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You need bases. You can use GA to get heroes who would have joined but you didn't have space
Project Prometheus (Original Setting Superhero Quest)
Oh thank god. Leaving the ND heroes alone would suck after the merge.
Edit: hopefully sponsors can give us bases or a clue on place to make a base.
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OID control would let us nab the Valiant Kabuto lab base
Probably give sus about 2 more hero slots for noelle and boy.
BTW if we dont manage to get a psychic synergy by the time Yara is recruited and we give her ambrosia.
I vote we use another one of out synergies for the P13.
Like the Chimera plan for an autobiokinesis P13 Master of all.
Ee can jusy make the boy our psychic isntead.
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Canon! +1! Apiary deck is meta.
Kermie
ON HIATUS - SORRY
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- Away.
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That should be in Apocrypha, not Threadmarks.
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- iTALY
It's very canon
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- Pindorama
You can probably close the vote right now to be honest, don't see any more plan discussion.
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I'm taking tonight off anyway, so I may as well leave it open.
SleepyCaterpilar
Just a Rapariga
So, I was pondering how to deal with low to mid potency candidates. Since even after all the spooning John is still far from max potency and it's likely we will have similar candidates eventually.
Giving him a downscaled version of what we planned for a higher potency candidate wouldn't feel quite right. Specially if we give the "full deal" to someone later. I trust Bitterman would make both different enough to avoid a John and Cooler John type of situation, but on the long run It would probably still make it harder to keep the lower potency character relevant.
On that point we probably did things right with Rhys. Out of the ways to make the best out of a lower potency, a powerset that relies on their pre-existing skills is a good one. Even if we later make a better shapeshifter, they won't have the same skillset Rhys developed as a spy so he won't just be left behind.
Another way I see are utility-based or niche powers. Many would be considered "waste" on a 13 potency candidate, too circunstancial or not worth all that investment, but that makes it perfect for a mid-high potency hero.
The Red Huntress is also a great example of another way. Her powerset has a clear role, it provides the tools to track down and eliminate an opponent she marked beforehand. Just the tracking on it's own is quite useful and her other minor powers also made her a versatile tool. But the main course was her gimmick, the power scaling. Which would be useless to most Max Potency heroes. Scaling with your opponents? To Black Swan that would mean getting weaker most of the time. But to someone with half her potency? That has a lot of uses.
And that's the thing about the Red Huntress, she was not lessened by the fact many supers were more powerful than her, her powers made explicit use of this fact. Showing there is value on being a lower potency hero and they aren't just poor replacements born of a lack of better candidates.
Anyways, lost myself a bit there, was just trying to say that there are other options available besides slapping some clarivoyants on John as a quick fix until we get that Super Psychic we planned or something.
Giving him a downscaled version of what we planned for a higher potency candidate wouldn't feel quite right. Specially if we give the "full deal" to someone later. I trust Bitterman would make both different enough to avoid a John and Cooler John type of situation, but on the long run It would probably still make it harder to keep the lower potency character relevant.
On that point we probably did things right with Rhys. Out of the ways to make the best out of a lower potency, a powerset that relies on their pre-existing skills is a good one. Even if we later make a better shapeshifter, they won't have the same skillset Rhys developed as a spy so he won't just be left behind.
Another way I see are utility-based or niche powers. Many would be considered "waste" on a 13 potency candidate, too circunstancial or not worth all that investment, but that makes it perfect for a mid-high potency hero.
The Red Huntress is also a great example of another way. Her powerset has a clear role, it provides the tools to track down and eliminate an opponent she marked beforehand. Just the tracking on it's own is quite useful and her other minor powers also made her a versatile tool. But the main course was her gimmick, the power scaling. Which would be useless to most Max Potency heroes. Scaling with your opponents? To Black Swan that would mean getting weaker most of the time. But to someone with half her potency? That has a lot of uses.
And that's the thing about the Red Huntress, she was not lessened by the fact many supers were more powerful than her, her powers made explicit use of this fact. Showing there is value on being a lower potency hero and they aren't just poor replacements born of a lack of better candidates.
Anyways, lost myself a bit there, was just trying to say that there are other options available besides slapping some clarivoyants on John as a quick fix until we get that Super Psychic we planned or something.
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Very good thought, btw.
Kermie
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Probably… what happens to metahumans in non-combat related jobs. Like, people like Chauncer.
SleepyCaterpilar
Just a Rapariga
Maybe the fauna and flora? With Behemoths and Algernon-types running around I can't imagine what you could find gnawing on your trash or available at the local petstore.
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- Pindorama
As the setting is in Brazil I can only ask one thing: What about Carnaval!?
I'm pretty sure well have candidate of the same level as john and rys from Cenotaph since thats up to 4 low and medium candidates. Though like weve talked before tailoring powers to a candidates skills for Low and Med Potency is pretty wise way to give them powers. For P13 the powers are good enough that a candidate respecing to them is smart.
That Said I dont agree with Red Huntress not being good for P13 If its merge to autobiokinesis I'm pretty i'll turn into some sort of Bioadaption against enemy powers. Which would be massively useful in a fight against other heroes bullshit.
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What do the paparazzi in the hero game look like?
LucidProp
Pocky Eating MafiaDoka
I'd be really interested in how independent heroes sustain their careers in Horizon. The city seems dominated by large teams with government or corporate backing, but with the vacuum the Movement left behind, there's probably been a resurgence in people who want to strike it out on their own now that they have the space to breath and the opportunity to shine.
From internet celebrities to punks who don't want to sell out and people with nothing but a dream, grit, and a homemade costume.
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If I may make a suggestion?
The Spotlight* System
There will be a new resource called [Spotlight Token], with players getting three of them. Instead of measuring any in-universe qualia like the other stats, these tokens represent narrative attention being devoted to the action. That is to say, only things that get a token will be written about in detail. Actions are now classified in three ways:
- [Routine], which marks actions not important enough for much narrative attention, receiving only offhand remarks or a couple lines of summary;
- [Spotlight-OK], which means actions that can be done in the background but can receive extra narrative attention, which gives exclusive rewards; and
- [Spotlight-Only], actions which necessitate narrative attention for one reason or another, usually aligned to the main plot threads of the story; if they don't get the Spotlight they don't get done at all.
MISSIONS
Making the Rounds (Routine, AP 1, HIT 2, REPUTATION 3): The Worker's Mitt is a series of "blue-collar" neighborhoods in Horizon, and the former territory of Justice Unlimited. The strife there is not as bad as in other parts of the city—perfect for a rookie hero on her first patrol. Go show the flag and remind everyone Justice Unlimited is still here.
Lady Leizi: Reports are limited, but there's been some rumors of two Silver Rank Behemoths being sighted in the area. It's nothing our current Justice Unlimited can't handle, and it isn't immediately pressing. However, the bounties would be nice for our coffers as well as being seen taking appropriately heroic actions. Rumors also abound of local vigilante metahumans protecting the area. It might be good to make contact with some.
(Chance of permanent global +1 to REPUTATION, Income +1500, Random event off the events table.)
Pest Control (Spotlight-OK, AP 1, HIT 3, REPUTATION 2): Odd monsters called Behemoths live in the QZ. It's a fact of life in Horizon, but, since the Leviathan stirred, they've been more active than normal. A few have even tried to get into the city proper, which would be very bad. A general call has gone out to anyone willing to help thin their numbers near the border. It might be good training for a newly-revived Justice Unlimited.
