Like I promised, I´m starting this thread a little bit later, since almost all the folks that have routinely contributed to it seem to sign up later (or in the early morning, depends on your point of view) and that way we can play longer.

The OPNet rumor mill has it that Dan Fightmaster, the "Bomber Lord", current Omega division champion has decided to finish his vacation early and is returning from his private island (Tasmania, bought legally last year) to discuss a movie deal and perhaps a trilogy!

>>21174680
Hi Op random anon here. Been keeping track of the threads on suptg (I can't participate due to time constraints) and have been enjoying them. Keep up the good work and hope the regulars show up for you soon.

>>21175170
Thanks man. Hopefully it wont be too long before they pop in. In the meanwhile I´ll take the chance to post this thing I found in the Compendium...

THEMESONG
Some novas are so hip, so cool, and so hot that they have a naturally occurring theme song. The theme song can be anything the nova desires. All attempts to find the source of the music have failed, suggesting that the enhancement is either telepathic or hallucinatory in nature.
System:By spending a quantum point the nova’s chosen theme song can be heard by everyone within a range of (Quantum x 5) + 50 yards. When used at a dramatically appropriate time (such as entrances, during a major fight, or other times determined by the ST), the Nova may add three automatic successes to appropriate style, intimidation or command rolls.
It is recommended that the ST require the player to choose the theme song, and have a copy available for play. Conflicting theme songs cancel each other out, unless the novas are specifically trying to “play along” and make their styles match with a wits roll.

It just tickled my funny bone. It´s just so goddamn appropriate for a showman/entertainer. Also makes me think of Dee Jay from Street Fighter. I´m thinking Brass needs a theme song that is not Eye of the Tiger or Going the Distance.

>>21174680
If' you're still with us OP, then I suppose we should start off with discussing plans with the managers of Phalanx Hawk and Kodiak to make sure that they're willing to go along with what seemed to be the general plan from the 3rd thread.

>>21175456
Alright, that seems fair. Roll business (6d10) to see how it goes, and then I´ll write the conversation, abridged.

Just checking. We are having Brass fight Black Hawk, then afterwards having another fight with Kodiak, having Black Hawk jump in to help Kodiak, and having Python jump in to help Brass, right?

Looks like a chance to start a tag-team rivalry between Faces and Heels

Just wanted to punch in here, but I won't be posting frequently for a while yet. Could someone copy over our old plans and the tags to archive this with from last thread for potential newcomers?

Rolled 6, 1, 5, 9, 8, 9 = 38

>>21175506
Yeah, though I believe some others wanted to have a fight with Phalanx first, giving Python some extra experience and training so that he stand equally with Brass during the tag-team match.

We should probably try to find Python a fight in between now and the tag-team match so that he doesn't suddenly fall of the face of the earth.

>>21175546
Thus far the tags are:

XWF Manager Quest, Collective Game, wrestling, the king of all night's dreaming

XWF always makes them pop up in the archive despite not being an actual tag, anyway

>>21175588
Alright, 3 successes is pretty good.

Kodiak and Black Hawk´s managers are interested in the idea of a Face/Heel rivalry. It is still early in the season, but they feel it could be milked all the way to the tag-team title fight in December.

They too want to know what your plans are for Python. His popularity is lower than a few years ago, but you should have little problem finding fights for him.

Worse case scenario, you could just get him some fights against jobbers to "keep him present", they suggest

>>21175678
I was really figuring more of a jobber fight anyways just to keep him active but not drawing too much attention to him and making the plan overly apparent. Plus I can't think of any way to tie even more people into this little mini-series we've got going without starting to make it needlessly complicated. It could expand after the team up possibly culminating in some sort of trans-division wrestlemania between good and evil but I don't think we've made it quite that far yet.

>>21175678
Hopefully things won't get as bad as to need to fight jobbers. But we don't really want to do anything BIG till the Python-Brass bro fight. Then, we pull the spotlight on them.

Speaking of Python, are we honestly going to turn him into some kind of scaly, flying, fire-spewing ball-of-armsnakeheads Hydragon monstrosity? I wasn't entirely serious in that post either. As usual.

>>21175855
Well, fighting jobbers while preparing for an actual event is a normal practice, I think. It is entertainment after all and its a way to just keep the fighter visible while preparing for a real fight/event. Just dont expect exp out of a jobber´s fight. Heck, we can probably just assume it happens.

>>21175905
>Speaking of python, are we honestly going to turn him into some kind of scaly, flying, fire-spewing ball of armsnake heads Hydragon monstrosity?
I hope anons were just joking. I think the serious consensus is to just get him two more arms and then go with techniques and maybe powers. Powers seem like a interesting way to make him different from Brass, I think.

One is a "old school" fighter, while the other is more of a "super", so they would compliment eachother nicely. If you want to keep him "old school", maybe have him practice box to really maximize the advantage of all those arms and all that speed on his punches, I think.

>>21175836
We've probably got enough folks in on the plan. We aren't really getting that much more out of extra people than extra fights, and if this takes off, other guys'll be lining up to hop on the bandwagon anyway, so we'll have no shortage of potential opponents.

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Well, I guess we are ready to start the 2nd week of training, then?

Going with pumping Brass´ speed more, or trying to teach him maneuvers? maybe try to see if he could develop some powers?

It seems clear we have been pumping Python´s strength and endurance, so I´ll post a updated version of his stats after a week of high tech, continuous training for that.

These are his stats before his training began.

>>21175948
\i think it was more or less joking and really moreso in the vein of "It's so crazy it just might work!" I do think however that giving him like 6 arms and crazy bullet punches to turn him into some freaky octopus Kenshiro would look awesome in the ring as he obliterates his enemies in a literal rain of blows

>>21176051
We already upped Brass' metabolism last thread, right? I'd like to get him mat technician, as I said last thread. Are there any powers we can buy him that aren't useless in close combat? I guess we could get that jump power for a closing move to get into melee.

>>21176051
And these are his stats after gaining Dormancy (which raised his appearance and improved his every day, normal life) and training so much. His strength and toughness went from "Maximum for a human" to "superhuman", and his speed is slightly up, as well.

We also learned he has no serious addictions or vices, but his work ethic is what could be considered "normal". Not bad, but he insists in placing his family first.

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>>21176106
Bah, had a mental fart of something. Here´s the picture

>>21176106
Hey, nothing wrong with putting family first!

>>21176098
Close combat... let me check. There´s actually quite a few. Just off the top of my head forcefield, immolate (bathe yourself in flames so attackers automatically take damage and you deal extra damage with every attack), clone (it´s obviously good to be able to copy yourself during a fight) are powers Ami (Red Jane) has. Maybe regeneration to make him even tougher. There is the option to take Bodymorph so he can transform into a material or energy. Would having the Brass Reaper actually turn into brass during a fight be too tacky, boring or predictable? Invulnerability lets you choose one type of attack, and gain a HUGE damage reduction against it. For example you can choose fire, electricity, quantum, cold, etc. If he pays more exp, he could buy a "broad category" like "energy attacks" or "physical attacks". This doesnt makes you REALLY invulnerable, but you would be ridiculously tough against those attacks. You can also choose mental attacks, so when someone tries to mind control him, it turns out he´s tremendously resilient against that.

Chew on that while I keep checking the powers

>invulnerablity to different types of attack
>take them all
>make the Reaper a literal inexorable bringer of death

Was his old rep focused more the the Brass part or the Reaper part?

>>21176195
Hypermovement would let him run at 500 kilometers per hour and automatically give him access to the Hyperspeed Slam maneuver. Tho I cant help but imagine him as a giant pinball bouncing off the ropes of the ring and slamming his arm on the opponent´s neck whenever he runs past. I´m not sure it´s consistent with his character.

Density Control (Increase) would let him roll Quantum + 1 extra success. Each success doubles his weight, raises his strength and makes him slightly tougher

Density Control (Decrease) makes him much harder to injure, able to slip through cracks and pretty much escape any hold or clinch as he turns to jelly or gas, but, it lowers his damage and just doesnt feels like something he would do, at all.

