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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by ilikeoctopus Sat Jun 25, 2016 4:08 am
Hmm, let's see. As someone who doesn't know all too much about hallucinogens besides some vague facts (speculations? I don't know) about the Beatles...
At the moment before the crash, I'd still probably be kind of out of it at the tail end of the acid trip, which would definitely stick me in a horrible, hallucinatory nightmare--at the moment, I think everything would be going too fast for me to really react. I'd definitely be panicking and terrified to whatever extent I could consciously process what was happening, especially if it was my first time on any sort of drug, and especially since I'm usually already really distrustful of strangers' driving.
I'm normally jumpy about drugs anyway, so I think I'd have some lasting self-doubt and a whole lot of regret about ever agreeing to try. And I'd definitely harbor a lot of resentment and distrust for hallucinogens.
At the moment before the crash, I'd still probably be kind of out of it at the tail end of the acid trip, which would definitely stick me in a horrible, hallucinatory nightmare--at the moment, I think everything would be going too fast for me to really react. I'd definitely be panicking and terrified to whatever extent I could consciously process what was happening, especially if it was my first time on any sort of drug, and especially since I'm usually already really distrustful of strangers' driving.
I'm normally jumpy about drugs anyway, so I think I'd have some lasting self-doubt and a whole lot of regret about ever agreeing to try. And I'd definitely harbor a lot of resentment and distrust for hallucinogens.
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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by d_what Sat Jun 25, 2016 7:42 am
@OJ yeah GM rules says it's okay 
Nah but seriously, mostly we're trying to avoid the very cliche, very personal (and probably absolutely not comparable) "my kids were killed" and "I am being raped"; what I've got in that one is a tangent-on-a-tangent. The trigger isn't the asssault, or even the aftermath of the assault, but the fear that something else bad has happened on top of everything else in a powerless situation. You can twist the prompt if you're drawing blanks while maintaining the /effect/ until it resonates. For example, maybe your grandmother was attacked and she's been kind of poorly lately, and just when you think she might be starting to get better something really bad happens and you don't know the details and you're not around to help. That's the gist, work with that! It's never really about the specifics, but the effect those general events would have on you. What are you thinking in that moment, what kind of thing do you feel you need to do/are doing right there during the trigger.
@spark: dang I can't comment on my own power discussion
imma sad
but on yours:
Spark's power-tree ATM:
1) codename "VISHNU, v.1":
2) codename "GARUDA, v.1":
Nah but seriously, mostly we're trying to avoid the very cliche, very personal (and probably absolutely not comparable) "my kids were killed" and "I am being raped"; what I've got in that one is a tangent-on-a-tangent. The trigger isn't the asssault, or even the aftermath of the assault, but the fear that something else bad has happened on top of everything else in a powerless situation. You can twist the prompt if you're drawing blanks while maintaining the /effect/ until it resonates. For example, maybe your grandmother was attacked and she's been kind of poorly lately, and just when you think she might be starting to get better something really bad happens and you don't know the details and you're not around to help. That's the gist, work with that! It's never really about the specifics, but the effect those general events would have on you. What are you thinking in that moment, what kind of thing do you feel you need to do/are doing right there during the trigger.@spark: dang I can't comment on my own power discussion
imma sad but on yours:
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- it sounds like its a reflective kind of trigger. You're not worried *in the moment* about the mad (possibly axe-) murderer, but rather about how your own mindset is in the aftermath. Different people would take that in different ways I think, but it sounds like yours happened post-fact. Emphasis on statis and a deliberate inability to do anything useful. Ergo;
I don't think it's Mover. You've got no drive to do anything involving somewhere else. Shaker; no, no danger as such. Brute; unlikely. You didn't see the final hit and you weren't in any real danger yourself. Blaster: no, nobody is attacking you. Looks like this is a fairly abstract power. Breaker: eh. Too many powers fall under breaker unless you are strict with the *HAS TO BE AMBIGUOUSLY MENTAL/PHYSICAL* so it probably isn't breaker. Master... Idk? Nobody else is really involved. Tinker: There isn't a problem as such. Thinker: Right track here I think. It's an abstract problem. Striker: no, same as brute. Changer: I think so. Guilt implies you desire yourself to be a different person. It's a more abstract kind of changer, but I think changer applies. Stranger: ehhhh probably not, no outside pressure.
