Board 8 > Scarlet Ranks 52 Characters from 52 Sessions of the DCRPG Campaign: Part IV

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HanOfTheNekos
05/10/23 8:45:15 PM
#101:


Jenny is so fetch. She's great - and we recently had her told that her Earth is like, Earth-50, so that's going to give her a new dynamic going forward perhaps. it will be fun to explore.

Guess... WHICH BATGIRL? Is this actually Black Bat ranking? Is it Vicki Vale (very polite)? Is it TWO FACE who wanted to shoot Jim? Or Cluemaster yeah

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WarThaNemesis2
05/10/23 8:48:50 PM
#102:


My philosophical question regarding Jenny is this.

...If she was to die on December 31st, 1999, 11:59 PM, can she ever die again now that she's alive past that second?

Who knows if we'll find out.

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WarThaNemesis2
05/10/23 8:49:50 PM
#103:


also i can't believe Deathstroke is the next honorable mention....

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Johnbobb
05/10/23 9:00:30 PM
#104:


also guessing this is Cluemaster x2

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WickIebee
05/10/23 9:42:09 PM
#105:


HanOfTheNekos posted...
Guess... WHICH BATGIRL? Is this actually Black Bat ranking? Is it Vicki Vale (very polite)? Is it TWO FACE who wanted to shoot Jim? Or Cluemaster yeah

Yeah, the question of which Batgirl makes me wonder if this isn't Cluemaster, but actually... DAVID CAIN
But that would require it be an Honorable Mention Mention.

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Maniac64
05/10/23 9:53:05 PM
#106:


scarletspeed7 posted...
simply because I'd hate to let him go to immediate waste as yet another city warlord in Iowa or some such fiddle-faddle
Aw but then the party could come visit me in Dubuque!

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Cody11533
05/10/23 10:21:33 PM
#107:


ScareChan posted...
Brutale and Artemis lopping off fingers to MMBN music is my head cannon

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HgESN8tQacY
I am morbidly curious but I don't know that I want to ask for elaboration on this lol.

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TotallyNotMI
05/11/23 7:06:50 AM
#108:


Maniac64 posted...
Aw but then the party could come visit me in Dubuque!
Hey! I'm not too far from you. I'm in Madison, Wisconsin.

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scarletspeed7
05/11/23 7:56:39 AM
#109:


Honorable Mention: Joker
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The man who would be #109.

He murdered the second Robin, crippled the first Batgirl and has caused more chaos than any other villain in Gotham, sporting a body count in the thousands. All of this centers around an obsession with the Batman, his great adversary, his great love - the reason for his being. But when the Joker realized that the Batman had been taken off the board thanks to the work of Darkseid and Simon Hurt, it broke his ego and shattered his motivation. Sporting a new identity as Oberon Sexton, the Joker devoted his actions to revenge, finding hardly anything funny without his audience of one. After assisting Checkmate with cryptic hints, the Joker revealed himself at a gala hosted by the Gotham Museum of Antiquities, and murdering one of the Kings of Spades, he announced his return to anarchy. The Joker threatened Checkmate before dropping its agents off in the city limits, flying off in his helicopter and promising further revenge against those who took his Bat from him.

Now, the Joker has become the edge of a knife - fascinating, an allure of danger, polished with a certain sheen that makes him difficult to look away from. The truth is, despite his relatively few appearances, the Joker has left a significant impact on the players. In my attempts to channel a little bit of Mark Hamill (poorly, I'll admit), I do think that the Crown Prince of Crime, clad in funerary robes of black, tantalizes with the promise of revenge. Who is the Joker without the bat? A very irate comedian hellbent on destruction, seeking a permanent punchline for the far less forgiving Simon Hurt. Despite being powerless, there's a certain force of nature in the Joker's tour of vengeance that seems almost undeniable, and the fact that he's a being one can never reason with means that for whatever brief period the Joker can be trusted, it is just that - a fleeting state of temporary alliance.

As the party builds their Gotham Underground, the temptation to conjoin the Joker to the rest of the organization (specifically the spiraling Nightwing and his own attraction to the darkness within his soul) only becomes more tangible, more burgeoning. Yet, once that threshold is crossed, one can never return. The Joker, like the Devil, takes something from you as the bargain is struck, and in the offing, your soul might not be what it once was as a result.

