Which of the other starter choices do you want to see interludes from most?

  • Dishonored

    Votes: 3 7.0%
  • Legend Of Zelda

    Votes: 9 20.9%
  • Shadow Of Mordor

    Votes: 2 4.7%
  • Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

    Votes: 4 9.3%
  • Preacher

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

    Votes: 8 18.6%
  • Fist Of The North Star

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Kill Six Billion Demons

    Votes: 12 27.9%
  • The Zombie Knight

    Votes: 0 0.0%
  • Mob Psycho 100

    Votes: 2 4.7%
  • Author's Choice

    Votes: 3 7.0%

  • Total voters
    43
  • Poll closed .
It does make sense considering that her fight scenes used the same animations/fighting style as the people she was copying.
I know it would make sense (especially given that weapons tend to be specialized). I am just pointing out that it isn't something we "know" because that theory is not confirmed to be canon yet.

This does make me think as to when the other teams - like CFVY, CRDL, and BRNZ - will show up again.
 
EDIT: Another random thought: how strong is Jaune's Transistor telekinesis? Could we use the sword as a hoverboard? Landing strategy!
Well, in the game you do use it as such to quickly get across a city. But it was done via drafting a good amount of flying Processes to act as a platform of sorts. Here's the picture, but it does contain some mild spoilers.

On another note, I do hope we get some pet Processes like in the game (that one dog Process, Fetch, you use as the Help() Function, and also is lounging around in the backdoors). Because when they aren't going rogue and subsuming a whole city, they are goddamn adorable.
 
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Well, in the game you do use it as such to quickly get across a city. But it was done via drafting a good amount of flying Processes to act as a platform of sorts. Here's the picture, but it does contain some mild spoilers.

On another note, I do hope we get some pet Processes like in the game (that one dog Process, Fetch, you use as the Help() Function, and also is lounging around in the backdoors). Because when they aren't going rogue and subsuming a whole city, they are goddamn adorable.
Luna! Fetch is the name of that Process species. I love how the game describes her as a "friend" in the function summary. I prefer using Help() in the passive slot for SuperUser access and Kill(), but I wouldn't be opposed to spending some pre-Beacon time coding a doggo.

But actually I meant pulling a Marty McFly. Royce!Jaune hasn't found the Process yet.
 
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Ah yeah, I should have figured the superchromat part. ..."Seven colors" eh? You'd think with everyone reading X-Ray and Vav Lumen'd have found at least Chi by now.

Okay enough nerding over fantasy. I've been trying to come up with an argument that the Transistor should recognize Luxin for what it is because hey, Remnant has holograms, but I keep coming up with arguments that guarantee its confusion instead. Holograms are one thing, hard light is another, and giving light mass, scent, texture and magic powers is orders of magnitude beyond THAT.

Come to think of it, this is probably how Remnant's industrialization has progressed despite facing an ongoing extinction event. Weird ass Semblances get analyzed and reverse engineered. One guy with a lightning generating semblance meets a dude flying a kite and you're off to the races.

Food for thought and worldbuilding, and all that.
... I'm shamelessly stealing that. Maybe not for this, but for something.

To answer your question, the only thing I can think of that really makes sense in making light a solid, tangible thing would be some kind of... photon soup. Like neutron stars, but with photons. Which, doesn't really work because photons are a full level below the point where anything has mass.

Can you tell I failed physics? I failed physics hard.

In all honesty, it's a nice idea, but I think the number of Semblances it applies to is probably vanishingly small. I mean, I had a guy with a Semblance not two or three updates back who just intimidated a bunch of scrap into acting like a gun.

... It only just occurred to me that this isn't the most serious quest.

So uhhh I had a real interesting thought: Velvet's Semblance copies weapons and fighting styles. If she copies Jaune, does she get the second Transistor we've been thinking about? And more importantly, would she get Functions?
Her weapon only makes a hardlight copy of the other person's weapon, and her Semblance only lets her copy the fighting style, not the Semblance.

