WWYCD: Flipside

[Hermit]

This goes under the assumption you aren't going to flip the table over when the GM pulls this

 

Your character runs into a masked fellow who calls himself "Flipside" , who might be a villain, might just be a trouble maker. Upon encountering him, your hero feels his power... as suddenly his or her psych lims are reversed. Code VS Killing might become Casual Killer. Overconfidence might become Insecure. The GM leaves some leeway on what you think the opposite would be.

 

Suddenly your character entire personality foundation is inverted. And it may be that way for a while... WWYCD? What would his or her new priorities be? Assuming they still like who they liked before, and hated who they hated before, what might they do now that they were 'freed' from past restraint ? (Keep it non graphic if need be) How would you roleplay it out?

[Robyn]

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This goes under the assumption you aren't going to flip the table over when the GM pulls this

 

I think that this is a very cool power idea. Repped when it regenerates. I'll use my character from this thread in the roleplaying forum.

 

Suddenly your character entire personality foundation is inverted. And it may be that way for a while... WWYCD? What would his or her new priorities be? Assuming they still like who they liked before' date=' and hated who they hated before, what might they do now that they were 'freed' from past restraint ? (Keep it non graphic if need be) How would you roleplay it out?[/quote']

 

So, instead of being a pacifist monk of a God of Death, trying to make converts where possible and peacefully escort their souls to his Deity's realm, hanging out with a "group" of adventurers that appear to have contagious bad luck (with players that kill off their own PC's so quickly they roll up a minimum of 3 new characters each session and try for more) so he can do the most good, he would be . . . ?

 

Oy

[Robyn]

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I think he would be a very frustrated monk.

 

Running around the cities (not countryside), aggressively beating the crap out of civilians, but unable to kill them - and trying his darnedest to ruin the reputation of his God by telling people who he was working for, but not exactly endearing himself in the process

 

Of course, said Deity would not be pleased with him, either.

[Kristopher]

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This goes under the assumption you aren't going to flip the table over when the GM pulls this

 

Your character runs into a masked fellow who calls himself "Flipside" , who might be a villain, might just be a trouble maker. Upon encountering him, your hero feels his power... as suddenly his or her psych lims are reversed. Code VS Killing might become Casual Killer. Overconfidence might become Insecure. The GM leaves some leeway on what you think the opposite would be.

 

Suddenly your character entire personality foundation is inverted. And it may be that way for a while... WWYCD? What would his or her new priorities be? Assuming they still like who they liked before, and hated who they hated before, what might they do now that they were 'freed' from past restraint ? (Keep it non graphic if need be) How would you roleplay it out?

 

Flipside is probably a dead man if he does this to most of my characters...

[CrosshairCollie]

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Flipside is probably a dead man if he does this to most of my characters...

 

Same here, just because that 20pt Code Vs Killing flips to a 20pt Likes To Kill.

 

Even worse for War Wolf, given that his Takes His Responsibilities Seriously would flip to Careless and Irresponsible ... so he'd have no reason NOT to simply open a gigantic can of whupass then and there!

[Badger]

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Crap! My character goes from likes the challenge of battle to......pacifist?

$%@$@

Poor Badger!

 

On the other hand, he might end up getting a date and making friends as he avoids this because of his fear that everyone he cares about gets killed is gone. Moody, introvert to outgoing.

 

Frosty Bob- trigger happy gun nut. Who goes through more women than Clinton. Turns into a coward who takes on a puritanical celibate attitude towards women.

 

 

Aww, I hope this is temporary. I wouldnt want to open up a can of whoop@$$ OOC on the GM.

 

 

Note: It is kind of a cool power idea though.

[Hermit]

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Flipside is probably a dead man if he does this to most of my characters...

 

I thought that might be the case in many (most?) situations , but it still doesn't change the fact that, after Flipside is dead, your character is walking around with his/her pscyh lims reversed.

[Robyn]

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I thought that might be the case in many (most?) situations ' date=' but it still doesn't change the fact that, after Flipside is dead, your character is walking around with his/her pscyh lims reversed. [/quote']

 

Wait. Is this permanent or just a recovery time moved down several slots on the Time Chart?

[DataPacRat]

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Bunny, the alien bunnygirl with a set of interchangeable cybernetic limbs, has two Psych Lims: a Code of Conduct (Follow the Two Laws: "Do no harm", "Protect the weak from the strong") and a Personality trait: "Wants to live forever".

 

The reverse of the latter is fairly simple, to something like "Doesn't care about living another minute -> Nihilistic daredevil". Assuming she happens not to immediately suicide in some manner, the Code of Conduct is slightly trickier... "/Do/ do harm" and "The strong should conquer the weak", perhaps?

 

So, instead of a potential-immortal who spends much of her large income on charities and other good works, she ends up as... a master to anyone she can enslave, and a slave to whoever can master her? (I sense a costume change leaning heavily towards black leather, shiny spikes, perhaps a whip, and other such dominatrix details, ending up looking sort of like a fuzzy version of Catwoman.)