Boost (choose one attribute, or two if you pay more exp) lets him raise his chosen attribute(s) massively for as long as he keeps paying Quantum each turn. Since he has no powers that actively cost quantum, paying his upkeep wouldnt be a big issue. Let me see.. here´s his sheet (I hope posting it isint a terrible mistake)

>>>/rs/A+certain+scientific+Brass&from=ALL

>>21176237
You can´t take invulnerability to both energy and physical attacks. The power specifically forbids it.

Anyway, it doesnt makes him 100% invulnerable. Just pretty goddamn hard to hurt with that type of attack. He always was pretty balanced as a damage dealing tank

>>21176304
Edit: What you CAN do (and many players for brawler types do) is take Invulnerability to one type of attack (physical or energy) and Absorb against the other, so you are insanely resilient against say, energy attacks, and physical attacks are partially of completely absorbed and then that energy boost your own strength for a couple of hours

>>21176304
Aww. Well, depending on his fluff, we could still go juggernaut. But I still think we should get technician some time soon.

>>21176368
Uhmm? I remembered that we did. I even added it to his sheet already

>>21176322
That could work too.

Well, anyway, you would need to wait until you gather enough exp so the bio engineers at Yakazawa bring it up as an option.

Absorption is either 6exp and the extra strength fades at a rate of 1 point per round, or 9exp and they last a whole fight/scene

Invulnerability is either 6 exp and you choose a specific form of energy (fire, cold, electricity, quantum, nuclear, etc), or 9 exp and you choose between energy or physical

Since he will get 5 exp from this week of training, he will still be short until after the grudge fight with Kodiak, in a week

>>21176477
Anyway, I guess we should continue?
*****

Python is swimming upstream as fast as he can. His flexible arms let him reach into the current with ease, but pushing down is a difficult task.

After doing this for about a week, however, he can´t deny that they are now much thicker and fast, but he calls you over for a lunch meeting.

Python: "So, mr Salter, have you arranged me a fight this weekend? I think I could have a great match with Black Hawk"

We already have technician? I thought we didn't. We bumped metabolism last week, didn't we?

Well, whatever it is, we should probably go for the full absorb sometime. I personally like the image of a guy shrugging off all energy and mental attacks and demanding that these ruffians fight honorably. Despite the fact that their tactics don't phase him at all.

>>21176628
Who's available to fight, again? Are there different opponents available for Python from Brass?

>>21176628
A fight between Python and Black Hawk could work quite well. I hadn't thought of it before but if we still have Brass fighting Phalanx before the matches with Hawk and the grudge match with Kodiak it would give a good reason for Python to be jumping in with Brass. something along the lines of "This is their fight, come on Hawk, I beat you down once and I'll do it again" (Awesome tag-team match ensues)

>>21176702
They are in the same division, so they have the same fighter pool to choose from. Right now there is Kodiak (booked with Brass this week), Black Hawk, Phalanx, and a lot of jobbers. Amongst the devas, Equita, Kali, and Wavelength are available. The XWF does not differenciate between male and female fighters. Equita has been a champion in the Silver, Gold and Omega divisions before, but she lost her first title defense in Omega and hasn´t been able to win a title bout since.

Black Hawk is very fast, and can fly
Phalanx is tough and strong, able to project energy beams out of his mouth (basically puking plasma beams. Fire damage)
Equita is a brawler type that can change her body into whatever substance she touches. To help this, she has a titanium bracelet on her right upper arm.

Kali is from asia, and can grow up to 6 arms as well as summon weapons made of Quantum energy. The weapons do physical damage, and are allowed since that´s what her powers do, but she´s only allowed to summon blunt weapons like maces and hammers.

Wavelength uses magnetism to attack and defend herself. She is more of a power user than a brawler.

>>21176735
That sounds pretty good.
This weekend, Brass fights with Black Hawk, then next week with Kodiak for the Grudge match. Did I got that right?
We could have Python fight Black Hawk, and next week when Brass is fighting Kodiak and Black Hawk interferes, Python jumps in to help Brass.

>>21176787

Can we see the power circles or whatever they're called for Equita, Kali and Wavelength? The ones like >>21176115.

>>21176787
But Hawk's have to fight 3 times in 2 weeks. What's up with that?

I only assumed there were more fighters available since the three mentioned last thread were supposedly the ones who called up Brass post-victory, so there would presumably be more who just didn't call up immediately.

The devas look scary, damn.

>>21176803
Sure, hold on.
>>21176818
>I only assumed there were more fighters
My fault. I have no problem making their stats and assigning them powers, but honestly I get stumped when I have to assign them ring names.

Hold On, making the Devas charts

>Equita
>tfw she walk onto stage wearing a diamond necklace

But we probably don't want to fight Kali since she basically does what we're so far trying to set Python up for, but better.

>>21176841
It's fine. You shouldn't be forced to spend so much effort just because one guy thought it might be cool to have more options. Or perhaps we could describe the kind of opponent we think might be good, and roll to see if such an opponent is available?

>>21176847
>>tfw she walk onto stage wearing a diamond necklace
I think jewelry in general is a bad idea during a brawl where you get grabbed and punched. I always thought those guys with lots of face piercings must have a horrible time in fights.

Also, people have the diamond thing wrong. It´s just hard, not resilient. Things that are too hard are too rigid and break easily.

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>>21176875
Like I said, I have a lot of opponents ready, but they just need names

Wavelength has pretty low strength and toughness, but the problem is getting past her powers.

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>>21176889
>>>21176889
>Kali has martial arts training, and can summon (blunt) weapons. She also has a high regenerative ability

>>21176889

I'm curious as to how she actually uses magnetism in the ring. For safety's sake I'd suggest not having anything brass (or otherwise metallic) on Brass' costume if we put him up against her.

>>21176877
It was just the most ubiquitous, visually obvious example. I realize a more tactically sound strategy would be to use tooth fillings and etcetera of the required material. Though I'd think not all hard things are brittle. Besides, it could be far worse than simply turning into something physically hard.
>you go for the punch
>she turns into nitrogen gas
>floods your lungs

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>>21176922
Equitas chart is like that because it varies a lot depending on what she is copying.

Maybe you guys can help me give the other fighters a name?
*Black french guy that can become living flame and manipulate/generate fire
*White north american guy that uses a lot of kicks with a mix of super speed and super strength
*White, fat north american guy that can turn himself much, much larger to gain immense strength and endurance.

Those are the ones I have ready but yet to be named

As for fighting often, remember these guys heal super fast.

>>21176984
>>she turns into nitrogen gas
>>floods your lungs
This is actually a thing you can do with her power, but you can´t just go for practicity, you got to remember some powers or their uses would make for a boring fight.

That´s one of the reasons I thought about it and decided to run a wrestling adventure instead of a standard super hero adventure. Some stuff is just near-impossible to resist and would end fights too quickly, making for a boring experience

>>21176970
I don't think brass is particularly magnetic, but if she's sufficiently powerful, she could generate electrical currents in any metal around her, regardless of magnetic qualities. She can't control how the current flows once it's generated, though.

>>21177007
Also, Ami doesn´t actually needs to breathe. Just throwing that out there

>>21177008
Well, alright, she could, but she'd need ridiculously fine control in addition to an immensely strong magnetic field.

So our other opponents are a Black Human Torch, Chuck Norris, and a sumo wrestler of variable girth? Not sure who to pit Python against, given his weak defenses. Should we just go with Hawk?

>>21177042
>weak defenses
Dodge is based on speed in this game

>>21177030
It seems there are a lot of things we don't know about this acquaintance of ours. Do I sense a Chekhov's Gun inbound?

>>21177050

I feel like the Sumo Wrestler would be either an easy win or total demolishment on our part with Python. I don't like the idea of pitting him against someone who's speed might match his; if we want to emphasize how fast he is we need to show him off against a slow opponent.

