Peter Parker Quest, Issue #47>No colors anymore I want them to turn black>Rules: http://pastebin.com/w5G3aG3Y>Character sheet: http://pastebin.com/K10uk8q7>My twitter: https://twitter.com/QuestOpCosgrove>Archives: http://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive.html?tags=Peter%20Parker%20Quest>Story Arc database: http://pastebin.com/fR0Z1SNK>Status: >Health- 30/30>hungryMorning comes too soon. Pulling the pillow off of your head, the alarm blares loudly as you squint in the morning light.You.. Don’t like the light. You feel weaker, hungry.Always hungry.But, that’s no point in sitting around, doing nothing. You should get dres- you look down to see that you seem to be dressed now, in a normal looking attire- the faintest hints of black ooze turning into a blue shirt. It’s the day after Christmas, so that means you don’t have school until after the new year resumes. A part of you, like a second brain, just wants to close the curtains and sleep until night, upon which you should go eat. You try to ignore it.>What are your plans?
Rolled 11>>30488782Get up.Actually Dress into normal clothes. It's not good to always rely on the suit, it might just eat all our stuff.Then go get breakfast. Cereal. Lots of cereal.
>>30488782>Priority #1: Get in contact with Sue>Might as well start rebuilding our webshooters in the meantime, oh and talk with Stella about making a costume for her.
>>30488782Call the Storms, see if we can talk with Sue.
>>30488782Check our cell phone, see if we missed any calls from Felicia.Also wake Stella up as well?We should probably think up a lie to stay here for a while, considering I really don't want to be around Aunt May and Uncle Ben until we get this sorted out.
Rolled 9>>30488782Consume all the Cheerios
>>30488782>Get something to eat.>Call Felicia.
>>30488840>>30488849I don't think we can get in contact with Sue since she didn't pick up her phone. Maybe we should just check the news to see what the deal with the Storms are, since they just gave an interview yesterday?
>>304887821. Consume Cheerios2. Call Felicia3. Call Sue
>>30488782Check on our sister first.Then try and make some breakfast.Also we should consider paying Dr. Spyral another visit, if the Fantastic Four aren't an option.
>>30488897Calling them is worth a shot. I'll second watching the news though.
Can we impress upon the Symbiote to tone down its hunger a little?Also try to get an impression of what would satisfy it a bit more.
>>30488978I'm pretty sure this isn't the reasonable space symbiote.This is the ultimate jackass version our dad and Norman Osborn fucked up.
Rolled 10>>30488978>Can we impress upon the Symbiote to tone down its hunger a little?
Remember the last time we ate, we just made things worse.Lets try and meet up with Sue and or Osborn and get this thing off us ASAP.
>>304887821. Find a way to shut the symbiote up2. Try to contact Felicia3. Find replacements for the things you lost when you bonded with the suit
>>30489052I think Spyral is our best bet.
>>30489052We're still going to need to eat.I get the feeling if we let the hunger level go to far up, we'll be more likely to go berserk.
I think we should add "Confront Norman Osborne" to our list of things to do."What the hell is this thing and how to I get it off?!"
>>30489070That or the suit will start trying to eat us. If this is like the canon Ultimate Symbiote, it eats "Life Energy."
>>30489089Ult. Carnage did, Ult. Venom literally ate people
>>30489086Norman doesn't know shit about shit.If he did, do you think he would have kept his wife on ice for a decade?
>>30489113We can still get info on it though. Where he got it, what experiments they did on it, etc.
>>30489138It's a waste of time. It's better spend decoding our dad's hard drive some more.
>>30489138Assuming Osborn would even talk to us. Remember he said 'this is all i can do' when he kept security from finding us as we left.
>>30489168I still think that it's been tampered with.>>30489181At the time. He was still in on the experiments.
>>30489196It has been, but we can still find the truth.
>>30489215It's over Moulder. Just let it go.
>>30488928Agreed on the calling. Calling Felicia and Sue should be our priorities, and after that we need to figure out exactly WHAT the suit hungers for.
>So, the three confirmed are>1. Call Sue Storm>2.Call Felicia>3. Get something to eatThere was some interest in Osborn, so I'll bring that up as an option after these
>>30489394Can we watch the news as we eat?
>>304893943
>>30489394Watch the news and check on Stella, see if she's still here?
>>30489421seconding this. Hopefully some news about those mutants.
>>30489435It's not a number count. We're doing all of those.>>30489394Can we watch the news as we feed our ravenous maw some cereal?
>>30489394>>30489421Yes to all three and news while consuming.
>>30489394Disregard Felicia. I don't think she needs something on big on her plate if she's out of contact for a reason.
>>30489532Checking up on her is something a good boyfriend should do, especially when she's acting strange and there's a half-burned note in her house. We don't have to tell her about the Suit yet. We just need to let her know what whatever it is that she's doing, she can trust us and know that we're here for her if and when she needs us.
>>30489394sounds good.also try to catch the news while eating.And make it a light meal.
>>30489421this
>>30489564That's fair, but if we show up in person that'd be no bueno I should think. Especially if this suit might try to influence our more primal urges.
>>30489616We're in her house right now and have no idea where she is.OOC we know she was investigating Kingpin and some Jojo mobsters. So things might not be going well for her.
>>30489616Why would you ever resist your primal urges *wink wink*. Also, going for calling Sue. She IS a biologist after all
>>30489670... Shit, are we? Need to reread the last few posts from last thread.
>>30489616We don't know where she is. We couldn't do that even if we wanted to, and regardless, unless the symbiote is going to make us wear our hair like a douchebag and dance badly at clubs, I'm not concerned about "primal urges".>>30489670We're not in her house, we left for home.
>>30489670Uh no. We're in our house.
>>30489670I don't believe we're in Felicia's house...
>>30489716>>30489713>>30489705Wait shit we did?Why the fuck would we do something that irresponsible, considering that Venom might hunger for old people.
>>30489763because people didn't want to tell Gwen who Felicia is, even though Felicia knows who Gwen is.
>>30489778That honestly is felicia's to reveal.
>>30489763Peter doesn't know WHAT the Suit is hungry for. We went to Felicia's to check on her after the Xmen fiasco, then we went home to watch movies, then to the park with Stella, thento Oscorp, then back home.
>>30489778I know about that, but I guess I just thought we went there anyway, since that was the sane thing to do.
Calling up Felicia’s number, you are sent to her voicemail. After the beep, you leave her a message that your other phone, along with costume was destroyed and a lot of bad things were happening, so if she could spare a moment to call you back, that’s be great.Calling Sue Storm’s number, along with Johnny’s, all you get is immediate notice that their number is currently unavailable and that their voicemails have been disabled. More than slightly worried, you grab a bowl, box of cereal and some milk as you head down to the basement and try to get some news. Your clothes are still suit-ooze because when you tried to put on another shirt, it ate it.Flipping through the news, it seems like Johnny and Sue are fine, they’re apparently doing some talks with Reed Richards and Ben Grimm later today on live television, especially concerning the whole ‘superpowers are real’ thing. Which is, while good for them, bad for you. The military is likely to be crawling around them now.Maybe Doctor Spyral? Regardless, the idea of people with superpowers has an interesting reaction from both political and scientific groups. There was a note about a fire that destroyed the R&D wing of Oscorp, but it seems like nobody was harmed. Seems like they covered up the break in.Finishing up the box of cereal, you find yourself still hungry.>[ ] Look into Norman Osborn>[ ] Work on a project>HUNGER>write in
>>30489843>>[ ] Look into Norman Osborn
>>30489843>>HUNGER
>>30489843>>write inFind Stella. Apologise to her for last night, let her know we're heading out to find the doctor to see what to do about the suit.
>>30489843>Look into the Hard DriveNeed to find more info on the Suit.
>>30489843>Look into Norman Osborn
>>30489843>>write inTry communicating with the symbiote. Or at least look into it a little more, jeeze, there's a hungry monster ooze all over your body.
>>30489843>Find Stella, see what had her so rattled last night. Apologize if necessary. If that fails, look at the hard drive.
>>30489843>[X] Look into Norman Osborn>write in>try to find more about the Suit via the harddriveIs there a way to like, try to understand exactly what the suit hungers for? We know on a meta-level that it needs life energy to sustain itself, but Peter needs to know somehow. The Suit's urges should be at least perceptible to Peter, since it needs him in order to get it.
>>30489886I don't really think she liked the Dokter in the future.
>>30489843>[ ] Look into Norman Osborn>[ ] Work on a projectLet's see how difficult it would be to get in discreet contact with Osborn. If that looks to be too difficult, let's work on rebuilding our web shooters.
>>30489914We still need someone to research into the suit
>>30489843>Look at the hard driveIf Osborn knew how to remove or even placate Venom, then he wouldn't have kept it and whoever it was stuck to in a frozen coma.Get it together Wrenloft.
>>30489886It's not her area of expertise, but she probably would be interested in it.Although I'm picturing a Franken Fran scenario if we trusted her to fix us... I shudder to think about it.
>>30489886this
>>30489843Lets look into Norman Osborn right now. I think we should go by Felicia's later and use our detective skills to figure out what's happened to her.
>>30489894>>30489916>>30489913Why the fuck are you guys wasting your time when we know he's got nothing?
>>30489843 >Write inHead over to the Latverian Embassy
>>30489843Cosgrove, do we have a line to Doctor Doom?
>>30489933Osborne wouldn't know, but our dad would.>>30489952We just saved his wife, for gods' sake. He owes us AT LEAST a lead.
>>30489957We tried that last thread, and unfortunately Doom is still in Latveria.
>>30489974Yeah our dad would, which is why we should decode more of the hard drive instead of wasting time with Norm.
>>30489974He said he didn't know anything I thought?
>>30489975The embassy was closed for the night.There might still be staff around who can help us get in touch with Doctor Doom.
>>30489975In that case just look into the hard drive
>>30489997He doesn't, but he would know where we might be able to find out. He's got connections.>>30490010Preeeeetty sure the staff won't recognize the new duds, bro.
Hey; here's a thought... try and contact Stark.
>>30490044He's in California and doesn't know us, how will this help?
>>30490044We can always pull out the 'ol Yellow Pages and look under "Scientist" and see who comes up.
>>30490040Preeety sure the staff will recognise a smartass web-slinger with a spider on the chest
>>30490044A) We don't know him in any personal manner.B) He's an engineer, not a biologist.C) He's on the other side of the country.
>>30490040Here's a thought; maybe adopt a new moniker for the time being and change our style and movement a little. "The Black Tarantula".
>>30490064Doc Connors?
>>30490044"Hello? Mr. Stark? I have a living organism that was an attempt at a cure for cancer fused with my skin and I'm trying to find a way to remove it- Hello? Hello? He hung up.""Did you tell him you weren't a crackpot?""Hello? Mr. Stark? Me again. I'm not a crackpot."
>>30490044Why? He's an engineer, not a scientist.>>30490040>>30490070I'd really rather not cause an international incident>>30490036That's what I've been saying. We have the best lead already, we just need to see past the tampering.
>>30490086No, Spider-Man is known to wear new suits every now and then. People will know.>>30490105Yeah, harddrive would be our best bet for sure. Now that we're not in timeskip mode we can roll to discover new things in a few hours.
>>30490094Hank Pym, SCIENTIST! for hire.
>>30490105>an international incidentWe've already caused one, whats another.Besides, this is a personal matter. It's not like SHIELD will suddenly step in just because Spiderman stepped onto embassy grounds. Again.
>>30490086First of all, I think any webslinging could be kept to a minimum.Secondly, I'm thinking we could see if the symbiote can glide, and have Dusk make his debut.
>>30490086People will still know it's just Spider Man in a new costume from our voice, unless we do a Batman style stage voice. I suddenly want this to happen
>>30490135You think the symbiote can't alter the way our voice sounds?
Tony Starks problem solving method boils down to:1. Is there a problem?2. Do you have pair of robot pants for it?3. No? What's wrong with you?! Build new robot pants4. Punch/ blast thing until it's not a problem5. Wiskey
>>30490145Most likely>>30490128>glideAnd then Peter was code-named Zeus
>>30490099
>>30490123Too bad he isn't famous yet. Though since Peter's a huge science nerd, he'd keep up-to-date on all the up and coming discoveries and such.Just 2 days ago Pym figured out how to practically apply his Pym Particle research. Would he have revealed it to the world by now?
>>30489843>write inbegin speaking in plural pronouns
>>30490174>Too bad he isn't famous yet.Which is exactly why he'd be in the Yellow Pages, with a cheesy advert too, probably.
>>30490174Most likely not. Too many variables left to test.Pym is a man of refinement and publishes finished science. Not that half baked AAA DLC addendum riddled shit Stark publishes.
>alright, vote time. Same rules as always, five minutes- only link to this post and number of option.'linking this post1'That is the correct vote method. If anything else is there, not valid.>1. Look into visiting Norman Osborn>2. See Doctor Spyral>3. Look into the Hard Drive.
>>304902353
>>304902353.
>>304902351
>>30490235 1
>>30490257got a period after your vote there.
>>304902843
>>304902352
The information is literally there on the harddrive. If Norman knew enough about the symbiote to get it off his wife, he'd have done it by now. Norman has never seen the extent of our dad's work, and also there's no practical way to get to Norman. He's a big corporate CEO and besides Harry currently hates us.Looking into the harddrive is simply faster and more efficient.
>>30490304Misread it, deleted previous vote.
>Time, be stopped.
Hey, guys? How about we get a blood sample from ourselves and look at it under a microscope?You know we're going to find a bunch of blackish purple critters in there.
>>30490383Not a bad idea.
>>30490324Actually, meeting the doc first is more efficient.We can meet her, pass her a sample to work on. We can THEN go look at yhe harddisk.Because Dad's stuff included another symbiote, his work may have been on the more beign one instead of the one we're wearing currently.
>>30490409You want to leave our blood in the hands of an admitted sociopath mad scientist? Are you perfectly aware how many ways that could go wrong?
>>30490324>>30490409We'll probably end up doing all of it at some point.This feels like one of those problems where one option isn't going cut it.
>>30490436The samples that stella nicked.
Locking up the basement, you make sure your hands are cleans before you start to fiddle with the hard drive. Except you feel distinctly uncomfortable while you do so, for some reason. Eventually, you get it all put together properly and start up the hard drive, as you look for all traces of your father’s work on the suit.>roll me a programming roll- 1d20+8, dc 12/30
>>30490459I'd still say that's not the greatest idea. We don't know this woman.
