[Interest in an online game?] Avengers: Generation 3

[Snake Gandhi]

Re: [interest in an online game?] Avengers: Generation 3

 

Is there a space on HeroCentral for this yet?

Not yet. I'll get it up there tonight or tomorrow.

[Supreme Serpent]

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Have you decided on which timeline you're planning to use?

[Snake Gandhi]

Re: [interest in an online game?] Avengers: Generation 3

 

Have you decided on which timeline you're planning to use?

Seems most people with a preference like the modern day setting, so it looks like that one.

[casualplayer]

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Are there thresholds that you don't want people to break? No one stronger than Thor (wherever you would put Thor) and the like?

[Logan D. Hurricanes]

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Would a descendent of Kang be feasible?

[Supreme Serpent]

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Seems most people with a preference like the modern day setting' date=' so it looks like that one.[/quote']

 

Of course a lot of details will change to incorporate the PC backgrounds and the like, but may I suggest we have a "general continuity cutoff" point for people's reference?

 

Say, perhaps roughly in the tail end of Busiek's run on Avengers, in the 2000-2002 area, and compress everything from the 1960's comics up to that point into the "Avengers First Generation" timeline, whatever that ends up being (like 1960's->1980's?). Avoid all the "Disassembled" mess and allow us to wind down the first generation more to our liking?

[casualplayer]

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Yeah, I think Haven Walker's origin goes poof if her mom is psycho chicken. Of course if her character exists then Wanda would stay sane. Win-win.

[Snake Gandhi]

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Of course a lot of details will change to incorporate the PC backgrounds and the like, but may I suggest we have a "general continuity cutoff" point for people's reference?

 

Say, perhaps roughly in the tail end of Busiek's run on Avengers, in the 2000-2002 area, and compress everything from the 1960's comics up to that point into the "Avengers First Generation" timeline, whatever that ends up being (like 1960's->1980's?). Avoid all the "Disassembled" mess and allow us to wind down the first generation more to our liking?

Sounds good to me, that okay with everyone else?

 

Also, yes, a desendant of Kang would work, and No, don't really have anything I don't want players to break.

[Pendaran]

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Weeell.. I'd prefer to still include the Ragnarok stuff, but it didn't have much to do with Crazy Wanda and was starting to go on-ish around the time anywho.

[Logan D. Hurricanes]

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Sounds good to me, that okay with everyone else?

 

Also, yes, a desendant of Kang would work, and No, don't really have anything I don't want players to break.

Sweet. I just wasn't getting anything to click the other route. But I think I've got something here...

[Snake Gandhi]

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Weeell.. I'd prefer to still include the Ragnarok stuff' date=' but it didn't have much to do with Crazy Wanda and was starting to go on-ish around the time anywho.[/quote']You could still use Ragnarock, as IIR it didn't really effect Earth at all did it? As far as the mortals are concerned, could be Thor just left saying he had stuff to do and never came back?

[Pendaran]

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That was basically it, yeah. Cap and Iron Man were briefly there, but Thor sent them away.

[Haven Walkur]

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Snake Gandhi...and any other interested impending Avengers....

 

I have a character sheet for Cinnabar written up, and it's posted on Doctor Anomaly's website. Here's the address:

 

http://www.castle-walls.org/stuff/Cinnabar.HTML

 

The formatting's a little bit sketchy (powers and skills aren't alphabetized, no fancy fonts), but everything's there...though I only ended up with 145 points in Disads. Can certainly increase that if necessary. I'm currently working on a brief character background and explanation of exactly who "Antimony, the Diamagnetic Man" is.

 

Please have a look! Barbara Maximoff, aka Cinnabar!

[Pendaran]

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Ok.. went with the name Kolbrandr the Brave, rough file should be attatched, added on personality and tactic stuff, and pasted in the background

 

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[Trained Chicken]

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.... I'm currently working on a brief character background and explanation of exactly who "Antimony, the Diamagnetic Man" is.

 

Wow... with a name that cool, he's gotta be major league!!

[Pendaran]

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So I haven't exactly figured out a costume..

 

I'm nominally thinking something that concedes to his survivalist impulses while still looking like a costume.

 

Mostly what comes to mind is something that riffs on Macbeth's outfit from Gargoyles, which was a grey duster over form fitting clothes that had padding over the vitals.

 

He doesn't feel very bright shiny costume, or big suit of armour, more pragmatic gear that can generally blend and be useful.

 

Hum.

