Voidus Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Voidus, have you talked about this 11 year-old character before on here? I can't remember her. Meliability, I talked about her very briefly, she'll be getting a post soon. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
A Joe in the Bush Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 I'd say some of our established characters suddenly deciding to worship Obliteration would be rather strange for most of them, so there should be at least some new characters to start the cult. Corrupt!Sightline would join as a means to an end. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edgedancer he/him Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) Corrupt!Sightline would join as a means to an end. I wouldn't be suprised if they had ritual Vanilla burnings, so I'm not sure how meanful they would be. By the way, I've started laying out the next Nighthound post and feel I should give a trigger warning in advance. Edited August 10, 2015 by Edgedancer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhoof Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) I'd say some of our established characters suddenly deciding to worship Obliteration would be rather strange for most of them, so there should be at least some new characters to start the cult. I guess it depends how fanatical in their "worship" this cult is. I can't imagine many Epics fully dedicating themselves to anyone or anything but themselves. Obliteration is an exception obviously, as are a few in this RP, but in my opinion most members or allies of this cult would just be members to fulfil their own separate goals as a means to an end, or they want to destroy lots of stuff for their own reasons without actually "worshipping" Obliteration. Frequency could always start the cult, or be a "founding member" per say, perhaps transferring his devotion from Koschei to Obliteration, or viewing Obliteration as a reincarnation/possessed vessel of Koschei. Other than that I could see certain individuals joining up, depends on the way it all works out. I wouldn't be suprised if they had ritual Vanilla burnings, so I'm not sure how meanful they would be. By the way, I've started laying out the next Nighthound post and feel I should give a trigger warning in advance. can't C4 like exude an explosive goo? can she blow him up for us? ....please? Edited August 10, 2015 by Blackhoof Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver he/him Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Hey. Quick question. Do you guy's have any human villain's yet? I was thinking about that human character I mentioned, and just started wondering if the only villain's of this RP so far were epics. (Specifically, I'm kind fthinking... like, Arrow!Ra's, or an evil!David. But thought I should ask if you guys have that role filled already lol) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhoof Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 To answer- no, not really. We don't have many vanillas at all, in fact, beyond NPCs but if done well a human villain could easily fit in, especially as an evil underling to an Epic. Its just hard to be an independent evil boss when super-powered sociopaths run around, taking over your evil lairs and poaching all your henchmen. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver he/him Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 True.. I'm kind of spitting around ideas, I suppose. My idea was... well, "evil!David", I suppose, someone who kill's epics, but whose methods are making them... barely any better than the one's they're killing... Anyone interested in forming a vanilla villain team and invading somewhere? (Vanilla Villain? Vanillian?) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 I have an Epic character in the Dalles, Scribbler and her corruption is focused towards Epics so essentially she's relatively nice to normal people but thinks Epics should essentially be kept as slaves to serve everyone else. So she'd be very supportive of a Vanilla Villain type character were one to appear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver he/him Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 I have an Epic character in the Dalles, Scribbler and her corruption is focused towards Epics so essentially she's relatively nice to normal people but thinks Epics should essentially be kept as slaves to serve everyone else. So she'd be very supportive of a Vanilla Villain type character were one to appear. Hmm... that might be a fun dynamic to try? Like, the total reversal of Newcago (and a twisted version of the truce in Dalles)... I'm just kind of throwing out ideas at the moment, but... would anyone mind if I did try to create a vanillian? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King he/him Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 True.. I'm kind of spitting around ideas, I suppose. My idea was... well, "evil!David", I suppose, someone who kill's epics, but whose methods are making them... barely any better than the one's they're killing... Anyone interested in forming a vanilla villain team and invading somewhere? (Vanilla Villain? Vanillian?) The Dalles is our one city that's actually ruled by vanillas, and Epics have very limited rights in the city. (Only Epics that have sworn allegiance to the City Guard have any rights at all, in fact.) While Vondra tries to stay within the realm of wisdom in his command of the city, you could certainly create a high-ranking officer with a fierce hatred of Epics and a less-pronounced moral code. He'd probably be one of Arsenal's favorites, in fact. (Wild idea: you could make this character Vondra's son. His brother was murdered by Koschei the Deathless, so he has a built-in tragic backstory. ) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted August 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) Hmm... that might be a fun dynamic to try? Like, the total reversal of Newcago (and a twisted version of the truce in Dalles)... I'm just kind of throwing out ideas at the moment, but... would anyone mind if I did try to create a vanillian? I think that'd be fascinating to see. You'd need to ask Kobold (who according to my typo is apparently Kobolf now) if you wanted to add a vanillain to The Dalles, though I think they'd fit in well with Scribbler.Edit: Ninjad by Kobolf. Edited August 10, 2015 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Some great ideas by Kobolf and Twilyft Scribblers going to be spending the entire night using her powers too, not anything too strong but even so using her power continuously like that is going to make her pretty irredeemable pretty quickly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted August 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Some great ideas by Kobolf and Twilyft Scribblers going to be spending the entire night using her powers too, not anything too strong but even so using her power continuously like that is going to make her pretty irredeemable pretty quickly. TwiLyft? TwiLYFT. I AM LIFT. