You are Shee Hyul, rebel leader, psychic and Reunited. Your world is ruled by inhuman creatures and this has gone on far too long, it’s time to fight back.
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You stare down at your midsection as though you can physically see through your clothes, your very flesh, looking at the tiny lives growing within you.
The six lives within you are tiny, each smaller than a pea, burrowing into your flesh to build their own personal life-support systems.
You are starkly aware of the plasma pistol in your hands – you were just checking it prior to your mission. After all, you could be seeing some tough fighting if the fae you are about to confront prove too difficult to control.
You take a deep breath, and with trembling hands, load and unload the plasma pistols powercell, you check that the trigger pulls smoothly, that there are no flaws or faults in any part of your gun. You place it back into its extradimensional space and draw forth another gun, checking them each in turn. Eventually your hands stop shaking, though your thoughts are still racing.
How did this happen? Well obviously the time Rainya wanted to experiment with her new shapechanging powers and- you blush at the memory.
But you'd been controlling your own hormone cycle to make such a thing impossible, or so your thought. Perhaps your divine aspects overrode even your powers.
You pull your mind away from such musings, a problem for the future, right now you need to decide what to do. You consider postponing your mission, but for how long? The full nine months? Longer? no. You recall hearing somewhere that in the early stages chemicals and poisons are a concern, but much less so physical exertion. Well, with your sheer toughness and control over your own biology your babies are not at any great risk. You can do what you need to do, for now at least.
What happens after, well, you can work something out, your realm should be safe enough, and Rainya can easily spare a few bodies to-
Rainya!
Rainya doesn't know...and telling her right before going into a very dangerous situation could distract her, make her lose focus, maybe even get her killed. As remote a possibility as that sounds, with her able to leave a body back here, fighting fae and chaos mages mean strange things can happen, you'll all need your wits about you if things do not go as planned.
Of course, delaying telling her could really upset her too. Perhaps a compromise – telling her as soon as the danger is past?
Or maybe Rainya is stronger than you know, and can carry this knowledge without it compromising her ability to fight.
What do you do?
>Tell her now (increases Family)
>Tell her as soon as the danger is over (increases Family)
>Don't tell her yet
>Other (?)There will be a vote about protecting your kids later
>>44128244
>Tell her now (increases Family)
[Meta]
There has been some interesting discussion on Askfm.
http://ask.fm/AnAspiringQM/answer/133608123436
and
http://ask.fm/AnAspiringQM/answer/133618205228
Also some emails from the anon in question, which I'll not repost – though they are free to post them – and my replies if they wish.
I would like to hear players views on how Aspects (and Gifts) should be handled in future. Not just picking new ones but increasing them, using them and how side-effects are handled.
[End Meta]
>>44128244
>>Don't tell her yet
>>44128261
I'm not seeing the first anons problem, hopw its currently is perfectly fine. We opnly got 3 choices and when all three don't appeal to our idea of progressing Shee, we just advance a old one.
Not seeing a reason why we HAVE to pick a new one just because one guy wants his favorite to win so badly.
>>44128244
>Tell her as soon as the danger is over (increases Family)
Aspect votes are good as they are. Its not like we have to always pick a new one if we don't like the selection.
>>44128244
>Tell her as soon as the danger is over (increases Family)
>>44128244
>Don't tell her yet
>>44128261
>>44128282
Gotta agree with this anon, looks to me like its literally just that one guy with a agenda who tries to change things because he's salty people didn't like that Aspect he liked based on his hyped up idea he got from some other quest.
Nevermind that I'm pretty sure Domination would have won that vote if not for the advancing option but thats besides the point I guess.
>>44128244
>Tell her as soon as the danger is over (increases Family)
>>44128244
>Tell her as soon as the danger is over (increases Family)
>>44128272
>>44128330
I don't understand why you wouldn't want to tell her?
>>44128379
Too soon.
>>44128342
The really stupid part is that Impossibility is what ACTUALLY reflects the Flatline MCs willpower, so he's really just basing it on the name without spending a single thought on the actual themes and mechanics involved.
>>44128406
Because of what? I don't think Shee's likely to have a tragic miscarriage.
>>44128406
Too soon? Why? What difference does it make?
Tell her once the danger is over, writing.
>>44128244
>>Tell her now (increases Family)
>>44128282
It was kind of annoying that most of the arguments around aspects were about the extremely minor mechanical benefits they grant passively.
>>44128342
I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have, unless literally everyone that voted for Advancement changed to Domination, and that's assuming the one vote for Domination didn't also vote Advancement.
>>44128407
I'm not entirely sure why you're assuming that the pastebin anon on AskFM and the anon that talked about Flatline are the same.
>>44128423
>>44128424
We need to buy baby stuff before breaking the news.
I just read that pastebin and I can't even get into it without being bothered by how the writer assumes to speak for the other players.
Just starting with
>People want more aspects but they think the ones we're being offered all suck
Thats completly wrong though, I can't remember anyone saying all the offered Aspects sucked. Some did, sure enough some do. As far as I could see most just felt like we needed to advance our current ones more and the others just didn't fit into what they wanted Shee to be.
>Even if we did get that awful description, I know the aspect is better than that in practice
Based on fucking what? Unless you're AA you have absolutely no fucking idea how good it is in practice. All you got is your wishful thinking on how good you 'want' it to be.
>Before now I don't think a lot of players even realized that writeins can boost aspects
Thios makes me think the writer is actually a newfag who just got into the quest to be honest because that write-ins can boost Aspects and Favour is pretty damn obvious and how we got 3/5 or so of our Mirror Favour.
>More people wanted a new aspect but they were counted separately by aspect and each individually compared to all voters who wanted Impossibility/Corruption/Family. If done as group vs group (old vs new), new won last vote. Done as a 6 way free for all, Unstoppable won.
