Grrl Power #1136 – Doppelprankster
Introducing Chimyriad, at least formally. Do recall she’s a Patreon cameo, but she fills an important slot in Archon’s intelligence branch. It’s more of a twig, really, since Archon itself is really small, so they need everyone they can get.
Arc-Dark is like Archon’s Section 31. They don’t go out of their way to deliver extra-judicial… well, justice, but it does happen sometimes. Mostly they’re pure intelligence gathering, and they get a lot of mileage out of no one knowing they exist. Invisibility and shapeshifting are pretty useful in a fight, but they’re way more useful for gathering evidence, especially if no one knows there might be invisible and/or shapeshifted people about.
It’s like being an illusionist. Potentially incredibly useful, but as soon as someone knows their opponent is an illusionist, most of their arsenal evaporates. That’s why every illusionist should still know a telekinesis spell, and also maybe fireball, so when their opponents go, “Don’t worry, it’s not really a dragon!” you can keep ’em guessing. I’d also get a lot of mileage out of “Summon Tiger Trap,” and then cover it with ground textures that aren’t conspicuously offset by a few pixels. If people think their next step could be their last, you can really slow them down.
The February Vote Incentive is up! Yes, I know it’s late and I still owe you guys one for March. I already have the pencils mostly done, so hopefully you guys won’t be waiting for it all month?
Kat, you remember, the newly minted were-hare? Well, someone forgot to give her a copy of “Are You There God? It’s Me, Were-Margaret.” She has questions is what I’m saying.
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Drift Hunters is definitely worth checking out.
Informative post thanks for sharing
Até… Ah, daughter of Eris.
i mean. Até was iewed as both male and female. but due to her connection to the roman “Folly” and “in praise of Folly”
femle is the more recognized one. that said i love the idea Até was nonbinary similar to other shapeshifting tricksters
Nice way to get the pronunciation in there without making us new kids feel dumb. Thanks.
The thing an illusionist should do in a fight is work to utterly destroy your ability to tell what’s real and what’s not. Cover every surface in dazzle camouflage to start with, and proceed to shift everything out of whack from there. Unless their opponent is both willing and able to area-of-effect blast everything around, they don’t know who or what they’re shooting/punching/etc; if that flight of stairs is up, down or not even there, &c &c.
[Ability to include at least sound & smell/taste – if not touch and balance – in the illusion is essential.]