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Mostly, you can with just classifications sometimes. It usually uses a lot of the categories though, so it fundamentally takes a lot of power types you could make.
Psychopomp [Worm]
Mostly, you can with just classifications sometimes. It usually uses a lot of the categories though, so it fundamentally takes a lot of power types you could make.
So it looks like we have a hard limit of 12/13 powers. I am curious if we're able to use sorcerer to modify itself.
Powers of interest:
FLESHWEAVER
Could be used to make any allies almost immortal, or even de-power anybody within range by getting rid of the part of the brain that interfaces with powers. Results of de-powering attempts may be unpredictable but we could also just make people's brains stop working. If we collaborate with skitter we could have enough raw material to do some real damage. We might also be able to create specialty minions for Skitter if we were so inclined.
SORCERER
The utility of modifying powers on the fly is incredible, and if sorcerer can modify itself temporarily (presumably losing access to sorcerer's abilities for the duration) then we can turn sorcerer into Deify relatively easily if the need arises. Customizing, for example, our thinker abilities on the fly also has a level of utility that is staggering.
INTELLECTUS
The ability to read someone's history is incredibly powerful, and would likely become more narrow but more potent with striker.
PATH TO CONFUSION/BLINDSPOT
Good for confounding powers, the real advantage over static being that we know when we're being scried on. Path To Confusion has the benefit of not being a blindspot for thinkers when we don't need to be. A lot of thinkers would immediately clock that something was up if they met us and couldn't use their powers on us. Blindspot is undoubtedly more potent, but Path To Confusion would be better if we wanted to keep one of them constantly.
DEIFY/APOTHEOSIS
Obviously nuts. Could be bluffed as how psychopomp gains power if need be.
LAZARUS
Incredibly powerful, but don't get cocky just because we're immortal. There are definitely ways to keep us from regaining consciousness. It is a great tool for "faking" our death by actually just dying.
SHAPESHIFT/SKINWALKER
Assuming changes aren't temporary we could grab this one, give ourself a little polish, then break it back down. Could be useful for maintaining multiple identities if necessary. Notable synergy with Juggernaught in that it would allow smaller whip-like structures to be created on our body and used as weapons since durability wouldn't be as much of a concern.
...I just thought about the combo of MOVER REGEN and I'm reminded of in Undead Unluck where the guy regenerates his body and launches his blood and stuff like a jet to basically fly.Though he'd probably also be a brute.
Powers of interest:
FLESHWEAVER
Could be used to make any allies almost immortal, or even de-power anybody within range by getting rid of the part of the brain that interfaces with powers. Results of de-powering attempts may be unpredictable but we could also just make people's brains stop working. If we collaborate with skitter we could have enough raw material to do some real damage. We might also be able to create specialty minions for Skitter if we were so inclined.
SORCERER
The utility of modifying powers on the fly is incredible, and if sorcerer can modify itself temporarily (presumably losing access to sorcerer's abilities for the duration) then we can turn sorcerer into Deify relatively easily if the need arises. Customizing, for example, our thinker abilities on the fly also has a level of utility that is staggering.
INTELLECTUS
The ability to read someone's history is incredibly powerful, and would likely become more narrow but more potent with striker.
PATH TO CONFUSION/BLINDSPOT
Good for confounding powers, the real advantage over static being that we know when we're being scried on. Path To Confusion has the benefit of not being a blindspot for thinkers when we don't need to be. A lot of thinkers would immediately clock that something was up if they met us and couldn't use their powers on us. Blindspot is undoubtedly more potent, but Path To Confusion would be better if we wanted to keep one of them constantly.
DEIFY/APOTHEOSIS
Obviously nuts. Could be bluffed as how psychopomp gains power if need be.
LAZARUS
Incredibly powerful, but don't get cocky just because we're immortal. There are definitely ways to keep us from regaining consciousness. It is a great tool for "faking" our death by actually just dying.
SHAPESHIFT/SKINWALKER
Assuming changes aren't temporary we could grab this one, give ourself a little polish, then break it back down. Could be useful for maintaining multiple identities if necessary. Notable synergy with Juggernaught in that it would allow smaller whip-like structures to be created on our body and used as weapons since durability wouldn't be as much of a concern.
Blindspot is 100% classification, likely because trump makes other power types viable targets for the power.
...I just thought about the combo of MOVER REGEN and I'm reminded of in Undead Unluck where the guy regenerates his body and launches his blood and stuff like a jet to basically fly.
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Yeah, FLESHWEAVER is a monster of a power. We could become a Warlord with just this one.
Imagine we jump into a fight with a mover power (or just a car, really), then just turn the brains of all parahumans in our range into goo.
Fuck, we could totally just cruise through town in a stolen car, stop when we sense a parahuman and just... mush-ify them.
Damn. We should do that. I mean, why not?
Because, and just hear me out here, indiscriminate murder is bad. If that's not enough then there's also that it's a real fast way to get everyone to realize that there's a gigantic threat. They also might suspect we're involved given that they know we can detect capes. Vista and Skitter might also spill some of our secrets if they start to suspect and we don't kill them first. In conclusion being that murder-happy could lead to consequences so maybe don't.
