Blood of the Black Stream
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Abalest,
Posted on: 2005-06-13 11:05 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
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What we know?
Stateman is a jerk.
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/speechless
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The post seems to have disappeared... who's the imbecilidjiot, if you please, so I know who will be first ever on my ignore list?
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The post seems to have disappeared... who's the imbecilidjiot, if you please, so I know who will be first ever on my ignore list?
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Actually the entire post didn't disappear, it was edited by CuppaJo to remove the totally uncalled for insult. the remainder of the post is still there.
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If ya want 'vampric' powersets, play a dark defender, dark scrapper or a warshade. CoH has enough vampric heroes.
My thoughts on Blood of the Black Stream, which were largely shouted down by others before, but still remain my thoughts are that they are Pirate Based
Something we were told with I5 is that to think Errol Flynn
well that does mean Archery per Robin Hood with him and Olivia DeHaviland.
However, Errol Flynn also did multiple movies based on Piracy and being at sea, such as well "The Sea Hawk" and "Captain Blood"
and the name is to me reminiscent of many "comic" style organizations and brotherhoods (rarely sisterhoods) of pirates.
Just a thought or two.
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Every time i see talk about Blood of the Black Stream, my mind wanders off and thinks about the Blood of the Fold in the "Sword of Truth" novels by Terry Goodkind. Maybe Tobias Brogan will be the leader and run around cutting banelings' right nipples off!
I'm soooooo gonna roleplay that! :P
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You'll have to find your mage some 'pretties' inspirations before you can charm them though =P
You know what I think of when I hear that name?
Jack Burton: What is that stuff Egg?
Egg Chen: Black Blood of the Earth
Jack Burton: You mean Oil?
Egg Chen: I mean Black Blood of the Earth!
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Technology induced toxic DE-like heroes! Yeah!! Like The Toxic Avenger!!! Mop in hand...cleaning up crime, with a toxic sludge filled hand of justice! 
The environment has taken it's revenge upon the very technology that defiled it. The Blood of the Black Stream flows through these beings. Using the toxins that created them, they seek to punish the evil corporations that pollute the environment.
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If ya want 'vampric' powersets, play a dark defender, dark scrapper or a warshade. CoH has enough vampric heroes.
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I don't particularily want a vamperic powerset or AT.
Be a hero!!
I had been mulling the BOtBS over in my mind lately. It does sound very "secret society" like. The only thing that made any sense to me was something like the Yin to the Tsoo's Yang. Perhaps samurai, dedicated to the destruction of the Tsoo. Just speculation though.
My thoughts on Blood of the Black Stream, which were largely shouted down by others before, but still remain my thoughts are that they are Pirate Based
Something we were told with I5 is that to think Errol Flynn
well that does mean Archery per Robin Hood with him and Olivia DeHaviland.
However, Errol Flynn also did multiple movies based on Piracy and being at sea, such as well "The Sea Hawk" and "Captain Blood"
and the name is to me reminiscent of many "comic" style organizations and brotherhoods (rarely sisterhoods) of pirates.
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The only flaw in your logic is that the Blood of the Black Stream is not being released with I5.
We know now that Archery will be in I5. At least to me, the hint of think Errol Flynn was in reference to the role he was particularly famous for, Robin Hood.
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You can all stop your wild speculation. I have received definitive word from a thoroughly inaccurate source with detailed informtaion regarding the nature and powersets of this new Archetype. To start with, the name Blood of the Black Stream is obviously in no way related to or a derivative of an Old English kenning. Now for those of you who don't know, Old English kennings were descriptive strings of words used to poetically identify or define certain well known things or places or people. For instance, the spear man and the whale's road were both kennings for the ocean. The references and associations should be obvious.
In like fashion, Blood of the Black Stream can be broken down into an associaitive and poetic allusion to a creature we all know and love. The capitalization of the word blood is an archaic reference not simply to blood, but is an indication of noble blood, also called blue blood. The "black stream" is clearly a reference to the underground waters of myth that fed the fey children of the earth. It is obviously indicative of fairy creatures tied the power of the earth for their sustenance and life. Now, if we look at these too associative descriptions together, blue blood and earth fairy, we we arrive at a singular undeniably fallible conclusion. Smurfs. The new epic AT will in fact be the beloved three-apple high, blue skinned heroes of our Saturday mornings.
Now as yet the smurf powersets are still being desgined, or so my inside sources tell me. However, I have been assured that the Primary set will be controllerish in nature, utilizing an array of "alchemy" powers to induce euphoria, malaise, hallucinations and psychosis to incapacitate your enemies. The Seconday power set supposedly involes "smurfing" things, but as no one seems to have slightest clue what that means. Best guess is that it involves apples.
