Worm Metropolis CYOA thread

Hey. I tried something like this in the CYOA thread and there was enough interest in forming teams and shit as characters I decided to make this into an entire thread on its own. Basically you use the Worm CYOA to make yourself a superhero and join a team. The goal of this thread is not to build super OP characters, but build interesting characters who would work together in teams. Compared to the regular CYOA this is a low-power game. The CYOA itself is super easy to break, so there’s a few rules to go along with it to maintain the theme of the thread, keep things balanced and prevent this thread from turning into a race to make the most OP character possible.

1) Duplicate powers don’t stack. Two people with power fluctuation standing next to each other would not buff each other’s power fluctuations. This is to stop the most OP builds.
2) You can only spend a maximum of 15 Shard points on powers. This includes the 3S it takes to upgrade a power to its second trigger. This rule is in place to stop people building characters with a million high S powers (vigilantes I’m looking at you) or who are otherwise obscenely broken – Worm parahumans are closer to being x-men than justice leaguers in power level. It also stops everyone from taking a million flaws to get ridiculous powers. We can’t all be vagrants who got kidnapped and tortured by S9 and Ziz. Conspirators are the exception to this rule – they can spend up to 20 points on powers (perks of being cauldron).
3) No Abaddon shards or Negentropy. No-one has Abaddon shards in canon Worm and this is a low power game anyway. Negentropy is a no go because the entities lose all incentive to hand out powers if they’ve developed immortality. If you’re upset because “muh immortality” keep in mind as a parahuman you’re unlikely to live for much longer than a decade anyway (life in spandex is violent and short).

Other urls found in this thread:

pastebin.com/g1a4z0HM
pastebin.com/vMW5SJM7
pastebin.com/wcHg54AY
twitter.com/NSFWRedditGif

4) No more than 3 Endbringers at a time. First come first served, and you play like canon Endbringers – you periodically show up to wreck everybody’s shit.
5) I’m thinking of making this into a proper RP if I can find a decent place to host it. No drop-ins or gifts – let’s keep it in-character.

The setting itself is Metropolis, a typical extra-large New York sandbox rip-off. Even though it’s all the same setting you can pick Gestation, the Golden Age or Worthless Opponent as your scenario, but it won’t mean much more than a difference in starting points. Canon characters – Contessa, Skitter, Eidolon, Glaistig Uaine, etc – don’t exist in Metropolis. Every organisation mentioned in the CYOA still exists, but with none of the canon characters in it and they are based out of Metropolis. The Protectorate and the Wards still exist, as does the PRT. The Guild is not Canadian. The Undersiders are pre-Taylor heisters. The ABB and E88 are locked in a turf war and the Merchants sell drugs to homeless people. S9 exists and you can be in it, but you’ll probably end up with a kill order on you.

Cauldron still exists and is still a secret organisation that wants to manufacture more parahumans and take control of as many parahuman organisations as possible in preparation for fighting the Entities. Conspirators are active members of Cauldron and still get access to those sweet, sweet Cauldron powers. If you have a dead shard and you aren’t a case 53, you either stole from Cauldron or secretly work for them. If you work for them, your job is to get into a position of power within your organisation to further cauldron’s reach. If you stole from them expect Conspirators to hunt you down – or heroes working for Cauldron.

The Birdcage exists. It is not in Metropolis, and unless stated is exactly the same as in canon – a giant guardless prison run by AIs with no way out. If you are a villain and you get caught three times or you get caught after doing something horrific you end up here til it’s time to fight the entities.

A few final notes:

Case 53 flaw x1 = you are a human with a few extra parts, like elf ears, feathers in your hair, weird pupils/irises/sclera, extra fingers etc. Think Canary from canon.

Case 53 Flaw x2 = you are still recognisably humanoid, but not as a “human”. Think Gully or Weld from canon – you genuinely look like a monster and ordinary humans might be nervous or quick to judge you.

Case 53 x3 = you are no longer recognisable as human. Think Garotte or Mantellum from canon. People who see you will think you’re a monster and may run screaming from you.

Having a kill order on you means you did something truly horrific or awful, or have repeatedly shown yourself to be too dangerous to be safely apprehended by the authorities. In short, you’ve killed people and as a result there's a fuckhueg bounty on you, which anyone - from heroes to sinister villains to rule-breaking vigilantes to every yahoo with a gun - can collect on, with no questions asked an no attempts to arrest them. They just stroll into Protectorate HQ, drop off your severed head, get given their money and walk out, even if they're a wanted felon.

And that's it. I'll post my build soon. If you have any questions feel free to ask. When you post a build, remember to include your character's name an a few sentences explaining who they are. I've got a pastebin up to record everyone's names, affiliations and character data. I'll post a link soon.

>Hastet
Gestation – 15, 15
Insert Female Adult
No Identity – 17, 15
Bodysuit – 16, 15

>Skills
Martial Arts – 12, 15
First Aid – 9, 15
Strategy – 4, 15
Tactics – 0, 15
Investigation - -2, 15
Parkour - -4, 15
Banter - -5, 15

Natural Trigger - -2, 15

>Flaws
Case 53 x1 - -2, 15
Rough Start x3 – 4, 15

>Perks
Second Trigger x1 – 0, 12

>Powers
Regeneration (ST) – 0, 2
Razor Hands – 0, 0

>Faction
The Protectorate
Team Leader

Hastet is the weary leader of the Protectorate. After a trigger involving her cat shelter and an abusive ex-boyfriend she mutated into a catwoman. She found her way to the Protectorate and quickly became a media darling, rising through the Wards to eventually join the Protectorate proper. She quickly became famous for her quips and stylish acrobatics. Sadly, that was a while ago now. After her promotion to team leader when her predecessor was killed by an Endbringer, she became much wearier. Suddenly having to manage a team, deal with her superiors in the PRT, be diplomatic with the Guild and Haven, and organise Endbringer fights on top of her regular job fighting villains has taken a lot out of her. And that’s without mentioning her mounting frustrations with her fetishisation by certain people as “a real catgirl”. She’s still a great superhero, but she misses the days when the only thing people expected from her was snark and violence.

