I was going to say that the one power set that Tachyon definitely couldn’t do well with Setback’s powers, but C&A realized it first.
One thing that maybe I’m misremembering - I could have sworn that the “singular Oblivaeon shard” question came up before, and the answer was that Oblivaeon shards, unlike Oblivaeon are not singular, they’re just rare. It came up in particular for both Captain Cosmic and for the Void Guard, who kept their Oblivaeon shards in both Universe 1 and the Vertex timeline.
Ahh, this was a fun Editor’s Note to be involved in.
Also, re: DE as a BLT - while I agree it’s a higher quality BLT, I think saying it’s still a BLT implies that there’s only refined stuff & not new content. I propose, alongside having better ingredients, this BLT also has guacacomole, because that always improves things.
I feel like the most dangerous power set combo is Parse with Visionary’s powers. Cosmic awareness plus psychic abilities to include mind control? That’s basically asking to be a Scion. I don’t know that you even need influence from Dark Mind at that point.
As to the BLT, keeping it in-universe: I think we’ve got bacon glazed with Void Jelly, along with fresh lettuce and tomato from Grover Greene’s farm. This sandwich is THE BOMB!
My own brain was like “Did you mean Void Guard Writhe”.
This was a fun episode. Regards the D&D thing, tho, I question Argent having a high Charisma since we know he’s rather aloof, anti-social, and unempathetic to the point it’s a character flaw. The LP server folks half-joked he might have high CHA but just pumps all his skill points into Perform and doesn’t do anything for the other CHA skills.
I’ve always called Charisma “offensive willpower,” contrasting Wisdom’s more traditional “defensive” willpower. Given that AA seems to just will stuff into happening (so does Fanatic, in her way), I can see that. He just doesn’t have any “social” skills.
I argued for Fanatic as Highest Charisma, just for force of personality reasons - she may not have any Charisma skills (well, with the possible exception of Intimidate), but goddamn does she have a lotta force of personality.
Ahh, the classic 9 stat game systems with acting, effecting, and resisting stats for mental, physical, and social. Mayfair DC, Shadowrun, modern Vampire…
Parse has maxed Perception (Wisdom-based skill, and one of the most rolled) even if she’s not “wise” in the traditional sense. Of course she’s also got some Ranger traits - Precise Shot, Pinpoint Targeting, etc.
I guess if Orbo has that many necks, that explains how KNYFE added him to her body count. They were just NECKING.
“Ambuscade with Fanatic powers” - he’s called Solipsist, he is literally his own God, and he believes in himself.
I really want a golden age Haka panel, when they had no respect for Maori culture and were just treating him as a savage, where he just yells “HAKA IS STRONGEST THERE IS!!!”
Fanatic has enormous Charisma; she’s not interested in getting people to like her or even agree with her, but she’s great at aweing and terrifying people with no more than a self righteous lecture.
Taking the Dreamer to the domain of the Nightmare Weaver seems like a very very bad idea.
The big reason why intelligence counts against your powerset is magic; the more you know about how reality works, the less effective magic should be in your presence, because you know why it can’t possibly work. Science is power through knowledge, magic is power from lack of knowledge.