Lady Leizi: Again, routine work for us and we will never complain about filling our coffers. More interesting is the potential to scout the QZ for possible routes to retrieve goldnine, as well as the possibility of making contact with the vanguard of the R-Train. It may help us establish a foothold for further contact.
(Income +2000, Chance of +1 to HIT, Encounter with Gold-Rank Behemoth. [Spotlight]: Intel about current state of QZ, Chance of Encounter with R-Train)
Cenotaph (Spotlight-OK, AP 1, REPUTATION 3, OPERATIONS 2): You've had your private ceremony, but your team was beloved by many in the city. You owe it to them to let them mourn too. You owe it to your team. You owe it to yourself. Have a public ceremony to honor the fallen members of Justice Unlimited.
Lady Leizi: No public ceremony has been held in honor of those who fell in the QZ . . . or for Justice Unlimited's former members. The closest was that debacle at Christmas, and that self-indulgent insult cannot stand as the only memorial to those who actually gave their lives to protect Horizon. It would draw a clear distinction between Crusade and ourselves—namely that we actually served in the QZ—and it would give us an excellent opportunity to scout for potential candidates for Project Prometheus without arousing suspicion.
(Chance of permanent global +1 to REPUTATION, Recruit 2 to 4 low and medium tolerance candidates. [Spotlight]: Encounter with Crusade)
Meet the Rookies (Spotlight-OK, AP 1, REPTATION 4, ESPIONAGE 6. OPERATIONS 5): The public needs to meet the newest members of Justice Unlimited. Surely, a carefully vetted interview will be a harmless way to introduce Black Swan, Menagerie Witch, Handyman, and Châtelet, as well as yourself? What could possibly go wrong?
Lady Leizi: Takanashi Chihiro was Nora's old roommate in college and a current anchor on the Ọsanyìn Centralized News. She is also a fiend for hero culture. She has been salivating at the chance of an exclusive interview with the new interaction of Justice Unlimited. Doing her this favor would put her in our debt, and perhaps let us poach her from OCN.
Following the advent of Crusade, she has been messaging me nearly daily. She's been begging me to let her "strike back". It seems she too feels enraged at the attack on a dead woman's reputation.
(Chance of increase to REPUTATION for Black Swan, Menagerie Witch, Handyman, Châtelet, and Lady Leizi. [Spotlight]: Encounter with Crusade, Chance of recruiting Takanashi Chihiro as a Public Relations Manager—+1 Global Action and New Global Actions Unlocked)
Smoke on the Water (Spotlight-OK, AP 1, ESPIONAGE 4, OPERATIONS 4): The Demon Flamez were a gang of metahumans notable for their lack of concern for collateral damage and their fire-based powers. They were inmates of Wonderland until recently, and word is they've made moves to secure their former territory in the Old Industrial District. Which makes it all the odder that you've received a private communication from one of their members asking for a clandestine meeting.
Lady Leizi: We can thank our renewed control of the Worker's Mitt for the tip I received on the Demon Flamez. Certain elements of the OID are desperate to renew their contract with Justice Unlimited. With Powers keeping a low profile, any chance the Demon Flamez had of being legitimized has gone up in smoke. This has driven their leader, Phlogiston, to abandon the pretense of civility and to rule the OID as his personal fiefdom. Unfortunately, this has attracted the attention of another would-be-monarch: Le Petit Prince.
In the middle of this is Sparksurfer telling every one of my informants that he wants to get himself and his sister, Jorōgumo, out and needs our help.
(Unlocks mission Fire in the Sky, Chance of new metahuman DNA, +1 to control of OID. [Spotlight]: Intel on Le Petit Prince, Chance of eventually recruiting Sparksurfer and Jorōgumo) [2 Turns Until Expiration]
Mahou Shoujo no Justice Unlimited (Spotlight-Only, AP 1, HIT 5, ESPIONAGE 3, OPERATIONS 2): Good news! Justice Unlimited's new, affiliate hero-squad is a massive success. Bad news! Justice Unlimited doesn't have a new, affiliate hero-squad. What is happening?
Lady Leizi: . . . it appears a metahuman team themed like "magical girls" are going around and calling Justice Unlimited. Including taking contracts out in our name. To make things more unusual, my information network in their territory has been subverted. They haven't gone quiet—they're feeding me bad information. I would have no idea if one hadn't used his "duress" code phrase.
I have managed to get one piece of intel however: someone is going around and promising to give metahuman powers to any who joins "Justice Unlimited". At the same time, strange creatures made of ice have been staging increasingly coordinated attacks—creatures that look like pieces of The Frozen Throne. Something like this should rock Horizon to its core. So why is the Ghost Dragon Triad—the Triad my father used to lead—ensure no information finds its way out?
(Unlocks mission Puella Magi Justice Unlimited Magica, Chance of new metahuman DNA, Chance of + 3000 Income, Chance of eventually finding supplier of goldnine, Chance of eventually recruiting high-tolerance candidate, Intel about the Frozen Throne, Possible Encounter with Crusade) [2 Turns Until Expiration]
Hero Worship (Spotlight-Only; AP 2, HIT 10, ESPIONAGE 6, REPUTATION 10, OPERATIONS 4) Following her sister's death, Yara Oliviera finds herself the new minority owner of 11% of the sharers of the largest megacorporation in the world. The exact number of shares her father, Jair Oliviera, needs to take control of said global megacorp. Even if it wasn't Yazmin's final request, it would be prudent to keep those shares out of his hands.
Lady Leizi: There have been numerous attempts at abducting Yara, all conducted by strange, armed men. Per Belle Sabreuse—the mercenary Yazmin hired to protect Yara until Justice Unlimited could get to her—the abductors are simple, unemotive, and poor improvisers. However, they're getting smarter and more dangerous, and the last batch even had a low-level metahuman in the mix.
These powers . . . it sounds like Socialite Butterfly has in interested in Yazmin's sister.
(Unlocks mission Reality Check, Chance of eventual sponsorship with Ọsanyìn—sponsorships grant Income and resources per turn, Chance of eventually recruiting a high-tolerance candidate, Chance of eventually recruiting Belle Sabreuse, Intel about Socialite Butterfly) [2 Turns Until Expiration]
Break Glass in Case of Emergency (Spotlight-OK, AP 2, ESPIONAGE 8, OPERATIONS 10) Rakeem left you a cache of emergency supplies should the worst come to pass. He also left it hidden in a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean floor. The ocean floor that has recently shifted due to the Leviathan's movement. This had better be worth it.
Lady Leizi: Rakeem took me fishing out here once. It was the first time we ever really connected. It might be nice to bring everyone else and see if the same magic still exists.
(+ 3000 Income, New Metahuman DNA, 1 of Mendicant's healing symbiotes, 3 of Valiant Silver's shield generators, 1 Ambrosia's worth of goldnine. [Spotlight]: A gift meant for Lady Leizi)
Train Kept a Rollin' (Spotlight-Only, AP 2, HIT 6, REPUTATION 8, OPERATIONS 9) The R-Train is the main reason goldnine hasn't proliferated unchecked throughout the world. It is also the reason most Behemoths will never get anywhere near Horizon. It is automatic, unfeeling, and uncompromisable. It has enough firepower to level nations and the ability to continue on indefinitely. And Nora believed you could talk to it. She better be right. Black Swan's extreme sensitivity to psychic fields should allow you to reason with it. Or, if you'd prefer to do it personally, Nora claimed there was equipment in her lab that could let you do so.
