Transcendence Now - M&M Game [Resumed!]

Kent -> You've established Adriana's personality well, but what are her own personal motivations? What does she plan on doing after the confinement?

Festy -> *nods* I do mean Magneto, pardon me for being vague. I am worried that the basics of their personalities are too similar to have similar powers as well. If its alright with you, I'd like you to try re-imagining him with a different set of powers, such as your negative energy one, and just entertain the idea-then, if it doesn't seem to fit well we can go back to magnetic powers. Just wanting to try something out, although in the end I think it will ultimately be up to you to decide which one is best for your character.
 

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So...do the characters know each other? I mean while we were in the facility did we meet each other? Spend time getting to know one another? Some people posted that the program is paying us/giving scholarships, etc. Is that accurate, or was there something about no compensation beyond getting powers?
 


Shalimar -> The way I have it envisioned at the moment is that the program would divide the 25 mutants into groups of 5, so your character knows only 4 other mutants, and may not necessarily know of another PC. You will quickly find out that you have immunities to the super powers of everyone in your group, but also that they'll have immunities towards your own powers as well (free, extra PP towards Immunities). I'm not sure as of yet if this will apply to positive benefits of powers, but rest assured I have my reasons for instituting this :)

About the people who listed the program paying them, I can see them using it as incentive as an alternative, for instance-with Adriana it was if the treatment didn't work, but then again they pretty much knew it would work. They would have tried to make the offer as enticing as possible, but they're not about to give away free money knowing the person they're asking was already interested.

Edit-The compensation part was about them not expecting anything from you, the transhumans, in return for the powers, not the other way around-I can see how that was not very clearly worded, however :)

Shayuri -> Sorry about that :o I want everyone who wants to apply to have a chance of doing so, I know I'm not the fastest spotter of PBP games around here which is why there's a delay on choosing people.
 

Before her family was approached, I see her as having been part of a lower class family, struggling to survive. She's got good looks and a good singing voice(more perfect pitch than anything). So they were trying to encourage her to do something with that. Which explains her skills in acting as well, time spent in drama.

She wants to become a professional singer in time. Which is kind of amusing as she's not a very outgoing sort, which would kind of be required for someone who sings. With what happened ... she's not sure if she can attain that goal, but that doesnt mean she won't try.

As to general goals, probably finish high school, and work on getting a job that'll give her time to pursue her goal of becoming a singer.

Motivations ... she is the sort who wants to help, and no doubt already probably donates time and all that to various charities. Becoming a singer would give her the chance to spread awareness of various needs, and to help gather money for them. Beyond that ... still pondering what else 'drives' her.

Sin on the other hand ... well, she'd probably go along with her goals, but doesnt mean she agrees with them completely. I'm still trying to work out specifics on how Sin is different in terms of personality.

I'm sure they made all sorts of promises to get her(or more accurately her parents) interested. She was willing to go along, for the money. I figure that she didnt really think about the power, so much as how it could help her parents get into a bit more stable of a position. Figure what they offered was a four year scholarship for one of the big boy colleges. Which would definitely entice her, and her parents I'm sure.
 

Kent -> 'kay, two more questions, I'm curious why you chose Corrosion as Adriana's normal form's power, any particular reason? Same with the sonic/hearing defenses.

Also, if you get in, how crazy do you want to make her? I'm thinking of asking someone in this game to pick up Precognition (Flaw: Uncontrolled) and if you're looking for some sort of motivation for her, I wonder if that sounds appealing? Depending on how responsible she felt for these visions it might give her some motivation.
 
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Sollir Furryfoot said:
Kent -> 'kay, two more questions, I'm curious why you chose Corrosion as Adriana's normal form's power, any particular reason? Same with the sonic/hearing defenses.

I'm willing to swap it out for Blast, and replace Total Fade with Penetrating, if that's any issue with you.

But I felt the idea of giving her a strong power, with several flaws(distracting & full action) made it a bit more interesting.

The view I had of how she uses Corrosion was basically setting up vibrations within the object that destroy it from within, and rather quickly at that.

Which would explain why Sonic Immunity & Sensory Shield(Hearing). It makes sense for a character who can control sonic powers to be resistant or immune to their own effects.

Also the powers listed under metamorph are the ones avaiable to Adriana, IE Adriana is the 'stealthy brawler'. Sin is the one who has access to the Corrosion power.

I figure that Sin in terms of personality is like what Adriana would be like, sans any of her inhibitions. Which of course would not always be a good thing. Sin would probably look at a guy, think he's cute, and kiss him. Just because she wanted to. Or do the same for a girl.

So in ways, Adriana acts as Sin's 'ethics'. Which is kind of amusing. It's not that Sin is evil or anything, its just she tends to be a bit of a hedonist at times. Just the way I'm viewing her right now.
 
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Oh no, I simply confused the two in my head I think, it would make sense for Sin to have more offensive powers like that and I think Corrosion is alright, though I'll have to take a look at it as I recall it was somewhat overpowering. The explanation for her powers is fine, I was just wondering what in-game aesthetic affects there were/why those particular powers fit with the character mainly. I edited in a second part to the previous post with another qusetion for you, mind taking a look?
 

Sollir Furryfoot said:
Oh no, I simply confused the two in my head I think, it would make sense for Sin to have more offensive powers like that and I think Corrosion is alright, though I'll have to take a look at it as I recall it was somewhat overpowering. The explanation for her powers is fine, I was just wondering what in-game aesthetic affects there were/why those particular powers fit with the character mainly. I edited in a second part to the previous post with another qusetion for you, mind taking a look?

Figure that she came out looking more physically fit than when she went in of course. Like as if she'd spent the past year doing heavy exercise for a major marathon. Corrosion can be powerful, and I have to admit, for a lower level game, it might be a bit much. Perhaps swapping it out for Blast(Penetrating) would work better, and making Corrosion a big gun attack(IE an AP), by adding unreliable or something like that to it would work better.

It was just something that seemed interesting, and useful. She's a toned down version of a character I made, who killed her parents with her power. Needless to say, this version isnt anywhere near as dark. So, Corrosion fit for the darker image, and when I converted her to the lower power level, I considered it, and realized it probably still fit. But perhaps its best to avoid potential problems to swap it out and take Corrosion(later) as an AP and a big gun type of attack. Keeps everyone happy that way.

As to other aspects about her being crazy ... well, I figured in time there might be problems between the two facets of her personality, between Sin & Adriana. For now however, I figured that the problems are relatively low key, Ie conflict between the two at times on what they want. Whether they'll stay low key or grow, who knows? I could see it growing in time, and I can also see the two personalities merging together.

Figured its best not to get too heavily into that for now, leave it as a plotline that can be worked into the story later.

As far as why she went crazy in the first place ... that I'm still pondering myself. What triggered "Sin" to manifest? Perhaps thats something the scientists are still trying to figure out themselves. IE "this shouldnt have happened" can make for some interesting plotlines down the road as well. As to taking Precognition(Uncontrolled Flaw) ... I'd have to worm out the points, but it could work. That in the instant she tapped into her powers, she realized something that'd seriously injure her, and realized that as she was mentally, she wouldnt be able to handle it. So ... she created Sin, to help her handle the situation. IE a defense mechanism against some horrible event. But yeah ... I like the idea, I'll tweak her out.

CHANGES TO BE MADE: Changing Corrosion to Blast, swapping Total Fade for Penetrating. Adding Precognition(Uncontrolled Flaw). I'll find the points, don't worry.
 
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