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TechnoViking

Apr 11th, '05, 12:48 PM

I was needing some help fleshing out this villian. Any comments appreciated.

Thanks,
Mike

Chimera

Player:

<table cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td align="right">Val </td><td>Char </td><td>Cost</td></tr><tr><td align="right">50 </td><td>STR</td><td>40</td></tr><tr><td align="right">21 </td><td>DEX</td><td>33</td></tr><tr><td align="right">23 </td><td>CON</td><td>26</td></tr><tr><td align="right">18 </td><td>BODY</td><td>16</td></tr><tr><td align="right">8 </td><td>INT</td><td>-2</td></tr><tr><td align="right">10 </td><td>EGO</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td align="right">18 </td><td>PRE</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td align="right">4 </td><td>COM</td><td>-3</td></tr><tr><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td align="right">10/20 </td><td>PD</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td align="right">10/20 </td><td>ED</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td align="right">6 </td><td>SPD</td><td>29</td></tr><tr><td align="right">15 </td><td>REC</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td align="right">60 </td><td>END</td><td>7</td></tr><tr><td align="right">60 </td><td>STUN</td><td>5</td></tr><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td align="right">21" </td><td>RUN</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td align="right">2" </td><td>SWIM</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td align="right">25" </td><td>LEAP</td><td>0</td></tr></table>Characteristics Cost: 164

<table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align="right">Cost </td><td>Power</td><td align="right">END</td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">10 </td><td>Chimera Body: Elemental Control, 20-point powers </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">31 </td><td>1) Fire Breath: Energy Blast 8d6, Area Of Effect (9" Cone; +1) (80 Active Points); 3 Charges (-1 1/4) </td><td valign="top" align="right">[3]</td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">20 </td><td>2) Chimera Skin: Armor (10 PD/10 ED) (30 Active Points) </td><td valign="top" align="right">0</td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">12 </td><td>3) Claws: Killing Attack - Hand-To-Hand 1d6 (2d6 w/STR), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (22 Active Points) </td><td valign="top" align="right">0</td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">10 </td><td>4) Leaping +15" (25" forward, 12 1/2" upward) (15 Active Points) </td><td valign="top" align="right">1</td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">20 </td><td>5) Running +15" (21" total) (30 Active Points) </td><td valign="top" align="right">3</td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">5 </td><td>Beastily Body & Soul: Elemental Control, 10-point powers </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">5 </td><td>1) Three Minds on Body: Mental Defense (12 points total) (10 Active Points) </td><td valign="top" align="right">0</td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">5 </td><td>2) Soul Locked: Power Defense (10 points) (10 Active Points) </td><td valign="top" align="right">0</td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">5 </td><td>3) Eyes of the Beast: Ultraviolet Perception (Sight Group), Tracking (10 Active Points) </td><td valign="top" align="right">0</td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">7 </td><td>4) +4 PER with all Sense Groups (12 Active Points) </td><td valign="top" align="right">0</td></tr></table>Powers Cost: 130

<table cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td align="right">Cost </td><td>Skill</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">7 </td><td>Tracking 13- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3 </td><td>Stealth 13- </td></tr></table>Skills Cost: 10

<table cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td align="right">Cost </td><td>Talent</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">14 </td><td>Fearless </td></tr></table>Talents Cost: 14

<table cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td align="right">Val </td><td>Disadvantages</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">25 </td><td>Distinctive Features: Large Hulking Shape with Three Heads (Not Concealable; Extreme Reaction; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">35 </td><td>Enraged: Berserk When losing half total BODY (Uncommon), go 14-, recover 8- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">5 </td><td>Unluck: 1d6 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">20 </td><td>Physical Limitation: Hands are mostly cloven (All the Time, Greatly Impairing) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">10 </td><td>Reputation: Evil Minion, 11- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">25 </td><td>Social Limitation: Totally Loyal to Dr. Faust (Very Frequently, Severe) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">10 </td><td>Vulnerability: 2 x STUN Magic (Uncommon) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">5 </td><td>Vulnerability: 1 1/2 x BODY Magic (Uncommon) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">15 </td><td>Hunted: 8- (Mo Pow, Capture) </td></tr></table>

Disadvantage Points: 150

 

Base Points: 200

Experience Required: 0

Total Experience Available: 0

Experience Unspent: 0

Total Character Cost: 318

 

<table width="100%" valign="top"><tr valign="top"><td>Height: 1.90 m</td><td>Hair: Black and Green</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Weight: 115.00 kg</td><td>Eyes: Brown</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td colspan=2>Appearance: A large hulking figure with three heads.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td colspan=2>Personality: The merging of their bodies destroyed the triplets minds leaving a mosly mindless creature, totaly loyal to Dr. Faust.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td colspan=2>Quote:Rgghh!!!</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td colspan=2>Background: It is hard growing up as triplets, especially on the south side of Chicago. Adan ,Miguel, and Pablo Arroyo jumped at the chance to join a local street gang after their mother kicked them out on to the street when they turn eighteen. For their gang initiation, they had to kill a local councilwoman, who was gaining popularity on her anti-gang stance. They caught the councilwoman leaving her office, but as they were about to shoot, the police arrived. The triplets ran for it, knowing that someone had turned then into the police. They ran into an alley with a dead end, trapped with the police only a few seconds away. “Come here boys”, a sweet yet sinister told them. In a door way that was not their seconds ago stood a man in a fine blood red suit. Knowing they had no other choice, the triplets ran in the doorway. The man in the blood red suit told them how sorry he was that their friends had betrayed them, and how they did not appreciate the possible power of a man born three. He told them in a seductive voice he could give them a body of great power for the small price of their undying loyalty and their souls. The one catch that Adan,Miguel, and Pablo discovered too late was, when their new master said one body, he meant one body.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td colspan=2>Powers/Tactics: A basic brick creature</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td colspan=2>Campaign Use: </td></tr></table>

Scifi_Toughguy

Apr 11th, '05, 12:53 PM

Looks like it works to me. Any specifics you wanted help with?

TechnoViking

Apr 11th, '05, 01:25 PM

I still have a few points to spend, so anything that would fix the character concept.

CBikle

Apr 11th, '05, 01:47 PM

I think you want to buy the no range limit on the Chimera's fire-breath. This'll give you some extra points you may want to spend increasing it's damage (10-12d6 ?) and maybe buying more charges.

If it applies, you might consider adding the limit below(unless the fire breath is magical etc.). I use this limit as a catch-all to represent most fire based powers.

Traditional Fire Limits: will not work underwater; may spread uncontrollably, etc. (-1/2)

Lightray

Apr 11th, '05, 03:03 PM

To represent three minds in one body:

Skill Levels with EGO roll - surprising how easy it is to make every Breakout Roll immediately. special effect: one mind is mind-controlled, another takes over.

Rapid Senses - special effect: three minds looking at the same perceptions.

INT and EGO - you've bought down INT and spent nothing on EGO; yet you've got 3 INTs and 3 EGOs in there.

Cramming, x 3 - for those minor skills everyone has, for all three minds.

Lack of Weakness - vs. Normal, Resistant, & Analyze: Style. special effect: three different minds with three different styles of combat.

To make the character more effective:

CSLs

Defense Maneuver

Rapid Attack - hand-to-hand

Breakfall, Climbing, Concealment, Survival

Rune

Apr 12th, '05, 07:55 PM

How about 360 degree vision to represent that the heads are always looking around?

Knockback Resistance is a good thing for a brick to have.