Still, so long as the opportunity has arisen, why not collect rubber ducks from an irradiated production plant for the man, right? Surely that can't go wrong.

#33 is one of the rare few bottom-half draft picks left!

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HanOfTheNekos
05/11/23 8:01:48 AM
#110:


Joker, The is one of the characters I never met in campaign that still ranked on my own list. He just has such a presence about him - from his Oberson Sexton days to his grand reveal and everything that came with it. He recently gave the party a quest and it sounds chaotic so... I'm looking forward to that.

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Inviso
05/11/23 8:02:38 AM
#111:


This one I'm gonna guess is La Dama.

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HanOfTheNekos
05/11/23 8:11:58 AM
#112:


I will guess brother Eye here, though I feel it may be the someone I can't decide on - Calculator? Spectre?

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Maniac64
05/11/23 8:20:16 AM
#113:


TotallyNotMI posted...
Hey! I'm not too far from you. I'm in Madison, Wisconsin.
Oh that's awesome. I have friends in Madison and we go up there every few months.

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hombad46
05/11/23 8:55:42 AM
#114:


Honestly I'm surprised the Joker even made it this high, since I think our recent meetings with him were after the list was finalized. Before that the last time we saw him was well over a year ago. That isn't even because the players don't like him, there's just so much to do in Gotham.

This one is gonna be Radio Tuner because I still want to believe that wasn't a stupid pick

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WarThaNemesis2
05/11/23 9:31:02 AM
#115:


Gah, Joker makes so much sense for this spot. Him saying he still remembers Reese Witherspoon was so creepy.

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scarletspeed7
05/11/23 10:49:53 AM
#116:


#33 - Spectre
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The Wrath of God.

Some time after the Wrath of God was separated from its previous host, Hal Jordan, Aztar became convinced that the source of all sin in the universe was the result of the enduring use and manifestation of magic. As such, it has become the Spectres unending mission to eradicate all uses and sources of wizardry and sorcery, often in a brutal, cold-hearted way. The party has witnessed the consequences and aftereffects of this mandate many times -- the deaths of mystics such as Simon Dark, the Hag and Star Sapphire, the destruction of safe refuges such as Brucke der Dunen and the Rock of Eternity, and the quick eradication of the protective network of spells known as the leylines. Those mystics who have escaped the wrath of Gods Vengeance on Earth have chosen to gather in the bar known as Oblivion, all in an effort to stave off the eternal end of magic in its brewing Eighth Age.

I spend so much time focused on the Spectre that I can't help but find myself a bit of a quisling, held hostage by his threat. The Spectre permeates almost every aspect of the campaign, and even though his appearances have been seconds in nature, there is nothing more frightening than the fury of God's own anger bearing down upon you. There is nothing you can do to stop it. And righteous fury is the worst way to die; there's no reasoning with a zealot, after all. The Spectre embodies zealotry better than any other character - with an absence of God, the Spectre must now motivate himself, and in that process, the untethered rage of the Spectre calls out for new purpose. That purpose has become the blithe and unrestrained eradication of sin in the form of magic, and even though he's never going to be anyone's favorite, he certainly will never be far from a player's mind.

#32 is our second-to-last undrafted contestant... and none of you even mentioned this character as a possibility for the list!

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HanOfTheNekos
05/11/23 10:52:20 AM
#117:


Han's eating crow on predicting the Spectre wouldn't make it.

He's spent a lot of this campaign as a complete force of... Well, not nature. But he's definitely one of the omnipresent things that we fear. He can pop up anywhere... And has.

As we explore the Eclipso storyline more, it's painting the Spectre as less of a villain and more of a tool, which is a really cool adjustment to a character we've feared for much of the campaign.

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HanOfTheNekos
05/11/23 10:52:29 AM
#118:


And I'm guessing... Nina!

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WarThaNemesis2
05/11/23 10:58:46 AM
#119:


The Spectre is easily the most frightening force we've seen in the campaign, and his willingness to wipe out people for only vague connections to magic makes him all the more terrifying. Roz'etta's marked by him, and because of that her descent into connections with the world of magic she has no place in grows.

As for this pick...give me The Shade?

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Fastbreak
05/11/23 11:06:40 AM
#120:


Did no one mention the Shade? Huh

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Espeon
05/11/23 11:08:58 AM
#121:


If people are guessing the Shade, then Im assuming he wasnt mentioned, and this is likely him.