Lady Leizi: The R-Train is unrelenting, unfeeling, and provides a vital service to Horizon and the world writ-large. It's also the single-greatest metahuman-created construct ever created. Popular belief is that it was made by an Algernon-type who used their power unceasingly for a month straight until they hit the Rebound. That person was the "Trackmaster". Anyone experimenting with goldnine will inevitably come into conflict with the R-Train. Better, perhaps, if it is on our side.
(Unlocks Mission Tracking the Trackmaster, Eventual chance of establishing permanent supply of goldnine, eventual chance of alliance with R-Train, Chance of Encountering a Named-Rank Behemoth, Frigg of Drifting Mistletoe)
He's Got a Gun! (Spotlight-OK, AP 2, HIT 7, OPERATIONS 10)
There is currently a high-speed chase ongoing as QUICK GORILLA has gone rogue. He's broken into the Dominion medical research facility where he was born and absconded with two "research subjects" who are also orangutans. Apparently they are quite valuable as Dominion has put out an "all-takers" assignment on Hero for Hire to capture QUICK GORILLA and return the subjects. And, yes, it appears QUICK GORILLA does indeed have a gun. One he knows how to use.
(Chance of +3000 income, Chance of +2 global REPUTATION. [Spotlight]: Chance of alliance with QUICK GORILLA, Chance to expand Madeline's menagerie.) [Requirement: Menagerie Witch must be present on this mission].
Long Shadows of the Night (Spotlight-OK, AP 2, HIT 5, ESPIONAGE 9, OPERATIONS 4)
Shroud is a serial killer with the ability to fuse with shadows and move along two-dimensional spaces. His preferred MO is to smother his victims and then arrange their bodies in "artful" poses, as if they were still alive. He's announced his next victim will be a member of the Kelso family, of Kelso-Allard Heavy Industries. The entire family has gone into hiding at their villa near the Marajó Várzea, and have hired a number of metahuman bodyguards. Including Crusade. Douglas Kelso, the second son of the family, attended college with Nora and married her other roommate, Sadie. Perhaps he can get you on scene to stop Shroud before he strikes again.
(Chance of metahuman DNA, Chance of weakening Monarch's position, Chance of Income +1000. [Spotlight]: Chance of intel about Monarch, Chance of eventually sponsorship form Kelso-Allard Heavy Industries) [Must be taken within 3 turns]
Grand Theft Person (Spotlight-OK, AP 2, HIT 9, OPERATIONS 7)
Third Person is a psychic parasite without his own body. He jumps from host to host every time his current body dies, and he's capable of inhabiting regular people as well as metahumans. His name comes from his strange ability to see from a "third-person" perspective around his host. His lack of a permanent identity or body has rendered him the ultimate solipsist—he does not believe the rest of the world is real aside from himself and appears to think this is all one giant game being run for his amusement and the amusement of people with "Sufficient Velocity". He has announced a grand tournament where he will surrender peacefully if someone can outdo him at a number of extremely dangerous tasks and demonstrate that they are a "real sigma".
(Chance of metahuman DNA, Chance of weakening Monarch's position, Chance of Income +1000, +1 to control of the OID, Third Person gets mad about being dealt with off-screen and may cause problems in the future. [Spotlight]: Chance of intel about Monarch, Third Person is satisfied and won't cause problems for the foreseeable future.) [Must be taken within 3 turns]
The Air in the Valley (Spotlight-OK, AP 2, REPUTATION 8, OPERATIONS 6)
Abarimon is a "reverse speedster". He moves at regular speeds, but his body automatically releases a gas that slows down the perceptions of everyone else. He has no control over this power and no way of reversing it once it takes effect. Eventually, his victims all mutate into a reverse-footed creature that is reduced to bestial intelligence. Abarimon is the only person to go into Wonderland willingly, and now that it no longer exists he is moving as little as possible. But he keeps running out of food and having to relocate. Wolong has so far managed to evacuate the populations around him, but the situation is untenable.
(Chance of metahuman DNA, Chance of weakening Monarch's position, Chance of Income +1000, +1 to control of the OID. [Spotlight]: Chance of intel about Monarch, Encounter with Crusade)
The Fellowship (Spotlight-Only, AP 2, HIT 11, ESPIONAGE 16, REPUTATION 9, OPERATIONS 9)
A new trio of heroes calling themselves "Trilogy" have begun to combat Monarch's forces wherever they can. Normally, this would end in disaster, but they're apparently led by Marvelous Shine himself. Marvelous Shine was a metahuman in the early days of Horizon, who was a peer of Novalight and King in his time. He retired and went into reclusion following the Susurration, but now apparently has felt compelled to return after the Movement. He's contacted you saying he has definitive proof that Lethal Anodyne is dealing to Monarch and has requested your help cutting off her supply of stimulants and enhancements. Who are you to say no to a living legend? (Unlocks mission The Towers Two, Chance of intel about Monarch, Chance of weakening Monarch's position, Intel about Lethal Anodyne, Chance of alliance with Trilogy, Chance of eventually recruiting a high-tolerance candidate). [3 Turns Until Expiration].
Take the Stage (Spotlight-Only, AP 0, ESPIONAGE 15, REPUTATION 5, OPERATIONS 5)
Crusade has called for an audit. Fine. You have nothing to hide, and, when they find nothing, they'll be on the back foot. You're not being naive, you're taking the least expected path. Unless someone tries to invent some evidence when they don't find any. If you can catch them red-handed in the act, then you can turn this all back on Crusade.
(EXCEED-BEYOND, True Nature of the Apiary, the Stage, and Project Prometheus become public, All intel gathered by Lady Leizi become known to Crusade, Removes all maluses on REPUTATION as a result of Crusade, Chance to damage Crusade's REPUTATION)
Revelations (???): Someone tried to wake up the Leviathan. How? And more importantly, why? [Story requirements not met]
Wider than a Mile (Spotlight-Only, AP 4, HIT 45, ESPIONAGE 36, REPUTATION 39, OPERATIONS 38): Moon River was the seventh member of Justice Unlimited. To the world, she was a super-advanced AI created by Valiant Silver. In reality, she was the world's greatest technopath, able to control technology like it was her body. The only problem was, she had no ability to sense the world aside from technopathy. She didn't even know where in the physical world her actual body was. And now she's disappeared. Everyone else is gone; you won't lose her too. Find her.
Lady Leizi: I will find you, Eve. I swear it.
Anansi: I know where Eve is. I can't tell you now. I took something . . . blocked it from even my own memory. It's hidden somewhere, but once I tell you then they will know. Let me know when you're ready and then be prepared to act immediately. Don't trust anything I tell you after this. It might not be me anymore.
(Recruit Moon River, Intel about Interlocutor, Intel about Valkyrie, Intel about King, Intel about the true nature of Jacob's Ladder, Encounter with Crusade, Unlocks mission Repatriation) [8 Turns Until Expiration] [RECOMMENDED: EXCEED-BEYOND and >= 3 Max Potency Heroes]
PERSONAL ACTIONS (Chose 1 Per Hero)
Lady Leizi (Action Locked)
The Spider's Web (Spotlight-OK, AP 0): There are threats in Horizon that you know will only fester if left alone. With your intelligence network, you are a surgeon. Start cutting out the rot. [Spotlight]: Get the detailed information Lady Leizhi will pass to Wolong written out.
