Try to create a pentacle for Bonson's request.
Use some of the anti-nanobot pentacles around the city.
Further test my ability to control magic with psionics. And send both this result and all later results involving the combination of magic and psionics to Adderson. As well as the anti-nanobot pentacle schematic, I think he'll want those.
And contact the police to let them know what I'm doing with those pentacles around the city so that they know I'm not doing anything illegal.
(request) [1d6+skill bonus+1 = 3+1+1 = 5] You set up the pentacle, but as it is now it’ll just create the desired substance above the pentacle on your floor, which isn’t a good thing when dealing with the kind of chemicals Bonson would want you to make. You’d have to add some sort of outer pentacle to create a container for the substance at the same time.
You receive a text from Dr. Adderson; “Meeting with nanobot scientist, assume nanopocalypse if no follow-up message received within 2 hrs”; and quickly text him back; “Message received, trying to destroy nanobots”
(anti) [1d6 = 5] Over the course of a hour or so, you manage to destroy a little over a thousand spiderlike robots, but before you destroy the last group, they assemble into a sphere and stop moving. You still destroy them, though.
Then, you receive another text from Dr. Adderson. “Situation handled.”
(control) [1d6+skill bonus = 4+1 = 5] You can also, it seems, replicate the effects of resistors, diodes, and bismuth with concentration.
The police shrug and make a note of it, apparently mollified by your association with Dr. Adderson.
Scan my brain, and once the full neural scan is done, isolate the parts of my scanned mind that is responsible for "good" and "evil" decision making, according to the most objective metrics of morality in current human society.
From this, try and construct two separate, more limited AI that still act from the perspective of my own scanned mind, but with one AI capable of only good decisions, and the other capable of only evil decisions. Essentially creating AI equivalents of a shoulder angel and devil, borne from my psychological profile and neural framework.
After that, check in on how Bastet is doing.
(scan) [1d6 = 1] As another scientist discovered before you, scanning someone’s brain is actually really hard, not to mention trying to define morality on top of that.
Bastet is still busy designing an operating system/programming language.
Try to land the rocket in what I assume is a close proximity to the first one, I don't care if the rocket survive
[1d6 = 3] Well, it’s less of a “landing” and more of a “Kinetic Kill Vehicle”, but at least the explosion wasn’t near anything important.
Clones: 1 continues to use the cloning vat, max clones of 30; the clones digging(4) keep digging; the remaining 12 clones continue to, carefully, explore the surrounding buildings, ONLY the abandon ones, slowly expanding out until they find an abandon building.
I refuse to abandon the idea of a mind duplicator. Continue to design a mind duplicator for now.Turn it off and scrap it. Starting over from scratch on the mind duplicator idea.
How big is my tunnel, how many rooms have been dug out, can I start putting equipment in it.
(vat) [1d6+skill bonus = 3+1 = 4] Another two clones.
(tunnel) [1d6 +skill bonus(equipment) = 2+1 = 3] No noticeable progress.
(explore) [1d6 = 2] No progress made.
You scrap (literally) the… broadcasty thingy.
samuel Oak will start working into creating a organic poison that doesn't kill just weakens someone over time until they fall unconscious.
Assistant 1 will use the money of our latest sale to the FBI to hire a caretaker for the Pokemon.
Assistant 2 will investigate The existence of physic powers.
(poison) [1d6 = 5] You successfully create such a poison, which can even be absorbed through the skin.
(caretaker) [1d6 = 3] He’s having trouble finding someone with the necessary skill sets.
(psychic) [1d6 = 3] One of the rock experiments has produced some sort of result, but he’s not sure what it means.
Bob will go to a state park than is near the city and find a spot to park far away from others, then Bob will equip the gas mask and make some smoke bombs inside the RV.
[1d6+skill bonus = 6-1 = 5] You now have several quality smoke bombs.
GM, this is about to become a conversation.. So.. Mini-updates, probably.. Dustan-
""Might as well come inside then."
Put on some tea, and play the good host.
No response necessary.
follow them in, text Dr. Erin Quill telling him that if i dont send another message to him within two hours to assume the worst and that the nanopocalypse is active.
