Kokuei

Last night had been a late one and Carla had put the last of Marty’s changes through at about half nine, the man didn’t even turn up after dumping that workload on her and she was so tired when she got in she’d fallen asleep on the sofa before her soup had finished microwaving. The alarm on her phone let out an annoying plinkety-plonkety tone that grew louder every second and she stirred in her T-shirt whacking the floor a couple of times before eventually hitting her mobile and shutting it up. At half six in the morning Carla Jones woke up in her apartment in Galaxy City, exhausted but alert, and screamed the entire block down when she realised it was Saturday.

Still annoyed about her incident at the bookshop and completely ravenous she wasn’t in the best of moods. Her cheap soup had developed a horrible film and was quickly binned as she got herself some breakfast, she sat down at the table and started to read the book that’d been forced on her whilst she wolfed down her cereal.

Carla had read a fair number of fantasy books in her time, but never anything like this. In fact this book wasn’t a fantasy one at all, just like she thought when she was in the shop these paragraphs she was reading were trying to teach her about how to use magic, namely how to control the weather. Carla paused for a moment whilst reading as she thought about how funny it would be if trying to study from this book actually paid off, before she would’ve just dismissed this sort of this with rooted scepticism but ever since moving to Paragon City she’d learnt that just about anything could happen here. Finishing her cereal she sat back down on the sofa and went over the chapter on how to create lightning storms, figuring that it might come in handy one day if she could do with a power cut in the office. Half of her didn’t think this would work as she’d never tried any kind of witchcraft before, the other half was more preoccupied with how she could get back at that old lady that made her by the book in the first place, possibly giving her an electric handshake if she managed to pull it off.

A couple of hours passed as Carla got more and more engrossed in the words, trying the spells out every so often with no results and laughing at herself each time.

“Gosh, if I only I could see myself doing this.” She giggled

She readied herself to try and make a little cloud appear outside of her window but just as she was about to give it another go the phone rang and threw her concentration. Putting the book down on the coffee table she stretched across the sofa and picked up the receiver.

“Hel—“

“Carla, Marty here. Those papers I asked you to do, where are they?” she was interrupted

No “hi how are you?”, no “thanks for staying late yesterday”, just straight to the point as usual, Carla sighed. Come to think about it how did he get this number? She only gave him her mobile number in case of emergency and was sure she’d never given out her home details.

“I left them on your desk last night.” She told him

“Are you sure?”

“Positive, I was the last one out yesterday and I locked up.” She spoke, confused as to why he was asking her all this on a weekend morning

“Right okay, well cheers for doin’ that darl’.” Marty was uncharacteristically appreciative “I’ll check them out when I’m at the office, take care of yourself.”

The phone made a monotonous tone as he hung on her. Carla wondered why he’d even phoned if he hadn’t been at the office yet, and why on the weekend? Didn’t slave drivers need to take a break?

Carla took at look at the time and got dressed, it was far too nice a day to be stuck indoors so she thought about heading to the nice little stretch of green in Steel Canyon just by the entrance to Perez Park. She took the book with her, if she could actually figure out how to do any of the tricks in it then maybe she would be safe enough to enter the park itself if she was lucky.

A large THUMP could be heard followed by the quick shuffling footsteps of someone trying to get out of view in a hurry, slamming the door rather unsubtly as they made their way out. Carla stepped back over to see who is was but had just missed them, she peered at her desk which she’d only left a short while ago and was greeted by the new sight of a stack-load of papers with a hastily scrawled post-it note on top; “Please type up amendments before the end of the day, cheers toots”.

An annoyed frown spread over her face. It was always like this, she’d get up for five minutes to get herself a cup of tea and would come back to double the work that she’d left behind, she could swear that the people in this office just did it for the look on her face when she got back. As the only secretary to a small company in Steel Canyon she knew a lot of her work would be hectic and thankless, but she never expected a new job in a place like this. Skyswood Ltd rented the 15th floor in one of the smaller buildings in the area and was a lot different to her old job, for one her older office wasn’t surrounded by windows where the sun could mock you suffering underneath a pile of deadlines, staples, and those huge bulldog clips her colleagues once chased her around the office with on her first day “initiation”.

