A: I am a gifted leader and administrator. Those under me work effectively and without drama, and I always find the best man, woman, or extraterrestrial being for the job! This game will focus more on leadership.
B: I'm a gifted genius. Qualified to operate, maintain, and even improve whatever super-weapons or evil laboratories my employers might be using. This game will focus more on mad science.
C: I have superpowers of my own. When the meddling heroes guys come knocking, my employers know they have a fighting chance when I answer the door. This game will focus more on action.
A: Remember that Alien/Demon/Mole People/ect invasion a few years back? I was one of the invading officers who missed his chance to retreat. I was a mistrusted non-human with nothing but a stockpile of highly advanced gear to my name. Where else but villainy could I turn? +Stockpile of Alien Tech, +Additional Minor Superpowers, -Mistrusted by Most Humans
B: I was a soldier, same as you Johnny. After an unfortunate incident I found myself unemployed with a dishonorable discharge on my record. Didn't have the opportunity to do much else. So I decided if the government would no longer let me fight for what's right, I'd just find something else to fight for. +Knowledge of Military Gear and Tactics, +Peak Human Combat Skills
C: This bad guy shit? Its in my blood. Its where I belong. My family has been taking work from the agency for generations. Hell, some of my ancestors even became notable supervillains in their own right. I've dreamt of this for as long as I can remember, and have been given every opportunity to pursue said dream. +Starting Wealth, +Extra Villainous Connections
D: Villainy? Excuse me! I identify as an anti-hero! My edgy backstory often puts me at odds with society, and need for money has driven me to take morally questionable work from the agency from time to time, but I'm trying to do the right thing here. +More Likely to receive mercy from victorious heroes, +Popular Opinion, -Start with several heroic and villainous rivals
C: I have superpowers of my own. When the meddling heroes guys come knocking, my employers know they have a fighting chance when I answer the door. This game will focus more on action.
A: Remember that Alien/Demon/Mole People/ect invasion a few years back? I was one of the invading officers who missed his chance to retreat. I was a mistrusted non-human with nothing but a stockpile of highly advanced gear to my name. Where else but villainy could I turn? +Stockpile of Alien Tech, +Additional Minor Superpowers, -Mistrusted by Most Humans
B D+1
I was grown in a tube, in a secret government facility deep under the pacific ocean. They gave me the designation Tyrant Beta; though it's not much of a name, that'll what I'll keep calling myself until my mission is done, so that I do not forget my rage.
The project was to create artificial super powers so that the world order can fight villains themselves rather than having to rely on heroes. Ironically, the project only created more villains. I was the runt of the lot, who never even developed powers, and they tossed me into the sea, to die.
But I survived, and I learned, and soon enough I will have my revenge!
+1QuoteC: I have superpowers of my own. When the meddling heroes guys come knocking, my employers know they have a fighting chance when I answer the door. This game will focus more on action.
A: Remember that Alien/Demon/Mole People/ect invasion a few years back? I was one of the invading officers who missed his chance to retreat. I was a mistrusted non-human with nothing but a stockpile of highly advanced gear to my name. Where else but villainy could I turn? +Stockpile of Alien Tech, +Additional Minor Superpowers, -Mistrusted by Most Humans
Like many incubi, the being known as Daydream (I'm also fond of giving my name as 'Whatever you think it is, darling') was mass-spawned in the pits of hell to provide minions for a demonic lord I never saw. In my natural form I look like some kind of pitch-black cephalopod about the size of a basketball, but me and my squad were fitted with stone shells- what mortals would recognize as gargoyles- to serve as shock troopers rather than infiltrators. We were fed bland rations of processed mortal emotion, trained in suicidal lightning strikes on fortified positions, and sorted according to worth. I came out on top, naturally.
My forces served dutifully but unexceptionally, punching through light resistance (this world's 'police barricades' are not especially effective fortifications) and feasting wildly on the sweet terror, vibrant hope, and juicy defiance one can get straight from the tap up here, at least in the middle of a demonic invasion. When the portal was sealed, my squad was too far away to make it and too unimportant to hold for, so we were discarded. We managed to evade the worst of the cleanup and get to ground, where my minions gradually splintered off to pursue their own opportunities in the criminal underworld.
