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Project Prometheus (Original Setting Superhero Quest)

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KA$H said:
Edit: SENSES, OF COURSE! THATS THE MISSING INGREDIENT!!!! CLAIRVOYANCE FOR ESP, SENSES FOR ANALYSIS, AND STRENGTH FOR....flavor?
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Okay, if I dare fly to the sun and assume I'm right about this, then the cheapest formula for this would be 2 by combining Daggermaw and Misterhunch. That's shockingly low for a synergy that gives autocrits, but it also assumes one per tag.

Synergies Seem to incorporate most, if not all, of their powers and since wolong isn't shredded af I'm gonna assume strength isn't the lychpin here.

Assuming [STR]+[CLAIRVOYANCE]+[CLAIRVOYANCE]+[SENSES] then the cheapest is 6 with iSPY

Assuming [STR]+[CLAIRVOYANCE]+[SENSES]+[SENSES] then the cheapest is 5 with Sewer Rat

These are certainly reasonable prices this early in the game, IMHO.

Buuuuut if it really is 1 per tag, then things can get *fun*. Because this build buys 2 synergies for 8 potency, with STR and Senses left over, so adding Mister Hunch would make three synergies for 9 potency. I'm almost certain it's not that, but the possibility...it's positively tantalizing...
 
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SolarGemX said:
....would it work with a gun? Because if it did he basically has a instant Railgun at command. Just hide somewhere with a sniper rifle, pop the speed field and steal the speed of everyone, then channel it to the gun/bullets.
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I think there would be a risk of him comically ragdolling thanks to the blowback if he does it with a normal gun, so there would be a need for a strong portable emplacement for them to pull it off. Still, not impossible.
 
SolarGemX said:
....would it work with a gun? Because if it did he basically has a instant Railgun at command. Just hide somewhere with a sniper rifle, pop the speed field and steal the speed of everyone, then channel it to the gun/bullets.
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Sadly no, putting a speed charge on a gun wouldn't make the gun fire faster like a railgun, it would just mean the gun would fly fast if it was thrown, he essentially had an utility belt full of random junk he found on the ground, like pebbles, bottle caps, marbles, etc.

But if he was shot by a railgun, then he would be able to launch anything, including a gun, at that speed, so long as he managed to catch the railgun bullet on his field, and so long as the bullet was small enough to fit into the field.
 
SaberFail said:
Sadly no, putting a speed charge on a gun wouldn't make the gun fire faster like a railgun, it would just mean the gun would fly fast if it was thrown, he essentially had an utility belt full of random junk he found on the ground, like pebbles, bottle caps, marbles, etc.

But if he was shot by a railgun, then he would be able to launch anything, including a gun, at that speed, so long as he managed to catch the railgun bullet on his field, and so long as the bullet was small enough to fit into the field.
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NVM then. But who knows, mix his DNA with others and we could get that.
 
Now that I look up the DNA files further, even if we met a Tolerance 0 person and for some reason had no time to raise them, I think we could still give them a decent power with Soldier X+Multiplicity+Hydrocity. Shape-shifting based on mass together with a power that generates mass and another that lets you return to your physical peak no matter what. Low Potency but interesting to think about.
 
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Far as questions to ask Wolong, I'm still going for what keywords are needed for a psychic. We need that mental defense, maybe not for John Henry, but for a future high tolerance candidate.
 
Bitterman said:
Solferina
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Bitterman said:
Nephthys
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Bitterman said:
Eastwood
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Plan: Ghost Choir
Potency: 11 (-3 = 8)
Keywords:
Construct Creation x2
Mental Manipulation x2
Ally Empowerment x2
Energy Manipulation x2

You could also slap Steadfast here if we have the space.

Completely and totally inspired by this video.

View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kXF3VYYa5TI
 
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SolarGemX said:
I WANT. THIS. Its so cute! Lets make it deadly!
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Speaking of, I forgot to make an explanation for this build aside from "keyword good". Lemme explain.

I wanted to make a Nepethys build that doesn't automatically make me want to die inside. I also wanted to make a build for Solferina, because c'mon, that's my character! Ghost Choir was my way of doing both.

The concept is that instead of using actual dead bodies, the user is powered by their memories of gone loved ones. Which, really good considering that a lot of the candidates that we can get have a dead loved one rn. Being able to deploy and dispel the ghosts/skeletons at will also partially nullifies Solferina's weakness of being AoE.
 
ScorpioSting said:
I still think this is Telekinesis.
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If it is, I can see 3 potential suspects with the tags we're given
  1. Flight. Pro(s): it literally involves levitating. Con(s)(?): Its rare. Cost: 4(Dagger/Hunch/Soprano)
  2. Energy Manipulation. Pro(s): kinetic is in the name. Con(s): its a stretch. Cost: 3(Dagger/Hunch/Minefield)
  3. Elemental Manipulation. Pro(s): Elemental Manipulation is described as putting energy into a medium to control said medium, much like Telekinesis controls objects. Con(s): N/A Cost: 3(Dagger/Hunch/Hydrocity)
 
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@Bitterman What is Metahuman Studies actually about? Is it just documenting powers and tendencies between them or is there a more established Metahuman Theory?