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Maniac64
05/11/23 11:15:18 AM
#122:


Why did Star Sapphire get killed by Spectre? Does he consider the power rings to be magic?

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WarThaNemesis2
05/11/23 11:17:28 AM
#123:


Maniac64 posted...
Why did Star Sapphire get killed by Spectre? Does he consider the power rings to be magic?

She loudly declared that she had nothing to fear from The Spectre repeatedly, so he showed up and killed her for insulting him.

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Espeon
05/11/23 11:20:27 AM
#124:


We also weaponized The Spectre to kill a Kryptonian goddess that downed Pepper. We got her to badmouth him aloud, and we knew he was nearby from Brennus dousing, so then he shows up and just DECIMATES this enemy that was utterly murdering our party.

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ScareChan
05/11/23 11:34:04 AM
#125:


So we have learned that if you can incite someone to talk shit on The Spectre he'll show up and smite him, but I believe it's been mentioned that is actually a mechanic and it becomes less sure each time it's used. So we had like two tutorial ones and now we have it in our pocket in extreme circumstances, but not something to rely on.

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Espeon
05/11/23 11:36:56 AM
#126:


I mean, I genuinely dont think we had another choice at our power level, other than letting Cythonna just lay waste to the Convoy.

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ScareChan
05/11/23 11:50:49 AM
#127:


yeah I think of that as a tutorial one

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HanOfTheNekos
05/11/23 11:51:51 AM
#128:


I think there were options there. Like, pinning her back in the coffin, or finding a way to negotiate.

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scarletspeed7
05/11/23 3:39:04 PM
#129:


#32 - Ros
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Okay, this might take a little explanation.

Cynthia Redford, once upon a time, donned the costume of Ros, a plant-based wine-drinking superhero desperate to earn the respect of California icon Blue Devil. However, after being spurned countless times, something apparently snapped in Ros. Suddenly, she went from aspiring sidekick to psychotic supercriminal stalker, hunting down Kid Devil (Blue Devil's actual sidekick) and torturing him, among other innumerable vicious crimes. Along the way, Ros coopted the veteran villain Bolt, turning him into a simpering lackey. But as her crimes grew more blatant and gruesome, Bolt sought out Zatanna and convinced her to mindwipe Ros.

Thus, Lush was born, and the story of Ros became a distant, forgotten memory.

Distant, however, is the key word. Though Lush was mindwiped like a myriad of villains before, the personality of Ros remained, bottled inside of a small whisper of memories kept in Shadowcrest Manor, the ancestral home of Zatanna Zatara. This vial of memories would eventually be gulped down by the hapless Misty Kilgore and begin to reside as one of the 52 personalities ingrained in the teenager's brain. And slowly, Misty began to demonstrate that some personalities were more independent and active than others. The thoughts and memories of Ros began to manipulate the world outside of Misty's many-minded noggin, and eventually, Ros finally confronted herself, the husk that had been shambling, half-formed from Zatanna's magicks and half-built on her preexisting self.

And thus, we were off to the races. For months now, there are those who can't quite escape the orbit of the original Cynthia Redford. Bold, manipulative and often easily swayed by her mercurial emotions, Ros desperately seeks to return to the forefront of Cynthia's mind. She sees herself as - perhaps rightfully so - an aggrieved party, forced to serve an interminable prison sentence in an inescapable jail cell. Floating in and among tattered shreds of her own thoughts, Ros is visited time to time by those who rely upon Mento's telepathic strengths. And what they find... is a woman teetering on the edge, desperate to experience something real.

Ros, for me, has been an absolute treat to roleplay. Her story has kept multiple players guessing at every turn, Scare included. The secrets of Ros, why she chooses to do the things she does, when she chooses to rear her head, have been delightful little sprinkles throughout the last year of the campaign. You never quite know just what Ros has in store, but she's a personality that I sink into like a glove. Whether she's trying to seduce Saoirse or Lush (that latter of which she was actually able to score with, would you believe it), or whether she's protecting Misty and demonstrating the faculties of leadership that Lush has openly admitted being impressed by, Ros continues, in dribs and drabs, to reveal just a little more of the textured history of DC to the party.