Buddy, if you want replies maybe you should actually tell people in the cyoag that this is a thing.

Probably not a good time either, as it seems they hit the bump limit.

Can you use SP gained in flaws to buy perks? Like Noctis Cape?

Yep. You just can't spend more than 15 SP on powers.

When this thread is archive with

Reposting

Name:
>Oceanus

Scenario:
-Gestation

Path:
-Endbringer

Powers:
-Elementalism
-Sandbox
-Energy
-Telekinesis

Appearance:
-Beast

Size:
-40 Meters

Flaws:
-All at Once
-Sibling Rivalry

Info:
>An unknown serpent-like creature was recently discovered off the coast of North America. It was quickly classified as another Endbringer, not only due to it's immense size, but it's ability to fire highly pressurized jets of water and lightning that managed to take down all surveillance vehicles. It has also been recorded in combat with other Endbringers although the question why is still under debate.

>Although rarely seen on land, the few times it was encountered near the coast, it seemed to have altered all the surrounding terrain into open ocean. However Oceanus has not ventured very far inland with this terraforming ability so it's extents are still unknown. This ability seems to precede Oceanus and has been used as signal of his appearance. It's other abilities include being able to utilize water as a weapon, much like Leviathan, although Oceanus seems to favor using extremely pressurized jets of water as opposed to large waves and blasts. Oceanus also has been monitored generating and expelling bolts of electricity although it seems to be a fairly rare occurrence.

>Thought to be strictly bound to the ocean, given the fact that Oceanus transforms land into ocean before heading close inland, an impossibly large serpent-like creature has been recorded "flying" in large storm clouds. The only creature resembling the thing in these reports are Oceanus but if this was true, then it must have some sort of telekinesis or flight ability, making it an even bigger threat then was previouslybelieved. However reports of this flying serpent are few and far between, making this nothing but a rumor.

Durga

Scenario
>Gestation
Path
>Conspirator
Origin
>Insert (Female, Adult)
Civilian Identity
>No Identity
Costume
>Custom (Somewhere between armor and thematic. Doesn't restrict movement at the cost of some protection, but still has some tinker goodies installed. Indian themed)
Skills
>Martial Arts
>Tactics
Shard
>Natural Trigger
Perks
>Voice in my Head
>Noctis Cape
>Boogeyman
>Infinite Credit
>Secret Lair
>Plot Convenience
>Pathfinder
Flaws
>Case 53 x (Third Eye)
>Numbed Emotions
Powers
>Schrodinger
>Combo

Alright, I guess I should explain how I think the Manton Effect of this power combo works. The common ratio is 2, the effect multiplies the kinetic energy of a punch, and break's Newton's third law, (the effect of a punch is only multiplied to those hit). It only applies to living beings and when the intent to harm is present. Punching a door does nothing, but punching someone in armor is fair game. (I don't know about stuff like cars or tanks though. I want to say it works because punching a tank apart would be dope, but it's kinda stretching it.) The effect will always be something more like a cone than an explosion, to prevent Durga from just immediately blowing her own arm off when punching with decent force, though when it gets pretty extreme she has to be careful.

Does that sound fair?

Sure lets give this a shot, a little edited to fit in the rules. Got two shard points just hanging out at the end but whatever. Guess I just have a little more juice in my dead shard's tank.

Scenario - Gestation 15, 15
Path - Conspirator
Origin - Drop-In 18/18
Civilian Identity - No Identity 20/15
Costume - Thematic 17/15
Skills - Tactics, Stealth, Investigation, Hacking, First Aid, Banter, 3/15
Shard - Dead Shard 3/18
Perks - Plot Convenience, Secret Lair, Noctis Cape 0/17
Flaws - Humble Beginnings 5/22
Gifts - Metaknowledge
Powers - None 5/22
Conspirator Path - Resurrection, Door Me, Undercover (Heroes) 0/2

I'm Back Up! Your post-death solution! I come with my own secluded haven with drinks and snacks for the freshly revived to get their bearings back. Don't worry about getting squashed by those Endbringers or evil villains! I can get you right Back Up!

Nominally a non-person but their services are too valuable to ignore. Hired on by Hastet and mostly does the paperwork she doesn't feel like doing since Back Up generally sits around the base unless someone dies. Jokingly considered fueled by coffee as no one has ever seen them sleep.

Affiliations:
-THE CAULDRON; Conspirator
-The Protectorate; Medic, cook, filler of paperwork, and life insurance provider.

Name:
>Kuro

Scenario:
-Gestation

Path:
-Endbringer

Powers:
-Precognition
-Illusions
-Mind-Control
-Sandbox

Appearance:
-Humanoid

Size:
- ~2 Meters

Flaws:
-Sibling Rivalry
-Dormant Periods


Preferring chaos over destruction, turning otherwise kind people insane. Sibling rivalry, not out of distaste for kin but simple impartiality.

And we have our first Endbringer. That certainly didn't take long.

Go for it. This is exactly the kind of power we want to see - a creative combination of weaker ones into something cool.

Welcome aboard Back Up. I get the feeling you'll have to use your power a lot, considering...

We already have a second Endbringer, and they specialise in fucking with people's minds. Welcome aboard!