Did it occur to him that maybe people would have voted for other things if things would have been structured different so his assumption on Unstoppable would have won is kinda complete bullshit?
>If you want people to go for aspects, I'd ask you to do something about the descriptions of them we get.
We didn't have a problem witht he descriptions until now so, I don't understand why he thinks there is one now all of a sudden just because people apaprently didnt like the one he liked (which I'm gonna go out on a limb and assume he voted for Unstoppable but don't quote me on that).
>>44128480
>I'm not entirely sure why you're assuming that the pastebin anon on AskFM and the anon that talked about Flatline are the same.
Because its extremly fucking obvious.
>>44128480
>I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have, unless literally everyone that voted for Advancement changed to Domination, and that's assuming the one vote for Domination didn't also vote Advancement.
Actually I only voted for Unstoppable because I wanted anything but advancement, if Domination would have had achance I would have been onboard for that.
>>44128480
>I'm not entirely sure why you're assuming that the pastebin anon on AskFM and the anon that talked about Flatline are the same.
I'm not really invested in this argument, but yeah the guy who was nuclear assmad about others not liking Unstopabble brought it up first.
>>44128480
They were about minor technical stuff because thats what the argument eas about.
>>44128480
>It was kind of annoying that most of the arguments around aspects were about the extremely minor mechanical benefits they grant passively.
Because thats what we got when it comes to discussing what they actually do, thats what the larger implications ultimately come from.
There is more to them than that, of course, but thats just saying "Aspects do good things" and yeah, all of them do, whats the point?
>I'm pretty sure it wouldn't have
You are probably wrong to be honest, anons have REALLY liked the mindrape sofar.
>>44128480
>I'm not entirely sure why you're assuming that the pastebin anon on AskFM and the anon that talked about Flatline are the same.
I'm pretty sure I remember the guy arguing last thread to have brought it up as argument so I assume thats where the impression comes from.Seriously if you try to do the "I'm totally not that anon" thing, you ought to be more careful what you say.
>>44128261
I just got to the part of your answer about expanding the description.
I don't like it.
I didn't even like it when the mechanical benefits where included at all, I prefer Aspect descriptions to be pure flavour.
You want to tell Rainya – and your friends as soon as possible, but this is the worst possible time – right before you are due to go into a deadly situation.
You resolve to tell Rainya as soon as the danger is over and not a moment later. She'll probably be mad that you didn't tell her sooner, but in time she'll see sense. You finish checking your equipment, assure Rainya that her armour fits her just fine when she returns, and then you head downstairs to iron out the details of your plan with your friends.
From the concerned looks Rainya is giving you, she knows something is bothering you, but she doesn't ask, maybe she just thinks its nerves about what is coming.
Once you are all assembled you begin “We're going to take back the psychic research facility” you say, taking a deep breath “but if we just kill the fae or drive them out, we'll be facing an army, so instead I'll simply take control of the fae nobles running the place. We'll need to confront the most senior ones first and we;ll need to take them all at once – to avoid any of them getting away and raising the alarm, after that we can simply have them summon the junior fae one at a time and I'll deal with them.” Kaelyn scowls but doesn't say anything.
“So how's this going to work?” asks Dev “we just jump in there and you hit them all at once with your mental hammer?”
Lirael smirks, you smile briefly and shake your head “no” you say “I fully expect the senior fae to have defences against mind-control and even once I've overcome those they are each very powerful magically, and strong willed, we'll need to subdue them first, and then I'll work on them one at a time.”
“They won't just let you though!” objects Kaelyn “once they see what you're doing, they'll fight.”
“Will they though?” you ask her, looking her dead in the eye “will the average fae noble accept someone else being in control? Or do they hold their personal freedom so dear they'll fight for it?”
Why is this even a argument? Unstoppable was shit anyway.
>You get better while you keep fucking up!
How is that useful? Shee barely ever even needs a second try, and if something fails once.... why not do something different? Shee is extrmly good at adapting to things and all her powersets are geared toiwards not NEEDING a second try. Its literally a Aspect completly working against everything else she does.
Kae glares at you, then looks away, saying softly “less powerful nobles are used to more powerful ones mistreating them, they'll do whatever it takes to stay alive.”
You wish you could tell her much you hate this, but that its necessary. Maybe afterwards.
“One of the beastmen psychics told me that they most senior fae meet twice daily about the running of the facility” you say “the next meeting is soon. We teleport into the facility, sneak to their meeting room and confront them”.
“What about guards?” asks Lirael
“None near the meeting room” you say “it's deep enough in the facility that they don't post them, but if we make too much noise then some will come running. Fortunately they meet in one of the facilities war rooms – which has a very thick door and walls, as long as we don't blow the whole place up, we should be fine.”
“And we're going in guns blazing?” asks Dev “what if we kill them.”
“Try not to” you say “if it comes to it I'd rather they die than any of you, but we want to hurt them enough to make them surrender, but not kill them.”
You look around “well?”
Dev nods “ok” he says, clad in his heavy armour “let's go.”
“I'm in” says Rainya, a determined look on her face.
“I'm with you sis!” pipes up Lirael. You all look at Kaelyn.
“For the record” she says “I don't like this, but I can't think of a better idea, let's just get it done.”
“Alright” you say “I'm going to tell Ms Carter and Randolph what's happening, I won't be long.”
You head out of the room, your mind still occupied by your latest discovery. What to do about them?
>Nothing, trust in your own toughness (start mission)
>Do something to protect them (what?)
