Special thanks to Blackberry for introducing the game, as well as diligent modding!
To participate, simply post "/in" in the thread and send me a PM with two powers.
If you don't want to pick any powers, PM the mod and he'll select two powers on your behalf.
Once I have received all powers I will reveal the powers and the bidding phase will begin.
Communication in private will be permitted after the bidding phase has begun.
You may select a superhero name now, or after you have won your powers.
(Borrowed from Blackberry)
Sign-ups:
1. Burning_Earth
2. Save the Dragons
3. Blackberry
4. Thurhame
5. DiplomatDC
6. Dessew
7. KingdomAces
8. Aronis
Last edited by Caycedo on Wed Jun 11, 2014 4:38 pm, edited 16 times in total.
Great to have you both aboard! Send me a message with the powers you would like to submit for auction, or let me know if you want me to select some on your behalf.
Friends, as we are attracting more players and our game is filling up, I will be willing to start once we have at least seven players. That being said, I feel that the quality of the game is enhanced with a greater number of players, but I will defer to your collective will when it comes to starting.
You pace nervously in the dark, fiddling with your heads-up display. Through the walls, you hear the low roar of a crowd eager for the bloodshed and mayhem that has become the hallmark of the Arena. It feels like a lifetime ago when you yourself sat in one of the thousands of seats, eager for jets of flame, gnashing teeth or vile toxins to bring glorious death to the newly-minted meta-humans laying waste to each other far below you.
Suddenly, the walls before you begin to rumble open, the harsh light of the Arena streaming through. The clamor of the crowd assaults your ears, and as you step through the opening, you see the Arena from a very different angle.
Why had you come here, risking your life? Fame? Wealth and Power? Justice? Validation? Revenge? Escape? As you look around you, you see that seven other individuals stand between you and the goal upon which you are willing to gamble your life.
The Arena itself changes with every season. This year, it is mocked up to resemble a squalid sprawl of bombed-out tenements, inundated with knee-deep stinking sewage. Probably best to avoid falling in. From your platform, you easily step out onto one of the rooftops, making note of the stairwells descending into the building's interior. A useful place to hide?
Your examination is cut short as the walls seal up behind you and a familiar booming voice echoes through the arena. Despite the roar of the crowd, the thunderous words of the Prince ring in your ears.
"Welcome, dear friends, to my humble playground. Make yourselves at home!" His shrill laughter grates your eardrums.
"I applaud your courage. You have taken your life into your own hands, as you seek a prize beyond measure. Rest assured, dear ones, that should you survive my Arena, you will be rewarded beyond your wildest dreams."
The Prince continues, cackling: "But let's get on with it, shall we? You know the drill, eager combatants. As a test of your dedication, you must secure the tools of victory with your own life force. Consider your choice carefully, as your life will never be the same!"
Your heads-up display is whirs to life, and is populated with the following list:
I'm sure I'll have a lot of questions, but to start out with...
Can Boycott / Imagine Breaker prevent someone from turning into a Ghost (via Beyond the Grave)? I was going to happen what asks if someone has turned into a Ghost then Boycott/Imagine Breaker are used, but I realized Beyond the Grave is immune from other powers and assume they can't de-ghost someone?
Neither Boycott nor Imagine Breaker can interfere with passive abilities. Thus, neither will prevent Ghosting nor nullify Ghosting.
Can someone explain what an Imagine Breaker is? ^_^
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If someone has Yin Essence & uses All In, then their Offense is multiplied by 3 (1.5 * 2?)?
Activating All In would discard Yin Essence.
Imagine Breaker indicates that (all) powers may not affect the owner directly, so if someone wins Imagine Breaker, then they can not powers like Crystallize or Yang Essence or Antimatter Body (etc) if they won them, correct?
Imagine Breaker/Boycott only interferes with active abilities. Antimatter Body, Yin/Yang Essence is a passive ability, and would be unaffected. Crystallize is an activated power, so the player would be unable to activate it on herself.
When someone becomes a Ghost from Beyond the Grave, do they keep their powers?
Yes.
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Also, does Boycott cancel out powers that have taken effect (such as Spell of Beserk)?
No, as Spell of Berserk was already activated, and its effect is now passive.
Also, how does Boycott/Imagine Breaker work with Antimatter Body? If I have Antimatter Body and someone uses Boycott/Imagine Breaker, then do I go back to losing energy when damaged that round and my death condition goes back to reaching 0?
Boycott/Imagine Breaker do not nullify Antimatter Body, as it is a passive ability.
Last edited by Caycedo on Sun Jun 01, 2014 2:13 pm, edited 1 time in total.
Boycott only negates active powers (used) that round, so I assume it wouldn't affect Passives like Beyond the Grave or Antimatter Body, or continued effects like Spell of Berserk's effect. Which also means it wouldn't affect Imagine Breaker's passive, making my first question moot.
I second the Yin Essence + All In question. Are their effects considered consecutively (e.g. for an attack of 20, Yin Essence gives a bonus of 10, then All In gives a bonus of (20+10=) 30) or are both bonuses calculated off the base attack strength?
Imagine Breaker is the ability of Kamijou Touma, protagonist of
A Certain Magical Index
and major character in
A Certain Scientific Railgun
. It resides in his right hand and nullifies any supernatural effect he touches, be it psychic abilities, magic, whatever. It even negates his own "fortune", leaving him a really unlucky guy.
Last edited by Thurhame on Sun Jun 01, 2014 12:31 pm, edited 1 time in total.
In post 23, Thurhame wrote:Boycott only negates active powers (used) that round, so I assume it wouldn't affect Passives like Beyond the Grave or Antimatter Body, or continued effects like Spell of Berserk's effect. Which also means it wouldn't affect Imagine Breaker's passive, making my first question moot.
I second the Yin Essence + All In question. Are their effects considered consecutively (e.g. for an attack of 20, Yin Essence gives a bonus of 10, then All In gives a bonus of (20+10=) 30) or are both bonuses calculated off the base attack strength?
Imagine Breaker is the ability of Kamijou Touma, protagonist of
A Certain Magical Index
and major character in
A Certain Scientific Railgun
. It resides in his right hand and nullifies any supernatural effect he touches, be it psychic abilities, magic, whatever.
After re-reading, I realized All-In indicates you discard all your other powers, so that question was moot.