archer Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 Sorry that took so long, bud. Background now officially done! Check your PMs. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knave Posted February 7, 2005 Author Share Posted February 7, 2005 Cool. Please do me an intro - like the intro thread - and I'll put that up and you can go ahead. ::thumbsup Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted February 7, 2005 Share Posted February 7, 2005 D'oh! I'll get right on that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezekiel Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Hey Prince, there's a longevity extra for Quantum imprint (Quantum+powerlevel days, no maintenance cost) so if Knave'll allow you to play with weaknesses and extras for your power, you could do that. With three levels of weaknesses you can buy an extra.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince of Boredom Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Hey Prince, there's a longevity extra for Quantum imprint (Quantum+powerlevel days, no maintenance cost) so if Knave'll allow you to play with weaknesses and extras for your power, you could do that. With three levels of weaknesses you can buy an extra.... Yep, I saw that, but didn't even pursue it since he said at the beginning 'no weaknesses'. But it's definately on the list of things to buy after quantum 6 ::devilangel . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezekiel Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 He also said no high taint and take a peak at Nulli's character... ::rolleyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Green Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Q-Imprint is the power, maybe the only power, where you are better off with two extras rather than mastery at Q6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nullifier Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Just for reference, if you were wondering how Tainted The Prophet actually is, and how uncomfortable your characters should be around him, he's got a +5 diff on social interactions with baselines and less Tainted novas. ::devilangel ::tongue ::biggrin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut810 Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Thats it? Your dissapointing me Null!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nullifier Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Can't actually have it any higher with a starting character, even using the elevated nova creation rules. ::tongue ::rolleyes Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut810 Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Your just not trying hard enough ::biggrin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Green Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Just for reference, if you were wondering how Tainted The Prophet actually is, and how uncomfortable your characters should be around him, he's got a +5 diff on social interactions with baselines and less Tainted novas. ::devilangel ::tongue ::biggrinJason grew up around people just like you. "Heartland" i.e. "Wycoff's Cult" was Harvester run....although I have to say that "see your future or your past" thing sounds brutally uncomfortable even so.Can't actually have it any higher with a starting character, even using the elevated nova creation rules.What are the "elevated" nova creation rules? That sounds familar but I don't recall off hand. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nullifier Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 What are the "elevated" nova creation rules? That sounds familar but I don't recall off hand. Rules for playing a Second Stage Terat as a starting character. It's in the grey box at the bottom right of p.134 of the Teragen book. ::bigsmile Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Green Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 So, who wants to play "Host"... ::devilangel And how much control will 'zeke have? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut810 Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 I wouldent...even if I wanted to OOC. NINJ4 dont need paracitic dominators. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezekiel Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 wouldent...even if I wanted to OOC. NINJ4 dont need paracitic dominators."Wanted" to? You mean you don't want to? ::tongue Let's hope your boss Henderson doesn't ask you then... ::wink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut810 Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Let's hope your boss Henderson doesn't ask you then... To quote Bender in my own little way..."He can bite my stealthy camaflaged arse" ::laugh ::cool Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
knave Posted February 8, 2005 Author Share Posted February 8, 2005 Sigh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted February 8, 2005 Share Posted February 8, 2005 Let's keep a little mystery on our characters guys...I'm sure Knave will let us know if we're supposed to react in horror to other PC's. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Green Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Social diff doesn't have to be fear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Good point. ::smile I was just concerned by Knave's earlier sigh... ::lookaround Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut810 Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 That was just comment on my semi-quote. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Green Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Are Prophet's images personal or did I just display/flash something for the room? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezekiel Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Did you get a PM and then post it IC?How big are Prophet's images? Meaning, even if he displayed images of your past and future, what are the chances you'd notice? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Green Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Did you get a PM and then post it IC?No... ::blush How big are Prophet's images? Meaning, even if he displayed images of your past and future, what are the chances you'd notice?I made the assumption from the -5 Soc comment that this was the case. That if you look hard enough you see things you rather not.I may have made a mistake, but I'll leave the post up until we get a judgement from Knave. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nullifier Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Um. O.k., to clarify, please see the description on the intro thread. However, you should realize that the images on his skin are only images of the present, from all over the immediate area of space. The only time you'd see bits of the past are when you look into his eyes. ::crazy ::ninja From his intro: The entire surface of his skin shows images from different points in space in the present. Those who look into his eyes see images from the past, theirs, his, and others. His humaniod shape is completely hairless, as befits a creature made of warped spacetime, and around the bizzare melange of images on his skin and in his eyes swirl ghostly transparent images of likely events in the near future.So, Alex, what you described couldn't have happened. ::wacko ::rolleyes ::tongue In the future, please don't anyone describe what you see when you look at The Prophet without consulting with with either me or Knave first, or at the very least paying attention to my description of where particular images appear. ::confused ::lookaround ::tongue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Green Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 In the future, please don't anyone describe what you see when you look at The Prophet without consulting with with either me or Knave first... I see this is going to take some getting used to.My removed Post:Jason glances over at the 'Prophet' and makes an error. The fascination momentarily overcomes the repulsion, and he looks too long and is paralyzed as a bird staring at a snake.On the surface of the Prophet the Deathwave plays out. In the background four novas more twisted than the Prophet stare in horror as Uncle Wycoff screams soundlessly. Wisps of smoke play over them as Calvin turns as bright as the sun and anyone in a position to see this dies in a flash of energy. The view shifts to Kelly and him and others as the tunnels collapse and they are buried alive. Jason quickly moves his gaze to avoid seeing once again the broken bodies of the children he left there. The Prophet's future image shows an image of Jason in bed with... Jason closes his eyes.Shaken, he thinks, *Got to remember not to do that again.* Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nullifier Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Sorry about that, Alex. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Green Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Roll Call:Player: Character: Theme/PowerAlex Green: Jason 'Landslide' Brown : Bodymorph Mud & Taint manipulation. Archer : Sinclair : Incredible sensory range and sensitivityAsbjorn : Adam Hoyle : Control over nature (animals, plants, weather) Bahamut810 : Kagejin : “Quickness” (Mega Martial Arts?) Ezekiel: Symbiote : Telepathy, Parasitic domination, & TeleportLevinwurth: Mikhail 'Bolshoi' Andreivich Rastov : TK, other mentalsNullifier : The Prophet : Bodymorph ???, ESP, PretercognitionPrince of Bordom : John Stevens : Power MimicWhich takes us back to our original question: Who gets Symbiote?Kagenjin is Unwilling. I’m not sure the Prophet is capable. That leaves Landslide, Sinclair, Adam Hoyle, Bolshoi, & John Stevens. I’m reluctant.I don’t want to take a baseline along. It’s going to be tough enough without worrying about radiation shielding, food, air, and that sort of thing. Ideally we’d have an all “Adaptive” crew… although I’m not sure any of us have the skills needed. Did anyone come in on one of those shuttles? Does anyone have the skills to fly a shuttle? Jason has basic ‘crew’ type training, but nothing spectacular. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nullifier Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Not only is The Prophet unwilling to allow it, I'm really not sure that Symbiote could handle having his perceptions jumping around in time and space constantly. ::wacko ::crazy ::tongue ::biggrin Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asbjørn Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Is a spaceship something we'd really need...?I mean, most of the actual exploring will take place outside, won't it? Isn't a shuttle crewed by npcs good enough? That way we'll have someone to protect as well... ::wink I was toying with a few different character concepts for this story, one of them with a ship of his own and the skills to fly it. If we end up figuring out that we need more mobility, that's always an option... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConcreteDragon Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 K,Alex, you've forgoten someone ::unsure Prof. Hawkling can use any type of machine, Including vehicles(that's the theory, anyway).As for the Symbiote, He might be willing to give him a ride, but only if he sits in the back seat ::laugh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Green Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 That brings up other points.Movement:1) How do we move from solar system to solar system?2) How do we move around inside a solar system?3) How do we move down to a planet to explore?Presumably initial exploration is done by Apollo. He spots a possible solar system with possible planets, maybe even “likely” planets. Just doing *that* is such a specialty its good we have an NPC to do it. Then Graviton/Apollo opens a gate and our “space shuttle” goes through. A) Then we need to get to the planet (orbit) [Warp or Fly Shuttle] Get down to the planet surface (if need be) and back [Warp, Flight, or Teleport]C) Gather data [implies instrumentation and contact with the shuttle]D) And then go back to the mother ship [Warp]If “Mimic” has Graviton’s powers that speeds up “A” and maybe “B” quite a bit, but we have to assume “C” will take too long for him to still have those powers for “D”. One possibility is the Prophet might be able to use a “Warp” technique… but I assume that’s going to be weaker than standard Warp and thus more useful for “B” than for “A” or “D”. We have a telepath so in theory we could have Graviton/Apollo do “D”. This is working out MUCH better than I first thought. Skills:Does anyone have enough “Pilot/Computer” to fly a shuttle?Does anyone have enough medical to call themselves a Doctor? Navigator? Scientist? Engineer? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezekiel Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 NOOOOO NOT THE ONE WITH LOU GHERIG'S DISEASE!!!!Any host but that! ::wink Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ezekiel Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Symbiote = doctor, scientist and engineer yes...but for him to perform surgery he'd have to take over the host I imagine.Note, since I've been asked, hosting doesn't mean relinquishing control to Symbiote. You can still resist normally if he tries to dominate you later on. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Green Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Prof. Hawkling can use any type of machine, Including vehicles(that's the theory, anyway). As for the Symbiote, He might be willing to give him a ride, but only if he sits in the back seat ::laugh I thought he was still stuck in a wheelchair?And I know what you mean about Symbiote. Jason wouldn't be a terrible choice as a host, it sounds like he'd give me some things I lack... and unlike most, Jason could in theory sever the relationship if it became annoying. But I’m still pretty hesitant. We might be able to work out a deal, but that would need to be done IC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Green Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 My bad. I re-read that and it's only like he "should" be in a wheelchair. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConcreteDragon Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Prof. Hawkling can walk with the aid of some machines he's invented, He just looks like a puppet without strings ::rolleyes As for flying...He has a 5 dex and 5 pilot, but with machines only. the rest of the time he's quite clumsy. ::tongue Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bahamut810 Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Yea...Kagejin is a bit paranoid about domination. He likes to keep total control of his body, and his thoughts are private.He might consider it if Symbiote swore to do nothing to him (read his mind, take control) and there was little other choise (or it would be vital for a mission) but otherwise symbiote is out of luck, Kagejin-wise.As for the shuttle, if Knave wants to make it easier on everyone we can say I brought one with me when I went rogue from Nippon, and my follower *could* be a crack pilot...probably not, but it would make things easier (plus I get my tea!).Its all up to knave though, and even I seriously dought she would have the skills. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alex Green Posted February 9, 2005 Share Posted February 9, 2005 Prof. Hawkling can walk with the aid of some machines he's invented, He just looks like a puppet without strings ::rolleyes As for flying...He has a 5 dex and 5 pilot, but with machines only. the rest of the time he's quite clumsy. ::tongue Is he your PC? And I assume there are some computer and navigation skills in there somewhere? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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