Carla Jones, an uninteresting bookworm with a life ranging from average to mind-numbingly boring. Never got out much, never got that much attention, never had anything to do lately.

“Hey hunnie, don’t wanna catch a scowl like dat on you. You gonna have some ‘private words’ with Marty?”

Correction. She was an uninteresting bookworm with a skirt.

“Give it up Eddie.” She told him off and sat back down at her desk, making herself smile instead of battering him with Marty’s paperwork “Shouldn’t you be out at a client or something?”

Of course he shouldn’t, Skyswood dealt with small legal claims which rarely involved dropping by people’s houses but that never stopped her colleagues from ducking out and using the excuse.

“Too busy lookin’ at that new ‘do you’ve got there, quite suits you Carla. Long hair and glasses, you lookin’ pretty fresh.” Eddie shot back, admiring her dark skin and long brown locks

“Oh dear god don’t start the relationship line again.” she sighed in her head

“How come you ain’t been picked up yet, huh?”

“I think I might take an early lunch.” Carla ignored him and locked her computer

“Heh heh, well if you’re gonna play hard to get.” He spoke, crossing his legs on his desk and striking a relaxed pose in his chair “I ain’t gonna be here when you’re gone, we gotta special case that needs a personal touch and I don’t know how long I might be. Might meet you for a drink later though if you’re workin’ another late one.”

“Thanks.” She lied “But I think I might take my work home with me in that case.”

Putting on her uniform blue jacket she head off outside into the city with a wolf whistle from Eddie as she left the office, some people might have found that flattering but when you had to put up with an office full of Eddies for as long as Carla had you got tired of that act very quickly, especially considering that half the guys there had wives. Stepping into the lift she pressed the button for the ground floor and thought about how she could kill the next hour and still manage to get Marty’s papers done on time.

Stepping outside it was a glorious day in Steel Canyon and she found herself taking off her jacket again and wrapping it around her arm, feeling slightly down at the fact that she’d have to spend a day like this cooped up in room until the late hours. Carla stuck mostly to the same path on her breaks, as even though it was a nice view this area was ridden with muggings and gun crime. She’d one time found herself at the other end of a rifle owned by a member of the notorious Skulz gang and ended up losing the entire contents of her handbag, typically the very next day the same thing happened to her only luckily a nearby Hero was able to intercept in time. She chuckled at the memory of the white-mask wearing criminal not having time to shoot and being greeting with a punch that sent him flying over the fence and onto the road below, it was a little bit overkill she thought and lucky for the gang member that there was no traffic nearby otherwise he probably wouldn’t have made it to his jail cell, but at the same time he had threatened to kill her so the moment of sympathy didn’t last very long.

Still, twice bitten. As the petit secretary made her way to her usual sandwich store she happened across a new building en route, looking at what it was she allowed herself a little jump of joy and ran inside.

“A new bookshop, perfect!” she thought

It had been a long time since she’d read a good fantasy novel and her heart almost skipped a beat when she saw the huge assortment inside. She could have easily have spent the rest of her day in here looking at the blurb of the different kinds on show but the urgency of her work loomed over her so she limited herself to just one bookshelf. Scanning through the different spines of the set she sighed at the fact that she’d actually read them all, as well as the other fact that she’d read that many books in just over a year. No wonder people always called her a nerd at school.

Carla was determined, she’d been working too hard and far too long to deprive herself of this opportunity and wasn’t going to leave this place until she found a book that leapt out at her so she went over to the unmanned counter and waited for an assistant.

“I wonder if they need a secretary here?” she murmured out loud

Crossing her arms she waited a while longer but after fifteen minutes no one had turned up. She looked behind the counter to see if maybe a part-time worker was hiding from her but no one was about, however she spied a door that was slightly open behind one of the bookshelves near the till.

“Hello?” she called out

No answer. Carla looked at her watch, she had twenty minutes to buy a book, grab some lunch and head back into the office. That wasn’t going to happen.

