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Project Prometheus (Original Setting Superhero Quest)

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    • Candidate A93C
    Name:     Edobarde Elgatsu
    Age: 28
    Stats: HIT 3, ESPIONAGE 4, REPUTATION 5, OPERATIONS 4
    Tolerance: 4-5
    Chaucer's Notes: Hard boiled, steadfast, often level-headed in dangerous situations, will do all in his power to protect his wife Olivier and four year old daughter Elsa. Armed with a pistol that can transform into a photon blade, hover boots, and a camouflage device on his blue coat.
    Lady Leizi: A nan's man if I ever saw oneonthough he knows not what he's stepping in so things may get hairy for him.
     
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    • You know, I can't help but feel bad for Ete. Sure, she's a tremendous bitch, but she's also lost...basically everything. She's lost her sister and husband, and her bond with her cousin has been almost definitely irreparably broken. Sure, she definitely contributed to all of them, but still, I feel a bit sorry for her.
     
    ReaperofInterest said:
    You know, I can't help but feel bad for Ete. Sure, she's a tremendous bitch, but she's also lost...basically everything. She's lost her sister and husband, and her bond with her cousin has been almost definitely irreparably broken. Sure, she definitely contributed to all of them, but still, I feel a bit sorry for her.
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    She had every opportunity to step down, and she tripled down at every opportunity, even against her own best interests.

    There's a certain point where you just have to shrug and go "Oh Well", Ete was far past that point by this point.
     
    ReaperofInterest said:
    You know, I can't help but feel bad for Ete. Sure, she's a tremendous bitch, but she's also lost...basically everything. She's lost her sister and husband, and her bond with her cousin has been almost definitely irreparably broken. Sure, she definitely contributed to all of them, but still, I feel a bit sorry for her.
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    Notably she's also addicted via Lethal Anodyne and presumably is on the docket for Scarlet Maturity empowerment options...

    She's largely helped cause all of it but damn is she in a very rough place.
     
    Alectai said:
    She had every opportunity to step down, and she tripled down at every opportunity, even against her own best interests.

    There's a certain point where you just have to shrug and go "Oh Well", Ete was far past that point by this point.
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    Oh, you're absolutely right. Her current tragedies are a result of her and her husband's unwillingness to listen to other people and make better choices. That's why I only find it a bit sad, instead of very. Maybe if they had made better choices, or just weren't complete assholes, I'd consider it more of a tragedy, but honestly I feel the worst for Opale as a result of this. After all, the only family she has left is in a position where she could be consumed to save Scarlet Maturity's life if someone ever got lucky enough to kill him. Even with all the anger and resentment, that can't be easy for Opale to stomach, even if Ete literally brought it upon herself.

    On a side note, I'm now incredibly glad Opale didn't accept that power boost.
     
    ...Scarlet started out at 8 feet, and was 12 feet until he killed Pritemps, when he absorbed the power and became 13 feet.

    Does that mean, over the course of his active hero career, he's only killed and collected 5 people, Pritemps included?

    The possibility exists, depending on how much he grew as a result of his dysmorphic appearance for 2, 3 more (assuming he was 5 or 6 feet tall even after getting the skin and horns) before he actively started working for Powers, but that's still 8 people tops he's collected on.
     
    ScorpioSting said:
    ...Scarlet started out at 8 feet, and was 12 feet until he killed Pritemps, when he absorbed the power and became 13 feet.

    Does that mean, over the course of his active hero career, he's only killed and collected 5 people, Pritemps included?

    The possibility exists, depending on how much he grew as a result of his dysmorphic appearance for 2, 3 more (assuming he was 5 or 6 feet tall even after getting the skin and horns) before he actively started working for Powers, but that's still 8 people tops he's collected on.
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    He's collected on a LOT more. The harder got killed, the bigger the subsequent boost.
     
    Bitterman said:
    It's also WAY harder for him to die now. Mona's the first to do it since King four years ago. And Scarlet Maturity has been trying.
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    I mean, it's kind of hard to kill someone harder than "Supermassive black hole impactor at relativistic speeds" That's kind of the peak of what Damage can achieve, so if he's immune to that now, uh, he's kind of Actually Invincible.
     
    ReaperofInterest said:
    I don't suppose there's any chance to convince Stockpile and Global Justice to help us out by killing Scarlet Maturity? Since it looks like they're coming close to finishing their own version of EXCEED-BEYOND.
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    Lol, they hate us because apparently it's All Our Fault that Leviathan woke up, and Stockpile burned his Rebound hard to make sure he could speedrun reverse engineering the EXCEED armor.

    The Enemy doesn't have action economy, they just win any time they're not actively opposed.
     
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    Alectai said:
    I mean, it's kind of hard to kill someone harder than "Supermassive black hole impactor at relativistic speeds" That's kind of the peak of what Damage can achieve, so if he's immune to that now, uh, he's kind of Actually Invincible.
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    It would probably work again. King could kill him too, as could the R-Train. But he'd just revive as of now. 🤷🏻‍♂️
     
    Bitterman said:
    It would probably work again. King could kill him too, as could the R-Train. But he'd just revive as of now. 🤷🏻‍♂️
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    Well, that's something.

    Presumably there's a reason why he won't just Keep Attacking too, likely there's some kind of cooldown involved after a revive, or he'd just be attacking us every turn until we die or he's actually immune to that level of force.

    Gah though, what a pain. At least Black Swan's managed to make attacks of opportunity on us while we get back on our feet look like suicide--anyone who can 1v1 Scarlet Maturity and win is well out of the league of most metas.

    Oh yeah, how's Hypernova Mode work? The implication I got is that it's "Any time Black Swan turns on her full relativistic speed, and starts eating the nuclear fusion caused by her movement faster than it can radiate out, and the combination gives her functionally infinite energy", but presumably there's some reason why she doesn't use this in every encounter? Or is it as simple as just "The amount of people who warrant Hypernova Black Swan can be counted on a single hand, and it would be gross overkill for anyone else because there's no throttling the impact of that down?"
     
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    I mean, Nora only got to her point after, what, 10 years of Algernon usage? She was in her early 30s, I think?

    Stockpile is 19. He has a schedule for it that he's following to not burn out too fast. I don't think he's going to fully Rebound. He's burning up his candle, certainly, but I don't think he's gonna die or lose his mind before he finishes, if only so enough of him remains to use PREVAIL against us.
     
    Alectai said:
    Well, that's something.

    Presumably there's a reason why he won't just Keep Attacking too, likely there's some kind of cooldown involved after a revive, or he'd just be attacking us every turn until we die or he's actually immune to that level of force.

    Gah though, what a pain. At least Black Swan's managed to make attacks of opportunity on us while we get back on our feet look like suicide--anyone who can 1v1 Scarlet Maturity and win is well out of the league of most metas.

    Oh yeah, how's Hypernova Mode work? The implication I got is that it's "Any time Black Swan turns on her full relativistic speed, and starts eating the nuclear fusion caused by her movement faster than it can radiate out, and the combination gives her functionally infinite energy", but presumably there's some reason why she doesn't use this in every encounter? Or is it as simple as just "The amount of people who warrant Hypernova Black Swan can be counted on a single hand, and it would be gross overkill for anyone else because there's no throttling the impact of that down?"
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    Some of the latter, but to use the infinite recharge trick she has to be in Hypernovae Mode first, which she has to spend a scene charging up first.

    The mechanics of her and Maddie's new abilities will be posted next issue.
     
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