+1QuoteC: I have superpowers of my own. When the meddling heroes guys come knocking, my employers know they have a fighting chance when I answer the door. This game will focus more on action.
A: Remember that Alien/Demon/Mole People/ect invasion a few years back? I was one of the invading officers who missed his chance to retreat. I was a mistrusted non-human with nothing but a stockpile of highly advanced gear to my name. Where else but villainy could I turn? +Stockpile of Alien Tech, +Additional Minor Superpowers, -Mistrusted by Most Humans
Like many incubi, the being known as Daydream (I'm also fond of giving my name as 'Whatever you think it is, darling') was mass-spawned in the pits of hell to provide minions for a demonic lord I never saw. In my natural form I look like some kind of pitch-black cephalopod about the size of a basketball, but me and my squad were fitted with stone shells- what mortals would recognize as gargoyles- to serve as shock troopers rather than infiltrators. We were fed bland rations of processed mortal emotion, trained in suicidal lightning strikes on fortified positions, and sorted according to worth. I came out on top, naturally.
My forces served dutifully but unexceptionally, punching through light resistance (this world's 'police barricades' are not especially effective fortifications) and feasting wildly on the sweet terror, vibrant hope, and juicy defiance one can get straight from the tap up here, at least in the middle of a demonic invasion. When the portal was sealed, my squad was too far away to make it and too unimportant to hold for, so we were discarded. We managed to evade the worst of the cleanup and get to ground, where my minions gradually splintered off to pursue their own opportunities in the criminal underworld.
+1+1QuoteC: I have superpowers of my own. When the meddling heroes guys come knocking, my employers know they have a fighting chance when I answer the door. This game will focus more on action.
A: Remember that Alien/Demon/Mole People/ect invasion a few years back? I was one of the invading officers who missed his chance to retreat. I was a mistrusted non-human with nothing but a stockpile of highly advanced gear to my name. Where else but villainy could I turn? +Stockpile of Alien Tech, +Additional Minor Superpowers, -Mistrusted by Most Humans
Like many incubi, the being known as Daydream (I'm also fond of giving my name as 'Whatever you think it is, darling') was mass-spawned in the pits of hell to provide minions for a demonic lord I never saw. In my natural form I look like some kind of pitch-black cephalopod about the size of a basketball, but me and my squad were fitted with stone shells- what mortals would recognize as gargoyles- to serve as shock troopers rather than infiltrators. We were fed bland rations of processed mortal emotion, trained in suicidal lightning strikes on fortified positions, and sorted according to worth. I came out on top, naturally.
My forces served dutifully but unexceptionally, punching through light resistance (this world's 'police barricades' are not especially effective fortifications) and feasting wildly on the sweet terror, vibrant hope, and juicy defiance one can get straight from the tap up here, at least in the middle of a demonic invasion. When the portal was sealed, my squad was too far away to make it and too unimportant to hold for, so we were discarded. We managed to evade the worst of the cleanup and get to ground, where my minions gradually splintered off to pursue their own opportunities in the criminal underworld.
QuoteC: I have superpowers of my own. When the meddling heroes guys come knocking, my employers know they have a fighting chance when I answer the door. This game will focus more on action.
A: Remember that Alien/Demon/Mole People/ect invasion a few years back? I was one of the invading officers who missed his chance to retreat. I was a mistrusted non-human with nothing but a stockpile of highly advanced gear to my name. Where else but villainy could I turn? +Stockpile of Alien Tech, +Additional Minor Superpowers, -Mistrusted by Most Humans
Like many incubi, the being known as Daydream (I'm also fond of giving my name as 'Whatever you think it is, darling') was mass-spawned in the pits of hell to provide minions for a demonic lord I never saw. In my natural form I look like some kind of pitch-black cephalopod about the size of a basketball, but me and my squad were fitted with stone shells- what mortals would recognize as gargoyles- to serve as shock troopers rather than infiltrators. We were fed bland rations of processed mortal emotion, trained in suicidal lightning strikes on fortified positions, and sorted according to worth. I came out on top, naturally.
My forces served dutifully but unexceptionally, punching through light resistance (this world's 'police barricades' are not especially effective fortifications) and feasting wildly on the sweet terror, vibrant hope, and juicy defiance one can get straight from the tap up here, at least in the middle of a demonic invasion. When the portal was sealed, my squad was too far away to make it and too unimportant to hold for, so we were discarded. We managed to evade the worst of the cleanup and get to ground, where my minions gradually splintered off to pursue their own opportunities in the criminal underworld.
