ClawsandEffect

((Ah, Brian's a Bots/FF MM, was wondering if he had any abilities))

((The Hellion's present include 4 Fallen Gunners and 1 Damned))

Claws chuckled as the bullets hit him, with only the jolts from their impact having any visible effect on him. The Hellions' initial confidence started to fade as they saw how ineffective their gunfire was. There was a sudden high-pitched whine from Claws's left arm, coupled with an increase in the crackling sound his claws made while active.

"You called 'em up as soon as you saw me walk in, didn't ya Tommy?" he said to the injured man "You didn't really think they were gonna save you did you?"

With a sudden sidearm motion Claws launched an energy wave at the four Fallen gunners standing in front of him. Three of them went flying directly backwards and slid to a stop near the bar. The fourth attempted to dodge the shockwave, but all he succeeded in doing was changing his trajectory, causing him to bounce off the red and green cyborg sitting next to the strange-looking scientist at the bar.

Just then the Damned threw his fireball which struck Claws square in the chest and expanded outward, catching anything nearby in the blast.

"Ok, that one stung a bit," Claws commented "I keep forgetting magical fire is a lot hotter than regular fire.
Sorry, barkeep, they started it."

As he said that the four Fallen began to stagger to their feet. Looking around, they realized how outmatched they were. One of them pulled out a high-tech communicator and hit a button on the front of it.

That's odd, Claws thought that looks WAY more advanced than anything they usually carry.

"Y'all are boned now," the gunner with the communicator snarled "we gots some big-time backing these days. And they're gonna be REAL interested in you, hero."

((If any of the Family running toward the bar are exceptionally observant they will notice a contingent of Crey Power Tanks accompanied by two Paragon Protectors who have cybernetic parts very similar to the ones Claws has))

"You have two choices here Tommy, you can answer me........or you can bleed to death here in this bar. It would be better for both of us if you told me what I want to know."

"I....I don't know where Malcom is, he ditched me almost as soon as we got here," Tommy said through gritted teeth "he said something about working for Arachnos and disappeared on me."

"Really.....Arachnos, huh?" Claws mused "That makes things a little more difficult, but I can work with it."

Just then the front door swung open and several Hellion gangbangers swaggered through it, followed by one of the Damned. They looked around for a few seconds and headed straight back to the corner where Claws was interrogating Tommy.

"Hey....cape!" the Damned shouted "Tommy there is workin with us now, you got a problem with him, you got a problem with us!"

"Grrrr....I don't have time for this." Claws muttered "Have to make it quick I suppose."

With that, he pulled his blade out of Tommy's thigh and turned around.

"You guys sure you want to do this?" Claws asked them nonchalantly "You forget what happened last time?"

Both of his claws materialized and he settled into a combat stance, his face shield sliding back into place. All four of the Fallen gunners chose that moment to open up with their submachine guns. Claws didn't even try to avoid the volley, and at this close of a range even the Hellions were accurate enough. The Damned started creating a fireball to launch while the gunners were blazing away.

((There we go, this oughta be fun. A barfight! Gonna try and get everyone involved here ))

"Necessary? No. Kinda fun though." Claws remarked "I might take you up on that offer...depending on what Tommy tells me."

At that moment, the drone hovering over his left shoulder stopped spinning and made a muffled beeping noise. It had apparently found what it was looking for.

"Hiya Tommy, remember me?" Claws said to the shadows in a back corner of the bar. Without warning the crackling hiss coming from his right forearm intensified and a wicked scythe shaped blade made of red energy materialized on the back of Claws's right forearm. He leaped the inteverning distance and plunged his energy blade into the thigh of a man trying to blend into the shadows.

"Sorry 'bout the mess, barkeep" Claws said over his shoulder "I'll try to keep it to a minimum....it's up to him to decide if there's going to be a corpse to clean up."

He returned his attention to the man writhing in the corner booth.

"Now....where can I find Malcom?"

"Pffft, only reason I'm even a hero is because it lets me go where I need to go to take care of my own interests without too many questions. I'm not quitting because I need to be able to operate in Paragon without being bothered, I give em some punks and take down a villain here and there and they leave me alone. You can go ahead and report my presence to Arachnos, by the time they put together enough of a force to actually stop me I'll be long gone."

Claws gestures toward Tony. "I imagine your bookie over there has made quite a bit of money taking bets against me. Only reason I don't want a fight tonight is it would be inconvenient, any other time I'd oblige y'all. Pretty sure I can't be permanently killed, but if I have to take the time to resurrect and get everything back in working order my target might get away, which would be annoying. Besides, I wouldn't take it as a given that I wouldn't win."