Rolled 18 + 8>>30490472les go
>>30490459You want to leave a genetically modified life-sucking alien symbiote in the hands of an admitted sociopath mad scientist, then.Oh, well that's SO much more reasonable.
Rolled 20 + 8>>30490472Use a spectacular point
Rolled 4 + 8>>30490472
Rolled 2 + 8>>30490472
>>30490450I agree.Its just that if we wait till we find that the harddisk possible has no information, we'd be back at the same spot with time wasted.If we at least meet the doc first, reaearch can be done in parallel with less time wasted.
>>30490491We don't have any. UNTIL NOW.
>>30490491We didn't have any, but we do now! good job!
>>30490491this
Rolled 14 + 8>>30490491WHA!!!
>>30490491FINALLYFucking.... finally! Thank you, anon. Goddamn, it's been too long.We don't have a SP, but we do now thanks to you.
>>30490491We HAD 0, and now we don't need it for this.
>>30490491Might still be necessary? I'm not sure how 20s works.
>>30490537It's an auto-success. We achieved the DC 30.
>>3049049120 WE MEET AGAIN
>>30490491
We're not using this point on PL mitigation.
>>30490592We never do, and now we have even less reason to do so as we can use our Good Karma perk to get rid of them by being Spider-Man.
>>30490592>using spec points on PL anymore
>>30490592Considering Green Goblin always finds out Spider-Man's secret identity, it's unnecessary.
>>30490644Obviously we kill the goblin
>>30490685He ALSO always dies before he reveals it to anyone else besides Peter.
>>30490544Not necessarily an auto-success; if the DC is more than 15 higher than the modified roll it still fails. We're good in this case though.
>>30490714He never dies. He always manages to kill someone in Peter's life though.
>>30490472>Except you feel distinctly uncomfortable while you do so, for some reason.Is the room bugged, or is Ultimate Venom scared of our dad?
>>30490714We're also not running with all the normal marvel conventions. Discard your expectations of events, they will be shackles.
>>30490755It's the Suit. if we were bugged, our spider sense would buzz.
>>30490755Not going to tel you but it has to deal with out the suit reads our mind.
>>30490755It's the suit. It'll probably end up actively working against us if we try and remove it or do anything that risks harming it. And Ultimate Venom is a dick.
>>30490793with hownotwith out
>>30490820If we can alter it so we can sustain it without it needing to eat life energy, we may even be able to keep it.Until we need to give it to Eddie to cure his cancer, of course.
>>30490857I'd rather have Pure Waifu, but at least it has a good home with Flash.Speaking of, once we get some free non suit time, we should hang out with Flash. Bro is a bro and needs more positive super hero reinforcement.
>>30490857Eddie has already found his suit companion.Its stalking him.
>>30490901Huh? I thought that was Flash.
>>30490901Oh wait, my mistake. Taht was flash.
>>30490901That's Flash, and it's the one from space.Our suit is the one designed to cure cancer, which is the thing Eddie has.We'll make Anti-Venom out of this shitsuit yet.
>Spectacular success! Higher DC met!You sit down and start searching for notes, details, ANYTHING you can find on the suit. For the most part, it’s little more than what you’ve already seen. Just digital copies of his notes on the process of early parts of the suit- they’d be useful if you actually understood how all of this worked. And then you find one last file, all but deleted as you work on restoring it. A video- it seems set around the same time as the last one you saw from your father, perhaps.He’s sitting alone as he shakes his head. “I met up with Norman, I found a way to destroy the suit, like we both wanted. That thing’s all but destroyed our lives, but I couldn’t tell him. Not with what I saw Emily do to herself to try to save this project. The way I have to destroy the suit would kill any normal person who has it on them.”Your father looks horrified.“We’ve gotten her cryogenically frozen for the time being. But, the way I found to destroy that thing would kill her, so Norman and I have decided to put all of our efforts into saving her. I’ve called Ben to come over and watch Peter for the time being, until we’re done. This project’s ruined my marriage, my friendship with Carl, but I’m not letting it take Emily’s life, too.”>1/2
>>30490992Richard Parker sits as he looks at the camera. “Peter, if you’re watching this, then something terrible has happened to me and you’re staying with Ben and May in our old house, like my will states. Your mother won’t get custody of you, I’ve already seen to that. Not after…”He holds up some files, revealing the briefcase from earlier. “That means you’ve already found this. Don’t touch the security measures I’ve put into it, they’ll ruin the files for sure. And Peter, I have one last thing to ask of you.”Your father leans in, smiling sadly. “If you find any part of my cursed project, please destroy it. Don’t let anyone else suffer from this monster we‘ve bottled. You need a lot of electricity to destroy it, if my math’s right. Unlike Frankenstein whose monster was born of lighting., my monster’s life ends with it.”The date on the video is the day before your father's death.>ROLL WILLPOWER>1d20+4, DC15
Rolled 6 + 4>>30491019
Rolled 7 + 4>>30491019>Your mother won’t get custody of you, I’ve already seen to that. Not after…”THE FUCK?!
>>30491019
Rolled 17 + 4>>30491019
Rolled 3 + 4>>30491019
>>30491042>>30491046>>30491054Typical.>>30491059Even more typical...
>>30491042>>30491046>>30491054Well shit, time for a Ultimate Venom Episode.
>>30491042>>30491046>>30491054>lay down>try not to cry>cry a lot>then puke
Rolled 18 + 4>>30491042>>30491046>>30491054Thanks obama
Well, once we have a good cry let's get Stella and electrify the FUCK out of Ultimate Venom. Revenge for our costume and webshooters!
>>30491046Gonna need that spec point to pass.
>>30491096...I think this might be the Suit, actually.
Rolled 17 + 4>>30491091THANKS OBAMA
>>30491091You're welcome!
>>30491019dc 15>>30491046achieved 11...goodbye, spec point. We barely knew ye.
>>30491042>>30491046>>30491054Well, at least we didn't fail on something important... right?
>>30491042>>30491046>>30491054>try not to cry>cry a lot
Rolled 12 + 4>>30491132Let's not throw it away immediately
>>30491139Nah, this was just a 'don't break down' roll.
>>30491125>>30491091
>>30491139>>30491156>>30491164If this isn't our emotions, but the suit instead, I think we have a lot more to worry about. It might even try to destroy our computer.It sucks not knowing WHAT we failed at.
>>30491164Implying this isn't the Symbiote trying to assert control in a panic.
>>30491164>>30491139Or it was the suit assuming direct control because we know how to destroy it.
>>30491177Gwen did say to keep control of our emotions...Well, fuck.
GUYS.THE SUIT ASSUMES CONTROL WHEN OUR EMOTIONS GET THE BETTER OF US.IT'S BOTH.
>there was some people who wanted to use their SP to meet the DC, would you like to use it? >y/n?
>>30491213No, thanks. I think we got this.
>>30491213y
>>30491213Yes
Rolled 8 + 4>>30491213N.
>>30491213Y
>>30491019>Unlike Frankenstein whose monster was born of lighting, my monster’s life ends with it.”Who might we meet in our search for enough juice?
>>30491213no
>>30491213Easy come easy go I guess.
>>30491213No.
>>30491210Fuck. You're right.>>30491213Yes, use it.
Ladies and gentlemen; out course is clear. We make Electro... then we piss him off.
>>30491213 Y
>>30491213Yes.Venom can't be allowed to take control.
>>30491213No. Guys, we only have the one, best not to waste it right away.
>>30491213Nah.
>>30491278Ye of little faith. We can't lose control in our own house, that's going to be a disaster.
Rolled 1 + 4>>30491213Nope
>>30491278see>>30491210
>>30491213y>>30491278Venom assuming direct control because we let our guard down isn't good enough for you?Fuck you.
>>30491270That is either really stupid, or stupidly brilliant.
Great, piss away the first SP in weeks
>>30491213No
Rolled 8 + 8>>30491297So you mean yes?
>>30491309Would you rather murdermouth mcgee take control and wreck our lab and stuff and maybe even eat our aunt and uncle?
>>30491309It's fucking necessary. We can get more if we're lucky. That's how it works, so please don't cling to them especially when we know the consequences of failing this.
>>30491278Fine, fuck it. I abstain. That was my vote.
>>30491213Yes>>30491309What part of "Venom takes control if we freak out under normal circumstances, and ESPECIALLY if we know how to kill it" do you not understand?
>SP used, DC met.>writing
>>30491363THANK FUCK
>>30491363Oh well.
>>30491354You know, it's too bad Electro isn't around yet...unless us doing this causes him to come about!
So now we have a suit that's going to constantly try to eat people and kill us. I sure hope we can keep up constand DCs.
Come on guys; don't use it. What could go wrong?
Peter confirmed for Vulcan.
>>30491395Bet you wish we had pure waifu now, huh. It'd just cuddle peter in his sleep and possible do Spider-man stuff where it's like 1000% more competent then us.
>>30491402We end up in a bed of a hotel room with MJ, with a panda in the bathroom.
>>30491376We should seriously do some patrolling today as black symbiote Spidey to get rid of that PL.It's going to be easier since we have more physical stat potential.>>30491395We kind of knew this would happen. We at least saved Mrs. Osborne from it, and if that's not altruism deserving of a PL subtraction via Good Karma, I don't know what does.
>>30491433Except we didn't do it to save someone we didn't even know was alive
>>30491431
>>30491431I wouldn't mind that.
>>30491527Sure you wouldn't.
>>30491385Actually if we could track down the X-Men/mutants from earlier and interact with Storm, she could blast us with a lightening bolt.
Rolled 6 + 4>>30491504Oh dear God what
>>30491612...Or, you know, stick our finger in a light socket.
>>30490992>"The way I have to destroy the suit would kill any normal person who has it on them.”So okay.We need to find a jolt of electricity strong enough to kill the suit, but not Spider-Man. I hope that window isn't too narrow.
>>30491612Or we could just go to the nearest power plant instead?
>>30491629Ignorance is bliss.
>>30491662Hey as long as we don't blackout the surrounding area too long/empower Max Dillon that'd be fine.
>>30491657But who's gonna cure cancer now?
Rolled 3 + 4>>30491699Hank Pym!
>>30491663What the fuck is this
>>30491699Fuck.Maybe... we can turn it into Anti-Venom? Yeah, we're so fucked right now.
>>30489843Cosgrove, if Sue and Johnny are okay with the other ytwo now and they form the FF do our two FF related story arcs get finished?
>>30491730I guess we still have those tubes Stella swiped maybe?
>>30491737They should have formed the Fantastic Spider-Friends Patrol.
>>30491699T'challa?
>>30491737I've been wanting to finish an arc for a while now so we can level up, but we always fall short. It's frustrating as hell.
>>30491722just let it go... it's not worth it.it'snotworth it
Rolled 7 + 4>>30491774You know, given the presence of backgrounds, this might actually be an improvement on the original
>>30491774>If there is a godTHEIR KING IS LITERALLY GOD WHAT THE FUCK
>>30491770Well, we could have done Along Came the Spider but all of tg wanted the fucking shiny that was Venom. Look where that got us.
>>30491797You're going too deep...
>>30491797It's not a god, that would be silly.It's a Great Old One
>>30491818What. We literally attempted to get that FIRST. We failed to achieve the higher DC, so we didn't find it.
>>30491821Im laughing and facepalming at the same time
>>30491851you should have ran
>>30491840We could have gone to R&D but no. Cold Storage! Cold Storage! You know what, I'm just whining. What's done is done so let's try to fix this.
>>30491888It's like a car crash in slow motion.Or DSP. One in the same, really.You just can't look away.
>>30491910You don't even know.stopping here so as to not piss off cosgrove. If you want more, ask /co/ or /a/ since all I have are pages and random panels
>>30491905A good philosophy.
>>30491905In my defense, CS seemed like a more reasonable place to search for something relating to biology than R&D.
>>30491950You know, sometimes we disagree but overall you are alright for someone who is probably MJ and a serial killer.
>SP spend, DC metYou’re not sure how to deal with this, but you keep a lid on your emotions. There’s a lot in that video and you’re not entirely sure how to deal with it. And trying to deal with it, here and now is not a good idea.Not at all.But, you know of a solution, if you desperately need one.Unhooking and hiding the hard drive again, you keep yourself focused. You need to do something, get you mind off of things.>HUNGER>[ ] Go fight crime>[ ] go for a walk>HUNGER>write in
>>30492005>[ ] go for a walkAn enthusiastic one.
>>30492005>[ ] go for a walkkeep emotions to a low point; don't agitate them
>>30492005>>[ ] Go fight crimewhile you>HUNGER
>>30492005>>[ ] go for a walk15% hunger... Not great.
>>30492005>[X] Go fight crimeAnd bring Stella for support. Tell our Aunt and Uncle we're going for a walk.We need to both get that PL down so our enemies don't get bonuses to their rolls, AND we need to consult Stella on what our next course of action should be. Too bad our dad never once said in the video WHAT the Suit hungers for, so we're STILL fucking blind on that front.
>>30492005>[ ] Go fight crime
>>30492005>>[ ] go for a walkSet up Frankenstein experiment
>>30492005>Go for a walk
>>30492005>Go to a power plant and grab some conductors
>>30492005>[ ] go for a walk>write inLet's go take a walk to clear our head, and then talk to Stella about what we've learned about how to destroy the symbiote. Definitely need someone's help if it fights us.
>>30492046Shit, it got a bump up AGAIN?Hey, guys, maybe Stella has something in her arsenal of deadly gadgets to help us out?MAYBE?
>>30492005>[ ] Go fight crimeWe need to get rid of some of our PL.
>>30492005>>[ ] Go fight crimePL
>>30492062>>30492047>Be the only thing standing off the ground in a clearing during a thunder storm.
>>30492005>>[ ] Go fight crimeAsk Stella if she wants to come. Family bonding, through violence!
Rolled 4 + 4>>30492005>[x] Go for a walk with Stella
I don't know much about venom I got a couple of questions1: Why Is he always hungry?2: I know he can take over someone's personalities, thoughts and actions. Is it possible to completely suppress his will and take the Benefits without the drawbacks of always fighting his will?3: Other than food what the hell does he want? What's his goal?4: Does he have a personality or his he just pure instinct?