“Hello?” she said again

Still nothing. Had she not been so pressed for time she probably would have waited around more but unfortunately Marty had a nasty side to him when his deadlines were missed, Carla found the courage to lift up part of the counter and walk behind to the door. She knocked on it and called again but there was still no answer so she opened it, getting ready to take on the act of a confused costumer when the store owner would undoubtedly yell at her for walking on the forbidden turf of the employees, but inside she found just an empty break-out room. A television had been left on and there were a couple of sofas and a vending machine, but the people were nowhere to be seen. This felt like a plot of a murder mystery, Carla felt like she was going to find a dead body and then be arrested for doing it just like in that programme she saw earlier on in the week so quickly left and shut the door behind her. As she stepped back she kicked one of the books that had fallen from the top of the shelf in front of her onto the floor.

The scene was turning more and more like the show she’d seen before but the book had such a strange marking on it Carla couldn’t resist picking it up. It wasn’t too thick, but it had a heavy black cover on it marked with lots of swirling silver patterns and a large “4”-like symbol in the centre. It was entitled “The Teachings of Grey”. Carla was intrigued. She looked around quickly to see if there still no one about and quickly flicked through some pages as it had no description on the back giving an idea of its story.

“Ahla, thiatus… Dremnah’morrd? This isn’t Elvish…” she read, trying to place the language until she turned to a page which was in English text “Now that you have grasped the essence of the winds you may further yourself by delving deeper into that essence… Is this a magic book?”

Walking and reading she went to the other side of the counter and stopped for a moment to examine the book further.

“That’s one heck of an angry cloud.” she thought as she looked at an illustration showing a dark cloud spewing bolts of lightning into an army of monsters

“Excuse me.” A voice piped up snapping Carla out of her trail of thought

Closing the book Carla saw an older woman standing in front of her tutting disapprovingly.

“We’re closed for lunch, how did you get in?” she told her

“I— The front door. It wasn’t locked or anything and I couldn’t see a…”

She quickly glanced over to the double doors and saw a sign hanging up at eye level on one side of them, proudly displaying “Come in, we’re open!” back at her, which meant that she must have completely ignored the fact that it read “Closed” on the other side. She could feel her cheeks turning a rosy red colour as she was struck with embarrassment.

“I am so sorry! I didn’t realise, please.” She apologised to the owner “I was just looking for a fantasy novel and thought I’d take a look.”

“Coming in here in our first week and stealing? Oh no madam I know your type, you are being reported!” the woman made her way back to the counter which Carla had neglected to close

“No! I’m really sorry!” Carla begged “I just happened to pick this up off the floor, I didn’t see the sign and the door was open already, it’s just a misunderstanding.”

She protested at the shopkeeper who ignored until she was at the other end of the counter. The woman paused before picking up the phone, her hand was grasped around the receiver and her gaze remained fixed at the number pad, Carla saw a quick flash of a smirk on her face.

“Double.” She uttered

“Pardon?”

“I’ll let you off the hook if you buy that book you’re holding for $90.”

“You’ve got to be kidding me! No!” Carla yelled, infuriated that this shopkeeper was trying to make a profit out of her in this situation

“Are you sure? Because from where I’m standing it looks like you broke into my shop and went into the room that clearly states ‘Employees only’, and after you couldn’t open the cashier decided to take a rather valuable book instead.” The deceitful wench obviously read too many crime novels Carla thought, she’d already had her story worked out “I’m this close to calling the cops.”

Carla was stumped, outraged and completely caught out at the outgoingness of this seemingly harmless old woman. She took a look at the door behind the bookshelf again and saw the sign but it was on a tiny plaque, she really needed to get her glasses checked out. How could she have been so stupid?

“Well?” spoke the shopkeeper, getting Carla even more flustered and panicked

“… Fine.” She replied, begrudgingly handing over her credit card before she had time to think

“Thank you for your patronage.” The old lady smiled as she ran Carla’s card through the machine

“Despicable old hag.” Carla thought as she tapped in her pin and completed the transaction, maybe if this owner had been the victim of a murder mystery it wouldn’t have been so bad after all

Grabbing her card and the book she stormed out of the shop and checked for the time, she had five minutes to get back in the office or else she’d no doubt be reported to Marty. No wait, she had five minutes to get back, check that her card hadn’t been cloned and then get yelled at by Marty. Cursing blindly in her head she rushed back in the office in her killer high heels. At least Eddie wouldn’t be around to make this day even worse.

