Overlord verse log part 2 current draft

With this now known, I (Bloodriver) said, "... it may be better to omit my request if resources are limited, then. I should be able to accomplish what I had in mind... eventually."

 

Magnus tested out some troll requests as a control:

A meteor falls on the Overlord and kills him: 750

Control stops being cryptic: 1,000,000,000

Sigma eats a grape: 1 (Sigma: Wait, there's grapes on this planet?) <i>Points value immediately shifts to 0 </i>

Stormwalker maps out a random nearby less hazardous planet: 2, which visibly surprised Magnus

 

As for what modifiers in general would make requests less difficult for the Weaver, Magnus quickly fiddled around with possible modifiers to figure out that:

 

Less specific tends to decrease the difficulty. Increasing the number of people it could possibly affect tends to increase the difficulty. Affecting entities that are very powerful greatly increases difficulty. The person whose fate you're altering can also have an effect; a more powerful person tends to be easier simply because it's less difficult for them to achieve this altered fate. Altering a weaker person's fate can be easier, but could also be much harder if you're trying to get them to do something above their power.

Manipulating the fate of a god, directly or indirectly, is almost always above the threshold.

Being more specific can lower difficulty, if it narrows the scope to something smaller.

An alteration that is in line with the person's character is decidedly easier.

Even if they don't actually <i>know</i> it's in line with their character.

 

After Magnus told us what modifiers do what and how they affect difficulty, he asked us if any of us wanted to to adjust their requests at all. Magnus noted that for Phi's request, there was a +2 point cost to guaranteed not lose anyone, as that risk was a part of the cost.

 

"Do we have time for this?" asked Sigma. Magnus replied, "I'm testing things out quite quickly, actually," moving the runes at rapid speed. "If I narrow it to Kappa specifically, does that help any?" Phi asked. Magnus replied that Weaver cost for just Kappa was reduced to 5 points.

 

Magnus also tested out the Weaver costs for a chance to free other Experiments from Overlord Omicron's control: Theta: 9 Crystalis: 9 Delta: Above threshold

 

When Vika brought up the possibility of testing out unrevealed Mark Is/Mark IIs, Magnus tested that out for the Upsilon line, and the Weaver cost for a chance to free Upsilon Mark I was 7. Sigma and Phi asked Magnus to input the Weaver costs for a chance to free their respective Mark IIs from Overlord Omicron's control <i>if</i> said Mark IIs were being controlled by him, and Magnus revealed that Sigma Mark II's cost was 7 and Phi Mark II's cost was 8.

 

The difficulty cost to get a generalized "method to get elemental spirits additional element(s) within a time frame we consider reasonable and timely that is not death and rebirth, and is accomplished without the help or influence of our enemies" is 8 points for Xenon, 9 for Landslide probably because he has a second element. This was suggested by Magnus, a fishing rod rather than an expensive fish, as an analogy might go.

 

The Weaver cost of a generalized item/person/whatever (that is different from the Life Equation) that would help free people from the Overlord's control would be 8 points.

 

The Weaver cost for a generalized method for powering up that isn't an Ebony Candypop Bud would also be 8 points.

 

There was an 8 point Weaver cost for a hint for finding Overlord Omicron's Zro farms.

 

Magnus added a modifier to the Life Equation request to lower it down to a 2 cost, which was partly possible since the point rating for that was originally more like 2.6 or 2.7.

 

"Okay, so we've settled on altering my fate to expedite the search for the Life Equation, as well as that generalized method for powering up, a fishing rod rather than a fish if you will. It's a pity that we could not fit Mars's request and all those fishing rods in there. Mars's request was quite cost-effective for a fish," Magnus noted.

 

"Eh, no big deal, was kind of an out there ask anyway," Mars replied.

 

Oh how I wish we had more points to spend..." Magnus mused.

 

<b>"Ha</b><i> static</i><b> hahahahaha... </b><i>static</i><b> WISH GRANTED. Be prepared</b><i> static</i><b> PAY</b><i> static</i><b> PRICE."</b> said <i>someone</i>, before the runes on the Weaver began rapidly being moved by an outside force.

 

"Dammit, Magnus!" Vika exclaimed.

"I didn't do it! I didn't agree to this!" Magnus cried out, futilely trying to stop this.

 

<b>"Too bad...</b> <i>static</i> <b>you're getting it ANYWAYS! You will</b> <i>static</i> <b>understand WHY." </b>

 

<i>And this was when a massive amount of an unknown energy fluctuation occurred, instantly draining a significant portion of our current health/current hit points to pay for part of the cost in blood, or in the spirits' case, whatever representative of current health/current hit points would be for them.

 

Certain, if not all, Overlord verse Hero Squad members receive a vision of the <b>Time of Agony</b>, which they must prevent, or mitigate and seal. Besides the name, not much information could be gleaned from that besides an overwhelming sense of <b>Agony</b>. They also have been instructed to keep information of the <b>Time of Agony</b> secret, both as a need-to-know basis and to keep that information away from villains such as the Overlord and the Galactic cult. Some of the fates of the Overlord verse Hero Squad members have been moved to unknown fates. </i>

 

"Uh, you lot okay there?" Landslide asked.

 

Sigma gave an exhausted groan and said, "I fucking knew this was a bad idea."

 

"That was... quite a lot of blood..." Phi noted, looking at all the blood that seeped out of us.

 

I moved to resuscitate Mars and Candle, both of who passed out from that HP payment, with my healing powers.

 

Magnus looked at the runes of the Weaver and told us that he sees that besides himself (Life Equation), Xenon (generalized +element(s) method for spirits), and Mars (powerful new technique), all of the other Squad members' fates had been tampered with by that outside force and could not be viewed yet. Magnus noted that even Xenon's (generalized +element(s) method for spirits) fate had been subtly altered, perhaps as an attempt to drive the cost of that down, and that even with that, it shouldn't have even been possible to fit both his, Xenon's, and Mars altered fates in at the same time and wonders what else would be needed for the cost...

 

That outside force then suggested to us to keep its existence a secret from outsiders as this would benefit us; that force didn't push super hard for that; it told us it knew that its unrevealed status was on a timer the moment it took action, but it would still be disappointed and annoyed if any of us told outsiders of its existence regardless.

 

"Get fucked," Sigma spat. "Even if it's a pain in the ass, it's giving a warning," Mars noted. "Hmm," mumbled Phi.

 

"Well hey if you want me a keep a secret that's fine, I can do that. Might ask next time ya think you got a secret to tell though, that's just common courtesy that is," said Landslide.

 

That outside force then warned us to prepare for combat immediately, as the <i>retaliation</i> for altering fate so much will come down on us soon...