Now that we have the Suit, we can fight crime on the fly, as putting on the costume is now instantaneous. So the options might even be one and the same.And if we are going on a walk, we might as well bring Stella with us to tell her what we learned.
>>304921131. We2. Don't3. Know4. YetAlso there isn't just one 'venom' in this quest now. There are two.
>>30492113weve yet to talk to itcant believe we havent done that yet
>>30492116That's a good point, but I just want to get rid of some of our PL.
>>30492146How?
>>304921131. Because it is.2. What?3. Flesh. To survive.4. InstinctAs far as we know as of now thanks to context clues and metagaming via ultimate comics.
>>30492155Thoughts
>>30492160If only it was as easy as going into our mind-scape and slapping the shit out of it.
>>30492113We don't know, BUT I can answer for the symbiote this seems to be based off of (Take with grain of salt):1) The suit is based off of damaged DNA and needs to eat to repair the continuous damage it has.2) Not really. It always wants to feed.3) It's not sentient.3) Instinct.
>>30492202Well we ARE magic... maybe if we had met Dr. Strange instead...
>>30492202who says we still cant?itll be like a dog
>>30492160Overriding is bad, m'kay?Best we can do is synchronize with it, but how to do that...
>>30492273I'm sure there's a way...
>>30492273Dot neven want to.Every about this suit smells Bad News.
>>30492245But the problem is getting there.We could try meditation, I guess.
>>30492113More pertinent question.What, precisely, does it need to eat to survive?Because... well, Pete's kind of a genius. He's on good terms with DOOM and Sue Storm. He's making inroads with Osborn and herr Doktor. New York is crawling with superscientists, and if it comes down to it we can go back to looking for Dr Strange for the supermagic even DOOM doesn't quite grasp... yet.Is it so far-fetched to think we could make a synthetic dietary supplement for our suit?
>>30492335yep
>>30492297...>>30492308It's the only way.I wish we got Flash's stalker.
>>30492005>>30492092I agree with anon we should go on a walk with Stella and talk to her.If we do fight crime we should do it with Stella as well.
>>30492378>>30492297>>30492273....>Anyway, writing
>>30492426Don't Lose Your Way Cosgrove.
>>30492426It's okay to be freaked out....oh dear, you really shouldn't have looked if you wanted to watch Kill la Kill.
>>30492465http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElprfDjqR2g
>>30492466It's not that spoiler-y really.
You should go for a walk. Clear your head. It’s the best thing to do- keep a clear head and keep calm.Heading upstairs, you look around for Stella and find her in her room. Knocking, you can hear her get up and unlock the door- when she see’s its you, she looks at you passively.“Hey, I was going to go for a walk. You want to come along?”There’s a pause before she eventually nods. “Sure. Give me a minute.”A few moments later, the two of you are walking down the street as Stella gives you an appraising stare like she wants to talk.>[ ] Go somewhere aside, talk in private>[ ] Ask if she wants to head to the arcade, you just want to unwind.>write in
>>30492528The fanservice shots might put him off.
>>30492572>>[ ] Ask if she wants to head to the arcade, you just want to unwind.
Rolled 7>>30492572>>write inHUNGER
>>30492572>>write inLet's go to that public park.
>>30492572>Go somewhere aside, talk in privateUgh.Hope she doesn't make us roll for willpower again.
>>30492572>[ ] Go somewhere aside, talk in privateEven if we're having a hard time, we can't ignore our little sister.
>>30492572>>[ ] Go somewhere aside, talk in privateGo on, yell.
>>30492572>>[ ] Go somewhere aside, talk in privateIf it's not too far out, go to the park we were in before. Make it our designated little sister spaghetti spot.
>>30492572>>[ ] Go somewhere aside, talk in privateApologise first for how we acted yesterday.
>>30492572>>[ ] Go somewhere aside, talk in private
>>30492572>>[ ] Ask if she wants to head to the arcade, you just want to unwind.>If no one is around ask her about her disguise
>>30492601>[ ] Go somewhere aside, talk in privateForgot to mention this is well, the park was just my suggest for where to have the private talk.
>>30492579The guy running the fan-service ninja anime quest?
>>30492669>>30492579>The guy running the fan-service ninja anime quest?I just don't care for KlK, honestly.
>>30492669It was finger licking good.
>>30492669He ran what.
>>30492689Oh. Okay.
>>30492699I think he might be referring to Bleach Quest which is on an indefinite hiatus.>>30492689At least you gave it a shot. Hopefully you're at least enjoying Space Dandy.
>>30492728I really enjoy Space Dandy
>>30492728Nope Senran Kaguya Quest.Ninjas, cyborgs and magical girls who battle with clothing damage.Plenty of fat cat tats.
>>30492689That's fine. I'll admit the anime your other Quest is based off of didn't really interest me. Different strokes...
>>30492696
>>30492747Space Dandy is great. I'm hoping all of the loose threads of alternate timelines come together in the last 5-10 minutes of the last episode.
>>30492728Senran Kagura actually.
>>30492766You're telling me you didnt find that hot?
>>30492747Excellent taste.
>>30492747Groovy, baby.>>30492766Mother knows best.
>>30492749
>>30492787
>>30492830... this contains several of my fetishes.BUT HOW BOUT DAT PPQ?!
>>30492844Well Stella's going to bitch us out over having a sucky girlfriend, even though Gwen did say that it wasn't a good idea to upset us.So that's fun.
>>30492572Shit I just thought that if venom needs bio-electricity impulses from brain to live, what if peter try's to make a way to recreate the these impulses with batteries or something (if the theory that brain have enough power to light up light-bulb is truth I guess to AA batteries should be enough for a hour )also i made artwork of what mighty be going on in future threads
>>30492887I think she's more concerned about the horrible monster all over our body at the moment. The one that isn't even as reliable as Agent Venom, which they were already wary of.
>>30492903agreed 1000%.
>>30492903It needs more than that; it needs Parker DNA to keep it from being in constant pain due to it's damaged genetics.
>>30492903I love everything about that picture.
>>30492903I still hope that it can be sated by chocolate like its 616 counterpart.But then that would ruin the fact that there is nothing good about Ultimate Venom.
>>30492968The way people have been describing Venom it sounds like an extremely clingy and obsessive yandere TO THE MAX
>>30493053like it should be
>>30493053That's Space Venom.I'm not sure if Ultimate Venom is even sapient.
>>30493070Venom confirmed as best girl?Captcha : Ewsgos StewartDa fuq captcha?
>>30492903>worst Christmas everIt IS, isn't it?Did we even get any nice presents?
You give her a nod as the two of you find somewhere out of the way to talk- the park nearby is filled with kids, so the two of you walk until you find a small, quiet isolated area and sit on a bench. Sitting down, Stella looks over at you. “Have you managed to find out anything?”You tell her what you managed to learn of the suit and what your father’s cure was. Stella nods her head sadly. “…I feared as much. From what I know, CARNAGE was weak to electricity once, too. I’m not sure if it overcame it or its choice of a host, but it adapted and changed. Your father’s suit was probably what was the basis of that monster.”She glances over at you before resting her hand on yours. You feel disgusted as you can feel it urging you on to devour, consume. Always hungry.“I… can’t stop it, not without hurting or killing you, Peter. That means I literally can’t do anything- I’ll become helpless if I try to hurt it because doing so would harm you.”She looks away as her hand tightens on yours, shaking. “…I could take it. I’m tougher, I might survive its destruction, Peter. And if you don’t survive…”She’s cut off as you hear screams in the distance and see a large, armored SUV clip a corner and almost hit people as it swerves down the road, pursued by cops. You feel a hand push you as Stella gives you a sad smile. “It can wait. People need you help.”>[ ] ..Yeah, I guess they do.>[ ] Not today they don’t>HUNGER>write in
>>30493152We got a watch... that we can't wear otherwise it'll be eaten. Same with out new cloths.
>>30493182>[ ] ..Yeah, I guess they do.
>>30493182"I could use backup."
>>30493182>[x] ..Yeah, I guess they do."if I'm not back in 5 minutes...wait longer
>>30493182>>[ ] ..Yeah, I guess they do.
>>30493182>[ ] ..Yeah, I guess they do.TIME FOR RECKLESS
>>30493182>[X] ..Yeah, I guess they do.But maybe I could use a hand?
>[ ] ..Yeah, I guess they do."...do you want to join the party?"
>>30493182She has superpowers doesn't she? And right now they're a lot more consistent than ours are.But seeing as if she does take the lead, she'd just wind up being really hurt, I guess we don't have much of a choice.
>>30493182>[x] ..Yeah, I guess they do.
>>30493208this
>>30493182>[ ] ..Yeah, I guess they do."But don't think like that Stella, I'm not about to just dump this thing onto you. We'll figure this out once i get back."
>>30493182Shit man apart of me wanna say not today they don't and spend time with the sis Damn you New York and your high crime rates
>>30493234We just explain that our DNA is the only thing keeping it from rampaging and if she gets it and loses control, nothing would be able to stop her anyway.
>>30493208This too.
>>30493182"Don't you mean OUR help?"
>>30493182WAIT A SECOND, I rememberer in last thread that Peters symbiote detected something like a symbiote on Stella, we realy should ask her about it
>>30493182>[X] ..Yeah, I guess they do.>write in>"I could use some help though" and smile>>30493249We can do both. Fight crime alongside her.
>>30493274This one. Our casual wit is something to keep true.
>>30493275Those were the vials she took. We'll make sure to destroy those too.
>>30493182Didn't she just get mad at us yesterday for not taking her with us when we do dangerous things?Why so inconsistent?
>>30493182>>[ ] ..Yeah, I guess they do."...not my help. Ours."Extend a hand.
>>30493308What, no.Someone's gotta cure Eddie's cancer.
>>30493326It would be just as bad for Eddie as it was for Norman's wife.
>>30493182Voting to support the various 'your help too' responses
>>30493182Yeah, they do need our help, don't they?
>>30493182>[ ] ..Yeah, I guess they do.This is sure to end well!
>>30493382That's why we have science done to it first.Or rather, give one vial to Sue/Reed, and the other to DOOM, and have them race to be the first person to cure cancer.There is absolutely no way that could ever go wrong ever.
>>30493308I think those vials were of the earlier, un-weaponized version of the suit. We need to get those samples to doctor Storm and Doctor VonDoom. If they can compare the originals to our current state, they could determine exactly what Osborn (and our father) did to destabilize the suit to make it so aggressive. If they can reverse it, or make it more efficient and less dangerous, we could turn this around.
>>30493437I think the REAL original is the thing that's been following Flash around, and that our dad STILL didn't want us knowing about even with this final message.
>>30493451I mean seriously he just told us specifically not to mess with it, so he definitely didn't want us knowing he was keeping an alien in a plastic bag.
>>30493053616 Venom, yeah. It's a mutant for its species, it cares for its host. And its first human host was Peter and it fell in love with him (And really, who could blame it?). Peter was (understandably) freaked out by an alien parasite attaching itself to his body and dumped it like a sack of potatoes. Everything Venom has been doing since then has revolved around trying and failing to get over being dumped.
I like how in this quest tonight we learned what I'd been expecting/ hoping for: Our Norman isn't a total shitlord/
You squeeze her hand back as you give her a smile. “Yeah, I guess they do need our help, huh?”Stella stares at you surprised before a soft smile spreads across her face as she lets you pull her up. “Yeah, I suppose so.”The two of you run out of sight and into an alley as you feel the suit act- forming the Black Spider-man outfit as you extend a tendril with a thought as the two of you are on a rooftop. Stella looks over at you before looking down- the car’s still a distance away, but it seems like they have the sunroof open as you notice a masked man raise his head and fire before ducking back in.Stella looks at you. “I could take out a tire, but civilians could be hurt. What do you want to do?”Looking around- even though most are out of the way, it’s not impossible. The armored SUV is heading down the road in your direction, it’ll be a matter of moments before they pass by.>Health 30/30>hungry>plan of action?
>>30493536drop in from the sunroof, both of you. Stella takes the ones in the back of the SUV, we take the ones in the front and stop it.
>>30493536Swing down on venoms tendril and grab them while Stella catches/flips the SUV with hers chain
>>30493536Spider Web Barrier?
>>30493536>Drop through sun roof and take them by surprise
>>30493536Hm. Landing on it probably wouldn't help, and trying to shoulder tackle it seems liable to cause an explosion.
>>30493536Hmm, maybe have Stella put an illusion on the people inside the car to make them think they're blind long enough for us to get onto the car and pummel them into submission, without hurting any innocents of course.
>>30493536"Can you make an illusion that will get them to stop? If so, do that, I'll drop down and start pulling them out of the van."
>>30493536Ask if she can make an illusion of like... a bus pulling up and blocking their escape?Could make them slam the brakes.
>>30493612>>30493610Or maybe make them think the road ahead is filled with potholes or something.
>>30493536Stella goes in through the sunroof and takes out the gunman.Peter takes the driver's side door off the hinges, remove the driver from the seat (safely webbed to a lamp post?), hit the breaks.
>>30493647>safely webbed to a lamp postwe dont have webshooters, Venom eat it ...because reasons.
>>30493647I'm not confident that our suits webbing wouldn't start dissolving the guy.
>>30493536>>30493610Yeah I like something like this. Maybe a big vehicle like a garbage truck or a wall blocking their way. >>30493576Then a web barrier if it gets too close to an people or other cars to snatch the SUV.Then we can drop down on it when the vehicle has stopped.
>>30493686Pretty sure it's some kind of synthetic fiber made by the suit and not the suit itself. Kind of like a shedding of dead skin. That's my theory, anyway.
>>30493686You don't have 'webbing' per say, more like Tendrils that emulate webbing. So faw, when you've webslinged around in it, its all retracted back in.
>>30493690As they put on the breaks when confronted with the illusion, how about we web up their front screen with black stuff so they won't be able to see anymore, and then they'll get out of the car knowing driving blind would do them no good.That sound alright?
Tell her to make an illusion of everyone in the car on fire. It doesn't need to be tactile, the panic of seeing the fire should be enough to panic them. They stop, jump out, and we pounce on them and tie them up while they try to stop-drop-and-roll.Fire is one of the easiest and most primal fear-motivators. That and spiders. If she doesn't want to do fire she can do spiders. Millions of (illusory) brown recluses should be enough to panic and distract the gunmen.
>>30493793No, don't do that. They'll just jump out of the moving van fearing for their lives without hitting the breaks. This will cause the van to careen forward and possibly hit someone. Bad move.