CedeTheBees
Probably high right now
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SKINWALKER and APOTHEOSIS seem like good main powers to keep on us all the time. I mostly just wanna give Casey the former for their gender reasons tho.
Correct!
However, we can just go into e88 territory. Have a phone on us. Search around the internet what the most likely cape is. And decide if we want to murder them. It's that easy! Maybe. Alternatively, we can try to make a thinker/trump power that tells exactly what power they have instead of vague feelings, or just use a thinker (better sense, not precog) power to deduce who it is.
It's also a really fast way to acquire the power necessary to deal with "everyone". Like. Really fast?
Also consider this: The slaughterhouse is coming.
This seems to be quite the large logical leap, though? Maybe Taylor could guess it,i suppose.
Does Vista knows we get more powers? I dont remember. Taylor knows tho. I would totally take the gamble that she wouldnt know it was us, tho.
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- The UK
I suspect Trump is both a classification and an adjective, since Psychopomp is just Trump.
Which raises the question of what happens if we try Trump on its own again?
If we want more than 13 powers we'd need to find some power that lets us use a keyword twice
Which raises the question of what happens if we try Trump on its own again?
If we want more than 13 powers we'd need to find some power that lets us use a keyword twice
Quick thoughts:
Does not affect perception from Powers. As mentioned before, can be a hard counter to Oni Lee, and later eye-contact based Masters like Valefor.
Sneaky, can soft-counter Tattletale, Coil, and at higher levels Contessa, Mama Mathers or even Ziz. Possibly one of my favourites for the misdirection potential, even if right now it forces us to abandon Prodigy.
Weaker than Static, but can work on Powers.
Hard counter to a lot of people, but also, as mentioned above, anything but subtle. Liable to cause a major freakout among Thinkers who have an eye on us, even as a matter of routine (Watchdog, ...) if we suddenly become a global blind spot.
Does not affect perception from Powers. As mentioned before, can be a hard counter to Oni Lee, and later eye-contact based Masters like Valefor.
Sneaky, can soft-counter Tattletale, Coil, and at higher levels Contessa, Mama Mathers or even Ziz. Possibly one of my favourites for the misdirection potential, even if right now it forces us to abandon Prodigy.
Weaker than Static, but can work on Powers.
Hard counter to a lot of people, but also, as mentioned above, anything but subtle. Liable to cause a major freakout among Thinkers who have an eye on us, even as a matter of routine (Watchdog, ...) if we suddenly become a global blind spot.
Ah. I've been researching but I'm not familiar with the timeline. Do you know how soon that is?
Vista knows we secretly killed a guy sneakily, at the very least.
Powers have keywords and classifications, which are somewhat separate. Psychopomp is classified as a trump power, but has no keywords.
One revision to my statement: killing an endbringer lets us retrieve used keywords for a power, so each endbringer is +1 to the limit.
Actually that's not strictly accurate.
So insensate actually is just a strict downgrade.
Would now be a bad time to mention that we actually did become a global blind spot briefly? These aren't theoretical, we're actually making and breaking these powers. That said, since we broke it in short order we might be fine.
It's got my vote in favour of being one we keep, at least until we see what the powers are like in the update. It's the most subtle way of knowing if someone's using their thinker powers on us. That's particularly vital in case coil picks up our scent.
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We might consider SHAPESHIFT, since that would also suit your purposes. We could use craft for a different power or even leave it unused, since adding a word to a power doesn't take a significant amount of time. If we don't go Sorcerer then keeping some keywords loose would help with versatility.
...I just realized we can use prodigy to be really good at making costumes. That sounds helpful.
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Interlude 2
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- Somewhere
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- They/Them
Taylor Hebert returned to her 'home' that evening with her thoughts confused. Would she really be doing something like this again? She had promised herself, after the fallout with Brian and the rest, that she wouldn't walk down this path again. Of becoming a villain. She had been helping people in the few days following Leviathan's attack. It felt good, knowing the difference she had made, no matter how small.
The fact Protean had been willing to talk with her showed that it had made some kind of difference. But the casual way the other hero had eliminated Victor, how she had spoken about other villains... could she really do that? Was it it being a hero?
What was a hero, anyway? Once, Taylor could have said. A hero helped people, they fought for the good guys, and they stood up for the little people. As she grew older and things became more complicated, Taylor would describe a hero as something different. Something entirely more complicated, yet simplistic at the same time. A hero stood up to bullies.
Victor was a bully, that was for certain. The Empire had always been rotten, and Fenrir's Chosen had been even worse, and Protean had put an end to him. Without Victor, and with the death of Othala, the Chosen would have to pick their targets more carefully. They couldn't engage the PRT or Protectorate with the same sort of disregard that Victor and Othala allowed. His death only meant good things... and, she supposed, the PRT hadn't chosen to take Protean in.
The timing was the problem. Taylor didn't so much mind Victor dying. He had clearly been an imminent danger to Miss Militia, and no matter her opinions on the local Protectorate, she didn't think any of them deserved to die. But Protean had been preparing her attack before Victor had done anything. And the other hero hadn't denied it, either.
