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imagine him in one of those chat group stories terra set him up in as a joke. he would help people with intelligent advice more than any "gift" the system would let him send could.
imagine him in one of those chat group stories terra set him up in as a joke. he would help people with intelligent advice more than any "gift" the system would let him send could.
He tried that with Player One.imagine him in one of those chat group stories terra set him up in as a joke. he would help people with intelligent advice more than any "gift" the system would let him send could.
Telekinesis every time. The hardest part of any blue collar work is trying to get a good angle on whatever screw, nut, or nail you are working on. The ability to hold a tool at any angle and position without dislocating your arm or getting your fat ass stuck is a godsend.For example, being literally twice as strong physically vs 5 lb telekinesis with a shortish range is a heck of a decision.
Thing is, letting others know what you're doing is fighting fair. So don't. Not fighting fair means not letting people know what you're doing. This is part of why Coil was so effective; he used seemingly unconnected patsies to accomplish things, rather than doing anything openly.
I mean, there's a difference between killing and murdering someone, Murdering someone is bad, Killing, well killing includes murder, which again bad, mostly bad cases, but the killing done between soldiers, that of a soldier killing a soldier, so that there side can gain more land to help their people, is a neutral act, and killing is only a good act when quite literally no other option works, aka if you can't rehabilitate or imprison someone.... So first off: Killing people bad. I don't suggest anyone do it.
That said, this bit gave me a mental image of a woman crying out: "Won't somebody PLEASE think about the poor helpless Nazi terrorists!?"
My concern was less the power level of the enhancement, since as the author you have complete control over just how useful any given advantage is, and more that it seemed inconsistent with the rules on enhancements.If that seems too little for the level of investment, I could do increments of 10 instead?
They're direct combat enhancements, after all.
Uh-oh! The gangs and the PRT/Protectorate keep tabs on hardware stores in the hopes of finding newly-triggered Tinkers.
Alec (A) buying so much in one go and (B) paying in cash may trip enough red flags for informants to send word to the ABB, E88, Merchants, Coil, etc.
Tinkers are sought-after gang recruits and very vulnerable if they're confronted before they have a chance to ramp up their tinkertech.
It wasn't that long ago that a Nazi gangbanger shot a cape in her home.
Max also barely explained what happened, and she immediately jumped on board. Knowing the poisoner's motive and opportunity would have been critical information to determine if Purity was at risk, or if they deserved it.
No, this doesn't look like she was trying to protect herself. This looks like her old friends were hurt and even if she was distancing herself from them, she wants revenge.
I mean, there's a difference between killing and murdering someone, Murdering someone is bad, Killing, well killing includes murder, which again bad, mostly bad cases, but the killing done between soldiers, that of a soldier killing a soldier, so that there side can gain more land to help their people, is a neutral act, and killing is only a good act when quite literally no other option works, aka if you can't rehabilitate or imprison someone.
Edit: in short life is nuanced, and people think of Murder when they say kill, when those are two related things, but one is a subcategory of another, that is Murder is a subcategory of Killing.
Murder is illegal killing, by definition. The only difference between murder and killing is that of legality (with "killing" being simply the taking of life, regardless of legality). That doesn't mean that murder is immoral. In fact, it can be the right thing to do. After all, murdering most of Shinra's leadership (excluding Reeve, of course) and their vile lackeys was entirely justified and moral, despite it being highly illegal.I mean, there's a difference between killing and murdering someone, Murdering someone is bad, Killing, well killing includes murder, which again bad, mostly bad cases, but the killing done between soldiers, that of a soldier killing a soldier, so that there side can gain more land to help their people, is a neutral act, and killing is only a good act when quite literally no other option works, aka if you can't rehabilitate or imprison someone.
Edit: in short life is nuanced, and people think of Murder when they say kill, when those are two related things, but one is a subcategory of another, that is Murder is a subcategory of Killing.
Kinda? I mean Alchemist wouldn't do that, but except for the very very first couple of things he did, he had vastly more power and also had much more competent systems to support him. In DC if he called the cops on someone they would go to jail. Here he is on his own, barely had any powers, and the cops are like 50% nazi at best. If he handed them over if some how they actually got to the PRT they haven't managed to send a single prisoner to jail if they had a friend to break them out in months.Yep exactly. Alec murdered two people with a pie and then killed one in a fight. People that, while twisted, were trying to help him. One being a 20 year old girl trapped in a forced marriage. Vigilante justice is really fucking bad, actually. To be clear, the first iteration of this character would never have done this.
Dumping a corpse is kinda easy ngl when you don't have to worry about carrying it around.
