What kind of Octopus is he? A blue ringed one with a deadly bite?

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Sounds like an interesting setting, and genetic engeneering is very likely to get a complex creature right on the first go. Many octopi are solitary predators/scavengers, so it is understandable if any uplifted species do not turn out very sociable. Tough someone has to have him teached some cursewords.... Any more on that setting? Go to Comment

Doh! I wanted to say "wrong", not right. So hard thinking about the one I wrote the opposite... If the genengineers wanted a social cephalopod, they might have been better off with a cuttlefish. Go to Comment

This sounds fun, I could stand to hear a little more about him

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Update: Fixed a spelling error. Go to Comment

I based it off of Eclipse Phase, where one of the possible character species is an Uplifted animal that has been created using genetic engineering with human-level intelligence. This was one of my character ideas. Go to Comment

You know, I hadn't really thought about that. I'd really only thought of the basic idea behind him. Go to Comment

Why? Do you often encounter the need to turn people into mush? Go to Comment

A decent sub, simple and useful.

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I'd love one of these and the ability to use it.

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It would just make me feel safer living on my own. I'd only use it as a weapon under great provocation. Go to Comment

I'm in the UK, handguns are banned after an idiot murdered 16 children and a teacher with them in 1996. Go to Comment

Just to tell you, the CDN and PLAA are factions in a world I'll be posting up here sooner or later.

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Thanks, man. Now, the main purpose of this weapon in the period where my game takes place is to provide a discrete method of self-defense for spies (well, at least it's discrete BEFORE he starts sending guys flying left and right). You see, in the world I made, the CDN and PLAA factions make a policy of hiring a large number of mages to act as spies and secret agents. Although these agents are incredibly subtle and often highly skilled in at least one form of martial arts, there are many circumstances where the hammer's more useful than the scalpel. However, until those points, you have to be able to hide that hammer. Therefore, since most of their agents are already mages (magic is very useful when undercover, since it can't be traced back to a specific country and can be used for everything from blasting down a door to hiding in plain sight), the Blast Cane is a natural choice for a weapon. Go to Comment

True enough. However, both sides try to keep the weapons a closely-guarded secret. They know that the other major power, along with a fair number of mages, know about them, but the majority of the populace doesn't quite realize what these weapons are- a state of affairs both sides would rather keep. This is because for every minute they spend fighting each other, they spend half an hour dealing with criminal gangs and terrorists- individuals who either can't hire mages or who can only attract mages that didn't have the benefit of learning about the blast canes, or the finer points of using them. Therefore, since most enemy groups are in the dark, both the CAD and the PLAA's Shadow Bloc (their secret police/paramilitary operations/secret assassination agency) have agreed that when it comes to blast canes, the benefits outweigh the flaws. Go to Comment

Also, they are very rare, which is why the only people you'll find wielding them on a regular basis are spies (who tend not to identify themselves, as you could understand). The process behind their creation is very expensive, time-consuming, and difficult, which limits just how many can be produced. This isn't a mass-produced weapon at all- it's a rare and valuable tool that's only wielded by the finest warriors in the competitive world of espionage. Go to Comment

Nice idea; good way to bolster combat abilities of the typical mage.

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You could always try carrying a handgun. Turns (parts of) people into mush, but you DO have to learn how to aim . . . Go to Comment

Nifty item, with a clear purpose and history.  I can imagine, though, that wooden items would begin to be viewed with great suspicion in your world, if these weren't at least somewhat rare.  Sure, a spy might be able to get away with it once, but surely all operations manuals for the CDN and PLAA would include sections on recognizing and counteracting blast canes?

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Love the idea! Enjoyed the style and background of the group. Explained well and was a lot of fun to read and I had no issues accepting it as is. Usually I have unanswered questions as I go through but I think it is delightfully complete. Having a heart attack while destroying a city is comedic and enough for me. I see the Mage swearing inwardly, "That the city is so damn stupid that it wouldn't be worth destroying and giving myself a frick'n heart attack." Then he controls his rage and storms off.

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