neon pink. He didn't reverse this change himself; several other capes had to team up to do so.

    - Giving every politician on the planet an Afro.

    - Literally giving cats nine lives.

    - Giving every human an exceptionally squeaky voice for six hours. A similar effect can be attained by inhaling a large amount of helium.

    - Declaring himself uncontested ruler of the world. Said rule lasted for three days, at which point he got frustrated with "sentient stupidity" and gave back control to the original governments. Namely, by storming out and not objecting to them reassuming control.

    - Making it so that anyone who refers to him by a nickname instead of "Progenitor" acquires a persistent case of the hiccups. They can take up to forty hours to leave.

    - Most notably of all, he changed the way humanity gained their superpowers.

    Prior to Progenitor's meddling, abilities would occasionally manifest in times of mortal danger, extreme emotional stress, or even upon death. Progenitor somehow changed this system to remove the above conditions entirely, instead granting abilities on the birthday of an individual.

    As a side effect of his meddling, or perhaps entirely intentionally, the percentage of the human population possessing powers has skyrocketed.

    Thus far, it would appear that the minimum age for gaining powers is three and the maximum age is twenty. Progenitor's exact reason for making this change is unknown, but he did publicly state the following on the same day as people stopped getting their abilities from the previously mentioned conditions:

    "I'm going to give you the keys to reality just to see what you do with them."

    In the decades since this declaration, his activity level has vastly dropped. He only rarely does anything on our Earth now; it is believed that he's spending most of his time messing with people in alternate realities.​
     
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    • ==> Ask for the twenty dimmest white shapes. Then ask for the twenty white shapes with the most connections. See if there's any overlap, and examine the descriptions of any shapes that do.

    ==> Look at an overlapping description in four- or five-dimensional space. Very temporarily, so you don't break your brain.
     
    ==>Examine the twenty dimmest blue shapes.

    I don't think we are going to end up going with it, but it is important to know what kind of thinker powers we may be up against.

    Actually...
    ==>Examine the brightest white shape.
    I really want to see what a weak conceptual power looks like.
    [X] Enchanter: One of your parents can use their abilities to make the guidelines of physics cry in a corner. They insist their abilities follow specific rules, but since their creations can't be replicated, who can tell?
    -[X] Mother
    -[X] Villain: This parent uses their abilities to commit actions frowned upon by the law.
    --[X] Serious: They get in, complete their objective, and get out. No fuss, no shenanigans.

    -[X] Drifter: One of your parents has the ability to access alternate dimensions. Not the kind where you're able to meet your own evil self; to the best of your knowledge, those don't exist. Instead, many of them have points in which they diverged from the history of a different reality.
    -[X] Father
    -[X] Hero: This parent uses their abilitiesto fight crime or otherwise has helping humanity as their primary goal.
    --[X] Silly: They enjoy their job waaaay too much. "STOP RIGHT THERE, CRIMINAL SCUM!"

    Family drama!

    [X] Twin Sister
    -[X] Cooperative

    Background: You

    [X] Name: Alexander
    [X] Age :16
    [X] Male
     
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    Alivaril said:
    Turning the entirety of humanity into fire-breathing squirrels for six hours.
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    - Making it impossible for humans to be harmed by non-human critters while in Australia. He forgot about the various dangerous plants.
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    Alivaril said:
    - Giving every politician on the planet an Afro.
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    Alivaril said:
    - Declaring himself uncontested ruler of the world. Said rule lasted for three days, at which point he got frustrated with "sentient stupidity" and gave back control to the original governments. Namely, by storming out and not objecting to them reassuming control.
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    I have no words to describe how awesome these are.... and can't be bothered making another accounts so that i can give you a second like
     
    kildar said:
    I have no words to describe how awesome these are.... and can't be bothered making another accounts so that i can give you a second like
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    Glad you're enjoying things, but pretty sure multi-accounting like that is against the rules. Do try not to get banned. :p

    Next SCIENCE! session will come tomorrow morning. A short interlude showing what your sibling has been up to will come immediately after.
     
    ==> summon an avatar containing the mind of the collective unconscious of everything occupying this place except yourself.
     
    Dr. Bob Doom said:
    You clearly aren't thinking with portals, then. The beauty of conceptual powers is that, taken to their extreme, there are few things they can't do, so long as they can be linked to their concept.
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    Maybe, i was mostly warning you guys to be careful.
    Given that the QM liked it, i'd say i'm right about that at least.
     
    Dr. Bob Doom said:
    You clearly aren't thinking with portals, then. The beauty of conceptual powers is that, taken to their extreme, there are few things they can't do, so long as they can be linked to their concept.
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    Yup, lets take the concept of 'kill' for instance, it has an obvious use (killing people) however since it is a conceptual power it can be used for so much more than that, it could kill a relationship, (medium level master power) or an idea, (high level master power) it could 'kill' local gravity (or kill gravity's effect on you) for a while to fly, you could 'kill' a illness or disease to play healer, kill senses to blind, etcetera. there are so many possible ways to abuse concepts that the only real limit is the author/QM. (for a good example of conceptual powers see Nobilis)

    Although admittedly, it is extremely unlikely that we will be allowed to abuse it quite that much.
     
