Honestly, it doesn't really matter how big it is. As long as it isn't outright microscopic it's still able to get madness through (and reduce the madness costs for a teleport spell, not that many people know that yet).
Does that just mean it has to be bigger than a micrometer? Or you mean it has to be just big enough to be visible (.1 mm)?
As an interesting note, with his current setup and efficiency level, this guy could actually power a portal to several light seconds out. I may need to rethink if you're the first magic user to bootstrap your own way to space.
We MIGHT not be the first ones to the moon ( still very well could be, setting up AI that advanced is both really hard, and really expensive), but I'm rather certain no-one else has been to another planet. Ignoring that the closest we ever get to another planet (Venus, 126.8 light seconds) is still a long way away, the planets don't stay that close together, and actually doing anything on that other planet will be a tad hard, given it's inhospitable atmosphere.
I am aware. Also, please remember that the architectures of an AI built to actually do something and one designed to maximize madness output is completely different.
Completely different, but undoubtly still VERY complex, and requires a lot of processing power.
Quite bluntly, he wanted to get his hands on one of your creations to figure out how you'd managed such stupidly efficient and compact generator intelligences. This is due to a major case of wrong genre savvy, he thinks you're using magitech.
But why DnD characters?
Because his Shadowrun group is only available on weekends.
Speaking of which, I wonder what the DnD guys think is happening. I'm fairly sure that our Laser guns don't make much sound, and neither did the Stun Grenade apparently, so the only things they could hear are the spells (which might also not be making much sound) and the guy shouting and bumping into stuff.
I felt like sitting on the sidelines for now. I'll jump in if I have a plan, joke, info, or I feel like you guys are acting stupid.
Do you see anything wrong with the plan? Even if you don't vote, you can criticize. Which is what I'm asking for, things I might not have considered, or alternate paths that might be better.
I say throw some grenades into the basement as well. Also, I say shoot some stun shots into each room to locate any power source or just weaken the guy by damaging his domain.
To do the basement bit would require us to already have guys down there, so we can handle that when we do have guys down there.
Wait, those he have some kind of outside entrance into his basement or couldn't we just have the Joes set guns to maximum and shoot down into the basement?
I assumed there was no outside entrance, but you know what they say about assuming
Even if he does get away, unless he goes truely remote he can't really hide. I'm already considering making a AI made for hacking into stuff, correlating online data to find people, and what-not, and trying to track down the guy who attacked us is just the motivation we would need. Especially since there is stuff in real life that does all that, and we have access to MUCH greater equipment and artificial intelligences.
He has info in his head we could use, at the very least. Ignoring that moving from Stun to Lethal on our pistols doesn't really raise the odds of us hitting him (damn shield), going lethal will also more than likely light the house on fire, not dangerous to the guy, but attracting all sorts of legal attention.
I'm mostly interested in stealing his knowledge on not just magic, but making machines that efficiently produce Madness. And possibly of other Technomancers/Torturers he knows of. The Sleep Learner is good for that. Scan his brain, take that knowledge, and put it in our head.
There's a bulkhead on the southeast side of the house.