1 Hellpheonix Shell Loadout- A massive bird shaped Stone Shell equiped with multiple armagedeon launches, agonizer forks, and conventional firearms, powered by a large advanced Demonic Battery. Capable of near hypersonic flight, It is the incubus equivalent of a nuclear bomber and air supeiority fighter rolled into one. Sadly, you no longer have contact with anybody trained to opperate such a weapon.This is gonna be one hell of a season finale.
Since our strength depends directly on our battery supply, it might be best to set up a passive way to recharge batteries now so we have victims to fuel them later. If we end up getting in over our heads before we get more we'll end up running out, even if we're full now.I don't think this is a factor until we get more troops capable of using them. A single battery contains 2 weeks worth of intense combat, we've got 5.4x666 ~= 3600 batteries, or about 150 demon-years worth of battery power in there. I don't think we're going to get into a century and a half worth of trouble all on our own.
We should have our six nameless minions start up a kidnapping operation, with Blacklight using her human morality to take good care of our victims until we actually need them. Since we're in Detroit they can probably just steal a van and throw random people in it and nobody will notice.I agree we can probably blackbag people without any serious repercussions (at least until we get unlucky and knick somebody important), but I'd rather lure and release. Fratboys, hipsters, and drug addicts will probably all be pretty easy to get into a nightclub/movie theater/seance chamber for some cool promise or another, at which point we can let them get blackout drunk and slurp them. Gets a more vibrant and varied crowd, even fewer problems with The One Good Cop in the city, and lets our minions network while they're at it.
Since our strength depends directly on our battery supply, it might be best to set up a passive way to recharge batteries now so we have victims to fuel them later. If we end up getting in over our heads before we get more we'll end up running out, even if we're full now.
We should have our six nameless minions start up a kidnapping operation, with Blacklight using her human morality to take good care of our victims until we actually need them. Since we're in Detroit they can probably just steal a van and throw random people in it and nobody will notice.
I say we look for work. There's some interesting things we could do with a demonic nightclub, but it's probably more important to figure out what our boss is going to be like first.
Employer: Enzo Earndhart-Mercy and Gina Earndhart-Mercy
Base of Operations: Mansion, Hollywood, CA, USA
Duration: 3 Months or until completion
Payment: **
Description: Dylan Mercy, better known as the auto-themed supervillain Pileup, has set some money aside to establish his two youngest children, a pair of twins who want to get into the family business. They are looking to hire a competent underling to help them steal some exotic cars and military vehicles that they may use as parts for their first death machines.
Noteworthy Office Comments:
This should go to one of the new Underlings. They can grow alongside an equally green villainy org, and possibly forge a long lasting partnership -Helen
Employer: Sister Agatha Cockburn
Base of Operations: Rebel Base, Rural West Horn, Africa
Duration: Until Completion
Payment: ****
Description: Sister Cockburn, the self proclaimed commander of heaven and hell and the Nun of 27 Demons, is pulling that most classic of villainous ploys: supporting 3rd World rebels on the condition that their government tolerate her activities when they come into power. She is looking for several competent underlings to enforce her will upon and lead the scattered rebel cells that are not part of her main army.
Noteworthy Office Comments:
Pitch this to Daydream, they have much to gain working with a master of the unholy -Martin
Disregard Martin's comment. Sister Cockburn could easily destroy, absorb, or bind and incubus to her service. Too Risky for Daydream -Helen
(Redacted) -Morozov
Employer: Cletus 'Deinosuchus' Watson
Base of Operations: TBD, Likely in the swamps of Florida or Louisiana, USA
Duration: Until completion. Minimum 6 Months.
Payment: *****
Description: The legendary supervillain Deinosuchus is looking for super-powered underlings who like money and don't like asking questions. Contract includes an impressive signing bonus.
Noteworthy Office Comments:
Deinosuchus is a crazed cannibalistic loner. That he hires help is suspicious. Offer job to Daydream. He can't eat Stone Demon. Reject contract if Daydream refuses. -Morozov
Employer: EAEAS Internal Affairs Department
Base of Operations: Detroit, Michigan, USA
Duration: Until completion. Maximum 4 Months.
