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Project Prometheus (Original Setting Superhero Quest)

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chickenbouillon said:
Can I use my +2 here or something? Or should I save it? Might as well stack the deck the best we can
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Sure! But you have to call your shot before the dice are rolled on vote-related rolls. The reason I let people apply their bonus after the fact on my private rolls is I don't share what they are ahead of time.

I'm also gonna cap it at +5 for any given roll.
LucidProp said:
Reminder that even when Black Swan went full black hole back in the Mitt, she still couldn't kill all of Maddie's summons.
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She could actually. She just couldn't without leveling a huge chuck of the Worker's Mitt.
ScorpioSting said:
Can Hiver have more than one barrier going at once?
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Yes, but they get weaker the more there are.
Alectai said:
I'm pretty sure the Rebound is fundamentally unavoidable?
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It is. It's a feature of how Algernon-type powers work, not a bug. It's information that was lost when Valiant Silver didn't win the MC vote. You'll have to find that out another way.
ReaperofInterest said:
While I understand that you'll be picking and choosing based on power synergies and the overall idea of whatever hero we're making, will there be any chance for unexpected keywords to pop up based on the resulting power?
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No, a keyword has to be in the mix to appear, aside form synergies.
ScorpioSting said:
A Moderate Success will be a complete null, a Minor just superficial, and even complete failure will just be two.
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She has one injury level.
Suleverf said:
Assuming this list isn't just for people who already committed Omake bonuses to Hiver, I also have a point saved.
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Oops, my bad!
ScorpioSting said:
Is every hero available via the Hero For Hire app Dominion/Powers/Slayers-connected, or do some freelance heroes not directly connected to them use it to get payments and jobs?
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The latter. Justice Unlimited, notably, boycotted Hero for Hire and was not hire able.
Wing101r said:
Behemoth Hunt
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Oooh, good one! Canon and have a +1!
chickenbouillon said:
Omake: Hero For Hire Interlude
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Also good! Have another +1! Also canon!

People with bonuses, let me know if you want to apply them to this roll. They cap is +1.
 
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Apply mine we need leizi to survive a turn.

And thanks for canon status. Glad I got it right that being able to create a Stone giant to fight with makes for good behemoth hunting.
 
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Apply all 3 of mine as well. Better be safe than sorry. Leizi is growing on me and I want her to live. Besides, I can always write more Omakes!
 
Gonna vote for:
[X] You refuse. Time for the stick.
though it seems like the vote is a little lopsided already, lol.

And. hey! Faust! He is out there making deals like I thought, though he may not actually be directly giving people powers....I suppose he could have a contract with the person who is and is having them upgrade powers on his behalf as a part of other contracts. We'll have to see!

I suspect his greatest strength is also his greatest weakness--Contract Law! We'll need to get our hands on a good lawyer specializing in Contract Law. You know, just in case...
 
[X] You refuse. Time for the stick.

I refuse to throw everything down the drain just so a bunch of corporate thugs can basically take over the world and monopolize heroics and turning it into an industry.
 
[X] You refuse. Time for the stick.

They Most certainly overplayed their hand, this situation is BAD, But they think they have check because they don't know what we know and have, afterall, if they didn't faust would never have shown up. Taking that deal? Its a death sentence, Not even considering the client, if word of project promethues got out to nations? We would be torn apart by every faction was a modicum of power, because we currently have the golden goose.

EDIT: If they knew what Black swan could do, Faust would never have shown up to the restaurant with this ambush at all, This is far to risky for a Schemer to consider .
 
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I will say, I don't think we're likely to outright defeat Faust here. It's possible, but someone like Faust likely has hidden protections, like our shield generators, if not more exotic means. I wouldn't underestimate him, what with the wealth and connections he has.
 
Yeah, I think people shouldn't get their hopes up on targeting Faust too much. While I'm in agreement that he overplayed his hand, I wouldn't count on him not having countermeasures.
 