So her copying Jaune's fighting style would basically be her flailing about a sword about half over her size and slamming it into the ground while nothing happens. It'd be useless for her, but funny to watch, at least.

Is that confirmed though? From what I know, her weapon possibly copies weapons and we don't know what her semblance does. The fighting style part is just a popular fan-theory, unless I missed some WoG thing here.
It was mentioned on the Volume 3 Director's Commentary that her Semblance is called Mimicry and that her weapon is the first one shown that's inherently complementary to a character's Semblance.

She's Taskmaster, y'all.

Except, you know, without the power-induced Alzheimers.

But actually I meant pulling a Marty McFly. Royce!Jaune hasn't found the Process yet.
The answer is a technical yes, but he's not very good at it, and it's not very strong when anything but the sword is in the equation. The telekinesis is strong enough to carry the Transistor itself and, depending on how much power's going to the antigravs, it could theoretically hold a person up. The only people who could probably ride it like a proper hoverboard would be Ruby and Weiss, on account of being tiny to you, on top of not wearing armour. Anyone else, it's pretty much a glorified stretcher.

For now.

Anyway, voting is closed, and diplomacy wins! Update will be up tomorrow- er, Tuesday!

At this rate, I'm gonna have to give you a bonus.
 
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Luna! Fetch is the name of that Process species. I love how the game describes her as a "friend" in the function summary. I prefer using Help() in the passive slot for SuperUser access and Kill(), but I wouldn't be opposed to spending some pre-Beacon time coding a doggo.

But actually I meant pulling a Marty McFly. Royce!Jaune hasn't found the Process yet.
Trying to program a companion would be one of the easiest ways for him to find out about the Process. I mean, it's either that or he gets pressed into needing either a zerg rush to out-zerg the Grimm or to do some really quick and major landscaping. The only scenario I can see where he needs either of those is with the whole Grimm invasion fiasco.

Also, the Process, as a construction tool would be invaluable for the non-Grimm inhabitants of Remnant. You can pretty much go full controlled Grey Goo and build as big and complex a base as you want with the snap of a finger. Then you just need to begin plopping down outposts and layered walls around the Kingdoms and coupled with expansionist policies humanity would have a decent fighting chance. And that's not even going into the absurd level of battlefield control you can get out of them.
 
It was mentioned on the Volume 3 Director's Commentary that her Semblance is called Mimicry and that her weapon is the first one shown that's inherently complementary to a character's Semblance.
I don't own any of the discs unfortunately.

EDIT - Boo DIPLOMACY! :mob:

Death to all who oppose us.
 
... I'm shamelessly stealing that. Maybe not for this, but for something.

To answer your question, the only thing I can think of that really makes sense in making light a solid, tangible thing would be some kind of... photon soup. Like neutron stars, but with photons. Which, doesn't really work because photons are a full level below the point where anything has mass.

To quote you/Jaune: Semblances are BULLSHIT.
In all honesty, it's a nice idea, but I think the number of Semblances it applies to is probably vanishingly small.

And? So many human inventions are the result of accidents. Imagine where we'd be if we had a living case study in storing electricity (hi Nora!). Right time, right place.

I mean, I had a guy with a Semblance not two or three updates back who just intimidated a bunch of scrap into acting like a gun.

... It only just occurred to me that this isn't the most serious quest.
I don't believe you, you offered your players the chance to be a Pillar Man at chargen.:rofl:

So her copying Jaune's fighting style would basically be her flailing about a sword about half over her size and slamming it into the ground while nothing happens. It'd be useless for her, but funny to watch, at least.
Until Jaune practices telekinesis.

At this rate, I'm gonna have to give you a bonus.
Have we been good?

Trying to program a companion would be one of the easiest ways for him to find out about the Process. I mean, it's either that or he gets pressed into needing either a zerg rush to out-zerg the Grimm or to do some really quick and major landscaping. The only scenario I can see where he needs either of those is with the whole Grimm invasion fiasco.