 

Maybe something that splits the difference. Long duster worn in the place of a tunic with banded steel reinforcement over the shoulders, and Thor style steel discs on each half of the torso of it, worn open over form fitting dark trousers and a shirt, black steeltoed boots, and dark gloved hands.

 

Though that and his face being framed by somewhat wild hair as white as his father's, with errant bangs around the blue eyes makes him /extremely/ bishounen for an Asgardian.

 

Eh, it's the Norn blood *nods*

[Trained Chicken]

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Oooooh, the dreaded non-costume.

 

Gotta say, Avengers pretty four-color for something like that.

[Pendaran]

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Well I thought "dress him in his dad's stuff" but Balder changed costumes fifty million times. Plus the mini horn helmet always looked a bit goofy. He looked good when he was the helmetless overlord of Asgard or when he thinned up in his mini.

 

Besides, the Black Widow wore multiple variations on featureless pitch black bodystocking, and she was a mainstay

 

And Dane Whitman at one point ditched the helmet and wore a leather jacket over his chainmail, as the pockets let him carry around crap.

 

Beyond that, the silver discs thing basically make it a Thunderstrike style costume.

 

While I'm at it, Excalibur was basically for the longest time (i.e. years and years) a conventional supers team book that had wacky and lighthearted adventures, and Phoenix went around in what amounted to bondage gear. The above desc is comparatively tame.

[Trained Chicken]

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Think of something truly four-color- you know, from before the days of chromascale computer coloring, before reasonable, decent ink and paper. I don't think there are enough pink and orange Asgardians... but I betcha you could come up with one.

 

 

 

On a more serious note, Asgardians come to Midgard in order to inspire mortals to believe in them- otherwise, it is believed, Asgardians would ceace to exist. It therefore behooves those Asgardians who do come to Earth to dress in costumes, rather than any sort of camo, uniform, or souped-up street clothes. They ought to look like superheoes.

[Hermit]

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(Subject to future editings)

Banner Background:

(Many years ago)

Diamondback tumbled through the hail of bullets even as she flung a throwing diamond at one of the gun men in return. The man clutched at his bleeding hand.

 

Blast it, Diamondback complained to herself mentally, I was going for the gun not the hand that held it. My aim is off. Slightly off, but in our line of work...

 

Fortunately for her, the other members of 'B.A.D. Girls Inc.' were doing just fine. The bruiser with the machine gun was now writhing in pleasure as the shadow stuff Black Mamba produced entwined and vexed him. Asp's bioelectric bolt deep fried another thug. Diamondback noticed the boss man attempting to get away, but with an easy flick of her wrist, one of her diamonds burst into gas at the back of his head, and he went down coughing.

 

"Ta da," Diamondback smiled, "Looks like we're all done here."

 

Black Mamba grinned, "Was there ever any doubt?". Asp was already calling the authorities in, and soon the goons were being escorted by the police. A kidnapping had been shut down and the girls had earned a good paycheck all at the same time.

 

Cap would be thrilled, Rachael thought wistfully, Well, maybe not about the part where we get paid, but...

 

 

Cleo (a.k.a. "Asp") noticed the far away look in the eyes of their magenta haired ally, and muttered to Black Mamba, "Tanya, she's at it again. Thinking of -him-."

 

Tanya groaned, and decided enough was enough, time to snap her friend out of it, "Rachel, for God's sake. Are you still pining over Cap? You're splittsville. The man hasn't even called you since the last time, not once."

 

Asp said nothing, but nodded when D.B. looked over at them surprised they could read her so well.

 

Rachel scowled, mostly because she hated the fact they were probably right, "He's kind of saving the world.. again. It's not just like he's blowing me off.... and, well, that chick Bernie came back in and..."

 

"Hold it," Cleo DID interupt now, "His old girlfriend is back?"

 

"Err... yeah but they aren't..."

 

"But she's seeing him more than he's seeing you?"

 

"Sure but..."

 

"And he's given you a 'Thanks, so long, stay on the good side maybe we'll meet again'?"

 

Rachel sighed, "Okay, okay..." Blast it, they're right. I can't go pining after the guy like some love sick cheerleader... she smiled, "Okay, you caught me. I was being wistful. But you know, as of tonight, Captain America is out of my life. If he wants a date, he can call and I'll -consider- it. In the mean time, I'm heading to bed. It's almost dawn."

 

When she crawled into the bed room, she was glad she'd made her descion. We had some good times, and that's it. There's no sign he was here, no mementos, no ties that bind... I'm my own woman. Footloose and fancy..

