We don't even need Epoch (although am definitely not saying no to recruiting him) as Tim has the Temporal Manipulation skill so he can build timestop weapons. One of several things on my "Future things to build" list is a collaboration between Tim and Dragon where they build a Dragonsuit/ship with a Large Timestop weapon (currently picked the Akatosh as the name) to use for Endbringers fights (and other appropriate opponents). Even just being able to delay the Endbringers until evacuations are done or plans can be made would be a huge bonus, and that's before we finalize our mages for Endbringers combat.
We're already fairly tanky as it is. Not quite to the same level as Laura but so close the difference is probably splitting hairs, since we started with a Barrier Jacket base rather than getting pure Knight Armor straight out of the gate. Lion's Pelt's "Moar Tankiness" would be for those instances where we're going up against Alexandria-level opponents who could pulp our innards in a base-line barrier jacket and might be able to take out the Knight Armor in a couple of hits, and might?... be able to take a glancing hit from an Endbringer. We may be gunning for S-Class threats now, but I think we'll have a few more fights before we go up against anyone/thing that would put us in the former situation, while if we're in the latter situation we've done something wrong and will probably have other problems pretty soon...
Ehhh, for all that the Defensive "Undaunted" cross-training was chosen, there hasn't exactly been too much drive towards purchasing the components of it. I'm voting for Lion's Pelt every time because I'm stubborn and desire to see what will be revealed with its purchase, but we really haven't had much that can really hit us hard enough since we got Knight Armor. I'm surprised that Sabotage Shift didn't win, as it likely would have been useful against the Leviathan Fallen, with their replicators being neutralized by a mass of bullets.
Well, if nothing else your friend managed to capture Laura's perpetual "you've gotta be fucking kidding" expression. So, you know, major brownie points for that.So I commissioned an artist friend of mine to do some art for this fic, so here's her first draft of Scathach! Please note, she intentionally didn't do the "knotwork designs" on the shoulders because she wanted to do some research before focusing on it. @Silently Watches, any obvious issues in the design that would be corrected for the final draft?
The chainmail hauberk should be entirely white with grey fur coming out from around the neck. Otherwise it's pretty close.
True dat!Well, if nothing else your friend managed to capture Laura's perpetual "you've gotta be fucking kidding" expression. So, you know, major brownie points for that.
Okay. I think I see what happened.
I think she mixed up which way the "hairless side" was facing, picturing it with the fur facing outwards and the chainmail forming beneath it. Thanks for the correction. Also to be pedantic, a hauberk is a chainmail shirt that goes to the knees. One that only goes to the waist is a byrnie.
@Silently Watches, since Sarah is now locked into the Extinction Knight template, would you be willing to share exactly why it would be so hilarious for her to have been given the Infinite Enhancement instead? I know that since Sarah wanted to be more combative if we had given her the IE template she probably would've been more pissy at us, but is there more to it than that?This would be hilarious for reasons you don't understand.
When I reread the chapter featuring "the Zoo" (and all subsequent chapters), lab mice weren't mentioned or shown, only gerbils. Are these metaphorical mice that are referring to the gerbils, or are they actual creatures like Zeus and Ralph in that they have Linker Cores (+ assorted mutations)? Did they come from when Missy was shadowing Tim to see what mutations were like?
And if they are real, will they be similar to the example you used here, where if they are made into Familiars (and GB's), they'll have a free spell?
Even as the author/GM, I have to ask: are you sure there wasn't a more productive use of your time?
It's two things. First, IE does in fact have a sleep spell. Second, that template is also a summer, and it would have been funny for both capes you poached from the Protectorate to have similar Rare Skills, particularly when they wind up summoning their giant summons during an Endbringer fight.
I don't remember if it was metaphorical out of I changed my mind while writing the chapter to use gerbils instead of mice. I'll just change it to make it more clear.
Costume color coordination is ALWAYS relevant
Lol, I just binged the entire story in about three days and was slightly worried that it may have died before I got here. I'm glad to see that the op is still involved in this story.
Lol, I just binged the entire story in about three days and was slightly worried that it may have died before I got here. I'm glad to see that the op is still involved in this story.
Yep, still alive and kicking despite my hospital's best attempts to make it otherwise. I decided to take the last couple of weeks off from writing, in part because I was hitting writer's block with this story and in part because I made the mistake of buying Bravely Default 2.
I'll get back to this in the next week or three most likely.
Lol, I just binged the entire story in about three days and was slightly worried that it may have died before I got here. I'm glad to see that the op is still involved in this story.
It's why I like asking questions in the slow periods between story posts and voting segments. It brings Silently back to the thread and makes them think about the story, it's a bit politer than asking for more updates (provided the questions are reasonable), and if you ask the right question, you can have some influence on the story going forward.
Probably
Huh. I hadn't thought about that. I don't have an answer for you right now.
No, the mutation and serum won't stack because they are the same thing except one is temporary and the other is permanent.
You could learn it later, but you probably won't. The Flare MCA was engineered by Galean geneticists specifically to impede regeneration and magical healing.
Interesting, so it's like a fusion between the Rare Skills of "Fire Mana Conversion Affinity" and "Inflicted wounds do not respond to magical healing." Which I guess does equal radiation as you can't really "heal" radiation, you have to wait for it to be neutralized first.
Okay, so if we wanted Missy to have maximum speed, the combination of speed buffs would be; Barrier Jacket Haste Mode, Boost Serum (temp or perm), Boost Artifact, Boost spell cast by another, and Sprint. Would a self-buff speed spell not stack with Haste Mode due to it being the same concept again?
They are different means to the same end, so they WOULD stack.
