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Project Prometheus (Original Setting Superhero Quest)

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Alectai said:
We've already seen, the dude is perfectly happy starting a top level Metahuman battle in a funeral if he sees an enemy.

He isn't going to give a shit, he's firmly at "Tactics -7: Enemy Exists, Fight Now/Enemy Ready to Fight. Run At Enemy/Limits? Supplies? What?" level brilliance here.
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Like I said, difficulty coordinating. But he should focus on Monarch over us.

Bitterman said:
Also, @SolarGemX and @Kermie. I forgot that Maddie has Echidna active and thus has 8 HIT instead of 4. Your points are needed at all and I'm refunding one to each of you.
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Truly, the rage of a tiny girl is nothing to sneeze at.

SolarGemX said:
O-O well damn. I guess it tracks since she hasnt really taken any damage since that point, but you would think that whats basically her super move would disperse by now. Although i guess her shadow creations do stay until destroyed...
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Yeah, Echidna was noted to stay around after the fight with Powers and the Four Two Seasons:

Bitterman said:
The training "room" was something of a misnomer. It was a room in the same sense an indoor stadium was technically a room. The first part was a gymnasium filled with equipment divided into "no powers" and "with powers" sections. But the real draw was the area behind the gym—a long flat expanse of land over a hundred yards long. The Apiary could shape this area to resemble all kinds of terrain and environments, and it was large enough that metahumans not named Black Swan could use their powers without fear of collateral damage. You could feel Echidna wandering around back there, stretching her wings.
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Bitterman said:
"Can you get off me?!" a woman shouts from beneath Echidna, who sits atop her.
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Prefer to focus on spoonful and not Prometheus next turn
Depends how hero worship turns out
But would like to take down Lethal Anodyne a peg..

Social Butterfly ....
We might need to split into squads....
For
 
Pawn Lelouch said:
If the 2 potency is taking into account the -3 option that gets a bit trickier but the Hunch/Daggermaw option would fit with us naming literally every other 1 cost barring Millions when Bitterman bemoaned us getting very close and trying to give us it.
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I'm pretty sure you're just overthinking things and it's just Clairvoyance + Enhanced Strength + Enhanced Senses.

So honestly we can just do Hunch + Daggermaw + Soldier X + Steadfast. That's 5.

I also have a small amount of paranoia that at some point we may run into an opponent that specifically counters or scales to high potency, though, which is another reason why I want to have at least a few builds that are low potency. "What if we have to fight Kamijou Touma", basically (tbh, Leizi could beat him).
 
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Arcus said:
I'm pretty sure you're just overthinking things and it's just Clairvoyance + Enhanced Strength + Enhanced Senses.

So honestly we can just do Hunch + Daggermaw + Soldier X + Steadfast. That's 5.

I also have a small amount of paranoia that at some point we may run into an opponent that specifically counters or scales to high potency, though, which is another reason why I want to have at least a few builds that are low potency. "What if we have to fight Kamijou Touma", basically (tbh, Leizi could beat him).
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Or facing a power copyer
 
Quick draft idea:

Eye for an Eye/Retribution (Potency 11)
Deadman (5), Red Huntress (6)

These are powers centered around predation, reactive scaling and revenge, so conceptually and psychologically I think they would be a good fit for Cain, given his history of vigilantism. The idea here is obviously to get a build that can ramp up based on how much damage they've taken in the current fight and the strength of their opponent. There's not much room for additional powers after that but both are fairly strong abilities already with a clear running theme.
 
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After looking at all 2 Potency combinations again, I think the mystery combination is either Soldier X + Mister Hunch or Transformation + Elemental Manipulation. It could also be Mister Hunch + Daggermaw or Daggermaw + Hydrocity but I doubt it. Please let me know if you think I missed something.

Elemental Manipulation, Energy Manipulation, Flight x2, Solar Absorption, Energy Manipulation, Fitness, Regeneration
Transformation x3, Energy Manipulation, Invisibility, Enhanced Strength x2, Regeneration, Enhanced Senses, Fitness, Regeneration
Clairvoyance x2, Ally Empowerment x2, Energy Manipulation x2

? - Soldier X + Mister Hunch: Fitness + Regeneration + Clairvoyance
Has not been done before. However, Fitness and Clairvoyance were a part of The Red Huntress' abilities, and they didn't synergize. So it is either Regeneration + Clairvoyance or a precise combination of these three keywords.

X - Soldier X + Daggermaw: Fitness + Regeneration + Transformation + Enhanced Strength + Enhanced Senses
These keywords were in the Handyman build.

X - Soldier X + Multiplex: Fitness + Regeneration + Transformation
These keywords were in the Handyman build.

X - Soldier X + Millions Minefield: Fitness + Regeneration + Energy Manipulation
These keywords were in the Black Swan build.

X - Soldier X + Hydrocity: Fitness + Regeneration + Elemental Manipulation
These keywords were in the Black Swan build.

? - Mister Hunch + Daggermaw: Clairvoyance + Transformation + Enhanced Strength + Enhanced Senses
Has not been done before. But Clairvoyance, Transformation and Enhanced Senses were a part of The Red Huntress' abilities, and they didn't synergize. I doubt that an addition of Enhanced Strength can change it.

X - Mister Hunch + Multiplex: Clairvoyance + Transformation
These keywords were a part of The Red Huntress' abilities.