The wave of neusea hit her like a sewer pipe backing up. She found herself rushing to the bathroom and kneeling before the porcelin goddess just in time.

 

Rachel wiped her lips after Free? It suddenly occured to her she'd been having a lot of trouble in the mornings lately. Oh god.

 

When the test came up postive later that day, she fell back into a seat and groaned, All in all, I would have prefered an autograph.

 

...............

(Years after the birth)

"Rachel, I came here soon as I could," Captain America said as he looked at the woman laid out in the hospital bed, "If I had known that bastard was after you again…"

 

Rachel smiled weakly from her body cast, "You'd have done the right thing and helped the Avengers stop that madman from nuking North America anyway. I know where I stand, Cap. I accepted it a long time ago." She wet her lips, then went on, "But that was when it was just me involved. See, while I'm in here; I can't take care of Roger."

 

"Roger?" Captain America tried not to register surprise, and failed, Well, of course she found someone else. It's for the best really… and he wondered why, if it was for the best, it bothered him to discover it. Rachel was wrong for him, he for her. They were too different, and his duties as an Avenger made him an unsuitable match for any woman really. Or so he kept telling himself.

 

"My son," Rachel smiled, pride in her eyes, and a bit of regret as well. This was NOT the ideal situation to be telling the man about this, but her excuses were gone. BAD Girl Inc had long disbanded, and it wasn't fair to Roger. She'd held back from telling Steve because, damn it, if she was going to win the man it wouldn't be by getting knocked up by him. And you probably would have considered it, wouldn't you? Mister all that's best about the Great Generation. Hell no. I had too much pride for that. Now, though, time to swallow that pride and let him know, for Roger's sake. I should have long ago anyway.

 

"You have a son? I…" Steve didn't know what to make of it.

 

Rachel would have nodded if the #@$#ing body cast allowed it, "Yup. Eats the worst stuff, healthy as a horse anyway. Stubborn. US History is his favorite subject… go fig."

 

Steve recalled, "You said he had poor nutrition and still stayed healthy like it meant something. Is it the super soldier serum? I remember when you were injected. It's passed on? Rachel, you should have brought him to me. In past subjects when improperly administered it didn't go well. Who knows what it has done to him if it somehow carried through from his birth on."

 

"He seems okay, " Rachel suddenly felt retroactively terrified, "Yeah, maybe you should give him a physical, seeing as he got a double dose."

 

Captain America was glad she was seeing things his way, Rachel could be stubborn sometimes, "I'll retrieve him and we'll give him a check up at Avenger's mansion. And we'll get you moved there as well. I don't want anyone else making an attempt on you while you're recovering." Cap turned and started to head towards the door.

 

Rachel closed her eyes, Five, Four, Three, Two..

 

There was a clatter of Shield on the floor, as the sentinel of liberty quite forgot, for the first time in more years than he could remember, to hold onto it, "Double dose?"

 

And that's when the talk really began.

 

…………….

(Years after that)

"But that's not what Auntie...er Aunt Cleo said, she said there's a sucker born every minute, and that you had to seal the deal quick or…"

 

Steve Rogers, the man who had faced the red skull, fought in one world war, and at least two galactic ones, ground his teeth silently wishing for those days again. Life or death struggles seemed easier, "Auntie Cleo… " He bit down on his first thought, "…Look, you know how your mother told you that just because you were bigger and stronger than the other kids, you couldn't bully them?"

 

"Yeah?" Roger said dubiously, sensing one of those ethical cul-de-sacs his father always seemed to trap him into.

 

"It's the same with intelligence, or a magnetic personality, anything you use to prey on others who lack that themselves is still bullying, however you rationalize it," Steve explained to his teenage son.

 

The boy sighed, and dropped the iron cross pose that he'd been holding for longer than any person outside the Olympics had a right to as he fell to the training floor, "Got it. I'll go give the money back." Roger rushed to do just that, the running effortless for him just as almost any activity was.

 

Hawkeye peeked around the corner, "Auntie Cleo?" He snickered.

 

"Hawkeye?" Cap said.

 

"Yeah, Winghead?" The archer replied.

 

"Shut up."

 

…………………..