I thought I might also pick up a pen. It's unfinished as yet but hopefully uploading it will be the little kick I need to type the last bits up. I hope you like it

This is the story of how my Defender, Strike Thunder, became the lovely little alt that she is.

Please excuse any typos and grammar mistakes, I try to proof-read my writing but I always seem to miss the most obvious ones

A great big huge mega gratz to Rammstone for dinging his first ever level 50 Hero as of 5 minutes ago! Well done to you!! It has been brilliant teaming with you ever since you got us all addicted to this game!!

*uber huggles* Well done!!!

Big gratz to you Street, you're always a fun person to team with! Glad you had a great party too

by Mr Kipling

at the thought

I'm a fan of Hasten too. I wasn't too sure when to take it into this build, I think depending on the recharge of my other powers in general use I may or may not use it, we will see!

I'm not too familiar with any sets, but yes IOs would be helpful. Just tinkering around and can see that they might free up some slots for other things too. Didn't think of that.

I think my main reason for not taking shields is that I'm normally used to being a pure support character, so the rebel in me decided not to take any at all I think I'd get them later on if I really can't think of anything else, I'd like to be able to solo without too much trouble.

I was debating on Sleep, but with my very limited knowledge find that it doesn't work with me (or maybe I need more ACC). I read this in another guide and it put me off a little bit:-

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Another cone, except this one has a stupidly long animation (the same as Decieve from illusion). It is a sleep, but it takes so long to fire that the blaster on your team could have probably killed the person you're trying to sleep before the animation is finished. I had this for a while, but found it pretty useless. Don't bother.

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Do people who PvP usually take methods to prevent Holds and Sleep (apart from the friendly CMs and Inspirations)?

Edited: Forgot to say, thank you for your advice

version of Mr...

of d00mz0rz that

rather punctually by

Hiya!

I want to try and learn how to PvP, been playing this game for a while now but my only real taste of it has been getting completely squished as an Empathy Defender in the S4 I really want to get into it and learn how to be good!

I like to blast, I like Defenders (Storm especially) and I absolutely love Corrupters so wtih that in mind I have the following build. Sonic Attacks because I like the idea of -RES and Cold Domination because I know that as a Storm Defender I can at least annoy people whilst they try to step on me.

I'd like to point out that I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing (the idea of moving around in PvP didn't actually hit me until I read it in this forum ) and when I got past level 40 I got sort of stuck. Any feedback or advice on what to take after would be muchly appreciated. I'm also not very good at planning things in advance too so ... well I 'll let you see for yourselves

Villain Plan by Mids' Villain Designer 1.21
http://www.honourableunited.org.uk/mhd.php

Seventh Vehement: Level 43 Magic Corruptor
Primary Power Set: Sonic Attacks
Secondary Power Set: Cold Domination
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Medicine
Ancillary Pool: Leviathan Mastery

