For me, I've been going with an arrangement of three hours each for the integration of abilities. Due to all of them being...less than moral (save for Mokou, who would likely forget that I die when killed...), actual control is prohibited. I'm thinking around three days each to fully integrate powers.
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To avoid harming the sanity of the DM I can no longer:
* Cast flesh to stone on a annoying Druid
** Cast Rock to mud on a Druid statue
*** Scoop mud into little ceramic pots
**** Plant tree's in individual ceramic pots
***** Claim that I have helped them become one with nature
Since I am playing a character who is all about control, what he has done with his subconscious makes sense. Kvothe/Kote has a history of using iron will (or "Alar", the riding-crop belief) to split his mind into partitions, and Sylar's Intuitive Aptitude would also allow Alexander to perfectly understand/wield the powers he currently has. Moreover, Legato's telepathic abilities makes such partitioning an even more distinct possibility.
From a mechanical perspective, it means that Alexander has all of the fully integrated abilities of the four incarnations, without the running commentary or the lack of bodily controls. However, this might turn out to be a disadvantage, as allowing one of them occasional control might be useful to certain situations.
From a roleplaying perspective, it means that I will be playing my prime character more than the others. However, I have had Alexander set up his mind so that each incarnation has built their own area within their partition. Kvothe/Kote has the Waystone Inn, Sylar has the nightmare L.A. dreamscape, Legato is in one of the crashed SEEDS ships, and the Lord Ruler is in a ruined Kredik Shaw. This will makes for some interesting roleplaying material to work with in the near future. Given that one of them is the most evil villain I have ever encountered, the other was a tyrant for over a millennium, and one of them is an unreliable, heel-face revolving door, it only makes sense for Alexander to have imprisoned them.
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Were there only 14 Pit Fiends? I'm trying to plan my next move and by my count we're up to 17 dead, banished, incapacitated, or otherwise engaged with the party. Were the invisible ones in addition to the eight that appeared most recently?
I guess overall I'm just wondering what the situation in the courtyard looks like at the moment, haha.
Nice fights, by the way. Very fun to read :)
Thanks for the compliment! I try. Anyways, there are only two Pit Fiends left that you know about if I've done my math correctly. However, they happen to be the spellcasters. If (if if if), there are any more, you don't know about them currently.
Also, my character has had a "discussion" with his Personae. He is afraid of them, basically, especially once Lirael took control like she did and made him murder four people. He made it clear that his body is his, and that though they may be all the same person, the other souls already got their chance to live, and its his turn now, no matter the circumstances. Basically, everyone is cooperating in my head, which makes sense, given that they are all Good Guy/White Magic/Paladin types. Sort of.
EDIT: I should make it clear about the Pit Fiends, that some have moved, been released from entrapment, been unbanished etc. There should only be 14, with two left.
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OK, so Jacob's target came at me, right? And got blasted back with teh other two? That's how I read that.
Progression-wise, I'm just starting with their basic skills and going from there. Combinations, extrapolations, and so on'll came later; for now, I'm just finding my stride.
My selves are all cooperating; Rei's pretty passive, Yu recognizes that Canaan and Arturia know what they're doing far better than he does; Arturia is a successful literally legendary commander, and Canaan is a famous mercenary (the "Iron Army of One"), and they have fairly similar personalities and are two very experienced fighters/warriors/soldiers. And they're all good-aligned, badass abnormal monster killers. And Kate kinda worships them. So for now, it works out. But we'll have to sit and talk eventually. Y'know, after Hell's Generals stop zerging us. That takes priority. :3
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Ganon!Jacob killed the one that was coming after Kate, who ripped the one pinned to the wall in half (to retrieve her sword without releasing him), and then blasted the other two back into the snakes. Hope that clarifies things.
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Err, two, though really there are another two that are "incapacitated" by the snake venom. They'll be dying soon, unless something weird happens. The last two are spellcasters though, and may (may) be able to resist mental influence or control, particularly because a devil's mind works differently than our own, in a few key ways.
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Err, two, though really there are another two that are "incapacitated" by the snake venom. They'll be dying soon, unless something weird happens. The last two are spellcasters though, and may (may) be able to resist mental influence or control, particularly because a devil's mind works differently than our own, in a few key ways.