>>30493808So garbage truck then spiders?
>>30493789That would makes sense, I think that would work.>>30493793I like this idea too. I think either illusion could work well.
>>30493536I'll stop the car, get the bad guys.Web the car to a stop.Like he did in the movies. Web everywhere to slow it down.
>>30493832>>30493808Yeah that is a good point. Too bad we don't have our web shooters. Would we still be able to stop a car with our web tendrils?
>>30493833>Web the car to a stop.read >>30493773 and >>30493676Peted dosen't have any webshooters anymore
>>30493866Dude. The suit produces its own web.Hoe do you think we webbed across the city last night.
>>30493866Has them, just not on him. And it's not like he can't just make some more.
>>30493906Cosgrove already said it makes tentacles of itself then retracts them as needed, like Stella's chains. No webbing.
>>30493906we tentacled across it actually>>30493773
>>30493833The monorail technique won't work since there are guys with guns in the car who will shoot us in the back of the head.We've got to cast an illusion, possibly on all sides of them so they can't turn to the right or left.Then we need to rip off the doors with our tentacles and pull them out.
>>30493927If you read previous thread Cos said that Venom eat it, and making new ones would take some time which Peter don't have because symbiote is chewing on his brain-power.
>So, have stella set up an illusion so they stop, then jump in and take out the gunman?
>>30494007yep
>>30494007Yup
>>30494007Go for it cossy
>>30493988If it is brain power, then chocolate really might work, Considering that's what 616 Venom ate instead of human brains, because it was after a chemical found in both.
>>30493953Hmm..>>30493821How about casting an illusion for them to stop the van, AND THEN make them think they're covered with spiders? Everyone will think we have the ability to summon spiders.Because we're Spider-Man.
>>30494007For Fat Cat Tats
>>30494007Sure, why not?
>>30494007Yep.And ask Stella to shoot out the tires after the vehicle is stopped, just in case?
>>30494043Oh good thinking Anon
>>30494028>covered with spidersbest plan
>>30494043Nah, that'll lower the value at the police auction.
>>30494043sounds like a plan. Don't want them driving off the second we hop inside
>>30494007Yes, that's good.>>30494043Oh, shit. Good idea.
>>30494007>sudden stop>gunmenhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ec-8mD_BhrURIP in peace generic pop star
Actually, there'll be film crew on the scene later right?I wonder if we do a quick shoutout to johnny or sue, saying "call me, its important!"We might finally get their attention.
Rolled 14, 14, 2, 13 = 43>Alright, have to check something, but please roll me 1d20+6.
Rolled 8 + 6>>30494142Oh dear.
Rolled 3 + 6>>30494142
Rolled 1 + 6>>30494142Fingers crossed. Burn point
Rolled 15 + 6>>30494142OH BOY
Rolled 8 + 6>>30494142
>>30494161Bad night.
>>30494161we dont have any more point AND we gain a new PL point
Rolled 3 + 6>>30494161Why anon.Just... why
Rolled 4>>30494142Let's do this
>>30494161We'll never escape this hell.
>>30494161We don't have a point.>>30494162Okay... The highest is the fourth one. Again. That's not right.
>>30494161The ride never ends.
>>30494161I want to get off the dice gods wild ride
>>30494161and so>>30494072comes to passCan't even stop a minor crime without things going horribly wrong.
>>30494161Every good deed we do ends up being cancelled out by PL. I imagine we end up getting twenty PL by the time we finished this quest
Farewell captive citizens... we hardly knew ye.Spider-Man; get ready to be public enemy #1 for killing a few innocent people.
Rolled 5, 3 = 8>>30494161>>30494159>>30494154...Checking one more thing, then writing.
>>30494226PAR for the course for Peter PARker....shit, i've never noticed that.
>>30494233So much for a fun day out stopping crime.Poor Peter; will the trauma never end?
>>30494233God fucking damnit I hate the dice so much.
And of course we fuck up again.
>>30494271and the best one tends to always be #4; just out of reach.I miss when where where a regenerating spectral demi-god.
>>30494273I wonder if it's going to be written as us going berserk even though it wasn't a willpower roll, or just being temporarily retarded again.I know we haven't been at this for long, but still, god fucking damnit.
Okay, really, Peter should just retire now. We should just accept we're NEVER going to roll well and go back to being a normal teenager.
Cosgrove, quick question?Every time we roll a 1, are you amused?
>>30494306I know, right?It's not even the plot, this Quest is so much better in that regard. Its just in this one all of our actions seem weighted down by the fact that we're bringing harm to those we care about, and we keep having to be bailed out because of shitty die rolls
>>30494330Spiritually Peter is a Renji at this point. So much jobbing it's a wonder he's not employed full time.
>>30494330me think that Cos should add another way of getting ridof the PL than 'Good Karma' or spending SP.
>>30494363>[01:42] <Cosgrove> huehuehue>[01:42] <Cosgrove> This is going to be goodThat answer your question?
>>30494370To be Spider-Man is to suffer...
>>30494390It gets wiped clean whenever a bad guy knows our secret identity.Apparently Ultimate Venom isn't person enough to count, nor does Norman Osborn?
I think at this point we may as well just go full villian. Every time we try something good, we end up getting more PL than we lose. At least if we go evil, heroes usually won't kill our friends, family, or loved ones
>>30494410Norman Osborn doesn't know who we are.
>>30494385Maybe it doesn't matter since Stella got the SUV to stop and shot the tires out?Unless our critfail negated her competence.
>>30494370Our allies can fix our fuckups to a point. Eventually we're going to find ourselves in a situation where a fuckup is extremely bad and we won't have an out.
>Automatic Failure. Parker Luck increasesLooking at Stella, you nod over at her. “Make an illusion to stop them, I’ll jump in and take them down.”Stella gives you an uncertain look but eventually nods as you watch the car screech to a halt, but you’re already in motion- down into the sunroof, as you land on the floor of the spacious armored SUV. A masked man looks surprised as he raised his gun. “Looks like a spider fell into our vehicle. Let’s squash it.”As they let fire into you. It hurts- as four Uzis let loose into at short range into your body. It hurts badly as you feel the suit react, trying to patch you up.hurts hungerYou feel it impose its hunger upon you. No. Oh, god. No.Please, no.Hurts. Hunger.You hold at your chest as you try to suppress it. No. No.nonononononononono. You hear the man lean forward. “Still alive, are we? Impressive. Let’s fix that, shall we?”The man’s voice is casual and amused as you feel the gun barrel against your head. “Oh, where are my manners? I’m the Crime Master. Any last words, Spider-man?”HUNGER!>HP-10/30>Roll willpower- 1d20+4, DC20
>>30494392Dammit. For some reason, I have a mixture of anger and love for cos, mostly hated.
>>30494436Our critfail got civillians shot and metahuman relations worsen
>>30494420Going villain isn't necessary, I think we need to remember that this is Peter Parker Quest and not Spider-Man Quest.Because apparently, we suck at being Spider-Man.
Rolled 1 + 4>>30494449SHIT
Rolled 18 + 4>>30494449
>>30494436I wonder, since Stella is now our little sister, is she subject to Parker Luck, too?I don't mean "will our PL effect her", but "does she generate her own PL?"
Rolled 12 + 4>>30494449"Run."
Rolled 6 + 4>>30494449"Run, quick!"
>>30494465Aaaaaaand goodbye Crimemaster.
Rolled 13 + 4>>30494449
>>30494465>>30494449GGit was a nice quest everyonehope you enjoyed it
Rolled 13 + 4>>30494449I hope I critfail
>>30494449
>>30494465Hahahahahahahahaha
>>30494465WELP.You made us eat someone. Thanks.
>>30494465STOP ROLLING
Rolled 6 + 4>>30494465The ride never ends
>>30494465I can't tell if I'm laughing or crying.
Rolled 9 + 4>>30494449SHIIIT>>30494465FUUUCK
>>30494465sighI feel like I'm going to be too depressed to keep reading this Quest after what this fail is going to do for us
>>30494465...I hate you Cosgrove. I hate you so fucking much.This isn't fun anymore.
Someone's going to catch this on video aren't they?
>>30494465>>30494471FUCK YOU WE COULD HAVE HAD ITSHIT INDEED
>>30494495>that picPretty much how I feel right now. All these 1s just make me feel like Peter's not just unlucky, but incompetent.
>>30494465Oh god fucking damn it, we would have passed if it wasn't for you.
>>30494481That was a "don't eat him" roll, not a "stop him from shooting me" roll.We're gonna be thrown out of the car as the symbiote eats this dude alive and tons of little girls and cameras see it.
><Cosgrove> ahahahaha><Cosgrove> ahahahahahaha><Cosgrove> AHAHAHAHA
can we just go diceless? /tg/ dice apparently just want us to lose everything and become a broken shell
>>30494465WHY DID YOU ROLL! WHYYYYYYYYYY
>>30494527No.
>>30494520>>30494519I don't like this quest anymore.
may we have a deal Cos? I really don't want to cry myself to sleep tonight
>Peter parker quest?>More like VENOM quest
>>30494449http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B3tlJeTf7kg>>30494527Bitch please. This is just a bad. night. You would be complaining if they were good.
On the bright side, the hunger meter may have decreased a bit.
Peter Parker Quest!Awesome!>>30494465Really?
>>30494545Maybe he shoots us out of the car before we lose control?Or maybe we'll eat everyone without any witnesses, the sated Venom will give us control back, and then we can shock Venom off as penance?Maybe it can even kill us, so this bullshit will be over.
>>30494555>.?
>>30494555I agree with you, but we haven't had good dice in... Months? When was the last good run we had?
>>30494520godamn it>>30494566It's going to be a bloody awful mess. Hopefully no one saw us go in.An in any case Peter's going to have to live with this.Fast track to electrocution for next week.
>>30494555This is a ruined quest, since we're about to kill a fuckload of people, which will make us want to stop being Spider-Man, which will get our loved ones killed, which will make us want to kill ourselves.
>>30494555they are never good. I think we had one thread of above average rolling, the other 46 have been mostly under 10, especially when it counts. I'm pretty sure we've crit failed 5 or more tests in a row
>>30494566>Venom eats everyone>picks up guns>starts shooting people and eating them
And folks, this is why we should never have gotten the alien suit.
lol. all this rage. truly we humans are but mere playthings for the cruel dice gods
>>30494465Wrenloft, just because you became anon, doesn't mean I can't smell your dice roll
>>30494520Go fuck yourself Cosgrove.
>>30494600after our first critfail on controlling the suit, it was either get it or it eats us. Then I think we critfailed again and Stella bailed us out and got us another roll, but I could be wrong there
>>30494449"No, your name WAS Crime Master... now it's The Masked Meal."
>>30494613Hey, knock that off.
Rolled 6 + 4>>30494596It's not Spider-Man QuestIt's Peter Parker QuestEven a broken shell of a Spider-Man could be interesting.
Jesus fucking christ, why do you people always react like this any time something goes wrong in a quest?
>>30494600We didn't want it.Our only hope is that Venom realizes that they can shoot faster than it can eat, and it jumps out of the car and gives us a chance to contest it for dominance.
>>30494626Because we're carrying evil venom
>>30494626Because it happens ALL the time
>>30494626Usually I'd agree with you. But PPQ has been plagued by 1s, to the point where nearly any good deed or smart choice is fucked by dice, and Peter has to be constantly rescued by other characters due to his complete ineptitude.
>>30494626We don't. It's just that everything goes wrong all the time for the past like five threads pretty much. >>30494622I would if he didn't laugh about it. Being punished for a random number generator isn't my idea of fun.
>>30494626because enemies now can roll with +5 modified which is no fun.
>>30494598>>30494581Yeah, it's been a bit of a slump.>>30494520No timestamp even? A little more proof, please.>>30494596There's always interruptions for this shit.May not be successful interruptions, but certainly interruptions.
So have we unlocked Critmaster yet?
>>30494619Thing is if it was just us, it would have been bad guys dealing bad shit to us.Now its us doing bad shit to people and thats not something we can recover from in the public's eye.
>>30494667>I would if he didn't laugh about it. Being punished for a random number generator isn't my idea of fun.You DO know you're on /tg/ right and you DO know that most table top systems which most quests share a brotherhood with are based on a die system where random chance is a factor just like in life right?Stop getting mad. It's a game.
>>30494668no anon. They roll with +5 modifiers in addition to their actual stats, which are higher than ours when Venom isn't there. Now a lot probably have higher mods than our Venom-boosted self
>>30494670
Guys, let's not bitch about the randomness of the quest.Curse fate. Not the system.
>>30494626It's just people blowing off steam, it's not a big deal.>>30494667Then you should find a game that IS your idea of fun. Or lighten up.
So all for heading to the nearest power plant, grabbing a conduit, and hoping we live through it?
>>30494698TOHSAKA YOU FUCKING ASSHOLE! THIS IS WHY YOU WILL NEVER WIN THE HOLY GRAIL!FUUUUUUUUCK.
>>30494689Pretty much. This kills the quest.I guess we just didn't feel like Stella should do all the work?
>>30494724Me.No way in hell I'm going to let stella take the suit damage.
>>30494698Much, thank you. Proof before accusations and and all that.
>>30494724After what's most likely about to happen, I'm all for it.
>>30494724Why would we hope we live through it?Fuck this quest.
>>30494724yep. And if we die, Parker Soul Reaper time, maybe with Strange and DOOM curbstomping Hollows with us
>>30494761Shut up, Al.
>>30494731Nah, it just normalizes it. We've had great relations with the press and now we're going to be hated and wanted for murder. Just like Spider-Man in most incarnations.
>>30494693This is different than just a momentary burst of incompetence.This will haunt us worse than canon Spider-Man is by Uncle Ben, and we won't even get any meaningful lessons out of it.
>>30494783Technically we never made any wise-cracks or used webs before flipping out, so there's really just like a couple seconds of seeing us jump into the car.But really this is exactly why I was saying we should disguise ourselves as Dusk while wearing the symbiote.
