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Project Prometheus (Original Setting Superhero Quest)

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Bitterman said:
Powers that directly interact with other powers are basically unheard of. Things that enhance people are common, but directly affecting your power? How would that even work?
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How much of this boils down to "Scarlet Maturity makes damn sure to figure out anyone who can do this and makes sure they don't last long enough to get well known"?
 
Unrelated: What are the odds one of the Global Actions thru the Apiary is "look through Nora's project pile and hope to God something in it is documented AND in a mostly complete state"?
 
Alectai said:
How much of this boils down to "Scarlet Maturity makes damn sure to figure out anyone who can do this and makes sure they don't last long enough to get well known"?
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It's a legitimately rare power. It's why no one had any inkling about Scarlet Maturity being able to boost powers.

If there were others, they're not well publicized.
ScorpioSting said:
Unrelated: What are the odds one of the Global Actions thru the Apiary is "look through Nora's project pile and hope to God something in it is documented AND in a mostly complete state"?
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Might be!
 
Bitterman said:
Powers that directly interact with other powers are basically unheard of. Things that enhance people are common, but directly affecting your power? How would that even work?
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Through the most arcane mechanism known to humanity: Legal action. My guess is, there's something buried in Faust's contracts that helps empower Scarlet Maturity and/or hooks into his power.
Alectai said:
God, his name straight up says it. "Scarlet Maturity"
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It's the kind of super's name a lawyer would assign.
 
Hmmm names a lawyer would assign....

The Salaryman
The Judge(r)
Little Miss Lawsuit
(Idk where I read this one but) Savage Opress
I. M. Slime (Grandma Got run over by a Reindeer)
Silver Snake
Carrion
Dio (fun fact Dio Brando in part one of JJBA was studying law)
Law Shark
Bloodsucker

...thats all I got. Anybody here got anything else?
 
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SolarGemX said:
Hmmm names a lawyer would assign....

The Salaryman
The Judge(r)
Little Miss Lawsuit
(Idk where I read this one but) Savage Opress
I. M. Slime (Grandma Got run over by a Reindeer)
Silver Snake
Carrion
Dio (fun fact Dio Brando in part one of JJBA was studying law)
Law Shark
Bloodsucker

...thats all I got. Anybody here got anything else?
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Dewey, Cheatum and Howe?
 
how would that work for Dreamcatcher btw do we roll if we get something useful from him for the mission or you just describe what he has for that turn?
 
Wed want all of ND members to go an a mission with us atleast once preferebly with BS so she can social them to stay. But unless its a mikrun Dreamcatchers Gacha power is too hard to plan around with.
 
Handyman is seriously unlucky.
Also I got in trouble in class when I read the new chapter because we're not supposed to be on our phones during school time, but it was totally worth it:) Keep doing you Bitterman!
 
I really like the power creation system so I'm back with another potential build for Potency 5 John Henry. :V

Iron Sights
  • Potency 3 (Antaeus) + Potency 2 (Steadfast) + Potency 2 (Crimson Soprano) + Potency 1 (Mister Hunch) - Potency 3 = Potency 5
    • 2x Invulnerability (Antaeus, Steadfast)
      • Antaeus is invincible.
      • Steadfast has the most potent form of invulnerability on record. He cannot be injured in any way.
    • 2x Energy Manipulation (Antaeus, Crimson Soprano)
      • Antaeus can generate earthquakes so long as he's in contact with the ground. The longer he stands still, the stronger it is.
      • Crimson Soprano is able to use devastating energy blasts, fueled by solar radiation.
    • 1x Clairvoyance (Mister Hunch)
      • By touching an inanimate object, Mister Hunch can see everything that happened around said object in the last 24 hours.
    • 1x Flight (Crimson Soprano)
      • Crimson Soprano can fly by using solar radiation as fuel.
    • 1x Solar Absorption (Crimson Soprano)
      • Crimson Soprano uses solar radiation as fuel for her powers.
Unlike Helicopter Parent, which is a pure support build that's meant to operate away from the fight, Iron Sights is a hybrid build between investigation and direct combat.

To explain the latter first, this build is focused entirely on the concept of Resonance Disasters. We know that Antaeus caused earthquakes by causing vibrations in the ground, but Iron Sights is more versatile in that he can apply it directly on other surfaces thanks to Crimson Soprano giving more versatility to Iron Sight's use of energy manipulation. The energy blasts are great and so is coating his hands with energy to augment his punches, but what about laying hands on someone to vibrate them apart after finding their natural frequency?

His hands can be a vibroblade straight out of sci-fi! Cut through things he has no business cutting with his bare hands.

But wouldn't using vibrations this way also harm him since vibrations go two ways? That's why we have 2x Invulnerability! Iron Sights will potentially be our tankiest hero this way.

Then there's how Antaeus interacts with Mister Hunch. Iron Sights is potentially our greatest detective, because by imbuing his energy around an area like Antaeus does with his earthquakes, he can see everything that happened in that area in the past 24 hours. Potentially, he can go even further back or increase his range by staying still for longer.

There's an alternative build here where we replace Crimson Soprano with Millions Minefield which frees us up to use another Potency 1 DNA profile, but I think Crimson Soprano with her higher potency energy manipulation is better to augment Iron Sight's offensive capabilities.
 
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What is Crimson's drive/goal?

I've been thinking about his actions and discarding them based on evidence.

My first theory was simple hedonism: He wants money, food, luxury goods, and his mercenary work is a vehicle for that. But as I said, if he's so rich, why hasn't he retired yet?

The next line of thought was twins, "Bloodlust" and "Suicide by someone strong enough", but those were also discarded when I remembered that he didn't fight Catch 22, and needed a button of resources from Nora to even consider it. If he just wants to fight someone super strong to satisfy himself or in the hopes that they can kill him, why hasn't he tracked down King? Why hasn't he tried to destroy the Frozen Throne?
 
ScorpioSting said:
What is Crimson's drive/goal?

I've been thinking about his actions and discarding them based on evidence.

My first theory was simple hedonism: He wants money, food, luxury goods, and his mercenary work is a vehicle for that. But as I said, if he's so rich, why hasn't he retired yet?

The next line of thought was twins, "Bloodlust" and "Suicide by someone strong enough", but those were also discarded when I remembered that he didn't fight Catch 22, and needed a button of resources from Nora to even consider it. If he just wants to fight someone super strong to satisfy himself or in the hopes that they can kill him, why hasn't he tracked down King? Why hasn't he tried to destroy the Frozen Throne?
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Maybe he doesn't have a drive and being the Strongest has just left him drifting through life as an empty shell? Could be why he considered Apiary a kindred soul
 
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