I'll be sad to see her go, I admit. Every PC's tale is one with a unique voice, a unique tone, characters that feel entirely theirs. Saoirse's tragic tale of familial love. Roz'etta's pull between two worlds as a diplomatic envoy. There's Brennus' legacy tale of two morally gray parents. Minerva has a destiny to fulfill in the name of a king long gone. Bloodfruit is a stranger in a strange land, possessing extremely powerful blood running through her veins, the nature of which has every magician in the campaign taking sides. Spirit's kid-doctor tale leaves him a little corner of the campaign to play in. Pepper's drug-dealing past - and present - gives her access to seedy underbelly of the campaign. Xander is connected significantly both to Gotham but more recently to the President's cabinet. And if you haven't figured out where Data 7 fits in, you really haven't been paying attention at all!

But Lush's story has been an opportunity for me to take a single attribute on a character sheet - Forgetfulness - and just go nuts. Absolutely wild with what that single disadvantage entails. Ros will fade away soon enough, but the opportunity to take this phantom, this whisper of a character and allow her at least a little time in the sun has been immensely rewarding. I'll miss her.

#31 falls next, marking the last undrafted character on our list!

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WarThaNemesis2
05/11/23 3:46:48 PM
#130:


oh you're a clever boy, scarlet

Roz'etta isn't quite sure what to make of Rose. She does like Lush though!

...As for this guess...I'm picking Cassandra Cain.

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HanOfTheNekos
05/11/23 4:04:13 PM
#131:


Ros is a fascinating character to interact with - at first, simply echoes of "babe" in a gargoyle... Then slowly coming to the forefront.

With Saoirse, it's tricky because - Lush is her best friend (and she has feelings for her) - in her current form. The idea of Ros is somebody who existed in the past but no longer does. You can say that for a lot of people - Saoirse included! She would say who she was as a child is different from her adolescent self who is different from her married self who is different from Bad Bitches self who is different from her current iteration - and each is vastly different for different reasons. So it doesn't bother her that Lush is not who she used to be.

Ofc, Lush was mind-wiped and forces to become someone new. A lot of her memories are faked, and her personality traits might be implanted. And it was done by magic, which Saoirse uses, and by Zatanna, who she maybe would have had some affinity for. So there's a lot to have legitimate gripes for.

That being said, Saoirse thinks it's not fair for Lush to have to give up herself for the sake of her old self - if mindwiping is as good as murder, then let sleeping Cyndis lie. But that decision is not hers - it's Lush's, which makes things complicated, because she's the one who has to live with being "not a real person". And while Saoirse would always defend her, multiple influences tell Lush often that she doesn't matter, or that she's not real. Which is unfair.

Skip to Ros - a version of Lush who doesn't pretend she's straight who wants to feel alive and wants to get out. There are elements of her that can't be trusted for sure - and she's been a little skeevy as well towards Saoirse. But also, through it, Saoirse has tried to figure out what made Ros in the first place - and she's either finding out why or is being misled into thinking it.

In short, the belief is that Cyndi was a brat who never learned to take "no", and was sort of bred to be a hero, so all her eggs were in one basket and that basket fell hard. Shattered, she changed, ruing that she couldn't be what she thought she was supposed to be, but accepting who she was instead. So she really dove into the villainy, and over time was revealed to be worse than even Bolt, who worked for racists in C1.

Now, why did this happen? Saoirse thinks she was lonely - she had no one to catch her when she fell. She blames Bolt some, for turning Lush into a villain. Saoirse thinks Cyndi wanted to be a hero and still does, and thinks that her loneliness and trust issues are part of why she is how she is.

But what did Zatanna do? Did Zee take away the pain so Lush could be who she wanted to be? Is there some sort of psychopathy that Zee removed? Did Zee plan to get Cyndi just to punish her? So many questions... And we may have answers soon because we're trying to rescue Zatanna next week!

I think Ros's story mirrors Saoirse's a lot, in some ways. Cyndi wanted to be a hero, but was shut down - so she became the alternative. Saoirse was similar - she wanted to be a mother and have a family, but couldn't - she also couldn't be what her mother wanted her to be. So she ran, went full-punk, and challenged the status quo partially to be as opposite of what she couldn't be as possible. "If I can't be X, then I'll just embrace that I'm Y. That way, I won't disappoint myself or anyone that I can't be X."