Are we still using the previous thread's pastebin link?

Nope, setting up a new one. pastebin.com/g1a4z0HM

>Scenario: Gestation (15c_15s)
>Path: Hero (Prepare for UNLIMITED BLAND WORKS)
>Origin: Drop-In (+3c,+3s) (18c_18s)
Gender: Male
Age: Adult (~25)
>Civ Identity: No Identity (+2c) (20c_18s)
>Costume: Thematic (-3c) (17c_18s)

>Skills: First Aid (-3c), Tactics (-7c), Investigation (-9c), Parkour (-11c)
(6c_18s)

>Shard: Foreign element (-3c,-3s)
(3c_15s)

>Perks: Plot Convenience (-1c), Secret Lair (-3c), Second Trigger +3 (-15c,-9s), Blindspot (-18c,-13s)
(-15c_2s)

>Flaws: Rough Start (+2c), Worst Day Ever +3 (+8c, +3s), Slaughterhouse 9 (+12c,+5s), Endbringer Target (+15c,+9s)
(2c_10s)

>Gift: Metaknowledge (Seems like the most useful)

>Powers: No Clip [ST] (-2s), Blink [ST] (-9s), Peak Condition [ST] (-10)
(0c_0s)

Team: Other (too lazy to make friends it seems ._. goodness me)
Perks: Companionship! (just because I can)

If you're wondering, the best plan I have to avoid insta-dying on my first day is to either hide in my super secret broom closet, or pop in and out of pictures around the world because Blink can do that for some reason.

Now you might think 3 Second Triggers is overboard, well I think it'll be harder for you to voice that opinion of yours when I slap you in the lungs (until someone mindfucks me out of my powers or something.)

But other than that, I plan to poke the evil intentions out of all your dastardly kidneys, in ALL of my naked glory. Maybe I'll teach some kids how to be cool like this silly bitch right here

I should probably find someone smart and good with computers and stuff so I can, you know, survive for more than a week.

(God I hope I didn't fuck up my points T-T)

Would you like to buy some life insurance? The Protectorate offers reasonable rates.

Close but no cigar. Your maths is fine, but there's no abaddon shards and no drop ins. Also with three STs and 10 points of powers you have 19 points worth of powers which is over the limit set out at the start of the thread.

Ah ha! I knew I fucked up some where

Thought to be honest, I didn't pay the closest attention to the OP beyond post your build here...

Who is this character?

Tin-Tin got a manga adaption, didn't you hear?

One of the characters from Boku no Hero Academia iirc

>Maximum of 15 points on powers

How does this apply to Stand users mister Hastet

Steve Johnson
Once, I was a man, a small, fragile little thing, destined to die of disease, or age, or violence, or all the million other little things organics are vulnerable to. Now, I am a machine, free of the weakness of flesh. You too can be raised to such a state. For a price.

Scenario-Golden Age (10, 20)
I was one of the first tinkers to appear. At the time, as my vision swam with images of ways to replace my fragile shell of a body, I thought I had gone mad.
Path-Rogue
All those silly villains, trying to get rich through theft! Don't get me wrong, they make excellent customers, but couldn't they go into business or something?
Insert-Male Senior
I was quite old at the time when I first gained this gift. Had I not abandoned my shell, I would be dead by now.
Identity-CEO
Isn't money great? This company, PENTEX, is my little baby. Yeah, Congress keeps trying to regulate it out of existence, but that's what lobbyists are for, right? Besides, who can say no to immortality?
Skills
Strategy (5, 20)
I'd say I'm pretty decent at long term planning and such. Wouldn't have gotten this far if I wasn't.
Hacking (4, 20)
I mean, I am a computer. Although most of the time, putting in P@ssword is all it takes.
Tactics (0, 20)
Sometimes, some hot shot screaming about "corruption" or something will try to use his fancy new powers to disrupt my company. Can't have that, now can we?
Besides, sending out HiTmarksTM
Natural Trigger (3, 20)
I remember my trigger event. I was at the hospital, and my doctor came in, claiming that I had pancreatic cancer. I've gotten a whole lot better though.
Identity Reveal (6, 20)
Didn't really care about the whole "secret identity" thing.
Blindspot (3, 16)
Someone once told me that all those fancy precogs couldn't see what my company was up to. Good for me, I guess?
Nemesis (6,16)
There's some eco terrorist bitch who hates civilization, and me in particular. Something something "unnatural abomination."

It doesn't - ur copies still get 10 SP of their own. However, looking at Stand as a power for 7 points I feel all the copies should have the same powers, ie you pick them during character creation and all the copies have those powers. Otherwise its kingmaker but cheaper.

Tactics
Sometimes, some hot shot screaming about "corruption" or something will try to use his fancy new powers to disrupt my company. Can't have that, now can we?
Besides, sending out HiTmarksTM against Endbringers is good PR. (sorry, I'm on a laptop)
Rough Start (8,20)
Yes, I have tons of money, but the PRT is on me, trying to label me as a villain or something. How am I supposed to tell that a bald guy with weird tattoos is a gang member? And what do you mean I can't give money to politicians for favors? That's what everyone else is doing!
Powers:
Augmentation, Second Trigger (4, 8)
Definitely my favorite part about my power. I really wish I could give this to more people, but this stuff is complicated, and my R&D team has trouble converting it from tinkertech to normal tech.
Robotics (4, 1)
Now this is what the majority of my sales come from. Everything from small helper bots to battle mechs. Sure, they break down, and yeah, Congress keeps trying to ban them (thank you NRA), but there's always the black market.
I keep the best for myself of course. Nice to have a physical body to myself, just in case some villain or vigilante or rival company want to get some undeserved discounts.