I find myself wondering if Hiver also got a power upgrade. It'd certainly be useful for understanding WTF is going on with Powers.

At a guess, I'd say it mechanically works by a combination of increasing power Potency and adding new Keywords. Ete was able to create a small group of soldiers made out of fire, while Printemps could make pre-existing plants into weapons as opposed to having to grow them all from scratch. Those could easily be manifestations of the Keyword adding. Meanwhile, ...actually, @Bitterman, quick question: how many constructs could Ete have active at once before the upgrade she got? Like, assuming each soldier and their accompanying gear counts as 1 unit for her powers, is the number of constructs she's maintaining at the moment noticeably larger than her previously demonstrated maximum?

Anyway, as I was saying, Shell Game seems to have gotten an upgrade to how much mass they could move at once, which seems like a fairly straightforward increase in Potency. By how much, I admittedly don't know, but I'm guessing that Hiver would be able to shed some light on what we're missing.
 
Shell Game doesn't seem to have any new keywords since he still has his original restrictions. Just a straight power-up.

Meanwhile, Ete went from Construct Creation (Weapons) to Autonomous Construct Creation (Soldiers).
 
LucidProp said:
Shell Game doesn't seem to have any new keywords since he still has his original restrictions. Just a straight power-up.

Meanwhile, Ete went from Construct Creation (Weapons) to Autonomous Construct Creation (Soldiers).
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Hmm...I don't think we've really seen enough quite yet to say that Ete's developed an Autonomous Construct Creation keyword. That's a Synergy keyword, after all, and her soldiers...haven't really demonstrated any real initiative yet. Since her power revolved around making items that others could use, I think that she'd be more likely to have an Ally Empowerment keyword than Construct Creation, or perhaps both of them at once.

In any case, this is why I'm hoping Hiver got an upgrade as well. If he did, then he should be able to explain at least some of what's going on. Are people being given a choice between straightforward powerups and expanding their range of powers? Is it random as to which happens? How did Powers figure this out, and can we get a copy of their own research?
 
ReaperofInterest said:
before the upgrade she got? Like, assuming each soldier and their accompanying gear counts as 1 unit for her powers, is the number of constructs she's maintaining at the moment noticeably larger than her previously demonstrated maximum?
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She could make quite a lot, but they weren't very elaborate. This is well beyond what she could do before just in terms of volume of fire.
 
Bitterman said:
She could make quite a lot, but they weren't very elaborate. This is well beyond what she could do before just in terms of volume of fire.
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Interesting. In this case, it sounds like Ete got a combination powerup of another Keyword AND a Potency increase.

Meanwhile Shell Game seems to have gotten an upgrade focused primarily on their Potency, while Earthen Owl seemingly just got a Keyword added. This has interesting implications, and I think points a bit more towards the power upgrade (however it's being accomplished) being somewhat random in terms of effects.

BTW, just out of curiosity, how would Printemps' plant creation powers be classified in terms of Tags? Like, would it be along the lines of Elemental Manipulation and Contrust Creation? Or do plants not count as an element here?
 
ReaperofInterest said:
Ah, I see. A bit unfortunate, but understandable. I suppsoe that this just gives ua another reason to think through the power combinations more.
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Fitness, self-enhancement, and transformation. All 3 involve modifying and enhancing the body in various ways, and self-enhancement is currently only seen with transformation on sewer rat.

Corollary; I believe synergistic keywords may be more likely to appear with eachother in dna samples. That one may be me interpreting the data how I want it, though

Last and least-plausibly, Self-Enhancement and Ally Empowerment making a synergy would be funny
 
It's got legs. Emotional Manipulation taps into the psychic aspect of powers and energy manipulation helps stabilize/enable it. I'm not sure what Elemental is doing there tbh but i guess this is a type of fundamental forces manipulation if you squint. Ally Empowerment could also be a factor(I swear I'm not obsessed with this tag it just happens to be uniquely relevant XP)
 
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