Villain Profile:
Level 1: Shriek -- Acc(A), Dmg(3), Dmg(5), Dmg(7), Acc(15)
Level 1: Infrigidate -- Acc(A), Slow(9), Slow(33), Slow(34), Acc(34)
Level 2: Scream -- Acc(A), Dmg(3), Dmg(5), Dmg(7), Acc(15), EndRdx(23)
Level 4: Snow Storm -- RechRdx(A), Slow(9), RechRdx(17), Slow(31)
Level 6: Combat Jumping -- Jump(A)
Level 8: Shout -- Acc(A), Dmg(11), Dmg(11), Dmg(13), Acc(17), EndRdx(23)
Level 10: Swift -- Run(A)
Level 12: Amplify -- ToHit(A), RechRdx(13), RechRdx(21), RechRdx(34), ToHit(37), ToHit(43)
Level 14: Super Jump -- Jump(A)
Level 16: Health -- Heal(A), Heal(40), Heal(43)
Level 18: Howl -- Acc(A), Dmg(19), Dmg(19), Dmg(21)
Level 20: Acrobatics -- RechRdx(A)
Level 22: Stamina -- EndMod(A), EndMod(25), EndMod(42)
Level 24: Arctic Fog -- ResDam(A), ResDam(25)
Level 26: Screech -- Acc(A), Acc(27), RechRdx(27), Dsrnt(31)
Level 28: Benumb -- Acc(A), Acc(29), RechRdx(29), RechRdx(31), EndRdx(37)
Level 30: Aid Other -- Heal(A)
Level 32: Aid Self -- IntRdx(A), IntRdx(33), Heal(33), Heal(40), EndRdx(40)
Level 35: Sleet -- Acc(A), RechRdx(36), RechRdx(36), DefDeb(36), DefDeb(37), EndRdx(43)
Level 38: Heat Loss -- Acc(A), RechRdx(39), RechRdx(39), RechRdx(39)
Level 41: Shark Skin -- ResDam(A), ResDam(42), ResDam(42)
Level 44: [Empty] -- Empty(A)
Level 47: [Empty]
Level 49: [Empty]
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Scourge



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Thanks loads for your help in advance

the chinchilla laughed

Mega gratz Light! Is always fun teaming with you, have fun with your happy Level 50

Big gratz to you!

Ah gratz to you then InZane Took me over 2 years to get mine too so I share the feeling with you.

Hope you enjoy your PB as much as I intend to enjoy mine

Ooo I got two topics, lucky me

I'm glad that you could make it to join, had such a fun time and I don't think I could target any enemies by the time I'd caught up with you lot

I can now be wonderfully neutral! Yay! *cough* I mean "..."

Thanks so much Lobby I'm absolutely over the moon, glad you were there helping the maiden of angry clouds and chocolates!!

Ah any links would be helpful indeed if you have them thank you! Nice to know the Essence Boost carries over in that case, good for a tight bit of trouble.

And yes binding is a must, I look forward to learning all about the ones required here.

Thanks for all your help, here's what I've come up with so far taking advice from above and some other topics.

I'd just like to point out that I'm rubbish at planning builds in advance and get very confused There will likely be many things wrong with this. Any constructive feedback you have would be great! This is all based on SOs but I intend to get a lot of IOs at higher levels.

At level 44 onwards I got a little lost as to what powers to pick. I also think I must have messed up really badly somewhere, as I know people say there aren't enough slots but I was finding it difficult to decide where to put mine!!

My plan is mainly to use Nova and Human with Dwarf being my handy backup.

Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.20
http://www.honourableunited.org.uk/mhd.php

Kokuei Luthren: Level 50 Natural Peacebringer
Primary Power Set: Luminous Blast
Secondary Power Set: Luminous Aura
Power Pool: Speed
Power Pool: Medicine