The difference is, Saoirse fully blamed herself and I think Ros blamed others. Saoirse lived in guilt; Ros lived in anger. Perhaps there lies the development. Saoirse is learning to blame herself in the past less. Lush has learned to regret her past self's actions too. Would Ros do the same? Who knows.

We are on the precipice of possibly having Lush have the key to becoming whole again, as soon as Wednesday. This is going to put a whole new dynamic into play.

As much as Saoirse doesn't want to see it happen... I admit I have lots of curiosities. But I hope Scare sits on it a bit at least - the tension will be palpable.

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Fastbreak
05/11/23 4:06:50 PM
#132:


Whoa. I need to read the write up when I have more time, but I could swear there was a convo that suggested she and Varra would not be eligible. If I thought she would be I would have snatched her up in round 10 for sure!

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HanOfTheNekos
05/11/23 4:09:41 PM
#133:


Fastbreak posted...
Whoa. I need to read the write up when I have more time, but I could swear there was a convo that suggested she and Varra would not be eligible. If I thought she would be I would have snatched her up in round 10 for sure!

Read my write-up too!

Guessing... Uh, Simon Hurt? Or Nina.

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Fastbreak
05/11/23 4:15:18 PM
#134:


HanOfTheNekos posted...
Read my write-up too!

Guessing... Uh, Simon Hurt? Or Nina.

Did you think she was eligible? Would you have sniped her from me lol

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WarThaNemesis2
05/11/23 4:19:02 PM
#135:


Had I thought of Rose....I still would've taken Squirepick, probably.

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Fastbreak
05/11/23 4:24:28 PM
#136:


I will try and give more in depth thoughts later, but having a piece of something I created feel so fully intertwined into the world of DC to where, to me, it feels like it was ripped from the comics, has been a treat to experience. Getting to investigate this story without having all the pieces, having other players enjoy and participate in the journey makes me very happy. She's helped to make everyone take a side in the Zatanna story and helping get people engaged in that I feel is one of the biggest things I take pride in with the campaign. Seeing her rank so high, higher than Zatanna herself- hell in the range I expected Zatanna to drop- is very very rewarding to see happen.

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Maniac64
05/11/23 8:41:35 PM
#137:


I don't know about Cody but I would love e topic where you guys gave sessions summaries.

Especially with Zatanna possibly coming up and crazy Storyline and Lantern events. I want to know what is happening lol.

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Fastbreak
05/11/23 10:06:04 PM
#138:


If I remember I can post the map and the final plans we have before the Zatanna session

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scarletspeed7
05/11/23 10:21:21 PM
#139:


#31 - Mockingbird
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Livid.

Indisputable is the fact that without Mockingbird, what little resistance there was to the Society would be nonexistent. The founder, funder and financier of the Secret Six is an individual shrouded in mystery. Some of their decisions seem odd, confrontational and testing. Others are far, far more impressive and strategic, often stemming from information that seems stolen right from the Societys own files and playbooks. But whatever Mockingbird is, they have made an enemy of one of their own recruits - Cheshire, who took down the House of Secrets and made life more difficult for the remaining Secret Four, as theyve transitioned into a branch of the resistance against Darkseid. Whatever the reasons for his choices, Mockingbird awaits next contact, the next step in the Sixs war ready to be laid bare before them.

For me, the idea that the Society - which has a stranglehold on the United States - is fractious and prone to in-fighting only really reveals itself once you have a sense that villains are not entirely united... that's interesting stuff to me. Here, the chaotic deviant off-shoot of real society, villainy, has formed its own twisted pastiche of what is meant to convey peace and order. And, out of that, once again, a chaotic deviancy forms in the Secret Six. They question the status quo just as villains did before in the superhero-run world of yesterday. At that heart of the new chaos lies Mockingbird, whose lack of clear identity disguises whatever motivation lies beneath. But here's someone not to be trifled with - vast resources, privileged information, and a capability to reach out to someone across the world with seeming ease. Mockingbird is terrifying, when you think about it. And yet, this Mockingbird's goals, borne out of the deviancy of deviancy, align with Waller's, at least for a moment. Evil comes around to good, given enough motivation.

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Fastbreak
05/11/23 10:22:55 PM
#140:


How dare you go from Ros to Mockingbird

This is an attack

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HanOfTheNekos
05/11/23 10:23:24 PM
#141:


Hmmmm does this CONFIRM that Lex isn't Mockingbird?