[Hermit]

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Wait. Is this permanent or just a recovery time moved down several slots on the Time Chart?

I picture it as a transform of some sort, thus either it would eventually wear off on its own after time, or there would be a way to undo it (such as psychic surgery, or a spell... or whatever) . Go with which ever version is more fun for you. Obviously if this was a transform based on ECV that went against mental defense, it would be very unlikely for high ego characters with mental defense.

[caris]

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Adonis is normally a Code vs. Killing character with a large desire to be loved, which translates into a fair level of promiscuity. He was genetically engineered by his "father" to be the next conquerer of earth, but even though it isn't on his character sheet he has no desire to rule the world.

 

After meeting Flipside, Adonis would become a cold, prudish, homicidal, meglomaniac. Hmmm... this would also probably require a reworking of his character sheet to include some of the power stunts that Adonis was always capable of, but absolutely would never use due to moral reasons. I've got to say that I feel sorry for Adonis's DNPC.

 

Boost on the other hand. I see turning into some sort of sadistic serial killer. Which given Boost's bio-manipulation powers means that it is going to take people are really long time to get the release of death. I think within ten minutes Flipside is going to be wishing that he still had the capacity to put Boost back to normal.

[Kristopher]

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I picture it as a transform of some sort' date=' thus either it would eventually wear off on its own after time, or there would be a way to undo it (such as psychic surgery, or a spell... or whatever) . Go with which ever version is more fun for you. Obviously if this was a transform based on ECV that went against mental defense, it would be very unlikely for high ego characters with mental defense.[/quote']

 

Them any PC I've ever played or wanted to play is safe.

[ghost-angel]

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hrm.. Jessica - an overconfident aggressive unkillable brick. Players and Characters alike have described her as a mobile Tornado, only more dangerous. Suddenly becomes a meek pacifist. One who'd rather talk things out, and avoids fights at all costs.

 

hehe. I have a feeling that for a while people would be waiting for the other shoe to drop and wait for her to start tearing the city apart. I think her uttering the very words "Now, there's no need to fight, let's talk this out over coffee." would cause any who knew her to flee in terror or stare in confusion.

 

That'd be fun.

[Lord Mhoram]

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Whooboy.

 

Blackcat: Now, in a real game, this likely wouldn't happen - she is almost impossible to do anything to mentally, has 20 pts of power D, and extra Body purchased with no figured char and does not help vs injury (specifically bought to counteract NND transforms and such). By style of character, she is in control of herself..... But for the sake of the story... she would likely turn into a berserker looking to cause pain and suffering to as many as she could, especially those that couldn't help themselves against her. (That calm and serene personality, paired with a protective of innocents getting flipped. Nasty). After it wore off, she would be spending years correcting the damage she caused, if she ever could. And it would tear her up emotionally, maybe even leading to retirement of the character. She was possesed by her powers and went evil a number of years ago, and that is why she is so strongly defended against such thing

That would almost be hitting her with her absolute worst nightmare.

 

Ballistic: He'd become a selfish, but mostly nonviolent guy. He has a tendancy to blow his top normally, and likes to help people. Afterwards, he'd feel some bad, but not really horribled.

 

Meeb: Meeb would be going hogwild. The "devoted to defence and protection" and "protective of innocents" would be flipped into a rather nasty combination. After he recovered, he's just look on it as something odd that happened, and just keep going.

[Hermit]

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Some thoughts on some of my characters

 

Aquatic becomes optimistic yet hard hearted in the extreme. Rather than subconciously feeling freakish, he becomes convinced he's BETTER than the 'norms' and sees their lives as not really that important. Given recent encounters with teen age metas, he might decide to encourage similar 'anti norm' attitudes in them as well. There are two women in his team that he'd probably hit on, now SURE They'd want a piece of him. No doubt that would turn them off as he'd now become a jerk. Unless it wears off, or is reversed, the most likely outcome is him crossing a line, and Archer taking him down.

 

Gaze becomes an unethical mentlalist, people are merely tools for his use, and he drops all pretense of theatricality becoming utterly practical. Reprogramming Jazz, his lover, into seeing things 'his way', he begins a campaign of rewriting various cops, criminals, and police into seeking out his foes and killing them for him. Hopefully the Saints would try to save him from doing this, because when/if it reversed, he'd never forgive himself.

 

Scarlet Archer III loses the name, suddenly disdainful of venerating foolish old or dead men and their ineffective methods. While he might be more confident now out of costume, in costume he becomes a casual killer vigilante who puts down and does what the system can't or won't.

 

I have other characters, including Banner, but I just don't have the heart to write that one up

[Trebuchet]

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Zl'f would probably become a self-absorbed ****; indifferent to the pain of others and casually indifferent to hurting others. While she might not become an actual supervillain, there is no way she'd remain a superheroine - it's too selfless. The only "improvement" might be that she'd be less proud.