Small confession: I am very bad at separating my out of character desires from how I play (which is why I'm forever DM). So I'm trying to AVOID thinking about the Process and how useful they would be until and unless Prok opens that option up, because otherwise I'll be tempted to OOC for it.

(that said I can totally see a Help() function opening that can of worms. I vote to name the Fetch "Sibyl".)
 
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Whenever I think about this quest I'm continually reminded of how I hope that Jaunes ludicrous coding experience affects the Penny and/or Black Queen Virus parts of the plot. I wonder how difficult it would be for our supercomputer "with more processing power than Vale and Atlas combined" to break into networks itself.
 
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I don't believe you, you offered your players the chance to be a Pillar Man at chargen.
Hey, the Pillar Man option was gonna be pretty damn serious! Like yeah, Jaune's status as a living Play-Doh man would be played for a cheap laugh every now and then but it was actually gonna be pretty serious once things got going.

Plotline probably ripped something off but honestly I think that's just a given with everything I write now.

Whenever I think about this quest I'm continually reminded of how I hope that Jaunes ludicrous coding experience affects the Penny and/or Black Queen Virus parts of the plot. I wonder how difficult it would be for our supercomputer "with more processing power than Vale and Atlas combined" to break into networks itself.
Knew that was gonna bite me in the ass. I don't suppose I could backtrack and say cities of, not Kingdoms of?

More seriously, yeah, you're... not even gonna have to roll to mess with any of those things. You picked the only option that's a straight up hard counter to whatever the hell Cinder pulled off, and one of the only options that can properly understand what Penny is.

Even without the Transistor, Jaune's no slouch with computers. Won't be as easy as having the machine that enabled an entire post-scarcity society on hand, but you could probably do some damage.

Also, the Process, as a construction tool would be invaluable for the non-Grimm inhabitants of Remnant. You can pretty much go full controlled Grey Goo and build as big and complex a base as you want with the snap of a finger. Then you just need to begin plopping down outposts and layered walls around the Kingdoms and coupled with expansionist policies humanity would have a decent fighting chance. And that's not even going into the absurd level of battlefield control you can get out of them.
The problem is that people tend to get wary around people that are essentially physical gods. Even if you're doing good stuff, it doesn't hide the fact that it's just one person doing it. The Headmasters, the Schnee family, they have organisations that they can dilute their influence through, they're not seen as god-royalty who change the laws and rules of society as they see fit.

You on the other hand... I'm not saying you can't use the Process like that, I'm saying that, if you want to use it and not scare people, yeah, you're either gonna need to build up a company of your own, which I am very much not prepared for, or figure out another way to introduce it that won't have people coming for you with torches and pitchforks.
 
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EDIT uhh endgame transistor speculation until the 3rd paragraph, skip over this if you haven't beaten the game.

I've been wondering: is the Transistor the supercomputer that ran Cloudbank or the medium to talk the Process? Cuz I'm pretty sure the city ran itself while the Process are the what make changes the city. At a certain point there's the chicken and egg question, but the Transistor looks like a giant USB stick (for souls!) with admin credentials, some programs and text files.

It's in the names: Process(or), Cloud(server)bank. Heck, even the skills are functions, meaning they're calling programs stored elsewhere. Not that I mind treating the Transistor as the computer itself since it works better for the story part of this story

Also I'm pretty sure that making the Transistor less powerful will backfire spectacularly when Jaune hijacks the CCT to broadcast a signal that hijacks the other towers and every scroll on Remnant to get enough processing power to summon the Spine during the Fall.

Because nothing says "Fuck dragons" like a monster summoning dragon that's on your side. (@players pssst this is our fallback plan in case things happen like in canon.) (@Prok consider not involving the Process, we will abuse them for fun and Achievement Hunting)

More seriously: computer hacking. Does Jaune do it by ramming the Transistor into the screen? That's what the word means, yes?

