BlessedWrath

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I figured on letting the story unfold however it will. Sam's been a great success for me in other roleplays, and I think it's because I refuse to make any pre-determined outcomes for her. Plans fail. When you're able to go with the flow, it's a lot easier to make things work.

I will say this, though: Whether they're able to take her down or not, she's going to at least take one or two of them with her. Unless they're all supers, in which case I have no idea what will happen.

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@Mr Allen J NST and I are set up to discuss Veronica's blackbag operation. I was talking to him earlier, and there might be potential for Ellen to get mixed up in that. For my money, I think a collaboration between the three of us might work out the best. That way, we're all available to answer questions that arise, and get things handled without a lot of one-liner posts and filler.

I'm not sure when you guys will be available to do that, but my schedule is pretty open right now. NST is across the pond, so I have to get in before late afternoon if I want him to be awake.

Let me know what you want to do. I like the development so far, between Ellen and Sam. It's gonna be kinda stressful on them, having just made friends and then torn apart in the same day. I don't know what it is about my characters and I, but I apparently love taking them down the rockiest roads I can find.

Poor Sam.

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I'm working with NST right now. The collab is almost done, and I can set up Sam's ambush shortly after.

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@Estylwen Sheet says always active, with the need to consciously lower it. Range the size of a theater.

The problem I see is not the power itself; like I said, I have it in my tabletop system. It's the fact that, without a system in place (i.e. forum play), there are no power levels, no ratings, no difficulty checks...no way to determine how much it works, and when, and on whom. Power Negation is something I've had to deal with in other roleplays, and it always ends up on the no-go list for that very reason. Basically, you go anywhere near this character, you're a normal human.

While I would love to see The Black Hound suddenly find himself vulnerable to attack, I'm not sure there's a way to make that ability fair.

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@Mr Allen J What I'm getting out of it is similar to one of the classes for my tabletop game, the Voidcaster. Essentially, just being near her is like trying to use a radio near a powerful signal jammer. She would have to focus on lowering the field before others near her would be able to use their abilities.

It's up to you, dude. I think it would be difficult to fairly police an ability like that.

EDIT: Newbie player giving opinions to the GM. Yeah, I know. >_> If I'm out of line, disregard. ^_^

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It does seem that they'd do whatever it takes, does it not?

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Supplemental: I don't know what type of goons Veronica would employ, so I just used a couple of suits. We can edit that to be whatever they'd use, though.

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@Mr Allen J My Muse has just nut-punched me with a fist full of ideas, so I'm working on a little bit of scene that might play into Veronica's ambush. I'm not posting anything without approval, since they're your NPCs, but it's something I would present to you as a supplement and setup to the actual ambush.

I'll show you what I've got when I run out of steam.

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I think one more collab with NST, and I can set up an ambush point for Veronica. I'll have to talk with him later and decide together whether he wants to be a part of that or not, but bagging two supers for the price of one might be something she'd want to take a look at.

Sam's vulnerable right now; she wouldn't know if anyone took her, likely. But letting the episode pass gives them time to discuss what it was, and gives a chance for Ellen to introduce herself as a metahuman as well. There could be character bonding.

I'm thinking maybe hit 'em on their way out of Old Raygate.

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The gun of cooperation and reasonable discussion, yes. High caliber bullets, those.