In the end, though, it didn't matter. Taylor had made a promise to herself and to a little girl in a lot of danger, even if the girl didn't know about it. Dinah needed to be rescued and Coil needed to be stopped. She would work with Protean as far as she could... and maybe, just maybe, she could find a friend again. Lisa hadn't worked out and Brian... well, she had wanted to be more than friends, and he hadn't reciprocated that. And now he was pissed at her, and rightfully so.
That wasn't even thinking about her dad. How would she repair that relationship? Did she even want to fix it?
The small, half-flooded basement she had found served well for a temporary base. It had enough dry areas to sleep and keep her things dry, and was reasonably well hidden. It had required her power to find the entrance, just large enough for a single person to squeeze through, and Taylor thought most adults would struggle. She wasn't entirely sure about how structurally sound everything was, but she wasn't there for very long anyway.
Most of her time was spent on the streets of the city.
The next morning she woke early, as she had been lately. She slept a few scant hours each night since Leviathan, eating a quick breakfast, and then she got to work. She had become something of an open
A text message came through.
Playing w/ toys, thnk i hav jst thng 4 r snek prblm.
Apparently, Protean was that sort of texter. Could the other cape had figured something out already? Trumps, she knew, could be the most fearsome types of capes. Othala had been a Trump, and so had Dauntless, and both had been incredibly dangerous in their own ways.
Like Tinkers but without the need for resources, or time. At least sometimes, she silently amended to herself. Most weren't exactly Eidolon, or even Dauntless. But the exceptions were, one and all, the most dangerous cape to encounter. She had done a bit of research on them, as she ate her dinner the previous night, and some like Glaistig Uiaine required entire teams of capes to take down. And she had simply surrendered, in the end, not actually beaten.
She doubted Protean had a power anything like that, or Eidolon, but maybe something like Dauntless? A power she could switch out? Taylor would need to ask, though the other cape had seemed secretive.
Let's meet up soon and plan an outing. I'm anxious to get started, Taylor replied. Protean simply replied with a series of emojis that meant something, she was sure, but she didn't quite know what.
The thumbs up that followed clarified the meaning.
Then a clock emoji followed by a giant "4."
4 o'clock? Taylor texted back. Please use actual English, you're giving me an aneurysm.
A thumbs up again. Taylor sighed and put the phone away. She had a day to plan.
Please choose your load out of powers for the day. Vote by plan for this one. You have 25 motes to distribute, and KEYWORDS may not repeat.
[] Plan Example
-[] PHOENIX(Trump/Brute/Changer)(BRUTE, TRUMP, CHANGER, FLESH, REGEN, FIRE, CONTROL) (10 motes)
-[] ACCELERANDO (Mover)(MOVER, STRIKER, ACCELERATION, INTERTIA) (10 motes)
-[] GEOMANCY (Shaker)(SHAKER, CRAFT, FIELD) (5 motes)
The fact Protean had been willing to talk with her showed that it had made some kind of difference. But the casual way the other hero had eliminated Victor, how she had spoken about other villains... could she really do that? Was it it being a hero?
What was a hero, anyway? Once, Taylor could have said. A hero helped people, they fought for the good guys, and they stood up for the little people. As she grew older and things became more complicated, Taylor would describe a hero as something different. Something entirely more complicated, yet simplistic at the same time. A hero stood up to bullies.
Victor was a bully, that was for certain. The Empire had always been rotten, and Fenrir's Chosen had been even worse, and Protean had put an end to him. Without Victor, and with the death of Othala, the Chosen would have to pick their targets more carefully. They couldn't engage the PRT or Protectorate with the same sort of disregard that Victor and Othala allowed. His death only meant good things... and, she supposed, the PRT hadn't chosen to take Protean in.
The timing was the problem. Taylor didn't so much mind Victor dying. He had clearly been an imminent danger to Miss Militia, and no matter her opinions on the local Protectorate, she didn't think any of them deserved to die. But Protean had been preparing her attack before Victor had done anything. And the other hero hadn't denied it, either.
In the end, though, it didn't matter. Taylor had made a promise to herself and to a little girl in a lot of danger, even if the girl didn't know about it. Dinah needed to be rescued and Coil needed to be stopped. She would work with Protean as far as she could... and maybe, just maybe, she could find a friend again. Lisa hadn't worked out and Brian... well, she had wanted to be more than friends, and he hadn't reciprocated that. And now he was pissed at her, and rightfully so.
That wasn't even thinking about her dad. How would she repair that relationship? Did she even want to fix it?
The small, half-flooded basement she had found served well for a temporary base. It had enough dry areas to sleep and keep her things dry, and was reasonably well hidden. It had required her power to find the entrance, just large enough for a single person to squeeze through, and Taylor thought most adults would struggle. She wasn't entirely sure about how structurally sound everything was, but she wasn't there for very long anyway.
Most of her time was spent on the streets of the city.
