Dooming People

[casualUcalegon]

[What else woUld I warn for here bUt Rangoon?]

I am a brand new Prince of Doom and I'm not particUlarly feeling very Doomy. SUre I have some neat attacks bUt they're all variations on "hit things Until they stop moving" or something eqUally UnsUbtle. So yeah I have a few qUestions.

1. Can I Doom people? If so, how?
2. SUbtle shit. What and where is it?
3. Why does that bottle of herbicide look really appealing right now? I'm not normally one to down shit that'll fUck Up my insides, bUt damn it smells tasty.

[tungstenTinkerer]

I can't say much for the first two, but as far as the third one goes, go ahead, you are immune to poison now

[ExtropianDreamer]

1. The ability [Dead Shuffle] is probably what you're looking for here. Mark an enemy for death, then kill it to reap the rewards. There's a few others, but that's the most obvious.

2. Doom isn't about subtle, though it may touch on it. That's more of a Sand thing. Doom is about making things die and decay, with a good helping of inevitability. As a Prince of Doom your abilities are, in fact, mostly going to involve poisoning shit to death. Only difference is if the poison is slow or fast. Show up, splash some poison on the Imps and move on - they're already dead now, they just don't know it.

[genesisArtificer]

Hey, you are Prince. That means you End things with Doom or End Doom itself.

You get bonuses to critical strikes and finishers. [Executioner] is your friend - cheap Pluckwise, good finisher, once you hit the middle of your 'Ladder you won't use any other finishing strikes till the endgame.

You can also End Doom by the means of, you know... drop kicking person who is about to make a Showdown, or killing a Wraith in a duel, if it threatens your coplayers. Just be sure you are "fashinably late", not "everybody's dead Dana" late. The first kind gives you metric fuckton of bonusues. The second kind... well it explains itself.

[casualUcalegon]

Think I foUnd a new favorite drink. Bet my server player's as confUsed as anything, thoUgh.

So Doom doesn't do sUbtle, bUt it does do poisoning. Does that work on bosses? CoUld I be a sneaky bastard and poison the King or Queen withoUt them noticing, for instance? These next two questions are related. Do I get poisons that hUrt a hell of a lot bUt don't caUse damage, and can I cUre a poisoning I've done?

I can do fashionably late, thoUgh. Doesn't soUnd that hard.

[ExtropianDreamer]

Yes, destroying a boss using your aspect is perfectly in character for a Prince of Doom.

The King might be a little hard to poison without his noticing, what with being in the middle of a battlefield, but with sufficient finesse the Queen is possible, though the Dersite kitchen staff are actually pretty competent about stopping that sort of thing and the Queen is pretty sharp herself.

I wouldn't try it though, since killing the royals indirectly has a good chance of another carapace getting hold of their artifact before you can retrieve it and going Wraith. Needless to say, that' a bad thing.

You don't get non-fatal poisons. Your aspect mostly does poisons as an expression of it's underlying theme of inevitable decay and death. Non-fatal poisons don't support that as much. Every poison in your arsenal leads inevitably to the victim's death, though some of them take roundabout routes.

You can totally eliminate poisons though. As a Prince, this is one of your specialities actually. Destroying your aspect and all that.

[casualUcalegon]

That soUnds Useable. One more qUestion: How feasible woUld it be to poison someone and threaten to let them die if they don't do what I want them to? Say, for an interrogation?

[genesisArtificer]

That wouldn't work for a Prince, sadly. It's more Rogues or Thieves work. Prince is not about sneaky business. Your Class rules with flair.

[casualUcalegon]

RUling with flair isn't my kind of deal, thoUgh. All of my teammates are better adapted for it than me, and it coUld get, ahem, hazardous if I were to try to UsUrp their place.

There isn't anything in my arsenal that coUld deal with a pissed off Dame of Rage, is there? She's the one most likely to take offense if I try to live Up to the rUle with flair role. I might be able to ally with the Sage of Space, if it matters.

[tungstenTinkerer]

Dude it's a Dame. it's a Defender class. The second she attacks someone she's gonna come up with a negative roleplay bonus so big she's going to be as dangerous as a crippled vanilla imp.

[ExtropianDreamer]

May 28, 2012 19:07:43 GMT -5 casualUcalegon said:

RUling with flair isn't my kind of deal, thoUgh. All of my teammates are better adapted for it than me, and it coUld get, ahem, hazardous if I were to try to UsUrp their place.

There isn't anything in my arsenal that coUld deal with a pissed off Dame of Rage, is there? She's the one most likely to take offense if I try to live Up to the rUle with flair role. I might be able to ally with the Sage of Space, if it matters.

Welcome to Sburb. Titles aren't assigned on a basis of what would be easiest for you, or what you'd like to do. It's actually likely you were given the title you have BECAUSE ruling with flair and direct aggression isn't your thing.

Your title is essentially Sburb saying "you're terrible at this, learn to do it better or die horribly". I'd listen to it, stop trying to be sneaky and start laying waste to your enemies. If Sburb wanted you to be sneaky, you'd have been given Rogue of Sand, or at least been a Bard instead of a Prince.

And TT is dead on the money regarding the outcome of a strife between you two.

[casualUcalegon]

Still, it goes against every instinct I have to take on a role that shoUld go to a highborn. I gUess I coUld alchemize Up some poisoned weapons or something, that soUnds something more like my style.

ActUally, here's my team in class rank order: Me (Prince of Doom), Sage of Space, Bard of Time, Dame of Rage, Witch of Mist, Maid of Light. Of them, the Dame and Maid are most likely to have IssUes with me, the Sage is least, and the Bard and Witch coUld go either way. I don't know anything aboUt their personalities yet except that the Dame started her first talk with me with a classist slUr. Is there anything here I shoUld be worried aboUt?

[ventricularPipefitter]

In addition to all that death, decay, and poison, there is, I think, a more subtle element or two to Doom.

Namely, a certain amount of dread or fear of the inevitable. Everything's Doomed eventually. But, yeah. If you're going to Doom somebody, you'll get better results if you let them know it's coming, and make a dramatic production of it. Showing up at the eleventh hour and totally changing the tides of battle is something Princes are known for. You're the cavalry, baby.

[genesisArtificer]

Wanna hear the truth? Only Bard would match you in combat. And Dame, should you agress first (and Princes agress LAST). Ally with Bard, Sage and Witch. The two classists would have to come along, cause your group will have all Aspects that are critical for victory of the session.

Maid of Light is a strong supporter, but if she tries to harm someone directly, she loses bonuses to strife. Don't attack Dame (even verbally), cause she will get bonuses. Don't let them form Unbreakable Union, cause this would spell trouble for you.

Yoour best bet is to U.U. with Bard, cause Doom/Time Unite Synchronisations are very powerful.

Ah, and the leading through fear is perfectly in character for a Prince of Doom ;]

[casualUcalegon]

Team Up with Sage, drive a wedge between Dame and Maid. Got it. Too bad Prince doesn't do sneaky... I might be able to bribe or otherwise convince the Witch to do the sneaky for me. Witches are sneaky bastards, right?

I coUld maybe arrange a "heroic last-minUte rescUe" on the Bard to get him on my side, plUs convince the Dame and Maid that I'm a perfectly sUbserviant lowblood that knows to help his betters. What gives Bards negative bonUses?