So I'm gonna go with some variation on a Thinker/Changer split. Wildbow doesn't have any description of Thinker/Changer classes or examples so I'm gonna have to guess
Accountant
Advice
Blow
K so accountants keep track of things as they are and as they change. They also can represent things as numbers. Those could both link to a Thinker power. Accountants are also boring. YOU HAVE THE POWER TO TURN BORING. jk. Advice has some Thinker synergy too, on a person-to-person level, but I don't think it really works with the trigger since there's no other person involved. Unless the advice is given to yourself? That kind of resonates with the trigger. Not sure how yet. Maybe your thinker power lets you split mentally and process things on different levels from different perspectives, like a deliberate form of schizophrenia. But in practice that doesn't make too much of a difference to regular Thinker powers
It can't be that you split into physical different personalities via Changer because Clones are a Master power. Blow: Blow could be the act of blowing, representing wind, or a physical blow. But you're neither a Blaster nor a Brute so the obvious answers are out. Hmmmmmm. Hm hm hmmmmmm. Tricky. Breakers are the ones that get powers via changes to their bodies, so it's not like you're going to turn into wind. Changers get *physical* abilites from their changes. Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. Drawing some blanks here. What is the changer power and how does it tie into the Thinker power, if at all?
Uhhhh. You could have the ability to multiprocess easily and grow multiple body parts at will, so, like, 4 eyes in either direction, 8 arms, fully opposable; you'd be really difficult to approach in melee situations. That's not a *fantasic* power, but it opens up some cool hero names. (Like "Vishnu" or "Watcher".) You'd likely have boosted physical attributes and basic regeneration of any new body features to keep up with the deliberate and at-will body changes. There's not a very broad scope to this power outside of being a flexible fighter/problem solver and being pretty mentally and intellectually strong so I don't see any benefit in adding a cost or limitation to the power, especially when none of the words suggest them.
THAT'S ONLY ONE POSSIBLE POWERSET. WE DON'T HAVE TO GO WITH THIS IF SOMETHING ELSE FITS THE PROMPT AND THE WORDS. It's like a big tree, we just have to pick a leaf we like. But alas you don't get to decide it Spark
OH or maybe you can change into something with basic bird features! Wings and that, used in melee and for defense because the wings are tough. You could also "blow" enemies away at close range. And the bird aspect also comes into play via "accountant"; your thinker power lets you take stock of everything you see really easily, with incredibly accurate eyesight (like a hawk.) In fact, you could be called hawk, eye...
for fuck's sake.
Please everybody else suggest your own variations, or suggestions/opinions on what I've said!
Spark's power-tree ATM:
1) codename "VISHNU, v.1":
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- Superhuman multiprocessing/division of mental faculties and the ability to grow any number of additional body features at will, slightly boosted stats and limited regen.
50/50 Thinker/Changer mix.
Downsides: None.
2) codename "GARUDA, v.1":
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- Ability to grow bird features at will, particularly powerful wings used for flight, defense and limited wind forces, in conjunction with superhuman visual acuity and processing of anything in sight.
30/70 Thinker/Changer mix.
Downsides: Birdbrain? You become gradually incapable of dwelling on things that are similar to your trigger event and are incapable of feeling guilt outside of previous experiences.
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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by d_what Sat Jun 25, 2016 8:13 am
@Octi:
Sounds kinda like a two-part delayed trigger. Like the crash itself set the stage and the hospital lit the fuse (man, don't mix metaphors!). Let's see where that might fall under the classifications:
Octi's current power-tree:
1) codename "STEREO, v.1":
Sounds kinda like a two-part delayed trigger. Like the crash itself set the stage and the hospital lit the fuse (man, don't mix metaphors!). Let's see where that might fall under the classifications:
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Mover: I think while this applies in the general, it's not really how ilo^ has processed it. Shaker: Quite possibly for the initial half. The nightmare itself in conjunction with a crash could count as an enviornmental, surrounding kind of danger; a danger of circumstances rather than a single threat. I'm gonna say we have an option here. Brutes: also possible, if not very likely. The drugs could well have impared any conception of pain, in which case it wouldn't count. Blaster: no. Breaker: Actually yeah? Between the accident and the drug-based fugue, not to mention the aftermath, it's a pretty abstract kind of problem. Master: no. Tinker: no. Thinker: Broadly, but probably not any more than anyone else's trigger. Striker: No. Changer: ehh probably not, not to the degree that spark's has. Stranger: If the trigger had happened during or before drug use, sure, but not afterwards. So I'm going to put forward a hesitant Shaker/Breaker powerset. IMO anyway. It's very open to interpretation.
Alibi
Angle
Castanets
An alibi can be an excuse, to remove yourself from a problem, or an expression of faith from another person. The remove-self-from-problem aspect might be fruitful. Angle... is a mathematical concept, it's a relationship between two objects or forces, it's a physical thing that looks like an elbow. It's also a point of view. Some of those might be slightly useful, if only for the mechanics of the power and/or the costs/downsides. Castanets: Rhythm based instruments. Sound. Rhythm. Percussion. Moving air creates a force. Force is picked up by the ears. Small objects. Multiple small objects. LOTS of different aspects to draw on here, that's probably not even half of them.