The next morning she woke early, as she had been lately. She slept a few scant hours each night since Leviathan, eating a quick breakfast, and then she got to work. She had become something of an open
A text message came through.
Playing w/ toys, thnk i hav jst thng 4 r snek prblm.
Apparently, Protean was that sort of texter. Could the other cape had figured something out already? Trumps, she knew, could be the most fearsome types of capes. Othala had been a Trump, and so had Dauntless, and both had been incredibly dangerous in their own ways.
Like Tinkers but without the need for resources, or time. At least sometimes, she silently amended to herself. Most weren't exactly Eidolon, or even Dauntless. But the exceptions were, one and all, the most dangerous cape to encounter. She had done a bit of research on them, as she ate her dinner the previous night, and some like Glaistig Uiaine required entire teams of capes to take down. And she had simply surrendered, in the end, not actually beaten.
She doubted Protean had a power anything like that, or Eidolon, but maybe something like Dauntless? A power she could switch out? Taylor would need to ask, though the other cape had seemed secretive.
Let's meet up soon and plan an outing. I'm anxious to get started, Taylor replied. Protean simply replied with a series of emojis that meant something, she was sure, but she didn't quite know what.
The thumbs up that followed clarified the meaning.
Then a clock emoji followed by a giant "4."
4 o'clock? Taylor texted back. Please use actual English, you're giving me an aneurysm.
A thumbs up again. Taylor sighed and put the phone away. She had a day to plan.
Please choose your load out of powers for the day. Vote by plan for this one. You have 25 motes to distribute, and KEYWORDS may not repeat.
[] Plan Example
-[] PHOENIX(Trump/Brute/Changer)(BRUTE, TRUMP, CHANGER, FLESH, REGEN, FIRE, CONTROL) (10 motes)
-[] ACCELERANDO (Mover)(MOVER, STRIKER, ACCELERATION, INTERTIA) (10 motes)
-[] GEOMANCY (Shaker)(SHAKER, CRAFT, FIELD) (5 motes)
PHOENIX(Trump/Brute/Changer)(BRUTE, TRUMP, CHANGER, FLESH, REGEN, FIRE, CONTROL) Burn to ash and rise again, stronger than before. Casey regenerates damage taken, the more damage taken the more rapidly they regenerate. As they regenerate, they shade "feathers" of flame, which they have moderate cotrol over. They grow stronger the more times they regenerate, generating virtual "motes" which may improve PHOENIX by up to three ranks.
ACCELERANDO (Mover)(MOVER, STRIKER, ACCELERATION, INTERTIA) Casey increases in speed the longer he is in constant movement. It seemingly has no limit, but takes time to spool up. Once he reaches a speed, he can maintain it, and needs some space to slow down. Casey may reach out and touch a single item no more than ten grams in mass. This item gains an iridescent sheen and is propelled at ever increasing speeds, in whichever direction Casey chooses. It will not slow until it strikes something, unless Casey wills it.
GEOMANCY (Shaker)(SHAKER, CRAFT, FIELD) Casey may shape the world around him. At low motes, he is limited to the most readily available materials and has a range only slightly beyond his body. He is also limited to a single extremely basic creation (pillars, walls, holes, etc). At higher motes, Casey may utilize more exotic materials, expand his range, and expand the number of creations. Complexity of creations may increase as well.
PRODIGY (Thinker)(THINKER, SKILL) Casey may choose a single skill to have superhuman skill in, and may change this skill with a few minutes of preparation. The number of skills and speed of skill change increases as rank increases.
STATIC (Stranger) (STRANGER, SCRAMBLE, SENSE) Casey may cloud the perceptions of anyone that perceives him. As rank increases, his ability to cloud perceptions grows. He may not interface with non-biological senses, such as cameras, but he can effect people that see him through the camera.
MACGYVER (Thinker/Tinker)(THINKER, SKILL, CRAFT) Understand mundane and extremely low-grade Tinker technology, and a talent in creating it. Similar to PRODIGY but specifies the creation of things; not a true Tinker power, as it requires access to other Tinkertech. At higher ranks, may understand and create more advanced Tinkertech, at lower ranks it may only create mundane technology.
FLESHWEAVER (Shaker)(SHAKER, FLESH, CRAFT, CONTROL) Biology is your plaything. Twist the forms of biological life to your will. Range, speed, and severity of viable change expands at higher ranks. Panacea, but a Shaker.
SORCERER (Trump)(TRUMP, THIEF) Shift motes and KEYWORDS between powers, "stealing" attributes from one to another. Extra motes expand upon how much you can shift at a time, and how long the changes last.
POWER FAILED: DATA MISSING (Fail)(REGEN, FIELD)
JET (Mover/Blaster)(MOVER, FIRE) Blast propulsive flame from Casey's limbs. The higher the rank, the more rapidly Casey may move, and the hotter the flame burns.
JUGGERNAUGHT (Brute)(BRUTE, INERTIA) Become an unstoppable force. Casey's movemets become difficult to stop, and his defense rises as he moves. At high ranks, he becomes nearly invulnerable so long as he is in movement, and stopping him is near-impossible.