Payment: **(**)
Description: Last month we were approached by Colonel Smog, who was looking to hire henchmen for an operation in Detroit he refused to disclose. Negotiations stalled when Colonel Smog refused to pay the surcharge for undisclosed secret plans. During negotiations, Keven from Henchmen and Mook Headhunting, broke protocol and mentioned the Tomahawk Brothers (Lance, Drake, and Gunther) as good candidates for the job. Last week, we received word that the brothers relocated to Detroit. We suspect Colonel Smog cut the EAEAS out of the equation, and hired the brothers directly.
We are looking for an Underling Level Employee to investigate, and if our suspicions are correct, punish the Colonel and the Brothers. Minimal suitable punishment would be rendering whatever Colonel Smog is up to a complete failure, and the death of at least one brother.
Noteworthy Office Comments:
Daydream, if you are reading this, should you take this job, half your paycheck will be withheld. The church you work out of will be converted into a command post that meets minimum agency standards. The conversion will be worth much more than the withheld money -Helen
Employer: EAEAS Logistics
Base of Operations: EAEAS Western European Air Command, Heathrow Airport, London, UK
Duration: Until completion.
Payment: ***(**)
Description: In addition to our headhunting services, Sister Cockburn has also hired the Agency to handle supply and logistics for her African project, as she feels she lacks the skill to take responsibility for such things on her own.
We are looking for an Underling to take point on this operation. Your primary duty will be to secure high value flights shuttling gold, arms, and supplies between Agency Vaults in Western Europe, Arms dealers in the Balkans and Middle East, and Sister Cockburns forces in Africa. Combat ability is a must - these supply flights are popular targets for wannabe heroes and villains looking to make a quick buck at the expense of their peers. You will receive a significant hazard pay bonus if the job becomes violent at any point.
Noteworthy Office Comments:
Make sure Daydream sees this. Is good job for them. -Morozov
Just so you are aware, Daydream, Morozov is hoping you will be stupid and send Winged Incubi to attack these flights so he can get you in trouble. Please redact this note before returning the folder to him -Martin
Noteworthy Office Comments:Amazing how we can tell almost exactly what a comment says even when redacted. :P
Pitch this to Daydream, they have much to gain working with a master of the unholy -Martin
Disregard Martin's comment. Sister Cockburn could easily destroy, absorb, or bind and incubus to her service. Too Risky for Daydream -Helen
(Redacted) -Morozov
+1Noteworthy Office Comments:Amazing how we can tell almost exactly what a comment says even when redacted. :P
Pitch this to Daydream, they have much to gain working with a master of the unholy -Martin
Disregard Martin's comment. Sister Cockburn could easily destroy, absorb, or bind and incubus to her service. Too Risky for Daydream -Helen
(Redacted) -Morozov
I think we should ask what conversion to a command post entails, but unless it's amazing I say we jump straight into the biggest alligator mouth we can find and take Deinosuchus' job. It's black so it boosts our status, it pays well, and the grumpy Russian is right: He can't eat us and most of the nonsense he probably gets up to can't eat us, and we're both incredibly durable and incredibly mobile. Hard to find a better fit for going into the swamps with a madman.
Also, don't forget to redact Martin's comment before handing the folders back, as requested.
+1+1Noteworthy Office Comments:Amazing how we can tell almost exactly what a comment says even when redacted. :P
Pitch this to Daydream, they have much to gain working with a master of the unholy -Martin
Disregard Martin's comment. Sister Cockburn could easily destroy, absorb, or bind and incubus to her service. Too Risky for Daydream -Helen
(Redacted) -Morozov
I think we should ask what conversion to a command post entails, but unless it's amazing I say we jump straight into the biggest alligator mouth we can find and take Deinosuchus' job. It's black so it boosts our status, it pays well, and the grumpy Russian is right: He can't eat us and most of the nonsense he probably gets up to can't eat us, and we're both incredibly durable and incredibly mobile. Hard to find a better fit for going into the swamps with a madman.
Also, don't forget to redact Martin's comment before handing the folders back, as requested.
I think we should ask what conversion to a command post entails...