15 minute vote to allow ideas
>>44128342
>>44128282
Pally didn't even want to do old aspect boosting as an option in the first place, but people asked about it. I don't know how many others there were that emailed him or something but I know I asked about it myself. I voted to boost Impossibility during the last vote but I'd have been fine with any of the options except for Family getting boosted, really. Might not have voted for it if I'd realized we could get aspect improvement but that's a whole 'nother thing. It's kind of funny how people think that I'm just salty over Unstoppable not winning. I wouldn't have been opposed to it winning but it was actually my second least favorite behind Family. The one I thought was best was Domination and the one I thought was most fitting was Retribution, but Impossibility being higher would help with some neat stuff so that's what I picked.
That said, I still think that there's a problem with the votes and I don't need to have some agenda to feel that way. The descriptions provided with new aspects are misrepresentative and it biases things towards boosting old aspects instead of ever picking a new one. If people genuinely think all the options do not fit and want to not vote for them while then that's fine. I just like informed voters better than uninformed voters. If Pally does choose to implement some changes I'm sure he'll come up with something better than anything I've suggested.Kinda regret saying anything in the first place now.
>>44128838
Its a argument because one guy was hyped for it, tried to samefag and it didn't work so got butthurt at everyone. Considering how flimsy a fit to Shee itwas to begin with its not gonna show up again anyway so who cares.
>>44128841
>Nothing, trust in your own toughness (start mission)
>>44128841
>Do something to protect them (what?)
Some different options.
>Use Impossibility to force acquisition of Split Self, leave the pregnant duplicate in the realm while we have the baby-free body go fight (+Impossibility)
>Turn Shee's womb into some kind of pocket dimension thing based off of Dimensional Arsenal (+Family)
>Blast Fecundity of the Ocean with Corruption until Shee develops some planty mutations, then plant the babies like seeds in the realm and let them grow there. (+Corruption?)
>>44128841
>Do something to protect them (what?)
Make them into little seeds and plant them in Randolphs part of the realm
>>44128917
You make some preatty heavy assumptions about how easy improving high ranked aspects is.
>>44128917
>>44128926
>turn them into seeds and plant them
That's fucked up, yo.
>>44128917
I'd support the second, maybe the first if we had the XP for it.
Third is a complete shit.
>>44128941
Thats the point I imagine, supported!
>>44128841
>>44128926
>>44128940
Both the impossibility and family options have already been confirmed by pally. I'd have put a question mark by them like the corruption option if they hadn't.
Side note, unlocking a Prestige psychic power with Impossibility will also boost it up a rank.
>>44128841
>Use Impossibility to force acquisition of Split Self, leave the pregnant duplicate in the realm while we have the baby-free body go fight (+Impossibility)
>Turn Shee's womb into some kind of pocket dimension thing based off of Dimensional Arsenal (+Family)
>>44128964
It's not fucked up in an interesting way, it's fucked up in a "this is extremely dull and was hinted at being dangerous to the kids" way.
>>44128851
>The descriptions provided with new aspects are misrepresentative and it biases things towards boosting old aspects instead of ever picking a new one.
They aren't and they don't.
Oh hey the rest of the prestige powers got added to the rules paste!
>>44128841
>Nothing, trust in your own toughness (start mission)
or just not that plant baby bullshit
>>44128841
>Do something to protect them (what?)
Make them into little seeds and plant them in Randolphs part of the realm
>>44128841
>Turn Shee's womb into some kind of pocket dimension thing based off of Dimensional Arsenal (+Family)
>>44128841
> Plant babies
If we can't do that right now
> Nothing
>>44128841
>>Use Impossibility to force acquisition of Split Self, leave the pregnant duplicate in the realm while we have the baby-free body go fight (+Impossibility)
>>Turn Shee's womb into some kind of pocket dimension thing based off of Dimensional Arsenal (+Family)
>>44128960
>maybe the first if we had the XP for it.
I think we can afford it right now but I'm not sure if we want to.
>Third is a complete shit.
Yeah I don't like the third much either but I figured I'd include it for the sake of rounding out the aspect options. Maybe we can make some kind of robo-incubator thing with Corruption and Artifice?
ok, change to the vote.
in 5 minutes I will call a 5 minute, non-FD vote similar to the way powers vote. It will have a yes/no option of doing something, and will have a second category about what you do, based upon the suggestions offered
>>44128983
>and was hinted at being dangerous to the kids
It was actually never hinted anything like thjat, stop spreading misinformation just because you don't like shit.
>>44129052
Why the change? And can you confirm those extremly easy Aspect rank ups actually work?
Because all of them seem far more trivial (and in case of the Dimensional Arsenal one unrelated to the actual Aspect) than what it usually takes.
>>44129093
http://ask.fm/AnAspiringQM/answer/133593219372
http://ask.fm/AnAspiringQM/answer/133644697388
>>44129052
Can you add a suggestion about implanting them into Rainya or creating tiny nanomachine nannies taking care of them in our body?
>>44129093
>Why the change?
For clarity, many votes are conditionakl or voting for multiple outcomes
>And can you confirm those extremly easy Aspect rank ups actually work?
They do, this will be made explicit in the vote
>>44129050
If the options are plant babies or getting Split Self,I'd front the XP cost for you.
>>44129063
Pally was unsure, which is essentially the same thing as danger.A more realistic assumption, it would be somewhat boring because all the kids would wind up being plant-based and overlap with Randolph instead of having a variety of influences.
>>44129122
That doesn't actually answer the question, creating a pocket dimension has nothing to do with family.
>>44129142
>because all the kids would wind up being plant-based
You're assuming we would leave them there, which is completly wrong.
>>44129146
It's an extradimensional womb which has no purpose beyond protecting Shee's unborn children. Seems pretty Family to me.
Please do not quote this post. Post only your votes, nothing else.
5 minute vote.
Will Shee do something to protect her babies?
>Y/N
And what will it be? (pick 1 option only)
>Split Self (increases Impossibility)
>Dimensional Womb (increases Family)
>Plant/seed babies (increases Corruption)
>Attempt to implant into Rainya (assuming she agrees)
Nanomachines nannies option not allowed at this time (Artifice too low)
>>44129142
>being plant-based and overlap with Randolph instead of having a variety of influences.
