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jmcdavid said:
The fact that Piggot outright stated that she found Taylor to be scarier than Nilbog says everything...

And yet, Thomas Calvert couldn't resist the urge to try to see how he could use this new parahuman.
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Of course not. Because of his Store Bought Superpower he's unbeatable, doncha know? Or at least he thinks he's unbeatable, right up until something happens to force him to face his own mortality.
 
sdwood said:
No, no, no. I know that's the quote, slightly paraphrased, but it's a stupid rule. The smart rule is, "Never summon up that which you might need to put down."
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Leechblade said:
You read Silver by Cyclone didn't you?
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sdwood said:
Why yes, yes I did. Although I've always had the feeling I'd seen it somewhere before that, but I've never been able to figure out where, if so.
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Eh, I got it from The Laundry Files series by Charles Stross, specifically The Fuller Memorandum. Considering that the setting is essentially Lovecraft, with all that it implies, there is absolutely nothing you can summon that won't need to be put down at some point.
FaerieKnight79 said:
Of course not. Because of his Store Bought Superpower he's unbeatable, doncha know? Or at least he thinks he's unbeatable, right up until something happens to force him to face his own mortality.
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With a dash of apple sauce? Goes good with pork.
 
Okay, this is derailment.

The Nazis here are too scared of Naurelin to do anything too stupid after all ...
 
xeivous said:
I've not been this amused by nazis getting humiliated since I saw a fic that had Taylor bat Hookwolf across the city and through a line of porta potties.
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Could you tell us the title? Asking to do some research in how to beat nazis in the most humiliating way possible.

Next though.....did Hunt freeze the grunts to the ground by....ok is white dragon urine similar to liquid nitrogen?
 
jmcdavid said:
Oh yeah, that's a good one.

Taylor gets a crazy power that influences luck. If anyone tries to do anything to hurt her...humiliating things happen to them, while Taylor comes out smelling like roses.

She doesn't even need to do anything with her power. It's literally able to work without any input from her. Crazy OP setting turns massive threats into wusses.
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More like shapes the events to make taylor's life easier or save her. I mean her power caused an incident in a place days before anything happen and that incident ended up saving her.
I mean, Queen Fortuna has style she is quite old school, giant blue ice, anvils, pianos....heck even the.....what would they be at the end....Guardians? I mean....Being a dragon and having both Bahamut and Granny Tia behind your back is quite nice....still waiting for Lung to escape and getting an encounter muzzle to muzzles with Tiamat...that will, of course, devolve into Lung trying to court Tia in the most over the top way while the rest of the way watches in a WTF manner.....mmmm hey legit question, would oni lee be lung's best man or the priest officiating the wedding?
 
Garreon said:
Could you tell us the title? Asking to do some research in how to beat nazis in the most humiliating way possible.

Next though.....did Hunt freeze the grunts to the ground by....ok is white dragon urine similar to liquid nitrogen?
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Seems to be closer to ammonia/ammonium compounds. If he'd pissed liquid nitrogen on them, they'd be in no shape to complain to the police afterwards. As it is they probably need their lungs checked.
 
Garreon said:
Could you tell us the title? Asking to do some research in how to beat nazis in the most humiliating way possible.

Next though.....did Hunt freeze the grunts to the ground by....ok is white dragon urine similar to liquid nitrogen?
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It's February, in New England. The temperature during the night was 20 degrees (according to Weather Underground), and your clothes are soaked. And you're lying on the ground for several minutes unconscious. While you're in no danger of death by exposure - you're dressed properly - that outer layers of your clothes are attached to the cement, and it smells like someone dumped a bottle of window cleaner concentrate on you.

I've been running with the idea that a white dragons breath is similar to these instant cold packs, ramped up to 11 by draconic bullshit. Also, 3.5e and 5e state that white dragons have a harsh chemical smell about them. Aqueous Ammonia, even in low concentration is pretty harsh stuff. So, a smell that gets associated with Hunts is going to be Ammonia (the major component of those packs are ammonia compounds).

Liquid nitrogen, while sufficiently cold (-200° C / -328° F) to freeze on contact, will also evaporate very quickly, even at 20° F. The mooks would have had the equivalent of 1st & 2nd degree burns (old definitions; inflamed skin, blistering).

The chromatic dragons all have a smell associated with them, and some metallics do as well. One thing Taylor has yet to realize that any form she has smells faintly of saffron. :)
 
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