(And finally, one day)

Banner bounced on the rooftops of New York City, the titanium vibranium compound staff in his hands wasn't unbreakable like his old man's shield, but it had proven to be handy in a pinch and a pretty good pole for vaulting that you could take with you to boot. Roger knew he had to hurry, the fight to get THIS far had been harsh. If it hadn't been for Hawkeye's help, he wouldn't have even gotten in this soon, and being late would not reflect well on him. Sometimes I think mom is right. The A on his head may just be for Anal. But he couldn't help but think fondly of his father, and hoped to high heaven he didn't screw up.

 

He landed before Avenger's Mansion, breaking down his staff and strapping it to his star clad belt, before walking in, "Hello, Jarvis." He greeted the butler with a smile.

 

"Master Roger," Jarvis smiled, "First day on the job, welcome."

 

"Thanks, Jarvis," He grinned, "But please, call me Banner. The only way I'm going to make it through this day without being a nervous wreck is if I pretend to be someone else."

 

The old butler chuckled as the newest Avenger walked in to report for duty.

[Logan D. Hurricanes]

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Okay, here's a quick background for my entry, Century. Powers will require some time to fiddle around. I've never done such a high point character before, so it should prove interesting. I also worked up a quick Hero Machine sketch. I need that visual before I can really get into it

 

Century

 

Alias: Geoffrey Marcus Kang

 

History: In the 40th century, Kang the Conqueror assumed the guise of the Scarlet Centurion and used it to overpower the entire planet Earth. In a bloody war that raged for decades the Scarlet Centurion established control and absolute power that would last for centuries. His descendents would carry on his legacy in true royal fashion. Geoffrey was Kang’s great grandson born in the 42nd century. His older brother was destined for the Kang throne, however, so Geoffrey was free to pursue more scholarly activities. Geoffrey developed a love of history. It is little wonder, since the entire history of the world was his family’s own history. After all, history is written by the winners, as they say. Geoffrey was eventually allowed to see the secretive Kang archives where he learned that not all books and stories from before the Scarlet Centurion’s time were destroyed.

 

Geoffrey became fascinated by this primitive, brutal world that he read about. It was so different from the noble life that he knew. His curiosity led him to the journal of Kang the Conqueror, and Geoffrey began to see things very differently. This Kang was not a savior—he was a warlord! He was a butcher, the most terrible subjugator in Earth history. The worst part of the story was that he recognized the facets of this Kang the Conqueror, this Rama Tut, this Scarlet Centurion in his brother, the soon to be emperor of the world. The world was at peace now, but Geoffrey could no longer accept this illusion. His palace life had kept him so isolated, so innocent to the truth. It was not difficult to see that he should take a cue from Kang himself and slip into the past. He could seek answers there and just perhaps undo the cruelty that his ancestors had instigated.

 

The royal family still had one of Kang’s fully functional time machines. It was their greatest secret and their greatest legacy. Geoffrey had the right to use it, but he knew that if his brother or father ever discovered his true intentions that all would be lost. Perhaps that is why he rushed through things without truly considering the consequences. Geoffrey activated the time machine, but he wasn’t well versed in its usage. Instead of appearing in the past, Geoffrey trapped himself in Limbo. The machine ceased to function. Geoffrey floated in a white void for several minutes, or several centuries…it is impossible to know which in a dimension without time. Then a door opened before Geoffrey and Immortus, the Lord of Limbo rescued him.

 

Geoffrey didn’t know who Immortus was, but Immortus knew who Geoffrey was. He was the great grandson of Kang the Conqueror, and that made him the great grandson of Immortus as well. He did not reveal that fact to Geoffrey, however. It was not time for him to know that. Geoffrey and Immortus talked for a very long time. They discussed Kang. They discussed fate and destiny, and whether or not there was any hope in the past. Immortus agreed to help Geoffrey if he would stay on as his pupil. Geoffrey stayed in Limbo learning of time travel, history, and philosophy. The world he knew was doomed to exist as it was, it seemed, for any actions he took to forestall the eventual war would only result in the creation of an alternate timeline. He couldn’t prevent his ancestor’s evil, but conceivably he could atone for it. Perhaps, just perhaps, he could find redemption for his family name.

 

Immortus gave Geoffrey the technology of his birthright. He created a suit of armor that combined elements of Kang’s battlesuit and the Scarlet Centurion’s, along with some original elements. Dubbed Century, Immortus chose the time and place in which Geoffrey would emerge from Limbo. Century would be given the ability to travel back and forth from Limbo, but Immortus would not grant him the power of actual time travel. When Geoffrey was ready, he would receive that, but not before. Immortus instructed Century to seek out the Avengers. They would help him he promised. Armed with Immortus’s dimensional transport technology, Kang’s invincible force fields, and the Scarlet Centurion’s overwhelming weaponry, Century set forth on the quest for redemption.

