Tech Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 For Champions, what powers (other than Mind Control) can you suggest for someone who plays a flute focus? I'm no expert on music but I wouldn't mind some music terms for each power. The only other one I can think of might be a sonic blast. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Cowan Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 Aids and/or drains from mood music may work. thou that would still be kind of Mind Control. Sonic Blast of a few flavors as you said. Move stuff with sound. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 Well, a Ranged Killing Attack that affects only solid objects (sympathetic vibration) would be a good Focus-destroyer. The mythic Orpheus could cause the stones to dance through the music from his lyre; so maybe a Telekinesis defined as animating nearby objects. Summoning animals would be a justifiable variation of Mind Control. The Marvel villain Klaw (comics version) can create objects out of "solidified sound," including his own superhuman body. Becoming intangible and "phasing" through matter via vibration control is well-established in comics (Flash etc). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome BODY (important!) Posted December 18, 2018 Report Share Posted December 18, 2018 Sound is a decent SFX to base a character on. Deafen your foes, carry messages across miles, knock people around with blasts of sound, make "sound walls", navigate with sonar, etc. Sound is vibration is a decent SFX to base a character on. Shake objects apart, shake things out of people's hands, set up constructive interference to make things explode, knock people down by shaking the ground, etc. Sound is music brings emotions is a decent SFX to base a character on. Inspire courage in your allies, start infighting by inducing anger, drive off a foe by causing fear, sooth the angry mob with calming tunes, etc. A flute is a wind instrument is wind is etc. Blow your foes away, create walls of swirling wind, soar through the skies, make your flute play itself from a distance, etc. A flute is music is rhythm is etc. Force a bad pattern on your foes to throw them off, correct the rhythm of your ally's actions, coordinate a battlefield by sound alone, etc. A lot more abstract than the others. Flutes have iconic significance in snake charming. The flute has "suggestive qualities" that make it a fitting prop for a seductive villain(ess). Flutes are tolerable bludgeons, though that's likely better as a backup option. A flute could easily have a hidden compartment inside for a blade or other useful item. Lord Liaden 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 Animal summon and control ... snakes, rats, etc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 Sideways blowgun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 do we include "Band Camp™" applications? drunkonduty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 Bird Call mimicry. KS famous flutists. KS famous flute solos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doc Democracy Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 Have a look at the Pied Piper from the Flash's rogues gallery... http://theflash.wikia.com/wiki/Pied_Piper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Werehawk Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 I have a character named Minstrel who has a sonic power that can only be used with various flutes as a focus. A basic flute allows for various sonic attacks, a piccalo does RKA's, and a fife emits hearing flashes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted December 19, 2018 Report Share Posted December 19, 2018 20 hours ago, Gnome BODY (important!) said: Flutes are tolerable bludgeons, though that's likely better as a backup option. A flute could easily have a hidden compartment inside for a blade or other useful item. They seem a little small to be clubs, though some might be the right size for jojutsu or escrima. I think those tend to use paired weapons, though. A larger instrument might work better for a single-weapon martial art. Dang. Now I want to write up a quarterstaff/bo fighter who wields a bassoon. Dean Shomshak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 In comic books we have people fighting with boomerangs shaped like bats, magic lassos and crowbars, motorized whips, acid-squirting flowers, buzz-saw gauntlets, big metal frisbees and sharpened throwing tiaras. I think the genre would make allowances for flute-clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 The first rule about Flute Club is that we do not talk about Flute Club! Lord Liaden, Lawnmower Boy and Eyrie 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 But I only wrote about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sentry0 Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 I'll just leave this here and run away... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted December 20, 2018 Report Share Posted December 20, 2018 Flash vs Hearing NND with defense being hearing flash defense Mental paralysis with the special effect of fascination Images vs hearing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 On 12/18/2018 at 10:04 PM, Tech said: For Champions, what powers (other than Mind Control) can you suggest for someone who plays a flute focus? I'm no expert on music but I wouldn't mind some music terms for each power. The only other one I can think of might be a sonic blast. I rememebr reading a Webcomic a while back. It did have a master villain based on the Pied Piper of Hamelin. I just can not remember the name. And I am unsure if it is still online. Edit: The Webcomie was Dark Wick. Unfortunatley it is no longer online. So I have to go from memory. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted December 22, 2018 Report Share Posted December 22, 2018 30 minutes ago, Christopher said: I rememebr reading a Webcomic a while back. It did have a master villain based on the Pied Piper of Hamelin. I just can not remember the name. And I am unsure if it is still online. Edit: The Webcomie was Dark Wick. Unfortunatley it is no longer online. So I have to go from memory. As I said, the Maestro was based on the Pied Piper of Hamelin. His primary power was Mind Control. he could easily controll masses of people. At one point he had a spy place a receiver at a resident superheroes head, to get lasting mind control (something on the Transform level?). Now his abilities were not limited to Mind control however. At one point he created a golem or two. A form of summon I would guess. Turning that Superhero gave him de-facto her water control abilties. Also the flute was not strictly required. He could do lesser effects with his voice alone. Any instrument could work, apparently. He of course had Sonic blasts, Sonic NND attacks, etc. A ancestor of him fought the Arch Angel Gabriel (or at least the comics interpretation). Mind Control did not work against that one (Only the lord can control my powers). However the ancestor Maestro was able to effectively "cancel out" the Trumpet of Jericho power (a sonic based blast). So a supress/drain/contest of power vs Sonic. The ancestor was also somehow capable to stand on water, IIRC. Something about soundwaves changing the support ability of water? So their sonic powers were rather freely applied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted December 23, 2018 Report Share Posted December 23, 2018 I just remembered, the Avengers (2010 cartoon) interpretation of Vibranium had acoustic/sound properties. At one point their version of Ulysses Claw turned into a...sound giant? Acoustic Elemental? Season 1, Episode 11: Panters Quest Generally panthers Vibranium weapons had a certain sound effect. They also seemed universally usefull against Desolidification defenses (Malekith, those Asgardian Ghost things during the finale few episodes). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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