>>30494769Nah man. Spider Man Hakusho
“HUUUUUUUUUUUUUNGER!”>You are Flash ThompsonWalking down the street with your younger sister, Jesse. She’s just turned twelve earlier this year, and after yesterday, there has to be something you can do to help cheer her up.You’re her older brother, after all.Walking down the street you pull her to the side, far from the road, as you hear police sirens as you see them chase after an armored SUV that screeches to a stop a little ways down the road from the both of you. You smile as you point to a figure, in a different costume but familiar nevertheless, drops down into the vehicle.“Don’t worry, Jesse. Spider-man’s got this.”Your confident smile slips seconds later when you hear the sound of gunfire and then a loud bestial roar. The men in the vehicle pile out, scared as the door one of them jumped out of is torn off the hinges- the four men screaming as they run. A form collapses out of thedoor, facing away as you feel… uneasy. Before you can stop her, your sister called out. “Way to go Spider-man! You got the bad guys!”Terror takes you as the form turns. That thing….It isn’t Spider-man at all. Covered in teeth with an inhuman jaw, it snarls at the both of you as it cries out with a monstrous voice.“HUNGER!!!!! FEEEEEEEEED!”Its white eyes narrow as I instinctually step forward, shielding Jesse from view.You will die here. “Run.”My voice is firm even in the face of this monster, which mocks my hero- tarnishes his good name. I’ll buy her as much time as possible. It will consume you and keep consuming without end. It is an abomination. >1/2
>>30494783Except the horrible guilt?I mean sure 616 Spider-Man got tricked into helping a woman kill herself one time, and he may have snapped Gwen's neck, and then there's the whole Uncle Ben thing, but this kind of seems worse right now.
>>30494865BASED FLASH DON'T DIE
>>30494865http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CA_hRt60mLY
>>30494865fuck fuck fuck fuck fuck.I hate you tohsaka
>>30494865At least we didn't eat anyone but Crime Master.Also I guess it's time for Flash to lose his legs.
>>30494865sorry Flash, you were too good for this sinful earth. Your sacrifice will not be in vain, and your hero will follow you soon
>>30494865inb4 PPQ thread ending
>>30494865“RUN, Jesse”I don’t look back, my eyes locked onto this… monster.“But… Eugene… y-your shadow.”I spare a glance as I see it- Black and White- Spider-man, but not, as I hear a voice inside my head. “Your life is forfeit, but if you share it with me, I can save you. Your life forever changed.” A cloaked figure lands in front, not looking back. “Run you two! RUN!”It sounds like a girl, about to cry. Jesse’s eyes are locked onto the flowing darkness around my legs.”We shall be the Hero to this abomination. A Venom that strikes it down. But, be warned, you might not even survive the attempt.” >[ ] Take Jesse and Run>[ ] I want to be a hero>write in
>>30494865Now Stella this is very simple. Look for a power line, cut it down with your sword, and impale Peter with the live wire.
>>30494921He still has his stalker.
>>30494914Did we?GODDAMIT!
>>30494927Run
>>30494927[x] I want to be a hero
>>30494927>>>[ ] Take Jesse and Run
>>30494927>[X] I want to be a heroIt's time.
>>30494927>>[ ] Take Jesse and RunNONONONONONONO
>>30494927Will we have to roll for this?Because I don't really want to pick anything.
>>30494927>[ ] I want to be a heroFuck yea Original Symbiote let's do this!
>>30494927>>[ ] I want to be a hero
>>30494927>>[ ] I need to be a heroWe don't want to be right now... But we need to be.
>>30494927>[ ] Take Jesse and Run
>>30494956You'll have to roll for both.
>>30494927>>[ ] I want to be a heroThis is gonna be good.
>>30494956We have the same chance of rolling a 20 as we do a 1. Stop being paranoid and have faith.>>30494965Power. Responsibility.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDTMtt12-j8>[ ] I want to be a hero"Make me a in to new spider-men"
>>30494927>[ ] Take Jesse and RunStop meta-gaming, this is what got us into this shit.We ate a bad guy, we killed,do not fall for the bait
>>30494927 >>[ ] I want to be a hero
>>30494927Why does Flash get the good stuff.This is why PP Sucks (Not the quest, just him in general)
>>30494927I want to be a hero
>>30494927>[ ] Take Jesse and Runwe can be a hero by getting her the fuck out of here
>>30494927>>[ ] Take Jesse and RunNo. Flash lives. Based venombro or not, I do not want to send Flash against Peter when he doesn't have our shitty rolls weighing him down.
>>30494927>[ ] I want to be a hero
>>30495009He needs the good stuff. Peter has spider-powers, Flash has nothing.
>>30494927I'm done,Diceroll suck ass
>>30494927whichever kills the symbiote and saves Flash
>>30494927The world needs a hero, might as well be Flash....Lord knows Peter isn't good enough.
>>30495030Yeah, I'm dropping it as well....see you next thread.
>>30495023Flash doesn't need to be a fucking hero dude!
>>30494927>[ ] I want to be a heroGo go Agent Venom
>>30494927Write in"I want to be a hero.... I want to.... I WILL SAVE THEM!!"
>>30494927>[ ] I want to be a hero"I'm sick of running."
Boy is Flash going to be pissed when he and the rest of the city figures out it IS Spider-Man.And boy is Peter going to get suicidal.
>>30495053This is the shit, that made us wear the damn suit for Peter.
>>30495108I really don't want to play a suicidal Peter.
>>30495135We only killed Crime-Master at maximum, and to be fair, he WAS about to shoot us in the head.
>>30495153we ATE him, and probably really fucking enjoyed it. That seems like a thing that fucks with a person
I'm predicting that once we become a 'hero' Cos will end the Quest for tonight.Dammit, I wanted to have a regular PPQ quest not HMQ crack bitch quest with more shit on the line then a world war 1 trench.I'm done venting and it's late.
>>30495153I suppose so. A villain death due to legitimate self-defense is AT LEAST a little justified.Hell, he might not even be dead. Won't stop Peter from feeling guilty about losing control though.
>>30495178But even JJ rolls better than Peter, at least when it counts.
>>30495164Yeah... This combined with our trip to the future and we're going to need a LOT of therapy.
This is the single most monumental thing for this quest since it started. The pacing, themes, everything is going to change.And that's scary.
>>30495153>>30495164That's what pisses me off. All the shit we did Parker broke a taboo.
>>30495164To restore the SpiderBrand, we need to detach the Venom with a bigass electric shock, capture it, put it on some weak opponent, then beat it up as Spiderman in public, then shock it again.
>>30495199
>>30495198Agreed>>30495205That's too late. Peter's fucked in the head
>>30495205what we need to do is shock Venom, then grapple him while we're both still being shocked, and hope he dies first
>>30495198I don't know, if Stella clues Flash in about our current weakness to zapping, then it seems like this boss battle could be over with pretty easily.
Eh it was a crit fail we really couldn't do anything about. Honestly I'm really interested in seeing we this is going
>>30495205>>30495230>>30495236Hm...If ONLY there were a CHARACTER in this city, whose POWERS include control and release of ELECTRICITY
>>30495266the fight is irrelevant.Peter and Spider-Man as a character are forever changed. And I'll be honest; I'm nervous as hell.
>>30495279Flower-men?
>>30495291It's never as bad as you think. The biggest fuckup we could cause won't come from a roll, but a bad decision out of paranoia of rolling a critical failure.
>>30495291Spider-Man, or at least his public perception, might not be.Since a second Black Suit Spider-Man is just about to show up, who's to say the first one was the genuine article either?
Rolled 9>>30494927>>[x] I want to be a heroYes. All of my yes.
>>30495266She doesn't want to hurt us.That is not necessarily a good thing.
>>30495315Or we could just explain what happened on TV
>>30495328She literally CANNOT hurt us. It goes against her 'programming'.
>>30495332True. We weren't exactly in control of ourselves.
>>30495305Well, he doesn't have to be a villain.>LICENCELESS RIDER HAS ENTERED THE SCENE
>>30495332"Yeah, so I got posessed by a weird sentient rubber suit that made me eat people, and so did this other guy"
>>30495341Can she hurt us indirectly? No? Then Flash probably isn't getting us electrocuted any time soon.
>>30495351Best hero
>>30494927> take jesse and runIt seems like there should be a better write in option, but im coming up with zilch.
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>>30495279Static Shock is DC, not MarvelAt least I think so...
>>30495415Yup.
>>30495415Originally Milestone but that universe got merged with DC.
Rolled 19>>30495415Remember when Static visited Terry from Batman Beyond. Good times.
>>30495481Remember when Batman was an angry old man and Ra's al Ghul was a woman? Good times man, felt good
>>30495525Remember when a guy was buried with toxic waste in an industrial accident and gained psychic control over dirt? Good times.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BRanksyk2w0‘I…’Your foot hesitates…‘I want to be a hero.’But you step forward anyway. Into the darkness that wraps you. Darkness overtakes you as you’re overwhelmed by everything terrible.Your father. the beatings, disappointment. Why couldn’t you please him? Why was nothing EVER good enough for him?! The anger, the memory of his bad habits. They’ll haunt your forever.Your mother- always favoring your sister. Blaming you for your father. Looking at you like she looks at him. All you ever wanted was for her to love you…The darkness is crushing you down, your anger, sorrow tearing you apart. All the things you’ve done.. How you’ve made people terrified of you, Flash Thompson. Why would someone like you ever be considered a hero?“EUGENE?!”You feel someone grab at your arm- distant and yet nearby. A familiar hand. Jesse… she never feared you. Never judged you. You were her shield. Her protector.She believes in you.And.. She wasn’t the only one, either.‘You know, Flash, you might not think it, but if you put your mind to it, you can be whatever you want. Army, Football, so long as you don’t give up, I’m sure you can do it if you try.’Parker… no, Peter. Even after so much, he gave you another chance. Believed in you.You eyes narrow as you take a step forward. And another. There’s a figure on the horizon- red and blue. You’ll never be him. But… you can do your best to make him, all of them proud! The darkness fades as you feel a small hand in yours. There’s another presence there, supporting you. Protecting you. Giving you strength in return for a home, a place to belong. It was lost, alone. Just like you. But now, neither of you will ever be alone, ever again. Jesse stares up at you, in awe. “…Eugene?!”You give her a nod- it warns you as the girl ahead goes flying past as the abomination. >1/2
>>30495525Remember when this was a quest about Peter growing as a person and the beginning of metahumans being a thing, before it was derailed by thousands of crit fails and the shitstorms they caused?
“Yeah, you should go, Jesse. I’ll take care of this.”Your voice is filled with strength, confidence as she scampers off to safety. The monster roars at you as it readies itself to charge, Its muscles bulging with unbridled strength that intends to come bearing down upon you. “HHHHHHHUNNNGER! FEEED!”“…Yeah, you said that already.”>with permission from DXR>[ Combat is performed via a simple rock-paper-scissors triangle. You, as the players, have the advantage of always acting after your opponent or opponents. Through cues in the descriptive text, you must determine which of three tactics to adopt. Adopting the correct tactic causes you to gain a point. Adopting an incorrect tactic will cause your opponent to gain a point. If you both select the same tactic, both you and your opponents gain a point. All combat takes place over three exchanges, each worth one point. The first to gain 2 out of the 3 points is the victor. While losing a fight will not typically cause the quest to end, it will lead to unpleasant and usually severe consequences. >Strike: Strikes are fast, precision based attacks. Any attack which seems like it may rely on overwhelming speed or pinpoint accuracy is likely a Strike. As a general rule of thumb, most mundane gunfire is considered a Strike. Strikes defeat Crashes, but are defeated by Guards.>Crash: A Crash is a highly telegraphed, but extremely powerful blow. Any attack which seems to rely mostly on the brute strength or overwhelming force is likely a Crash. As a general rule of thumb, most thrown objects, like trees or boulders, are considered Crashes. Crashes defeat Guards, but are defeated by Strikes.>Guard: A Guard is a defensive posture or evasive stance which is used to set up a counter-blow. Any attack which appears as if it could be a feint or which seems to be a stalling tactic is likely to be a Guard. Guards defeat Strikes, but are defeated by Crashes.>[ ]Strike>[ ]Crash>[ ]Guard
>>30495557Remember when Young Justice was a show and kicked all kinds of ass?
>>30495587Quite clearly a Crash. Strike.
>>30495587Strike. that's a crash for sure.
>>30495587Strikethis going to be combat from now on?
Rolled 14>>30495587>>[ ]Strike
>>30495587>Strike
>>30495587>>[ ]Strike
>>30495587>[X]StrikeThe Suit isn't going to be on the defensive from the get-go. He's going to try and bash us. We need to Strike.
>>30495587Strike
>>30495595Yeah, it's really too bad Weisman can't get more than two seasons of a show.>>30495587>>[ ]Strike
>>30495587>[ ]Strikebecause the Venom is most likely try to use crash as fist attack
>>30495587Hes coming at us.[x] Guard
>>30495587"The monster roars at you as it readies itself to charge, Its muscles bulging with unbridled strength that intends to come bearing down upon you. " Sounds like a crash to me so I vote Strike
>>30495587>[ ]StrikeDon't worry Flash, you're off to a great start on the path of the Hero.
>>30495587Strike that CrushHell ya Flash is now running a quicktime.
>>30495587>[X]Strike
>>30495639It's a rock paper scissors thing, a guard is still an attack.
>>30495559>‘You know, Flash, you might not think it, but if you put your mind to it, you can be whatever you want. Army, Football, so long as you don’t give up, I’m sure you can do it if you try.’>Parker… no, Peter. Even after so much, he gave you another chance. Believed in you.>You eyes narrow as you take a step forward. And another. There’s a figure on the horizon- red and blue. You’ll never be him. But… you can do your best to make him, all of them proud! >The darkness fades as you feel a small hand in yours. There’s another presence there, supporting you. Protecting you. >Giving you strength in return for a home, a place to belong. It was lost, alone. Just like you. But now, neither of you will ever be alone, ever again. >Jesse stares up at you, in awe. “…Eugene?!”>You give her a nod- it warns you as the girl ahead goes flying past as the abomination.This was kind of badass.I still feel bad for peter
>>30495639He's trying to crash. A Strike defeats it, and a guard will only make us lose.
>>30495662We all do. His luck is fucking atrociously bad.
>writing
>>30495697You left out the part where /tg/ dice try to kill the players, it was always a recipe for disaster, it just took awhile to cook.
>>30495697I really think we should stop just fighting street crime, but unfortunately we fucking need to in order to negate our prodigious Parker Luck.
Rolled 15>>30495587>>[X]StrikeFire the gun, beat his crash.
>>30495662I think Cosgrove could keep the Parker Luck/Spectacular Point system but remove crit fails/crit successes. 3 chances to roll a crit makes them ridiculously likely. That way 1s and 20s still effect the quest negatively or positively but don't decide an entire roll every time they show up.