My vote's for the Sumo.

>>21177042
Those are the opponents I haven´t given a name to. I was eyeing the official XWF book (its like 9 pages of just fluff, and then 4 special wrestling moves and thats it), and noticed two things that amused me

1) The CEO of the XWF is Rick "Nature Boy" Flair
2) The official champion of the Omega division is basically Duke Nukem

>>21177060
Its a rather cheap enhancement that costs 1 quantum point to activate for a scene. It just seemed useful for a wrestler, so I bought it for her in case of choke hold.

Anyway, it´s been in her character sheet since day 1

>>21177050
Most of Pythons stats are slightly higher than those of Kali except for Intelligence and Appearance which he loses handily in but I don't see why he shouldn't be able to stay ahead of her and he DOES have extra arms now.

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This is your boss

>>21177101
But they both have the same arm shtick. And he doesn't have as many as she does. So we're an inferior pretender stealing her shtick in the eyes of the audience regardless of whether we win.

>>21177131
Do remember that while Kali (Heel) uses weapon, Python uses old school fisticuffs. Probably as a Face should?

Anyway. any name ideas for the other three guys?

And who do you want Python to fight?

>>21177184

Sumo man could be called Dukes (see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blob_(comics) )

And I still say Python should fight him.

This quest has become immensely confusing.

King, can we get:

XP rundown (communal, as well as XP for each fighter)

What was bought last session

Who's scheduled to fight whom

List of potential fighters against which we can put our guys

In return, I will give you ringside names.

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>>21177206
DukeS? why plural? but I guess that´s fine

>>21177219
You are right, lets try to stramline stuff
Communal Pool: 1 left
Brass: 0 left right now, 5 right before his fight this weekend with Black Hawk
Python: 1 exp left. 6 right before this weekend. Unscheduled

Available this weekend:
Equitas
Kali
Wavelength
Phalanx
Kodiak
Duke

Black French guy who can do fire:
"Salamander"

Generic white kicker:
"Snide Bull"

>>21177246
Okay, what was bought of powers last time?

For Python:

Dormancy (3 XP)
Extra arms (4 XP)
So he's used 1 XP more on something and I don't know what.

What has Brass bought? Quantum metabolism level 2? Mat technician + something for 2 XP?

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>>21177247
>Black French guy who can do fire:
>"Salamander"
I see what you did there

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>>21177266
Snide Bull

>>21177266
>God-like Flair
Please don´t make any "He´s flaming" jokes

>>21177257
>What has Brass bought? Quantum metabolism level 2? Mat technician + something for 2 XP?
Yes to both. He bought Quantum metabolism 2 AND mat technician. Also raised his attributes juuuust a little bit more through more training

>>21177157
Hmm. So despite being the outmatched underdog with less arms, he wins through sheer skill anyway? Could work, I guess.

>I beat the Goddess of War with only 4 arms
>What chance do you have when I've decided to use twice as many?

>>21177257
You are right. There should be 1 more point left in the communal pool, so its
Communal Pool: 2 left
Brass: 0 left right now, 5 right before his fight this weekend with Black Hawk
Python: 1 exp left. 6 right before this weekend. Unscheduled

Available this weekend:
Equitas
Kali
Wavelength
Phalanx
Kodiak
Duke
Salamander
Snide Bull

>>21177312
Alright, we should book Python with someone.

Since Python has very elastic bones, blunt weapons won't hurt him as much as they could, so I think Kali is our best bet. They seem rather evenly matched in terms of stats, and Python will get some extra shit by the end of the week anyway.

I'm making a spreadsheet to hold all the information. Will share the (editable) google docs sheet in just a sec.
What do you guys say we book up Python with Kali, and get him some extra upgrades before his fight?

>>21177257

I think the exp got messed up somewhere. I remember us buying dormancy for 1 and extra arms twice for 4 each. Brass got metabolism, but apparently picked up mat technician somehow.

>>21177335
Dormancy is 3 XP, so don't know who told you that.


This is why I'm making a spreadsheet

Alright, it seems we agree on Kali as Python´s opponent?

I will proceed assuming so, I guess

*****

Python: "Kali, eh? That young woman is quite the handful. Should be a good match. Did you contact her manager already? are we shooting the first round for the fans, or going all out?"

>>21177379
I assume you grab the datapad and call her manager at this point? roll 6d10 for a business roll.
Also, it just hit me. Should we use exp from time to time to improve the manager´s stats, like business, intelligence, stuff like that?

Rolled 10, 6, 9, 4, 9, 2 = 40

>>21177379
"Nah, haven't done that yet.
Good idea, though."

>>21177411
Does he get XP for anything, or will that take up the communal pool's XP?
I get that the communal pool will probably be used, but does he also gain XP for the pool himself, or is he just an organizer?
On a related note, here's a link to the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoD8FPFX3568dEg0RTNHa3NDa0hDaEg3aFVuYXpEZ0E

Any questions, ask me.

>>21177411

This is a good idea. I think we should up his stats a little, and then try and get another wrestler into our stable.

>>21177418

Thanks for that, it's a lot clearer now.

>>21177418
You know, this manager constantly gets around 4 successes on his business checks. 4 successes are meant to be for godly-hard stuff, like, you need four successes to jump from a speeding bike to the passenger´s seat of another in the moment they zoom past eachother going opposite directions (this would be an athletics check, btw), what the hell

***

You easily arrange the fight for saturday night. Now both of your fighters are booked.

While checking your datapad, you get a message from Dr Minamikami, the chief physician at the XWF, asking you do trop by at your earliest convenience.

>>21177448
I meant Drop by, fuck my typoing today

****

Python: "Alright, then I guess all that´s left is training, uh? How long do you think I´m going to have to keep swimming? I feel like I may grow gill soon"

>>21177458
How long do you want to keep pumping his attributes upwards? he´s developing his attributes and powers at Yakazawa. Do you want him to continue, or try learning new moves at the ranch?

>>21177460

I feel like he's worked long enough on his attributes. It's time to turn him into a kung fu fighter (or muay thai or capoeria or kali/escrima or what have you).

>>21177448
Alrighty then, off we go (assuming we are indeed free).

>>21177418
Are those the powers and stuff available to us? Do we have the powers we've already bought for them, and their costs?

>>21177448
Alright.
I've got a plan worked out in my little weaselly mind.
Also, we might be a nova ourselves, considering our awesome luck.
Either that or we're just insanely good at this jojb.


>>21177458
"Python, my man, I'm a promoter, a businessman. I'm definitely not qualified to tell you how to do what you do best. Nah, man, you should talk with the folks at Yakazawa or Mia about the specifics of your training. You deserve better than a li'l normie telling you what to do."

>>21177460
Does he really need moves? I honestly don't think so.


Anyways, I've got an idea for a Team Paragon line-up in my mind.
So, Ami's a high-power low-profit fighter. No flair at all.
With our recent gargantuan success, her manager is probably willing to cooperate.

I say we buy her off him, train her to be way more focused on flair, learning from Brass as she does now, and set up an arc about the Brass returning and gathering the faces.

The team's popularity will skyrocket.

Ami's (Red Jane's) flair WILL get way better. But her manager doesn't know that.

We should hire her before he finds out.

>>21177474
That's just the ones we CAN buy. Everyone can edit it though, so I'll make a new sheet that shows what they already have.

>>21177460
We're keeping him off the ranch till Brass and him have fought and can be allowed to visibly bro it up, I think.

Epileptic tree time?
>Ned is already a known super
>The reason he isn't a fighter is that Probability Manipulation is a boring power to observe visually

>>21177481

Eventual team up/duel with T2M? I think so.

And we definitely ought to buy Ami's contract, but should we talk about it with her first? Just to make sure she's okay with the idea of switching managers.

"Hey Ami, how would you feel about working with me?"

And respond appropriately.

>>21177547
More like:
"Hey Ami, any interest in being in the same stable as the Brass Reaper?"

She's a huge fangirl. Might as well abuse that.