”I’m being serious about this, Mr. Pen, the path you’re on is good for nobody, not even yourself. Tea is nice, but preventing the extinction of all life on earth is far more important.”
You text Erin. He texts you back saying that he’s trying to destroy the nanobots.
follow them in, text Dr. Erin Quill telling him that if i dont send another message to him within two hours to assume the worst and that the nanopocalypse is active.
”I’m being serious about this, Mr. Pen, the path you’re on is good for nobody, not even yourself. Tea is nice, but preventing the extinction of all life on earth is far more important.”
"Honestly, I wonder how you came to that conclusion. Most of my work does have positive applications. The problem is actually getting it approved."
"Besides which, I am perfectly capable of shutting everything down them from here."
No response necessary.
”Sure, dumping a trashbag full of immortal termites that will eat away at our recyclable resources and sending out robotic butterflies to eat the plantlife producing our oxygen, and other gray goo forms help everyone.
Don't lie to me, I can read your mind, and you want to use them for world domination. Take my advice: you can’t dominate something that doesnt exist anymore, especially if you’re dead.
I could care less about you taking over the governments or whatever, but what you’re doing doesnt lead to that. Change your course before you do something everyone regrets. Shut them down, and investigate medical applications, such as curing cancer. You will gain the respect of the people, and a means to help progress whatever agenda drives you. ”
No response necessary.
"Not the nicest person, are you? Very well, give me a half an hour, and I'll whip something up."
Create a Nano-scrubber, it will capture CO2 and break it down into Carbon and Oxygen. The Oxygen will be released while the Carbon is comes out in a solid-ish form, the atoms bonded to each other for later use.
Needless to say, I don't really need it to be as small as normal, see if I can't make it like a Bell plant of some sort.
No response necessary.
”Being good and being nice are two different things. Shut down the nanobots you have active, or I will be forced to take drastic measures.”
No response necessary.
"Yeah, that's why I think you aren't the good guy."
Think about the mechanics of Quantum Singularities.
No response necessary.
”Maybe not in your eyes, but my goal is to prevent the human race from going extinct. I have already seen the future that you create, and it will be the death of us all if you do not turn away from your current course.
I am trying to be reasonable here, and give you the benefit of doubt, that your goal doesnt need to anihilate everyone and everything. thats about as nice as can be given that billions of lives are on the line here!
Last chance, Dr. Anamolate. Do the right thing, and shut them down.”
No response necessary.
"Tch.. You are really annoying..."
tap-tap`tap*Coding orders to all but the worker ants. Gather in your groups, merge into a sphere, shutdown.
"There. I am not going to shut down the workers since they are building an extension of my lab, but once they are done, I will. Now please leave before I have the police come to pick you up."
Continue thinking of the mechanics of Quantum Singularities. I really don't trust this guy not to attack me.
The dragonflybots shut down.
The queen termitebots shut down.
The butterflybots shut down.
The spiderbots shut do-… hey, what happened to all the spiderbots? There’s only, what, 64 of them left? Well, those shut do- and now even they’re gone!
”I dont think you would do that, especially given your goals. I’m glad you are willing to see reason, even temporarily. I’ll be keeping an eye on you.”
wait until I have confirmation that he did what he claims, then message Erin and leave.
The only evidence you have is his computer screen, but it shows the spiderbots going offline, which matches up to what Erin is doing. You message him to tell him that the situation is handled.
"Do you really think a brain such as mine is so simple?"
"In any case, may I ask what your goal is? Most people would think World Domination of any sort to be something they should stop?"
OoC- I would assume I just did, my machines are under the program. And it's not connected to the normal communications network, nor meant to access such a thing.
Also, do you actually have mind reading?
No response necessary.
”Its not a matter of how simple, it is a matter of how rational. there’s a reason behind the “mad scientist” trope you know. I honestly wouldnt put it past others or even myself to have good intentions, but be so messed up in the head to not know when they’re doing morally questionable or objectional things. I’ve already had to resolve one such problem with my research as it stands.
As for what my research is? I would hope that would be common knowledge by now, but I am trying to improve humanity via psionic power. Give everyone a new tool they never knew they had, while trying to prevent some of the backdraws such as mind control becoming a potentially common practice.