[Blue]

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Anthem wouldn't care to be reversed. After all, suddenly becoming a conscienceless sociopath, she would be more interested in hunting down the criminals and putting them in their graves. She's still be a hero, but not the kind anyone would admire.

 

Uncle Slam likewise would not care anymore. He'd be consumed with bringing down the government from the inside. He'd leak the many, many, MANY things he knows that the government has done but that he'd been under high security restrictions to keep to himself. After doing this surreptitiously for a while, he'd ultimately realize he could do more harm from the top. People had bugged him for years to run for President becuase of his huge fan base, and now he'd do it... to our detriment.

 

Audra Blue would discover all of that outwarde rage she'd kept pent up and that she used to selectively bring down evil-doers would be directed inward. She'd binge on self-destructive behavior and probably be found dead of an overdose, with tremendous hordes of drugs, bondage paraphernalia, and not a few supervillains present.

[sinanju]

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Hell's Angel who has Code vs Killing, Must Help Those In Need, Perfectionist and Smartass as disads would become a casual killer who likes kicking people when they're down, but she goes about it in a sloppy, half-assed kind of way, and speaks in the sort of gentle, straightforward fashion you hear from kindergarten teachers....

[Zeropoint]

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Special Agent Trent would become a cheerful, optimistic man who enjoys working with other people. He'd embrace his powers and his role as a superhero, and would deeply appreciate being part of a super team. He'd also eschew coffee, and other stimulants.

 

And he'd feel really bad about having crushed Flipside into paste after his Enraged by Mental Powers kicked in.

[BcAugust]

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eek

 

Crown Princess Cyrande would go from being a paranoid, but decent person to someone who's open about herself, hates Malva and says so, and has the moral sense of Paris Hilton. Oh, and if Flipside is handsome, he's getting bedded... unless Horus is there, in which case he's the one getting dragged off.

 

Nox... I feel sorry for Flipside. And sorry for anyone else around. (20pt Code vs Killing, 15pt Believes Good will win, and a few others that support it) Reverse all of those... and Nox becomes a villian who truly supports evil for it's own sake, for about 6 or so days before her possessor takes her over.(And given Nox is a Shadowmage/MA, with Desoliod, teleportation, and a whole host of other darkness tricks, it's going to be very tough to stop her.)

[CrosshairCollie]

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Hell's Angel who has Code vs Killing' date=' Must Help Those In Need, Perfectionist and Smartass as disads would become a casual killer who likes kicking people when they're down, but she goes about it in a sloppy, half-assed kind of way, and speaks in the sort of gentle, straightforward fashion you hear from kindergarten teachers....[/quote']

 

"Can you say 'forty-five caliber slug through the brain'?"

*BLAM!!!*

"I knew you could."

[Kevin Schultz]

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Well, except for his code v. killing, Jake is a stereotypical troll: pettily vengeful, prefers to sleep underground, and eats a lot. So...he'd turn into an anorexic, casual killer with a sleeping disorder who doesn't seem to mind petty insults directed towards him. This would also mean that he'd be more likely to perform his Rumplestiltskin Bargin ability - ie, the ability to grant wishes, but at great personal and ironic cost to the wisher (ie, "I will take you to see your true love, but only if you give me your eyesight in return"). He'd also be more likely to kidnap people and replace them with Changelings.

[Zed-F]

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Soulbarb has Protective of Innocents, Overly Secretive, and Vengeful. So, now instead of being a vigilante in the Batman style, she decides what she really wants to do is leave all this superhero nonsense behind, go public, get into professional acting and modelling, and become the world's first celebrity demoness. (?!?) Flipside probably won't die, but only because she has no particular reason to kill him.

[nexus]

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Eve: Has Innocent Childlike mentality, wants to be a "Good Girl" and Code vs Killing. So she becomes a bratty little nasty "bad seed", the ultimate naughty child that likes to play "games" with people that are cruel in the way only a child could be, but with the intricate planning of genius.

 

Tao: Would become emotional, prone to acting on gut reaction instead of thought and overbearing, want to take controls and extremely stubborn about taking orders, rebellious essentially.

 

Shidoku would be quiet, introverted, shy and caste. Her costume would DEFINTELY change to something more concealing and "lady like", Perhaps a modifed kimono or some sort. She would never curse, drink or her cigar habit is out the window as her more lethal attacks and weaponry

 

Ivy would become inhuman and give herself over to the Green (the collective awareness of all plants in Earth) becoming very alien in her thoughts and motivation. In this state she would live her family and children as she no longer cares about them, or any humans for the matter. The are too small and short lived to register on the scale she perceives unless they cause her or the biosphere harm. Then she would destroy them without a thought.

[DEFCON Clown]

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Gregory Cauldron: He'd suddenly agree with his family's aims and ambitions. So he start killing other mages whenever he could find them, making sure that when he and his family are ready to take over the world there is no one to stop them.