Just checking in to say that the group will have a chance to rest before continuing their investigation.
Aww, I was hoping to make it like my IRL game where we wait until the party is weakened and then unleash something stupid on them to kill them all, like kobolds. They hate me so much...
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My character has absolutely no need to every stop. And Dwarven endurance, Spartan training combined with Eldar Concentration, I can stay fighting for a couple of days quite happly if I relly mostly on my magic. This party wont die due to exhaustion considering it's power levels. (Or at least, in my case).
But then again, I have just called the jinx upon me... Lets have some fun.
To avoid harming the sanity of the DM I can no longer:
* Cast flesh to stone on a annoying Druid
** Cast Rock to mud on a Druid statue
*** Scoop mud into little ceramic pots
**** Plant tree's in individual ceramic pots
***** Claim that I have helped them become one with nature
A jinx, you say? And what does this jinx do, hmm? Or do you mean that by saying you can battle for days you'll have to battle for days? I can't tell over the internet. -.-
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A jinx, you say? And what does this jinx do, hmm? Or do you mean that by saying you can battle for days you'll have to battle for days? I can't tell over the internet. -.-
Well, he's just saying that now that he has boasted about his character's endurance, it will either fail miserably or the DM will proceed to test it in a strenuous manner (and perhaps both).
Incidentally, my character is pretty much the same. He can always heal, of course, and he can pewter drag if he needs to.
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You divine bastard.
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Well, he's just saying that now that he has boasted about his character's endurance, it will either fail miserably or the DM will proceed to test it in a strenuous manner (and perhaps both).
Incidentally, my character is pretty much the same. He can always heal, of course, and he can pewter drag if he needs to.
You mean you thought that that was a serious question....
Incidentally, thanks for boosting the Jinx. I like the thought of getting our characters in a slug fest of epic perportions.
Think the Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny, except we are each out own horde of heroes.....
Now, back to the game at hand before he makes it so that physical conflict is pointless.
To avoid harming the sanity of the DM I can no longer:
* Cast flesh to stone on a annoying Druid
** Cast Rock to mud on a Druid statue
*** Scoop mud into little ceramic pots
**** Plant tree's in individual ceramic pots
***** Claim that I have helped them become one with nature
My guy can fight for days (conceivably forever)
Potters magic has no pool to use up, neither does Lovett or ZEUS
The exile does but it regens fast enough it doesn't matter, especially if it is mostly used for healing (Alexs healing only kicks in after not being injured)
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Okay, pretty soon if the Battle Coordinator can't post in the IC I'll act as BC for a sec.
Oh. If we're just ending the battle, I'll post sometime tomorrow. I didn't know you didn't want to wait. :\
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@Cultist: If you are talking about me with your Biological Irregularity. Remember that I am not Human. I'm a sentient Virus capable of adapting to conceivably any form.
The Blacklight virus would do very, very weird things to you if you want to try and copy it because the things it becomes aren't biologically possible in the traditional sense, not is it based on the Human form. In order to copy ZEUS' power fully you would need to die and be consumed. Which would not be good later in the game as you consume more people (Mercer was a sociopath, but turned into a more traditional anti-hero simply from having thousands of people affecting his personality).
Yes that means ZEUS's personality will shift as he Consumes enemies but the others will remain unaffected.
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@Cultist: If you are talking about me with your Biological Irregularity. Remember that I am not Human. I'm a sentient Virus capable of adapting to conceivably any form.
The Blacklight virus would do very, very weird things to you if you want to try and copy it because the things it becomes aren't biologically possible in the traditional sense, not is it based on the Human form. In order to copy ZEUS' power fully you would need to die and be consumed. Which would not be good later in the game as you consume more people (Mercer was a sociopath, but turned into a more traditional anti-hero simply from having thousands of people affecting his personality).
Yes that means ZEUS's personality will shift as he Consumes enemies but the others will remain unaffected.
Neat! I didn't know that (not having played any of the Prototype games) and Alexander doesn't either. At least, until he checks his Cultist account on GiTP.
Moreover, Intuitive Aptitude is a bit of a tricky ability. Being able to understand something requires a little more study than that, and one needs to be a bit closer. I have only ever seen the ability be useful in a shorter range around one's self.