And what happens if the Transistor absorbs the Fall Maiden's Trace? Or is that an edge case on par with "absorb the guy who's not in the system"?
 
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More seriously: computer hacking. Does Jaune do it by ramming the Transistor into the screen? That's what the word means, yes?
No, you're thinking of Hack 'n' Slash, a completely different game about hacking things with a sword.

... That was a damn solid Double Fine joke and I'll never get a chance to make it again.

(@Prok consider not involving the Process, we will abuse them for fun and Achievement Hunting)
Abuse them all you please, just be prepared for consequences and try to keep things easy on the poor bastard writing this.

Right now, though, they're irrelevant. We'll burn that bridge when we get there. And after I give myself a crash course in running a company.

And what happens if the Transistor absorbs the Fall Maiden's Trace? Or is that an edge case on par with "absorb the guy who's not in the system"?
If you stab a person with the Transistor, they die and are dead. And that's it.

Nobody is in the system for the Transistor to trace from, because there is no system to be in. If you want new Functions, you make them. Like, from scratch, using code. I will say there is a system in place to base Functions on people's Semblances, and it's distinctly non-lethal. That's not to say that the more traditional method won't be available at some point, it's just a matter of... would Jaune really use it?
 
The problem is that people tend to get wary around people that are essentially physical gods. Even if you're doing good stuff, it doesn't hide the fact that it's just one person doing it. The Headmasters, the Schnee family, they have organisations that they can dilute their influence through, they're not seen as god-royalty who change the laws and rules of society as they see fit.

You on the other hand... I'm not saying you can't use the Process like that, I'm saying that, if you want to use it and not scare people, yeah, you're either gonna need to build up a company of your own, which I am very much not prepared for, or figure out another way to introduce it that won't have people coming for you with torches and pitchforks.
Well, for out-of-battle landscaping, we could probably establish a voting system similar to the one in the game. Propose, for example, building a bridge, and everyone who lives near and/or would be affected by it's presence get to vote for or against through their scrolls and/or terminals (like the ones in the game used for just that). We would need to make it secure as all hell, though. Maybe make a new Process dataform to skulk about the net and tell any prospective hackers to fuck off?

As for quick landscaping in battle, just make it look like the council (the Kingdoms are ruled by those, right?) or the nearest general (or as close as you can get) is assuming direct control, coupled with assurances that all modifications will be removed or repurposed after the conflict is over based on the demands of the local populace.

Meanwhile we pose as the creator of the Process and one of the admins of it, which are both true.

If that isn't viable, well, we can always fund Camerata corp. down the line.
 
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I hope Penny doesn't get too weird around Transistor.

...Speaking of, Jaune would be one of a few people who would actually be really good teaming up with Penny, due to his tech knowledge.
 
Abuse them all you please, just be prepared for consequences and try to keep things easy on the poor bastard writing this.

Right now, though, they're irrelevant. We'll burn that bridge when we get there. And after I give myself a crash course in running a company.

Happy to hear this since once I found out about more about the process I became excited at what we would be able to do with that.

You on the other hand... I'm not saying you can't use the Process like that, I'm saying that, if you want to use it and not scare people, yeah, you're either gonna need to build up a company of your own, which I am very much not prepared for, or figure out another way to introduce it that won't have people coming for you with torches and pitchforks.

If we go with the company thing I suggest making it something like a background thing since I'd rather the QM not use interest with stuff like that. Then again we can probably find someone we trust to handle that kind of thing so that the game doesnt' revolve around that stuff too much. Or by then someone may have found another solution.
 
Happy to hear this since once I found out about more about the process I became excited at what we would be able to do with that.