[X] Monarch
Black Swan
Whispers Through the Web (Routine, AP 0): Intelligence work isn't all glamor. In fact, it's mostly boring. A lot of sitting around, watching, and occasionally talking to the right person at the right time. Have the rookie go do some of it. (+1 ESPIONAGE for Black Swan)
Read the Manual (Routine, AP 0): Adamant was obsessed with creating proper procedure and protocol for basically every situation you could imagine. And he documented all of it. In 47 thick, thick volumes. If you had to suffer through reading them, so does Black Swan. (+1 to OPERATIONS for Black Swan)
So . . . How 'bout Them Yankees? (Spotlight-Only, AP 0) Black Swan has received a DM on Hero for Hire from Scarlet Maturity. He's invited her to a social outing. Wolong has given himself multiple debilitating headaches picking apart every possible outcome, but it truly appears that Scalet Maturity is just . . . kind of bored and wants to hang out. (Chance of random reward off rewards table)
Menagerie Witch
Who Doesn't Love a Power Testing Scene? (Routine, AP 0): Madeline is experienced with her power, but it is probably a good idea to test how she can use it without further damage to her body. Hopefully, somewhere deserted. (+1 HIT for Menagerie Witch)
Whispers Through the Web (Routine, AP 0): Intelligence work isn't all glamor. In fact, it's mostly boring. A lot of sitting around, watching, and occasionally talking to the right person at the right time. Have the rookie go do some of it. (+1 ESPIONAGE for Menagerie Witch)
The Fourth Estate (Routine, AP 0): Public relations? More like public rela. . . shames? Right? Right. Something like that. Point is, you don't want to do it. Thankfully, you have a rookie for that. (+1 to REPUTATION for Menagerie Witch)
Read the Manual (Routine, AP 0): Adamant was obsessed with creating proper procedure and protocol for basically every situation you could imagine. And he documented all of it. In 47 thick, thick volumes. If you had to suffer through reading them, so does the rookie. (+1 to OPERATIONS for Menagerie Witch)
Ain't No Rain on My Parade (Spotlight-Only, AP 0): Madeline has enjoyed the good weather lately. The suspiciously good weather. The good weather that seems to only follow her around, even when it's raining elsewhere. She tried to pose for photographs during a thunderstorm "for the aesthetic", but the rain ceased as soon as she was outside. She wants her gloomy days back, and she will get to the bottom of all this . . . sunshine. (Chance of random reward off the rewards table)
Handyman
Whispers Through the Web (Routine, AP 0): Intelligence work isn't all glamor. In fact, it's mostly boring. A lot of sitting around, watching, and occasionally talking to the right person at the right time. Have the rookie go do some of it. (+1 ESPIONAGE for Handyman)
The Fourth Estate (Routine, AP 0): Public relations? More like public rela. . . shames? Right? Right. Something like that. Point is, you don't want to do it. Thankfully, you have a rookie for that. (+1 to REPUTATION for Handyman)
Read the Manual (Routine, AP 0): Adamant was obsessed with creating proper procedure and protocol for basically every situation you could imagine. And he documented all of it. In 47 thick, thick volumes. If you had to suffer through reading them, so does the rookie. (+1 to OPERATIONS for Handyman)
Lost Lenore (Spotlight-Only, AP 0): Gus never told his parents that he was a metahuman, a member of SLAYERS, or that he had a boyfriend. He always wanted to come clean, but didn't know how. They don't even know how he died. Handyman feels like he owes it to them and Gus to let them know the truth.
(Chance of random reward off the rewards table)
Châtelet
A Face that Toils So Close to Stones is Already Stone Itself (Routine, AP 0): Châtelet could always use some practice. Now, more than ever. Have her take some time to train a skill, maybe see if she can improve yourself. [Must Choose to Train HIT, ESPIONAGE, REPUTATION, or OPERATIONS] (Chance of improvement contingent on how high a skill already is. Higher skills will have a higher DC to raise)
Bros Night Out! (Spotlight-Only, AP 0): "Bro" is a gender neutral term, Mendicant insists. It can apply to a woman, a clay-man, or a non-binary icon. What it does mean is that Mendicant and Châtelet can finally make friends their age! And Rhys is there too! (Chance of random reward off the rewards table)
You Live Like This?! (Spotlight-OK, AP 0): Justice Unlimited was never the most organized . . . organization in the world, even before the Movement. Adamant did what he could, but he was just one man. Châtelet is used to a clearer chain of command and things like a "duty roster" and "paystubs". Maybe she can be the ally Rakeem always needed and bring order to the chaos. (Chance of random reward off the rewards table, [Spotlight]: Châtelet goes insane.)
Global Actions (Choose 3)
Justice Unlimited Wants You! (Routine): If you're going to make new heroes, you'll need candidates who are the best of the best. Your current crop is fine, but small. Get out there yourself and find new candidates for Ambrosia. (New low to medium tolerance candidates, number depends on DC, - 500 Income, DC 5 ESPIONAGE Check to avoid revealing Project Prometheus)
Project Prometheus (Spotlight-OK): [No Ambrosia available, missing goldnine](Create new metahuman, -1000 Income. [Spotlight]: Personal issues of the chosen candidate may be changed positively.)
A Spoonful of Sugar (Routine): Dr. Ibis believes he can use refined goldnine to artificially boost a candidate's tolerance. Now you just need a candidate who's willing to give it a try.
(-2000 Income, Increase on candidate's tolerance by 1)
eTraction! (Spotlight-OK): Dr. Ibis has apparently been trying online dating to no success. However, he's recently been approved for a beta-test of a new matchmaking software called "eTracation". All he has to do is allow them to film his first date with his match for "data collection purposes". It's a reality show. Dr. Ibis has somehow accidentally signed up for a reality show. Also, he's supposed to be dead. (+1 Global Action and New Global Actions Unlocked, gain Noodle Incident. [Spotlight]: The Meanest Thing to Ever Happen to Dr. Ibis, The Best Thing to Ever Happen to Dr. Ibis.)
Legally Distinct Shields (Routine): Nora's shield generators have proven to be worth their weight in gold time and time again. Unfortunately, they're not the most durable. Time to restock your supply. (OPERATIONS check, produce between 1 to 3 shield generators)
Undiagnosed ADHD (Routine): Nora was a brilliant mind. Said brilliant mind also frequently forgot to sleep and eat, let alone keep her lab tidy. Who knows what treasure lies beneath the piles of junk that litter her former space? Nora sure didn't. (OPERATIONS check, Random reward off Nora's Junk table)
Glass Menagerie (Routine): Madeline has quite the collection of animals. She could use more. (OPERATIONS check, Random animal off the Menagerie Table)
Move that Bus! (HIT) (Routine): The Apiary is a massive building, who's space is mostly going to waste at this point. Spend some money and see if you can improve the training room. (-1000 Income, HIT Check, Chance to raise global HIT)
Move that Bus! (ESPIONAGE) (Routine): The Apiary is a massive building, who's space is mostly going to waste at this point. Spend some money and see if you can build a listening post and find trustworthy employees to staff it.. (-1000 Income, ESPIONAGE Check, Chance to raise global ESPIONAGE)
Move that Bus! (REPUTATION) (Routine): The Apiary is a massive building, who's space is mostly going to waste at this point. Spend some money on a community recreation center and let the public put it to use. (-1000 Income, REPUTATION Check, Chance to raise global REPUTATION)
Move that Bus! (OPERATIONS) (Routine): The Apiary is a massive building, who's space is mostly going to waste at this point. Spend some money and see if you can build and staff an operations center. (-1000 Income, OPERATIONS Check, Chance to raise global OPERATIONS)
Why Didn't They Just Run Sideways? (Routine): Improve Prometheus. Project Prometheus, that is. Dr. Ibis has several promising avenues of research and can potentially improve your doses of Ambrosia. (Choose 1 research topic, -2000 income)
[ ] Gain the ability to guarantee the expression of a keyword in a sample (Unlocks global action Dr. Ibis Does Not Play Dice)
[ ] Gain the ability to give a large, one-time boost to tolerance (+2) at the cost of being unable to raise it again in the future. (Unlocks global action Fast Pass!)
