[X] Plan Hypernovae (Unquenchable Star Ver)
-[X] [Novalight] (8 POTENCY)
-[X] [Crimson Soprano] (2 POTENCY)
-[X] [Steadfast] (2 POTENCY)
-[X] POTENCY REDUCTIONS (-2 POTENCY)
-[X] TOTAL POTENCY OF DOSE: 10
 
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There's a 50/50 chance we'll end up a less impressive Novalight here, especially since her supersonic Flight is something neither Autunmne nor Crimson Soprano have

I'll point out that Novalight had up to sonic flight speeds. With no natural invulnerability or regeneration, she couldn't break the sound barrier without wrecking her body.
 
I'll point out that Novalight had up to sonic flight speeds. With no natural invulnerability or regeneration, she couldn't break the sound barrier without wrecking her body.
Wait, so does that mean that if she had Steadfast's invulnerability or just a high regen factor, she could have gone up to supersonic speeds?

Geez, Mona is going to end up a absolute monster of a fighter if we go with Unquenchable Star.
 
Wait, so does that mean that if she had Steadfast's invulnerability or just a high regen factor, she could have gone up to supersonic speeds?

Geez, Mona is going to end up a absolute monster of a fighter if we go with Unquenchable Star.
I'm actually going to make a propaganda post for unquenchable star in a bit, once I'm done with my next quest chapter. Through to be honest, y'all are just doing my job for me sometimes.
 
Wait, so does that mean that if she had Steadfast's invulnerability or just a high regen factor, she could have gone up to supersonic speeds?

Yep. A little behind the scenes: finding someone with Mona's, honestly broken, tolerance level going forward is gonna be a challenge. A few characters exist in places I have in mind, but if you want another 8+ tolerance candidate you'll need to find them or roll REALLY well when recruiting.

Also, just wanted to say reading these plans had been a lot of fun. In particular plan Dragon and Metamorph are things I never expected. This discussion, and the participation in general, have been amazing to see. So thank you, um, b-baka.
 
Ok, since I just yeeted… about fifty people over to this quest with my shoutout earlier, here's my argument for:
[ ] Plan Hypernovae (Unquenchable Star Ver)
Now, obviously, with this plan Mona is just fucking absurd combat wise, speed wise, yadda yadda.

But what we haven't considered is the optics. For the civilians, having a hero that won't die easily, that can keep fighting no matter what the circumstances or hurt she takes is inspiring. No matter what, having a hero that will always get up is just simply awesome. We might also get some teens who are just manifesting their powers to join us, since Mona's a teen herself.

And as for the villains… listen, if everything goes right, Mona could blast herself off at speeds faster than sound. Listen, if I'm just sitting there in my crime base, and in less than two fucking minutes of starting my plan, I see this:

My ass is running. Or praying. Maybe both.
 
Looking at Chimera and Unquenchable Star again since they're my favored plans, it is noticeable how they have diametric approaches to Mona's career.

Unquenchable Star very much lives up to the name. We're talking someone who can level a city with energy beams, fly at supersonic speeds, and is damn near unkillable. She's purpose built to be the deadliest hammer there is, and there are an awful lot of villainous nails sticking out right now.

Her main flaw, I believe, will stem from her inexperience with her powers. She has an unbelievable capacity for destruction that she'll need to learn to tame considering how most supervillains like to attack urban areas with high population densities. If she isn't careful, even her sonic booms could injure people by shattering glass that falls on bystanders, and that's not even supposed to be an attack.

She'll swat away any brute that thinks they can take her head on, but her worst matchups will be craftier supervillains who force her to fight under circumstances where she must limit herself (Overcrowded city with failing infrastructure), making it so that she can't bring her best assets to bear. This exposes her weakness in that she has the endurance of a fit teenager and can eventually be exhausted.

This is a weakness Mona will overcome with time and experience but expect some growing pains on her debut when she's still getting the hang of being a superhero.

Thankfully, we chose to play as Lady Leizi under the assumption that we can use her high Espionage score to be proactive at dealing with supervillains. That means we can pick the field of battle instead of having it dictated on us. We'll be attacking supervillains in their lairs before their preparations for an attack are complete, which means Unquenchable Star can bring her full power down on them without worry for collateral.