He smirks as much as his facial scarring will allow and steps sideways, letting the stalker's blade slice through his throat as he does so. There is a quick spurt of blood that stops almost instantly as the wound closes behind the blade.

"Ouch. As you can see, I'm difficult to take down. All a fight would do is trash your bar and a few of your patrons...and slow me down."

In scanning the room, Alvin made a note of the stalker's position as she faded from sight and assigned his targeting drone to monitor her movements. He rolled his one good eye at the stalker's question, making no attempt to block the sword's path.

"I already said I'm not here for a fight," he stated matter of factly. "I'm looking for someone named Tommy Haverson, I was told he'd be here tonight. He has information regarding the whereabouts of the person responsible for this."

As he spoke the opaque face shield he had never been seen without slid upwards into his helmet, revealing a network of scars crisscrossing his face and a cybernetic eye replacing his missing right one. At the same time a crackling hiss could be heard coming from the vicinity of his forearms.

"Once I get the information I need I'll be on my way, and you can all get back to..well, whatever it is you were doing. I'm not doing the hero thing tonight...this is personal. When I find the man responsible for my condition here I intend on strangling him with his own intestines or something equally graphic, and I would prefer that Longbow didn't find out about it."

((Note: Claws's body is obviously largely cybernetic, with both arms and his legs below the knees being artificial. He is a regenerator stemming from nanomachines that repair both organic and metallic materials, and has energy claws than emanate from his forearms. He is, for most purposes, immortal. He can be killed, but nothing yet has managed to keep him dead for more than a few minutes.))

"Well, this looks like the place," Alvin muttered to himself "brand new bar too"

Alvin Morris, better known to the general public as Claws and Effect, took stock of the situation before deciding on a course of action. There was what appeared to be a large red cyborg engaged in combat with a Night Widow, he watched them for a moment and decided to ignore them. The sounds of gunfire and breaking glass from a few doors down caught his attention for a second, but his interest waned when he realized it was just a Pariah being shot to pieces.

His contact had told him Tommy Haverson would be at the Den on the night of it's grand opening. Tommy had information he needed.

Alvin gave his pneumatic shocks a second to charge up and leaped from the top of he building across the street to a point a few feet from the door of the bar. At almost the same instant as his landing a frantic man with a bad comb-over came barreling out the door, almost slamming into him. The man didn't even glance at him as he rushed off down the street.

Stepping through the door Claws took a look around at the patrons, running each one through his heads up display in an attempt to determine which one was Tommy Haverson. While he was scanning the crowd he noticed several of the villains in the room reaching for their weapons. Yep, they recognized him alright. Not too surprising really, when a known hero walks into a bar packed full of villains he is bound to attract some attention.

"Relax," he said to no one in particular "I'm not lookin' for a fight. I just need information, and I was told the man who has it would be here. Not official business either....this is personal."

((Claws is a relatively well known hero with a reputation for not working well with others. People often wonder why he is a hero in the first place because his personal agenda doesn't seem to mesh at all with the goals of Freedom Corps. He has recently been reprimanded and temporarily suspended from duty for "conduct unbecoming a licensed hero." The villains present would likely know about this, as it was on the news.))

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Something seriously needs to be done with the text filter in this game. You can't use the word God but Jesus is just fine.

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I believe it's because Jesus (pronounced hay-zoos) is a common Hispanic name. It's like blocking the word John.

Not a whole lot of people name their kid "God". At least I wouldn't think so.

Usage of common words should be allowd in the Mission Architect. Being restricted to only common words that have never been the name of a comic book character is just silly.
Gambit, chamber, cable, leech, sentry, and dozens of other characters have names that are common words that do not automatically mean that specific character whenever they are used.

Could I use this line of dialog though?: "Go check the power cable in the sentry chamber."

It contains the names of 3 different Marvel characters in a completely different context.

My main (and only badge collector) is barely over 300.

Not that I don't appreciate them, I'm just not that driven to get them.

Anyone who puts that much time and effort into something deserves some recognition for it.

So, Congratulations on hitting your milestone!

Duoing Kraken with my rad/sonic and my buddy's claws/regen.

I'll go back and solo him later when my build is finished. Only level 42 right now with no IOs at all.

"I'm out of needles, so I'm using toothpicks, is that a problem?"

I like the concept a lot, but I've found that stuff like that works better when you make it up on the spot. Just play the character for a while and it will come to you. I need to play them for a while before I get a feel for their personality.

( I usually don't RP them, but every one of my characters has a distinct personality that comes across, mostly in playstyle variations)

My sonic/devices has it in Amplify, the full set in fact. Most of the time I don't use Amplify unless I'm preparing to nuke or otherwise deal a significant amount of damage. Since I don't need it up that often I view the proc as a pleasant surprise when it does happen.

