1 power: multiple contingencies

[Matt]

I had an idea for a character that summons alternate reality clones of himself (a lot of them, actually collapses adjacent timelines so events across them become normalized from that point until they diverge at the end of the scene, takin the duplicates with them) and in the process they bring varying equipment into the scene. This is an expansion of his first power which was basically Ground Hog's Day (5hd of Aces with an "if/then he must be about to objectively fail a stated action", resulting in a time loop where he tries something again and again until he gets it perfect, if anyone has seen the anime Haruhi Suzumiya and the eternal 8 story it's a lot like that- blessing and curse. Just think of how any times you'd have to roll a 5 die pool to get it to come up all tens and that's how many times he has to do something before the cycle breaks.)

That said I'm wondering: if I have say 6d in Mental Constructs with permanent can I attach it to both the Clone and Minions power, right now I'm thinking of attaching Minions to Clone and Mental Consfructs to both, but does this mean every clone shows up with the same knife and every minion shows up with the same lockpicks or can I have them each pop up with varying equipment, or does Mental Constructs just require enough Mass Capacity in one activation to cover the amount of equipment required and any set will make that much of whatever I need (note: the constructs are flawed down to be "mundane equipment" rather than giant robots and jet packs (well, maybe jet packs but not personal plasma cannons and force field generators)).

Aside: this should be a fun RP element because it isn't always "this" version of the PC activating the power sometimes some other him needs a battalion of selves. It should also be fun when a "normal one" gets pulled in and doesn't know what the hell is going on.

-Matt Conlon

[Matt]

Ah, i think you missed a couple key points:
1) im just looking for some mechanical hoodoo confirmation for clone/minions with equipment
I think if the minions and equipment are keyed to the clones, as long as the equipment has enough dice to warrant the mass I should be good.
2)other characters are unaware of the reruns. At the table it looks like this-

Me: I'm gonna punch him in the face!
Npc: Dodge-shwka!
Me: I'm gonna miss... <sigh>whoop, nope, I totally punched him in the face!

For the Character it looks like this-

I'm gonna punch him in the face!
He's dodging. Fast. I'm gonna miss. How important is it that I hit, if I miss he'll shoot my ally, but it looks like may be just a flesh wound... Is it worth however many times I'll have to relive this two seconds... That's a REALLY fast dodge, I may never hit him... Erk, that ally is a hemophiliac <sigh>... Yeah I HAVE to hit him.
ShwKA! I punched him in the face, after 6,213 consecutive tries... With no breaks, watched my ally get shot in the arm 6,212 times before resetting...

At 10wp a swing it's not something he can afford to do often, maybe once every other session, it's designed to just get the ball rolling in some places. The character himself is more or less an exposition device and mostly allows himself to be captured, incapacitated, or nearly killed because, according to him, he's driven himself insane on more than one occasion getting lost in extended efforts like research or passing a test he didn't study for... You're about to turn it in but realize you don't know if the answers are right because you didn't study, you drop the paper on the teacher's desk and BAM! You're back in your seat at the beginning, you try to cheat, get caught, 0 pts, BAM! Again. You try harder, still fail, you start doing all kinds of crazy stuff like flipping over desks, BAM! You finally think you've got enough right answers to pass with a C-, BAM! Gotta get 100. It's a terrible power but I wouldn't dream of foisting the downside on the other players. Not after watching the endless 8 anyway. That was just murder on the brain.

-Matt Conlon

On Aug 19, 2012, at 5:55 AM, Keiran Sparksman <spar...@gmail.com> wrote:

> No offence, but...
>
> Will this be fun for the other players?
> It's really dramatic.
> There's a lot if tension in such a "perfect" scenario.
> ...but..
> Will other characters actually get anything out of playing second fiddle to your PC in such a scene?
> ...and then...if it needs to be redone...
> Will they get something out of it happening again?
>
> And again?
>
> You see my point, right?
>
>
> - Sparky
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[Tim Keating]

If you can get access to Grim War, there's a character in there called "Multiple Meg" who has a similar type of power.