Path
Thriving Business (1,1)
Everyone knows who I am, and that I have the best equipment for sale. Unfortunately, all those other rogues are jealous of me, the PRT is pulling lawsuits out of their wherever in a blatant attempt at recruitment, and most of my employees have left in fear of being attacked by the eco bitch.
All in all, life is pretty good.

Cool. Welcome aboard. Can always use more help against the Endringers

Sorry for the bad formatting, I should have proofread before hitting the post button.

Also, do you know if superscript works on Veeky Forums? I'm a bit of a newfag.

Sorry, no clue. I know how to do spoilers and that's it.

Gestation - 15 CP / 15 SP
Vigilante - Unlimited power (slots)!
Adult
No Identitiy - 17/15
Budget - 17/15
--
Shard:
The Warrior Entity 20/15
--
Flaws:
Rough Start x3 26/15
Identity Reveal 29/15
Nemesis x3 38/15
Worst Day Ever x3 44/18
--
Vigilante Path:
Anti-Villain 46/19
--
Skills:
Marksmanship
First Aid
Martial Arts
Tactics
Strategy
Parkour
Hacking
Mechanics
Stealth
Investigation
Survival
Total Cost = 34 -> 12/19
--
Powers:
Infinite Ammo
MacGyver
Schroedinger
Peak Condition
No Clip
Fake Death
Recordless
Power Sight
Pocket Room
Total Cost = 15 -> 12/4
--
Perks:
Blindspot 9/0
--
Vigilante Equipment:
Tinker Tech 5/0
Supply Line 1/0
Blade 0/0


Don't know if I did this right. Anyway, too tired to write up my idea in any detail:

Guy had a bad day. Guy had a really bad day, and it was all due to those pesky villains.
Now he's really pissed, and he's out for blood.
Walls or doors can't stop him.
He doesn't run out of ammo.
Somehow he's aiming at every target at once.
No one can record him, and security systems are useless.
Powers? He knows if you have them, he knows what they are. He knows.
His guns are as infinite as his ammo, he keeps taking them out of nowhere.
And his ass is full of gadgets, it's like he can mix gunpowder with a pack of chem fluids and out comes an explosive bullet.
so a very angry videogame character abusing console commands

Hey Cyka Blyat. You're fine. You took no identity and identity reveal together, but that's not the end of the world. Welcome aboard.

Crap, you're right.

Guess I could be a dock worker and instead fix the balance by adding the Numbed Emotions to truly make me the avatar of a russian hacker.

Also, here is the Nemesis. I was a bit lazy with her, as the specific build doesn't matter as much as her power and methods. The main idea here is that her shard "encourages" her to get into fights with "polluters" by making her think that she can feel the pain of the ecosystem. Feel free to expand on the idea.

Dryad

Gestation
Vigilante (Anti-Villain)
Identity: None
Natural Trigger.
Power: Living Forest, Second Trigger. Peak Condition.
Skills: Survival, Stealth, First Aid, Tactics, Parkour.
Perks: Noctis Cape. Voice in Head.
Flaws: Case 53 x 2. Woody body with leaves in certain places. Pointed ears.

Every hour of every waking moment I can feel it. The pain of the earth and her children, as they are choked on by smog, burnt with fire, blasted with lasers and missiles and powers. I can't go to sleep, and I can't forget their cries. So I have to stop them. Who else will?
The government won't. They're too busy getting bribed and selling away their humanity for shiny new parts by that, thing, that runs Pentex. Sure, the PRT is "investigating" him and his "business," but I know how that will end.

The PRT won't. They have their precious "public image" to worry about. Can't put those criminals where they belong, that'll be too harsh! So what if all the little people are preyed upon, and the environment gets blown apart? As long as the boat isn't rocked too hard, you can get away with pretty much anything.

Well no more I say. Me and my good friends, both little and big, have something to say to these soulless machines and politicians and crime lords. Something I'm sure they won't forget for the rest of their lives, however short they may be.

Ryley English/ TBD
Scenario: Gestation (15/15) >All The Cool kids are doing it, right?
Entry: Insert
>Rules are rules
Gender: Female
Teenager
>Statistics show a strong correlation between being a teenage girl and time powers.
Civilian Identity: High Schooler
>Kind of the normal thing for people my age, right?
Path: Hero
>I like doing the right thing.
Costume: Budget (15/15)
>I am but a middle class student. Also I'll probably end up joining a team, so that'll save me money.
Skills
-Marksmanship (10/15)
>All Thinkers need guns. I'm pretty that's a law.
-Strategy (5/15)
-Tactics (1/15)
>Kind of benefits me to know what to do.
-Stealth (-2/15)
>I had three points left, and there's probably going to be a healer.
Shard: Natural Trigger (1/15)
>Not rich enough to afford a vial, and I'm already kind of aggressive.
Perks
- Follower x 2 (1/15)
>It's a freebie. I'll design them later.
-Second Trigger (-3/12)(3)
>I'll spend this later.
-Plot Convince (-3/11)
>Being relevant is important to me.
-Blindspot (-6/7)
>I blame the temporal shenanigans.
Flaws
-Worst Day Ever (-4/8)
>Well that is how triggers work.
-Humble Beginnings (1/13)
>Just an average girl, before the incident.
Gift: Plot Relevance
>Are Gifts even allowed?
Powers
-Save and Reload (Second Trigger) (1/3)(13 )
>My actual power.
-Peak Condition (1/2) (14)
>A Convenient Secondary Ability.
Path Specific
Team: I'll just join whatever hero team you all make.
Perk: Companionship.
>I've got a few friends, and they're pretty cool I guess.
Turns out I have points left, so…
Hacking (0/2)
Voice in my Head (0/0)
As a Thinker, my trigger was experiencing large amounts of emotional and mental strain while a crisis point is reached in a short period of time. So I'm a new Cape who's friend just committed suicide, via shooting herself in the head close enough that the blood got in my mouth, leaving me horrified and with a power that can go back far enough to fix everything except what I actually care about.