FLESHWARP (Changer)(CHANGER, SKILL) Casey shifts his body to adapt it to whatever task is before him. At higher levels, more extreme possibilities become available.
PATH TO CONFUSION (Thinker)(THINKER, SCRAMBLE) Casey gains knowledge of Thinker effects applied to him, as well as knowledge of steps that may be taken to confound or confuse the Thinker. Higher levels apply to more esoteric and potent powers, as well as allow for a greater degree of confounding.
INSENSATE (Stranger)(STRANGER, SENSE) Casey becomes able to block the senses of those that perceive him. He begins able to effect 1 sense at a time, and this grows as the power grows in strength. He also blocks the senses more rapidly. At higher ranks, he becomes capable of blocking more esoteric senses, such as precognition. This effect is weaker than STATIC.
DEIFY (Trump)(TRUMP, STRIKER, THIEF) Casey makes contact with an enemy and strips them of a measure of their power. The longer contact is made, the stronger the effect. Casey gains temporary "virtual" motes so long as he maintains contact. The effect increases in intensity the longer contact is made, and at maximum level he may permanently gains motes and KEYWORDS through this method.
APOTHEOSIS (Trump)(TRUMP, STRIKER, SHAKER, THIEF) All capes within Casey's range have their powers weakened. His own powers strengthen in proportion to the weakening. At lower levels the effect is mild, though the longer a cape remains in his range, the greater the effect. At higher ranks, both range and speed of effect increase, and at maximum rank the effects become permanent.
ABOMINABLE (Changer/Shaker)(CHANGER, SCRAMBLE, FIELD) Casey randomly gains physical elements of creatures within his range. Parahumans with powers primarily rooted in physical expressions--some types of Brutes and Changers, primarily--have a chance of granting Casey this effect so long as they remain within his range.
POWER FAILED: DATA MISSING (Fail)(FLESH, THIEF)
PYROMANCY (Shaker/Blaster)(SHAKER, FIRE, CONTROL) Casey becomes capable of manifesting fire within his range, and gains extremely fine control over it. At higher ranks, his range grows, the temperature of the fire he generates grows, and the degree of control grows. He is immune to his own flame, though not fire in general.
LAZARUS (Brute)(BRUTE, REGEN) Casey regenerates wounds he receives. The more wounded, the more rapidly he regenerates. If Casey is slain, he returns to life after a delayed period of time--anywhere from 3 minutes to 3 days. He self-resurrects more quickly the higher the rank.
SHAPESHIFT (Changer/Stranger)(CHANGER, FLESH, CONTROL) Casey is able to control his flesh, shaping himself to whatever his desire. Higher ranks add more rapid shifting of shape, and more extreme changes grow possible. It is less effective than SKINWALKER at creating more esoteric changes, such as specialized venoms or other adaptations.
SKINWALKER (Changer/Brute/Stranger)(CHANGER, FLESH, CONTROL, CRAFT) Casey becomes able to control his own flesh. He may shape himself however he wishes, whether to pass as a different individual or gender, and also gains the ability to restore wounds received. At higher ranks, more extreme changes become possible, and the changes grow more rapid.
POWER FAILED: DATA MISSING (Fail)(STRANGER, THINKER)
RUNE (Striker)(STRIKER, FIRE, FIELD) Casey may place a "rune" on any object (or just the ground) he touches. This rune will turn into a large fire whenever he wills it. The higher the ranks, the more runes he may place, and the hotter the fire.
BLINDSPOT (Thinker/Stranger)(THINKER, STRANGER, TRUMP) Casey gains knowledge of capes that attempt to perceive him with powers. This is a global effect. He also becomes invisible to these powers. Higher ranks add additional types of powers that cannot interact with him--at base strength, Thinkers that require direct contact with him and Tinkertech devices do not perceive information regarding him. At the extreme end, Scion or the Simurgh cannot path him.
UNSTOPPABLE FORCE (Brute/Mover)(BRUTE, INERTIA, ACCELERATION) So long as Casey is accelerating, he cannot be slowed. The faster he goes, the stronger he becomes, and his speed continuously rises--though not so effectively as ACCELERANDO. At higher ranks, he is a genuine Mover.
ICARUS (Changer/Mover)(CHANGER, MOVER, FLESH, CRAFT, CONTROL) Casey gains the ability to grow wings, or any other sort of appendage he desires, centered around movement. He may choose how they look to his desire, and they gain a variety of minor powers to aid in their purpose--from anti-gravity effects to greater acceleration than should be possible.
INTELLECTUS (Thinker)(THINKER, SENSE) Casey gains intimate and complete knowledge of his surroundings. How old is that particular rock? He knows. Is that man cheating on his wife? Of course that's knowledge he has. As its rank improves, Casey gains access to more "secure" information blocked by parahuman powers, knowledge of overlapping dimensions, and his range moderately expands.