More likely they would all have a variety of influences, one of which would be plant based...which would be a problem how?
>>44129192
>Y
>Attempt to implant into Rainya (assuming she agrees)
>>44129192
> Y
>Attempt to implant into Rainya (assuming she agrees)
>Y
>Split Self (increases Impossibility)
>>44129192
>Y
>Plant/seed babies (increases Corruption)
>N
>Dimensional Womb (increases Family)
>Y
>Split Self (increases Impossibility)
>>44129192
> Y
>Plant/seed babies (increases Corruption)
>>44129192
>N
>Plant/seed babies (increases Corruption)
I don't think we really need to, but this is the only actually creative one and that actually is weird enough for a Aspect.
>Y
>Dimensional Womb (increases Family)
>>44129192
>N
>Plant/seed babies (increases Corruption)
>>44129192
>N
>Plant/seed babies (increases Corruption)
>Y
>Attempt to implant into Rainya (assuming she agrees)
>Y
>Split Self (increases Impossibility)
>>44129192
>Please do not quote this post. Post only your votes, nothing else.
I thought it was just like a power vote, why this new condition now?
closing and counting
>>44129192
I thought it was like a power vote, not FD.
>>44129298
That "new condition" has been there for the last few power votes.
>>44129192
>Please do not quote this post. Post only your votes, nothing else.
>5 minute vote.
Ypu really have to start making your mind up about how you wanted this vote Pally, I don't think most people bothered reading all of this after you said its like every power vote.
>>44129298
>>44129311
That's how they've been for the last couple months, people just have been ignoring it.
>>44129315
No it hasn't, power votes have never been "don't quote this post". Nor "only post your vote".
>>44129315
>>44129323
Just showing the example of the Ichor power vote
So, which Gift do you shape the Ichors favour into?
>Corpse Eater 4
>Oceanic Reality 5
>Swim the Star Ocean
5 minute vote
No such conditions.
It was literally only the last thread that did that.
>>44129315
Last few months would be last thread, pretty sure it was alsoonly the Baalzamon power.
>>44129366
>>44129377
>>44129338
You know what the solution is?
READ THE POST BEFORE VOTING IF YOU WANT TO MATTER
It's *literally* a trap for idiots that don't read before voting. You aren't going to get any sympathy for being stupid.
>>44129397
Nah fuck off.
I'm not gonna not complain about something retarded and boring winning just because Pally felt like changing the voting rules for no particular reason.
>>44129397
No reason to read it when it should be like any other. If he hadn't said like other power votes, I would have bothered reading it.
>>44129427
There have been previous power votes that used this, and ones that haven't. Being like a power vote is exactly why you should've read it.
But you didn't.
Tough shit.
>>44129192
>Nanomachines nannies option not allowed at this time (Artifice too low)
Why can we vote for something that requires new XP AND a succesfull roll we haven't made yet, but not for something that only requires new XP?
Looks like the powergaming fags forced their shit in somehow anyway.
I hope the roll fails.
>>44129486
...what?
>>44129454
>>44129192
Thats actually a good question, we got XP for easily 3 more ranks of artifice? So why can't we do that? I'd love nano caretakers.
>>44128995
I was surprised by Chaoscraft. It's actually decent.
>>44129486
As long as it isn't plant babies. That shit's retarded.
>>44129497
You must be new here, some anons have always been extremly resentful of the power creep in Pallys quest, the conjuring of gifts from nowhere as newest escalation unsurprisingly didn't make them very happy.
>>44129486
>>44129497
Its a power balance argument again, don't even start.
>>44129548
>As long as it isn't plant babies. That shit's retarded.
Making a second body to carry babies is even more retarded, and more importantly boring. And Shee shouldn't ever do boring.
>>44129549
I could maybe get that in PoJ or Egwin but isn't the apotheosis arena a central part of this one? Bumping an aspect like this is something like getting 0.001% closer to being like one of the Five and that's if we're generous.
>>44129596
I consider plant babies to be more boring, because it's literally burying drama and cute scenes.
>>44129600
>I could maybe get that in PoJ or Egwin but isn't the apotheosis arena a central part of this one?
Actually its less of a problem in PoJ which was meant to be about the overpowered godling.
But PRQ, believe it or not, was originally supposed to be more about gritty necessary choices and being desperate for power.
>>44129600
Its actually more of a problem here because the story works less if Shee doesn't need favour anymore, which is the case when she can just create gifts whenever she wants.
I have tally'd the votes up as follows
Posts that linked mine
Yes 4/No 4
Plant/seed babies 5
Rainya 2
Posts that did not link to mine (as requested)
Yes 4/No 1
Split Self 2
Dimensional Womb 2
Rainya 1
Combined
Yes 8/No 5
Plant/seed babies 5
Split Self 2
Dimensional Womb 2
Rainya 3
But please check my count
(assuming my count is correct) using linked votes or not changes the outcome.
I accept that I was not explicit in saying that linked votes do not count.
I ask for votes to link to be counted (or to not link to be counted) as a way to stop anons repeating their votes with minor alterations.
I also don't use the same condition every single vote, again, my fault.
With that in mind I plan on calling another vote with only 3 options:
A plant/seed babies
B dimensional womb
C split self
vote to be called in 5 minutes, vote to last 5 minutes
votes that link my post will not count
votes that contain anything other than the letter will not count
Use standard letter, not greentext
My apologies for slowing the quest down due to ambiguous voting rules.
>>44129672
Sorry for delaying things, but could we get a answer on the Nano caretakers question? If we can spend Xp on splot self (and do the roll first), why not for Artifice? Not enough XP?