Anyways, now I've got a good power, a decent amount of violent tendencies, and some good planning skills, but also a power that isn't spectacular in combat, a martyr complex, and a lack of experience. Does this seem like an okay character?

Bumping first, reading the CYOA now.

I've been dying for more Worm on here and /qst/.

JimMac if you're reading this, we're waiting for some more Blindside in Rain City.

Yeah, your fine. As a leading member of the Protectorate I recommend you join the Wards. You'll get the best training around plus a salary that gets put into a trust and saved until you turn 18.

>You can only spend a maximum of 15 Shard points on powers.

Wrathchild

Stand ( 7s points )

Gestation
Hero
The Procterate
Fan Club
Dead Shard
Nemesis x3
Rough Start x3
Case 53 x2
Rough Start x3
Memory Loss
Physic Nosebleed
Slaughterhouse 9
Endbringer Target
Humble Upbringing
Plot Relevance

Armor
Tactics
Strategy
Martial Arts
Investigation
First Aid
Survival
Parkour
Banter
Hacking
Mechanics
Stealth
Marksmanship

Blindspot
Noctis Cape
Stand
Broken Limiter
Elemental


Stand Powers :
Quality Assurance
Shock and Awe
Revenant Blade
Omni-Combustion
Pocket Room

posting updated writefag in a second
seeing this become a true roleplay or weaverdice-like scenario would be neat

Hello.

You appear to be an independent Vigilante. Statistics show that the majority of independents end up dead or severely maimed within the first six months of operations.

This is where PENTEX steps in. We have the technology to rebuild you in case something goes wrong. Our health insurance plan costs 800 dollars a month, and offers cyborgization in the event of severe injury that modern medicine cannot cover, with free repairs for a year.

Other offers include:
A secondary pair of arms, suitable for using two guns at once.
A scout drone connected to the brain for constant updates on its surroundings.
A sub-dermal layer of armor, capable of absorbing rounds up to .50 caliber.

pastebin.com/vMW5SJM7
We're still assuming he and Back-Up is on Hastet's team, right ? Anything else I missed ?

aaaaand forgot the picture

Nah. Welcome aboard Wrath. Please keep the teamkilling to a minimum, I don't like pulling Back Up away from his desk too often.

Whine harder user. If you don't like it post your build in the CYOAg, this threads for a special type of low-power build. Or just be an endbringer. We've still got one of those slots free.

Mr Johnson is that you?

>ctl+f Endbringer

I could be wrong but it looks like there's room for one more? would be where I'd start but I'll flesh out the concept more to fit the notion of actually intending to wreak havoc.

oh for christs sake
I must be as mentally disabled as Wrathchild himself

" I don't like hurting my friends that much. It's why I don't like to go out with the others to patrol. It scares me. "

Nice. First in first served - get a build posted before anyone else and the slots all yours user.

>Broken Limiter
Hey. Just checked your build - you can't spend more than 15S on powers. No broken limiter, sorry.

Yes Mrs. Hastet? I believe that I am still allowed to sell my products during the investigation.

Should I get a name while on this thread? Also, is roleplaying allowed at the moment?

Moth(wo)man - Because of her appearance she is often called "mothman" but is actually a lady moth. She has taken the name Mothwoman.

Gestation
Insert Female Adult
No Identity
Budget costume (she's too mutated)

17 points
strategy
tactics
stealth


Zion shard

secret lair
one follower
Case 53 X 3

Gift:
metaknowledge

Powers:
flight
peak condition
Enthrallment

Hero of the protectorate
Comapanionship

Backstory-
Moth(wo)man is a hero who is seen as mysteroius, monsterous, and downright frightening. She was originally a schoolteacher whose powers (and mutation) were triggered duringa nearby villain attack. Her muttion was so severe that she was seen as a monster and had to give up her civilian life, however, she did have the support of her friends and family and dedicated herself to the life of heroism.

it's cool, I didn't see that
i'll replace Broken Limiter with Counter
5 ( Counter ) + 3 ( Elemental ) + 7 ( Stand )

Why not delete the 25S powers from the CYOA then since you can't get them. You're just being an asshole leaving them there if you can't get them.

I don't think he's the author of the CYOA.

I understand that Mr Johnson. I would just recommend you refrain from selling military technology to wanted felons. The PRT budget is up for review soon and we may have to renegotiate some of your contracts.

RP away. Once this thread is done I'm going to set up a Rizon chat channel for proper RPing so people will be able to set up secret messages

Well, I only really needed that one page.

>"Turncoat."

>Precognition
>Telekinesis
>Time
>Mind-Control

If Tattletale is to be believed, I was never human. I seem to recall people, names, faces and such, but given my insights, it might just be memories of a possible world rather than the one I'm in now.

For the moment, it's enough that I have something to do. Things have been interesting since I woke up; sure I could thrash about, hurl city blocks around and tear people apart, but there's no Challenge in it, no worthy confrontation.

So I take their side. Take their shape, their forms, their language, their flag; all of it. I walk among them, offering insights, giving little pushes into possibilities that will lead to the greatest calamity. Best of all, my siblings consider me a threat, and act accordingly; this city will crumble from within and draw out the most powerful among its denizens, or from without and yield the same results.