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Alright, so for now just increasing his stats and maybe giving him some body mods before the fight? more damage reduction or more hp couldnt hurt.

******

As you walk into the medical building, you see the staff looking busy as they prepare medicines on the isolated, clean chambers to the right of the large medical room,

Dr Minamikami is checking her datapad, but as soon as she sees you, she quickly starts walking towards you.

Dr Minamikami: "Ah, mr Salter. So good of you to respond to my message right away. I have been examining the blood and urine samples from Brass´ last match, and something has me worried. Is he not using Spark anymore?"

The expression of the doctor has you a bit confused until she explains to you that it is no mere addiction. Brass system is actually dependent on Spark, and degrades without it.

Dr Minamikami: "Brass is one of the few registered cases of medical Spark. Without it, his organisms starts breaking down. Have you noticed any signs of weariness or weakness in him?"

In fact, you haven´t. He looks better than he had dont in years. Python commented about it, and Brass has told you so multiple times.

********

Brass takes 1 point of damage every 8 hours he goes without Spark. However, since he has been training so much, and training counts as full rest for him now, he usually heals that damage right back. His organism is in a delicate balance right now, but even if the damage doesn´t accumulates, it is still there, and he´s not as fast or as strong while his body is crying for Spark.

In game terms, he´s running around with a permanent point of damage, and has a permanent -1 on all his rolls.

The doctor tells you she believes Brass could completely overcome his addiction, but it would take a week of treatment in her medical ward.

Basically, he would need to lose a week, or 5exp, however you prefer to see it.

>>21177574
Fucking typos, man. I can´t tell if its autocomplete fucking me up, or I´m just off my game atm

>>21177574
"He needs to get off that spark, Doc. Ain't no beating around the bush on that point. Shit destroyed his goddamned life. I've barely managed to help him get back to what he was before he got on that shit, and I'll be damned before I let him get hooked again.

If you think a week of treatment can get him up and about again, then so be it. That's what's gotta be done."


We gotta sacrifice a week of training. It just isn't feasible to let him get back on the spark, and we can sacrifice 5 XP for that.

He still has to fight, though.

>>21177574

"A week is nothing compared to how good it'd be for him in the long term. Do what you have to do doc, just get him off that stuff."

>>21177592
Dr Minamikami: "It wouldn´t have worked before. You really saved his life when you gave him the self-confidence he needed to start training again. Please tell him to come by tonight, and to bring any clothes and personal items he may need. We will arrange a private vip room for him"

>>21177574
Welp.

It'd be good to maintain his image, I guess, and be the responsible thing to do to help him not just psychologically but physiologically kick the drugs. I think we really need to see Brass' and Python's fixed lists to double check what we actually bought and what we'd still like to get.

>>21177637
On the sheet, I've noted that:

Brass has bought quantum metabolism level 2 and mat technician

Python has bought dormancy and one pair of extra arms.

King, if you could post a list of the different things that Brass and Python can buy, and their XP costs, I can shove it into the spreadsheet so we don't have to ask all the time.

Alright, want to fast forward the week Brass will be in the hospital, or do stuff like visit him and try to get Ami´s contract transferred to you?

>>21177655

Let's get Ami into our stable now so she can train during the week that Brass is recovering.

Do we talk to her manager, her, or the head dude first?

>>21177655
We definitely want to get Ami's contract.

I also think we should talk to Brass. He will probably appreciate it.

>>21177347
>>21177335

We had a total of 15 xp stashed; 5 each for our fighters, 5 communal

Python, we wanted 2 arms and dormancy; If that's 11xp, maybe we should have kept him out of the ring until next week. Oh, well.

I think the plan was to save any leftover pool xp for later

>>21177481

Getting Ami's contract is good, but I think the stable should be called The Old School. Two veterans, and an up-and-comer who wants to learn the authentic way of doing things

>>21177664
I say we ask her opinion on it first. Don't want to build up a reputation of arbitrarily absconding with other people's fighters.

Is the "talk to Brass" a yes/no, or a "we'll do it offscreen anyway but do you want to roleplay it"?

>>21177690
Python will get 5 XP and go up to 6 XP just before the match anyway, so he has enough XP for 6 arms total

>>21177637
>>21177592

Promo opportunity? Goes into rehab as part of his comeback, supported by his bro Python, who inspires, and is inspired by, him

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>>21177647
Alright, hold on.
Any of the wrestlers can buy extra health for 3 exp. You can buy 1 "bruised" level, or two "maimed" levels of hp each time. I will post Brass hp chart to help make it clear to understand. Brass´ high toughness means that he suffers no penalties as he starts going down the "hurt" table, so I bought his hp on the "maimed" spot since it basically is the same (no penalties) as his "bruised" spot, and you can get 2 points instead of 1 for the same exp cost.

Python can buy extra arms. It costs 4 exp to buy an extra arms. More options will become available as he gets better attributes

Brass could buy invulnerability to a type of energy (fire, cold, nuclear, etc) for 6 points, or out-flat to "energy" for 9 points.

"Absorb" lets you try to absorb damage being done to you from either physical or energy attacks (you choose one at the moment you buy absorb) and turn them into extra strength, that fades 1 point per turn. This costs 6 exp. You can buy it paying 9 exp instead, then the extra strength lasts a whole fight/scene

More options will open up as Brass gets better attributes or the guys at Yakazawa continue studying him. The same is true for Python

>>21177717
Eh.

He's a face. He's already made his comeback. People are beginning to think, hey, Brass is cool as balls!

If they find out he's only partially back, they'll think it was just a big hunk of bullshit.

Bad idea for a promo, imo.

>>21177690
Old School, Old Guard. Something along those lines just to add weight to the fact that these guys have really been around the block a few times and see what was, what's changed and that they don't like it and want it fixed. If they happen to be the guys to "clean up the trash" then so be it. (I know that the who stick has been done before in reality but it's always a good plot and really motivates fans to start picking favorites and work themselves up over it.)

I've suddenly realised

Seems quite a few of us are posting from mobile telecoms devices

Does that mean we're phoning it in?

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>>21177750

Rolled 5, 3, 6, 4, 3 = 21

Ami is quite excited about working together with Brass, officially. She fully supports your idea to get her contract.

You go to meet with Ami´s manager. He tells you that Ami signed up with him, and due to legal complications, he is not free to transfer her contract until the end of the semester and the championship title matches are over with.

Roll 5d10

>>21177741
>stick
shtick

Stupid typos.

Rolled 5, 5, 1, 7, 8 = 26

>>21177766
"Legal complications, shmegal complications. You know we can work this out, man. Think about it. I'm clearly going to make waves around here. Best to get on my good side, know what I'm saying? Your girl Ami, she's got the hots for my man Brass, the marks say. I'll be able to coordinate it for the marks easier if I get supervisory control. Kodiak's rep is already going sky-high thanks to my efforts, come ride the gravy train with me."
>>21177723
Alright, put it all onto the spreadsheet. I think it's somewhat easier to look at the nu

Rolled 9, 9, 4, 1, 8 = 31

>>21177766

Rolled 2, 8, 6, 7, 9 = 32

>>21177766
I don't know if the GM is supposed to roll for his players diplomacy checks (I kid)

>>21177783
Ooh, take this roll. I like this roll better.

Also, Brass can buy 3 extra soak bashing and lethal, which means he takes 3 less damage per blow, but it would cost him 10 exp. Then he can buy it again, but it would cost him 15 exp, and a last time, for 20 exp

Actually any of your rolls would work since the guy got no successes on his bullshit.

You get a clear impression that he is lying. Do you want to try and convince you to tell you why, somehow?

*Try to flatter (bullshit) him to have him tell you would be 5d10
*Call out his bullshit and threaten with legal procedures would be 6d10
*Other ideas

>>21177808
>Convince him to tell you
I got no excuses for this error

Rolled 7, 5, 7, 3, 9 = 31

Wait. So.

How many arms does Python have now?
(Rolling just because.)

