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13 hours ago, biostem said:

I wonder how stringent sports teams/leagues would be about checking for superpowers or other enhancements, within the CoH world.  Heck, just about any job, particularly those that involve manual labor, would love a superhumanly strong worker, or someone who can start fires or freeze things on a whim...

Upside: all the ice cream machines at McDowell's would work flawlessly, all the time.

Downside: soon as you got your ice cream, some Hellions would melt it.

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Just now, roleki said:

Upside: all the ice cream machines at McDowell's would work flawlessly, all the time.

Downside: soon as you got your ice cream, some Hellions would melt it.

I can't recall, but does any of the lore address casual use of super powers within the CoH setting?  I do recall a trailer where BaB was using his super strength to help with the post-Rikti invasion cleanup, as was Sister Psyche, (only using telekinesis)...

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I've mentioned before that one of my time-travelling Ordus Chronos magi.... My Force Mage, Tessamun... is a footie fan. She'll go on endlessly about the Nerva Novas given half a chance. 

 

But that seriously confounds people in the current era, Because the Novas and their league won't even be established until a few decades after the end of the Battalion Wars. 😝

 

 

 

 

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10 hours ago, RikOz said:

One of my alts, "Seahawk", was a professional football player, but his sudden mutations disqualified him from the league:

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Looking at that picture, I can't see why they would have disqualified him.

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It seems to me, with all the Arenas around, that the primary entertainment in Paragon - and in the Rogue Isles before the Arachnos coup - would be a supers version of WWE.  

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18 hours ago, biostem said:

I can't recall, but does any of the lore address casual use of super powers within the CoH setting?  I do recall a trailer where BaB was using his super strength to help with the post-Rikti invasion cleanup, as was Sister Psyche, (only using telekinesis)...

It's an interesting question, and I feel it may be something worth exploring.  Imagine scenarios where we arrive on scene to assist other supers in building Habitat for Humanity housing, or visiting a PTSD ward where supers with mental abilities are coaxing mental trauma patients back to some sort of normalcy.  Of course, then a fight breaks out and we're forced to do that voodoo we do so well, but it would at the start at least point out our gentler side.

 

The only thing I can immediately think of is Doc Samson who uses her super strength in archeology work, especially removing rubble in Faultline.  There are examples of other non-violent use of super powers, but within the context of a fight.  Atlas, for example, is said to have lifted a host of parade goers above a cloud of toxins to rest safely on his shoulders.

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19 hours ago, biostem said:

I can't recall, but does any of the lore address casual use of super powers within the CoH setting?  I do recall a trailer where BaB was using his super strength to help with the post-Rikti invasion cleanup, as was Sister Psyche, (only using telekinesis)...

 

There's also fires in Steel Canyon; I might not use superpowers to fight the fires, but these normies sure as heck aren't teleporting between burning buildings.  

Which reminds me, I find it hilarious that there's all kinds of buildings on fire, all kinds of heroes running around, and there's still thugs stealing purses from people right there.  RIGHT THERE.

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17 hours ago, 0th Power said:

also, shouldn't there be a golf course in Paragon?

 

Probably in those areas between the zones. 

 

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On 1/11/2023 at 10:06 AM, 0th Power said:

also, shouldn't there be a golf course in Paragon?

There is one in the Shadow Shard

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Good luck making par

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