I would recommend looking for a scalable hill that's hard but easy enough to climb while being out of the way, first dig up some strips/patches of grass from there get a shovel and dig a hole deep enough to burry the body then fill in the hole and place the grass strips on top. To be extra careful maybe get buckets to put the dirt in so the nearby grass doesn't have dirt on it.
Beyond that if you really want to send a message dump the body in Kaiser's septic tank if he has one.
Shouldn't be too hard just look up where he lives (he's a public figure) then go to the library and find the blueprints to the house or look online. From there plan out when he goes to work and find the hatch and dump the body. Kaiser would be to busy being paranoid and jumping at shadows to annoy you.
My concern was less the power level of the enhancement, since as the author you have complete control over just how useful any given advantage is, and more that it seemed inconsistent with the rules on enhancements.
The van has a supplementary 'uses x% less fuel per mile' enhancement simply from getting points, which suggest that the basic function of the object improves, or at least becomes more efficient, by default.
Less recoil and less noise are basic functions of the object working more efficiently by using less force to propel the round, I would expect the gun to have those effects showing up at a similar rate to the van getting more fuel efficient, even if it's modified to be reduced because its a combat item and combat items are more expensive to improve.
What I was expecting is for the power to add a trait to the weapon that it wouldn't normally have - accepting any kind of ammunition without issue, automatically being stable as if a secured bipod was in use, or (as suggested above) ignoring atmospheric effects that would foul your aim. Things that are explicitly para human effects.
I agree with that, unless lv 10 of the skill is what unlocks that because otherwise is lowball.Thing is. This is supposed to be a copy of dauntless' power.
"Eventually able to become any stationary tool" is just not that aspirational a final goal for the genre. A pocket sized sphere that can perform the function of any manufacturing or repair tool while remaining portable, sure, but turning it into a drill press would be more impressive in a more grounded, less super human setting.
As for the rifle ... Improving the function of an object is what every investment does. A milestone really should be a qualitative change to the object's function, rather than improving statistics.
Even "subsequent shots all land 20% closer to the first shot until you reload or change targets" is better than +20% accuracy. Even if they both get you a tighter grouping, one of them opens a space for the empowered item to do something that you couldn't do with just a better version of the same item.
Now that genuinely feels like something out of Dauntless powers, a genuine power given and growing up minor powers that become something that becomes part of a big league cape.I suppose that wrapping the silencing effect into a Stranger effect, making the gun overall harder to track, might be doable. Reduce noise, reduce muzzle flash, higher levels might even confuse basic forensics.
As to the recoil- Possibly kinetic reflection? Better intended for a shield, it could absorb and store a bit of kinetic charge to empower its attacks. So it eats some of its own recoil to power up the bullets even further, with higher levels being more efficient.
Looks to me like a device for popping tires to stop a vehicle. Police line or what you call it.Anyone know what Alchemist is building? I'm not making a connection.
"blasted"Honestly, Alec was tempted to just throw the blasting things into the bay so he could open up a bit of space.
The welder, mask, magnets and clamps, then nearly twenty-five meters of steel chain and finally three dozen rods of rebar were all readily available,
Every foot (0.3 meters) or so, he scored a mark on the chain. Once he had 25 marks on the chain, he got to work on the rebar.
Checking if the meter vs feet difference here is intentional or if he intentionally only used ~1/3 of what he purchased.
Yep exactly. Alec murdered two people with a pie and then killed one in a fight. People that, while twisted, were trying to help him. One being a 20 year old girl trapped in a forced marriage. Vigilante justice is really fucking bad, actually. To be clear, the first iteration of this character would never have done this.
Dauntless is one of the strongest capes, becoming slowly a literal juggernaut so overpowered that because the author is an grimdark fetishis had to put out of the game because Dauntless would give hope in Worm. His limitation was the number of charges, a very limited number per day that our MC managed to work around thanks to INT/WIS build.
Now that genuinely feels like something out of Dauntless powers, a genuine power given and growing up minor powers that become something that becomes part of a big league cape.
a pan-Asian gang of kids being run by a koi that fell from his waterfall and threw a tantrum.
The description of a dragon as a koi that swam up a waterfall comes from multiple stories in the far East. Calling Lung a failed koi throwing a temper tantrum is even more insulting given that context. I assume Al knows that context too.I love this description so much. I'm really, really hoping he somehow gets to use this line on Lung himself. Maybe to piss him off and lure him into a trap? Something.
The description of a dragon as a koi that swam up a waterfall comes from multiple stories in the far East. Calling Lung a failed koi throwing a temper tantrum is even more insulting given that context. I assume Al knows that context too.
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