>Humanoid Form, ~2 meters.
The layers are all there, but most of Me is around what looks like me. Outwardly stretching is a weird experience in four dimensions. Still, I try not to use much of anything overtly; can't have anyone catch me bypassing the Manton Effect as they call it. They think me a Thinker, with a slight hint short-range teleportation via moving briefly through hyper-accelerated time-frames. After that, just a little nudge to their aggression, their insecurities and their zeal...

This is going to be amazing to watch unfold, with the perfect desert of striking down the ones that survive for myself.

>Sibling Rivalry
>All At Once.

Nope I'm not the author and I have no skill with photoshop. Just someone who likes to RP, especially in superhero shit.

Welcome to the protectorate Mothwoman. Good to have you.

Cool build, but we've already got a sneaky humanoid mindfucker Endbringer. Could we get something more monstrous?

Fair enough. Lemme see what I can sort out, but for right now consider that third slot open still.

Finished the followers/ other soon to be Wards.
pastebin.com/wcHg54AY

It seems like two of our Endbringers have taken the All at once Flaw, and combined it with sibling rivalry. Does this mean Metropolis has to fight off 20 Godzillas at once? And I don't think its realistic for law, order, and civilization to exist when there are 20 Endbringers.

>pastebin.com/wcHg54AY
Welcome to the team. We really need to get you guys some proper costumes though.

Might want to change up Erics powers, Johnson already took thosee ones. :P

Companion: Tiger Beetle
Gestation
Hero
Teenage Male
High Schooler
Thematic Costume

Skills:
Martial arts
parkour
mechanics

Powers:
Hyper Speed
Do You Even Lift
Exchange

Tiger Beetle was originially named "lightning surge", but after being one of the first heroes not to immediatley attack Moth(wo)man, the two struck up a friendship and he agreed to become her ward and advocate. He change his costume to fit a "bug" theme and to help convine the public that moth(wo)man is a hero. He wears a kamen-rider getup based on the fastest bug, the tiger beetle.

...Noooope. I'm just gonna say each Endbringer will attack all at once and fight each other in Metropolis. The only thing worse than one Endbringer? Three Endbringers!

My thanks, Hastet. You know, I never really thought someone like me would end up finding their way to the protectorat and meeting someone as famous as you!

My students oh, they loved you so much!

She then looks down to her feet

"Hm, for some, maybe a little TOO much."

Fixed.

Ok, got the chat channel set up. Go to #WMCYOA at Rizon chat to join

Yeah, I get that a lot Mothwoman. Good to have another Case 53 on board too.

>WMCYOA
We're gonna pretend we're our characters using Procterate-only online chat, right ?

A moth, a demon. and a catgirl. We're like the new Irregulars.

Durga has been called, rather unkindly but not inaccurately, Cauldron's attack dog. Born in abject poverty, her parents died when she was very young and she was largely left to fend for herself in the streets. Starving and sickly, she was one of those abducted by Cauldron in the creation of the Case 53s while she was in her early teens. Ironically, the trauma of being abducted to what may as well have been an alien spaceship ended up causing her actual trigger event. Training and raising her from then on, she grew to develop a deep respect for what the Cauldron was trying to accomplish and entirely forgave them for the event. She harbors a deep and abiding antipathy for the apparently fumbling idiot gods that threaten all of reality. Trained to be a lethal weapon, a tool to precisely remove threats, she's terminated both villains and heroes on Doctor Mother's orders. She's not quiet or discreet about what she does, she's a high powered sniper rifle from a rooftop rather than a blade in the night. As such, her name, or at least her MO, has circulated among the parahuman community for some time. Most assume she's some sort of well funded vigilante with her own agenda, but those in the know recognize the bloody smears she leaves behind as Cauldron's work.

She spends most of her time in a hidden safe house in Brockton Bay, living a comfortable enough life on a Cauldron allowance. While taciturn and even fearsome while on the job, she's surprisingly mellow when on her off time or interacting with her superiors. She has a solemn, almost wistful or absent personality and tends to come across as a hazy dreamer. In reality, it's simply a thin covering over her iron hard beliefs and disturbing ability to kill without remorse.

I'll be honest, I'm currently learning everything about Worm through the fan wiki because I've never read the story. Pardon any lore discrepancies.

That's fine, lots of people haven't.

Yeah, i'm surpised the CYOA is drawing in so many people that haven't read the story. It's not required by any means but I urge those who haven't to read it just because it's fun.

>Endbringer
It has been seen with state-of-the-art camera and telescopic technology; distant, mobile, but deadly in application of its strange talents.

It was first spotted by various space agencies, and though its presence was hushed at first, Amateur astronomy soon put an end to the secrecy as the strange shapes on the moon began to appear and tell of the dangers to come.

The Endbringer's true nature is still unknown, but it is safe to assume that it is some variety of Tinker.

Given the destruction of several major cities since it began its work, it is also safe to assume that it is a very capable entity in its field.

Attempts to bombard it with conventional weaponry, and even WMD's have fallen short; missile arsenals have been met with point-defenses and while some of the entity's efforts were set back, the more successful defenses have been Actual Defenses rather than good offenses; the massive projectiles launched by Luna's creations can be deflected with sufficient force or causal disruption.

Where they are Not re-directed...the result is not atomic in nature, but deadly none the less in massive areas.

>Telekinesis.
>Megastructure.
>Gravity

>Dormant Periods

The CYOA makes the setting a little more palatable I think for two reasons. One being that you operate through the eyes of your own OCdonutsteel and not what I gather is a temperamental and equally Sue-ish teenage girl, and because it presents a lot of the more interesting information in a really concise and well formatted way.