Rolled 2, 9, 8, 2, 10, 9 = 40

>>21177808
Call him out. Let him know we're only nice if you don't bullshit us. We might be new, but we're the best around, and he sure as fuck isn't going to try and pull us by our nose.

>>21177794

Query - Are there any ways to soak Aggravated damage? I have a sneaking suspicion that the Top Tier guys in Omega Division will be doing Agg Damage, all day everyday

Rolled 10, 9, 8, 4, 4 = 35

>>21177811
I just slowpoked a roll into another roll. Wut.

Can we roll for contextual knowledge of what he might be hiding and why?

Rolled 6, 10, 7 = 23

>>21177811
>How many arms does Python have now?
Four

>>21177818
>Call him out.
Rolling his willpower to see if he gives in

>>21177821
>Are there any ways to soak Aggravated damage?
Brass can pay one quantum point to soak aggravated damage with his lethal soak, once per attacl

>>21177836
Ladies and gentlemen, Ned Salter, businessman supreme.

Choke on those 5 successes against your 3, ya loser.

>>21177818

Go with this

"Hey, buddy? Can it. We both know that's bullshit, so why don't you just level with me. You know Ami's sister is training my guys? I've seen her in action, and you don't want to mess. How's Hw going to react if you're screwing her sister over?"

He looks you in the eye and tells you it was a request from both White Mamba and the Bomber Lord, the current champions of the Gold and Omega divisions, that Ami shouldn´t be allowed to fight until after the title bouts are done with this year.

It was a closed doors meeting, and only their the champs, their managers, Ami´s manager, and now you, know about it.

>>21177859
"Yeah, well, fuck those guys. Ami deserves a fair shot at the title.
I don't blame you, my man. Business is business is business. But I've got bigger plans than just being buddies with some nobodies who'll be out of the league by winter next year.

You can either become pally with the new king of the cul-de-sac, or you can get washed out with all the other old garbage when I make my entry.

What's it gonna be? You wanna stay, or are you going to chump out. Early bird gets the worm. This is your chance to get on my good side."


Is that too threatening/arrogant?
I honestly think Ned's going to go big. He's definitely an unawakened nova. He has to be, with all these CRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRAZY rolls.

Rolled 1, 2, 10, 4, 5 = 22

>>21177859
I can see the problem that the Champs would have of some girl destroying them within 2-3 months of her debut. Especially the way she is where the fight would probably be long and drawn out making the champs look weak having trouble against a rookie or real quick with Ami as the victor. If it could go the other way they wouldn't care enough to try and rig it so that she cant possibly get a shot and has to wait a year during which they can prepare against her. (aka. how do we work this in our favor like the devious yet lovable bastard we know we are)

Ami´s Manager: "I´m sure I told you this already, but she´s boring. She´s a brilliant technician and definitive eye candy, but the reason she is here is because novas are banned from the Olympic games, and while she is here, we can´t use her as a fighter."

He lights up a cigarrete and offers you one, than takes a deep puff

Ami´s manager: "The champs are right. We can´t let her fight her way up. What if she ends up as Gold champ? People don´t want to see a technician, they want to be entertained. I´m sure White Mamba was just scared, but he got Lord Bomber to back him up, and they and their managers made good points. Is just the way the coin drops"

>>21177481
>>21177854

The more I see it, the more I think we have a hidden superpower of negotiation.

Very low level, it'd probably not show up except on *very* detailed scans.

If we keep succeeding, can we, as Ned, earn xp to buy Gift of the Gab (or similar talk-based ability), and have the hi-tech labs help us catalyse our latent power?

>>21177911
I had been actually thinking about it. I don´t think Ned is a Nova, but the guys at Yakazawa could probably help him awake his potential and become a "superior". Sort of half way between human and nova. His maximum potential would be "superhuman" in all his attributes, but hey, that´s still pretty fucking good, I think. And yes, he could buy some low-key powers.

Still, this should be a really expensive arrangement, exp wise. Say, 40 exp just to wake up his potential, then he can buy stuff just like the boys

>>21177911
he could literally talk your ear off and then liquefy your brain with his voice.

>>21177908
"Yeah, man. You're so right. I mean, it's not like a technical expert can, like, learn anything. They have to just do what they came in with and can never improve anything.

Oh hey, wait, that's fucking wrong and you're acting like a retarded rookie."

We grab the cigarette and ask for it to be lit up.

"Listen," here, we make a pause to get his name/what he prefers to be called, "[NAME], I've got this figured out. I'm not a rook, as much as I look it. I trust you saw how the marks popped when they saw the Reaper? Did he look like he was going to be fan favourite material again?

Give Ami and me a fair chance at proving just how impressive a technician can get. 'Sides, it ain't like you're making money on keeping her here. I'm offering you a chance to offload your dead weight on me."

>>21177930
He's going to be a nova by the time we're done with him.

Is he earning personal XP, though? I'll write him up in the spreadsheet, if that's the case

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>>21177930
Btw, according to the core handbook, he could be what is called a "low profile" nova, or, and this is what the book uses as example, Batman

>tfw Ned gets as many successes as the ringside fighters with less than half the dice
Knock on wood.

Anyway, are we sure we want to be pissing all over people's preexisting agreements like this? Sure, Ned's gonna be big, but he's still a small fry right now. We gotta at least seem to toe the line, else others are gonna come clamping down on us hard.

>>21177908

"Okay, how about this. A Contract Match. You sell us her contract, with the stipulation intact, but keep on as her "official" manager. She works with our guys as a valet, while training,, leading to her debut against another of your guys, where she 'earns' her freedom to come to our side. Assuming she agrees, of course.

>>21177930
Even if he was a full on super what with quantum energy making you what you want to be and Ned never really being much of a fighter in the first place he could just have Intelligence and maybe Flair and he could be like those crazy over the top "managers" in the WWE but you know actually just a manager. Not all supers need to be be strong or fast or tough or else we wouldn't have the Doc putting Brass through rehab right now.

Uhmm... alright, roll business, but this is a very hard roll so you need at least 3 successes

And lets call Ami´s manager Frank johnson

Roll 6d10

Rolled 4, 2, 4, 4, 4, 7 = 25

>>21177967
Come on, dice gods. We need you now.

>>21177950

I agree. Hence, we take the stipulation AND the contract, and spend a year hypinhg her up, (and training her) ready for her debut, as per my last post

Rolled 1, 9, 5, 10, 3, 6 = 34

>guy who blatantly lied to us
>Frank
Hmm.

>>21177981
I like this one more

>>21177970
Frank: "Look kid, I like your guts, so this is what we´ll do. Her contract expires after the title bouts. There only three months left until then. You get first dibs on her contract then, and then you deal with whoever the champions are at the end of the year, how´s that?"

He also pours you a glass of scotch

Frank: "If one of your old guys manages to take the title from Mamba´s hands, you will have to deal with him to get her on the ring, and I suspect you won´t have a problem with that, right? On the meanwhile, feel free to use her however you want. Arm candy, round announcer, I don´t care. Just don´t give her a match debut. Hell, I don´t care if you have her wash cars. Do we understand each other?"

>>21177981
To be fair, he sucks at lying

Rolled 3, 4, 6, 1, 5, 9 = 28

>>21177970
I DID NOT KNOCK ON WOOD HARD ENOUGH.

ROLLING FOR FATE POINTS. LATENT PROBABILITY MANIPULATION GO!

>>21177990
Give him our hand.

We can deal with this. This is three months of training Ami's flair.

I say we put her in to train a bit with Mai. Learn some of her supernatural grace.

>>21177992
You forgot Void points, Action points, and burning Fate points

>>21177990
Dammit.

What now, guys?

>>21177990

"Deal. And in the meantime, we'll make Ami's look good, and make you look good by association"

Hold up the glass to toast the deal

>>21177992

Mmmm. All dat latent probability.

Yes, we can work with that. Ami's not going to be happy about it, but promise her that when she does finally get into the ring, she's not only going to take every single one of them down, but she's going to do it with style.

