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Whenever I hear "Build Up" go off, I immediately start running BACKWARDS. It's pavlovian, at this point. It's been a long time since anyone AS'd me successfully.

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A-men! Same thing goes for me and Teleport Foe. I know there's a bomb-a-coming, so I kick in flight or jump and go _elsewhere._

If you want blood...

Sometimes third parties intersect in perfectly good intrigues for reasons of their own.

You got it...

Sometimes, they come from the most unexpected places.

I said, if you want blood, you got it.

Sometimes, they just want to break things. In this case, a name has been pointed out to Miseria Bella far too many times.

Rakescar.

She's seen him. Tougher than tough, it seems. And with a record... of decided wins. It's time to see what he's made of. And how he reacts when his soul is eaten away. After that, and assuming he survives, which is more than likely, all things considered, it may be time to examine FUTURE.

One never knows.
For that matter, one never knows whose blood it will be.

As the song says, you get nothing for nothing...
(Wild card engaged. Let's have some real fun.)

Interesting sub-note: Clearly, from the rest of the paper, Virtue is the One True Server, as Tsetse and the rest from Evo were also in the article.

Yep. Evo, kicking tail, taking names, defining reality. Way to go, guys!

I'm in there... somewhere!

Auntie Entity runs Bartertown, by the way.

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I have it on good authority that Jake is in fact... a 5th Column Mekman.

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So, when Jake appears as a woman or a homeless man... he's a robot... in disguise!

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They were thinking something along the lines of "...carnies, Malta AND KoA in one group!"

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OH! OH! So something like a Knives of Artemis Combined Master Zeus Illusionist Titan?! That would be...


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About the same as any other opponent for SR?

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Ohmtown! Wow, a Rock and Rule reference. Don't see that everyday. I adore that movie, but most people have never heard of it.

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You know, it just came out on DVD, too. I keep meaning to order it.

What else is there to say but...

Encore!

Terry Retro must live. And be eeevil.

This has always been one of my little PVP secrets. If I'm being teleported, whack that spacebar down and hang a hard right. About two thirds of the time, I can get some to most of the way out of the caltrops by the time the port-alignment bit ends. If I've got a travel power on, that means I'm _out_ of the caltrops period, two thirds of the time.

I have _barely_ dodged that attack, by good mobility... already being in the air when the teleport went off. The caltrops aren't there for damage, they're to make you stick to the ground.

That Zodiac is the Virtue CoH Zodiac.

Now the NDA is lifted?
Vice was the first Virtue SG made in CoV.
The Vicious Circle is a successor as the leader wandered off somewhere.

Thank you. However, this means that it will be less necessary to slot endurance reductions. This only increases the issue with defense powers. Especially considering the now-increased tendency to slot accuracy enhancements in PvP.

This is an _ugly_ darn seesaw. It's got to be a stone cold bear to try to fix things as you see them, and still remain fair.

Will he ever return, oh his fate is still unlearned...
He may rove forever, on the streets of Paragon,
he's the man who never returned...

Oddly enough, I do have a story for this.
Here.
It's part of Karmic Bingo, and somehow or other, Paradise By The Dashboard Light wove itself into it. Except, it's no longer about sex.

"You got to do what you can..."

For extra credit, can you figure out where I tossed it back and forth to Roy?

Sometimes, no matter how oblivious you are, you realize something just isn't right.

There's a lot of things you can call Shamrock II. Oblivious would be... well, maybe sixth on the list. After Loud, Obnoxious, Violent... well, it's not worth going on like that.

But when the giant orange and white robot looks like a troll with pointy ears and an iron crown... Something ain't right. She saw that mental guy flip out. She remembers the voice of the gem.

This ain't either of them, buddy. And that ain't right. So... yeah. Banter. Banter like a mother-hump till it slips. Harass it from MAGI to the lobby of Freedom Corps. Point out the stupid stuff it says.

Shammy isn't the smartest tool in the shed, but she cuts through bull like... well, a bulldozer. Not fast. Not sharp, but unstoppable. And it works. It works well enough Roy gets out. He's not dead, but the thing's got him.

And that's when Shammy gets really stubborn. She said she wouldn't kill Roy for a reason. That would be giving up. And Shammy doesn't give up. She didn't give up on Sidney, when the rest of the world did. She won't give up now. So...

She hammers the demon. Makes it question itself. Makes it question her. She knows that it's stronger than she is. Smarter. More powerful in every way.

But heroing is a game of inches. And if even one word gets through to Roy, if one word will convince him to hang on through the darkest night his soul can reach... she's done her job.

Sure, he thinks Maggie's dead. Sure, the beast has control of his senses, he can't see the park, he can't see the city straight.

But Shammy knows Roy. She knows he's a slugger. And she knows one thing about sluggers. They don't go down. Their body may break. Their eyes may be beaten shut, their hands may be turned into mangled meat and blood. They can be knocked senseless while still standing.

But they never give up. And she's got faith in that.

She's got faith in Roy.

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. Well, someone (I've forgotten who) suggested adding a Damage Debuff to one of the powers - and we did! Chilling Embrace gains the ability to debuff mob damage (though it's Recharge debuff is slightly slower now).

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Hey, that'd be nice for SR, too. Put it in Practiced Brawler. (Or a minor heal.) Might solve some of the problems quite nicely.

((What? We're screwing with ya in the park))

Bah! Who'd build a humanform robot and put their AI in the exposed sensor area? Sensors, sure. Primary cooling? Sure. But keep the processing in the torso.

Plus, it freaks people out when they keep coming.

If you buy CoV, does CoH get the boosts or... hm. Probably not.

It's true, it's true, the Villians showed good teamwork and the heroes didn't. But mostly, I think they needed a good defender. So this is clearly all Pos' fault.

Question for Statesman: Is there anyone at Origins you want to meet?

For the sake of being complete, I should note that the 'Kill Skuls' badge is from a forum joke, and the civilians in the train station asking for Ascendant is from a character on Virtue.

Cool Handle Luke!

(La Pucelle)

Hello. Yes. Thank you. I'd like to take this moment to thank you all, villians. Thank you for making us stronger. Faster. Better heroes.
I'd like to thank you for every minion we defeat, every scheme we foil. Because the heroes will be needed. The dark times are coming. And you will be all but forgotten as a result, but the heroes you have polished will be there to carry the burden.

Thank you for helping, in your own special ways, to save the world when it needs it most.

Oh. And sleep well. I'll be seeing you all shortly. Ms. DeVore... I believe we will dance first. Dream of me.