 

Powers: Century is extremely intelligent, though nowhere near as bright as his infamous ancestor. He is in excellent physical condition, which borders on the superhuman for a 21st century human. His powers all come from his technology. The two realms of control that he commands are teleportation and force fields, both of which can be utilized for a variety of effects. His battlesuit is actually powered by much more vast machinery which exists in a pocket of Limbo which he can travel to as a sort of sanctuary. This sanctuary also holds a laboratory where Century can summon forth other devices and weapons as may be necessary.

 

Personality: Century is a man torn between worlds. He is horrified by the acts of cruelty that his ancestor perpetrated, but he cannot simply ignore his family and his world. He is motivated by a sort of noble guilt. His royal bearing has never diminished, and he often forgets that he is not a prince in this world. His arrogance and somber demeanor can be disconcerting. Geoffrey is also something of an innocent, though. His knowledge of this time is spotty, and he is constantly being surprised by the world around him. Extreme curiosity makes his attention hard to maintain, even when he is trying to be serious and focused.

 

Appearance: Geoffrey is a tall well built white man with darkly tanned skin and curly black hair. He bears a neatly trimmed beard sans mustache which is a mark of his nobility. The Century armor is composed of hefty boots, gloves and belt of purple and black. The chest and pants are noticeably smaller, and a green tunic is worn over the entire outfit. A stylized helmet with hood conceals his face.

[Hermit]

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Val Char Cost Roll Notes

25 STR 15 14- Lift 800.0kg; 5d6 HTH damage [1]

25 DEX 45 14- OCV: 8/DCV: 8

24 CON 28 14- / 16-

20 BODY 20 13-

15 INT 5 12- PER Roll 12-

20 EGO 20 13- ECV: 7

25 PRE 15 14- PRE Attack: 5d6

20 COM 5 13-

8 PD 3 Total: 8/20 PD (0/12 rPD)

8 ED 3 Total: 8/20 ED (0/12 rED)

6 SPD 25 Phases: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12

10 REC 0

50 END 1

50 STUN 5 Total Characteristics Cost: 198

Movement: Running: 8"/[Noncombat]"

Leaping: 7"/17"/[Noncombat]"

Swimming: 4"/[Noncombat]"

 

Cost Powers END

35 "I think I see a weak point": Find Weakness 12- with All Attacks 0

4 "Live Free or die!": Mental Defense (10 points total) (6 Active Points); Only Works Against Limited Type of Attack (Mind Control; -1/2) 0

7 Super Soldier Serum brokes no rivals: Power Defense (10 points) (10 Active Points); Only Works Against Limited Type of Attack (Chemical type attacks, Poisons, gasses, etc; -1/2) 0

17 "I can't fail now, He/she/they NEED me!": Healing Stun and End 4d6, Trigger (Activating the Trigger is an Action that takes no time, Trigger requires a Full Phase to reset; When hits zero stun or under; +1/4), Stun and End simultaneously (+1/2) (70 Active Points); 1 Charge (-2), Self Only (-1/2), Only when some one else's life is on the line (-1/2) [1]

8 "I can't fail now, he/she/they NEED me!" II: +10 CON (20 Active Points); No Figured Characteristics (-1/2), Only when some one else's life is on the line (-1/2), Only to prevent character from being stunned (-1/4), Requires An EGO Roll (No Active Point penalty to Skill Roll; -1/4)

10 Spirit of Victory is with him: Luck 2d6 0

30 Throwing Star Spangled: Multipower, 52-point reserve, (52 Active Points); OIF (Belt; -1/2); all slots Range Based On Strength (-1/4)

2u 1) Bursting Stars: Energy Blast 7d6, Explosion (+1/2) (52 Active Points); OAF (-1), 10 Charges (-1/4), Range Based On Strength (-1/4) [10]

2u 2) Screaming Stars: Energy Blast 4d6, Area Of Effect (One Hex; +1/2), No Normal Defense (Flash Defense for Hearing, covers ears, deaf; +1) (50 Active Points); OAF (-1), 10 Charges (-1/4), Range Based On Strength (-1/4) [10]

2u 3) Sharpened Stars: Killing Attack - Ranged 2d6, 10 Recoverable Charges (+1/4), Armor Piercing (+1/2) (52 Active Points); OAF (-1), Range Based On Strength (-1/4) [10 rc]