[ ] Try to distill something useful from Apiary's DNA (Unlocks global action Rosemary's Baby).
I Fear Not The Man Who Has Practiced 10,000 Kicks (Spotlight-OK): Lady Leizi has fallen behind in combat ability. Even to Menagerie Witch. This is unacceptable. One quick method would be to give her a weapon. She prefers fighting with her hands, but it might be better to not have to touch everything she wants to hurt. And she wants to hurt a LOT. (OPERATIONS check, +1 to Lady Leizi's HIT, Unlocks Global Action I Fear the Man Who Has Practiced One Kick 10,000 Times. [Spotlight]: Build a weapon for Lady Leizi, exact weapon may grant bonus effects.)
Making the Rounds (Routine, AP 1, HIT 2, REPUTATION 3): The Worker's Mitt is a series of "blue-collar" neighborhoods in Horizon, and the former territory of Justice Unlimited. The strife there is not as bad as in other parts of the city—perfect for a rookie hero on her first patrol. Go show the flag and remind everyone Justice Unlimited is still here.
Lady Leizi: Reports are limited, but there's been some rumors of two Silver Rank Behemoths being sighted in the area. It's nothing our current Justice Unlimited can't handle, and it isn't immediately pressing. However, the bounties would be nice for our coffers as well as being seen taking appropriately heroic actions. Rumors also abound of local vigilante metahumans protecting the area. It might be good to make contact with some.
(Chance of permanent global +1 to REPUTATION, Income +1500, Random event off the events table.)
Pest Control (Spotlight-OK, AP 1, HIT 3, REPUTATION 2): Odd monsters called Behemoths live in the QZ. It's a fact of life in Horizon, but, since the Leviathan stirred, they've been more active than normal. A few have even tried to get into the city proper, which would be very bad. A general call has gone out to anyone willing to help thin their numbers near the border. It might be good training for a newly-revived Justice Unlimited.
Lady Leizi: Again, routine work for us and we will never complain about filling our coffers. More interesting is the potential to scout the QZ for possible routes to retrieve goldnine, as well as the possibility of making contact with the vanguard of the R-Train. It may help us establish a foothold for further contact.
(Income +2000, Chance of +1 to HIT, Encounter with Gold-Rank Behemoth. [Spotlight]: Intel about current state of QZ, Chance of Encounter with R-Train)
Cenotaph (Spotlight-OK, AP 1, REPUTATION 3, OPERATIONS 2): You've had your private ceremony, but your team was beloved by many in the city. You owe it to them to let them mourn too. You owe it to your team. You owe it to yourself. Have a public ceremony to honor the fallen members of Justice Unlimited.
Lady Leizi: No public ceremony has been held in honor of those who fell in the QZ . . . or for Justice Unlimited's former members. The closest was that debacle at Christmas, and that self-indulgent insult cannot stand as the only memorial to those who actually gave their lives to protect Horizon. It would draw a clear distinction between Crusade and ourselves—namely that we actually served in the QZ—and it would give us an excellent opportunity to scout for potential candidates for Project Prometheus without arousing suspicion.
(Chance of permanent global +1 to REPUTATION, Recruit 2 to 4 low and medium tolerance candidates. [Spotlight]: Encounter with Crusade)
Meet the Rookies (Spotlight-OK, AP 1, REPTATION 4, ESPIONAGE 6. OPERATIONS 5): The public needs to meet the newest members of Justice Unlimited. Surely, a carefully vetted interview will be a harmless way to introduce Black Swan, Menagerie Witch, Handyman, and Châtelet, as well as yourself? What could possibly go wrong?
Lady Leizi: Takanashi Chihiro was Nora's old roommate in college and a current anchor on the Ọsanyìn Centralized News. She is also a fiend for hero culture. She has been salivating at the chance of an exclusive interview with the new interaction of Justice Unlimited. Doing her this favor would put her in our debt, and perhaps let us poach her from OCN.
Following the advent of Crusade, she has been messaging me nearly daily. She's been begging me to let her "strike back". It seems she too feels enraged at the attack on a dead woman's reputation.
(Chance of increase to REPUTATION for Black Swan, Menagerie Witch, Handyman, Châtelet, and Lady Leizi. [Spotlight]: Encounter with Crusade, Chance of recruiting Takanashi Chihiro as a Public Relations Manager—+1 Global Action and New Global Actions Unlocked)
Smoke on the Water (Spotlight-OK, AP 1, ESPIONAGE 4, OPERATIONS 4): The Demon Flamez were a gang of metahumans notable for their lack of concern for collateral damage and their fire-based powers. They were inmates of Wonderland until recently, and word is they've made moves to secure their former territory in the Old Industrial District. Which makes it all the odder that you've received a private communication from one of their members asking for a clandestine meeting.
Lady Leizi: We can thank our renewed control of the Worker's Mitt for the tip I received on the Demon Flamez. Certain elements of the OID are desperate to renew their contract with Justice Unlimited. With Powers keeping a low profile, any chance the Demon Flamez had of being legitimized has gone up in smoke. This has driven their leader, Phlogiston, to abandon the pretense of civility and to rule the OID as his personal fiefdom. Unfortunately, this has attracted the attention of another would-be-monarch: Le Petit Prince.
In the middle of this is Sparksurfer telling every one of my informants that he wants to get himself and his sister, Jorōgumo, out and needs our help.
(Unlocks mission Fire in the Sky, Chance of new metahuman DNA, +1 to control of OID. [Spotlight]: Intel on Le Petit Prince, Chance of eventually recruiting Sparksurfer and Jorōgumo) [2 Turns Until Expiration]
Mahou Shoujo no Justice Unlimited (Spotlight-Only, AP 1, HIT 5, ESPIONAGE 3, OPERATIONS 2): Good news! Justice Unlimited's new, affiliate hero-squad is a massive success. Bad news! Justice Unlimited doesn't have a new, affiliate hero-squad. What is happening?
Lady Leizi: . . . it appears a metahuman team themed like "magical girls" are going around and calling Justice Unlimited. Including taking contracts out in our name. To make things more unusual, my information network in their territory has been subverted. They haven't gone quiet—they're feeding me bad information. I would have no idea if one hadn't used his "duress" code phrase.
I have managed to get one piece of intel however: someone is going around and promising to give metahuman powers to any who joins "Justice Unlimited". At the same time, strange creatures made of ice have been staging increasingly coordinated attacks—creatures that look like pieces of The Frozen Throne. Something like this should rock Horizon to its core. So why is the Ghost Dragon Triad—the Triad my father used to lead—ensure no information finds its way out?