Damn I forgot what the power was again. Oh yeah. Shaker/Breaker. Hrmm. How do they fit together, and in what amounts? Does the breaker fuel the shaker or vice versa? Do they work in perfect conjunction or are they two separate powers? Maybe using one hurts the other? Examples of Shaker/Breaker crosses are "transforms into a telekinetic whirlwind" and "enters surfaces and permanently distorts them."
Shakers are area-of-effect, environmental powers.
Breakers can "break" physics in some way and generally have some sort of an alternate state. Like changers, except not necessarily physical, and powers gained are through the effect of the state and not a physical aspect.
The sound-aspect of the castanets could be at play. Off the top of my head, turning into noise to bounce around an area could work, but we'd have to nerf it so it wouldn't count as a primarily Mover power (since moving at the speed of sound is definitely a Mover power). Maybe the "angle" thing provides this - you can use the area around you like a sounding board, changing into an offensive wave and bouncing between objects. If there's no objects to bounce off, the power dissipates, meaning your power is limited to close range in an open field but is powerful and grants speed in an enclosed or cluttered space. You could probably also amplify ambient noise to use as a basic defense or offense within a set range. In terms of your trigger event, noises involved in a crash could possibly leave some PTSD that you find hard to let go, whereas the hospital could be deathly quiet. Not sure if there are any mental/power downsides outside of needing objects to bounce off in sound form. maybe the trigger combined with the drugs left some long-lasting mental effects, like very subtle aural hallucinations.
That's all I can think of right now, but maybe other people will have new ideas we can grow things from.
Octi's current power-tree:
1) codename "STEREO, v.1":
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The ability to change into an intangible collection of sound; can travel quickly through an area by bouncing off of flat or concave objects. Can use these bounces offensively, pushing through opponents and disorienting them by bouncing at them. Can amplify or silence ambient noise around you in a set range.
70/30 Breaker/Shaker mix.
Downsides: Some aftereffects from the drugs/crash - occasional or subtle aural hallucinations.
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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by Spark Eletran Sat Jun 25, 2016 1:09 pm
Ok so, commenting on Octi's before reading Dee's analysis on it (but after reading mine which I can't comment on :'c):
Meanwhile, with Dee's powers...
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- I'd defs say Changer myself, with the whole "regret about ever agreeing to try"... as well as Shaker, mostly? Hmmm... Actually, a little bit of Stranger too, following that sort of feeling of being taken into that route by other people?
In terms of powers... Angle makes me think of perspectives, and at the same time, of an intersection. Alibi makes me think of excluding oneself from a problem... And castanets make me think of music, something orchestrated but natural-feeling.
What comes to mind here is some sort of illusion-esque power, imo. Like... a combo of being able to disappear from people's vision and creating an an illusionary setpiece in a certain area, altering people's perception of things. Of course, since you're making an illusionbubble of sorts, whatever the people inside see isn't physical - and you still are, since you're not actually disappearing, just turning invisible... so you could have to act out whatever objects people interact with in there, being also able to change what touching you feels like as a logical extension of those powers???
Idk, it's my first time making these powers so I'm not sure if everything's right
Meanwhile, with Dee's powers...
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- Basis, condominium and contagion... Coupled with BLASTERMASTER. Contagion makes me think of bad things spreading, condominium of a single unit made up of smaller things, and basis of, well... a base. The structure for something.
...This actually seems pretty easy, those all work really well together, I think. The power to manipulate very very small things and join them together into bigger shapes - like... your usual fictional nanobots, sort of? Coupled with the prompt, I'd say... maybe manipulating ashes.
Manipulating individual ash particles into forming various shapes for whatever purpose you'd like to use them for, seems like... a pretty good power actually. The bigger drawback I can see is that one would need an actual ash source, since your only power is to manipulate them, so... But on the other hand, SINCE you manipulate them, it's hard to imagine you'll lose much of it after obtaining some, so you'd grow stronger and stronger with time.
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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by ilikeoctopus Sat Jun 25, 2016 2:37 pm
Alright, a few comments from me.
For Spark:
For Dee:
For Spark:
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Working off of Dee's analysis of Thinker/Changer, and interpreting "blow" as something that moves things or causes a reaction in things (air moves things, physical blows move things) and using more of the "advice" aspect, I'd propose that you'd get a power that deals with being able to influence people, perhaps by shapeshifting into someone they look up to or trust.
I'm thinking something along the lines of what Envy does to Hughes in FMA, but with some inherent knowledge about who (or what?) someone trusts. You'd be limited by what appearance you could take on based on the people around you, and then there's the question of what happens when you're around multiple people. Presumably you could just target one mind in the crowd, or maybe, say, you could kill a group's leader and then take his appearance to take command of his followers.