Since our strength depends directly on our battery supply, it might be best to set up a passive way to recharge batteries now so we have victims to fuel them later. If we end up getting in over our heads before we get more we'll end up running out, even if we're full now.I don't think this is a factor until we get more troops capable of using them. A single battery contains 2 weeks worth of intense combat, we've got 5.4x666 ~= 3600 batteries, or about 150 demon-years worth of battery power in there. I don't think we're going to get into a century and a half worth of trouble all on our own.
I would agree that it's always better to have too many evil crystals than too few, though, and they are a potential source of income.We should have our six nameless minions start up a kidnapping operation, with Blacklight using her human morality to take good care of our victims until we actually need them. Since we're in Detroit they can probably just steal a van and throw random people in it and nobody will notice.I agree we can probably blackbag people without any serious repercussions (at least until we get unlucky and knick somebody important), but I'd rather lure and release. Fratboys, hipsters, and drug addicts will probably all be pretty easy to get into a nightclub/movie theater/seance chamber for some cool promise or another, at which point we can let them get blackout drunk and slurp them. Gets a more vibrant and varied crowd, even fewer problems with The One Good Cop in the city, and lets our minions network while they're at it.
If we do go the route of aggressive expansion (and I assume we'll want to keep anyone hit by our agony lances) using Blacklight is just begging for her to get a conscience attack and help them escape, though.
You are under the assumption we don’t want to use the nuclear option as our default armament.Hm. I prefer punching people, but I acknowledge our pressing need for more batteries at all times now.
We obviously do.
I’m against using our nightclub to kidnap people given it would reduce our profits. We should be good to our loyal hippy/fratboy/drug addicts! The customer is king!I didn't mean kidnapping them, I meant harmlessly sapping their energy while they sleep.
Also, don't forget to redact Martin's comment before handing the folders back, as requested.
Still think alligator man is our best bet atm.
It sounds like alligatorman wants multiple underlings, and we're the only ones being offered the job? Should we call up some of our incubi contacts so we can all get some cash? Ask Herbert about that I guess.
Yeah I don't think we really need anything. We'll probably want an officer's shell loadout just in case, but the actual work will probably be a stone shell deal. Maybe two extras in case we get roughed up?
Spare batteries are probably wise in case we go full scorched earth, but those are probably easy to carry anyway.
What does feeding on mortals entail? Can it be done in unobtrustive ways? Any lingering side effects?
Let Super Phreak acquire it. Treat him to a coffee or something afterwards.
Pete use signup bonus for business?
Talk with geomancer and ecoterrorist about potentially replicating and mass producing demon batteries so we three can potentially become billionaires and also save the planet.
Literally what we have Super Phreak on our team for so might as well use his expertise.
Use SP to get the document, but show some initiative and look for a way to crack the codes while he is doing it. Since this is an obvious next step (and if he doesn’t need it we can make a wish list for later).+1 to all this, though more likely good ol' fashioned detective work will be the only way to really "crack" the codes.
An obvious way would be to make a list of people we can kidnap/mindread
Another obvious direction of inquiry would be to look for items whose location could be determined by other means, so that other items with the same code can be narrowed down by comparison - although not necessarily very much, since we know some of the codes might correspond to entire countries, but with enough examples for a code we should be able to get a rough idea of its scale.This is very clever idea. +1
Let Super Phreak acquire it. Treat him to a coffee or something afterwards.
Literally what we have Super Phreak on our team for so might as well use his expertise.
Also... This guy is a proper villain, let's think about, assuming for a moment that he's not just dumb, what's his angle for hiring an underling to do this?
Pete use signup bonus for business?
Talk with geomancer and ecoterrorist about potentially replicating and mass producing demon batteries so we three can potentially become billionaires and also save the planet.
Hunting and fishing without a permit, cooking meth, consuming meth, robbing stores for meth ingredients, brutally murdering drug dealers who object to him giving away his spare meth, and eating hitchhikers. Once in a while, when gets particularly hungry, angry, or low on meth, he will assume his 7-story tall monster form and rain hell upon some hapless city until a coalition of Super Heroes forms to stop him.This is an amazing rap sheet. He's just a meth-addicted crocodile in human(?) form.
Lets segway from the past conversation. We just talked about demon batteries, how about trying to see if we can use Ginger's magic to allow our three minions to use some of our heavier equipment.Could potentially have him render everyone inedible or unappetizing via simple enchantments or illusions of some kind. Stoneskin, smells-like-plants, tofu armor, etc. He seems rather blunt and simple-minded, so if something doesn't look or smell like food he probably won't bother eating it, even if intellectually he knows he could. If we knew more about his tastes I might even suggest keeping bad-smelling herbs in their pocket or something.