I imagine a lot of supervillains will be wanting to relocate their lairs to cities instead of remote islands, active volcanos, and underground bunkers.

Now onto Chimera!

Where Unquenchable Star is a hammer that needs frequent maintenance, Chimera is a multitool that can last all day.

Chimera is much better equipped to handle craftier supervillains, since it has a myriad set of tools to deal with any situation and would be much better at limiting collateral damage to the populace and the city. Against brutes, Chimera is durable and strong enough to take them head on by either outpowering or outlasting them.

Regeneration and Fitness really is the ideal combo for a solo heroine in a world where she has to do the job of several other heroes combined thanks to our manpower issues requiring her to take mission after mission. Additionally, Enhanced Senses will allow her to make smarter decisions in the field by providing her with more data to work with, a simple but extremely valuable power considering her inexperience.

Thematically, Chimera is the perfect endurance hunter, not that most villains will think that when she turns into a creature of myth and burns them to a crisp.

Of course, that's all really just gravy next to the greatest perks of Chimera.

Cute horns

Cute tail

Absolutely adorable fangs

And a dragon's hoard of superhero merch!

I rest my case. :p
 
I have early drafts for Chimera, Hypernovae (both), and Metamorph. At lot is gonna depend on what, if any, side effect is rolled, but I think the thread will be happy.

But doesn't mean the vote is over! Anyone could come up with an amazing power set. Maybe even . . . you?
 
[X] Plan Hypernovae (Unquenchable Star Ver)

It's good to have a heavy blaster. Even if budget Lung (escalating brute) is probably more versatile we need the punch. And our initial choice negates her weakness.
 
Despite never having finished Worm, I did see the Lung comparison coming a mile away and I'll just say: mine is different!

Oh I get it. It's a different escalation mechanic and far different theming.

I didn't finish it either, because it was depressing as all get out. But I loved their classification system.

That said, Hypernova seems like Purity mixed with Brandish and absolutely terrifying for it.

Hopefully without the racism though.
 
I have early drafts for Chimera, Hypernovae (both), and Metamorph. At lot is gonna depend on what, if any, side effect is rolled, but I think the thread will be happy.

But doesn't mean the vote is over! Anyone could come up with an amazing power set. Maybe even . . . you?
Could we see those other drafts sometime after the vote is over, please?

I'm flattered you liked Metamorph enough to make a draft for it, especially since it's only got my vote.
 
In theory, you could use the same combinations in the future or I might just recycle deals for future heroes, so I won't post them publicly. But if anyone really wants to hear about them after the vote's closed, DM me.
 
Back Issue #1: The Day the Sky Fell
It remains the eternal shame of scientists and amateur astronomers everywhere that no one noticed the Leviathan until it was already here.

To be fair to the starwatchers, its arrival was sudden. One moment there was a patch of empty sky, and, the next, it was filled with a creature the size of Manhattan. No satellites or telescopes clocked its arrival, nor could anyone who isn't a liar say where it came from, or even how long it had been there before it was spotted. It could have hung above the atmosphere for hours without anyone noticing, but for the sun behind the Leviathan casting its shadow over where people lived. And those people looked up.

And then immediately looked back down. They rubbed their eyes, took a few deep breaths, maybe pinched themselves to make sure they were awake, and then reluctantly looked back up.

Above them floated an uneven cylinder, made of a thick side and thin side. From the thin side emerged two symmetrical, gangly protrusions that extended into long, double-jointed limbs that terminated into endless tendrils. Between them was a bulbous prow, oblong and twisted, with a gaping pit in the middle, empty, wanting, and unignorable.

Like a man screaming.

Most people did not look up a third time. But a few did, and swiftly regretted it, as they saw something even more horrifying: the Leviathan was getting bigger. It was getting closer. Impact was inevitable.

Decades later, the world would collectively agree to never mention the, frankly embarrassing, mass panic that ensued. Yes, they would insist, humanity did not fold in the face of imminent annihilation. We banded together, bringing together our best and brightest to forestall Armageddon. The riots and lootings were merely the result of a particularly contentious soccer match. Oh, you didn't hear about it? Guess you had to be there.

Thankfully, collective action proved to be unnecessary. As quickly Leviathan grew to fill the sky, it just as quickly, miraculously, began to shrink. What could so easily float in the vacuum in space had no defense to the atmosphere of Earth upon entry. The Leviathan burned in a holocaust of flame, losing over 90% of its mass in a matter of hours. What seemed like an extinction level event charred away into a mere catastrophe.