For Dee:
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Placing "basis" and "condominium" and "contagion" together... Ah, you can give people asbestosis! And now we just wait until all your enemies develop lung cancer.
Er, actually, I rather like Spark's interpretation, though I'd perhaps propose stone, pebbles, sand, etc. instead of ash? Depends on whether we're looking more to the actual trigger event or the "condominium" part (stones -> the base components of a condo, I think. I don't know much about architecture).
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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by Spark Eletran Sat Jun 25, 2016 4:00 pm
Yeah, I agree with that, Octi - I'm not sure how much of an input the actual trigger usually has on the power, so. If it was just me, I'd make it ashes just because ~relevant~, but going off the words stone and the such might work better, hmm.
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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by OverlordJ Sat Jun 25, 2016 4:29 pm
Frankly, what would I even do to protect someone from assault? I am pretty sure my grandma was about as fit as I am, anyone who'd assault her would steamroll me.
But I guess I'd be sad that she got hurt and feel powerless because there is absolutely nothing I could do to prevent stuff like it from happening?
As for analizing, I gotta make some time to read Worm before I comment on any of that
But I guess I'd be sad that she got hurt and feel powerless because there is absolutely nothing I could do to prevent stuff like it from happening?
As for analizing, I gotta make some time to read Worm before I comment on any of that
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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by d_what Sat Jun 25, 2016 6:51 pm
@OJ: Your trigger happens post-fact. The power you get from your goal doesn't solve any problems - it just relates to them, so having to do anything to the assaulter wouldn't mean anything. UNLESS your primary motivation during the trigger was "some scumbag probably hurt my family again! I'm gonna fucking find them and wreck them." That would definitely impact the kind of trigger you have.
@Octi: I like that! It's a very valid interpretation and I'm shocked I missed it. My *only* hesitation would be that it doesn't really resonate with the trigger event in any way yet, but maybe that's something we can develop. I like how it's essentially a better (and equally coherent) Mystique, only presumably trades physical skill for inherent knowledge of the role to play. Excellent Thinker/Changer hybrid.
Gonna put it under codename: ICON for now (i'd love to use Eidolon but it's taken). BTW my codenames aren't part of the process or the names of the superheroes, they're just fun to come up with
@spark: not interfering I swear! But yeah trigger events don't have to or need to draw from the objects or environment as a basis for powers. Some of them will, sure, because it can be narratively satisfying, but it also results in broad swathes of similar powers and nothing really unique (i.e. triggers when drowning are always water powers = bad) which is where the random nouns come in. You can take from the trigger event if you want but it's not necessary. I'd focus on balancing utility versus cost before anything else - e.g. the ability to construct creatures made of snow is a useless ability in almost every situation unless you can also produce snow, so it's not a good power by itself.
Whoops forgot to mention your thoughts on Octi's. When you phrase it that way, I think it's a very valid interpretation and you've got a good thing going there. Shakers are usually powers-within-a-range, and the illusion bit is clever and could work with the hallucinogenic aspect of the event. Adding a changer to the mix, I really like the idea that they can take the physical form of anything within that hallucination. It's a versatile and clever combination of powers, though it needs some refining - if the illusion is always up within a range, there's nothing stopping her from illusioning up a horse and becoming the horse to travel, moving as the radius of her power moves with her (and therefore keeping the horse intact). So it's gonna need some sort of a cost. Needing people to hallucinate is a fairly obvious one. Perhaps the illusion field has to be "set" in an area, and changing that area has a recharge time? That would stop excess movement. And maybe the more people within the field, the more volatile/unstable the illusion is. I like it. Gonna put a hesitant codename: FATA MORGANA on it.
@Octi: I like that! It's a very valid interpretation and I'm shocked I missed it. My *only* hesitation would be that it doesn't really resonate with the trigger event in any way yet, but maybe that's something we can develop. I like how it's essentially a better (and equally coherent) Mystique, only presumably trades physical skill for inherent knowledge of the role to play. Excellent Thinker/Changer hybrid.
Gonna put it under codename: ICON for now (i'd love to use Eidolon but it's taken). BTW my codenames aren't part of the process or the names of the superheroes, they're just fun to come up with
@spark: not interfering I swear! But yeah trigger events don't have to or need to draw from the objects or environment as a basis for powers. Some of them will, sure, because it can be narratively satisfying, but it also results in broad swathes of similar powers and nothing really unique (i.e. triggers when drowning are always water powers = bad) which is where the random nouns come in. You can take from the trigger event if you want but it's not necessary. I'd focus on balancing utility versus cost before anything else - e.g. the ability to construct creatures made of snow is a useless ability in almost every situation unless you can also produce snow, so it's not a good power by itself.