>>44129672
There were 3 split self votes unlinked but I think the third one didn't count because 3 seconds too late.
>>44129702
What would the nano caretakers thing even do? Stick the babies in vats and have nanobots grow them?
>>44129738
>What would the nano caretakers thing even do?
Protect them inside Shee. Sheperd them to undamaged body parts or become tiny armor to protect them, that sort of thing.
>>44129672
Could we just have
>A Plant babies
>B Not plant babies (subvote afterwards)
Instead?
I dislike the splitting over this because I hate A so much.
>>44129702
Ah yes, sorry forgot to answer this one.
The nanomachines option didn't seem like *enough* to me, plus it can be combined with other options.
Regardless of where the kids are, they could have nanomachine nurses
And saids nanomachines would provide more protection against disease than they ever could against Shee being badly injured.
So I mostly didn't include them because (as I understand the suggestion) it wouldn't be all that effective.
>>44129753
That's not nearly as effective protection as any of the other options.
>>44129755
I would ask the same for Split Self, so...
5 minute vote
Options are:
>A plant/seed babies
>B dimensional womb
>C split self
vote to be called in 5 minutes, vote to last 5 minutes
votes that link my post will not count
votes that contain anything other than the letter will not count
Use standard letter, not greentext
in the event of a tie I will decide.
>>44129755
Sorry, all options in one vote to prevent more delays.
A
C
C
B
B
>>44129801
>>44129806
>>44129810
>>44129814
>>44129819
>>44129824
>vote to be called in 5 minutes
B
>>44129832
Thats definitly a copy paste error, given he said he calls for it in 5 minutes 5 minutes ago
>>44129832
Bugger, copy paste error
this is the vote opening post
>>44129790
C
B
B
B
B
A
C
closing, counting up to the 5-minute mark
c
Ok, looks like B wins, but please check my count.
Writing
>Dimensional Womb wins
>no preggo belly ever now
damn
>>44129927
Now we will never get to cuddle like a happy family.
>>44129927
Denying Pally his fetishes is my fetish.
>>44129927
It has a limit, Rainya just needs to work really hard and make it overflow.
>>44129927
I really hope that she balloons anyway because of reasons.
>>44129956
Not into that.
>>44129956
Preggo bellies are disgusting though.
>>44129927
Shee can probably suppress it for the purposes of cute pregnant cuddling with Rainya.
>>44129972
They are beautiful and a gift from nature.
>>44129956
>All of my nope
NOPE!
Seriously, no.Would be okay with Sireyi though.
http://strawpoll.me/6246493
>>44129996
Pally pls.
>Shee's cooch is now literally a portal to a magical realm
>>44129927
We'd be hiding it with Shadow of the Depths 99% of the time anyway so what's it matter.
You tell Ms Carter where you'll be, and then head up to see Randolph, explaining why you'll be away.
Then, within your realm, you sit down, and focus upon your dimensional arsenal. You can put objects in it, why not a living thing? Why not a part of yourself. You stretch forth your hand into your dimensional arsenal, but instead of drawing something forth you just leave it there.
You bring the stump of your wrist up to to your face, seeing the muscle, bone and blood vessels just end, like an anatomists cross-section of a wrist. Within your body you can see your own flesh beginning to deviate from the norm in structure. That's good, that's the way it should be.
You leave your hand in there for a minute, then draw it out and flex your fingers, no harm, not even any numbness. You try again, then with your leg, then all of your limbs, your torso simply hanging in mid-air, huh, weird.
Finally, you try to hide your children away, along with enough of your body to help them grow.
Roll 1d20+5 (Family)
Rolled 19 + 5 (1d20 + 5)
>>44130072
Rolled 16 + 5 (1d20 + 5)
>>44130072
Nobody said there would be dice.
Rolled 4 + 5 (1d20 + 5)
>>44130072
Rolled 3 + 5 (1d20 + 5)
>>44130072
well that's pretty clear.I don't know what a critical success would do
>>44129996
6/2 against preggo belly
Poor Pally, cant catch a break.
>>44129996
>actually thinking this poll matters enough to bother samefagging it
Preggofags please. Thats just pathetic.
>>44130132
It's tied.But now it's going to be samefagged by both sides until this has 500+ votes and even image replies.
>>44130144
If it doesn't matter, then they've already won.
If it does matter, they have nothing to lose.
>>44130144
>implying the preggofags are the ones samefagging
pls
>>44130150
>It's tied.
After it was like 6/2 and then all of a sudden by some miracle there was only votes for preggo, kek.
>>44130150
>But now it's going to be samefagged by both sides until this has 500+ votes and even image replies.
I'm pretty sure only the smutfags care enough to bother samefagging something so pointless.
How do people feel about getting Chaoscraft? Not right this second, obviously, but it unlocks some really cool things. Namely,
>Luck Manipulation
>You can bless people with good luck or curse them with bad luck.
>Check: Make a Chaoscraft check, DC 10. You imbue a single target within your line of sight and within 30 metres with a +2 bonus or a -2 penalty to all d20 rolls. Using this power costs 2 psychic energy points, for every 5 points you beat the DC by you can increase or decrease the granted bonus or penalty by 1. This lasts until the end of the encounter.
Even works on shaping rolls and aspect stuff.
The shapechanging thing is pretty cool but not that great since we already have sotd. The stuff about manipulating backlash and penalties would be decent against any chaosmages we have to fight coming from the fae and Mirror. Would also help buff Kae.
>>44130166
>If it does matter, they have nothing to lose.
Well actually yes, because before it was a minor joke no one cared much about Pally could have just dropped in when he felt like it.
Now they made it a issue, so they pretty much just shot themselves in the foot by making people care.
>>44130170
The way it went was 2 against, 2 for, 4 against, 4 for.
So, uh, kinda shooting yourself with a remark like that.
