Help Needed with New Character

[Macabrevity]

I am going to be joining a long running Champions game set in the bronze age. I've played some other super hero systems in the past, but have zero experience with the hero system , or champions (aside from using the old champions 'enemies' books to supplement my other supes campaigns). We're playing online, and unfortuantely I don't have (and haven't been able to acquire) the prerequisite books yet. I'm working on it, but I'm in a little remote town in the heart of europe, and there isn't much in the way of distribution out here.

I've outlined a character for the DM, but am unable to convert that character into hero system stats and figures. I was wondering if anyone here would be interested in helping me out?

My character (still unnamed) is a young girl born with mystical powers. She was raised by a coven of witches, and has some understanding of the arcane arts. Her inherent abilities involve minor influence over earth, air, and water (when I say minor, I mean that its hardly useful, but there are signs that something really powerful is there, just undeveloped), with a major influence over fire i.e. generating it from nothing, controlling and shaping it perhaps, and even snuffing out existing flames. Her sorceress blood also lends her to be gifted in the areas of arcane magics, and she excelled during her time spent as a student with the witches. Her ability with fire however, is natural and not the result of any learning from the witches. Though her knowledge is still undeveloped, she is gifted and shows a lot of *promise* to grow in power as she matures.

The campaign is bronze age and in the words of the DM:
"As far as game mechanics go. Its HERO system, Champions genre. The game is 350 with 100 in disads (450 total) with no more then 30 in any one disad catagory. There is a 75 active point limit on powers (and yes I know there are some powers that cannot be made with less then 75, so for it to be accepted it better have a -good- story), I want armor/PD/ED to cap at 20 and SPD at 6, finally max OCV and DCV would be 10."

These figures are really incomprehensible to me at the moment (being a newbie) but I'll get it figured out eventually.

Anyone want to take a crack at converting my character idea into a solid useable champion?

[zornwil]

It's kind of a tall order with such vague details - do you have specific powers in mind?

Do you have access to the Champions Universe material? Lots of good examples in those, particularly of the good witch on the Defenders team.

Good luck - sorry you didn't get responses.

[Hermit]

Perhaps her powers should reflect raw power and talent instead of finese?

An energy blast of some sort might work, as might some new or enhanced senses ... perhaps even Clairsentence (With limitations making control difficult)

[Macabrevity]

Thanks for the replies! Yeah, you're right, I realize its a lot (maybe too much?) to ask. Ultimately I am going to get access to some (any!) material, and start piecemealing this character together.

To fill in some of the blanks, I see her as a mystical pyrokinetic i.e. being able to exert major influence over fire, whether that be igniting a newspaper stand in flames, or making the candle flames in a restaurant dance jubilantly. She has this power innately but its ultimately tied to her mystical gifts. Because of her bloodlines, she was born to be a sorceress, thanks to her upbringing, she has some understanding of things arcane. Her innate powers also are meant to show some signs of being much more than seen on the surface i.e. minor influence over other elements (earth, air, water).

Anyway, I guess I'm so terribly vague, because I still don't have access to any of the material, which (I know, I know) is my own fault. I'm just going to have to find an internet dealer, that can ship out to this remote little hole I'm living in, in the heart of europe!

Anyway, thanks again for the response. I'm still open to any feedback/ideas that anyone cares to share.

[OddHat]

You may want to look around The Charater Posting Game thread or Surbrook's Stuff ( http://surbrook.devermore.net/index/ ) to get some build ideas, and you'll want to work with your GM.

Just based on what you've described, I'd go with a 60-70 point "Fire-Magics" Multipower, Elemental Control or both, and have a 20-30 point Minor Magics Multipower or Variable Power pool for the non-fire powers. Add Scholar and KS: Fire Magic, KS: Arcane and Occult Lore, and KS: Mystic World and you're done on the power set.

[Agent X]

Thanks for the replies! Yeah, you're right, I realize its a lot (maybe too much?) to ask. Ultimately I am going to get access to some (any!) material, and start piecemealing this character together.

To fill in some of the blanks, I see her as a mystical pyrokinetic i.e. being able to exert major influence over fire, whether that be igniting a newspaper stand in flames, or making the candle flames in a restaurant dance jubilantly. She has this power innately but its ultimately tied to her mystical gifts. Because of her bloodlines, she was born to be a sorceress, thanks to her upbringing, she has some understanding of things arcane. Her innate powers also are meant to show some signs of being much more than seen on the surface i.e. minor influence over other elements (earth, air, water).