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    Am I the only one who wants both our parents to be totally hammy capes, but from opposite sides of the law?
     
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    Xyzarach said:
    ...I haven't actually read all the way through it, so I didn't even know that was I thing.

    I was actually thinking of Dire!Mouse!shipping. (Doctor Dire and Mouse Protector)
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    huh... i actually haven't read that one yet. Link? (Found it)
    I sort of want one of them to be serious however, just so you can have something like a Vista/Clockblocker scene.
    Also if both of them are nuts... then there is a high chance we will be nuts. Which is fun... but not what our character sounds like in the OP.
    ....or we could just be the only sane man. that sounds fun, with or without our sibling being nuts.
     
    ==> Bring forward all powers whose description refer to "other powers".

    ==> Bring forward all powers whose description refer to "returning to this place".

    ==> Create coloured lines connecting powers according to interaction

    ==> Create a key describing the line colours
     
    kildar said:
    huh... i actually haven't read that one yet. Link? (Found it)
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    if you haven't read it yet, it'll be a while before MP shows up. she doesn't make an appearance until the latest arc, if I remember correctly. also, keep in mind that I'm a crackshipper, and that despite some beautiful in character interactions (that rivals scene!), Dire!Mouse!shipping is a crackship.

    as to whether way act like the latest champion of Sheogorath, or are the only sane man in a family of lunatics, I'm fine either way.
     
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    [X] Teleporter: One of your parents can instantly move from point A to point B with no restrictions on distance, only number of uses. You have to admit, being able to instantly get take-out from the other side of the planet is pretty nice.
    -[X] Father
    -[X] Hero: This parent uses their abilities to fight crime or otherwise has helping humanity as their primary goal.
    --[X] Silly: They enjoy their job waaaay too much. "STOP RIGHT THERE, CRIMINAL SCUM!"

    [X] Spark: One of your parents can use SCIENCE! to create inventions vastly above the current technological standard. It's often difficult, but not impossible, to replicate them. They've never been good at understanding you, but they've done their best. You don't mind; the toys they've made to keep you occupied have usually been pretty awesome.
    -[X] Mother
    -[X] Hero: This parent uses their abilities to fight crime or otherwise has helping humanity as their primary goal.
    --[X] Serious: They do not view the eternal war between heroes and villains as any sort of game, and frown upon those that do. They're quick, brutal, and efficient while taking down their foes.

    [X] Twin Sister
    -[X] Cooperative

    Background: You
    [X] Female
    [X] Jade
    [X]15
     
    [X] Teleporter: One of your parents can instantly move from point A to point B with no restrictions on distance, only number of uses. You have to admit, being able to instantly get take-out from the other side of the planet is pretty nice.
    -[X] Father
    -[X] Hero: This parent uses their abilities to fight crime or otherwise has helping humanity as their primary goal.
    --[X] Silly: They enjoy their job waaaay too much. "STOP RIGHT THERE, CRIMINAL SCUM!"

    [X] Spark: One of your parents can use SCIENCE! to create inventions vastly above the current technological standard. It's often difficult, but not impossible, to replicate them. They've never been good at understanding you, but they've done their best. You don't mind; the toys they've made to keep you occupied have usually been pretty awesome.
    -[X] Mother
    -[X] Hero: This parent uses their abilities to fight crime or otherwise has helping humanity as their primary goal.
    --[X] Serious: They do not view the eternal war between heroes and villains as any sort of game, and frown upon those that do. They're quick, brutal, and efficient while taking down their foes.

    [X] Twin Sister
    -[X] Cooperative

    Background: You
    [X] Female
    [X] Jade
    [X]15
     
    Xyzarach said:
    Am I the only one who wants both our parents to be totally hammy capes, but from opposite sides of the law?
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    oh, dude, that was totally my vote in a nutshell. I was going with the notion that Dad is every MAD SCIENCE!!! dad in a nutshell, and Mom is the stereotypical over-the-top witchy villainess, and they constantly argue and/or have epic argu-sex about how, precisely, one should break the laws of reality.

    I also love the idea of twin sisters twin-troping the shit out of people. Particularly if they get different powersets, and as such, can fuck with people: "No, you grabbed the wrong twin! *I* am the one who has LASER KITTENS! FLY MY PRETTIES, FLY!"
     
    Identical twins with different powersets in the same team is a huge advantage.
     
    [X] Twin Sister
    -[X] Cooperative
    [X] Female
    [X] 18
    [X] Tabitha
     
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