And then spend a LOT of time working on her flair.

>>21178005

I think >>21178006 and >>21178002 have this covered.

We're Ned Salter; All we need is an Opportunity

>>21178006
>"Deal. And in the meantime, we'll make Ami's look good, and make you look good by association"
>Hold up the glass to toast the deal
>>21178002
>Give him our hand.
>We can deal with this. This is three months of training Ami's flair.

Looks like the majority is okay with this.

*****

Frank: "I´m glad we understand each other. Oh, and kid... be careful with the Bomber Lord. Rumors say that he has a really, really nasty ability hidden up his sleeve. Some say he can give you cancer with a handshake, make you into an addict, or just give you a bad case of hiccups if he´s feeling funny."

>>21178021
>make you into an addict

Quick, Brass defended his Omega division championship five times, right? who did he fought with the fourth time?!

My gamer sense... tingling! This guy sounds like BBEG material

>>21178033
>who did he fought with the fourth time?

Fourth and Fifth defenses were against Bomber Lord

>>21178036

I taste Grudge Match in the far future... A Grudge Match to end all Grudge Matches...

>>21178036
Back in 10. Gonna go get breakfast. Feel free to plot meanwhile. I will catch up when I come back

Bomber Lord needs to die.

Literally.

He takes men and women's entire lives and throws them in a dumpster of substance abuse and self-destruction.


We need to get Brass immunity to energy. And then comes the judgment.

AND THEN

COMES

THE REAPING

>>21178021

"Thanks for the warning, and welcome aboard the Salter Express"

>>21178036
>>21178033

All I can say is, if that's right, and I strongly suspect it might be, that storyline is going to write itself.

Looking ahead, do we know where Bomber trains? Some Industrial Espionage on his medical records might be in order

>>21178053

Or immunity to disease. Or to thwart physical and mental effects of addiction.

Or maybe our Spark rehab will give us resistance bonuses.

Whatever way, we need to start scheming a defence NOW.

inb4 our suspicions are totally off and KoAND was just messing with us

>>21178112

There is that.

OTOH, a good manager always has a game plan, just ask Paul Bearer

>>21178112
That's be too cliché.

Then again, he might be subverting our thoughts of it being too cliche by going quad-subversion.

Tricky.

Reminds me, we need to plan what to get for Python.

He will have 6 XP + 2 communal before his match with Kali. I propose we get him two layers of soak, which will use all his personal XP, leaving us with 2 communal XP and fuck-all else.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoD8FPFX3568dEg0RTNHa3NDa0hDaEg3aFVuYXpEZ0E

Check Python's list to see what you guys think is good.

>we find out that Brass only became an addict after getting dethroned
>we watch videos of the match Brass lost to Bomber
>we see that Brass lost because of a crippling bout of hiccups

>>21178142

Great sheet, BC.

But just to clarify: Do we get a pair of arms each time we buy it, or just one?

>>21178177
We get a pair every time we buy it.

So, 4 XP gets us two arms, 8 XP gets us 4 arms, 12 gets us 6, etc.

We've already bought it once (check the second tab at the bottom of the sheet to switch to what we've already bought, although I'm not sure everything we've bought is there)

>>21178165

Heh heh

Seriously though, if Bomber hit Brass with his Cancer Blast in the 4th defence, then by the time of the 5th, Brass would have been weakened enough to lose

>>21178194
If Bomber can create medical conditions, that would explain why Brass is literally dependent on it.

In any case, the good doc's treatment should show it.

Let's tell her we suspect we know how he got hooked on spark and to keep an extra close eye on any signs of unusual addiction symptoms.

>>21178185

I kind of thought 4 arms was enough.

Extra Soak and Extra Health are good choices, butif there's a Machine Gun Punches or Flurry Of Blows ability, that could be worth having too.

>>21178208
I think turning Python into the Hydra would be a good idea. Reimagining a worn-out face isn't a terrible thing.

More arms would certainly be really great for grappling, which he's already good at, and think about it. Grapple with four arms, punch with sixteen others.
With dormancy, he doesn't even have to worry about how he'll look outside of the ring anymore.

>>21178177
>Do we get a pair of arms each time we buy it, or just one?
Honestly I´m not clear on this myself. The way it is written seems to suggest just one arm.. but it would just look so silly

You can buy a stamina enhancement that makes you immune to all "normal" diseases and poisons, as well as making you HIGHLY resistant to "inspired" (Nova, magical, etc) diseases and poisons. Its 5 exp

If you want to buy extra health for Python, it´s just 3 exp for either 1 extra "bruised" hp, or 2 extra "maimed" hp.

If you want to buy him extra soak, the first 3 against bashing and 3 against lethal will cost 6 exp, then 3 more (for 6 vs bashing and lethal) will cost 5, then 3 more (for 9 vs bashing and lethal) will cost 10, then three more (12 B/L) will cost 15, then the final 3 will cost 20 exp, for a total of +15 bashing and lethal soak

>>21178203

We should also look for similar patterns amongst Bomber's other opponents. Maybe there are threads on some XWF fan forums, speculating about this

And steal his medical records, just to be sure.

>yfw KOAND deliberately left us with this to keep us occupied during his/her breakfast

>>21178227
Did we already buy him scale armor? Because I remember it was 3 XP for scale armor that added 3 soak.


Also, is the stamina enhancement only for Python?

>>21178185
So THAT'S why someone said we got arms twice. Well, having three arms would look stupid anyway.

>>21178242
No, anyone can buy it, and no, we havent bought him the scale armor

Anyway, you deliver the news to Ami and then get Brass to the clinic, then fast forward to the weekend? Want to spend exp before the fights, or save it?

>>21178252
We've got only 3 XP, with communal XP, so I think we wait until we get pre-fight XP so we have 8 XP total to spend.

But, King, check the spreadsheet and see if the +3 soak XP costs are correct.

>>21178242

Scales is if we want to go Hydra

Rubbery is if we want Mister Fantastic

I favour the latter; We can find a raw talent and turn him/her into our dragon

We need to run a Tough Enough/NXT/Gut Check style competition

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>xwf
>bueno.
Sucks that i have to go to sleep just as i see the thread up. Next thread i'll start putting my 2 cents in as someone like Frodo or Baggins or something.

Also, is someone else with getting a bodymorph for Reaper to encase himself in a suit of armor that adds shit to our finisher or something. Maybe it could be purely for flair

>>21178252

Ami *is* agreeable, isn't she?

I'm tempted to RP it, but skipping ahead is fine, too

>>21178252
I'm itchin' for a fight.

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>>21178279
Yes, the armor costs are correct

>>21178312
>Ami *is* agreeable, isn't she?
Yes. We could RP it for fun or just mention it in passing
>>21178329
>I'm itchin' for a fight.
My only worry is how long can you guys stay? Thursday is my one truly free day so today I can stay here all day

>>21178342

I'm only here for another hour or so, and I might not be contributing that much. I've got an essay to write. I'll be monitoring the thread though. Admittedly, a fight would be fun if enough people are going to be able to stay for it.

>>21178342
I've got all day, but I really want to beat the shit out of some uppity wrestlers.

>>21178342
I've also got to go in less than an hour. But what timezone are you in? For how much longer is it Thursday?

>>21178342

I'm here for as long as my phone battery hold out.

Saying that, we need to figure out exactly what look we're going for with Python. We're buying the Extra Health and Extra Soak, the only question is how we want it to look

>>21178363
I was asking because it would be a problem if you guys had to go in the middle of the fight. Anti-climatic, too.

Anyway

****

You deliver the news to Ami. She´s excited about officially working with Brass, but less so about the idea of having to go to "charm school" or whatever you have planned to raise her marketability

Brass is discreetly taken to his private room in the clinic, and the attractive genius doctor loses no time in helping him into a tank of her experimental "Healing Gel", a substance that repairs tissue damage, clears toxins out of the body, drives oxygen directly into the body´s tissues, and kills bacteria.

