Egyptoid Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... The Villain puts your Image on some UNDEROOS, makes a million dollars off you, and your lawyer says, "There's nothing you or I can do..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... Area of effect attacks improve your chances of NOT getting hit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... Your superhero Lucky isn't... ??? QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tigereye Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... --You have a negative OCV. --You have been assigned to the Securities Exchange Commission as their super-powered enforcement branch. --You have the power Drain with the limitation "Self Only". --Your character's Swimming power has the limitation "Must Surface For More Baking Soda (One Continuing Charge, One Minute)". --You escape from Doctor Destroyer only because he goes into severe cardiac arrest laughing at you. After pounding the floor of his lair for fifteen straight minutes. --Foxbat does not want to be your sidekick. In fact, he has publicly announced it. --You purchased so little INT Grond could outscore you on a Wonderlic test. --Innocent bystanders rescue you. --You have Hunted: Snuggles, The Fabric Softener Bear. (More Powerful, NCI) --Your battle cries: "Durn This Lumbago!" "Ow, I got a paper cut!" --Mechanon does not recognize you as alive. In fact, he uses you to clean his hearing systems, as he mistakes you for a large Q-Tip. --For some reason, Takofanes has taken an unnatural shine to you... --You are not featured in Superhero Weekly. Instead, your feature is in the New England Journal of Medicine. --You have a Vulnerability to Lace Doilies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted March 18, 2009 Report Share Posted March 18, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... The Villain puts your Image on some UNDEROOS' date='[/size'] makes a million dollars off you, and your lawyer says, "There's nothing you or I can do..." LOL good one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... Area of effect attacks improve your chances of NOT getting hit! Actually, with my highest powered character, that applied. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... Actually' date=' with my highest powered character, that applied.[/quote'] Well with a name like lemming... should I continue? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... Well with a name like lemming... should I continue? Well, the character was Scales, a brick. I wrote the character up after noticing some of the high OCVs being thrown and decided that an 8 Dex with OCV levels and lots of defense was more practical. Worked pretty well. And for the first 900 XP, he was missed less than 20 times... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ian Mackinder Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... Your PC Might Be Underpowered If ... His all-time best Presence Attack result was when the other guy said "Oh. It's you then, is it?". ... His limitations mean he cannot fly above knee-height - but he seldom has enough Endurance to fly that high anyhow. ... Forget about combat, he needs Regeneration just to survive normal life. ... He hopes to eventually be good enough to join a really high-powered team - such as the Mystery Men. ... His 'Secret Base' is a coin locker in the local bus station. ... His 'Secret ID' is basically Groucho Glasses and a weird voice - and the really sad part is that this guy is WAY cooler than his Hero ID. ... That one time he applied to join the Legion of Substitute Heroes, they just couldn't stop laughing. ... The real brains of his organization pees on the rug and is called "Fido". ... His corporate sponsor doesn't provide an expense account or cool equipment, just a bunch of cheap-ass shopping vouchers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... Hanna Barberra characters look down on you as underpowered weaklinngs. Including the villians. hana barbera super-heroes underpowered weaklings??? its time for...SAMSON POWER and...GOLIATH POWER Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenix Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... Now I haven't read this whole thread yet, so if this has already come up I'm sorry, but it reminds me of that new show on Cartoon Network (I think it goes by a different name in other countries). The League Of Super Evil. (A.K.A. LOSE). I think the dog Doomageddon is the most impressive character of the lot. Man I love that name, may end up naming my next cat Doomageddon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... ...Your Presence Attack nets -2 1/2d6. (That actually happened to me once.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnotherSkip Posted March 19, 2009 Report Share Posted March 19, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... ...Your Presence Attack nets -2 1/2d6. (That actually happened to me once.) I don't know If we should talk about things that happen to you in your real life.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... ...Your Presence Attack nets -2 1/2d6. (That actually happened to me once.) I don't know If we should talk about things that happen to you in your real life.... No, that was my character. Real life, the worst I've done is 1/2d6. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kenn Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... You built your character as a standard 350 point character, and your GM is planning on using the published CU. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... You have more REC than END or STUN. I made a character like that...HE WAS INSANE to put down (He had 30 stun, 40 end, 40 rec, 20 PD/ED, and 20 CON) it was insane, he would get ko'd occasionaly, but be back to full health in minutes (The F/x was a powerful regenerator) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted March 20, 2009 Report Share Posted March 20, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... I made a character like that...HE WAS INSANE to put down (He had 30 stun, 40 end, 40 rec, 20 PD/ED, and 20 CON) it was insane, he would get ko'd occasionaly, but be back to full health in minutes (The F/x was a powerful regenerator) I was thinking more along the lines of, "He has the standard 4 REC...and it's more than his END or STUN." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Peregrine Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... You built your character as a standard 350 point character' date=' and your GM is planning on using the published CU.[/quote'] Your GM has you build a standard 350 point character, and in the first session transports the whole team into the Galactic Champions setting... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asperion Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... . . . you are a team of normals . . . your most powerful attack is a Red Rider BB Gun Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metaphysician Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... . . . you are a team of normals . . . your most powerful attack is a Red Rider BB Gun Hah! Like I'd ever be insane enough to let a party get a Red Rider BB Gun. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted March 21, 2009 Report Share Posted March 21, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... Your GM has you build a standard 350 point character' date=' and in the first session transports the whole team into the Galactic Champions setting...[/quote'] or worse he has you biuild a PULP HERO CHARACTER who end up in GC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkwleisemann Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... Are you kidding? Have you read John Carter of Mars? You'll be king of the planet within a week, just as long as you can't actually fight on their level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... i forgot about him Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metaphysician Posted March 23, 2009 Report Share Posted March 23, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... Unfair example: John Carter wasn't a 150 point character even to start with, and the moment he appeared on Mars, he got something like 100 points of boosted stats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DocMan Posted March 26, 2009 Report Share Posted March 26, 2009 Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... ... your nemesis is a normal four year old girl. ... who is also the president of your fan club. Doc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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