Whoops forgot to mention your thoughts on Octi's. When you phrase it that way, I think it's a very valid interpretation and you've got a good thing going there. Shakers are usually powers-within-a-range, and the illusion bit is clever and could work with the hallucinogenic aspect of the event. Adding a changer to the mix, I really like the idea that they can take the physical form of anything within that hallucination. It's a versatile and clever combination of powers, though it needs some refining - if the illusion is always up within a range, there's nothing stopping her from illusioning up a horse and becoming the horse to travel, moving as the radius of her power moves with her (and therefore keeping the horse intact). So it's gonna need some sort of a cost. Needing people to hallucinate is a fairly obvious one. Perhaps the illusion field has to be "set" in an area, and changing that area has a recharge time? That would stop excess movement. And maybe the more people within the field, the more volatile/unstable the illusion is. I like it. Gonna put a hesitant codename: FATA MORGANA on it.
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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by OverlordJ Sat Jun 25, 2016 6:57 pm
- D's Post:
- @OJ: Your trigger happens post-fact. The power you get from your goal doesn't solve any problems - it just relates to them, so having to do anything to the assaulter wouldn't mean anything. UNLESS your primary motivation during the trigger was "some scumbag probably hurt my family again! I'm gonna fucking find them and wreck them." That would definitely impact the kind of trigger you have.
Yeah, no, I mean, the idea of me protecting someone and then not protecting them for a bit, which is the point where they get harmed doesn't make sense to me, as there'd be no way for me to protect them better then they could protect themself.
After all, that is the basis of my trigger event, right?
Someone does something bad to Person A, I try to protect Person A, everything is fine for a while, I do something else for once and don't protect Person A, Person A gets harmed again.
EDIT: Or however else I would "help" in such a situation for me to "not be around to help", is that a better way of wording it? I have no idea what I could possibly do after the first bad thing that could factor into the "I wasn't there the second time" thing that is supposed to be my trigger
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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by d_what Sat Jun 25, 2016 7:01 pm
Well, you don't have to interpret it as being about a need to protect them, not if you don't feel that way (in the sense that you feel they have to be selfsufficient). You can take it differently. Maybe it's a fear that something is wrong with them that they put themselves back in hospital, which could make you think that maybe life will never get back to normal for you/them, or that you're afraid they'll eventually hurt themselves beyond repair, if they haven't already. There's a lot of ways you could take it, but ultimately it comes down to your interpretation of whatever happens and your reaction to that interpretation.
E: Oh yeah spark if you're going with a Blaster classification then some form of inherently ranged attacks of some sort are necessary. They define the Blaster class.
E: Oh yeah spark if you're going with a Blaster classification then some form of inherently ranged attacks of some sort are necessary. They define the Blaster class.
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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by OverlordJ Sat Jun 25, 2016 7:04 pm
Yeah, that's exactly my problem, I have no interpretation of that, and I have no idea how I'd react besides being sad that something bad happenedd to a person I care about, but, well, that's how I'd feel regardless of what the bad thing is, so, I am not sure if that really applies here?
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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by Spark Eletran Sat Jun 25, 2016 7:18 pm
Ooo, I see... Hmm. This is gonna be needing some thinking, then.
I was basing it off the fact that controlling things at a range would count... Hmmmmm. I'll probs think about other ideas, or see if anyone comes up with a better one.
Also - Yeah, that sounds good for Octi's! When I was thinking of a range, I didn't think it'd be as much of "a range around the person" as "a set field"... Maybe, mixing with your idea, she COULD create multiple fields one after the other, but the more she made in short amounts of time, the more hallucinogenic-like effects happen to her as well, which also have the obvious drawback of making the illusion harder to maintain thanks to an impaired perception on her part?
Alternatively a straight-up cooldown could work ofc
Also NNNNGH Imma have so much to say once the powers are decided
I was basing it off the fact that controlling things at a range would count... Hmmmmm. I'll probs think about other ideas, or see if anyone comes up with a better one.
Also - Yeah, that sounds good for Octi's! When I was thinking of a range, I didn't think it'd be as much of "a range around the person" as "a set field"... Maybe, mixing with your idea, she COULD create multiple fields one after the other, but the more she made in short amounts of time, the more hallucinogenic-like effects happen to her as well, which also have the obvious drawback of making the illusion harder to maintain thanks to an impaired perception on her part?
Alternatively a straight-up cooldown could work ofc
Also NNNNGH Imma have so much to say once the powers are decided
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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by ilikeoctopus Sat Jun 25, 2016 7:24 pm
Hmm, Dee, do you have any examples of blaster powers? I feel like that might help for a more concrete idea of what we might be aiming for (heh) here.