If Mockingbird is Calculator, does that mean Scare gets points?

We need to do more Secret Six stuff.

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05/11/23 10:27:57 PM
#142:


HanOfTheNekos posted...
Hmmmm does this CONFIRM that Lex isn't Mockingbird?

If Mockingbird is Calculator, does that mean Scare gets points?

We need to do more Secret Six stuff.

It's an interesting question. I asked if we did not have the Eclipso reveal and Eclipso and Jean were drafted separately what would happen. I think the answer was it wouldn't be allowed, but we had already had indicators as to who Eclipso was. I don't think we have gotten any type of anything on who Mockingbird is

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Johnbobb
05/11/23 10:33:10 PM
#143:


wait was Mockingbird really undrafted

if I had realized that I would've drafted Mockingbird

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WarThaNemesis2
05/11/23 10:38:22 PM
#144:


i still hate mockingbird's picture

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WarThaNemesis2
05/11/23 10:50:25 PM
#145:


Really though, Mockingbird is one of those campaign shadows that I always like getting a tiny glimpse into.

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Johnbobb
05/11/23 11:00:53 PM
#146:


WarThaNemesis2 posted...
i still hate mockingbird's picture
;)

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scarletspeed7
05/12/23 5:47:48 AM
#147:


#30 - Cheshire
https://gamefaqs.gamespot.com/a/user_image/8/2/8/AAOJ0pAADYwU.jpg
Hello, Spirit.

Lined up behind Cheshire is a long trail of bodies, those that she has betrayed and left littered on the streets, corpses that remind anyone with enough sense to never trust Cheshire. An assassin with an expertise in talon-kata, or nail-fighting, Cheshire has proven only trustworthy as far as your dollar can take you. In No Mans Land, Cheshire was employed by the Lynx, a woman who Cheshire believed was a surefire bet to dominate the city. In the world of Darkseid, Cheshires allegiance switched from Mockingbird to Lex Luthor, who she believed could return her child to her, protecting Lian from onslaught brewing outside of Titans Tower. Cheshire turned on Checkmate and the Secret Six and has since been moving across America, making deals and accruing followers within the Society, every action aimed at returning her own daughter to her.

No one ever trusted Cheshire. Not really. So perhaps it came as no surprise when she rolled out of bed and decided to turn on her acquaintances in the Secret Six. I have to admit that I respected the hell out of that decision from her; it was the smart choice. Mockingbird had given her just enough information to make him or herself irrelevant in Cheshire's eyes. Just enough. And Cheshire has never exactly been known to hold great stock in loyalty. Her brand of trust only extends a millimeter past what she gets out of any relationship. She's a taker. But she'll seduce you into believing that this time, you may have won her over. She always presents herself as endlessly fascinated with you - and only you. That's how she gets you. She'll cut like a knife and smile all the while.

Amoral, unbending, and intricately crafted, Cheshire was already an illusion, even more than the one that she placed in Haven to befuddle the party. She has a certain childlike playfulness in her games, just like the outro to Haven suggests, but she's "earned her degree" - Cheshire is well-versed in villainous mind games, and turning Catman into a seething headcase is just par for the course. She's after one thing - one thing that holds her heart. And the most she will do is "throw shadows at you", lies and deceptions meant to confuse and turn things around and around while she makes her escape.

Yet, somehow, despite her betrayals, her machinations - all of it! - the party still, for some reason, is willing to play ball with the woman who screwed Catman, stole his seed to make a child all in an effort to have an insurance policy for her impending bad acts, and made off like a bandit while forcing the party to fight for its lives more than once. What a gal.

#29 drops another first rounder!

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HanOfTheNekos
05/12/23 7:19:26 AM
#148:


I think if Saoirse were to be a villain, Cheshire is who she would most want to be like. Or who I think she would be best like. Manipulative, winning with a smile, always swaying her hips...

Saoirse's only met her like twiceish but... Might be a strong chance she's used in taking down Prairie Witch so... Uh oh.

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HanOfTheNekos
05/12/23 7:22:14 AM
#149:


I'm going to swing and guess... Zoe?

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Maniac64
05/12/23 8:17:37 AM
#150:


WarThaNemesis2 posted...
i still hate mockingbird's picture
It is a very creepy photo.

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