We can start by having him modify a stone shell with his geomancy. Since we know he is capable of messing with them we can have him physically modify them so they can be used by humans. If he can manage that then none of our minions will get eaten, since our employer will assume they're inedible as we are.
Could potentially have him render everyone inedible or unappetizing via simple enchantments or illusions of some kind. Stoneskin, smells-like-plants, tofu armor, etc. He seems rather blunt and simple-minded, so if something doesn't look or smell like food he probably won't bother eating it, even if intellectually he knows he could. If we knew more about his tastes I might even suggest keeping bad-smelling herbs in their pocket or something.
In the short run we could also just have them not be here when he arrives, but that won't hold for the mission as a whole. Might be able to make sure there's something tastier than they are on hand at all times, but without knowing his preferences that could be tricky, and he probably wouldn't appreciate us asking.
ALSO he is almost certainly going to give our henchmen meth. There's probably not a lot we can do about that.
I feel like it'd be unprofessional to keep him waiting, so I'm in favor of calling him as soon as we have the document. We should wait on either phase 2 or being told it's not ready yet before making a decision with Pete, but in general I'm thinking the staff should be in on the demonic cult aspect.
Be open about our employer being that one meth-addicted crocodile. Try to plan around that. Have them go pub crawling or something when Deinosuchus shows up if that's going to be a problem.this one gets my mindless plus
Don't keep the meth-addicted crocodile waiting, get in touch with him as soon as we can with the stuff.
+1Be open about our employer being that one meth-addicted crocodile. Try to plan around that. Have them go pub crawling or something when Deinosuchus shows up if that's going to be a problem.this one gets my mindless plus
Don't keep the meth-addicted crocodile waiting, get in touch with him as soon as we can with the stuff.
+1+1Be open about our employer being that one meth-addicted crocodile. Try to plan around that. Have them go pub crawling or something when Deinosuchus shows up if that's going to be a problem.this one gets my mindless plus
Don't keep the meth-addicted crocodile waiting, get in touch with him as soon as we can with the stuff.
We can try work on stuff like having them use our equipment when we know what kind of equipment we will need.
what about before he shows up, when he shows up would be too late, also we should go get the files from Phreak so he doesn’t have to go to the hotel, we have to make sure that we are the only one there and that we have the USDAGC I think I scrambled some of the letters by accident+1+1Be open about our employer being that one meth-addicted crocodile. Try to plan around that. Have them go pub crawling or something when Deinosuchus shows up if that's going to be a problem.this one gets my mindless plus
Don't keep the meth-addicted crocodile waiting, get in touch with him as soon as we can with the stuff.
We can try work on stuff like having them use our equipment when we know what kind of equipment we will need.
Very important, truewhat about before he shows up, when he shows up would be too late, also we should go get the files from Phreak so he doesn’t have to go to the hotel, we have to make sure that we are the only one there and that we have the USDAGC I think I scrambled some of the letters by accident+1+1Be open about our employer being that one meth-addicted crocodile. Try to plan around that. Have them go pub crawling or something when Deinosuchus shows up if that's going to be a problem.this one gets my mindless plus
Don't keep the meth-addicted crocodile waiting, get in touch with him as soon as we can with the stuff.
We can try work on stuff like having them use our equipment when we know what kind of equipment we will need.
We can start by having him modify a stone shell with his geomancy. Since we know he is capable of messing with them we can have him physically modify them so they can be used by humans. If he can manage that then none of our minions will get eaten, since our employer will assume they're inedible as we are.
Be open about our employer being that one meth-addicted crocodile. Try to plan around that. Have them go pub crawling or something when Deinosuchus shows up if that's going to be a problem.
Don't keep the meth-addicted crocodile waiting, get in touch with him as soon as we can with the stuff.
Otherwise we don’t really need an advanced plan. We’re a super charismatic demon. Do a quick social media crawl to find the best target, give them a fun night or two on the town to befriend them, then ask to use it as a friend. Agonize them until they agree if that doesn’t work.This. I say we have Brogue and Phreak investigate them independently as well, so we have a good pitch for showing up at their doorstep. But once we've got a compatible excuse for our interest in their family and airfield, we should be able to negotiate the rest over nice drinks.
