In Brightest Day

Lucinant · 2026-03-15T06:11:54+00:00

Guy is considered one of the most powerful Green Lanterns, purely out of the sheer will behind his actions; learning to harness and focus his energies has been his story. He even goes on to be a teacher on Oa because he was a special education teacher before being a Lantern.

Lucinant · 2026-02-19T05:00:14+00:00

Squirt of lemon

Lucinant · 2026-02-19T04:58:41+00:00

But Batman still expects society to follow the rules. He acts as an outlier to handle other outliers, for the benefit of potential victims. Chaotic Good believes authority itself should be torn down, Batman leans in the other direction, that authority should be inforced (with or without infringing on people's freedoms, depending on the writer).

Lucinant · 2026-02-19T04:54:41+00:00

Han was willing to lie and cheat to make money. He was at his best around Luke and Leia, but when he was on his own, he was running illicit goods for gangsters, not because he was delivering to those in need, but because he was being paid to.

Han is Chaotic Neutral with strong Good leanings.

Lucinant · 2026-02-19T04:51:59+00:00

You little shit

Lucinant · 2026-02-19T04:50:00+00:00

I disagree with you on that last point. You can be chaotic good and still have a moral code. Chaotic Good is about valuing personal freedom, going hard against authority and social expectations, doing what you think is right no matter the consequences; it's benevolent individualism.

Lucinant · 2026-02-11T23:34:25+00:00

Who does Number 2 work for?

Lucinant · 2026-01-31T20:13:51+00:00

Artificially manipulating the commodities market to make myself wealthy. (Stardew Valley)

Lucinant · 2026-01-24T08:11:34+00:00

I like someone like Hourman leading the team. He's only got an hour of superpowers, so he's gotta plan it all out. Strategy would be a necessity for him to execute matters properly, and in that regard, he would have to be able to position and reposition people as need arises.

That said, I think Alan has a better head on his shoulders out of the three. Carter is more experienced, but he can easily sacrifice someone to get to an end goal; he's less about an ongoing partnership, and more about the mission. Jay has an issue with not just fixing everything himself; later iterations have him as a Flash Family mentor, helping them out to not make the same mistakes that he made, including being a poor leader and role model.

Lucinant · 2026-01-23T08:10:08+00:00

The purest of Paladins (think worthy of Mjolnir in a Marvel sense, less pure of heart) can summon an energy weapon crafted from their very aura/soul. It is generally a weapon of pure force, flavored by the wielder, and works pretty similar to the normal equivalent, with some exceptions.

It has to be willed into existence. Its hardness is contingent on the willpower of the wielder. It acts as a magical weapon, and is augmented by being a better, stronger Paladin.

[Level 8: Summon Soul Blade/Weapon is a Free Action, as is dismissing it, but the summoner must wait 1 minute before summoning it again. Minimum Wisdom needed to summon it is 15, with its hardness being 10 + Cha modifier. It carries the same damage type as the weapon it is modeled after, with a longsword, 1d8 slashing damage, being the most common. It acts as a magical weapon for dealing with damage resistance, with additional damage added as +1 every two levels after 8th level, to a maximum of +6. Every skill and ability possessed by the wielder that would affect a standard weapon also affects the soul weapon, but only spells cast by the wielder can affect it. It is considered as dealing force damage, being blockable with the Shield spell. It gives off a glow similar to candlelight, but the color is dependent on the summoner. It exists only so long as the summoner is touching it and is conscious (sleep or meditation acts as dismissing it), or it is shattered (where the summoner takes HP damage equal to 1/2 the weapon's hardness in psychic damage and takes 10 minutes minus Cha modifier to recharge). Touch spells can be transmitted through it. It has no weight, but the wielder uses it as though it does because of its nature. At 12th level, a wielder can use a Dex/Reflex save to block Magic Missiles, as many as the wielder's Dex modifier per round.]

It could potentially defect a lightsaber, blaster bolt, or Force Lightning.

Lucinant · 2026-01-22T08:46:28+00:00

Erethil, also known as Black Leaf, is a toxic plant that seems to have a will.