Brass: "I feel like a pea in a can"

He´s suspended inside the gel tank, laying at a 30 degree angle with his shoulders and head out of the gel.

****

>>21178404
>But what timezone are you in? For how much longer is it Thursday?
It is 10:24 am right now, for me

>>21178417
anyway, moving to the fights that saturday, then?

>>21178417
Interesting. I'll check if there's still a thread up when I get back, then.

I find it amusing that you've made something of a running gag of emphasizing how much of an attractive genius this doctor is every time you mention her.

>>21178456

Go for it. Although we come and visit Brass most days over the week, just to keep his spirits up.

>>21178456
If we've spent the week's exp, go ahead.

>>21178415
We don't have XP for extra health and extra soak.
Extra soak is 6 XP, extra health is 3. With communal XP (2), Python has 8 XP.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoD8FPFX3568dEg0RTNHa3NDa0hDaEg3aFVuYXpEZ0E

I know I keep on mentioning it, but if we can coordinate it, it's probably our best bet on getting some order in our progression so we have more time for fighting, roleplaying and businessing.

>>21178456

Yes, onward to Fight Night before we hit Autosage

>>21178499
But I AM using the chart there, I was the one that cleaned up the armor exp costs for Brass

Anyway, going with the Brass/Black Hawk fight right away, then? Also, if we are going to raise Ami´s flair for 3 months, thats 12 weeks or 60 exp, assuming we don´t use any communal exp on her. Thats still a lot of exp. I assume we will be raising her mega appearance and maybe mega charisma, as well as buying her related enhancements? I just love how silly the Theme Song enhancement is, tho I´m not sure on which themesong would be good for Ami

>>21178521
I was talking to Edric Bishoff, my friend.

>>21178521

More Mega Charisma, than Mega Appearance, I think, since she's already smokin' hot. But we have enough xp to work on both. Also, whatever skill it is to work the crowd (Charm? Persuade?)

Maybe a few extra grappling tricks as well?

Off the top of my head, I'd split it roughly

30xp for mega charisma
10xp for mega appearance
10xp for more wrestling tricks
10xp for social skills

But that's just a rough guide

>>21178521
For a theme song:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tap2_VtNCME

Also, I don't think charisma and stuff is that important. What's more important is that her fighting is interesting.

>>21178521
Having been removed from the Healing Tank the day before (the doctor happily comments that now that she´s sure the tank is safe, she will patent it and try to spread its use through northamerica), Brass is rather pale-looking, but for the first time in years, he is truly free of his addiction.

He emerges from the tunnel and walks to the ring as if it was a title bout, riding the crowd´s pop and urging it on all the way to the ring.

As he stands in the middle of the ring, the lights go off! smoke and fire seem to pour out from the roof as Black Hawk descends towards the ring, the potent lights of the searchlights on the roof behind him causing his silhouette to cover the entire stadium for a moment, then shrink down into form as he descends down into the ring like a bird of prey.

Black Hawk: "Are you ready, old man? The Hawk will have your eyes for jewelry!"

Brass: "Kid, you aren´t big enough to talk about yourself in third person yet."

*****

The Hawk is much faster than Brass, and so he goes first every round in this fight. He spreads his wings and raises like a missile, then takes a dive straight at Brass in an Aerial Slam!

Roll 13d10 to resist the aerial slam!

Rolled 2, 6, 7, 4, 7, 8, 4, 2, 6, 6, 5, 10, 4 = 71

>>21178582
Come on, Brass!

>>21178560
>More Mega Charisma, than Mega Appearance, I think, since she's already smokin' hot. But we have enough xp to work on both. Also, whatever skill it is to work the crowd (Charm? Persuade?)
Both Charm and Appearance work for both purposes, as does manipulation.

Rolled 2, 4, 7, 2, 4, 6, 5, 2, 2, 10, 8, 9, 5 = 66

>you aren't big enough to talk about yourself in third person yet
Heh.

>>21178596
For example

Appearance Alteration - Mega Charisma Enhancement - 1 Quantum Point to activate
You may change your appearance to fit the definition of beauty wherever you are, within the following guidelines - Changing hair, eye
or skin color; gaining or losing up to about 50 pounds; gaining or losing up to about four inches of height and increasing any particular
aspect of figure or appearance by no more than 20% or so. Any changes other than those listed require the Storyteller´s permission.
In no event can you reshape his body to grow claws, wings or eye stalks, for example. This enhancement cannot be used as a disguise
or to conceal your identity.
To change your appearance consciously, you pay one quantum point and will the changes into effect. To chance appearances to match
a particular person, or group of people´s desires, you pay the quantum point and need to be in that person or person´s presence for a
minute or two. During that time the changes will slowly but surely take place. You can draw out the changes out over a period of up to
a day if you prefer, which is sometimes done to keep from frightening people who are not used to nova powers.
You cannot use Appearance Alteration to make yourself resemble a specific other individual; that requires the Copycat enhancement.
Nor can you use it to hide particularly grotesque aberrations unless the Storyteller specifically permits it. The power lasts for one scene

Basically this would mean that everyone present at the stadium would automatically think of her as the ideal beauty. The Telepresence enhancement means it also works on recorded/transmitted media

>>21178591
Brass steels himself (that sounded odd and metal) against the Black Hawk´s charge, and the charging wrestler slams head and fists into a unmovable object!

*****

Brass resists the Knockback attempt, does not get pushed backwards nor loses his footing, Black Hawk takes as much damage as he would deal, and Brass soak is high enough that the "Puny Human" rule triggers, denying all damage.

*******

Black Hawk lands against a wall of nova muscle, and is prone right in front of Brass.

Want to:
Kick
Grapple
Punch
Other? (using the shockwave, setting up a reaper charge?)

>>21178640

Let's grapple this guy and keep him on the ground. As long as he's not airborne we've got this fight in the bag, I think.

I can't remember, did we take Mat Technician? No, right?

>>21178640
Knee him to the face, then punch him in the back of his head, before grabbing his head and slamming him to the ground

>>21178646
We have mat technician, actually.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0AoD8FPFX3568dEg0RTNHa3NDa0hDaEg3aFVuYXpEZ0E


Check the "upgrades already bought" tab

We have mat technician? Grapple! Don't let him take advantage of his flight!

>>21178656

Shockwave is useless against a flyer, so let's clip his wings.

Mat Tech let's us convert grapples into holds, yes? So let's grab him, and slap on a Cross Armbreaker

Alright, want to knee, punch, and grapple? we can do all three, with rolls of
knee 11d10
punch 11d10
grapple 12d10
If we succeed at least once on a 5d10 roll, our penalties for multiple actions would be halved (rounded down) so it would be
knee 12d10
punch 12d10
grapple 13d10

or just grapple with a roll of
17d10

>>21178678
Earthquake's useless. Shockwave travels through air and should still work.

>>21178691
What penalties do we take if we just do two?

>>21178691
I still think we should try to knee, punch and grapple, though it looks like everyone else wants to just grapple.

>>21178708

Can we just knee and grapple and take fewer penalties?

Also, bonuses from his being prone?

>>21178706
Trust me, with the enhancements Brass has, there really is no reason to ever do less than three actions if you do more than 1 thing per turn. But to answer you, the penalties for 2 actions are -2/-3 for the first and second action respectively. If we succeed in a Wits check (thats the 5d10) check, then they are only +0/+0

If we do three actions, the penalties are -3/-4/-5 and with the wit roll they can go down to +0/-1/-1

It is my humble opinion that 3 actions with nearly no penalties are better than 2 actions

Before you ask, the penalties for four actions would be -4/-5/-6/-7 and if we succeed in the 5d10, they would end -1/-1/-2/-2

>>21178732
>Also, bonuses from his being prone?
+2 to melee attacks against him

>>21178741
Maybe we should just wail on him with melee attacks instead of grappling, then?

Rolled 1, 2, 3, 2, 5, 1, 9, 7, 3, 10, 5, 7, 2, 7, 6, 8, 3 = 81

>>21178708

Hawk is prone, so punching is silly.