However, let's try something else, shall we? Alexander has one more ability that I have been holding back: Naming. Once he knows something's (or someone's) true name, he can know and control them utterly. So far in the Kingkiller Chronicle, Naming stems from "everything that has gone into [the subject's] shaping since its creation." The example of a small stone is used, wherein all of the factors and forces that shaped it over the centuries must be acknowledged. Given that two of Alexander's other acquired abilities are Intuitive Aptitude (understanding how things work) and Empathy (the ability to feel the hopes, dreams, and emotions of others), it wouldn't take him very long to unravel the Names of just about everyone that he meets.
Of course, he wouldn't be able to use it on command, as that's not how Naming works. Once one knows a Name, it goes to the user's "sleeping mind" and they understand it subconsciously. Therefore, it can only be called occasionally, and even then only with great force of will.
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You divine bastard.
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How would that work with our Gestalt?
And even more, how would that work with ZEUS who is literally the sum of his parts.
Would it work until Mercer absorbed someone else? Because every new voice changes his personality (see: Psycho to Hero in the games) and adds a new set of memories (the stormtrooper is talking to the Devil and ZEUS inside ZEUS's mind which is inside the Gestalt mind).
Oh for the purposes of the game I assumed total assimilation of the voices so ZEUS went from 1,000+ voices down to 1 and is back up to 3.
@Armin: Any info on the Pit Fiend? Why was he sent against us?
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How would that work with our Gestalt?
And even more, how would that work with ZEUS who is literally the sum of his parts.
Would it work until Mercer absorbed someone else? Because every new voice changes his personality (see: Psycho to Hero in the games) and adds a new set of memories (the stormtrooper is talking to the Devil and ZEUS inside ZEUS's mind which is inside the Gestalt mind).
That particular ability would make it a bit more of a challenge, insofar as your character's true Name would change every time he absorbed someone else. This is actually a canonical occurrence, as in the books the Name of the wind (see what I did there? ) is constantly in flux. However, it would take just as little time for my character to re-learn the Name.
As far as the whole "Gestalt/Persona" thing goes, all of our characters still inhabit one body, do they not? Alexander only needs to know the Name of the person currently in control.
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You divine bastard.
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it."
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To avoid harming the sanity of the DM I can no longer:
* Cast flesh to stone on a annoying Druid
** Cast Rock to mud on a Druid statue
*** Scoop mud into little ceramic pots
**** Plant tree's in individual ceramic pots
***** Claim that I have helped them become one with nature
Hello there. how does one go about entering the game, having had my character approved in the recruitment thread? Here he is, by the way:
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Name: Rob Username: Dreamingmage Past Incarnations:
Urza (pre-timespiral planeswalker and artificer from Magic the Gathering)
Bowman Hath (powerful telekineticist from The Wind on Fire trilogy)
Evangeline AK McDowell (vampire and dark mage from Mahou Sensei Negima)
Elodin (somewhat-crazy master namer from the Kingkiller Chronicles)
Abilities:
planeswalker spark
replicating observed spell effect and summoning creatures by drawing power from visited areas
l33t artifice skills
very powerful telekineticist
vampire (not the sparkly kind, the awesome kind)
darkmage/puppetmaster
master namer capable of controlling several elements
Major Downside:
Just a wee tiny bit completely insane (a trait shared by 3 of the 4 characters I've chosen. Not crazy to the point where they're dysfunctional, but... see Elodin as the best example.)
Age and Gender: 22, Male
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I would have thought that we would just have composite names, or having our name changes, like with Zues.
I guess that depends on Armin. Naming is a tricky business, as it can easily break any semblance of balance in the game. Giving my character pretty much instant control over yours doesn't seem fair, now does it?
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You divine bastard.
"The philosophers have only interpreted the world in various ways; the point is to change it."
I guess that depends on Armin. Naming is a tricky business, as it can easily break any semblance of balance in the game. Giving my character pretty much instant control over yours doesn't seem fair, now does it?
No it doesn't.
But then again, sending you to hell/destroying your sould when you let your guard down after trying to control me would be fun.
To avoid harming the sanity of the DM I can no longer:
* Cast flesh to stone on a annoying Druid
** Cast Rock to mud on a Druid statue
*** Scoop mud into little ceramic pots
**** Plant tree's in individual ceramic pots
***** Claim that I have helped them become one with nature
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