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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by d_what Sat Jun 25, 2016 7:34 pm
Acidbath Breaker/Changer (Blaster, Striker, Mover)[2] Could turn into, sling blasts of, & move as tidal wave of acid
Allfather Blaster ?[2] Created mid-air portals from which to launch volleys of weapons
Ballistic Blaster ?, Striker ? Can accelerate an object to a set, bullet-like speed with a touch
[[Geomancer] Blaster ?[2] Created streams of rubble
Starlet Blaster/Shaker 4[4] "Darts" of light which explode, then implode.
Burnscar Blaster ?, Mover ? Extreme pyrokinesis, Teleportation through open flames
Examples above! I've also found that there's already a documented cape with a lot of those sound-based overlaps :/ but some differences. Only transforms via screaming.
E:
"which also have the obvious drawback of making the illusion harder to maintain thanks to an impaired perception on her part? "
I LOVE THIS. It's a WONDERFULLY narratively satisfying drawback. Overuse of the power leaves the user susceptible to the effects! Great twist on it, Spark!
So currently:
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SPARK:
1) codename "VISHNU, v.1":
2) codename "GARUDA, v.1":
3) codename "ICON, v.1":
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OCTI:
1) codename "STEREO, v.1":
2) codename "FATA MORGANA, v.2":
Allfather Blaster ?[2] Created mid-air portals from which to launch volleys of weapons
Ballistic Blaster ?, Striker ? Can accelerate an object to a set, bullet-like speed with a touch
[[Geomancer] Blaster ?[2] Created streams of rubble
Starlet Blaster/Shaker 4[4] "Darts" of light which explode, then implode.
Burnscar Blaster ?, Mover ? Extreme pyrokinesis, Teleportation through open flames
Examples above! I've also found that there's already a documented cape with a lot of those sound-based overlaps :/ but some differences. Only transforms via screaming.
E:
"which also have the obvious drawback of making the illusion harder to maintain thanks to an impaired perception on her part? "
I LOVE THIS. It's a WONDERFULLY narratively satisfying drawback. Overuse of the power leaves the user susceptible to the effects! Great twist on it, Spark!
So currently:
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SPARK:
1) codename "VISHNU, v.1":
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- Superhuman multiprocessing/division of mental faculties and the ability to grow any number of additional body features at will, slightly boosted stats and limited regen.
50/50 Thinker/Changer mix.
Downsides: None.
2) codename "GARUDA, v.1":
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- Ability to grow bird features at will, particularly powerful wings used for flight, defense and limited wind forces, in conjunction with superhuman visual acuity and processing of anything in sight.
30/70 Thinker/Changer mix.
Downsides: Birdbrain? You become gradually incapable of dwelling on things that are similar to your trigger event and are incapable of feeling guilt outside of previous experiences.
3) codename "ICON, v.1":
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- Ability to manipulate appearance to take on the identities of specific people based on the circumstances at hand. Thinker power supplies information necessary to successfully imitate this person based on a target's knowledge of that person.
[Effective Stranger] 50/50 Thinker/Changer mix.
Downsides: Power less effective in groups of people. Possibly the information is based on what the target knows about them? So you won't automatically know the keycode into a building unless the security guard you're fooling knows it too. Other downsides: Major threat to institutions should power become known!
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OCTI:
1) codename "STEREO, v.1":
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The ability to change into an intangible collection of sound; can travel quickly through an area by bouncing off of flat or concave objects. Can use these bounces offensively, pushing through opponents and disorienting them by bouncing at them. Can amplify or silence ambient noise around you in a set range.
70/30 Breaker/Shaker mix.
Downsides: Some aftereffects from the drugs/crash - occasional or subtle aural hallucinations.
2) codename "FATA MORGANA, v.2":
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Creates illusory fields around self and/or target; while in a field can take the physical form of any illusion within that field.
40/60 Shaker/Changer mix.
Downsides: power becomes less stable when used on more people. Overuse of the power weakens the user's immunity to their own illusions. [typical changer downside: Abilities granted by change are physical only. Turning into superman does not grant flight or laser vision.]
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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by Spark Eletran Sat Jun 25, 2016 8:24 pm
The obvious answer here would be letting him not only control but also shoot out ash, then
Maybe... hmm. Reworking the power a bit, maybe it's special ash-like particles he makes, then? They could maybe have some sort of effect on those it touches, keeping with the "contagion" word... But they'd probs have some sort of bigger drawback in that case then, to balance that strength out.
Maybe... hmm. Reworking the power a bit, maybe it's special ash-like particles he makes, then? They could maybe have some sort of effect on those it touches, keeping with the "contagion" word... But they'd probs have some sort of bigger drawback in that case then, to balance that strength out.