>>44130227
>The way it went was 2 against, 2 for, 4 against, 4 for.
...Uh no? It was 1/2, 2/2 and then 6/2.
You are really not helping yourself here.
>>44130227
I don't even care much but when I voted it was 5to 2. So...
>>44130170
>le smutfag strawman
>>44130261
>>44130248
When i voted, it was 6/4.
>>44130248
So you're saying that one got 4 votes in a row, and then the other got 4 votes in a row.
>>44130268
>When i voted, it was 6/4.
Which just kinda proves the point it wasn't constantly tied like
>>44130227
claimed.
it was 6/2 and then all of a sudden only smutfag votes.
So yeah, just some transparent sad attempt by a fetishfag to force his shit on others. Moving on now.
>>44130288
Except I didn't claim it was consistently tied at all.
>>44130279
I'm saying one had a pretty obvious majority until a magic shift happened despite the fact that one side clealry had more reason to vote than the other to begin with,
>>44130288
Smutfag this, smutfag that.
I think you have a problem understanding that there is no smut in this quest and no one is voting for smut.
>>44130318
>I think you have a problem understanding that there is no smut in this quest and no one is voting for smut.
>implying that stops them from tryign to make everything about dem lewds and muh fetishes
Man you must be new here.
Good god its succubusfaggotry all over again, quick Pally....
>>44130317
>When the thing I like was winning, it was an obvious majority
>When the thing I don't like ties back up with the exact same voting pattern, it was a magic shift and therefore samefagging because I don't like them
After several minutes you've got it: you can hold part of yourself within your dimensional arsenal with only the slightest effort.
You make sure you've got it before going back down to join your friends.
[Family Aspect increased]
With that sorted, you all head out to the psychic research facility.
XXX
-Ready?- You send to them, as you are all gathered around the heavy reinforced door leading to the war room.
-Ready- they all respond. Your finger hovers over the button to open the door.
Getting in was easy: you snuck through the facility quietly, and Lirael and yourself simply used your telepathic abilities to ensure that the few guards you encountered forget they saw you.
As you approached the war room, Kaelyn gave you a final warning -these might not be high nobles- she sent -and they're in a supposedly secure place, but they will still have defensive spells active, mostly in case one of them attacks another-
-What kind?- you asked
-Mostly protection against magical powers- Kae sent -there will be some protection against physical attacks, but their best powers will be used to guard against magical attacks-
Your best powers are magical ones, but you also don't want to simply kill them. You are outside the door to the war room and (as far as you know) there are the four most senior fae inside – you can definitely sense four powerful chaos magic signatures within.
When you burst through the door, what will you do?
Shee
>Plasma pistols
>Power (?)
>Other (?)
Rainya
>Plasma pistols
>Power (?)
>Other (?)
Kaelyn
>Unarmed Attack
>Power (?)
>Other (?)
Dev
>Heavy Laser Rifle
>Power (?)
>Other (?)
Lirael
>Plasma Pistols
>Power (?)
>Other (?)
>>44130361
This is actually a even more stupid and asinine pushing of shit than that, imagine that.
>>44130375
Only by your insistence that either of those things are happening.
You fags do realise the way her babies worked Shee would have never used her womb to begin with and therefore would have never had a pregnant swollen belly at all, yes?
Fuck the retarded shit people argue about
in here.
>>44130364
>Shee
>>Power (?)
>Grab and Pull the closest by
>Quicken Dominate one of those you can't grab
Lirael
>Dominate the other one not grabbed
Everyone else
>Shoot everyone not grabbed/Dominated.
>>44130430
What are you talking about? Her babies work in the way which babies work.
>>44130364
>>44130430
Seconding this, on all counts really.
>>44130364
Lirael and Shee should do some Hands of the Devourer to hold the fae down. it'll restrain them and it will also do some mental damage to make the domination easier.
>>44130444
>The six lives within you are tiny, each smaller than a pea, burrowing into your flesh to build their own personal life-support systems.
This is totally a thing real babies do....
>>44130430
>Specifically warned the Fae are magically potent, strong willed and have methods to resist mind control
>Uses mind control
>>44130466
Yes. Yes it is. It's called implantation. The latter bit is referring to gestation. Pretty standard.
>>44130457
If we use a void aura on them we can trap them inside it and it will also apply penalties to all their rolls to resist the domination.
>>44130364
Lirael
> Creates Aura of Nothingness and starts Empathic Project paralyzing fear
Shee
> project hands of the devourer to pin them down in addition to your own tentacles
>>44130467
Yeah because protections against Mind-control obviously are infallible. How fucking stupid are you?
Shee fucking specialises in mind-control, just because someone has protectiosn doesn't mean she shouldn't try at all you dumb fuck.
>>44130521
>>44130498
Assuming that it's going to be just Shee and Lir going in first if Void auras are up.
>>44130467
Most people have waysto resist getting murdered, doesn't mean it can't happen to them.
>>44130467
Methods to try to resist=/= atually being able to resist a Demi-God of Mindrape.
>>44130364
Would Rainya be able to pin a couple of them down by bodyblocking with Force Shields and applying some plasma fire?
>>44130581
Not if we're vomiting void auras all over the place.
>>44130490
Actually in real mammals its the body of the pregnant one who does these things, not the gestating cells anon.
Appears to be a tie between dominate and using Aura of Nothingness and Hands of the Devourer
Only votes for others are attacking and shooting
Going with second option.
Please roll 5d20 for
Shee
Rainya
Kaelyn
Dev
Lirael
And vote for extra psychic power points for
(Shee) Hands of the Devourer
And extra vitae for
(Lirael) Aura of Nothingness
>>44130596
Rainya is Immune to Void Aura.
>>44130596
Doesn't she have that Impossible Sight thing to let her see in void since we used void aura to activate her shade champion powers?