It's almost like an extended introduction for the story.

cool. welcome aboard

Gestation (+15) [+15]
Vigilante
Ambivalent (+4) [+4]
Insert
Janitor (+1)
Budget costume (0)
Natural trigger (+3)
Perks
1. Second trigger x3 (-12) [-9]
2. Plot convenience (-1)
3. Secret lair (-2)
Skills
1. Martial arts (-4)
2. Stealth (-3)
Powers
1. Peak condition [-1] 2nd trigger
2. Jump (-1)
3. Stone skin (-2) 2nd trigger
4. Boomerang (-2) 2nd trigger
Equipment
1. Blade (-1)

Almost done with my character, but what's the best powerbuild to mimic personal friction?

I'm just tweaking a build I made in a previous thread. I like the fact that you're trying to limit OP builds.

Name: Eviscerator/Emilio

Gestation 15/15

Vigilante

Male
Teenager
High Schooler

Custom Costume 11/15
I'll combine the flexibility of a body suit with the power and durability of armor

Martial Arts 7/15
Stealth 4/15
Parkour 2/15

Natural Trigger 5/15

Perks:
Voice In My Head 5/13
Noctis Cape 5/12

Flaws:
Rough Start x2 9/12


Powers:
Augmentation 9/7
Genetics 9/-3
welp there goes the 15 points I'm allowed to spend

Ambivalent 13/1
Blade 12/4
Tinkertech 8/1
Tool Belt 7/1
Supply line 3/1
Bombs 1/1

Info:
Before he was the "Eviscerator", he was just an ordinary high school student named Emilio. He was the type of kid who was smart but never tried or applied himself. Emilio grew up lower class near the docks and got into a lot of fights as a child. His powers were triggered by a villain attack that left him maimed. He was able to repair himself by creating prosthetic augments out of a pile of scrap metal he found. Through the use of his skill in genetics he is able to synthesize drugs that furthermore enhance his abilities. He dons a 'cyborg ninja' costume inspired by a character in the Chinese cartoons that he watched as a child.

I'm in the process of reading the story. As of now, I'm nearing the end of arc 3 and it's pretty good so far.

No clue, sorry

Cool. Welcome aboard.

Avery White.

>Scenario
Gestation 15/15

>Path
Rogue

>Origin
Insert 15/15
Female
Adult

>Civies
Journalist 15/15

>Costume
Budget 15/15

>Skills
First Aid 12/15
Stealth 9/15
Investigation 7/15
Bants 6/15

>Perks
Second Trigger 2/12
Secret Lair 0/12
Noctis Cape 0/11

>Powers
Protocols (ST) 0/10
Replication 0/0

>Rogue Path
"Mundane" Assist
One night, Ms. White was chasing a lead, and the trail split. Wishing she could find both truths tore her up, and the truth she did follow tried to do the same
She's never slept a wink since then, and has been using her resources to buy hair dye and some fake IDs. Her new sources are very reliable, and she's going to get to the bottom of whatever the hell is going on even if it kills her. And then kills her again, and again, and again...


Hmmmm.... I may take Humble Beginnings just to take Voice In My Head, but I'm too high and tired to do that right now. I'll do a bit tomorrow before work. Good night Veeky Forums.

Hmmmm... Yup, Doing the Humble Voice. It fits too well not to.
I'll work out the rest of the math, and how it will go when I wake up.

Cross posting on the CYOA Gen page:
I've got a question about the new Worm CYOA. If I do drop-in and am mtf trans, how does that affect Cosmetic Shapeshift level 1? Do I look how I'd like to look, with no change to my primary sex organs? Because of the "permanent" effects of the power, will I not need hormone therapy anymore?

Here's a gif of a happy toddler to compensate for the awkward question.

Vandal

Scenario
>Gestation
Path
>Villain
Origin
>Insert (Male, Adult)
Civilian Identity
>No Identity
Costume
>Armor
Skills
>Marksmanship
>Tactics
>Banter
Shard
>Natural Trigger
Perks
>Second Trigger
>Voice in my Head
>Mooks
>Money
>Secret Lair
>Plot Convenience
Flaws
>Case 53 x3
>Memory Death
>Slaughterhouse 9
Powers
>Genetics
>Repair (Second Trigger)
Gang
>Other (The Savages)

Vandal and his gang are a recent addition to the Brockton Bay underworld but are already making waves. Vandal possess the ability to upgrade virtually anything he comes into contact with, both organic and inorganic. While the upgrades are often crude looking (in the case of the upgrades to people or animals, they universally come out looking monstrous regardless of the actual improvements made) they are often shockingly effective. Blunt, rude, but oddly charismatic and competent, Vandal has become a natural leader for his band of miscreants. While he operates as an arms dealer of sorts and has committed more than his fair share of violent crimes, the Savages is more than just a criminal enterprise to Vandal. It's a brotherhood, a band of outcasts and vagrants who just want to finally get their piece of the pie, by any means necessary.

I don't know why CS1 doesn't let you change gender when you can change everything else. I'd say just ignore the "no gender change" thing and change yourself to whatever gender you want. And yeah, u won't need therapy, its permanent.

I say we can fudge it to change gender, I don't see a problem with it.

When is the chat going to be tomorrow?

Oh, also, is taking Case 53 fine if you're not actually a Case 53, but are just horrific as a result of your powers? Because it seems like there are those who get negative physical side effects without that whole Cauldron fucking you over thing.

Checking those bodacious digits my friend.

Could be the team & friends getting to know eachother, maybe hanging out on the street.

Checked !

>Could be the team & friends getting to know eachother, maybe hanging out on the street.
That's great, but at what time will it take place?