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver he/him Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 I am torn between wanting the vanillian to stop her from corrupting (so I have someone to RP with!), and thinking that him putting a bullet in her head -with the ambiguity of whether or not she was actually corrupted yet- would be a great intro... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mckeedee123 he/him Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) The Dalles is our one city that's actually ruled by vanillas, and Epics have very limited rights in the city. (Only Epics that have sworn allegiance to the City Guard have any rights at all, in fact.) While Vondra tries to stay within the realm of wisdom in his command of the city, you could certainly create a high-ranking officer with a fierce hatred of Epics and a less-pronounced moral code. He'd probably be one of Arsenal's favorites, in fact. (Wild idea: you could make this character Vondra's son. His brother was murdered by Koschei the Deathless, so he has a built-in tragic backstory. ) Edited August 10, 2015 by Mckeedee123 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 TwiLyft? TwiLYFT. I AM LIFT. You do have a lot of awesomeness... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King he/him Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 I think that'd be fascinating to see. You'd need to ask Kobold (who according to my typo is apparently Kobolf now) if you wanted to add a vanillain to The Dalles, though I think they'd fit in well with Scribbler. Kobolf the RPing Sharder Took too long to write his posts And if you had to wait on him You'd wind up waiting as a ghost All of the other members Used to mock and tell him shame They never let poor Kobolf Join in all their Sharder games Then one dark and foggy night Twilyft came to say "Kobolf with your posts so slow Won't you help Oregon grow?" Then all the Sharders loved him As they shouted out with glee "Kobolf the RPing Sharder You'll go down in hi-stor-y!" Ahem. Got carried away there for a sec. I am torn between wanting the vanillian to stop her from corrupting (so I have someone to RP with!), and thinking that him putting a bullet in her head -with the ambiguity of whether or not she was actually corrupted yet- would be a great intro... I doubt Voidus would let you kill Scribbler, but that sounds nice. And we actually have an NPC Epic named Ozymandias that we've been trying to find a decent end to... 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted August 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) I am torn between wanting the vanillian to stop her from corrupting (so I have someone to RP with!), and thinking that him putting a bullet in her head -with the ambiguity of whether or not she was actually corrupted yet- would be a great intro...I vote the first option. He'd become more ambiguous and a much darker shade of grey over time if he took that route. (And there's a rule against killin player characters without express permission, so if he were to kill an Epic, it'd need to be an NPC and there aren't that many Epics in The Dalles.)Edit: Ozy is a good option, if a good way to kill him were found. Edited August 10, 2015 by TwiLyghtSansSparkles Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver he/him Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Oh, yeah, just spitting out ideas, sorry! And killing a long-term character for a new guy would be... pretty awful. I was just musing that it would be fun, very action hero-y movie intro lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Voidus Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) I am torn between wanting the vanillian to stop her from corrupting (so I have someone to RP with!), and thinking that him putting a bullet in her head -with the ambiguity of whether or not she was actually corrupted yet- would be a great intro... Well as I said her corruption will manifest as a hatred of Epics as opposed to the usual sociopathic mass slaughter of Vanillas, not sure if it's canonically possible for corruption to work like that but I thought it'd be an interesting character. So basically corrupted Scribbler would actually be a pretty good companion for Vanillian, her powerset is basically the ability to create anything she writes down so she'd be able to supply him with whatever Epic hunting equipment was necessary. EDIT: And yes sadly killing Scribbler is pretty off the table, she's had a pretty terrible life so far so I don't want to end it til I've had a chance for her to bond with more puppies. Edited August 10, 2015 by Voidus Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curious Anamaximder he/him Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Edgedancer, About your question on page 67, the energy blasts of Countdown are like Steelheart's. If anything touches the bubble it is diverted to the side but can still pass through. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mckeedee123 he/him Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 (edited) Since we'll get done with Day One in The Dalles soon, it'd make most sense to introduce him in the in-game morning. I assume we'll be splitting up on missions to try and mop up the chaos of yesterday. Evacuating the two Epic-less towns, going on deep patrol to try and find out where the pandas are camped, setting up new fortifications, fixing the damage to the outer farms, etc. Seems like a decent way to start the day, and it would allow us to mix together characters with impunity. Edited August 10, 2015 by Mckeedee123 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King he/him Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Since we'll get done with Day One in The Dalles soon, it'd make most sense to introduce him in the in-game morning. I assume we'll be splitting up on missions to try and mop up the chaos of yesterday. Evacuating the two Epic-less towns, going on deep patrol to try and find out where the pandas are camped, setting up new fortifications, fixing the damage to the outer farms, etc. Seems like a decent way to start the day, and it would allow us to mix together characters however we wanted. I like that. Have an upvote, soldier, you're doing a fine job. By the way, Twi, were the brief touches of emotion I included for the Unicyclist okay in that last Portland post? I tried to keep them within the realm of reason, but I forgot to send the post to you for approval first. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TwiLyghtSansSparkles she/her Posted August 10, 2015 Author Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 I like that. Have an upvote, soldier, you're doing a fine job. By the way, Twi, were the brief touches of emotion I included for the Unicyclist okay in that last Portland post? I tried to keep them within the realm of reason, but I forgot to send the post to you for approval first. Oh, yeah, they were good. Aldo is a creeperton, by the way. No me likey his stories. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kobold King he/him Posted August 10, 2015 Report Share Posted August 10, 2015 Oh, yeah, they were good. Aldo is a creeperton, by the way. No me likey his stories. I try to go for "jolly but morally bankrupt" in his posts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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