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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by Sandstriker Sun Jun 26, 2016 12:30 am
Jumping in from my reading of Worm just to say that I'm pretty sure Clockblocker is one of the best names I have ever heard for a time based superhero
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by d_what Sun Jun 26, 2016 7:38 am
I think I can say for everybody that exists in the entire spacetime continuum that we wholeheartedly agree.
Will you be joining us on our watch-nervously-while-other-people-decide-a-superpower-for-you-and-invent-other-people's event? I am aware the process looks complicated but neither your nor OJ really have to read worm to do it :V Octi and Spark have both had excellent contributions!
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As an aside, I did it with two of my IRL friends on Friday. They were reluctant at first because it involved a) writing and therefore b) effort, but we had fun and it worked out really well. Friend 1 got my bullied at school prompt, and the word "glen"; I don't remember what his other words were but he ended up with the power to create as many minions from the earth as the materials around him would allow (or one big minion), but he was limited to using only combinations of stone, water, and plantlife, and his power weakened depending on the level of human influence on the material (so he'd be useless in a well maintained city, pretty weak in a well maintained city park, limited in a dilapidated neighbourhood with fallen buildings and weeds, and OP in Lord of the Rings.) Another friend got what I'm pretty sure was a variation on OJ's "you get into a fight with family" prompt; his words included "customer" and "patient" with a Thinker skew. So he got the power to know everything about any human body he looked at; points of weaknesses, artificial materials, how to repair damage, etc, along with boosted physical reflexes and strength for melee, but the more he uses his bodyvision power the less able he is to react and comprehend other things (tunnelvision). So at full "focus" he could predict your movements by watching your muscles contract, but wouldn't be able to react to someone loading a gun behind him. I got a "stung by jellyfish and started to drown" prompt and ended up with a shaker/mover mix where I could loosely push and pull gases/liquids around me with some force and also use it as propulsion for myself. But the power is powered by conflict so I only have limited mover powers if I'm just by myself. Codenames Thearch, CT and Gust respectively. It was fun!
Will you be joining us on our watch-nervously-while-other-people-decide-a-superpower-for-you-and-invent-other-people's event? I am aware the process looks complicated but neither your nor OJ really have to read worm to do it :V Octi and Spark have both had excellent contributions!
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As an aside, I did it with two of my IRL friends on Friday. They were reluctant at first because it involved a) writing and therefore b) effort, but we had fun and it worked out really well. Friend 1 got my bullied at school prompt, and the word "glen"; I don't remember what his other words were but he ended up with the power to create as many minions from the earth as the materials around him would allow (or one big minion), but he was limited to using only combinations of stone, water, and plantlife, and his power weakened depending on the level of human influence on the material (so he'd be useless in a well maintained city, pretty weak in a well maintained city park, limited in a dilapidated neighbourhood with fallen buildings and weeds, and OP in Lord of the Rings.) Another friend got what I'm pretty sure was a variation on OJ's "you get into a fight with family" prompt; his words included "customer" and "patient" with a Thinker skew. So he got the power to know everything about any human body he looked at; points of weaknesses, artificial materials, how to repair damage, etc, along with boosted physical reflexes and strength for melee, but the more he uses his bodyvision power the less able he is to react and comprehend other things (tunnelvision). So at full "focus" he could predict your movements by watching your muscles contract, but wouldn't be able to react to someone loading a gun behind him. I got a "stung by jellyfish and started to drown" prompt and ended up with a shaker/mover mix where I could loosely push and pull gases/liquids around me with some force and also use it as propulsion for myself. But the power is powered by conflict so I only have limited mover powers if I'm just by myself. Codenames Thearch, CT and Gust respectively. It was fun!
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by Sandstriker Sun Jun 26, 2016 9:45 am
I'd love to join, but I probably won't be able to write a few trigger events until I'm back home on Tuesday.
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by d_what Sun Jun 26, 2016 1:35 pm
That's cool! In the meantime I hope you enjoy reading Worm. It's a fun ride.
e: I have a tumblr-post style story to share! So I'm on my PC and my dad comes in, he tells me he's watching Star Trek. I say "series or movie?", and he says he's not sure. But it has yer man from Sherlock Holmes, Mumbleback. Obviously I immediately know who he's talking about.
e: I have a tumblr-post style story to share! So I'm on my PC and my dad comes in, he tells me he's watching Star Trek. I say "series or movie?", and he says he's not sure. But it has yer man from Sherlock Holmes, Mumbleback. Obviously I immediately know who he's talking about.