ACCELERANDO (Mover)(MOVER, STRIKER, ACCELERATION, INTERTIA) Casey increases in speed the longer he is in constant movement. It seemingly has no limit, but takes time to spool up. Once he reaches a speed, he can maintain it, and needs some space to slow down. Casey may reach out and touch a single item no more than ten grams in mass. This item gains an iridescent sheen and is propelled at ever increasing speeds, in whichever direction Casey chooses. It will not slow until it strikes something, unless Casey wills it.
GEOMANCY (Shaker)(SHAKER, CRAFT, FIELD) Casey may shape the world around him. At low motes, he is limited to the most readily available materials and has a range only slightly beyond his body. He is also limited to a single extremely basic creation (pillars, walls, holes, etc). At higher motes, Casey may utilize more exotic materials, expand his range, and expand the number of creations. Complexity of creations may increase as well.
PRODIGY (Thinker)(THINKER, SKILL) Casey may choose a single skill to have superhuman skill in, and may change this skill with a few minutes of preparation. The number of skills and speed of skill change increases as rank increases.
STATIC (Stranger) (STRANGER, SCRAMBLE, SENSE) Casey may cloud the perceptions of anyone that perceives him. As rank increases, his ability to cloud perceptions grows. He may not interface with non-biological senses, such as cameras, but he can effect people that see him through the camera.
MACGYVER (Thinker/Tinker)(THINKER, SKILL, CRAFT) Understand mundane and extremely low-grade Tinker technology, and a talent in creating it. Similar to PRODIGY but specifies the creation of things; not a true Tinker power, as it requires access to other Tinkertech. At higher ranks, may understand and create more advanced Tinkertech, at lower ranks it may only create mundane technology.
FLESHWEAVER (Shaker)(SHAKER, FLESH, CRAFT, CONTROL) Biology is your plaything. Twist the forms of biological life to your will. Range, speed, and severity of viable change expands at higher ranks. Panacea, but a Shaker.
SORCERER (Trump)(TRUMP, THIEF) Shift motes and KEYWORDS between powers, "stealing" attributes from one to another. Extra motes expand upon how much you can shift at a time, and how long the changes last.
POWER FAILED: DATA MISSING (Fail)(REGEN, FIELD)
JET (Mover/Blaster)(MOVER, FIRE) Blast propulsive flame from Casey's limbs. The higher the rank, the more rapidly Casey may move, and the hotter the flame burns.
JUGGERNAUGHT (Brute)(BRUTE, INERTIA) Become an unstoppable force. Casey's movemets become difficult to stop, and his defense rises as he moves. At high ranks, he becomes nearly invulnerable so long as he is in movement, and stopping him is near-impossible.
FLESHWARP (Changer)(CHANGER, SKILL) Casey shifts his body to adapt it to whatever task is before him. At higher levels, more extreme possibilities become available.
PATH TO CONFUSION (Thinker)(THINKER, SCRAMBLE) Casey gains knowledge of Thinker effects applied to him, as well as knowledge of steps that may be taken to confound or confuse the Thinker. Higher levels apply to more esoteric and potent powers, as well as allow for a greater degree of confounding.
INSENSATE (Stranger)(STRANGER, SENSE) Casey becomes able to block the senses of those that perceive him. He begins able to effect 1 sense at a time, and this grows as the power grows in strength. He also blocks the senses more rapidly. At higher ranks, he becomes capable of blocking more esoteric senses, such as precognition. This effect is weaker than STATIC.
DEIFY (Trump)(TRUMP, STRIKER, THIEF) Casey makes contact with an enemy and strips them of a measure of their power. The longer contact is made, the stronger the effect. Casey gains temporary "virtual" motes so long as he maintains contact. The effect increases in intensity the longer contact is made, and at maximum level he may permanently gains motes and KEYWORDS through this method.
APOTHEOSIS (Trump)(TRUMP, STRIKER, SHAKER, THIEF) All capes within Casey's range have their powers weakened. His own powers strengthen in proportion to the weakening. At lower levels the effect is mild, though the longer a cape remains in his range, the greater the effect. At higher ranks, both range and speed of effect increase, and at maximum rank the effects become permanent.
ABOMINABLE (Changer/Shaker)(CHANGER, SCRAMBLE, FIELD) Casey randomly gains physical elements of creatures within his range. Parahumans with powers primarily rooted in physical expressions--some types of Brutes and Changers, primarily--have a chance of granting Casey this effect so long as they remain within his range.
POWER FAILED: DATA MISSING (Fail)(FLESH, THIEF)
PYROMANCY (Shaker/Blaster)(SHAKER, FIRE, CONTROL) Casey becomes capable of manifesting fire within his range, and gains extremely fine control over it. At higher ranks, his range grows, the temperature of the fire he generates grows, and the degree of control grows. He is immune to his own flame, though not fire in general.
LAZARUS (Brute)(BRUTE, REGEN) Casey regenerates wounds he receives. The more wounded, the more rapidly he regenerates. If Casey is slain, he returns to life after a delayed period of time--anywhere from 3 minutes to 3 days. He self-resurrects more quickly the higher the rank.