As for Cletus, ask about the area and make smalltalk about relevant hobbies. He'll either tell us to shut up or enjoy mentioning various fishing spots while giving us ideas for crazy schemes.+1 It's better than an awkward car ride back to town.
+1Otherwise we don’t really need an advanced plan. We’re a super charismatic demon. Do a quick social media crawl to find the best target, give them a fun night or two on the town to befriend them, then ask to use it as a friend. Agonize them until they agree if that doesn’t work.This. I say we have Brogue and Phreak investigate them independently as well, so we have a good pitch for showing up at their doorstep. But once we've got a compatible excuse for our interest in their family and airfield, we should be able to negotiate the rest over nice drinks.
We also have $1.5 million in the bank, so we can say with complete honesty that we're a businessman looking to expand, if that fits.
As for Cletus, ask about the area and make smalltalk about relevant hobbies. He'll either tell us to shut up or enjoy mentioning various fishing spots while giving us ideas for crazy schemes.
+1+1Otherwise we don’t really need an advanced plan. We’re a super charismatic demon. Do a quick social media crawl to find the best target, give them a fun night or two on the town to befriend them, then ask to use it as a friend. Agonize them until they agree if that doesn’t work.This. I say we have Brogue and Phreak investigate them independently as well, so we have a good pitch for showing up at their doorstep. But once we've got a compatible excuse for our interest in their family and airfield, we should be able to negotiate the rest over nice drinks.
We also have $1.5 million in the bank, so we can say with complete honesty that we're a businessman looking to expand, if that fits.
As for Cletus, ask about the area and make smalltalk about relevant hobbies. He'll either tell us to shut up or enjoy mentioning various fishing spots while giving us ideas for crazy schemes.
I say we have Brogue and Phreak investigate (the family) independently as well, so we have a good pitch for showing up at their doorstep. But once we've got a compatible excuse for our interest in their family and airfield, we should be able to negotiate the rest over nice drinks.
We also have $1.5 million in the bank, so we can say with complete honesty that we're a businessman looking to expand, if that fits.
As for Cletus, ask about the area and make smalltalk about relevant hobbies. He'll either tell us to shut up or enjoy mentioning various fishing spots while giving us ideas for crazy schemes.
Looks like the best time to meet them and inquire about using their hanger would be while their at an air show.I think we should test Ginger Brogue's solution before committing to it, but I'm not sure how we'd do that. Deinosuchus is unpredictable and hard to read, so we might not be able to tell if he can sense our minions or not. On that note, our suspicion that he's playing us is making me real nervous.
Also making the more of the not get eaten stuff sounds like a priority thing.
+1Looks like the best time to meet them and inquire about using their hanger would be while their at an air show.I think we should test Ginger Brogue's solution before committing to it, but I'm not sure how we'd do that. Deinosuchus is unpredictable and hard to read, so we might not be able to tell if he can sense our minions or not. On that note, our suspicion that he's playing us is making me real nervous.
Also making the more of the not get eaten stuff sounds like a priority thing.
Don't think we want to wait around for an air show, especially out here. Probably better to strike with what we have.
As I see it, our openings are as follows:
Brock Sr (Patriarch): Tied for most avid flyer. Anything involving flight might catch his eye. Like a fancy aircraft, or the means to fly without one.
Chase (Businessman): Interested in making money, possibly in sleazy or illicit ways. Approaching him as a potential business partner should work out.
Heston (Playboy): Hedonist. Probably shouldn't whore out Zero-E, but a wild night on the town should get us in his good graces, especially if we insinuate we could set him up with villainesses in the future.
Brock Jr (Animal Abuse Twin): Has at least a distant episode of cruel or indulgent behavior, so fair chance he's got darker impulses we could leverage. Might also have been a fluke or misunderstanding.
Nora (Flying Twin): Tied for most avid flyer. Anything involving flight might catch her eye. Like a fancy aircraft, or the means to fly without one.
With that in mind, I say we play to our strengths and seduce Heston with wild debauchery, but then worm our way into the remaining family's good graces. Talk with Chase about business opportunities, and Brock Sr and Nora about flight and the possibility of developing our own hellpowered aircraft.
