[NEXUS] OoC VI: Do You Think You Can Handle It?

[celtois]

May I suggest dumping the magic resist. You've already made him and incredibly dangerous weapon against characters who are magical or superpowered in some way which is a vast majority of the population. Perhaps doing so and making him a little bit fragile might make him more of a glass cannon sort of character. Fragile so he has to rely more on his cunning to take out his targets. Possibly just give him resistance to mind control or those sort of effects so he has a shot at dealing with psychics.

[Darklord Bright]

Okay, so here's to Trix getting involved in something!

[ThirdEmperor]

Yeah, that sounds smart. That was one of the main things I was wonderig about anyway. Idea is he was given the gun by a death god to teach the hubristic mages of his world a lesson, which he did until one of them managed to kick him out of the dimension and into the Nexus.

[TechnoScrabble]

Would I be overpowering a character if I gave them an exotonic flashlight?

[Moff Chumley]

10 pages.

Guys?

Stop that.

I'm far too lazy to slog through that. What'd I miss?

[Reinholdt]

Yeah, that sounds smart. That was one of the main things I was wonderig about anyway. Idea is he was given the gun by a death god to teach the hubristic mages of his world a lesson, which he did until one of them managed to kick him out of the dimension and into the Nexus.

So he's going to go kill your other characters then to teach them a lesson?

[ThirdEmperor]

Mercury would be on his hit list, but he wouldn't outright attack him.

[Reinholdt]

Mercury would be on his hit list, but he wouldn't outright attack him.

Why not? You said yourself, you characters could easily fall to sneaking up and getting shot. And that's exactly what this character could do.

[ThirdEmperor]

I don't like fighting myself for one. And for another, he's kind of over getting revenge after wiping out an empire. He would shoot Mercury if he had no way of fighting back though.

[celtois]

Okay, so here's to Trix getting involved in something!

Cheers! Free candy canes for all, also Champagne with proof of legality.

It seemed a good fit, after all my character was looking to find individuals of that nature and your character was looking for work

[Haruki-kun]

Because certain people have been rather annoyd by characters they belive to be OP (not denying that some of them were), I'm just going to post exactly what my new characters abilities are: He has a gun that negates magic, superpowers, ect. and works on whoever it strikes exactly as if they were entirly mortal beings, and actually does more damage to highly non-mortal beings. Someone with supernatural toughness wearing magicly summoned armor and protected by a spell of warding for instance would probably end up as a corpse if shot. He's also capable of using tropes as weapons, like scrying for crime by turning on a TV only to get a very convenient report on a crime, and has decent magic resistance.

Dude... that is incredibly overpowered.

He is capable of killing nearly demi-god characters, he negates all their abilities, he can thwart evil plots with tropes, AND he has magic resistance.

Put yourself in the other player's position. If faced with this character what would you do?

[Reinholdt]

It wouldn't be fighting yourself. It'd be a cutscene in which he killed Mercury in a single post. Besides, doesn't he have to follow his death god's order to kill hubris mages? Mercury pretty much tops the list right now.

[Gullara]

10 pages.

Guys?

Stop that.

I'm far too lazy to slog through that. What'd I miss?

Wow really? Umm...

I don't even know where to start. (mostly because I can't remember most things)

[Darklord Bright]

Hm, it's actually interesting defining Trix's narrative style, and this encounter is really telling of her character personality compared to the Tavern stuff, and only after a couple posts. I'm liking this.

[ApeofLight]

Yeah, TE, the gun would be enough to put him on a power level to rival most beings in the Nexus. I would cut out the tropes and resistance. Just make him a normal human with a really powerful gun.

[ThirdEmperor]

If he didn't have the magic resistance or trope powers, would he still be OP?

[Moff Chumley]

Probably. >.>

[ApeofLight]

Yeah, TE, the gun would be enough to put him on a power level to rival most beings in the Nexus. I would cut out the tropes and resistance. Just make him a normal human with a really powerful gun.

If he didn't have the magic resistance or trope powers, would he still be OP?

Probably not. He would actually probably be a very good power level. Because against normal people he's just a guy with a gun and against godings and what not he has a gun that can kill them.

[McBish]

And a lot of time being overpowered is more in how you play a character rather then the way the character is built.

[ThirdEmperor]

And a lot of time being overpowered is more in how you play a character rather then the way the character is built.

Very true. That's why Chezchire never uses half the tricks he could with his teleport powers, except against NPCs.

[celtois]

Hm, it's actually interesting defining Trix's narrative style, and this encounter is really telling of her character personality compared to the Tavern stuff, and only after a couple posts. I'm liking this.

I'm participating, just like Elan Yeah I know what you mean, a nice set of encounters with a single character can really help you define your character. It's always nice to have the opportunity, it usually how I build my characters rather than writing up formal sheets for them. >.>

[Terumitsu]

My two bits on the Gun is such: It does seem to be a bit on the OUCH side but perhaps you could do something less like insta-gib but still to reasonable damage. This post might be a little late so ignore it if that's been said already.

[Haruki-kun]

Protip:

If your character gets into a fight with another character, he is probably aiming to kill. You, however, are not.

Guy with a powerful gun that is an actual threat to powerful characters is good, but remember, don't use it as an ikeelyou device. Most people won't want their characters to die. They must be able to dodge.

[celtois]

Better option then to make it do more more damage when they are more magical. Would be to just have it pierce magical defences. Or at least look at the more damage as locational. Rather than as just enough damage to kill them. A bullet fired into a leg and then exploding, would be a pain. But not character destroying.

[ThirdEmperor]

Yeah, I was planning not to have him use the gun unless someone tries to do something truly over-the-top evil in front of him. And it isn't an insta-gib, it just makes the playing field equal, it works the same against a god as it does a mortal, so you could dodge it, or just shoot him first.

[Reinholdt]

Because he's a mime?

Under this is a blank section of wall.

*hugs Bill*

[Darklord Bright]

Hm, so being as inexperienced as I am with NEXUS, how would one recommend I case out/infiltrate the LANTERNs?

[celtois]

Success, Kouzo's plan is now in motion. Time to let it grow.

(By the way, I probably have positions for one or two other spies in the plan so if someone has a spy character who they really want to get involved in some espionage style fun let me know. Your all special )

XD loving how the post right about this one is related to the plan.

[Terumitsu]

Hm, so being as inexperienced as I am with NEXUS, how would one recommend I case out/infiltrate the LANTERNs?

From a distance under cover of night!

[billtodamax]

I say you immolate all entrances to the building. Then, while they're distracted, you phase through the wall.