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[RangerCado]

((3.01. I count the first number as the chapter, i don't read that slow ))

[GreatWyrmGold]

(I assume you mean third arc?)

Spoiler: Probably not a big spoiler, but meh. (click to show/hide)

Endbringers are basically major villains. Recall Scion, who was mentioned in the first interlude? Right after him in terms of power are the Endbringers. Every few months, one of them attacks some major city, causing massive destruction and provoking an organization of essentially every parahuman who can get there in time to help. Casualty rates among the civilians vary, but among the parahumans they tend to be around 25%.

Ninja.

Alright, so quickly glancing over a table of average number of high school students per school per state, Elena attempted to influence about 700 people, failing miserably lets say she hit about 10% of them, 70 people with half of those being people she had already interacted with that day.  Being that she was stressed at the time, her normal effect would have shorter range and be unable to influence as many people at once or as quickly.  So I'm thinking, on a normal day, 12 or 13 people can have their emotional state completely rewired over about a 30 minute period at a range of 50ft within line of sight.  This still feels OP, but then again mind (or body, as Regent calls his) control is always OP.  Any other limits you want to place will be perfectly fine.

I'd put her limit at maybe half a dozen at once under normal situations, tops, with the exact speed varying on the level of change. And, of course, more precision means you can't hit as many people.

With regards to location, just give the city some meaningful monument that can be destroyed.

Heh heh.

((ANOTHER ninja?!?))

[Empiricist]

((You may want to correct that spoiler tag so that it works...))

[MrVoid]

I'd put her limit at maybe half a dozen at once under normal situations, tops, with the exact speed varying on the level of change. And, of course, more precision means you can't hit as many people.

Done.  I could've set the maths so that it equaled 20 people, and I bet you would have only dropped it to 10, but that would be grossly manipulative and what I have is still more than fair.

What do you mean by

((ANOTHER ninja?!?))

Did I ninja you twice somehow?

[GreatWyrmGold]

Ninja 2:

((3.01. I count the first number as the chapter, i don't read that slow ))

[Scood]

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[Scood]

What did Selina do about the fact that she had multiple counts each of murder and murder with a parahuman ability, plus a count of assault with a parahuman ability, especially with a witness able to identify her? That's the kind of thing that gets you sent to jail if you're lucky.

Selina was hiding out in the slums of [insert city] in total seclusion. She was terrified, broken, and wanted to die. She had no where to go, no one who would believe her... she was just another person every hero was out to get now... she wished she had the courage to kill herself, but she couldn't, wouldn't. She resigned herself to staying in a run down/destroyed building, cold, alone, and without any comfort. She would die out here... but no one would care, no one would mourn, another statistic on a wall of the lost.

Two things.
1. On the bright side, the heroes will have much bigger priorities than the orphan who killed some kids a while back. Like currently-active supervillains.
2. I'm tempted to start with an Endbringer attack, just to collect everyone (and partly to get Selina out of her mood).

Anyways, I've reached a conclusion.
Empiricist, I'm sorry, but I can't come up with a good power right now. And like I said earlier, there were a lot of good applications. So, Scood, good news: You're in! Writing up a description...

((0.0 sweet! I didn't even catch this at first. I'm a little worried about Kevin's interaction with Elena. He will hate her guts at least initially.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

*glances at CSs*
The whole Master thing?

[Scood]

((ya... I'm referring to the berserk button. I can see some simple solutions though. The first is common enemy. Coercion into cooperation. ignorance about her power... changing it into Tranquil Fury instead of a berserk button.))

[Unholy_Pariah]

I wonder what rank steven would get...

[Empiricist]

Empiricist, I'm sorry, but I can't come up with a good power right now. And like I said earlier, there were a lot of good applications. So, Scood, good news: You're in! Writing up a description...

((That's fine, I probably based some of his stuff a bit too much on his ability anyway. Actually I made up his ability first, so this isn't entirely unexpected.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

I wonder what rank steven would get...

He's definitely a Mover and/or Breaker, and a Brute. Probably about the same Brute rating as Weld and the same Mover rating as Annex's rating.

Empiricist, I'm sorry, but I can't come up with a good power right now. And like I said earlier, there were a lot of good applications. So, Scood, good news: You're in! Writing up a description...