The latter also has the advantage of interesting and possibly placating Zero-E.
Speaking of investments, we should probably give Pete an answer regarding the nightclub. We're probably going to be too busy to attend interviews, so he should just go ahead with it. I'm still in favor of making the staff aware of our demonic nature. Increases the risk of defection or word getting out, but reduces problems with waiters stumbling into rooms they're never allowed to leave.
Mostly agree, but I would prefer we look a bit deeper into Chase and see if we can use him as our entry point, we got some cash now and Super Phrik is rich as well, so we can get past initial checks if he capable of doing them better then just coming to Heston and offering a good night, also give us better position to say we are also interested in fun and financial investments then going through the other direction first.Looks like the best time to meet them and inquire about using their hanger would be while their at an air show.I think we should test Ginger Brogue's solution before committing to it, but I'm not sure how we'd do that. Deinosuchus is unpredictable and hard to read, so we might not be able to tell if he can sense our minions or not. On that note, our suspicion that he's playing us is making me real nervous.
Also making the more of the not get eaten stuff sounds like a priority thing.
Don't think we want to wait around for an air show, especially out here. Probably better to strike with what we have.
As I see it, our openings are as follows:
Brock Sr (Patriarch): Tied for most avid flyer. Anything involving flight might catch his eye. Like a fancy aircraft, or the means to fly without one.
Chase (Businessman): Interested in making money, possibly in sleazy or illicit ways. Approaching him as a potential business partner should work out.
Heston (Playboy): Hedonist. Probably shouldn't whore out Zero-E, but a wild night on the town should get us in his good graces, especially if we insinuate we could set him up with villainesses in the future.
Brock Jr (Animal Abuse Twin): Has at least a distant episode of cruel or indulgent behavior, so fair chance he's got darker impulses we could leverage. Might also have been a fluke or misunderstanding.
Nora (Flying Twin): Tied for most avid flyer. Anything involving flight might catch her eye. Like a fancy aircraft, or the means to fly without one.
With that in mind, I say we play to our strengths and seduce Heston with wild debauchery, but then worm our way into the remaining family's good graces. Talk with Chase about business opportunities, and Brock Sr and Nora about flight and the possibility of developing our own hellpowered aircraft.
The latter also has the advantage of interesting and possibly placating Zero-E.
Speaking of investments, we should probably give Pete an answer regarding the nightclub. We're probably going to be too busy to attend interviews, so he should just go ahead with it. I'm still in favor of making the staff aware of our demonic nature. Increases the risk of defection or word getting out, but reduces problems with waiters stumbling into rooms they're never allowed to leave.
I think we should test Ginger Brogue's solution before committing to it, but I'm not sure how we'd do that. Deinosuchus is unpredictable and hard to read, so we might not be able to tell if he can sense our minions or not. On that note, our suspicion that he's playing us is making me real nervous.
With that in mind, I say we play to our strengths and seduce Heston with wild debauchery, but then worm our way into the remaining family's good graces. Talk with Chase about business opportunities, and Brock Sr and Nora about flight and the possibility of developing our own hellpowered aircraft.
Why befriend these people? It would be simpler, and satisfying to at least one of our henchmen, to just hold one or two family members hostage until we're done.Personally, I like them better than our henchmen.
Why befriend these people? It would be simpler, and satisfying to at least one of our henchmen, to just hold one or two family members hostage until we're done.Not exactly sure actually, not doing something directly villainous on the rich folks may be reasonable, they may have villainy insurance which will send some heroes or something
Probably not very fast, high, long, or comfortably, though. In all likelihood they appreciate the art of controlling an aircraft themselves more than yelling at a minion. Or at least the two flying now probably do. Maybe the others would like a gargoyle chariot or something.QuoteWith that in mind, I say we play to our strengths and seduce Heston with wild debauchery, but then worm our way into the remaining family's good graces. Talk with Chase about business opportunities, and Brock Sr and Nora about flight and the possibility of developing our own hellpowered aircraft.
We have our own helpowered aircraft. We can pretty easily give them a piggyback ride on a Stone Shell.
Why befriend these people? It would be simpler, and satisfying to at least one of our henchmen, to just hold one or two family members hostage until we're done.We don't know how long that'll be. Keeping a high profile hostage for six months is no small feat.