2u 4) Shining Stars: Sight Group Flash 10d6 (50 Active Points); OAF (-1), 10 Charges (-1/4), Range Based On Strength (-1/4) [10]

2u 5) Stunning Stars: Energy Blast 7d6, Penetrating (+1/2) (52 Active Points); OAF (-1), 10 Charges (-1/4), Range Based On Strength (-1/4) [10]

6 Doesn't Tire: Reduced Endurance (1/2 END; +1/4) (6 Active Points) applied to STR

12 Microchainmail: Armor (6 PD/6 ED) (18 Active Points); OIF (-1/2) 0

3 Battle Staff: Stretching 1", Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (7 Active Points); OIF (Battle Staff; -1/2), no Noncombat Stretching (-1/4), No Velocity Damage (-1/4), Always Direct (-1/4) 0

27 Flag Pole from Hell: Multipower, 40-point reserve, (40 Active Points); all slots OIF (Battle Staff; -1/2)

2u 1) Block or divert as if your life depended on it (it does!): Missile Deflection (Any Ranged Attack), Adjacent Hex (+1/2) (30 Active Points); OIF (Battle Staff; -1/2) 0

1u 2) Leverage: +20 STR, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (30 Active Points); Only to help lift or support (-1), No Figured Characteristics (-1/2), OIF (Battle Staff; -1/2)

1u 3) Pole Vaulting and holding on: Leaping +10" (7"/17" forward, 3 1/2"/8 1/2" upward) (Accurate), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (22 Active Points); OIF (Battle Staff; -1/2)

1u 4) Surprise, It's a weapon: Hand-To-Hand Attack +4d6, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (30 Active Points); Hand-To-Hand Attack (-1/2), OIF (Battle Staff; -1/2) 0

 

Martial Arts: [Martial Art Name]

Maneuver OCV DCV Notes

4 Block +2 +2 Block, Abort

4 Disarm -1 +1 Disarm; 45 STR to Disarm roll

4 Dodge -- +5 Dodge, Affects All Attacks, Abort

4 Escape +0 +0 50 STR vs. Grabs

3 Legsweep +2 -1 Weapon +3 DC Strike, Target Falls

4 Lunge/Punch +0 +2 Weapon +4 DC Strike

4 Shot to a Nerve Cluster -1 +1 3d6 NND

3 Up and Over +0 +1 Weapon +2 DC +v/5, Target Falls

5 Wide Swing/Round house -2 +1 Weapon +6 DC Strike

1 Weapon Element (Staff is default): Empty Hand

8 +2 HTH Damage Class(es)

 

Perks

6 Contact: S.H.I.E.L.D. Agent Janet Fury (Contact has access to major institutions, Contact has very useful Skills or resources, Good relationship with Contact) 11-

1 Fringe Benefit: Press Pass

 

Talents

12 Combat Luck (6 PD/6 ED)

15 Combat Sense 12-

 

Skills

40 +4 Overall

10 Defense Maneuver I-IV

5 Rapid Attack (HTH)

4 Penalty Skill Levels: +2 vs. Range Modifier with a tight group of attacks (Throwing Stars)

3 Acrobatics 14-

3 Analyze: Combat 12-

3 Analyze: Style 12-

3 Breakfall 14-

3 Conversation 14-

3 Linguist

0 1) Language: English (idiomatic) (4 Active Points)

1 2) Language: French (fluent conversation) (2 Active Points)

1 3) Language: Japanese (fluent conversation) (2 Active Points)

1 4) Language: Spanish (fluent conversation) (2 Active Points)

3 Oratory 14-

3 Paramedics 12-

3 Persuasion 14-

3 PS: Dancer 14-

2 PS: Free Lance Journalist 11-

3 Scholar

1 1) KS: Akido (2 Active Points) 11-

1 2) KS: American History (2 Active Points) 11-

1 3) KS: Boxing (2 Active Points) 11-

1 4) KS: Journalism (2 Active Points) 11-

1 5) KS: Judo (2 Active Points) 11-

1 6) KS: Staff Fighting (Bojitsu) (2 Active Points) 11-

1 7) KS: Superheroes (2 Active Points) 11-

1 8) KS: Supervillains (2 Active Points) 11-

1 9) KS: U.S. Law (2 Active Points) 11-

3 Seduction 14-

3 Stealth 14-

3 Streetwise 14-

3 Tactics 12-

3 Teamwork 14-

4 WF: Common Melee Weapons, Handguns, Thrown Knives, Axes, and Darts

 