((That's fine, I probably based some of his stuff a bit too much on his ability anyway. Actually I made up his ability first, so this isn't entirely unexpected.))

Which ability?

[Empiricist]

((The suggested power thing.))

[GreatWyrmGold]

((The suggested power thing.))

Ah. Yeah, it's hard to design a trigger event for that. As it happens, replace "advice and information" with "powers" and you have the power of one of the more infamous villains of the Wormverse.

Spoiler: Scrood (click to show/hide)

The doorbell rings.
"The pizza must be here. Could you grab the coupon, Kevin?"
"Sure, Sis."
Kevin went into the kitchen, retrieving the coupon they got with the last pizza they had ordered. It was a never-ending cycle; they got two or three coupons with each pizza, but couldn't use more than one or two whenever they had some delivered. They had a lot more pizza coupons than they could ever use. First-world problems.
Kevin heard his sister scream. He hurried to the entrance.
In the door was a man in a white bodysuit, not an inch of skin or color showing from head to toe. Black dye and two black lenses darkened the fabric at the chest and on the face, forming a crude image of ribs and a skull. The skull-face turned towards Kevin, who froze in place.
"Hello, there. You must be this stupid girl's brother. See, your sister has failed to understand a vital lesson...listen to your betters. And now, she will never learn it. What a waste."
Kevin watched as his sister reached down to her already-bloody arm and scratched at it more. And more. And more. Soon, she was pulling up bits of flesh. She was screaming through a rigid jaw, and Kevin could do nothing about it.
Nothing.
Kevin's sister stopped screaming, but still raked the flesh off of her arm. Soon, it was almost entirely bone, the flesh lying in bloody strips on the floor.
"Now...what shall I do with you?"
Kevin felt his hand moving towards his own arm, and scratched at it. It bled. Kevin looked at his sister. How long until the same happened to him?
He blinked long, and saw the villain who killed his sister on the floor, stunned. Kevin walked over to him and stomped. And stomped. And stomped. And suddenly, he was straining, but could not do anything.
"Fuck. You."
Kevin fell over, his legs jerking to a bent position. His sister's body was brought up like a puppet, and walked to Kevin. She raked at his face, his neck, any bit of exposed flesh. Kevin bled. He felt a tingling, in his head and matched where the blood flowed. Slowly, the pressure in his limbs weakened. Kevin finally broke free, rolling away from his sister. The blood continued to flow, the tingling continued also. He hurled himself at the villain, who was backing away in fear. Kevin's sister attacked him from behind, but he no longer noticed. The villain was beaten, punched, kicked. He retreated, favoring one leg. Kevin began to chase, but then he saw his arms.
Across his arms were intricate patterns, drawn in blood.
Kevin's power is surprisingly simple. He has minor sanguinokinesis, sufficient in dexterity to allow him to trace the designs on his arms accurately. These designs give whoever they are sketched on various powers. Kevin has discovered five designs. One grants power resistance or immunity, one grants fairly minor super-strength and durability, one greatly increases the weight of whatever body part it is drawn on, and two will be decided by you.
(Don't blame me, blame the folks on the Worm chatroom. Who inspired me to make this power.)
1. Kevin's sister was dead, a battered supervillain was sent from his door, and his arms are covered in bloody runes. What will Kevin do? The police and perhaps local heroes will be here any minute...
2. What were those two other designs you discovered?
3. Did he take any preparations for becoming a cape? If so, what were they?
4. Was Kevin hoping to be a superhero, supervillain, rogue, or what?

Alright. I've finally finished these things! Tomorrow I intend to flesh out the world, and Saturday perhaps we can start.

Would someone mind trying to find any consensus on when and where to set the game? I don't remember any forming, and I should get to bed almost two hours ago, given my cold and how frikkin' late I stayed up last night.

[Harbingerjm]

((bwahaha! yes, me and the other waitlisters will be silently judging these parahumans from the safety of our computer screens. I wouldn't give Selina such a hard time. After all she just killed the last people who did. So whatever weak personality traits you think she has, may be mistaken.
))

I have RPed with Cado before. He always uses the same general character. I am basing my assessment on previous experience. And that experience includes stammering. So very, very much stammering.