Anyway, I guess I'm so terribly vague, because I still don't have access to any of the material, which (I know, I know) is my own fault. I'm just going to have to find an internet dealer, that can ship out to this remote little hole I'm living in, in the heart of europe!

Anyway, thanks again for the response. I'm still open to any feedback/ideas that anyone cares to share.

I don't think we can be of much help if you don't have the books other than to direct you to buy the books or build the character for you.

Do you want someone to build the character for you? If so, you'll have a lot more questions to answer.

[zornwil]

Thanks for the replies! Yeah, you're right, I realize its a lot (maybe too much?) to ask. Ultimately I am going to get access to some (any!) material, and start piecemealing this character together.

To fill in some of the blanks, I see her as a mystical pyrokinetic i.e. being able to exert major influence over fire, whether that be igniting a newspaper stand in flames, or making the candle flames in a restaurant dance jubilantly. She has this power innately but its ultimately tied to her mystical gifts. Because of her bloodlines, she was born to be a sorceress, thanks to her upbringing, she has some understanding of things arcane. Her innate powers also are meant to show some signs of being much more than seen on the surface i.e. minor influence over other elements (earth, air, water).

Anyway, I guess I'm so terribly vague, because I still don't have access to any of the material, which (I know, I know) is my own fault. I'm just going to have to find an internet dealer, that can ship out to this remote little hole I'm living in, in the heart of europe!

Anyway, thanks again for the response. I'm still open to any feedback/ideas that anyone cares to share.

If you don't have any material this is getting ahead of you but anyway here's some ideas...

use the Images power to make various images from flames (limitation - only with existing flames - but it isn't worth anything if you can just create flames at will)

remember, the way HERO works is that when you get a power you are getting the EFFECT of that power, so don't think strictly literally - for example, you will probably think "I can use a Transformation to make Flames from Nothing (thin air), then attack with that!" - well that's 2 separate powers, really, in the spirit of the game, one is Transformation, true, but the other, the attack, is an Energy Blast - otherwise you're getting a power that's too efficient for the points - and the points are based on the intended effects of the power, not other effects you might "logically" do BUT WHICH DUPLICATE OTHER POWERS (whoops, sorry for shouting but it's important!)

you could buy Telekineses, Limitation of Flames Only (again, assuming the character isn't going to just make flames) to represent moving flames around in general, without concern as to damage

you really do want an Energy Blast to signify how much damage you do with your flames

as to other elements, that's tricky, maybe a VERY limited Telekinesis? or maybe you just buy up some abilities as you gain experience

Anyway, if the GM is experienced, really, you should be able to, as you think more about it, write a detailed character background along with the powers you really feel are essential, with notes on "nice-to-haves" and things you think should logically follow in general. Many people's (including mine) first characters were written up by a GM who knew the rules while the player didn't yet. And it's a good way to learn.

[Oruncrest]

Actually, I've got an idea on the powers you suggested, but, I'd like to know if you had any idea of what she would use for defenses. Does she use her powers as an active defense (Missile Deflection/ Force Field with unique limitqtions)? Does she raise barriers with her Elemental powers (Force Wall)? Does her Elemental Magic alter her body to take extra punishment? Does she just try to stay out of the way of incoming attacks (Combat Luck)? Or does she use more than one of these ideas?

Also, what does she use for movement? Her powers? A vehicle? Her own two feet?

[Fireg0lem]

EDIT I remembered a goof in the file. Oops. Download it again if you got there before I did this. I forgot to up her DEX roll, actions, and rPD/rED.
/EDIT
I had a few minutes, and I needed a similar character for something else - so here's a basic character that fits the specs.

I made this in less than 20 minutes while doing something else, so it's not an awesome work of art, but as is she's an entirely effective energy blaster. There's 53 points left over, which could be used to flesh some things out (stats, for example, I basically just assigned based on playability or whim) and most definitely some more skills.

But, hey, it's free.

[Battlestaff]

You may want to check out the UNTIL Superpowers Database for ideas. You can find the link here:

http://www.herogames.com/USPD/thedatabase.htm

Read the descriptions, and maybe we can help you work out final forms for the powers you like.