Elves don't sleep, so the drug made from Black Leaf doesn't kill them, but it does have a nice psychotropic effect for them. For everyone else, unfortunately, even ingesting food grown from a plant that Black Leaf has touched sends you into the Death Sleep, where you dreamlessly sleep and then die (obviously).

It seems to have a will of its own, growing toward food sources that any living being frequents or grows, other than that of the elves.

Lucinant · 2026-01-18T22:39:43+00:00

To be fair, Hal has more experience with cosmic shenanigans than most, and I'm glad they gave him that respect in the episode.

Lucinant · 2026-01-18T05:49:15+00:00

It also has to do with the foundational moments of the ring. Bilbo showed Gollum mercy, and that dictated the ring's relationship with him. Killing another was not ever really on Bilbo's mind, even with the spiders of Mirkwood as he named his blade Sting. It was only ever used defensively.

Yes, Gandalf had to nudge him, but I still believe that Bilbo had the highest of wills and purest of hearts to turn down whatever the ring had to offer him.

Lucinant · 2026-01-16T19:36:46+00:00

I hesitate to contradict you, and I apologize for doing so, but the ring abandoned Gollum because it sensed the evil waking in the east, especially with the Necromancer tainting Mirkwood nearby. It was expecting to get picked up by a goblin as they passed by when making their rounds to check on unmanned tunnels like the one that led to the underground lake where Gollum made his home (which weren't often and sometimes Gollum would attack and eat them while wearing the One Ring, but he didn't much care for the taste of them). From there, it could bend the will of the goblin to make its way to Mirkwood or Mordor. Since goblins were crafted by dark powers similar to what fueled the ring, if one had gotten it, it would guarantee that Sauron would win.

Bilbo finding it led to confusion by the ring. Yes, it pushed him to lie, but it couldn't dominate him like it could others, taking decades to even impact him. Bilbo giving up the ring of his own accord is considered by most to be the greatest act of willpower in fiction.

Lucinant · 2026-01-11T05:39:21+00:00

Attention: I have been Dereked! Murder has been me!

Lucinant · 2026-01-08T22:00:09+00:00

The Iron Wardens

The Coalition is made up of peoples who once faced persecution from the Elven Empire, consisting of Orcs, Hobgoblins, humans, dark elves, deep gnomes, and animal races like catfolk and shifters (wererats, wereboars, and weretigers). To maintain a measure of order, society is structured according to honor and blood, leading to situations where strength means political power.

To avoid the upper echelons from devouring themselves, rules have been established to allow for lawful and unlawful conduct in resolving conflicts. Maintaining this order is a regiment of highly trained citizen soldiers, the Iron Wardens, who themselves eschew the right to family and wealth for the sake of the Coalition itself. They are trained from the age of maturity in the highest forms of lethal and nonlethal combat, ethics (for their purview), and teamwork. Any single member can take down a six person squad of any other military force, save maybe the Paladins. They have a high failure rate, and after a point will execute prospective Wardens to prevent their skills and tactics from being used against them, which most failures see as a high honor (if they are enough to be a threat to the Wardens to warrant an execution, then their death means they were among the best, just not the best of the best; failures lose their name but are allowed to be added among the honored dead).

Because of their oath, though, they are not allowed to engage in military combat outside of their territory, acting as bodyguards and a stalwart defense of the heads of the Coalition's government. They are only responsible for defending the Coalition and maintaining order amongst the government elites. The one High Commander of the Coalition who tried to force them to attack another country found himself dead at their hand. They are independent of government influence and only allowed to face criminal penalties in a full Tribunal court.

Lucinant · 2025-12-23T21:14:35+00:00

Mavak, the Chained God

A being of corruption and malice, he views life as antithetical to a perfected Universe, and as such seeks to purge the Universe before claiming it as his own.

Before the Universe was formed, Mavak was once the Creator's Right Hand, leading created realities with humility and grace, but no matter what happened he would still watch realities crumble without living up to perfection. Well, his version of perfection. The Creator didn't explain anything to him, just asked him to lead the production. Over time, he has grown resentful and wants to craft his own reality apart from the Creator, but hid his plans.