>>30495587>Cosgrove !DboU7yuujg >Strike vs Crush, roll me a d20
>>30495697you can start feeling bad for Flash now too who's about to have his hero, inspiration, and new friend confirmed for a savage monster.
>>30495729Not always, some quests regularly roll extremely well, like Ogre Civ Quest.
>>30495729>>30495737I don't want the system to change... I just want to be less unlucky.When it's something like this, where you simply cannot do anything to fix it, it's just depressing. I want this quest to be a success. I want Peter to be not just the kind of hero the comics have shown him to be. I want him to be a BETTER one. One that uses every advantage to make the world better instead of shouldering it all himself like a moron.But the dice hate us. Alas. How can you fight randomness and chance? It can't be done.
>>30495740I don't know, it's just the context of these particular crit failures that can be grueling.Some of the successes, like stealthing our way into the Baxter Building were pretty neat.
>>30495741not sure if cos, but here I go
Rolled 5>>304955871: strike2: rolling for effectiveness because bedtime and want to roll
>>30495775Not Cosgrove at all
>>30495774A 20 would still be a success unless the DC was impossibly high. I don't see how it's a big deal if it stops being the super cool instant win button and just becomes a regular win button.
>>30495775You didn't type in the "email" field.
>>30495773In retrospect, it was a bad idea to get in the middle of a bunch of armed criminals.I think if we plan better, we can negate the severity of critfails?You know, after Flash kills Ultimate Venom?
Personally, I like how Cos capitalized on the wonkyness of /tg/ dice by creating quests that make the random crits appropriate to the theme.FULLKUBO and Parker Luck both fit the respective franchises pretty well.
>>30495774A 20 would still have resulted in a success on that roll. Just like 1 would still be a failure.Let's face it. All crits really do is make you rage or cheer harder.
>>30495823While it makes for an interesting/dramatic story, it's not nearly as fun to play with.
>>30495812Hindsight 20/20.>>30495773I don't want the system to change either, it's just that it was going to happen eventually.
>>30495812The downside of any dice based game is that any planning or idea can be fucked up by a poor roll. The other side is diceless, description based games, which usually remove most elements of chance. Usually some kind of middle ground has to be reached, but it's a pain in the ass to find it
>>30495806I'd be fine with that. Remove the critical aspect alltogether so we aren't so susceptible to /tg/ dice being as wonky as they are.
>>30495823It's fun when it's swingy, but these last threads seem like nothing but failure.
>>30495812That's a fair point. We did kind of screw up there but really what else could we do? The suit literally saved us from full-auto gunfire and we only got hit in the first place because we botched the roll. Otherwise we would have dodged and swiped the guns out of their hands with our violating tentacles.1s fuck us. 20s make us do something awesome. It's that simple.
>>30495848Shouldn't be something that extreme, maybe cap how many critfails can happen in a row or something
>>30495850I believe we've had mostly failures since we first tried to help MJ and failed a stupid number of times against some random punks
This is a nice time to experiment with other formats, at least. Gives a unique feel to each character we play.
>>30495832This.And with Parker Luck and Spec Points we still have a reason to rage and cheer harder at the 1s and 20s without it being such a drag.
>>30495806>>30495848No, that would only make the entire quest trivial and no longer tense. I don't think that would keep it popular.
>>30495869or start giving the crit perks from BQ
>>30495875At least they didn't have skateboards.
>>30495858After the car stopped, we could have just ripped the engine out and let the police handle it.Or rip the door open.Or just tip the SUV over.Unless the only difference would have been we'd turn into Venom right in front of everyone after getting pumped full of lead regardless.
God fucking dammit!Why!? we wanted to bond with the symbiote we wanted to be the one spiderman that actually has a healthy relationship with the symbiote, And we become this! we became Carnage!
>>30495901Please no, then we would just fish for crits whenever a nat 1 was rolled
>Success!It’s coming to crash down upon you, so naturally, you’re going to have to strike back first! Out of the corner of your eyes, you see something by the girl’s side- a large, ornate looking revolver- quickly extending a portion of your partner, it brings it to your hand as your arm brings it up to fire- no time to hesitate. No time to doubt.Your partner fill your arm with strength as you fire off the powerful rounds one after another- all six right into its charging maw, the powerful rounds hitting and penetrating its flesh and knocking it back onto its knees, roaring in agony as it clutches at its face.One angry eyes stares at you, almost bewildered as its eye narrows. It starts to move, carefully, as dozens of tentacles extend from its back, pointed towards your body, each and every swaying like a rattlesnake about to bite as it lets out a low growl.>Strike>Crash>Guard
>>30495913Probably the only way that would have happened is if we hadn't let Peter get bitten by the spider.
>>30495913We don't have the sentient symbiote. Flash does.We have the mindless, raving, genetically-altered, failed cancer cure suit. It can't be reasoned with.
>>30495921Crash
>>30495913For one, this isn't the Venom you can bond with, Flash has thatAnd two, we're not carnage, yet.
>>30495913The Symbiote we can have a meaningful relationship with is the one Flash is wearing right now.It's a sapient space thing that is capable of having thoughts and feelings.The thing we're wearing now is a shitty clone our dad made that's a bundle of feral instincts with nothing to bond with.
>>30495898Removing rolling completely would make it trivial. I'm just getting really sick of one or more critfails nearly every quest and barely any critsuccesses. I can live without them.
>>30495921Seems like a Guard. Crash.
>>30495898If the only thing making the quest tense is the frighteningly large chance of a instant success or failure than there's something really fucking wrong with the quest.
>>30495921>>CrashI really hope we don't wind up killing ourselves....As hilarious as that'd be.
>>30495928we tried, it failed horribly>>30495937yes we are
>>30495921>dozens of tentacles extend from its back, pointed towards your bodysound like a strike>Guard
>>30495921Guard
>>30495921>GuardIt's using a tactical strike, so we need to GUARD and counter.
>>30495921Guard.That's a Strike.
>>30495921That sentence about the tentacles could be a Strike, but>>Guard
>>30495945read >>30495952
>>30495921Did somebody order a crash? Crash his shit
>>30495948>>30495945>>30495933The way the tentacles were described as >swaying like a rattlesnake about to biteMake me PRETTY sure that means he's about to Strike.
Rolled 5>>30495921This appears to be an incoming strikeWe best crashAlso when did he get "venom"?
>>30495948too lazy to link to them, but a couple people earlier did make me start thinking that Peter would make a good Spirit Detective or Soul Reaper. Hell, if we end up having that happen, Man of Spiders could be our shikai
>>30495921Guard.
>>30495921>CrashIt's setting up for a counter, so hit it hard.
>>30495973You Guard to beat Strike, Crash is what Strike is super-effective against.
>>30495968That's going to make us lose. He's STRIKING with his tentacles. We need to GUARD.Read the starting post.>>30495973You too.GUARD beats STRIKESTRIKE beats CRASHCRASH beats GUARD
>>30495973>Crashes defeat Guards, but are defeated by Strikeshow about no?
>>30495921It's either a Strike or a Guard.>[x]Guard
>>30495973erm... guardWe guardNot crash
>>30495973read the last thread and you'll knowNight guys and thanks for running Cosgrove. Scared and anxious to see how this all pans out.Keep updating the archive guys and try to keep Flash in one piece.
>>30495973Guards beat Strike. Crashes lose to Strike.
>>30495921>GuardWell, this brings back memories of Peter and Flash early in the quest.'Cept the tables now turned, and it's Flash that's dancing around Peter.
>>30495982It's setting up for a Strike.Rattlesnakes don't block. They strike.Also even if we're wrong, then it's neutral instead of a failure.
>>30495968Vetoing my vote and changing to GuardCaptcha: tteerne OsborneGuys I think captcha has been watching us
>/tg/ failing at understanding rock/paper/scissorswhy am i not surprised?>>30495921>Guard
>>30495998He's got football skills on top of a cool alien symbiote. The better of the two. Peter got the shitty one that can't be made into a waifu.
>>30495921Wait, I'm wrong. Changing to Guard.
>>30495921>>GuardBlock his snake strikes!
>>30495587>A Guard is a defensive posture or evasive stance which is used to set up a counter-blow. Any attack which appears as if it could be a feint or which seems to be a stalling tactic is likely to be a Guard.>Strikes are fast, precision based attacks. Any attack which seems like it may rely on overwhelming speed or pinpoint accuracy is likely a Strike.There's nothing about this attack that seems like it relies on precision or overwhelming speed. It's waiting for us to make a move, so it's a Guard.
>>30495975Don't zanpakuto have to have a physical form for shikai?Either way, Bankai would have to be growing extra limbs at least
>>30496040>swaying like a rattlesnake about to bite
>>30496014I think they see moving warily as tantamount to being on the defensive, and would only recognize a strike if they were right about to be punched.Even though if you're not sure if it's a Strike or a Guard, it's way better to err on the side of caution and pick Guard, because if you're wrong the only consequence is both of you are just standing there like morons.
>>30495972I can't tell if it's telegraphing a lightning attack or acting with caution for a counter-strike. I think it's the later, but I could certainly be wrong. It's not supposed to be easy to guess.
>>30496040The safer option is to take guard though, and since this is a new system, better safe than sorry and all that.
>>30496040But if we're wrong and we pick Crash, then he wins.If we're wrong and we pick Guard, then we're both just pretty much staring at each other instead of fighting.
>>30496040>dozens of tentacles extend from its back, pointed towards your bodyit doesn't sound like a huge punch (aka crash) or trying to protect it self (aka guard) so it must me strike.
>>30496070You idiot.It's not safer at all. Every action we can do is nothing more than a new way to defeat every action he does. A wrong decision will still earn HIM a point and bring us closer to losing the fight.Strike, Guard, Crash, they are all equally 'safe'. Read the rules, holy shit.
>>30496103We're a point ahead though, so even if we tie for every round after this, we still win.
>>30496104Is this system inspired by Suikoden? It reminds me of that since guard defeats tactics, tactics defeats attack, and attack defeats guard.
>>30496103Actually, if we both pick the same action both sides get points. And since this is first to 2 that means we win.Read the rules yourself.
>>30496103>The first to gain 2 out of the 3 points is the victorWe already have 1 point and even if both Flash and Peter symbiotes do a guard we still going to gain a point and win by rules
>>30496103Oh SNAP SON. Who failed Third Grade Math? This Guy!
>>30496132I guess you're right on that. Then again, it's pretty obvious Venom's striking, so it doesn't make sense to guard just to make the sleep-deprived paranoids happy.
pretty late to be saying it, but Cos, can we not have every one of our fuckups be punctuated by a PoV switch? The number of times it happens kinda takes away from Peter's involvement even more than his incompetence by bad rolling does
>>30496166What? But Guard is what you do to beat Strike.Strike is the thing that Crash beats.
>>30496166But Guard beats Strike.
>>30496166I still don't get how some people don't get how rock/paper/scissors work
>>30496184I meant Strike is the thing that beats Crash, sorry.Like... we literally just used Strike to beat his Crash in the last round.That just happened.
>>30496176Then we should roll more 20s and less 1s. Blame fate.>>30496184>>30496193Ah... I'm so embarrassed.DISREGARD THAT I SUCK COCKS
>>30496218There is no fate, only the dice gods. Don't blame the dice gods, for they are fickle beings.
>>30496218>embarrassed>with two Rs
>>30496207In case you haven't noticed: we're preparing against either a Strike or Guard, and either way Guard wins the encounter for us.
>>30496238I know. That's why I'm saying we use Guard.I'm bringing it up again because people seem to want to Crash right into Venom's Strike.
>>30496236I'm the sleep-deprived paranoid, it seems.
>Guard beats Strike, Success!You tense, taking a defensive posture as dozens and dozens of tentacles shoot out to strike at you. Each and every one as deadly as the bullets you fired at it, and more than likely with a worse bite. Dodging out of the way of one, which becomes two, which becomes five, you pull yourself out of the way of the others as your partner extends webbing from your wrist- the superfluous material breaking off to decay as you land.Grabbing a retreating tentacle, you pull on it, exerting force, the ground cracking under your feet as the beast is pulled up into the air above you before you pull down sharply and uppercut its jaw with not only all of your strength, but that off gravity’s assistance as well! Twice the force! Teeth shatter as you send the thing flying as it groans and collapses into a pile of limbs. Letting out a sigh, your partner warns you to be careful. Turning back, you see it roar- a new mouth and head forming. Man, and just when you’d though that you made the winning touchdown, it seems like you’re back in for overtime![ENEMY SKILL: THE UNDYING BEAST- It needs to be hit with a successful blow or match using its weakness to be defeated, or else it will always stay one point under the threshold for defeat! Flash, be careful!]The thing gets to its feet and rampages for a bit- as the street’s torn apart- as a power line falls down, you see it move away, watching you carefully with the calculating eyes of a beast- its tentacles called back as it paces, growling even though it looks like it's got indigestion.>strike >crash>guard
>>30495740I kind of would prefer this idea over using the rock paper scissors thing(it seems pretty neat but it kind of makes combat a little too simple and cuts out the creativity of attacks). 1s and 20s still matter but just not in as huge of a way. We still get shit on by Parker Luck and still get bonuses and plot twist set ups with Spec Points and the dice are just less swingy.
>>30496328Crash, right?
>>30496328Crash
>>30496328strike with the power cable
>>30496359sorry, Crash with the power cable, misread the mechanics
>>30496328>CRASHGrab the power line, force it down it's throat and choke it!
>>30496235The dice gods ARE fate. They operate on the same principle, and fate does not punish you for invoking them.>>30496328>crashIt's guarding, so we got to CRASH on through.Those power cables look like they'll do some damage... how about we try it out?
>>30496328Crush I recken'
>>30496328>Crash
>>30496328>CrashZAP
>>30496328>CrashThis is definitely a Guard, so let's jam that handy power line right in Fake Venom's face.
>>30496328>>crashLooks like it's guarding, right?
>>30496328Crash seems like the right plan here. Use the power cable!
Be prepared to have your world shattered Flash. It's gunna sting.
>>30496385I'm thinking crunch, myself.
>>30496328>its tentacles called back as it pacesIts going to do a guard>CRASHgee what a conveniently power line that just happen to fall next to us, I wonder what happen if we use it like a lasso
>>30496328Crash using the power lines.