Total Powers & Skills Cost: 377

Total Cost: 575

 

425+ Disadvantages

15 Dependent NPC: Current Love interest 8- (Normal; Unaware of character's adventuring career/Secret ID)

10 Hunted: Blood Skull 8- (As Pow, Harshly Punish)

15 Hunted: The Serpent Syndicate 8- (Mo Pow (Though likely only as powerful one on one), Harshly Punish

15 Hunted: S.H.I.E.L.D. 11- (Mo Pow, NCI, Watching)

20 Psychological Limitation: Loves his country and believes in the American Dream (Very Common, Strong)

15 Psychological Limitation: Optimistic and upbeat (Very Common, Moderate)

15 Psychological Limitation: Protective of Innocents (Common, Strong)

10 Psychological Limitation: Wants to make his parents, especially dad, proud (Uncommon, Strong)

5 Rivalry: Professional (Ted Kolfeld-Rival Reporter), Rival is As Powerful, Seek to Outdo, Embarrass, or Humiliate Rival, Rival Aware of Rivalry

10 Reputation: One of Captain America's heirs, 11-

15 Social Limitation: Secret Identity: Roger Leighton (Frequently, Major)

5 Social Limitation: Must follow Avengers bylines and rules (Occasionally, Minor)

 

Total Disadvantage Points: 575

[Hermit]

Re: [interest in an online game?] Avengers: Generation 3

 

Snake,

Thought I better get the above in before the deadline even if I had my concerns that you might reject some parts of it. Here's the HDC file for it if you like.

 

While I didn't make it clear, his current job is a free lance reporter. Keeps his schedule fluid in his secret ID.

 

The Find Weakness/Offensive Strike combo could be a bit much, but that's if he makes the roll. I could ditch the FW and use it to buy... yet more skills (and maybe boost his characteristics a bit more, SPD 7 or something)

I thought of giving him shadowing and deduction too, but recalled someone else being in intelligence, and didn't want to step on their character's sthick.

The seduction/dancing combo was partially from the summer he spent his time as a male exotic dancer (and boy was dad livid on that one)

 

I hope the powers with the limiation "Only when others lives are on the line" are okay. I figured -1/2 was a good limit for it not kicking in when fighting for his own life alone, or if it wasn't a life/death struggle.

 

Some of the disads will probably need to be altered, depending on if the Avenger's charter has some 'thou shalt nots' in it frex

[Haven Walkur]

Re: [interest in an online game?] Avengers: Generation 3

 

Cinnabar

Character History, Part One of Two

(apologies for the length)

 

Barbara Maximoff was the older of Wanda and Victor's two children...but only by a matter of minutes. Like Wanda and her brother Pietro, Barbara and her brother Anthony were fraternal twins. They were the half mutant, half synthezoid offspring of Vision, the Scarlet Witch...and an unprecedented working of Chaos magic. To enable her cells and those of her artifically-created husband to merge in a zygote, Wanda forced her will on probability, making the impossible conception first possible, and then likely, and then certain, in the greatest and most significant feat of magic the Scarlet Witch had ever attempted.

 

Barbara took after her father, both physically -- with her crimson skin and golden eyes -- and in temperament. She was a serious, thoughtful child, highly intelligent and very controlled. Though Barbara was born possessing emotions, something her synthezoid father had struggled long and hard to acquire himself, she seemed uncomfortable with her emotional responses.

 

"They make my head too busy," she complained (at age 3) to her mother. "They give me hiccups in my heart."

 

Wanda shook her head, laughing. "You and Noish-pa*," she said. "So serious. Sometimes you sound just like he does."

 

Her twin, Anthony, on the other hand, seemed emotionally extremely well-adjusted. Like Barbara, he was very intelligent, but unlike her, he was also garrulous, sociable and charming. He had the golden eyes of his father and his twin sister, but Anthony's skin was silvery-gray and crystalline-looking. Both twins inherited their mother's auburn hair; in Anthony's case, it was curly and perpetually unruly.

 

While the twins were young, Vision and the Scarlet Witch arranged a "partial leave" from the Avengers, a rotating schedule that, except in emergencies, allowed one of them to be on duty with the team and the other to be at home with the children. In emergencies, when both Avengers were needed for duty, Lockjaw of the Inhumans would watch the twins...and event always greeted with great enthusiasm by Anthony and Barbara.

 

"Lockjaw's going to watch us!" Anthony announced. "Big mondo dog, dogissimus, word of dog...." He rambled on, stream-of-consciousness style, until Barbara finally chimed in.