World domination can be good or bad, depending on the leader’s goals and methods. I personally could care less who is in charge as long as they do not destroy the planet or kill everyone off in the process. The only reason I acted against you was to preserve my research, which is inherently intwined with the human race as a whole.
If people do not agree with your ideals and plans, then they will attempt to stop you, and that is their own decision. I have made mine, and have no reason to oppose you for the moment.”
it’s more of a wrap-up line than it is an actual action.
also,I am fairly sure that i do, and that mind-reading also falls under telepathy.
Yes, you do.
"Hmph.. Well, I suppose that's fine then. Not having anything to rule over would be, unsatisfying."
... "Well, if your goal is preservation, having your number would be useful. It also seems I may need to up my safety procedures, if something has the potential to take control of my tech."
"My most useful creation at the moment is probably my modular computer. I suppose patenting a version of it would help with funds. Do you happen to have any contacts, know any good lawyers? And by that, I mean someone who isn't going to sell out, as well as make me a tidy profit."
No response necessary.
”I have a collegue named Erin Quill. he might be able to help you with that, or at least allow you to provide and recieve contact information for me and a few other scientists. You’re on your own with the patent though.”
No response necessary.
Wrap up the Tea and Q session, get the contact info, and get to work on that nano-scrubber idea. Hmm, maybe make it so the carbon will be used to grow new leaves via a seed the size of an acorn?
Create a Nano-scrubber, it will capture CO2 and break it down into Carbon and Oxygen. The Oxygen will be released while the Carbon is comes out in a solid-ish form, the atoms bonded to each other for later use.
Needless to say, I don't really need it to be as small as normal, see if I can't make it like a Bell plant of some sort.
Seed idea, as well as the excess carbon molecules being stored for later use. Make sure it has the subspace communicator built into the system and replication process. As well as a clear stop/start code.
You get Dr. Adderson’s contact information.
[1d6+skill bonus +skill bonus(machine) = 5 skill level 2] You successfully create a nano-scrubber. A subspace communicator, a clear emergency stop function, even a slow replication function in the form of seeds, and of course a highly efficient CO2 breakdown process.
Smite heathens with eldritch flames, none shall escape
[1d6 = 4]
(1d6 +1(eldritch) = 3+1 = 4) vs (1d6 = 4)
They run off to the side, no longer visible from inside the pyramid.
Have the tiger-lizards assault a rest stop where a semi-truck lies and kills the driver during sleep and nighttime, where I, Allam, inject myself with the omega-serum and go to the semi-truck and drive it to where my lab is
The other animals with opposable thumbs will construct wheels on the assembly line, the serum blueprints, and gamma ray emitter and when the the semi-truck is at the laboratory, load all the resources on the lab, go to the ranch, and start operations there
They do that.
You inject yourself with the omega-serum and get the semi-truck without any problems.
(wheels) [1d6 = 2] It turns out that you can’t exactly put wheels on an entire assembly line. Maybe try disassembling it first.
Turn 21 end.
Turn 22 begin.Players:
Glass
Name: Erin Quill
Goal: The furthering of arcanology (the science of magic) and the full harnessing of it to do anything you could possibly need it to do
Field of science that you excel in: Arcanology
Your greatest creation/discovery: Leylines, and that the energy they hold can be redirected with silver wires
Status: fine, has psychic powers (telekinesis, telepathy)
Location: Erin Quill’s laboratory (resides on leyline)
Inventory: A briefcase-sized silver pentacle with silver capacitor, an inch cubed of titanium, 1-pound spool of bronze wire, 1-pound spool of silver wire, 1-pound spool of gold wire, several quality batteries for magic, Dr. Adderson’s research notes as of Turn 18, several^2 rechargeable wands with quality batteries (can detect leylines, create light, cause telekinesis), chemical formula of a hard-to-mass-produce rocket fuel better than theoretically possible
Shadowclaw777
Name: Allam Aarant
Goal: To create artificial life that will allow humanity to become a post-scarcity society
Field of Science that you excel in: Synthetic Biology
Your greatest creation/discovery: Applying gamma radiation to your skin under lab conditions can actually be positive to the human body
Status: fine, was injected with overclocked super-serum (7 feet tall, green skin, +1 to all defense rolls, bonus to speed rolls, bonus and +1 to strength rolls), was injected with omega-serum (Speedster 2), being investigated by the police