>>30496328Crash, use the cable, and one again prevent Peter from dealing with the consequences of his actions
Damn, I hope Stella's got an illusion prepared for when the Suit melts off Peter.She'll be seeing him naked regardless.
>>30496411It depends on how fast Stella can rev up her illusions, seeing as Flash's symbiote never touched us, neither parts of Agent Venom are immune to them.
>>30496426Seriously injuring if not killing a person (albeit an asshole villain who put a gun to our head) isn't enough?
>>30496414>lassoI meant to say whip.
>>30496411yep. Carnage is going to peel off Peter, Flash will die on the inside, and thread will end. Fuck you, dice gods, fuck you and your constant 1s whenever we try to help people
>>30496432Naked again.
How much Parker Luck do we have now. Like 7?
>>30496432She'll probably be too shockedNo wait, that's terrible.
>>30496411Oh... oh god.>>30496432>>30496441Here's hoping.Although the venom suit Flash is using can make webs. Take it for what you will. Maybe this is like a lantern ring and is limited only by his imagination.
>>30496465I think we have 5 (or 6)
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>>30496465enough so that we'll need nat 20s on every combat roll to beat a drunken hobo
>>30496454Not really, since as far as Flash knows we didn't eat anyone. No one but the thugs who ran for it, and us, know how many people were in the armored car.As far as Flash is concerned, he can go on thinking he stopped us before we killed anyone.
>>30496465Too much
>>30496478We're nearing BQ1 levels of jobbing aren't we...
>>30496454I'm serious with this shit. Even when we're trying to fix our PL, we manage to get MORE of it simply because the dice fucking hate us.It's so annoying.
>>30496491flash will see Spiderman and remember the monster
>>30496465>>30496478>>30496493I kind of feel like we've hit some kind of Event Horizon with Parker Luck.Like there's no way to stop from it increasing to a ridiculous amount without blowing our identity or getting a loved one killed.
>>30496510Alrighty then, lets kill Uncle Ben.
>>30496504I don't even care about fixing PL. We try to roleplay Peter as attempting to help people or learn from his mistakes, and strings of 1s happen.
>>30496503No we would actually have to DIE for that to happen.We are too close for comfort though.
>>30496523Unfortunately, it seems like Felicia's going to be the first sacrifice. Which is a pain because there is no way of stopping it despite us trying
>>30496523"Peter what are you doing? Put the gun down it doesn't have to be this way!""I have to do it. You don't understand what it feels like!"
>>30496503It's going to be worse. Ichigo's jobbing got him killed. Peter's jobbing is going to get himself and probably most of New York killed
>>30496555I think that would just break me. Felicia in this continuity is too cute and sweet to die. Forget about Peter. Losing a waifu like her would be horrible.
>>30496555Oh man, the character development that could come from that, it almost distracts from the pain of her dying.
>>30496503At our absolutely most deadly, we became a tutorial boss battle.We're those giant things you fight at the beginning of Kingdom Hearts games.The ones who look cool but really only exist to teach the mechanics.It's honestly kind of funny that our incompetence rubbed off and pretty much killed the Ultimate Symbiote.
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MS4_Z84-rRE&feature=kp
>>30496555I want to argue this, because there shouldn't be a way for bad luck and dice mechanics to lock you into a Bad End, but it honestly rings a bit true.
>>30496555We haven't actually tried. We just found out the other day and haven't told anyone or looked into it at all.
>>30496576But that's retarded. Her death won't TEACH us anything, because we genuinely try to do good and help people, but our insanely bad luck screws us over so hard that it doesn't even matter.We need a way to dump this PL before it gets her, or someone else killed for a dumb reason beyond our control.
>>30496555We havent tried shit.We have how many names related to what Felicia is doing?Make her a priority if shes a priority.Sure theres a lot of shit going on. Doesn't mean we can't do some basic detective work.
>>30496580"YOU WANT MY BODY?! FINE! THEN YOU GET EVERYTHING. THAT COMES... ALONG... WITH IIIIIIIIT!!!"
>>30496580To be fair, it was probably a good thing that his happened, in a bizarre sort of way.The symbiote could die from this, which solves that problem, and Flash will be our super-bro.
>>30496619I'm not complaining, it's actually hilarious when you think about it.
>>30496600Her death or anyone else's will teach us things, just not what Peter Parker needsIt will teach us that being good gets our loved ones hurtIt will teach us that the right thing is what gives villians power over usIt will teach us that we need to kill, not just beat, our opponents lest they come looking for someone we care about
>>30496600See>>30496613While there has been more important things, we really should at some point go and find her.
>>30496632Still. We have to just keep trying to dump this PL or it will screw us anyway. We have to keep giving the dice a chance to change their attitude towards us.
>>30496619My main issue is that it feels like we accomplished nothing.We research how to stop it. We talk to Stella about it. We start coming up with a plan and then BAM, nat 1 against a random crime and we everything fucks up and someone solves the problem for us.
>>30496613“Cerning the matter of Silverma- Death----new infor-A group---Passio--Gior- -nni-isk”That's what we got related to what Felicia's doing, it's not that much. Not that I disagree, we need to make her a top priority if Peter survives this.
>>30496613we do need to, but it's been less than a day and we're being eaten alive by a weird clonesuit. Our basic detective work got us the names, then Venom shenanigans happened
>>30496649It's literally the morning after the day we found out.What the fuck do you expect us to do? We can certainly do that stuff today if we're not unconscious for a week due to physical trauma.>>30496667That's what bad luck does. Unless we start having good luck, we're not allowed to be awesome anymore.
>>30496646When you put it that way, it's a good thing the symbiote ate our costume, since that leaves us with the first one we designed.Bad End Spider-Man.
>>30496667Two nat 1s, but i understand what you mean.
>>30496667Point, but if the symbiote dies from this, that frees up time that would be spent dealing with that so we can deal with other shit, like Felicia.
Our luck in this quest is directly proportional to the amount of "screentime" Felicia gets, and inversely proportional to the amount of time spent in the company of Gwen Stacy.The Black Cat is our good luck charm... which is kind of ironic.I hope he doesn't die.
>>30496695Like I don't think we're in a good place to be kid friendly right now.
I hope it gives our Spider suit back. That was a gift. A really cool gift.But it might also leave a bunch of shirts and pants lying around, ones that Venom ate.
>>30496613we won't get a chance. We're going to be unconscious for weeks from this beatdown, then find out that Silvermane's killer got to Felicia. cue tears
>>30496691I wasn't talking about the Venom stuff only, we should've at least tried something when we went to her house.Not even approach her necessarily, just do something.
>>30496742>WeeksI'd say at max a single week. Remember we have Fast Healing. It might even be only a few days.
>>30496691I'd honestly like to keep the Parker Luck/Spec Point system without the instant success/failure rules like suggested above.It seems like too much of this quest just hinges on how lucky on unlucky we are and nothing else.
>>30496758Like. Fucking. What.>>30496769It's not the system I'm angry at. We have NEVER been this unlucky on such a consistent basis. It's astounding. More than that it's something that seems unfixable because we literally can never predict when it will happen.
>>30496769Agreed. I'm completely fine with PL and SP.
>>30496763We were at -10 hp even before flash/venom started beating the hell out of us.Even assuming eating Cretin Master healed us to full, we are going to be wrecked.
>>30496798Like find where she went or what she's getting into
>>30496810We weren't at -10, we were at 10, Cosgrove just puts a dash between HP and what our HP is. I was confused at first too.
>>30496798But it's because of the system that our shit luck hits as hard as it does.Parker Luck is still bad, but at least it's not going berserk in the middle of downtown bad.
>>30496821How? Our only clue is a half-burned letter with the only distinguishing characteristic being the name Silverma- something. We have so little to go on, and you want us to do WHAT.
>>30496798>>30496769Honestly, luck is kind of a character trait for Peter, but yeah, it is fucking annoying we can't fix it.
>>30496838Google the Silverman death, go from there.We could probably get what was burned
>>30496837There was a board full of pictures and a map along with her computer.
>>30496837Work with Gwen's since she has police know-how?
>Crash beats Guard, Success!It watches you carefully, tentacles twitched, but you know what time it is. That thing’s afraid of the power line, so its time to give it the thunder! Readying yourself in a classic pose you’ve used a thousand times to make an aggressive charge, you let out a roar like you would on the field as your partner listens to your plan silently, approvingly. As you pass the power line, you extend back an arm as you web and pull the power line to you as you prepare to make one hell of a tackle! Slamming your shoulder and the live end of the power line you can see it glow with electricity as it screeches in agony.Behind you, you can her someone cry out- turning back, you see the cloaked figure rush past you- towards the melting monster- before you can see who, or what it was they’re both gone as the black ooze slides away. You eyes narrow as it suddenly surges and sinks into the nearby storm drain. Your eyes narrow as you feel your partner‘s fury, but with a calming thought, it relaxes into you.Looking towards the side of the street- you can see Jesse watching in the distance, looking excited as the police come in- you lend a hand by webbing up the nearby terrified thugs before they can get away and recover from being paralyzed with fear, including their boss- the so called ‘Crime Master.’ You slip away before any cops or reporters can get nearby, and with your partner’s help, it isn’t long until you’re walking up to Jesse’s side. She looks excited and in awe as I lean in. “Hey, let’s just keep this a secret between us, alight?”Extending a pinky, she takes it and offers an oath solemnly before she looks at me. “This means I’m getting cocoa, right?”Letting out a groan, she runs off ahead of me as you hear the amused murmers of your partner. Your life’s never going to be the same, but for just a little bit longer… it can’t hurt to pretend.>1/2
>>30496847Whoops, meant to link >>30496837
>>30496829So we -aren't- a symbiotically reanimated necro-peter relentlessly driven to fight crime as a futile attempt to stem the rising tide of horrible luck brought about by our corruption of our totemic link?Damn.
>>30496856...There was? Fuck me, I missed that. Yeah, okay.Let's save our good luck charm after this symbiote shit is over.
>>30496859I mean, I don't really wanna do that because I feel like that's a violation of Felicia's trust, which is already very fragile considering how she flipped out after we called her that one time.But it unfortunately seems necessary.
>>30496861>Peter Parker Quest will return >To Be continued>Next Issue: “Two paths, Two Tomorrows.”I'll be around for a few for some Q&A. I currently plan on overhauling PPQ's system in the coming week.
>>30496798Between the Parker Luck/Spec Point thing and the instant success/failure thing, the system puts a fuck ton of value on each crit roll and makes any kind of luck more extreme than it would normally be.
>>30496861>including their boss- the so called ‘Crime Master.’ HE'S NOT DEAD! WE'RE NOT PUNISHER! WOO!
>>30496880Is Felicia safe?
>>30496861Damn, Ultimate Symbiote got away. Oh well, at least Peter no longer HUNGERS.
>>30496894betcha a dollar he still does and Flash just knocked us out
>>30496880Eh, I feel like we should wait a bit and see if it's just a fluke that we're getting bad luck so often, since you really would think we should get about as many 20s as we do 1s.
>>30496880Thanks for running Cos, and are we going to keep the new combat system, and are we sticking with rolls for non-combat checks?
>>30496880Thanks for running Cosgrove.Them dice rolls man.Cheers and have a great night. Bed calls.
>>30496880What is your primary motivation for overhauling the system?It worked pretty well for this long while until we got this uncanny string of bad luck. What's on your mind?
>>30496880I'd like to suggest simply removing the critical failure/success aspect of the system, Cosgrove. Simply have a 1 be the lowest roll (which would still add to Parker Luck) and 20 the highest (which likewise adds to Spectacular Points).
>>30496894But guess who's going to bond with that thing now? I've got a feeling it's our little jailbird, but now it's got the goodies hes always wanted.
>>30496912Yeah, but we aren't. That's the weird thing about probability. You'd think logic would dictate that there's be diminishing returns at some point, but sometimes there just aren't.
>>30496920The uncanny string of bad luck has resulted in a Parker Luck Event Horizon and has fucked us over again and again. See: >>30496889Luck is way too big of a factor in the system.
>>30496861Whelp all that and we didn't even kill off Carnage.i just wanted my symbiote, is that so wrong?
>>30496880I don't know, in the past the crit fails were actually kind of fun/funny.It just got upsetting when it seemed like they just kept happening.
>>30496933I wouldn't be surprised, but now we have Bro Flash bonded with the much cooler symbiote as another ally.
>>30496880I like SP and PL but holly shit the dice hates this quest.Could you maybe add some option that would allows enemies to be able to spend PL as a some kind of last-result-escape-technique ? For example enemy spends 2 PL to asspull a sonic/flash bomb to run away or 3 PL to gain a temporary jetpack or something like that.
>>30496861>Extending a pinky, she takes it and offers an oath solemnly before she looks at me. “This means I’m getting cocoa, right?”Aw, she's adorable.
>>30496942That's... okay, that's a good point.Watch. We're going to get consecutive 20s immediately after Cos implements the new system to make both 1s and 20s no longer as critical as they were.The dice gods love to see us squirm.
>>30496946It's not Carnage, it's Ultimate Venom.Seriously read Ultimate Spider-Man, it's good stuff.I'm just kind of disappointed that we didn't even eat Crime Master. I mean, I GUESS the whole "he had a gun pressed up against our head and his minions also were aiming at us" could plausibly slow Venom down enough for them to escape.
>>30496880Hey cos.Its pretty clear at this point that Norman probably didn't kill our parents, if only because he needed a cure for the carnage symbiot.But how many versions are there?Parker was responsible for Vemon, which is based symbiote.Osborn pushed the envelope too far and made Carnage, which seems both vampiric and capable of infecting multiple hosts.What did Brock do?What did shield do?How many alien death oozes are running around?
>>30496933If it has any sort of host memory; whoever gets it gets to know who we are.
>>30496969Agreed. She ought to meet Stella and they can have slumber parties and stuff.
>>30496914I'm thinking that, yes, I will probably try this or some variant of it for combat, while letting rolls still come into play outside it. I'm thinking about reworking Parker luck- maybe as a booster point spender for villains instead. Maybe allow its use to remove a loss from combat, and give the same to SPs?But mainly the reason behind it is that while dice is fun, I don't want my players to feel frustrated at failures due to constant low dice rolls.
>>30496982>ultimate>goodi don't know man i've been hurt before.