Hero Profile:
Level 1: Gleaming Bolt -- Acc(A), Dmg(3), Dmg(3)
Level 1: Incandescence -- ResDam(A)
Level 2: Gleaming Blast -- Acc(A), Dmg(5), Dmg(5)
Level 4: Shining Shield -- ResDam(A), ResDam(7)
Level 6: Bright Nova -- ToHit(A), ToHit(7), EndMod(9), EndMod(15)
Level 8: Hasten -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(11), RechRdx(21)
Level 10: Proton Scatter -- Acc(A), Dmg(40), Dmg(42)
Level 12: Essence Boost -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(43), Heal(43), Heal(43)
Level 14: Build Up -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(36), RechRdx(36)
Level 16: Thermal Shield -- ResDam(A), ResDam(17)
Level 18: Aid Other -- IntRdx(A)
Level 20: Aid Self -- IntRdx(A), Heal(21), IntRdx(42)
Level 22: White Dwarf -- ResDam(A), ResDam(29), ResDam(33)
Level 24: Conserve Energy -- RechRdx(A), RechRdx(37), RechRdx(40)
Level 26: Glinting Eye -- Acc(A), Dmg(31), Dmg(40)
Level 28: Luminous Detonation -- Acc(A), Dmg(37), Dmg(48)
Level 30: Solar Flare -- Acc(A), Dmg(31)
Level 32: Photon Seekers -- Acc(A), EndRdx(33), RechRdx(33)
Level 35: Dawn Strike -- Dmg(A), Dmg(36), Dmg(37)
Level 38: Light Form -- ResDam(A), ResDam(39), RechRdx(39), RechRdx(39)
Level 41: Restore Essence -- RechRdx(A), Heal(42)
Level 44: Resuscitate -- IntRdx(A), IntRdx(45)
Level 47: Pulsar -- Acc(A), Acc(48), Dsrnt(48)
Level 49: Reform Essence -- EndRdx(A), Heal(50), RechRdx(50)
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Level 1: Brawl -- Empty(A)
Level 1: Sprint -- Empty(A)
Level 2: Rest -- RechRdx(A)
Level 1: Cosmic Balance
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Level 6: Bright Nova Bolt -- Acc(A), Dmg(13), Dmg(19), Dmg(27)
Level 6: Bright Nova Blast -- Acc(A), Dmg(9), Dmg(15), Dmg(23)
Level 6: Bright Nova Scatter -- Acc(A), Dmg(11), Dmg(19), Dmg(27)
Level 6: Bright Nova Detonation -- Acc(A), Dmg(13), Dmg(17), Dmg(23)
Level 22: White Dwarf Strike -- Acc(A), Dmg(25), Dmg(34), Dmg(45)
Level 22: White Dwarf Smite -- Acc(A), Dmg(25), Dmg(34), Dmg(45)
Level 22: White Dwarf Flare -- Acc(A), Acc(31), EndRdx(50)
Level 22: White Dwarf Sublimation -- Heal(A), Heal(34)
Level 22: White Dwarf Antagonize -- Acc(A), Acc(29), Taunt(46)
Level 22: White Dwarf Step -- EndRdx(A), EndRdx(46)



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Ah I see, so I gather that if you're trying to make a Tri-Form there will usually be one form which suffers for the greater good? That's fine in that case, I think I have a better idea now.

As I am thinking mainly of Nova and backup for Dwarf, is there any point in getting the Shields for Human?

Another newbie question, I take it that Hasten carries over to other forms as I've seen it in other people's builds. Do the Fitness Pool Powers carry over too? If a power's information says "This power is always on..." I'm assuming they will carry over also.

Thank you

My main Hero will hopefully be hitting 50 this week and I'm desperate to form my own opinion of this Epic. I was thinking of making a Tri-Form, mainly because I think it's good to be able to adapt (plus it looks cool ), I started trying to do my build in MHD but when I got to around about Level 20 I got terribly confused an ended up scrapping the whole thing!

The main problem I have when trying to plan any builds in advance is that I really don't have any clue what it'd be like until I try it out, numbers are just numbers to me on the designer and even though something might seem cool it just doesn't seem to sink in that I'm actually doing anything to my build

Somewhat contradictory, I was wondering if anyone had any tips to keep in mind when rolling their first Peacebringer as I'm sure hearing advice from a fellow player would hit me harder than seeing any build (though if you do have any builds to post for support I do like to look at them I'm a confusing person I know). If it helps, this is what I'm thinking about:-

<ul type="square">[*]I like ranged attacks so Bright Nova is a must
[*]I want to be able to go into Dwarf Form, but am not thinking of using it as a main form as after a while I get a little bored by melee (which makes me wonder why I want a Tri-Form in the first place...)
[*]I want to be USEFUL I know I'm going to die a lot but that doesn't phase me, I love to team and love it even more if I can really see if I'm contributing![/list]That's it, I'm not even sure if my wish list above is achievable but it's an idea of my frame of mind. Until I play the AT myself I have no idea what to expect or what will be expected of me, but any information you have for a new Peacebringer would be very much appreciated!

Thanks for your time

That's some really nice writing there, you got me a little scared of that MM that I've seen wandering the Isles now

I was just randomly flitting through the Creative Board trying to find what the stories were like here, and I think I found a great example.

Mega gratz to you both last night, it was a really fun time! Hope to do it again real soon

One of the best Scrappers and friends I know. Mega congratulations to you again Shinro!