Location: Allam Aarant’s laboratory (contains a semi-truck, an obedient rat the size of a large dog, a bio-computer communicating with the obedience chips by radar, several*2 of (mice, hamsters, tiger-sized assorted lizards(were injected with overclocked super-serum (+1 to all defense rolls, bonus to speed rolls, bonus and +1 to strength rolls), were injected with omega-serum (Speedster 2), were injected with hyper-serum (+1 to defense rolls, regenerate a graze every round))), two horses (all obedient, have opposable thumbs, and were injected with omega-serum (Speedster 1))) next to an assembly line capable of making bio-synthetic obedience chips and super-soldier serum (can be changed easily when next version of serum is created)
Inventory: a few useful resources, formula for a hyper-serum (+1 to defense rolls, regenerate a graze every round), formula for an omega-serum (Speedster 2), formula for an upgrade serum (better memory, faster information processing) for the (Speedster 1) omega-serum
Rockeater
Name: Bernarnd Bonson
Goal: Make trasporation between one edge of the solar system to another take less then a day with multipal stops in the way
Field of science that you excel in:Rocket science
Your greatest creation/discovery:A way to build anti radiation magnetic field (GM note: "cheaper and lighter rediation shilding using magnets")
Status: fine, being investigated by NASA
Location: Bernarnd Bonson’s laboratory
Inventory: Designs for more efficient and sturdy solar panels, chemical formula of a hard-to-mass-produce rocket fuel better than theoretically possible, designs for a passenger area for a rocket (uses magnetism to counteract acceleration on the passengers inside, and does so well enough to allow the rocket fuel to be usable), designs for a rocket engine capable of using the rocket fuel, designs for an austere living module for outer space, Erin Quill’s research notes as of Turn 17
NRDL
Name: Amadeus Nix
Goal: To create a benevolent AI God
Field of science that you excel in: Artificial Intelligence
Your greatest creation/discovery: Being able to map out empathic processes in a human brain and replicating it in a simulated brain.
Status: fine
Location: Amadeus Nix’s laboratory
Inventory: A computer file containing a well-restricted (restrictions: about half of them) neural net AI named Bastet (very low-end ASI-level, running on a few thousand dollars worth of hardware), a neural interface headset that allows communication with computers, several computer files containing various well-programmed narrow AIs, Erin Quill’s research notes as of Turn 17
ziizo
Name: Samuel Oak
Goal: Make pokemons real
Field of science that you excel in: genetic modification.
Your greatest creation/discovery: a prototype bulbasaur (can't use moves or evolve but is part plant and has the correct appareance.
Status: fine, skill bonus to creating fire dog pokemon
Location: Samuel Oak's laboratory (contains two assistants)
Inventory: The prototype bulbasaur (now an Ivysaur, will grow into Venusaur in 1 turn, +1 to strength rolls), a sample of Aggron DNA, a sample of DNA for an organism that goes through the Aron evolutions as it grows up, an Arcanine (+1 to strength rolls), a sample of Cubchoo DNA, a sample of Beartic DNA, a friendly Graveller (will grow into Golem in 1 turn, +1 to strength rolls), a Pikachu (can make electric bursts, will grow into Raichu in 3 turns, +1 to strength rolls), formula for a nonlethal poison (takes 4 rounds to knock opponent unconscious, can be absorbed through the skin)
MonkeyMarkMario
Name: Master Monster
Goal: Make an army of clones to take over the universe
Field of science that you excel in: bioengineering
Your greatest creation/discovery: Cloned most of my organs. (GM note: +1 to all defense rolls)
Status: fine, being investigated by the federal government
Location: In an abandoned building (has basement with a tunnel about a block towards city hall) (contains truck, nineteen obedient clones of himself (have makeshift weapons) well-equipped for making a tunnel, a hobo, the essentials to start over, a device capable of swapping the minds of two people strapped into it, and a cloning vat (+skill bonus to clone production, contains no electronics instead running on gravity, has a cooling system that eliminates penalties of a 6 for clone production and reduce the penalties of a 6+)) in a city in a different state from the starting city
Inventory:
sprinkled chariot
Name : John West
Goal : Discovering Rlyeh
Field of excellence : Archeology
Greatest discovery : Decyphering language of elder thing
Status: grazed, resistant to eldritch influences
Location: inside of the Egyptian pyramid (near several (wounded, grazed) fleeing archeologists)
Inventory: A torch, a pamphlet written in the eldritch language that teaches people how to resist eldritch influences and contains an elder sign (protects from eldritch things)
Dustan Hache
Name:Dr. Adderson
Goal:Unlock the dormant potential of the brain for all to use.
