China's team

[Hermit]

Hmm, I had posted something about Disadvantages, but it looks like I missed that some had them already.

 

Still seems like an incredibly mentally balanced team though

[Vondy]

I think it would be cool if one of them had secret ties to China's dissident movement.

[lemming]

It was a pretty High Powered game. Sam (and for that matter myself) didn't tend to write down too many of the disads. Especially for the villians. They were there, but sometimes developed on the fly. And since the game was back in '96 I don't have much of a clue. In that matter, I'm starting from scratch. I like the idea of ties into the dissident faction. However, in my game Taiwan is where the communists wound up. I need to look at Taiwan for some ideas.

However, there's plenty of room for dissidents.

 

Back to diads: Scavenger should have a few. He did when he had that bout of vampirism.

[Gary]

I didn't do more than skim the characters, but I noticed that Vetali has Regenerate 1 stun per turn costs end for a cost of 3 real points.

 

Couldn't she simply spend 2 pts for +1 Rec and get the same stun "Regeneration" at less cost, no End expenditure, the ability to "Regenerate" End, and Persistence?

[Gary]

It looks like Scavenger is placing multipowers (The CORE Agent Powerstaff, the Ontiir Powerfist, and the Huntsman's Utility Belt) in his gadget pool. Technically speaking, you're not allowed to place one framework inside another.

 

Of course if you have GM permission, that's not a problem.

[lemming]

Originally posted by Gary

I didn't do more than skim the characters, but I noticed that Vetali has Regenerate 1 stun per turn costs end for a cost of 3 real points.

 

Couldn't she simply spend 2 pts for +1 Rec and get the same stun "Regeneration" at less cost, no End expenditure, the ability to "Regenerate" End, and Persistence?

It wasn't much of an ability, but it did have her waking up from being GM'd, etc...

At -21 STUN she'd still get that one STUN back.

 

And the point costs weren't an issue since we weren't going for complete point balancing. She was one of the more expensive PCs.

[lemming]

Originally posted by Gary

It looks like Scavenger is placing multipowers (The CORE Agent Powerstaff, the Ontiir Powerfist, and the Huntsman's Utility Belt) in his gadget pool. Technically speaking, you're not allowed to place one framework inside another.

 

Of course if you have GM permission, that's not a problem.

Actually, I didn't have any control of what was in the pool. Sam decided which gadgets Scavenger had had access to. Though it's larger than it was when the campaign started due to a couple villian encounters.

[Gary]

Originally posted by lemming

It wasn't much of an ability, but it did have her waking up from being GM'd, etc...

At -21 STUN she'd still get that one STUN back.

 

And the point costs weren't an issue since we weren't going for complete point balancing. She was one of the more expensive PCs.

 

Then you should get rid of the costs end. Nothing that costs end works if you're unconscious.

[Gary]

Originally posted by lemming

Actually, I didn't have any control of what was in the pool. Sam decided which gadgets Scavenger had had access to. Though it's larger than it was when the campaign started due to a couple villian encounters.

 

That's cool. It's merely an issue you should be aware of.

[lemming]

Originally posted by Gary

Then you should get rid of the costs end. Nothing that costs end works if you're unconscious.

It did in this case. Off the End Reserves. not strictly legal, but then again, Stun Regen wasn't either.

[lemming]

Blazer

Blazer is the daughter of two UN diplomats and at first wanted to follow her parents career. That changed when it was found she was a mutant and shipped off to a special school.

While there, she still kept up her studies, but along with some of her fellow students explored music. Then of course was the usual being attacked by supervillians.

After graduation, she and others formed a punk band that while critically acclaimed, was always torn apart by internal conflicts.

Nearly ten years later, Michelle now does scores for films with the occasional crimefighting.

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Notes:

She's from a diferent campaign.

Character sheet has somes blatant rules breaking.

She has two absorptions, one of which that feeds into all her flame powers including the absorptions. In theory, there's no actual limit. Practically, she shouldn't be able to get a higher power level than the source. I'll be revisiting this in any case.