SHAPESHIFT (Changer/Stranger)(CHANGER, FLESH, CONTROL) Casey is able to control his flesh, shaping himself to whatever his desire. Higher ranks add more rapid shifting of shape, and more extreme changes grow possible. It is less effective than SKINWALKER at creating more esoteric changes, such as specialized venoms or other adaptations.
SKINWALKER (Changer/Brute/Stranger)(CHANGER, FLESH, CONTROL, CRAFT) Casey becomes able to control his own flesh. He may shape himself however he wishes, whether to pass as a different individual or gender, and also gains the ability to restore wounds received. At higher ranks, more extreme changes become possible, and the changes grow more rapid.
POWER FAILED: DATA MISSING (Fail)(STRANGER, THINKER)
RUNE (Striker)(STRIKER, FIRE, FIELD) Casey may place a "rune" on any object (or just the ground) he touches. This rune will turn into a large fire whenever he wills it. The higher the ranks, the more runes he may place, and the hotter the fire.
BLINDSPOT (Thinker/Stranger)(THINKER, STRANGER, TRUMP) Casey gains knowledge of capes that attempt to perceive him with powers. This is a global effect. He also becomes invisible to these powers. Higher ranks add additional types of powers that cannot interact with him--at base strength, Thinkers that require direct contact with him and Tinkertech devices do not perceive information regarding him. At the extreme end, Scion or the Simurgh cannot path him.
UNSTOPPABLE FORCE (Brute/Mover)(BRUTE, INERTIA, ACCELERATION) So long as Casey is accelerating, he cannot be slowed. The faster he goes, the stronger he becomes, and his speed continuously rises--though not so effectively as ACCELERANDO. At higher ranks, he is a genuine Mover.
ICARUS (Changer/Mover)(CHANGER, MOVER, FLESH, CRAFT, CONTROL) Casey gains the ability to grow wings, or any other sort of appendage he desires, centered around movement. He may choose how they look to his desire, and they gain a variety of minor powers to aid in their purpose--from anti-gravity effects to greater acceleration than should be possible.
INTELLECTUS (Thinker)(THINKER, SENSE) Casey gains intimate and complete knowledge of his surroundings. How old is that particular rock? He knows. Is that man cheating on his wife? Of course that's knowledge he has. As its rank improves, Casey gains access to more "secure" information blocked by parahuman powers, knowledge of overlapping dimensions, and his range moderately expands.
MOVER, SHAKER, THINKER, TRUMP, BRUTE, STRANGER, STRIKER, CHANGER, ACCELERATION, INTERTIA, SCRAMBLE, SENSE, SKILL, CRAFT, FIELD, FLESH, REGEN, FIRE, CONTROL, THIEF
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Do we have a list of our keywords somewhere or do I have to make one to make sure my plan doesn't double up?
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You do now!
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[X] Plan: Slippery Thief
-[X] APOTHEOSIS (Trump)(TRUMP, STRIKER, SHAKER, THIEF) (10 motes)
-[X] SHAPESHIFT (Changer/Stranger)(CHANGER, FLESH, CONTROL) (5 motes)
--[X] Add REGEN
-[X] PATH TO CONFUSION (Thinker)(THINKER, SCRAMBLE) (5 motes)
-[X] JET (Mover/Blaster)(MOVER, FIRE) (1 mote)
-[X] UNSTOPPABLE FORCE (Brute/Mover)(BRUTE, INERTIA, ACCELERATION) (1 mote)
3 big main powers, a couple synergystic mover powers to maneuver around better, and 3 motes left over for emergencies.
Edit: I'm cool with this too
[X] Plan: Better, Faster, Stronger, Smarter
-[X] APOTHEOSIS (Trump)(TRUMP, STRIKER, SHAKER, THIEF) (10 motes)
-[X] SHAPESHIFT (Changer/Stranger)(CHANGER, FLESH, CONTROL) (5 motes)
--[X] Add REGEN
-[X] PATH TO CONFUSION (Thinker)(THINKER, SCRAMBLE) (5 motes)
-[X] JET (Mover/Blaster)(MOVER, FIRE) (1 mote)
-[X] UNSTOPPABLE FORCE (Brute/Mover)(BRUTE, INERTIA, ACCELERATION) (1 mote)
3 big main powers, a couple synergystic mover powers to maneuver around better, and 3 motes left over for emergencies.
Edit: I'm cool with this too
[X] Plan: Better, Faster, Stronger, Smarter
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I think we need atleast one (good) brute power. Maybe PHOENIX, but without FIRE and CONTROL (and maybe w/o TRUMP too, depending on what anti thinker power we'll need).
Anti thinker power, obviously. Maybe Path instead of blindspot, if we want more safety to us.
A mover power would also be nice to have. Maybe not shaker (geomancy), since we have skitter with us? Normies/other vulnerable capes won't be a problem when they're choking on bugs.
Dangerous things to look for: guns. Other parahumans (e88, travelers, merchant trash. Oni lee, too. Is there more?)/tinkertech
PHOENIX makes us immortal in combat, as long as we dump enough motes on it. I think we should just make the powers and choose the number of motes when we encounter a cape, maybe? Feedback on this.
