Alex Sol said:
Same question to you Randino. What is this action you want to put Jinx on next turn?
Teach raven Lexcorp propaganda. Statistically, Helena, Jinx, and Mercy form a strong team in spite of Raven's opposition.
Narratively Helena brings the recent gratification of completing her vengeance with LexCorp aid and increased loyalty. Jinx can hammer on the luxury and privileges Raven herself has been enjoying and tales of her childhood before LexCorp and how much harder Raven could have had it. Mercy comes in as the person who has been with Lex the longest, who has watched LexCorp steadily grow as a company and diversify into area's beneficial to the world, and the steady improvement in terms of local living standards and ability to defend itself.
some other things I have in mind for turn 33 that use heroes feasible for a strong Diplomacy team for either girl are
¹Improve Odin Tech(Lex + Caitlin)(critical given the incoming Kryptonian invasion and the potential benefits of an advance anti-kryptonian orbital laser cannon defense network)
²Learn about Ginko Fruit(Pamela and some kind of team(depends on whether or not we are carrying out human testing with bone growth serum)that I haven't finalized yet)(long desired)
³I don't have anything in mind for Oswald but his coop with Raven is terrible, with Raven neither liking or respecting him. Their a bad matchup to be frank.
That said, there is an approach that could work with major investment of heroes who are useful for things outside there intrigue and martial, which will limit our actions elsewhere. Have Oswald(+39) lead Cassandra(+27 with trait) for +66, and team up Starfire(+24), Helena(+22 with trait and coop) Jinx(+20 with coop) and Raven(+5 with coop) for +71, and a double down because this is important.
I'd be willing to agree to this, but I'd still be planning to take the action to hire a martial arts tutor turn 34, which without the artificial increase to Cass's stewardship, is still a little too high in margin of error, and Lex is likely to be busy(just learning alone there is Cold engine, Brainiac, and possible bone growth serum for Karl). Thus I'd hope for some assistance in raising Cassandra's stats to better our odds, much as I may raise jinx's diplomacy in prep for turn 33 raven special action.
jonasquinn said:
Unless I'm misremembering Cassandra cannot lead actions regardless of her stats because she's still a child so even with an improved Stewardship Starfire would still lead the action.
I thought KC had decided to relax that with Cassandra getting older and being particularly mature for her age and manipulative? I know she leads learning actions.
jonasquinn said:
She already has 29 Martial, functionally 44, and all the assets of LexCorp at her disposal to deal with the Lady Shiva situation on top of her ??? trait, it's not really a concern.
She has 32 martial, functionally 47, until we vote on her trait/traits in results 4, which may include options to raise her martial further.
Darkcore41 said:
It only benefits if we put Cass on it. We don't have to use her to find her own instructor.
Some prideful martial arts instructors might insist on only teaching a student who is "worth there time" which makes involving Cassandra in the action worthwhile. It also let's us separate the wheat from the chaff in terms of those skilled enough to teach Cassandra.
Darkcore41 said:
Well for comparison, Siobhan had a martial of 28 with her superhuman strength, regeneration, and devastating scream attacks. This turn both she and Cassandra reached a Martial of 32, her by learning to overclock her body to even greater superhuman fears of strength and speed as well as greater control over her banshee scream, Cassandra by becoming an adept strategist.
Thus, we can say that Siobhan, a powerful undead metahuman with enhanced physical abilities and phonic manipulation, is mechanically equal to Cassandra, until Cassandra leverages her Living weapon trait to become nearly half again as powerful as Siobhan. Martial arts, firearms, explosives, and strategy are enough to neutralize Siobhan's metahuman advantages. Add her body reading from living weapon and verbal manipulation and she is nearly half again as powerful.
For additional comparison, Damocles data estimates superman to have a martial of around 45. Functionally, Cassandra is potentially superior to superman in martial, and we still have a trait to pick this turn that could raise our abilities further.