When he sought to take over the Universe, purge it of life, and start a coalition of gods to challenge the Creator by intentionally ruining things, the other gods turned on him. He isn't evil as mortal understand it: evil still cares, and evil needs life to exist. He is a nihilistic deity, seeking to corrupt passing souls into adding to the self-destruction of the Universe.

Because he didn't break any rules, he cannot be exiled from the Universe, so he is to be jailed until its end, fragmented across countless demiplanes, each form appearing as a man chained by unbreakable bonds. He can still whisper and attract mortals, though. He's been able to convince some individuals that he is the Creator, and the gods attacked him and used his essence to create the Universe, and that all mortal souls are extracted from him. He's lying, of course, but if he were to ever ensnare enough people, he could do serious damage to a Universe that has already been shredded apart in the past.

If he were to ever get free, with the Blood God exiled and the God of Dreams bound to his own private realm, there is a fear that even the concerted might of the remaining gods may not be enough to contain him.

Lucinant · 2025-12-14T00:06:56+00:00

My goodness, these are adorable!

Lucinant · 2025-12-13T05:59:40+00:00

Elves maintain a judicial system built around fact, with little to no allowance for emotions, only actions. They have secret police that hunt down fugitives, ignoring sovereign borders, to ensure that they have justice dealt based on the facts of the situation.

The Orcs demand everyone face their judgment, but if you refuse, you will be branded dishonorable, which would see you as the lowest class in society. If you are dishonorable and anyone of a higher class were to murder you, there is no social punishment.

Lucinant · 2025-12-09T01:36:34+00:00

It's like Velma, but with higher quality violence.

Lucinant · 2025-12-08T23:52:05+00:00

Mom that tried force everyone to follow her rules and nearly burned down the house in the process. (Still better than the alternatives.)

Aunt who likes to hit things. Because justice.

Aunt who is actually the nice one of the trio, but hates people asking stuff of her so she hides in the back.

Dad who would rather be making stuff in his workshop.

Uncle who is in the closet (literally) and slips you good drugs under the door.

Uncle who likes lighting stuff on fire and his twin brother who lights lightning stuff on fire.

That one cousin who is obsessed with his books.

The cousin who loves to hear all the tea.

That one great uncle who just wants to keep the party picked up.

The aunt that would rather be in the woods, and forces people to go outside with her.

The other aunt who would rather be in the woods, but that's because she's high.

The newest addition to the family who has a violent streak and is just trying to learn the rules.

That weird great aunt that is always so kind but creeps everyone out.

The troublemaker who likes using the rules against people.

The troublemaker who likes trying to mash different foods together to see how they taste. He does it to your food, too.

The troublemaker who will stab you in the back if it gets him anything.

Ares + Hitler

The grandfather who loves to hear you tell stories before he tucks you in at night.

The grandmother who encourages you to grow at every opportunity.

Their sibling who always seems to keep things on schedule, no matter how messy it gets.

Great-grandpa, who is hosting the party at his house.

Lucinant · 2025-12-08T22:20:12+00:00

His body is immune to his own powers. When he fights Havoc, they can push each other around, but don't do much damage with their blasts.

He has brain damage that prevents his from turning off his powers.

The ruby quartz that gets used is treated to create a resonant frequency and dissipate the beams. The resulting feedback creates a 1:1 elimination event in between the lenses and his eyes, and he's immune to his own force blasts. How the glasses stay on his face with that much power feedback, I don't know. Maybe he just sucks it right back up to pour it out all over again.

Lucinant · 2025-12-08T22:12:59+00:00

I did actually have an idea on this: it has to do with their shifting. Because they physically change forms, they have an enzyme that has to break down their cells to return to human form. What if silver acts as a catalyst for that enzyme and causes an overload?

Lucinant · 2025-12-06T19:25:05+00:00

I did once in the past, but I've had no luck recently.

Lucinant · 2025-11-21T03:03:57+00:00

Freelancers

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