Field of science that you excel in: Psionics.
Your greatest creation/discovery: psi-conditioning, a rigorous process that can (rarely) unlock latent psychic power.
Status: fine, has psychic powers (telekinesis, telepathy and associated powers, minor precognition, shield (+1 to defense rolls if he knows he is in combat), control animals, cannot be psychically mind-controlled by psychics strictly less than four tiers of power above him)
Location: Pen(Dr. Anamolate)’s laboratory
Inventory: the steps of a revised psi-conditioning process that works on many more people (about 97.5% of people) and takes less time, Erin Quill’s research notes as of Turn 17
TricMagic
Name: Pen(Dr. Anamolate)
Goal: World Domnation
Field of science that you excel in: Nanotech
Your greatest creation/discovery: Sub-Space Communication Systems
Status: fine, skill bonus to all mental tasks
Location: Dr. Anamolate’s laboratory (contains 4 queen antbots (capable of replicating itself every turn, capable of creating 9 worker antbots each turn, they have strong jaws and can secrete a binding agent strong as metal), 27 worker antbots, a nano-scrubber (highly efficient CO2 breakdown, slow replication via seeds), and a supercomputer (millions of TB of memory, hundreds of TB of RAM, tens of thousands of cores, modular, requires dozens of MW to work at full power, has subspace communication hub program))
Inventory: A nano-machine that increases people’s intelligence (skill bonus to all mental tasks), designs for a spider-like robot (capable of replicating itself every turn), designs for a dragonfly-like robot (can fly, turn invisible, capable of replicating itself every turn), designs for a queen termitebot (can tunnel, capable of replicating itself or creating 20 worker termitebots each turn), designs for a butterflybot (can fly, turn invisible, can inject a nano-virus that converts matter into 256 butterflybots after 4 turns, capable of laying an eggsack (will grow into 64 butterflybots after 3 turns) each turn), designs for a queen antbot (capable of replicating itself every turn, capable of creating 9 worker antbots each turn, they have strong jaws and can secrete a binding agent strong as metal), designs for a nano-scrubber (highly efficient CO2 breakdown, slow replication via seeds)
King Zultan
Name: Dr. Bob
Goal: Kill everyone with poison gas.
Field of science that you excel in: Chemistry
Your greatest creation/discovery: Chlorine gas
Status: fine
Location: in another city with his RV
Inventory: low-grade chemical kit, 1980s-era gas mask, spare filters for gas mask, several quality smoke bombs
Other things:
There is a pyramid in Egypt that may holds eldritch things
There are lots of people with psychic powers, such as agents of various agencies like the FBI, CIA, and NSA, blue collar government and non-government workers, military and ex-military, and homeless people with psychic powers
All police forces in the state are equipped with psychics
The city police are widely perceived as incompetent
Eleven clones of Master Monster are imprisoned
Most people cannot be mind-controlled by psychics
128 dragonfly-like robots (can fly and turn invisible, capable of replicating themselves every turn) (shut down) are on a high roof in the starting city
32 queen termitebots (can tunnel, capable of replicating itself or creating 20 worker termitebots each turn) (shut down) are in a city dump
A butterflybot (can fly, turn invisible, can inject a nano-virus that converts matter into 256 butterflybots after 4 turns, capable of laying an eggsack (will grow into 64 butterflybots after 3 turns) each turn) (shut down), a butterflybot eggsack (will grow into 64 butterflybots after 3 turns) (shut down), a butterflybot eggsack (will grow into 64 butterflybots after 2 turns) (shut down), and a butterflybot eggsack (will grow into 64 butterflybots after 1 turn) (shut down) are on a different high roof in the starting city
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