If we go with the company thing I suggest making it something like a background thing since I'd rather the QM not use interest with stuff like that. Then again we can probably find someone we trust to handle that kind of thing so that the game doesnt' revolve around that stuff too much. Or by then someone may have found another solution.
Well, we could always create a new AI down the line to take care of all that management and accounting for us. And the Transistor AI could use someone to talk to aside from Jaune, to be honest.
 
No, you're thinking of Hack 'n' Slash, a completely different game about hacking things with a sword.

... That was a damn solid Double Fine joke and I'll never get a chance to make it again.
Don't worry, it'll be fine if you double u-- is shot

Right now, though, they're irrelevant. We'll burn that bridge when we get there. And after I give myself a crash course in running a company
Don't be ridiculous, we won't start a company. Getting the necessary permits will take months, and building the reputation we need to take on big projects is the work of years.

Founding a new religion is MUCH faster!

But seriously, thank you for taking the time to explain some of the differences in how the Transistor and Process work between the game and the quest. I appreciate it. :) (and no, Jaune won't intentionally integrate anyone's Trace in favor of recording them, but if he fights Cinder three times... well, that's how many slots the profiles have.)

If that isn't viable, well, we can always fund Camerata Corp. down the line.
....HANG ON. various research noises

AHAHAHAHAHA: Creme Shroud, Jaune Arc, Mini-Moss, Lumen Tessaro. CAMT. Or, replace Salem Sini with Ada for CATA. Either way: Camarata.:lol :rofl:
 
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I hope Penny doesn't get too weird around Transistor.

...Speaking of, Jaune would be one of a few people who would actually be really good teaming up with Penny, due to his tech knowledge.
If only you could convince her handlers to let her come to Beacon.

... Why do I have a goddamn storyline for that planned out?

That was not there before.

... MY PLANS ARE BREEDING


THAT'S RAD

But seriously, thank you for taking the time to explain some of the differences in how the Transistor and Process work between the game and the quest. I appreciate it. :) (and no, Jaune won't intentionally integrate anyone's Trace in favor of recording them, but if he fights Cinder three times... well, that's how many slots the profiles have.)
I'm more than happy to, man. If nothing else, being asked questions is a great way to figure out where there's plotholes that need filling. So, ask away- if I don't have an answer prepared, it won't be the first time I've adlibbed stuff like this.

....HANG ON. various research noises

AHAHAHAHAHA: Creme Shroud, Jaune Arc, Mini-Moss, Lumen Tessaro. CAMT. Or, replace Salem Sini with Ada for CATA. Either way: Camarata
Now, the sole problem with this is that Camerata isn't technically a colour- it's actually a musical term for a small chamber orchestra or choir, usually around 40-60 people strong.

However, with a little more research, you find the Camerata De' Bardi, a collection of humanists, musicians, poets, intellectuals and whatnot, under the patronage of Count Giovanni De' Bardi, to discuss and guide trends in the arts.

Sound familiar?

The point of all this is that they gathered in Florence, their proper name is actually the Florentine Camerata, and Florence is a colour. It's a stretch, but I guess it works.

Besides, even if it's not strictly as a team, I imagine people might get a little annoyed if I just shunt every canon teammate out the window for OCs. I mean I'd be incredibly happy if they enjoyed my characters enough that I could do that without backlash, but I'm not cocky enough to think people actually would be ok with that, and it would be a waste anyway.
 
If only you could convince her handlers to let her come to Beacon.

... Why do I have a goddamn storyline for that planned out?

That was not there before.

... MY PLANS ARE BREEDING


THAT'S RAD


I'm more than happy to, man. If nothing else, being asked questions is a great way to figure out where there's plotholes that need filling. So, ask away- if I don't have an answer prepared, it won't be the first time I've adlibbed stuff like this.


Now, the sole problem with this is that Camerata isn't technically a colour- it's actually a musical term for a small chamber orchestra or choir, usually around 40-60 people strong.

However, with a little more research, you find the Camerata De' Bardi, a collection of humanists, musicians, poets, intellectuals and whatnot, under the patronage of Count Giovanni De' Bardi, to discuss and guide trends in the arts.