>>30496982Actually, with the cap on Spec Point(and the no cap on Parker Luck) good luck is actually worth less than bad luck in this system.We could get a string of 20s. But we'll only ever have 3 spec points and still have a ridiculous amount of Parker Luck.Honestly, with this string of bad luck and the amoung of PL it's accrued, we've kind of hit the point where you can't stop the PL from making the villains win without a death or identity reveal.
>>30496988>Parker was responsible for Vemon, which is based symbiote.>Osborn pushed the envelope too far and made Carnage, which seems both vampiric and capable of infecting multiple hosts....No?Base symbiote is from space, came to Earth in a meteorite. Our dad found it, studied it, and then shoved it in a plastic bag, kept it in a coma with a sonic device, and wanted everyone to think it was just an ink trap. To the point where even in his last video, he STILL didn't want us to know the truth.
>>30496988Osborn needed our dad alive to develop a solution to his wife being eaten by it.So yeah. Norman didn't kill our dad at least. Our mother is a different story though... why would she not have gotten custody of Peter?Would it KILL Rich to finish a thought so we can have some answers? Guess it did.>>30497013Alright, that makes sense. Thanks for running, Cos!Next quest when?
>>30497033Meant to link: >>30496972
>>30497017Ultimate Spider-Man really is pretty good. It's also -consistently- good, which isn't something you can say about the rest of Ultimate Marvel. Hell, even the Spider-Man part of Cataclysm is good.So, why does everyone think Richard Parker was so eager to keep his wife from gaining custody of Peter?
>>30497038This is closest to the truth. There's more to Richard and Mary's back-story- and that will ultimately involve SHIELD a lot more.
>>30497038Did he ever wonder whether the original was more stable than his modified versions?
>>30497039Maybe it's a near Ragyo levels of fucked up.
>>30497013I do like the idea of Parker Luck being able to be spent, though in practice it seems like you'd only be sure to have villains burn it when it really counts.Or maybe you can make critfails in combat be mitigated by good planning somehow?
>>30497057But Ultimate killed Peter and replaced him with Miles.And Miles is a boring character in my honest opinion.
>>30497060Cosgrove, did carnage flee from us?So we're freed from the alien suit?
>>30497057I was really disappointed with the war of the symbiotes. It was great and then felt like it was cut short and cut out of the plot to get Venom and Carnage out of the story- like every story involving symbiotes so far in it, with the exception of Ultimate Carnage's murder.
>>30497071Good planning ideally should avoid the vast majority of bad situations.We should do more of it.
>>30497063Well as it stands, the space symbiote can't cure cancer. And it CAN be a jerk sometimes.Also our dad wanted to just make a suit that worked like the symbiote did, without actually being alive and having pesky thoughts and opinions of its own.Like his modified versions weren't even really clones.
>>30497039>why would she not have gotten custody of Peter?What if only Peters mom was an agent and his dad was just some smart scientist and he somehow figure out that so he was like "Hell no. I will not send my son to some weird-ass top secret government base just so he could become some puppet assassin for the politicians."
>>30497081It's not Carnage.It's Ultimate Venom.
>>30497086Cos, how long will Peter be out after the suit-dampened bullet wounds, and then the fight with Flash?With Fast Healing, so I imagine not incredibly long.>Well as it stands, the space symbiote can't cure cancer.Does this mean Eddie is screwed?
>>30497086> hey guys let make a new universe so that we can take a new approach to our franchise.> Let's have the same villians as in the original even if it's detrimental to the plot.Goddammit marvel
>>30497119What if that one time Venom touched us as a kid meant the thing was basically bonded to us and Mom wanted to use us to test it.
>>30497073The Death of Spider-Man arc is fantastic, even if it did mean the end of Peter. It was as good a way for him to go as any. I like Miles, but yeah a lot of people don't. Still, that's 150 issues of pretty great storytelling even if you stop there.>>30497086I actually can't stand most symbiote stories.
>>30497063>>30497108This is pretty close. The fact that it was alive terrified Richard. He wanted something to be made that did similar things, but was part of the body and when done fixing it would go away. He did not succeed.He hated his creation, but he feared the symbiote.
>>30497119We know our mom worked for SHIELD, didn't it say so in that letter she left for us?To be honest, I'm pretty sure that not only is she not dead, but she's the one who edited our dad's hard drive.
>>30497119>>30497132Federal/Corporate secrets aren't going to be argued very effectively in a civil custody trial...
>>30497136Hold on.Did our MOTHER doctor the videos on the harddrive?
>>30497127Ultimate Symbiote can eventually turn into something that can cure cancer maybe, and we still have those vials Stella stole. Which I'm pretty sure aren't alive like the space symbiote since there didn't seem to be any sonic devices to keep them dormant.
>>30496933Eddie, probably.
>>30497138The letter from Peters mom says (that SHE wroted ) both of them where SHIELD agent. What I am trying to say is that maybe it was only Peter's mom who was a agent but somehow his dad find out about it and freak out.
SOON...Also Bleach is finally out. Yachiru's in it. Yay I guess.
>>30497167We're gonna find out soon enough.
>>30497013That could work, but I feel that criticals are the real problem. 1s are far too common, and them bring super bad just makes things worse.
>>30497167>>30497138>>30497174I can't really say, but I will say that a body with her dental records was found in the wreckage of the accident that killed Richard Parker, Carl Brock, and his wife (who was just along to be with her husband)
>>30497193At this level of PL and rotten luck (a lot of which was withheld from being converted into PL since Cosgrove is a merciful person), I'm willing to consider an alteration of the system as long as the QM is cool with it.
-“Dear Peter“This is your mother, and I’d like to write this message to you so that, one day, you might understand us a little better because if you’re reading this, there is no doubt we have already passed on. Your father and I, we are undercover agents of a branch of the government- the Strategic Homeland Intervention Enforcement and Logistics Division.“There’s been a number of incidents we’ve been involved in. Recently your father has begun working under Norman Osborn- to observe the man and his goals. However, after an experiment your father refused to finish, we had become… expendable. It is likely he will be watching you so if you feel like your life is ever in mortal danger, there is an individual you must contact.”He might seem rude and hard to deal with, but he cares about all of his employees. His name is Nick Fury- the director of our division. He isn’t a man to involve over trivial things, but he can get you, May, and Ben to safety- new identities with protection. This is only a last resort, mind you, but If you have this- you’re mature enough to judge when that is.Oh, and your father, Richard, wants me to make sure you know something. He says it’ll be very important and to remember it when the time comes- you mustn’t forget this--”With Great Power Comes Great Responsibility.-“I love you my son, be safe, be happy.-“Mary Parker”-In case anyone needed a reminder on what Mary's letter says.How much of it can be trusted, I wonder...
>>30497201Mom's sounding a lot like Myra from Venture Bros at this point.
>>30497193The Parker Luck Event Horizon is also a serious problem.It's not so much any one thing, but rather that a LOT of the system puts emphasis on criticals. Seriously, the bulk of system has to do with making 1s and 20s more powerful. Which is a problem because they're rather common in a best of 3 system.
>>30497201I'm going to rule out cloning shenanigans for now, since that just makes accurate Shadowrunning downright impossible.Maybe the plane crash was actually a legit accident. Either that or the documents explaining the incident were forged by SHIELD to protect government secrets... fuck, now I'm Shadowrunning.
>>30497239It doesn't seem like any of it, since based on what our dad said in the videos, he seemed determined NOT to quit for Emily's sake.
>>30497264Hell, it's also looking like he never even stopped thinking Norman could be reasoned with.
>>30497251Agreed.
>>30497253I will say this: Ben Parker- Richard Parker's brother. He is actually employed as a security guard. He's currently assigned to a museum by his company for the moment.May Parker- she's Ben's wife and she is not affiliated with any organizations or societies other than the neighborhood watch and the Parker Family recipes (the later is mroe of a family joke).
>>30497294And of course, considering the circumstances, Norm doesn't have any motive to kill our folks, considering they were his best hope of saving his wife or whatever.
>>30497201Did the Suit permanently eat our webshooters and the Spider costume Felicia gave us? Because that would really suck.The webshooters can be easily replaced, but that costume was special. It was so cool to get a gift that amazing from our waifu and to go and lose it like that is just depressing.
>>30497312So she isn't volunteering at that soup kitchen yet?Also I'd kind of like to hear about Ben's career as a police officer, but I can't really think of a good reason to bring it up.
>>30497323We also permanently lose that cell phone she gave us as well.Because Ultimate Venom is literally the worst.He's just... ugh.
>>30497313Oooh yea. Maybe in a fit of rage, but i see that as unlikely.
>>30497328no, but she's been thinking about it.>>30497323Yes.
Mary Parker.Mom got custody anyway.
>>30497347Though it seems like our parents weren't even together at the time they were killed?It feels like after we've saved Felicia, we should look into our mom's past.
>>30497348>>30497323>Yes.Well if Felicia is alive and in good mood we should ask her to do make a new one for us and Gwen a matching costumes.
>>30497312I never suspected either of them in the first place. They're saints. Especially Aunt May. Fuck, she gave Cap, who to her was a total stranger sulking over a grave her own scarf. She's one of the best of us.>>30497348Shit... guess we need to apologize once we find her.Maybe we can make a new costume based on her design?Maybe we'll get a bonus to the roll required to make it or something.
>>30497348FFFFFFFFUCKWe have to see what she's up too when we can and help her if need be. Ten we make HER a costume.Also those fucking webshooters took a lot of time and money to make. Hopefully we have blueprints so they can be replicated easily.
>>30497369I think the first step of that should be fully figuring out our dad's hard drive, probably done best by boosting our Programming skill.
>>30497375...I don't think she's ever going to be in that good a mood.
>>30497383We have the full blueprints and since we made them before we don't even have to roll to make another set (I think).
>>30497383You do, you also have some ideas for improved ones. Gwen's which were still the basic design were better than you're just because of the difference in skill when you made yours and when you made hers.
>>30497375Please.Please don't anger the waifu.
>>30497400I doubt it. We just need time to recreate them.
>>30497415Ok so if we make the revolvers again they should, in theory, be improved.Until then it's parkor I quess
>>30497375Uhh... I don't want to have Felicia make Gwen's costume. There's still some unresolved tension there.>>30497415>improved onesLike how? Does it involve a new design entirely, or something like mechanically superior webslinging? Are there more designs than rotating/large/small?
>>30497415Cosgrove, are we still able to get a good symbiote (not flash's)?
>>30497383At least we still have the durable costume to use.
>>30497449We should make Gwen some revolving ones too and give her some of our tough webbing.Stop being lewd, brain.
>>30497460Please, no more aliens.Made by the hands of man, only.
>>30497460There aren't any good symbiotes.Well, Toxin, Hybrid, and Scorn are all pretty good, but they're also a LONG way down the road.
>>30497465Of course we always have -a- costume to use. But the one we lost was special. Well, fuck. No use complaining about it, I suppose. Still. Feels.
>>30497460Please just stop.I'd rather deal with Totem shit than another symbiote.
>>30497446we still have the blueprints for grappling gauntlet, not same as webing around the town but should do ok as temporary replacment
>>30497478You got that ass backwards brother. The thing that was wrong with what we were wearing was it was an inferior human copy, instead of an alien that can be reasoned with and wasn't even tainted by Eddie's crazy bitterness and spite.
>>30497460No more symbiotes goddamn.
>>30497460I'm personally DONE with symbiotes. Or any bio-suit for that matter.Magic/Engineering all the way, baby!
>>30497498alien material fondled by the hands of man does not count.
>>30497496We still have the grapple gauntlets period.We never were able to give Felicia her Christmas gift since she went out to deal with Fisk and Silvermane... fuck, I feel bad, now.
>>30497504Same here Anon.
>>30497504"I hate biology... I'm done with it. Just. Just done. I'll keep doing machines. They're simple, logical, and never turn on you... but if they did that's what kill switches are for."
>>30497520Imagine if she dies because we never went after herThe present remains unwrapped in Peter's room. Never to be opened.
>>30497537Shut up, shut up! FUCK YOU.The second we wake up, we're going to Felicia's and thoroughly examining that board with all the pictures and stuff in her house.
If this symbiote didn't have a name already, can we name it Catastrophe?
>>30497574Or we can name it Cancer.Since it was made to combat a terrible thing, but instead became one.
>>30497574Hahaha, I love it Anon
>>30497547And then she'll yell at us for blowing her cover and we'll tell her to deal with it.
>>30497593Yeah I think that's why we didn't investigate in the first place.
>>30497593Really, I'm confused as to why she didn't think she could trust us with this kind of thing. It's bizarre.
>>30497605It's something extremely personal for Felicia, and she knows as soon as we learn that she plans to kill Fist we're gonna stop her.
>>30497605After all this symbiote stuff I really want to have a serious talk with both Felicia and Gwen so we all are on same page because this secrecy is getting ridicules.
>>30497605Despite clearly being in love with us, she still has a LOT of problems.
>>30497636Sorry, Fisk
>>30497636>Kill FistLeave Danny alone
>>30497636>>30497654Woah. You're fucking right.We gotta stop her, guise. We gotta.
>>30497672I don't see why she wouldn't want to instead shatter his power base completely and get him arrested, while whoever fills the void has Fisk killed, just like Fisk did to her dad.
>>30497690If that's what she planned to do, she'd have no qualms about telling us.But it must be a personal vendetta. Maybe Fisk killed her father and her telling us he died in some other way is the result of her god-like bluff skill fooling us.
>>30497672Not honoring her dad's memory, it'll change her forever, oh and as a sorta plus (for her) if he's dead she can't torment him anymore. It would be much more fitting to bring Fisk's empire crashing down around him and utterly ruin his reputation.
>>30497724We just have to convince her of that instead of letting her do something stupid.
>>30497690May be if we convince her she could drop police some important info on Fisk through Gwen as proxy.
>>30497743Or just an anonymous tip.
>>30497460>>30497478>>30497480>>30497491>>30497501>>30497504And the dream of a positive, healthy relationship with the symbiote dies. ;_; it would have been the best companion, always there for you, helping you, loving you best waifu
>>30497759She chose Flash instead, man.You can't always get what you want... *sniff*
>>30497759Ah well, we'll just have to settle for a solid working relationship/friendship through Flash.
>>30497777As much as I feel compelled to obey the quads, Felicia has been an optimal waifu and I would hate to jeopardize that.
>>30497759Fuck you symbiote. Felicia is mah waifu.Accept no substitutes.