Rolled 19, 19, 19, 13, 4 = 74 (5d20)
>>44130612
10
10
Rolled 8, 20, 2, 8, 19 = 57 (5d20)
>>44130612
10
10
Rolled 20, 13, 6, 12, 9 = 60 (5d20)
>>44130612
0
0
>>44130624
>>44130632
>>44130633
>so close
>>44130612
36, for 12 extra hands
10
>>44130617
Yes, she was still vulnerable to it's debuff though, IIRC.
>>44130613
She got void sight and shapechanging. No immunity yet, unless I forgot something.
>>44130667
>She got void sight and shapechanging. No immunity yet, unless I forgot something.
She is as good as Immune since she can resist it and see in it.
And now, please roll Impossibility 1d20+7
>>44130612
Is the extra PE spent vote right here for the
>By applying a -5 penalty to your skill check and sending an additional 3 psychic energy points you may create an additional void limb.
Part of void limbs? Because spending extra to boost the roll itself does absolutely nothing.
I'd like to have at least 2 on each fae, so 8 total hands, which means we need to spend 18PE to get them all grabbed.
Rolled 14 + 7 (1d20 + 7)
>>44130690
Rolled 9 + 7 (1d20 + 7)
>>44130690
Rolled 18 + 7 (1d20 + 7)
>>44130690
Rolled 11 + 7 (1d20 + 7)
>>44130690
>>44130691
You can also spend 3 and take a -5 for a +6 to the strength of all hands.
>>44130691
I'm assuming you're grabbing all 4
extra points are spent toovercome their magic resistance
>>44130691
>I'd like to have at least 2 on each fae, so 8 total hands, which means we need to spend 18PE to get them all grabbed.
You need to factor in Shees tentacles for extra grabagge..
>>44130686
And what is allowing her to resist it now?
>>44130612
>Appears to be a tie between dominate and using Aura of Nothingness and Hands of the Devourer
How is there a tie? Shee can do both with Quicken as the Dominate vote is asking for explicitly.
>>44130756
Well spotted and my apologies.
Existing rolls/votes will be for Hands/Tentacles
Dominate as well?
>Y/N
10 minute vote as I write up the results.
>>44130756
The other ones are not asking for also Dominate, so I guess its assumed to not want to dominate by omission, which is one I understood, even if I find it a bit silly.
>>44130781
>Y
Kaelyn bitching up a storm about muh evil mindcontrol in 3.2...
>>44130781
>N
Probably a distraction from the rest of the fighting right now.
We need to get Split Mind.
>>44130781
>N
Focus on beating them down first, Mental Contact has the tendency of creating backlash for no discernible reson in inopportune moments.
No dominating then (yet)
You tap the button and the door slides open, you all rush into the room.
You quickly take in the situation: four fae sat around the end on a long table at the opposite end of the room. As you enter they turn in your direction and start you rise. Three are dressed in military-looking uniforms and look fairly young – though it can be hard to tell with fae. One is dressed in ornate robes and has long white hair.
Dev and Rainya open up with laser rifle and plasma pistols respectively. Kaelyn prepares to pounce on any fae that moves towards you, or tries to flee.
The whole room is plunged into shadows as Lirael summons the void into reality.
You call forth hands shaped from void energies that reach out and grab at the fae. You snare three of them, but the white-haired one throws himself backwards with astonishing speed and your Hand grabs only empty air. Your Hand twists and writhes in the air, turning back towards you as if its going to grab you. You sense some sort of spell protecting the old fae that would turn magic back against its caster.
You are beyond such magics however, beyond such petty rules and constraints and your Hand turns again, lunging for the old fae once more, he sidesteps it.
The energy blasts from your allies slam into shields of multicoloured light that appear around each fae, doing no discernible harm.
The white bearded fae does not deign to speak but simply holds out his hands and an elegant jewelled staff appears in his grip – with one swipe of his staff your Hands of the Devourer are
banished, hissing coloured streams of dancing energy piercing them and ripping them apart.
Two of the other fae rush forwards as the other starts casting some sort of spell. It's hard to say exactly what it is.
-Kae- You query her as she rushes forwards and engages the two younger fae, exchanging lightning fast blows with them -what is he doing?-
-Summonin-ack- A vicious punch snaps her head around -Summoning help- she warns you
Kaelyn is fighting two of the fae half-way down the long room, and two fae, including the white-bearded one, are hanging back, using magic.
Actions?
Shee
>Plasma pistols
>Power (?)
>Other (?)
Rainya
>Plasma pistols
>Duplicate (how many?)
>Power (?)
>Other (?)
Kaelyn
>Keep fighting
>Power (?)
>Other (?)
Dev
>Heavy Laser Rifle
>Power (?)
>Other (?)
Lirael
>Plasma Pistols
>Power (?)
>Other (?)
Foes
Senior Fae
3 Junior Fae
>>44131068
Shee
>Dominate the older Fae
Rainya
>Duplicate (how many?)
>15
>Storm of Fire against the 3 Junior Fae
Kaelyn
>Defend herself
Dev
>Keep the door against attempts to break out
Lirael
>Hands of the Devourer to hold down the Junior Fae
>>44131068
>Quickned Dominate on the summoning help crowd.
>Offer every one a chance to give up.
>>44131068
If Kae activates Water Style, would she be able to fight inside a cube of water? I was thinking of drowning the two she's fighting with Oceanic Reality and letting her beat their asses while they're all in a cube
>>44131129
It does not grant her any special underwater fighting ability no, though thats a great idea for an additional power
>>44131068
Shee
>Quickened Dominate the Senior
Rainya
> Duplicate and Shapechange to pin the younger ones
Lirael
> Hands of the Devourer
Dev
> Guard the door
Kae
> Keep occupying and try to conv7nce the juniors to surrender
>>44131068
>>44131159
And 10 Duplicates.