X - Mister Hunch + Millions Minefield: Clairvoyance + Energy Manipulation
These keywords were in the Doctor Silver build.

X - Mister Hunch + Hydrocity: Clairvoyance + Elemental Manipulation
These keywords were a part of Féth Fíada's abilities.

X - Daggermaw + Multiplex: Transformation x 2 + Enhanced Strength + Enhanced Senses
These keywords were in the Handyman build.

X - Daggermaw + Millions Minefield: Transformation + Enhanced Strength + Enhanced Senses + Energy Manipulation
These keywords were in the Handyman build.

? - Daggermaw + Hydrocity: Transformation + Enhanced Strength + Enhanced Senses + Elemental Manipulation
Has not been done before, but Umibōzu had Elemental Manipulation + Enhanced Senses, and Frostbite had Elemental Manipulation + Enhanced Strength. So it is either a combination of all four keywords or Transformation + Elemental Manipulation, which would mean that Multiplex + Hydrocity could also work.

X - Multiplex + Millions Minefield: Transformation + Energy Manipulation
These keywords were in the Handyman build.

? - Multiplex + Hydrocity: Transformation + Elemental Manipulation
Has not been done before.

X - Millions Minefield + Hydrocity: Energy Manipulation + Elemental Manipulation
These keywords were in the Black Swan build.


I don't have many ideas on how Regeneration (whether with Fitness or not) could synergize with Clairvoyance, but perhaps Transformation + Elemental Manipulation could give Transmutation?
 
Thing is, i brought up the idea of "we can disregard existing combos inside a powerset since they didn't synergize inside the set" and Bitterman went "Don't think about it like that".
 
Side I was going over the Global Justice side story, pulling up the names of people who Didn't Survive for a prototype list of what DNA samples we would have gotten if we had helped Stockpile back in the day:

We already had Steadfast in the list.

-Shutdown (Perspective's sister)
-Indemnity
-City Crier (Elemental Manipulation: Sound)
-Justicar herself

There are absolutely more we didn't know about, just a basic set-up.

Rereading it also reminded me that even putting aside Leizi gathering intelligence on Joules being a coward who ran away from the Movement, she has eyewitness testimony that he stole Nora's armor firsthand. I wouldn't rely on that being a silver bullet, Silvio knew, and he probably changed his mind on "That's a dishonorable way to act" to "Thank god you got this, otherwise we wouldn't have known that Nora Kim was doing something dangerous", but it could be the one in a one-two punch.

Edit: It's also weird to note that despite Global Justice being a part of the American military, it's much more chill about LGBT+ stuff? Is there just a general "What happens in Horizon stays in Horizon" deal?
 
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ScorpioSting said:
Side I was going over the Global Justice side story, pulling up the names of people who Didn't Survive for a prototype list of what DNA samples we would have gotten if we had helped Stockpile back in the day:

We already had Steadfast in the list.

-Shutdown (Perspective's sister)
-Indemnity
-City Crier (Elemental Manipulation: Sound)
-Justicar herself

There are absolutely more we didn't know about, just a basic set-up.

Rereading it also reminded me that even putting aside Leizi gathering intelligence on Joules being a coward who ran away from the Movement, she has eyewitness testimony that he stole Nora's armor firsthand. I wouldn't rely on that being a silver bullet, Silvio knew, and he probably changed his mind on "That's a dishonorable way to act" to "Thank god you got this, otherwise we wouldn't have known that Nora Kim was doing something dangerous", but it could be the one in a one-two punch.

Edit: It's also weird to note that despite Global Justice being a part of the American military, it's much more chill about LGBT+ stuff? Is there just a general "What happens in Horizon stays in Horizon" deal?
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The US military is a big place. Not super surprising that the more specialized divisions are more progressive in their policies.
 
Arcus said:
I also have a small amount of paranoia that at some point we may run into an opponent that specifically counters or scales to high potency, though, which is another reason why I want to have at least a few builds that are low potency. "What if we have to fight Kamijou Touma", basically (tbh, Leizi could beat him).
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A power nullifier would nullify all powers including the lower-potency ones.
Something like the Red Huntress's mark or Arc's powers would be affected by more powerful ppl but neither of them are countered by a low potency.

Also shouldn't Handyman be able to turn into a giant bird or something.

I look forward to seeing Doctor Silver Sky-surfing, though.
 
I think Maddie's kill count has been brought up as a possible angle of attack during the interview, but is there any chance her age will be a problem? I'm pretty sure Horizon doesnt have child labor laws, but would she be considered a child soldier in violation of the Geneva conventions? Does anyone still give a shit about those?

Also stealing Printemp's body is probably gonna get brought up. Both because it's creep behavior, and because it's a clue about the nature of Project Prometheus.
 
I'm actually surprised Printemp's body is still with us, actually, since we don't need the whole thing. Été might actually be too afraid or resentful to ask, though.
 
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ScorpioSting said:
Thing is, i brought up the idea of "we can disregard existing combos inside a powerset since they didn't synergize inside the set" and Bitterman went "Don't think about it like that".
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I guess one way to think about it is baking. Lots of recipes use eggs, milk and flour, but making a cake using all three doesn't mean you can't make a pudding using just eggs and milk. The ingredients overlap, but adding another one completely changes the outcome.

Also @Bitterman I'm assuming we also get plus ones for fanart right?
 
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