(Unlocks mission Puella Magi Justice Unlimited Magica, Chance of new metahuman DNA, Chance of + 3000 Income, Chance of eventually finding supplier of goldnine, Chance of eventually recruiting high-tolerance candidate, Intel about the Frozen Throne, Possible Encounter with Crusade) [2 Turns Until Expiration]
Hero Worship (Spotlight-Only; AP 2, HIT 10, ESPIONAGE 6, REPUTATION 10, OPERATIONS 4) Following her sister's death, Yara Oliviera finds herself the new minority owner of 11% of the sharers of the largest megacorporation in the world. The exact number of shares her father, Jair Oliviera, needs to take control of said global megacorp. Even if it wasn't Yazmin's final request, it would be prudent to keep those shares out of his hands.
Lady Leizi: There have been numerous attempts at abducting Yara, all conducted by strange, armed men. Per Belle Sabreuse—the mercenary Yazmin hired to protect Yara until Justice Unlimited could get to her—the abductors are simple, unemotive, and poor improvisers. However, they're getting smarter and more dangerous, and the last batch even had a low-level metahuman in the mix.
These powers . . . it sounds like Socialite Butterfly has in interested in Yazmin's sister.
(Unlocks mission Reality Check, Chance of eventual sponsorship with Ọsanyìn—sponsorships grant Income and resources per turn, Chance of eventually recruiting a high-tolerance candidate, Chance of eventually recruiting Belle Sabreuse, Intel about Socialite Butterfly) [2 Turns Until Expiration]
Break Glass in Case of Emergency (Spotlight-OK, AP 2, ESPIONAGE 8, OPERATIONS 10) Rakeem left you a cache of emergency supplies should the worst come to pass. He also left it hidden in a shipwreck at the bottom of the ocean floor. The ocean floor that has recently shifted due to the Leviathan's movement. This had better be worth it.
Lady Leizi: Rakeem took me fishing out here once. It was the first time we ever really connected. It might be nice to bring everyone else and see if the same magic still exists.
(+ 3000 Income, New Metahuman DNA, 1 of Mendicant's healing symbiotes, 3 of Valiant Silver's shield generators, 1 Ambrosia's worth of goldnine. [Spotlight]: A gift meant for Lady Leizi)
Train Kept a Rollin' (Spotlight-Only, AP 2, HIT 6, REPUTATION 8, OPERATIONS 9) The R-Train is the main reason goldnine hasn't proliferated unchecked throughout the world. It is also the reason most Behemoths will never get anywhere near Horizon. It is automatic, unfeeling, and uncompromisable. It has enough firepower to level nations and the ability to continue on indefinitely. And Nora believed you could talk to it. She better be right. Black Swan's extreme sensitivity to psychic fields should allow you to reason with it. Or, if you'd prefer to do it personally, Nora claimed there was equipment in her lab that could let you do so.
Lady Leizi: The R-Train is unrelenting, unfeeling, and provides a vital service to Horizon and the world writ-large. It's also the single-greatest metahuman-created construct ever created. Popular belief is that it was made by an Algernon-type who used their power unceasingly for a month straight until they hit the Rebound. That person was the "Trackmaster". Anyone experimenting with goldnine will inevitably come into conflict with the R-Train. Better, perhaps, if it is on our side.
(Unlocks Mission Tracking the Trackmaster, Eventual chance of establishing permanent supply of goldnine, eventual chance of alliance with R-Train, Chance of Encountering a Named-Rank Behemoth, Frigg of Drifting Mistletoe)
He's Got a Gun! (Spotlight-OK, AP 2, HIT 7, OPERATIONS 10)
There is currently a high-speed chase ongoing as QUICK GORILLA has gone rogue. He's broken into the Dominion medical research facility where he was born and absconded with two "research subjects" who are also orangutans. Apparently they are quite valuable as Dominion has put out an "all-takers" assignment on Hero for Hire to capture QUICK GORILLA and return the subjects. And, yes, it appears QUICK GORILLA does indeed have a gun. One he knows how to use.
(Chance of +3000 income, Chance of +2 global REPUTATION. [Spotlight]: Chance of alliance with QUICK GORILLA, Chance to expand Madeline's menagerie.) [Requirement: Menagerie Witch must be present on this mission].
Long Shadows of the Night (Spotlight-OK, AP 2, HIT 5, ESPIONAGE 9, OPERATIONS 4)
Shroud is a serial killer with the ability to fuse with shadows and move along two-dimensional spaces. His preferred MO is to smother his victims and then arrange their bodies in "artful" poses, as if they were still alive. He's announced his next victim will be a member of the Kelso family, of Kelso-Allard Heavy Industries. The entire family has gone into hiding at their villa near the Marajó Várzea, and have hired a number of metahuman bodyguards. Including Crusade. Douglas Kelso, the second son of the family, attended college with Nora and married her other roommate, Sadie. Perhaps he can get you on scene to stop Shroud before he strikes again.
(Chance of metahuman DNA, Chance of weakening Monarch's position, Chance of Income +1000. [Spotlight]: Chance of intel about Monarch, Chance of eventually sponsorship form Kelso-Allard Heavy Industries) [Must be taken within 3 turns]
Grand Theft Person (Spotlight-OK, AP 2, HIT 9, OPERATIONS 7)
Third Person is a psychic parasite without his own body. He jumps from host to host every time his current body dies, and he's capable of inhabiting regular people as well as metahumans. His name comes from his strange ability to see from a "third-person" perspective around his host. His lack of a permanent identity or body has rendered him the ultimate solipsist—he does not believe the rest of the world is real aside from himself and appears to think this is all one giant game being run for his amusement and the amusement of people with "Sufficient Velocity". He has announced a grand tournament where he will surrender peacefully if someone can outdo him at a number of extremely dangerous tasks and demonstrate that they are a "real sigma".
(Chance of metahuman DNA, Chance of weakening Monarch's position, Chance of Income +1000, +1 to control of the OID, Third Person gets mad about being dealt with off-screen and may cause problems in the future. [Spotlight]: Chance of intel about Monarch, Third Person is satisfied and won't cause problems for the foreseeable future.) [Must be taken within 3 turns]
The Air in the Valley (Spotlight-OK, AP 2, REPUTATION 8, OPERATIONS 6)
Abarimon is a "reverse speedster". He moves at regular speeds, but his body automatically releases a gas that slows down the perceptions of everyone else. He has no control over this power and no way of reversing it once it takes effect. Eventually, his victims all mutate into a reverse-footed creature that is reduced to bestial intelligence. Abarimon is the only person to go into Wonderland willingly, and now that it no longer exists he is moving as little as possible. But he keeps running out of food and having to relocate. Wolong has so far managed to evacuate the populations around him, but the situation is untenable.
(Chance of metahuman DNA, Chance of weakening Monarch's position, Chance of Income +1000, +1 to control of the OID. [Spotlight]: Chance of intel about Monarch, Encounter with Crusade)
The Fellowship (Spotlight-Only, AP 2, HIT 11, ESPIONAGE 16, REPUTATION 9, OPERATIONS 9)
A new trio of heroes calling themselves "Trilogy" have begun to combat Monarch's forces wherever they can. Normally, this would end in disaster, but they're apparently led by Marvelous Shine himself. Marvelous Shine was a metahuman in the early days of Horizon, who was a peer of Novalight and King in his time. He retired and went into reclusion following the Susurration, but now apparently has felt compelled to return after the Movement. He's contacted you saying he has definitive proof that Lethal Anodyne is dealing to Monarch and has requested your help cutting off her supply of stimulants and enhancements. Who are you to say no to a living legend? (Unlocks mission The Towers Two, Chance of intel about Monarch, Chance of weakening Monarch's position, Intel about Lethal Anodyne, Chance of alliance with Trilogy, Chance of eventually recruiting a high-tolerance candidate). [3 Turns Until Expiration].