My claws/regen has it in Follow Up. Honestly, on that toon I'm attacking so fast I rarely even notice the Build Up effect. I can say that it is definitely not wasted on him though.

I might make a kin/sonic/dark now that i13 is out to do this with.

A lot has changed since this guide was written.

Sands of Mu is now a permanant temp power (oxymoron anyone?) As is the Nem staff.

I'm going with the Dark APP for Soul Drain. If I'm not at damage cap after FS it will get me the rest of the way there. and if I slot for damage it would make a nice AoE that serves 3 purposes: Damage, Debuff, and damage buff. Oppressive Gloom will be invaluable in a melee oriented kin build. Dark Embrace is a no-brainer and I forget what the 4th power in the set is.

Also, Dreadful Wail is a PBAoE nuke that goes off instantly, no "charging" animation beforehand.

I so wish now that I hadn't deleted my kin/sonic at level 26. I regreted it almost as soon as I did it, mostly because someone came along and took my name.

Edit for LOL moment: I went to dictionary.com to look up names relating to the speed of sound and the word of the day was "kinetic"

Indeed, gratz on 50 Star.

lol, I read this thread seriously until I got to mention of Issue 7. Then I looked at the dates of the posts. Well done, thread necromancer, well done indeed.

Deleted Panzer Steel if anyone wants the name. The name Waking Life is available as well.

What did the producers of The Monkees come up with to try to save the show?

An empty warehouse

What is another name for the phrase pilots shout into the radio when they are in distress?

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Name: Nightstalkers

Currently Recruiting: Always recruiting

RP Level: Minimal, we play in character when the whim strikes us, but that's about it.

Theme/Concept: Nightstalkers is the villainous counterpart of the SG Night Walkers.

Activity: Currently there are 3 members with numerous alts in the VG, we would like to expand as quickly as we can.

Requirements for Membership: We have a trial period for new members that is: A) Until 10k prestige is earned OR B) 30 days (whichever comes first) At that point you will be given the first promotion and considered full members of the VG. Other than that, just have fun and don't be a jerk.

Leadership: Black Sunshine, Venomshade, Doctor Mechan


In-Game Contact(s): @Claws and Effect, @Kresnik 02, @Kyzock
Out-of-Game Contact(s): Our Forum handles are the same as our globals, minus spaces of course.

URL: N/A

Coalition(s): None yet.

Other Details: Base is small and under construction, we need help with it. We run as a team whenever we're all on at once. As we get more members we will schedule events more frequently. We don't PvP much but we will occasionally throw down in a zone or the arena.

That's basically it. Very small VG that hopes to rise quickly.

That's friggin awesome dude.

Just awesome.

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K I'm going to bed now, I had no trouble at all reading it.


My contribution:


The snozzberries taste like snozzberries!

Star Strider Forces Registry
Name: Claws and Effect
Global Contact: @Claws and Effect
Level of Classification: 50 claws/regen scrapper
Origin: Science
Super Rank & Super Group: Keeper of the Night/Night Walkers

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Man where should i start??? What are the devs doing? Stalkers get yet another powerset in i13??? OMG and villians get Pain Domiantion??? Aren't they already dominating with widows in pvp??? When are the Heroes gonna get something thats really good? First thing that I think needs to happen in i13 is improving the PB and Ws,you know to make things fair and balanced remember that??? How about pistols for blasters? How about another good damage set for scrappers,Fire melee is great,and 1 more nice set wouldn't hurt.Tanks could use a new good set as well,since brutes have fury,and more powersets than tanks.Man you guys keep giving the villians stuff every issue and keep the heroes behind on the goods.I hope you guys got some more nice stuff to announce,cause right now it looks like a disappointing issue.

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... Yer kidding, Right? All these years people have been moaning about Vside getting hosed, and now you're complaining when it actually gets the goods?

[Stares. In amazement and disbelief.]

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I have to admit that Shields for stalkers does seem a bit misplaced. What do you need with a shield if your main defense is stealth?

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That's easy.....you hide behind the shield.

Seriously, this isssue looks awesome thus far.

K here goes.

1) Lamb of God - Ruin
2) Robert Johnson - Crossroad Blues
3) Pink Floyd - One of these days
4) White Zombie - Black Sunshine
5) The Urge - Goin' to the liquor store
6) Tom Petty - Don't come around here no more
7) Morbid Angel - God of emptiness
8) Skid Row - 18 and life
9) Carcass - Corporate rock really does suck
10) Charlie Daniels - The devil went down to Georgia

Pretty eclectic mix, kinda heavy on the metal though.