Eureka!
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The new epic AT will in fact be the beloved three-apple high, blue skinned heroes of our Saturday mornings.
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SMURF NO!
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There's a I4 updated plaque in Freedom Corps. in the Magi office that states something like "And the blood of the Mu shall rise again to wash over the earth."
Wasn't there speculation that Mu were in fact a part if not the entire population of Atlantis?
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Actually it says: "The blood of Mu shall rise, and it shall wash across the ocean and the land. The power that lies dormant within these humble rocks cannot remain so forever." If you're wondering where to find that go to Galaxy City and to Freedom Corps and then in M.A.G.I. then there will be a plate with rock hands behind the person there and it will tell you what I typed.
It is obviously indicative of fairy creatures tied the power of the earth for their sustenance and life. Now, if we look at these too associative descriptions together, blue blood and earth fairy, we we arrive at a singular undeniably fallible conclusion. Smurfs. The new epic AT will in fact be the beloved three-apple high, blue skinned heroes of our Saturday mornings.
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LOL! SMURFS! Man I can imagine every hero in Paragon looking like Smurfs under Atlas grouped together singing the Smurf theme song. Then Papa Smurf come out on the plaq regarding Atlas's tale and all at once the singing stops and every Smurf's little face will be smiling and happy as Papa Smurf says: "Good morning my young Smurflings!" And all the Smurf's will scream: "Good morning Papa Smurf!" lol that would be hilarous.
Begins to think of the horrors of the dirty smurf song being spammed on broadcast until all the non-smurfs /petition them....
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I think that BotBS will be associated with either water or climate, like storm...possibly the electric controllers or something like? They have to be 'heroic' somehow so that personally rules out pirates or vampires...
I really don't like the idea of vampires...the last thing this game needs is a bunch of goth-wannabes running around doing the shadow-puppet bird trick (if you don't know, check the Napoleon Dynamite Happy Hands scene towards the end) saying, "When I do this it means I'm in bat form."
Oh, I strongly disagree with the idea it will be robots...just look at the acronym... BotBS.... Bot BS. and we all know what BS hints at.
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Vampiric? News to me.
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It's too bad you spelled it like that. I bet if you had asked about Vampyric he would have known what you're talking about.
States can be funny like that (but I wouldn't say he's a jerk).
The Blood of the Black Stream is an epic AT?
The Kheldians are an epic AT.
Kheldians are called Khelds.
Blood of the Black Stream will be called Bloods.
Will the Crips be far behind?
I don't know why, but "Blood of the Black Stream" has always sounded very "piratey" to me...as in "Aaaargh, we be the Blood of the Black Stream, Matey!"
Shiver me timbers.
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I don't know why, but "Blood of the Black Stream" has always sounded very "piratey" to me...as in "Aaaargh, we be the Blood of the Black Stream, Matey!"
Shiver me timbers.
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Pirates of Dark Water?
Don't get me wrong...I don't actually believe that it has anything to do with pirates, it has just always sounded very piratey to me. Besides, I can't think of any justification for pirates being an epic archtype in City of Heroes anyway. City of Villains, certainly.
I know, I was joking...
/e promises to never become a comedian.
The hands acquire a shaking, the shaking becomes a warning....
Having started to drink coffee, 'Black Stream' made me think java.
Maybe it's an AT that derives its power from caffiene?
It's be like a super speedster with super reflexes!
And maximum height would be reduced!
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Goes without saying that CuppaJo will be interested in testing(or the basis for) this AT...
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I tried to edit my post but it seems I can't for some reason. So I have to make a new post that undoubtedly no one will read since it's five pages away.
Stateman is a jerk.
When I said this, I meant in a sarcastic, because he constantly teases us with vague talk of what's to come. I don't actually think he's a jerk. i'm sorry if I gave the wrong impression. and will endeavour to be clearer from now on.
And on the subject of my /regen scrapper, I'm happy with him. He turned 50 just before the nerf bat started swinging, so i never played him very much in I4. and even after words the few times I played him, most noticeably in a hami raid and exemped down to the level 34 Terra volta trial), he still seemed all right,
My vote is with the robot concept. But I'm functioning on different logic.
My logic is as follows (be very afriad)
Peacebringer-Natural
Warshade-Science
Corlax-Mutant (I figure if there is an aquatic race they will some how be related to use, but completely different...you know what I mean)
Avilian-Magic (When I heard they would be the winged AT I thought angelic and mystical)
Blood of the Blakc Stream- Only one we know nothing about, but we only have one origin not in use. Think about it won't you.