Maybe use ACCELERANDO as mover, so we also have a good ranged option. We know we can kill people by throwing stuff at them.
Anti thinker power, obviously. Maybe Path instead of blindspot, if we want more safety to us.
A mover power would also be nice to have. Maybe not shaker (geomancy), since we have skitter with us? Normies/other vulnerable capes won't be a problem when they're choking on bugs.
Dangerous things to look for: guns. Other parahumans (e88, travelers, merchant trash. Oni lee, too. Is there more?)/tinkertech
PHOENIX makes us immortal in combat, as long as we dump enough motes on it. I think we should just make the powers and choose the number of motes when we encounter a cape, maybe? Feedback on this.
Maybe use ACCELERANDO as mover, so we also have a good ranged option. We know we can kill people by throwing stuff at them.
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Thanks! One last thing: do we know if Sorcerer works on itself?
Pheonix is honestly terribly inefficient. Lazarus or some variant thereof is likely our best bet for a brute power. So a middle ground between the two could be viable, let me tinker with a setup.
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Yes, Sorcerer works on itself, but for the duration that it is changed you lose the benefits of Sorcerer. Unless the resultant changes still enable it to do its thing.
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I know we just did a bunch of experiments, but I wanna see what happens if we add REGEN to this
BRUTE, TRUMP, CHANGER, FLESH, REGEN is too much?
I guess we could drop changer, because honestly what is it even doing there man?
(Also when we have spare motes, we should just have SORCERER permanently on us. We become Eidolon, kinda)
[X] Plan: Cataclysm
- APOTHEOSIS (Trump)(TRUMP, STRIKER, SHAKER, THIEF) 10 Motes
- FLAMECALLER (Shaker)(BRUTE, FIRE, CONTROL, SENSE, CRAFT, FIELD) 8 Motes
- SEP (Stranger)(STRANGER, THINKER, SCRAMBLE, FLESH, REGEN)(Prevent the creation of new memories for a short time within a certain radius) 7 Motes
- APOTHEOSIS (Trump)(TRUMP, STRIKER, SHAKER, THIEF) 10 Motes
- FLAMECALLER (Shaker)(BRUTE, FIRE, CONTROL, SENSE, CRAFT, FIELD) 8 Motes
- SEP (Stranger)(STRANGER, THINKER, SCRAMBLE, FLESH, REGEN)(Prevent the creation of new memories for a short time within a certain radius) 7 Motes
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I don't think we can just define new untested powers like that? We wouldn't need to experiment if we could just say what we wanted the power to do.
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Here's a plan that leaves us with 5 motes, the ability to move keywords in order to form our power stealing keywords with only one or two keyword shifts, and the keywords STRANGER, SENSE, SKILL, FIRE, and CONTROL left over. I tried to give us mobility, durability, and a ranged option along with some utility. I figured seeing what power levels this gets us and going from there is a decent option.
[X] Plan: flexible and deadly
-[X] PATH TO CONFUSION (Thinker)(THINKER, SCRAMBLE) (4 motes)
-[X] SORCERER (Trump)(TRUMP, THIEF) (2 motes)
-[X] SHAPESHIFT (Changer/Stranger)(CHANGER, FLESH, CONTROL) (1 mote)
-[X] GEOMANCY (Shaker)(SHAKER, CRAFT, FIELD) (3 motes)
-[X] BRUTE INERTIA REGEN (6 motes)
-[X] MOVER STRIKER ACCELERATION (4 motes)
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[X] Plan: Better, Faster, Stronger, Smarter
[X] Plan: flexible and deadly
-[X] PATH TO CONFUSION (Thinker)(THINKER, SCRAMBLE) (4 motes)
-[X] SORCERER (Trump)(TRUMP, THIEF) (2 motes)
-[X] SHAPESHIFT (Changer/Stranger)(CHANGER, FLESH, CONTROL) (1 mote)
-[X] GEOMANCY (Shaker)(SHAKER, CRAFT, FIELD) (3 motes)
-[X] BRUTE INERTIA REGEN (6 motes)
-[X] MOVER STRIKER ACCELERATION (4 motes)
Marvelous.
Oh sorry, I was thinking of the original. I do however want to use most of those keywords elsewhere.
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[X] Plan: Better, Faster, Stronger, Smarter
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@paebel Was this not feasible btw? Did Psychopomp throw out any warnining alarms when Casey tried?
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I missed that, but yeah, it's not feasible. Past a certain part it just went "nope." Not warning alarms, it just sort of fell apart.
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Not that precisely, but you actually can give a general idea of what you envision the power doing. It might or might not do that, but I don't have a master list of every possible combination, and if it checks out I might very well do just that. SEP, specifically, is viable... if it didn't have THINKER. Thinker powers are about the gathering of information, specifically, rather through precog, enhanced senses, etc. It can also be an expanded mental ability of some kind, though that typically leads to the same thing (see: Tattletale and intuition). SEP is just pure Stranger.
That said, it's certainly an interesting way to go about it. Probably be better to use MEMORY if you ever get it, though, but failing that the combination could work.