There might be an argument for a knee/elbow drop to soften him up, but we can just slap 17d10 of grapple on him from our elevated position. It's a good bet.

In case we've agreed by the time this posts, rollan for arm-based submission hold

>>21178746
that includes grappling, too.

Rolled 6, 10, 10, 3, 7, 4, 6, 10, 1, 3, 6, 8 = 74

>>21178762
Rolling for his attempt to shake the grapple off

Rolled 9, 4, 5, 4, 4, 6, 2, 10, 1, 2, 1, 8 = 56

>>21178772
Tie, so the grapple happens. You can roll again for free to try to convert the grapple into a hold (you already are doing damage)

Rolled 8, 8, 5, 2, 5, 10, 6, 7, 10, 5, 1 = 67

>>21178762
I seriously think we should knee, punch and grapple.

There is no reason to waste our turn on just grappling when we can do all three things.

Rolling for knee to face.

Rolled 10, 6, 2, 6, 3 = 27

I guess we'll probably go with the multiple actions, whatever those actions turn out to be. Don't want to bore the marks by dominating too much. Shall I roll 5d10?

>>21178741

Is that extra dice, or a reduction in the number needed for success?

Rolled 3

>>21178777
Addind 1d10 to our "kneeing him in the face" because slow-posting anon removed our penalty.

Rolled 8, 2, 4, 5, 3, 4, 9, 5, 5, 9, 5, 3 = 62

>>21178776
Sorry, I forgot you guys cant post that fast, and I went with the grapple --> clinch (doing 1d10 damage) --> hold

Using your roll to convert the clinch into a hold, tho. You got 9 successes, rolling to resist it

Rolled 5, 9, 5, 1, 9, 6, 7, 8, 3, 2, 5, 10, 5, 2, 6, 9, 6 = 98

Eh, if we're already grappling, let's just try to convert to a hold.

Rolled 4

>>21178797
Okay, we've got a hold.

Rolling the 1d10 damage from clinching.

Edric, more actions every turn is better than just grappling and being done with it, especially since we can reduce the penalty by quite a bit. We should attack more times next turn, in my opinion.

Rolled 7, 10, 5, 5, 5, 7, 7, 2, 5, 8, 6, 2, 8, 8, 3, 8, 2 = 98

>>21178796

Fuck, I think we dislocated Hawk's arm...

Fans are gonna love that!

>>21178796

Should we begin strangling into unconsciousness (definitely not to kill)? This is still only the first round, and we want to give them a show.

Rolled 7, 9, 10, 7, 8, 8, 4, 5, 8, 2, 6, 5 = 79

>>21178791
extra dice. Btw, Brass has mega strength 4. That means he can either roll 4 extra dice, or reduce the difficulty on a roll including strength by up to 4. He can also roll 2 and lower a difficulty by 2, roll 1 and lower 2, roll 3 and lower 1, etc

****

Commentator: "The Reaper is a wall of pain tonight! not only does he shrugs off the Black Hawk´s aerial slam, he does so by sending him to the mat! Black Hawk down, ladies and gentlemen! Black Hawk down!"

Since she´s part of the team now, Ami is sitting in the front row with you, Mai and Python now, howling her support.

Mai looks pretty calm as she watches the fight, while Python calls out a few words of support for his friend.

Python: "Pounce, for the love of God, man! Don´t let him take off!"

Commentator: "And now the reaper is unto the Hawk like a cage of brass and muscle... Ouch! that looks like a perfectly painful immobilization hold, can the Black Hawk squirm free of it!?"

****

End of the turn. As the second turn comes in, I´m rolling to see if Black Hawk does manages to squirm free.

Roll 17d10 to keep him pinned

>>21178848
Commence a chokehold. Strangle him.

Rolled 8, 2, 8, 4, 5, 7, 2, 7, 8, 5, 3, 3, 4, 10, 5, 4, 2 = 87

>>21178853
hurr durr dice r 2hard4me

>>21178808

Force of habit from my Werewolf days when split actions were almost certain to fail.

Compromise - Next round, if he doesn't escape the hold, we roll to maintain it, while delivering clich-punches for our extra actions

Rolled 8, 7, 3, 6, 7, 9, 5, 10, 2, 3, 2, 4 = 66

>>21178860
He escapes the hold, but uses his whole turn to do so and is still on the ground, just a few feet away.

Do you want to
*pounce on him and do another hold
*punch
*kick
*take the chance now that he´s on the ground to affect him with a shockwave
*do multiple actions? You could just pounce and do a grab/grab/grab and convert that last grab into a immobilization hold, basically doing three different holds on him, for the audience

Rolled 10, 8, 4, 6, 10, 1, 9, 1, 2, 3, 7, 1, 4, 4, 5, 9, 2 = 86

Lead us your strength, Ned!

>>21178884
Would have tied, so he would have slipped free anyway. Going to wait a few minutes to see what you guys want to do instead of going with the first post, this time.

Rolled 3, 3, 8, 5, 8 = 27

>>21178882
Kick him so hard he starts flying, then run after him and flying kick him in the gut, then, as he lands, roll over and scissor lock his arm.

Does this sound good to you others?

Rolling for penalty reduction.

Side-note: Domination here is good. Kodiak was an upstart, Hawk is established.

If we squash him, it gives poignancy to his rematch demand.

Plus, you heard what Python shouted - We did that. So if/when we win, Hawk has a legit beef with Python for offering assistance.

Cue Python/Hawk next week, and tag fun shortly after

>>21178884
Slow as a snail

More grabs! Don't break out Shockwave until it's a dramatic moment!

>>21178891

Hawk is grounded.

I vote two mounted punches and another grapple attempt

>>21178891

Risky, but I like it. Kick him into the air and then flying kick/tackle him before he gets his wings, then do another hold.

Alternatively, three different holds would probably drive the audience wild.

>>21178909
Technically, that would have the same rolls, but wouldn't look as cool. If I understand the rules correctly

>>21178924

Keeping him prone gives us 2 extra dice per roll, which offsets our whole Multiple Action Penalty

>>21178924
Not really. His wrestling training gives him sligthly higher bonuses with wrestling moves. His punches and kicks have a base +14 rolls, while his holds have a +17 before any penalties for multiple actions.

Anyway, it seems people agree to do multiple actions, but arent sure between mixing strikes and holds or just holds

>>21178946
True.

>>21178949
Oh.

Multiple holds seems great.
Grab his arm, twist it around, then grab one of his arms and one of his legs and swing him in an arc from the ground up in the air and SLAM him back into the ground again.
Then put him in a hold again, before finally putting him in a chokehold.

Does this sound like a feasible idea?

I just want to COME ON AND SLAM
AND WELCOME TO THE JAM

>>21178973

I still favour keeping him grounded for the extra dice, and for the storyline reason in >>21178893 If he resists our throws, he's in the air and free. Multiple holds is Chain Wrestling, Dean Malenko style, continuing to work the arm.

But I can go with your idea, if SPA or someone else agrees

Did /tg/ died?

>>21179046
For a while, yes. It´s only now come back

>>21178995
We're not releasing him, we're just slamming him into the ground by swinging him in an arc perpendicular to the mat.

Anyway, if we are going with three holds and turning the last into a submission hold, roll 14d10/14d10/13d10 and 17d10 to turn the last one into a submission

Im rolling to resist the submission hold

Rolled 2, 1, 5, 6, 8, 1, 3, 2, 6, 9, 9, 4 = 56

>>21179091
Trying again. Either I did it wrong or the site is not back up to speed yet

Rolled 4, 3, 7, 1, 6, 7, 1, 9, 7, 9, 3, 8, 3, 1 = 69

>>21179091
Rolling for first hold

Rolled 9, 10, 10, 10, 10, 9, 7, 9, 5, 5, 7, 4, 2, 4 = 101

>>21179093
You put the dice into subject.
Also forgot to write dice+


Rolling for second hold