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by invisibleTerrarium Mon Jun 27, 2016 7:51 pm
shit, i got a hard one and im really bad at serious roleplaying
- lets kick it motherfudgers:
Your academically promising, nearly prodigious other sibling died in a car accident ever since you were young, and so all of your parents hopes have been placed on you. All your life, you've tried your hardest to live up to his image, and through a decent bit of hard work, you've managed to graduate from your high school's honors program with a smattering of academic awards. You've been granted a full ride scholarship to the college of your choice, under the condition that you maintain a strict grade point average. Getting cocky, you overload on classes and sign up for all the honors programs that you can. Your parents proudly are sending you off to college, but when you get your first exam results back, you realize that you've gone in way over your head and there's no way to keep up your grades, and that you're losing your scholarship. As you lock yourself in a bathroom stall and it starts to sink in, you trigger.
Escape
Guide
Togs
let's not beat around the bush here, this shit would fuck me RIGHT up. one of my biggest issues is academic pressure (i got put in this gifted program in middle school despite not being gifted in any particular area, and everyone's expectations for me were irrevocably jacked through the fucking roof) so this situation is.... actually relatively plausible as to something i would do? jeez. i don't think i would actually go and hide myself away to cope, i'd probably just pretend like i was alright, but for the purposes of the trigger let's say i do, and i'm now firmly barricaded in this bathroom stall. i'm in way over my head and i'm faced with the possibility of failing out of school. i'm emotionally devastated, basically just a massive wreck. obviously the first thing on my mind would probably be escape. so i'm thinking something firmly in the mover category. togs are apparently bathing suits in australian (had to google that), and i'm in a bathroom. so something mover-aligned and having to do with water.
initial thought is: able to move between areas using water - pass through water like a small barrier. like, jump in a pool in san diego and warp to one of the great lakes in michigan, or the middle of the pacific ocean, or a toilet in a college bathroom, for example
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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by d_what Tue Jun 28, 2016 3:49 am
invisibleTerrarium wrote:so i'm thinking something firmly in the [TEXT IN WHICH IT CONTRIBUTES TO HIS OWN POWER DISCUSSION THAT IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA TO DELETE BEFORE ANYBODY SEES] for example
awwwwwwww maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan
you don't get a say in anything to do with the power! Now we can't use that
People can't partake in the construction of their own powers, only with the emotional response and in the construction of other people's!e: this is like someone coming up with a really good fakemon and getting annoyed because gamefreak can't come up with it now without getting sued
e e: you're gonna want to include a bit more on your thought process and feelings up to/during/after the event
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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by Sandstriker Tue Jun 28, 2016 11:13 pm
Alright, so I think I got a couple triggers, I hope they're what you're looking for.
- TW Job Loss, Debt:
- You recently heard someone talk about cutbacks at your job. Wracked with debt from student loans, and worried about losing both your job and your home, you ask a friend who was a higher up at the job about the layoffs to see if it was of any real concern. He casually brushes your concerns off, mentioning you have nothing to worry about. A few days later you're brought into you're manager's office and are fired. You leave the office and start to realize that there's no way you're going to be able to pay your bills this month. As this realization sets in, you trigger.
- TW Shitty Siblings, Destruction of Property:
- You recently got in an argument with on of your siblings that almost escalated to violence before one of your parents stopped it. Your sibling quietly told you that they'd get payback later. A bit later, Something™ you were waiting for for a really long time has just been released. For months you've been doing odd jobs, saving up enough money for a really long time to be able to get it, and are extremely hyped. You gather up your cash and drive over to the store to buy it. You just barely get the last one and leave the store with your precious cargo. You take it home and set it up before realizing you were hungry. Forgetting about what you're sibling said, you go to your kitchen to eat, deciding it shouldn't be too bad leaving your stuff unattended. When you come back, you find your sibling in your room, standing over your wrecked object, a smug look on their face. Right there, you trigger.
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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by d_what Wed Jun 29, 2016 3:08 am
Rightyho! Here are your deets:
Freeze
Monster
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You get into a huge fight with your closest friend - one single event in your early life peaks unspoken tensons between the two and one comes to ruin something of the other's in a fit of rage, drifting the two apart beyond any clear salvation. At your first moment of solitude after the outburst, reflecting on the event, you trigger.
Freeze
Monster
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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by Captain Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:15 am
i have entered a confusingly complex thing it seems
just saying hi
what on earth is going on lol
just saying hi
what on earth is going on lol
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Re: Ultra Sun/Ultra Moon: Spoilers ahoy ☀
by d_what Wed Jun 29, 2016 9:18 am
We're algorithmically/democratically building superpowers for ourselves!
E: that's a dapper looking [vaguely similar to mienfoo] you got there :V
E: that's a dapper looking [vaguely similar to mienfoo] you got there :V
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