He's from Boku No Hero Academia.

His power is intangibility, and when he deactivates it while he's in something he gets instantly ejected out of it before rematerializing.

He uses this to phase through the floor and instantly pop back up behind people, basically just teleporting all over the place.

I'd assume mid-day, the day after the new guys are introduced to the team. Naturally, the people who aren't Case 53's would still have to wear masks, but Hastet and Wrathchild wouldn't.

We seem to be lacking in villains!

Total Points:
-Character: (28)(-28)
-Shard: [24][-24]

Name:
-Luna Rune, Magnum-Opus

Scenario: (+15)[+15]
-Gestation (+15)[+15]

Path:
-Villian: +1 to each point type granted by flaws

Origin: (-1)
-Entry:
-Insert
-Gender:
-Female
-Age:
-Adult, 20
-Civillian Identity (-1)
-Office Drone (-1)

Costume: (-4)
-Other (-4)

Skills: (-14)
-Martial Arts (-4)
-Marksmanship (-5)
-Parkour (-2)
-Mechanics (-2)
-Hacking (-1)

Shard: (+3)
-Natural Trigger (+3)

Perks: (-6)[-12]
-Secret Lair (-2)
-Power Slot x2 [-2]
-Second Trigger x1 (-4)[-3]
-Voice in My Head [-2]
-Noctis Cape [-1]
-Blindspot (-3)[-4]

Flaws: (+10)[+9]
-Rough Start x1 (+3)
-Case 53 x1 [+1]
-Worst Day Ever x1 (+3)[+2]
-Identity Reveal (+4)
-Numbed Emotions [+3]

Gifts:
-Metaknowledge

Powers: [-12]
-Shaker [-1]
-Pocket Room [-1]
-Brute [-1]
-Peak Condition [-1]
-Tinker [-8]
-Small Arms [-3]
-Second Trigger
-Augmentation [-5]
-Blaster [-1]
-Infinite Ammo [-1]

Path Specific: (-3)
-Gang:
-Other
-Perks:
-Money (-3)

Write up on the way!

Bio:
>Luna Rune seemed like a simple, background character, one that would be swept up in any disaster that hit her city. However, unknown to others, she had awoken from a combination of stress, anger and general annoyance at everyone around her at work. Early on, she was able to keep the effects of her powers from showing, but soon enough, her mental state took a turn for the worse. Massive amounts of stress and a talking shard slowly drove Luna to the edge of insanity. Her official reveal to the general public was a gruesome one as she quickly reduced each of her coworkers to pulp one weekday morning. After that event, she quickly went into hiding, not to be seen for quite a long period of time.

When Luna appeared next, she was completely different. Extensive use of her powers have caused most, if not all, of her emotions to fade away, leaving nothing but cold logic in it's place. This seemed to explain her appearance, being more machine then human. Luna, or Magnum Opus as she called herself, continued to appear every so often around the world, conducting raids and attacks on storage facilities containing rare and valuable resources. Surprisingly, these raids lacked the death of her first exposure, attributed to the fact that killing these grunt civilians was "inefficient" in hey eyes.

Eventually, Magnum Opus was confronted by a group of younger heroes in one of her raids. The storage location was quickly reduced to rubble as Magnum Opus was basically a "living weapons platform". However, after a grueling fight, the heroes seemed to finally have pushed Magnum Opus into a corner and were on the brink of victory. That's when the world got their first glimpse at what Magnum Opus was doing during her
time out of the spotlight. Opening multiple portals, mechanical arms appeared, replacing Magnum Opus's exhausted and destroyed armor and weapons pieces, even seemingly switching up her entire load out and specialty in mere seconds.

>Cape Name: Manticore

>Real Name: Eugen Fischer

>Scenario: Gestation

>Path: Conspirator

>Identity: Male, Senior

>Civilian Identity: Medic (Doctor, if possible)

>Costume: N/A

>Skills: Martial Arts

>Shard: Dead

>Perks: Second Trigger, Secret Lair, Infinite Credit [Cauldron], Noctis Cape

>Flaws: N/A

>Powers: Genetics: Second Trigger, Consumption


Eugen Fischer... a mad scientist even before his bargain with Cauldron, he was an off-the-books researcher for the United States military for decades, doing unethical studies unsuitable for public scrutiny. After his government project was shut down, he was stripped of his lab and unceremoniously forced to retire. Embittered but seeing no way to continue his work, he grew increasingly resentful at the Powers That Be - until Cauldron contacted him and revealed themselves to be the true Powers.

Given powers in exchange for loyalty, Manticore plays with life itself for Cauldron. He can even assimilate traits from lifeforms he has created; this allows his body to reveal the inner monster he always was.

>Small Arms [-3]
>Second Trigger
>Augmentation [-5]
Its a bit unclear. Is the small arms power a second trigger, or the augmentation?

The fight that followed was brutal as what hope could a group of young, exhausted, naive teenagers do against a fresh villain that had shown abilities never recorded to be in her profile? Later reports of Magnum Opus record vastly different weaponry, ranging from incredibly devastating rail guns to plasma armaments to seeker missile to close range ion cannons.

Small Arms is the augmented one. Cant be all machine now can we? Have to just settle for a mostly machine android devoid of human emotions.

Right, I haven't addressed the whole gang thing.
>Magnum Opus operates mostly alone due to it being hard to get along with her almost emotionless personality. However she has been rarely seen cooperating with other villains when they seem to share a common goal.

Remarks
>Advised to avoid if possible or appeal with reason and logic instead of blindly running into combat with Magnus Opus. Let it be noted that certain encounters in the past have ended peacefully when logic, reason and efficiency arguments prevailed.