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[lemming]

Blazer

 

Val	Char	Cost
15	STR	5
26	DEX	48
23	CON	26
15	BODY	10
18	INT	8
18	EGO	16
18	PRE	8
22	COM	6
8/28	PD	5
8/28	ED	3
5	SPD	14
8	REC	0
40	END	-3
35	STUN	0

6" RUN02" SWIM03" LEAP0Characteristics Cost: 146

 

 

 

Cost	Power	END
38	Elemental Control: Elemental Control, 76-point powers
38	1) Flame Blast: Energy Blast 12d6, Reduced Endurance (1/2 END; +1/4) (75 Active Points) [Notes: +1d6/5.0]	3
42	2) Force Field (20 PD/20 ED), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Persistent (+1/2) (80 Active Points) [Notes: +1/1 FF /4]
38	3) Flight 30", Reduced Endurance (1/2 END; +1/4) (75 Active Points) [Notes: 1"/2.5]	3
38	4) Abs -> EC: Absorption 3d6 (energy, 0), Can Absorb Maximum Of 34 Points' Worth Of Energy Damage, Delayed Return Rate (5 Points per Minute; +1/4), All Powers Simultaneously (+2) (75 Active Points) [Notes: +1d6/25 & +1 Max/5]
38	5) Abs -> #4: Absorption 4d6 (energy, 0), Can Absorb Maximum Of 104 Points' Worth Of Energy Damage, Delayed Return Rate (5 Points per Minute; +1/4) (75 Active Points) [Notes: +1d6/18.75 <-> +1 max/1]
38	6) Heat resistance: (Total: 76 Active Cost, 76 Real Cost) Absorption 5d6 (energy, 0) (Real Cost: 25) plus Energy Damage Reduction, Resistant, 50% (Real Cost: 30) plus Armor (7 PD/7 ED) (Real Cost: 21) [Notes: +1d6 Absorb/7.4 3/4 Reduction @ 37 + 1/1 armor / 10.36]
41	7) CE: Heat + Light: Change Environment 8" radius, +7 Temperature Level Adjustment, Long-Lasting 20 Minutes, Varying Combat Effects, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (79 Active Points) [Notes: 1"/5]
67	8) RKA DS: RKA 2d6, +1 Increased STUN Multiplier (+1/4), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Damage Shield (Offensive; +3/4), Continuous (+1) (105 Active Points) [Notes: +1DC/17.5]
4	Life Support (Safe in Intense Cold; Safe in Intense Heat)
6	Mental Defense (10 points total)
5	Power Defense (5 points)
12	Sight Group Flash Defense (10 points), Hardened (+1/4) (12 Active Points)
5	Infrared Perception (Sight Group)

Powers Cost: 410

 

 

 

Cost	Martial Arts Maneuver
4	Fast Strike: 1/2 Phase, +2 OCV, +0 DCV, 5d6 Strike
4	Martial Block: 1/2 Phase, +2 OCV, +2 DCV, Block, Abort
4	Martial Dodge: 1/2 Phase, -- OCV, +5 DCV, Dodge, Affects All Attacks, Abort
3	Flying Tackle: 1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, -1 DCV, 3d6 +v/5 Strike; You Fall, Target Falls; FMove

Martial Arts Cost: 15

 

 

 

Cost	Skill
20	+2 Overall Levels
3	Breakfall 14-
3	Mimicry 13-
3	Paramedic 13-
3	Acting 13-
3	Bureaucratics 13-
3	High Society 13-
3	Persuasion 13-
3	Jack of All Trades
2	1) PS: Guitarist (3 Active Points) 13-
2	2) PS: Scoring (3 Active Points) 13-
2	3) PS: Singer (3 Active Points) 13-
2	4) PS: Songwriting (3 Active Points) 13-
3	KS: Music 13-
3	Linguist
1	1) Language: French (Fluent Conversation) (2 Active Points)
1	2) Language: German (Fluent Conversation) (2 Active Points)
1	3) Language: Italian (Fluent Conversation) (2 Active Points)
1	4) Language: Japanese (Fluent Conversation) (2 Active Points)
1	5) Language: Russian (Fluent Conversation) (2 Active Points)
2	6) Language: Spanish (completely fluent) (3 Active Points)
1	7) Language: Swedish (Fluent Conversation) (2 Active Points)

Skills Cost: 66

 

 

 

Cost	Perk
4	Fringe Benefit: I'm with the Band, Passport
5	Money: Well Off

Perks Cost: 9

 

 

 

Cost	Talent
3	Perfect Pitch

Talents Cost: 3

 

 

 

 

 

Total Character Cost: 649

 

 

 

Val	Disadvantages
15	Public Identity: Frequently (11-), Major
20	Code Against Killing: Common, Total
10	Punk Rep: , Frequently (11-)
20	Hunted: 11- (Frequently), As Powerful, NCI, Harshly Punish
10	Hatred of H2O attacks: Uncommon, Strong
20	No Tact: Common, Total
5	Rivalry: Professional (; Rival is As Powerful; Seek to Outdo, Embarrass, or Humiliate Rival; Rival Aware of Rivalry)
10	Tatoos: Concealable, Noticed and Recognizable, Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses

 

Disadvantage Points: 110

 

Base Points: 200

Experience Required: 339

Total Experience Available: 339