Take the Stage (Spotlight-Only, AP 0, ESPIONAGE 15, REPUTATION 5, OPERATIONS 5)
Crusade has called for an audit. Fine. You have nothing to hide, and, when they find nothing, they'll be on the back foot. You're not being naive, you're taking the least expected path. Unless someone tries to invent some evidence when they don't find any. If you can catch them red-handed in the act, then you can turn this all back on Crusade.
(EXCEED-BEYOND, True Nature of the Apiary, the Stage, and Project Prometheus become public, All intel gathered by Lady Leizi become known to Crusade, Removes all maluses on REPUTATION as a result of Crusade, Chance to damage Crusade's REPUTATION)
Revelations (???): Someone tried to wake up the Leviathan. How? And more importantly, why? [Story requirements not met]
Wider than a Mile (Spotlight-Only, AP 4, HIT 45, ESPIONAGE 36, REPUTATION 39, OPERATIONS 38): Moon River was the seventh member of Justice Unlimited. To the world, she was a super-advanced AI created by Valiant Silver. In reality, she was the world's greatest technopath, able to control technology like it was her body. The only problem was, she had no ability to sense the world aside from technopathy. She didn't even know where in the physical world her actual body was. And now she's disappeared. Everyone else is gone; you won't lose her too. Find her.
Lady Leizi: I will find you, Eve. I swear it.
Anansi: I know where Eve is. I can't tell you now. I took something . . . blocked it from even my own memory. It's hidden somewhere, but once I tell you then they will know. Let me know when you're ready and then be prepared to act immediately. Don't trust anything I tell you after this. It might not be me anymore.
(Recruit Moon River, Intel about Interlocutor, Intel about Valkyrie, Intel about King, Intel about the true nature of Jacob's Ladder, Encounter with Crusade, Unlocks mission Repatriation) [8 Turns Until Expiration] [RECOMMENDED: EXCEED-BEYOND and >= 3 Max Potency Heroes]
PERSONAL ACTIONS (Chose 1 Per Hero)
Lady Leizi (Action Locked)
The Spider's Web (Spotlight-OK, AP 0): There are threats in Horizon that you know will only fester if left alone. With your intelligence network, you are a surgeon. Start cutting out the rot. [Spotlight]: Get the detailed information Lady Leizhi will pass to Wolong written out.
[X] Monarch
Black Swan
Whispers Through the Web (Routine, AP 0): Intelligence work isn't all glamor. In fact, it's mostly boring. A lot of sitting around, watching, and occasionally talking to the right person at the right time. Have the rookie go do some of it. (+1 ESPIONAGE for Black Swan)
Read the Manual (Routine, AP 0): Adamant was obsessed with creating proper procedure and protocol for basically every situation you could imagine. And he documented all of it. In 47 thick, thick volumes. If you had to suffer through reading them, so does Black Swan. (+1 to OPERATIONS for Black Swan)
So . . . How 'bout Them Yankees? (Spotlight-Only, AP 0) Black Swan has received a DM on Hero for Hire from Scarlet Maturity. He's invited her to a social outing. Wolong has given himself multiple debilitating headaches picking apart every possible outcome, but it truly appears that Scalet Maturity is just . . . kind of bored and wants to hang out. (Chance of random reward off rewards table)
Menagerie Witch
Who Doesn't Love a Power Testing Scene? (Routine, AP 0): Madeline is experienced with her power, but it is probably a good idea to test how she can use it without further damage to her body. Hopefully, somewhere deserted. (+1 HIT for Menagerie Witch)
Whispers Through the Web (Routine, AP 0): Intelligence work isn't all glamor. In fact, it's mostly boring. A lot of sitting around, watching, and occasionally talking to the right person at the right time. Have the rookie go do some of it. (+1 ESPIONAGE for Menagerie Witch)
The Fourth Estate (Routine, AP 0): Public relations? More like public rela. . . shames? Right? Right. Something like that. Point is, you don't want to do it. Thankfully, you have a rookie for that. (+1 to REPUTATION for Menagerie Witch)
Read the Manual (Routine, AP 0): Adamant was obsessed with creating proper procedure and protocol for basically every situation you could imagine. And he documented all of it. In 47 thick, thick volumes. If you had to suffer through reading them, so does the rookie. (+1 to OPERATIONS for Menagerie Witch)
Ain't No Rain on My Parade (Spotlight-Only, AP 0): Madeline has enjoyed the good weather lately. The suspiciously good weather. The good weather that seems to only follow her around, even when it's raining elsewhere. She tried to pose for photographs during a thunderstorm "for the aesthetic", but the rain ceased as soon as she was outside. She wants her gloomy days back, and she will get to the bottom of all this . . . sunshine. (Chance of random reward off the rewards table)
Handyman
Whispers Through the Web (Routine, AP 0): Intelligence work isn't all glamor. In fact, it's mostly boring. A lot of sitting around, watching, and occasionally talking to the right person at the right time. Have the rookie go do some of it. (+1 ESPIONAGE for Handyman)
The Fourth Estate (Routine, AP 0): Public relations? More like public rela. . . shames? Right? Right. Something like that. Point is, you don't want to do it. Thankfully, you have a rookie for that. (+1 to REPUTATION for Handyman)
Read the Manual (Routine, AP 0): Adamant was obsessed with creating proper procedure and protocol for basically every situation you could imagine. And he documented all of it. In 47 thick, thick volumes. If you had to suffer through reading them, so does the rookie. (+1 to OPERATIONS for Handyman)
Lost Lenore (Spotlight-Only, AP 0): Gus never told his parents that he was a metahuman, a member of SLAYERS, or that he had a boyfriend. He always wanted to come clean, but didn't know how. They don't even know how he died. Handyman feels like he owes it to them and Gus to let them know the truth.
(Chance of random reward off the rewards table)
Châtelet
A Face that Toils So Close to Stones is Already Stone Itself (Routine, AP 0): Châtelet could always use some practice. Now, more than ever. Have her take some time to train a skill, maybe see if she can improve yourself. [Must Choose to Train HIT, ESPIONAGE, REPUTATION, or OPERATIONS] (Chance of improvement contingent on how high a skill already is. Higher skills will have a higher DC to raise)
Bros Night Out! (Spotlight-Only, AP 0): "Bro" is a gender neutral term, Mendicant insists. It can apply to a woman, a clay-man, or a non-binary icon. What it does mean is that Mendicant and Châtelet can finally make friends their age! And Rhys is there too! (Chance of random reward off the rewards table)
You Live Like This?! (Spotlight-OK, AP 0): Justice Unlimited was never the most organized . . . organization in the world, even before the Movement. Adamant did what he could, but he was just one man. Châtelet is used to a clearer chain of command and things like a "duty roster" and "paystubs". Maybe she can be the ally Rakeem always needed and bring order to the chaos. (Chance of random reward off the rewards table, [Spotlight]: Châtelet goes insane.)