Certain members of the population were disappointed. The wave wasn't even very big when it hit the ocean.

That isn't to say that 10% the mass of Manhattan hitting the planet didn't wreak devastation. It absolutely did. Wreaked like crazy. Wreaked like you wouldn't believe. The Leviathan hit the south Atlantic Ocean at an angle and skipped like a stone into the Brazilian island of Marajó with the force of millions of megatons of TNT. The impact cracked the land like a walnut, killing thousands. Millions more across the globe died as a result of the famine caused by the dust cloud it kicked up, lowering global temperatures for years. The famine triggered several wars, the global economy was crippled, even more people died, moved, or were displaced. The ripples from the impact were endless, impossible to ever summarize in on place, but one thing was clear:

On the island of Marajó, above the trees, rising like obelisk, was a face. It was all that remained of the Leviathan, the "head" and, next to it, part of a "hand". It had the peculiar effect of looking like a man trying to claw himself out of the grave--hand desperately reaching to pull the head from the loam. It rose high into the sky, a mountain of material not from this world.

It still looked like it was screaming.

An endless font of amber liquid poured out of the Leviathan's corpse, a mutagenic substance later dubbed "goldnine." Goldnine had the peculiar—here "peculiar" means "absolutely terrifying"—property of instantly converting any organic matter it made contact with into more of itself. In an instant, 20% of the island became an alien landscape of bubbling, frothing material. Had the Leviathan landed somewhere with less marshland, it could have been even worse.

As if a shattered land, destroyed economy, and staggering loss of life wasn't bad enough for the country of Brazil, suddenly Marajó became the most coveted real estate in the world. Every nation wanted the Leviathan for itself, for what it was, and what it promised it could be. Most did not ask politely or even ask at all. Unable, or unwilling, to resist the rest of the world, nor willing to pick a side and anger everyone else, the leaders of Brazil took a page out of King Solomon's book and gave every country a piece of the Leviathan.

Or, a piece of what could be extracted. The outer shell of the Levithan had hardened into a chitin that could wear diamond drills dull. The only viable part was an organic inner core, spongy like a mushroom, accessible through the mouth and a river of the now-most dangerous substance on the planet. That was what was divided and shared, every major nation given a piece.

That would quickly prove to be a bad move.
 
Or, a piece of what could be extracted. The outer shell of the Levithan had hardened into a chitin that could wear diamond drills dull. The only viable part was an organic inner core, spongy like a mushroom, accessible through the mouth and a river of the now-most dangerous substance on the planet. That was what was divided and shared, every major nation given a piece.

That would quickly prove to be a bad move.
I sense some BS incoming. Uh oh.
 
So the current top three plans are

1- Hypernovae (Unquenchable star ver) with 5 votes

2- Chimera with 4 votes

3- Hypernovae with 3 votes.

All the other plans have a singular vote
 
Or, a piece of what could be extracted. The outer shell of the Levithan had hardened into a chitin that could wear diamond drills dull. The only viable part was an organic inner core, spongy like a mushroom, accessible through the mouth and a river of the now-most dangerous substance on the planet. That was what was divided and shared, every major nation given a piece.
don't you hate it when you fall off a cliff into a hole in reality and a bunch of ants give you a tonsillectomy?

Also, definitely focusing on the wrong part of this(bc it's all so good I have to go for the less talked about bits) but I love the implication that there's potentially tens of thousands of pounds of Léviathan trop cuite in the upper atmosphere. This is definitely cool and safe and unhorrific 👍
 
don't you hate it when you fall off a cliff into a hole in reality and a bunch of ants give you a tonsillectomy?

Also, definitely focusing on the wrong part of this(bc it's all so good I have to go for the less talked about bits) but I love the implication that there's potentially tens of thousands of pounds of Léviathan trop cuite in the upper atmosphere. This is definitely cool and safe and unhorrific 👍
(To the tune of All-Star)
🎶And the bad ideas don't stop coming and they don't stop coming, alien god hit the ground but we kept it running🎶
 
I love how terrifying the Alien God is. "It looked like it was screaming" felt like a line out of a horror story, and its repetition after making landfall made it even more effective.
 
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