I'm sure I won't be the only one with questions, so feel free to add any you have.

Question 1:

Quote:Without their own writer, a Force Prime is considered nowhere near as strong as a player Prime - call it plot armor or whatever, but they'll be beaten out every time.

From: Ash<shock_n_awe@...com>
To: Jaixe

Subject: dante's abyss
Attachments:  <zone-a-fights>, <zone-b-fights>, <zone-c-fights>, <zone-d-fights>, <zone-e-fights>, <zone-x-fights>

Yeah ... really wanted to avoid this. Sorry.

Character name: Venom (roleplaying as the symbiote, not any particular incarnation of Venom)

Character source: Marvel Comics

Character history: Up to the point where the symbiote is removed from Lee Price.

Physical Description: (originals only)

Stats:
ATK: 4
DEF: 4
SPD: 1
TEC: 1

Starting Proficiencies: Physical (1000), Ranged (1000)

Starting Powers: Symbiosis (2000), Super Jumping Basic (300)

Starting Moves: Webbing (Ranged) (300) - Venom fires pressurised strands of its own substance at an effective distance of 70 feet from the white patches on the back of his hands. These 'web' lines travel at the speed of an arrow and are adhesive, allowing Venom to swing on them like ropes when they attach to almost any surface. There is almost no limit to how much webbing he can produce, but as it is He can also use them to snag items or people from a distance and draw them to him.

Claws (Physical) (300) - While his fingers already end in dull tips, Venom can extend his fingers into longer, sharper implements of battle. They extend his fingers an extra six inches on each hand and sharpens their tips, perfect for raking flesh.

I confirm that I have read and agreed to the Rules of Conduct.

Because why not?

Samdarts
Samra
Freezam
Caidarts
Chrisdarts
Gilra
Gilta
Gildaryn
Freezedarts
Gilza
Frista...

I really only have like 2 cool ones >_> please do better than me

I DESIRED POSITIVITY. GIVE ME YOUR PROTONS +

Complete the sentence, and be nice about it too!

I'll go first.

The Omniverse has helped me ... Get over my "stage fright." Before I was SO mortified if one person EVER read my writing and didn't like it, like OMG you'll die of shame Sam, but now I take pride in it.. Mostly. Anyway, it has helped me become more comfortable with collaboration and the fundamentals of critique and improvement. Also I get to write with friends AND some of the greatest writers ever and that is a dream come true for me.

<3

Quote:The Carnival of Caine

The Vision Wrote:
So the Pale Moors Star Piece Quest description says that I need to kill the Astronomers nearby to get the Star Piece. I'm currently traveling with three soldiers who are affiliated with the Astronomers. I have serious qualms about killing the team they sent me with, so I was wondering...

1) Do I need to kill them? Can there a bounty just for stealing an Artefact?
2) Do the circumstances of the killing matter all too much? That is, can I say they were monster-ized and tried to kill me so I killed in self-defense?
3) Does it have to be me who kills them?

While I'm asking, I'd also like a brief description on what the Yellow OOPS INDIGO Star Piece looks like. Not necessarily what it does, because I know that's supposed to be a mystery, but just what Vision sees inside the warehouse.

I thought for a while about whether or not I wanted to type this up or to just let it go, take a break from the site for a few days, and then just move on with one of my various future plots.
 
I figure it best that I type it anyway.  If only because it’ll bother me if I just kept my mouth shut.
 
Over the last few weeks, I’ve had the strained ‘pleasure’ of hosting a competitive event.  As part of my role as ‘host’ or ‘showrunner’ or ‘gm’ or whatever term you’d like to use, I was in conversation with the majority of the people who volunteered to participate.
 
Which meant I’ve had to deal with weeks of complaining, salt, and angst – directed at me, directed at other people, directed at everything.
 
I say this with zero regrets – some of you shouldn’t participate in competitive events like this.  It turns you into awful, unbearable people.  I know that people get competitive (and that’s healthy), but sometimes, it’s just way too much.  I love your passion.  That’s why I (usually) like dedicating myself during this time of the year to holding an event with a group of writers/people that I respect.  I get to see some of my ‘old favorites’ gear up for another shot at glory.  I also get to see new faces to the website get their feet wet. Better yet, I get to see people I remember from X months ago, and I get to be so impressed at how much they’ve grown since I last had the free time to read their writing.  It’s usually a really wonderful experience.
 
This year, I can’t say that I genuinely enjoyed this.  The raging (or salt, whatever you want to call it) and the hideous amount of meta-gaming is just frustrating.  It got to the point where I felt like the nonsense bled down into your character’s actions (avoiding fights, odd ball pairings for the fact that the writers were colluding, etc).
 
And don’t get me started on consumables or movement.  Both were just awful and gave me migraines.  In both instances, I quickly realized they were just things people were going to abuse (and I don’t mean ‘abuse maliciously’, because I don’t think anyone here is malicious), despite the fact that they were set up to try and create a leveled field.  The intent of this event was for people to wander around and fight one another.  The logistics of item drops and spam-movement wound up helping turn this more into something like DA15, where meta-groups (because even if you people aren’t together, you still feel compelled to  collude anyway so your friends win) ran the madhouse.  I think it’s just part of human nature, so I personally don’t hold ill will.
 
And neither should any of you.  All this crap about “Man, I lost respect for X” is garbage.
 
Cut it out.  You’re are all guilty of frustrating crimes of passion.  Wonderful passion but passion nevertheless.
 
So I hope you enjoyed it.  Despite the persistent headaches and mild frustrations, I did.  I always like to see people ‘kick it up a notch’ to try and do their best.
 
I will see you next year.  You’ll have your choice of a Syntech Story, a traditional competition, or something that Greg and I are going to work on at some point over the coming calendar year.
 
So again, thank you for your time and your frantic passion.
 
Love each other.
 
Love you all,
 
-Karl Jak/Alex

Okay, I'm asking just in case. I doubt this would be okay, but I thought i'd make sure.

So I bought a powers cap thinking I had plenty of time before the forces update came out, but the end of DA snuck up on me out of nowhere. And now I barely have any OM to outfit Ambrosia.

I was wondering, considering I bought that under a missunderstanding, considering I need the om because of a rule that's only coming into law, and considering I haven't even used the cap and probably wouldn't be making use of it for months anyways, I was wondering if I could get a full refund on that...

If not, I could understand. I don't want special favors, I just thought I ask due to the circumstances. I can find some other way if I have to.

With Dante’s Abyss finally coming to a close, we can finally get this ball rolling. I would like to remind everyone that this event will take months IC and OOC if you can’t participate for that long, please don’t attempt to join. If I don’t see your character application in this thread, you will not be in Secondary Saga II. I think the basic way to do this is to write our secondaries as level 1 primes. Everyone has filled out a join form at least once here so you should know what you need to do.

If you need advice on anything hunt down ElFailz/TheFutureWarrior, Kanda/Batman, or I and we can likely provide you with what you need. If it’s an official Omniverse question please direct it to the Help Desk. We have decided that our Secondaries will be wading through the Vasty Deeps on their quest. That has been finalized.

You may now post ONLY your character profiles here. Don’t post anything but that. If you decide you’re going to drop out after you post your character here, PM me and delete you post here if you can. By posting a character here, you will officially signing up for SS II. An official start date has not been made yet, but I will announce it as soon as possible. If your Secondary is an existing Secondary, please follow the rules and travel there. I will be making a post on the dataverse with my secondary if you want to use that as an IC excuse.