Global Actions (Choose 3)
Justice Unlimited Wants You! (Routine): If you're going to make new heroes, you'll need candidates who are the best of the best. Your current crop is fine, but small. Get out there yourself and find new candidates for Ambrosia. (New low to medium tolerance candidates, number depends on DC, - 500 Income, DC 5 ESPIONAGE Check to avoid revealing Project Prometheus)
Project Prometheus (Spotlight-OK): [No Ambrosia available, missing goldnine](Create new metahuman, -1000 Income. [Spotlight]: Personal issues of the chosen candidate may be changed positively.)
A Spoonful of Sugar (Routine): Dr. Ibis believes he can use refined goldnine to artificially boost a candidate's tolerance. Now you just need a candidate who's willing to give it a try.
(-2000 Income, Increase on candidate's tolerance by 1)
eTraction! (Spotlight-OK): Dr. Ibis has apparently been trying online dating to no success. However, he's recently been approved for a beta-test of a new matchmaking software called "eTracation". All he has to do is allow them to film his first date with his match for "data collection purposes". It's a reality show. Dr. Ibis has somehow accidentally signed up for a reality show. Also, he's supposed to be dead. (+1 Global Action and New Global Actions Unlocked, gain Noodle Incident. [Spotlight]: The Meanest Thing to Ever Happen to Dr. Ibis, The Best Thing to Ever Happen to Dr. Ibis.)
Legally Distinct Shields (Routine): Nora's shield generators have proven to be worth their weight in gold time and time again. Unfortunately, they're not the most durable. Time to restock your supply. (OPERATIONS check, produce between 1 to 3 shield generators)
Undiagnosed ADHD (Routine): Nora was a brilliant mind. Said brilliant mind also frequently forgot to sleep and eat, let alone keep her lab tidy. Who knows what treasure lies beneath the piles of junk that litter her former space? Nora sure didn't. (OPERATIONS check, Random reward off Nora's Junk table)
Glass Menagerie (Routine): Madeline has quite the collection of animals. She could use more. (OPERATIONS check, Random animal off the Menagerie Table)
Move that Bus! (HIT) (Routine): The Apiary is a massive building, who's space is mostly going to waste at this point. Spend some money and see if you can improve the training room. (-1000 Income, HIT Check, Chance to raise global HIT)
Move that Bus! (ESPIONAGE) (Routine): The Apiary is a massive building, who's space is mostly going to waste at this point. Spend some money and see if you can build a listening post and find trustworthy employees to staff it.. (-1000 Income, ESPIONAGE Check, Chance to raise global ESPIONAGE)
Move that Bus! (REPUTATION) (Routine): The Apiary is a massive building, who's space is mostly going to waste at this point. Spend some money on a community recreation center and let the public put it to use. (-1000 Income, REPUTATION Check, Chance to raise global REPUTATION)
Move that Bus! (OPERATIONS) (Routine): The Apiary is a massive building, who's space is mostly going to waste at this point. Spend some money and see if you can build and staff an operations center. (-1000 Income, OPERATIONS Check, Chance to raise global OPERATIONS)
Why Didn't They Just Run Sideways? (Routine): Improve Prometheus. Project Prometheus, that is. Dr. Ibis has several promising avenues of research and can potentially improve your doses of Ambrosia. (Choose 1 research topic, -2000 income)
[ ] Gain the ability to guarantee the expression of a keyword in a sample (Unlocks global action Dr. Ibis Does Not Play Dice)
[ ] Gain the ability to give a large, one-time boost to tolerance (+2) at the cost of being unable to raise it again in the future. (Unlocks global action Fast Pass!)
[ ] Try to distill something useful from Apiary's DNA (Unlocks global action Rosemary's Baby).
I Fear Not The Man Who Has Practiced 10,000 Kicks (Spotlight-OK): Lady Leizi has fallen behind in combat ability. Even to Menagerie Witch. This is unacceptable. One quick method would be to give her a weapon. She prefers fighting with her hands, but it might be better to not have to touch everything she wants to hurt. And she wants to hurt a LOT. (OPERATIONS check, +1 to Lady Leizi's HIT, Unlocks Global Action I Fear the Man Who Has Practiced One Kick 10,000 Times. [Spotlight]: Build a weapon for Lady Leizi, exact weapon may grant bonus effects.)
*Or Episode or Issue, depends on how you want to flavor this.
There's also an AP replacement system to go along with the above changes, but I'm quite more iffy about this one:
AP is eliminated, and missions now have a minimum of two and max of five heroes that can make an Appearance. Every hero has three Appearances they can make per turn; Personal actions now cost an Appearance of the appropriate hero to choose, and are limited to one per Hero. So in a turn instead of spending AP we'd spread out the Appearances between the missions; the Spotlight system would keep character bloat in check. Hopefully it feels something like Justice League Unlimited which is the main inspiration for this. So it would hypothetically look something like this:
Heroes by Available Appearances: Lady Leizhi x4 (+0 PA), Black Swan x2 (+1 PA), Menagerie Witch x3, Handyman x3, Châtelet x3.
Permanent Modifiers:
Heroes by Available Appearances: Lady Leizhi x4 (+0 PA), Black Swan x2 (+1 PA), Menagerie Witch x3, Handyman x3, Châtelet x3.
Permanent Modifiers:
- Lady Leizhi:
- Leader of Justice Unlimited: You carry with you the weight of the fallen. You can only hope to be able to bear it. +1 Appearance.
- Member of Justice Unlimited: The Apiary likes you, and so will occasionally help you out. Gain 1 Free Personal action.
- Black Swan:
- Provisional Member of Justice Unlimited: The Apiary likes you, and so will occasionally help you out. Gain 1 Free Personal action.
- This Turn:
- Lady Leizhi must gather information to help Wolong. Automatically takes the Spider's Web Action on Monarch.
- Black Swan must help out New Dawn patrols. -1 Appearance.
- Indefinite:
- Wolong has agreed to help you out until such a time until both teams are able to merge: You can pick two of the following heroes for an Appearance this turn: Gentleman James, Dreamcatcher, Palisade, Miss Naught, Wolong. There must be at least one Justice Unlimited Appearance in missions they're assigned to.
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- He/Him
Hmm, I'll have to think it over. I might take parts of this!
SleepyCaterpilar
Just a Rapariga
There was also that thing about brain plasticity right? So we can expect P13 candidates to not have highly developed skills anyways (unless we somehow spoon them from low to max potencial? But that would be costly)
Also, yeah, completely agree. Red Huntress has quite a lot of potential in builds. Many useful keywords and an interesting power expression (bit similar to Nox in that way).
When I said that her power wasn't very suitable for a P13, was talking just about her unaltered power. The original expression of it (powers slowly scaling to match a more powerful target). Black Swan doesn't need to scale to match anyone (jinxed it, watch her pick a fight with the leviathan next issue). But I can see many different ways a scaling power could manifest in merges and be useful when making an ambrosia dose (hadn't thought about bioadaptation though, would like to see that in a hero someday)
Kermie
ON HIATUS - SORRY
- Location
- Away.
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- He/She/They
This was just probably the best part of this concept. It's so fun hearing about a fourth wall breaking character getting mad that they got offscreened.
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- He/Him
I said this before, but owing to how some parts of the stuff we throw in don't make it through, the real problem with Red Huntress and Nox is that they have so many abilities that you really need to think of a few you want to buff or focus on and leave the rest to the wayside.