Sound familiar?

The point of all this is that they gathered in Florence, their proper name is actually the Florentine Camerata, and Florence is a colour. It's a stretch, but I guess it works.

Besides, even if it's not strictly as a team, I imagine people might get a little annoyed if I just shunt every canon teammate out the window for OCs. I mean I'd be incredibly happy if they enjoyed my characters enough that I could do that without backlash, but I'm not cocky enough to think people actually would be ok with that, and it would be a waste anyway.
Well, colours do tend to have pretty weird names past a certain point, so just handwave that in Remnant "camerata" corresponds to a colour, either a red or white.

Now we just need to make a living armour Process to have both a sharp suit and a badass power armour in one.

On an unrelated sidenote, I figured out how to explain our semblance quickly: Reality warping via eldritch programming through a conduit (Transistor) to avoid data overload (cauliflower soup impression).
 
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I'm more than happy to, man. If nothing else, being asked questions is a great way to figure out where there's plotholes that need filling. So, ask away- if I don't have an answer prepared, it won't be the first time I've adlibbed stuff like this.
The Gamemaster's ultimate skill: bullshittery.

Besides, even if it's not strictly as a team, I imagine people might get a little annoyed if I just shunt every canon teammate out the window for OCs. I mean I'd be incredibly happy if they enjoyed my characters enough that I could do that without backlash, but I'm not cocky enough to think people actually would be ok with that, and it would be a waste anyway.
It's our current combat team, not our Beacon team. I assume that SOME of the current Signal cast would like to go to Mistral or just get out of Vale. Though having some new folks to interact with at Beacon isn't bad at all, I am looking forward to the canon cast's reactions to the Transistor.

Also if we punt Mini-Moss out of the game before he hits first place can we make it up to him by planning cuhrazy romance shenannigans?

On an unrelated sidenote, I figured out how to explain our semblance quickly: Reality warping via eldritch programming through a conduit (Transistor) to avoid data overload (cauliflower soup impression).
We can just say Jaune has a magic sword that lets him hack reality. Short, sweet, non-programmers love it.
 
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Also if we punt Mini-Moss out of the game before he hits first place can we make it up to him by planning cuhrazy romance shenannigans?
Considering who you're playing as?

No.

Considering the sheer knowledge and progressive learning at your sword's disposal, allowing it to learn about any subject and simulate pretty much any outcome, to the point of edging into borderline omniscience at times?

Also no. You and your sword are probably the least qualified people to help him with romance, and that's a pretty low bar you're still not hitting.

Yo, managed to (serendipitously) find a male Red. Gave it a quick(ish) recolor:

And a link to the art of the original artist.
Oh, well done that man!

Shit, I feel like I should give you something for the effort.

... I'M NOT USED TO PEOPLE PROPERLY CONTRIBUTING. I HAVE NOTHING PREPARED FOR THIS EVENTUALITY.

HELP.
 
Oh, well done that man!

Shit, I feel like I should give you something for the effort.

... I'M NOT USED TO PEOPLE PROPERLY CONTRIBUTING. I HAVE NOTHING PREPARED FOR THIS EVENTUALITY.

HELP.
Generally:
-A bonus to a roll/an update/two
-the creation of some sort of minor opportunity in the future(you have a chance to unlock X mission (possibly themed to the contribution in question) or are liable to stumble across Y -information)
-the chance to change something minor about the story (like make it to so that Jaune's 7 sisters are named after Disney princesses/Dwarves or getting to create a background OC for the quest)
-Or a banked 'reward point' to use in the future for something
 
The traditional tabletop reward is bonus experience. Since I don't see an experience system, maybe you grant bonuses in this scene or some free progress on Jaune's next Function? Flash of inspiration or something. I'd rather have the latter, if you're willing and if Ridiculously Average Guy okays it.
 
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