>>44131116
Might want to quicken that dominate and summon up another set of hands (the more turns he spends dispelling instead of attacking, the better), and have Kae activate Dragon Style for a bunch of passive benefits to unarmed combat.
>>44131068
Shee
>Activate Blink Teleport
>Activate and boost cyberlegs
>Smack the Senior Fae and the junior near him with tentacles
We need to be faster. This will help us keep up with his ridiculous dodging ability and it will also net us another attack from the +1agility the legs give, in addition to helping dodge what he throws back at us.
>>44131159
Reminder that making a power activation a free action is all quickening does and not taking advantage of that by taking a standard action in addition to the quickened power is a waste of PE.
>>44131213
>Reminder that making a power activation a free action is all quickening does
It also means we always act first againsta standard action by our opponent, which is the point here.
>>44131206
You are taking three standard actions.
>>44131252
You can still take a standard action in addition to it and not doing so is still extremely wasteful.
>>44131068
>>44131116
Shee
>Quickened Dominate the older Fae
>Attack with Tentacles the other summoner
Rainya
>Duplicate (how many?)
>15
>Storm of Fire against the 3 Junior Fae
Kaelyn
>Defend herself
Dev
>Keep the door against attempts to break out
Lirael
>Hands of the Devourer to hold down the Junior Fae
Lots of different ideas there
Going with
(Shee) Dominate the elder fae
(Rainya) Duplicate/Shapechange + pin younger fae
(Lirael) Hands of the Devourer
(Dev) guard the door
(Kaelyn) Fighting
Please roll 4d20
Shee
Rainya
Lirael
Kaelyn
and vote on extra psychic energy/vitae used for Dominate
Hands of the Devourer
>>44131271
IC dominating a powerful opponent takes a lot of concentration, only doing one thing has its advantages.
Rolled 2, 6, 5, 14 = 27 (4d20)
>>44131296
Rolled 17, 3, 10, 14 = 44 (4d20)
>>44131296
Rolled 19, 20, 9, 11 = 59 (4d20)
>>44131296
30
18
>>44131296
50
36
>>44131296
What PE are we at currently?
Rolled 11, 5, 10, 3 = 29 (4d20)
>>44131296
15
15
>>44131317
Forgot to add 15 extra energy
>>44131296
>>44131347
thats my vote.
And I added this one
>>44131331
>>44131347
Oops, I was >>44131319
>>44131359
Sorry
>>44131339
102 I believe
And again, please roll 1d20+7 Impossibility
Shee is also being targeted by a pretty nasty damaging spell, for which I'm using Invulnerable Hide, unless anyone objects.
Rolled 19 + 7 (1d20 + 7)
>>44131409
Rolled 5 + 7 (1d20 + 7)
>>44131409
Rolled 17 + 7 (1d20 + 7)
>>44131409
Rolled 3 + 7 (1d20 + 7)
>>44131409
>>44131409
Can we see what it is with absorb spell?
-Dev guard the door- you send -no one gets in or out-
-On it!- he responds, dropping back.
You lash out with your mental powers, targeting the older, presumably more powerful fae and trying to bend his will to your own. He grins and you feel the psychic energy turning back on you, ready to enslave your will to his. But you are that which should not be, and your powers defy such possibilities. Your telepathic assault slams into him and he grimaces, but manages to resist; you feel a strong burst of chaos magic from him, as if he's burning through his reserves to keep you out of his mind.
[PE 71/118]
At the same time he casts his own spell and you feel your flesh rip as dozens of points of intense pain suddenly appear within you. You harden your own flesh reflexively and you hear what sounds like metal twisting and breaking – coming from under your own skin.
[PE 61/118]
Rainya splits into more than a dozen bodies and races forwards to help Kae, and to distract the younger fae casting his spell.
The Rainyas slam into the rear fae before his spell is complete and the energies run wild – transforming the table into the middle of the room into what looks like green glass, it starts to hum.
The Rainyas gather around him and try to hold him down but he throws them off, they're simply not strong enough to hold him; a fierce hand to hand erupts, with the Rainyas able to hold their own, but not really hurt him, at least, not just using their fists.
-This hurts!- complains Rainya -can I hit him with my energy sword, just once?-
Against those facing Kaelyn they are much more effective, distracting them both long enough for Kaelyn to turn the tide. With a ghostly dragon appearing around her, Kaelyn launches a flurry of punches and kicks against one of her foes – he sinks to the floor groaning and twitching,
Lirael summons forth more hands of voidstuff that lash out at all the fae,
-Stop dodging!- Lirael sends through your mental link, sounding upset as all of the fae dodge the Hands grabbing at them.
Actions?
Shee
>What (?)
Rainya
>What (?)
Kaelyn
>What (?)
Dev
>What (?)
Lirael
>What (?)
Foes
Senior Fae
2 Junior Fae
1 Junior Fae (unconscious)
Additional, Absorb Spell (Bones of Steel Teeth) – 10 PE
>Y/N
>>44131583
Yes
>>44131742
Quicken Enhance Ability (agility) and then go wild with tentacles? Is that a thing we can do?
Also how did the fae who got knocked to the floor groaning manage to dodge Lirael's voidhands?
>>44131811Erotic dreams?
>>44131742
Shee
>Enhance Ability (Strength)
>Full Attack with Tentacles on the Senior Fae
Rainya
>Storm of Fire on all the Fae
Kaelyn
>Tell them to shut up and surrender but otherwise keep up brawling
Lirael
>Eviscerate one of the junior fae
>>44131811
>Also how did the fae who got knocked to the floor groaning manage to dodge Lirael's voidhands?
He dodged before he got knocked out, then he got grabbed
Add (restrained) to the unconscious one