On this thought, I think one good power for John would be Man-O'war+Multiplicity. The idea being that the latter power would let the recipient control the weapons being spawned; and given his knowledge of the field John could use it to create different weapon loadouts that countered specific Metahumans on the fly. I know Printempts would not to like to face a guy who could conjure a thousand flamethrowers on demand, though I suspect few would.
 
BrainInAJar said:
On this thought, I think one good power for John would be Man-O'war+Multiplicity. The idea being that the latter power would let the recipient control the weapons being spawned; and given his knowledge of the field John could use it to create different weapon loadouts that countered specific Metahumans on the fly. I know Printempts would not to like to face a guy who could conjure a thousand flamethrower on demand, though I suspect few would.
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Now I just imagine Crusade pulling up and John hitting them with this:
 
We know that the psychic energy blades came from Nora's studies of Harper/Red Huntress, and the disposable energy shields as well as Exceed-Beyond's shielding came from Bulwark, but I'm wondering if there was a big list of in-universe other hero inspirations for the other stuff in E-B.
 
Kermie said:
Speaking of, I forgot to make an explanation for this build aside from "keyword good". Lemme explain.

I wanted to make a Nepethys build that doesn't automatically make me want to die inside. I also wanted to make a build for Solferina, because c'mon, that's my character! Ghost Choir was my way of doing both.

The concept is that instead of using actual dead bodies, the user is powered by their memories of gone loved ones. Which, really good considering that a lot of the candidates that we can get have a dead loved one rn. Being able to deploy and dispel the ghosts/skeletons at will also partially nullifies Solferina's weakness of being AoE.
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You seeing this made me remember a YT channel that updates like every couple of years and I think one of the characters kinda fits this? Doubt it would be exactly like wpeither video, but Ill admit it would be a cool asthetic. Hope its apropriate. Just concentrate on the ghost and skeleton.

View: https://youtu.be/YlEb3L1PIco?si=ekL4qNKQt499fbN6
 
BrainInAJar said:
@Bitterman What is Metahuman Studies actually about? Is it just documenting powers and tendencies between them or is there a more established Metahuman Theory?
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Depends on who you ask, but Nora was investigating the origin point of where metahuman powers came from and seeing if she could understand the means through which powers were manifested by their uses. She studied and reproduced enough powers to have some notion that there was a unifying theory behind them, but the Movement happened before she could finish it.
 
ScorpioSting said:
We know that the psychic energy blades came from Nora's studies of Harper/Red Huntress, and the disposable energy shields as well as Exceed-Beyond's shielding came from Bulwark, but I'm wondering if there was a big list of in-universe other hero inspirations for the other stuff in E-B.
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Everything in EXCEED-BEYOND is inspired by a person in-universe, yeah.
 
Oh, minor clarifying question: It's been said that Horizon had the highest amount of Metahumans in a city/area.

I understand part of that is metahuman 'immigration'. But does Horizon actively have a higher-than-average metahuman awakening/birth rate than the rest of the world?

Because I know you said that no, Goldnine doesn't evaporate and isn't inhaled and turning people into metahumans, but proximity to the Leviathan still leads one to an obvious, if currently unprovable, answer.
 
LucidProp said:
Far as questions to ask Wolong, I'm still going for what keywords are needed for a psychic. We need that mental defense, maybe not for John Henry, but for a future high tolerance candidate.
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So stick with Psychic Question for 2 turn to make sure we get our P13 psychic huh Id be fine with that.

Weve made plan for John without a synergy anyway. Plus we do need to find out what the effects of X3 Keyword exactly is, do all the powers just combine into 1 POwerful keyword or does the powerful keyword overrule the others of the same type.
 
Wing101r said:
So stick with Psychic Question for 2 turn to make sure we get our P13 psychic huh Id be fine with that.

Weve made plan for John without a synergy anyway. Plus we do need to find out what the effects of X3 Keyword exactly is, do all the powers just combine into 1 POwerful keyword or does the powerful keyword overrule the others of the same type.
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I think we could afford to continue working on whatever combination Wolong was wondering in PREVAIL. It might be pretty good, and personally I'd like to make whatever high tier candidate we GRT a hold of next has E-B.
 
LucidProp said:
Far as questions to ask Wolong, I'm still going for what keywords are needed for a psychic. We need that mental defense, maybe not for John Henry, but for a future high tolerance candidate.
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Speaking of this again we have 2 ways to ask wulong for Psychic.

1.Wulong can you find us a Psychic Synergy?

2.What needed for a Synergy of Mental Manipulation, Clairvoyance & Ally Empowerment?

The second question is because we know MM and Clairvoyance can express in a form of psychic ability such as eastwood emotion storage and Chatrooms telepathy, Ally empowerment is because its the keyword for being able to buff or affect other others witha a power postively as shown by neptys and Wild speaker.
 
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