 

"Much a-dog about something," she said.

 

The twins' powers had begun manifesting early on, at around age five, but at very low levels. Barbara seemed to have inherited their father's ability to alter her own density, while Anthony had apparently inherited magnetic abilities from Wanda's father, Magneto. Neither child showed any magical aptitude, much to Wanda's chagrin, but Barbara did seem to be improbably "lucky" in avoiding ambush, thrown pillows or grappling by her twin.

 

The twins were, as the Vision had observed more than once, complimentary in many ways. Wanda expressed it in more symbolic terms: fire and earth, action and thought...yin and yang. In any case, the twins were inseperable, best friends and allies, able to read each other's moods, even finish each other's sentences. There were certainly squabbles and fallings-out, but never anything serious, or even out-of-the-ordinary for siblings. Improbable as it seems, for the first fifteen years, Barbara's life was much like that of any other American child growing up in a close, loving and supportive family.

 

As parents, Vision and the Scarlet Witch were a marvel of balance; the fiery and emotional Wanda and the calm, patient Victor were as much complimentary to one another as their children were. When the twins were eight, their parents returned to full-time status as Avengers, following lengthy discussion with the children.

 

"It's not fair," Anthony said. "You get to go out and have all the excitement, and I'm stuck at home where nothing ever happens."

 

"It's not just excitement," Wanda said. "Sometimes it's very dangerous, or so frightening that you can't even think what you should do --"

 

"I could," Anthony said. "I always know...and I don't get frightened. I should come with you, Mom."

 

Torn between exasperation and affectionate pride, Wanda shot a quick look at the Vision.

 

"Sometimes," the Vision said, without missing a beat, "duty with the Avengers is very tedious. Sometimes there is only routine. There are many reports to be written and filed, and because the information in them is sensitive, we cannot entrust them to a secretary. There is a great deal of talking and planning. There is maintenance. Sometimes there are months between emergencies."

 

"Months!" Anthony said. "I'm not doing maintenance for months."

 

"You should go back," Barbara said quietly to their parents. "It's a duty, even when it's not exciting."

 

Wanda looked at the Vision and grinned, her eyes sparkling. "She's your child."

 

Even after Vision and the Scarlet Witch had returned to duty, life was not dull for the twins. Home schooling gave way to more formal education, first at Charles Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters, where they were trained in effective use and control of their powers. Barbara discovered that her ability to affect her own density could somehow allow her to affect the density of others, at least to increase it. She also began manifesting a powerful ruby-red laser-like energy beam, that she could unleash from her eyes...much to the amusement of instructor and retired X-Man Scott Summers.

 

The elderly but still vigorous founder of the School, Professor Charles Xavier, warned Barbara -- and Wanda and the Victor -- that she was unusually susceptible to mental attacks and psionic coercion. At his recommendation, Wanda and fellow Avenger Tony Stark (Iron Man), created the graceful golden coronet that Barbara would wear in her hero identity; a techno-magical focus for a powerful mental defense.

 

Magneto, the Mutant Master of Magnetism -- and the twins' grandfather -- also held tenure at the School, and worked extensively with Anthony in the development of his powers. Together, Magnus and Anthony discovered that not only could the boy produce magnetic effects, but he could also generate a diamagnetic field that would neutralize or violently repell normal magnetic fields. Professor Xavier was pleased with Anthony's progress, but was becoming concerned by anomalous results he kept receiving from mental scans of Anthony. However, when he attempted to discuss his worries with Wanda and Victor, Wanda flatly refused to believe that there could be anything wrong with Anthony. Over the objections of the more restrained Victor, Wanda insisted on removing the twins from the Xavier School immediately, and enrolling them, at fourteen, at Empire State University.

 

But Professor X was right; there was something very wrong with Anthony, and there had been from birth. He had very little empathy and almost no emotional connection to others, but he'd learned early to disguise it with lies and roleplaying. He viewed people as objects, and had little sense of the worth of their lives. The garrulous, sociable and charming Anthony Maximoff was a very clever sociopath.

 

 

*Grandfather. In this case, Wanda's father Magnus.

[Pendaran]

Re: [interest in an online game?] Avengers: Generation 3

 

On a more serious note, Asgardians come to Midgard in order to inspire mortals to believe in them- otherwise, it is believed, Asgardians would ceace to exist. It therefore behooves those Asgardians who do come to Earth to dress in costumes, rather than any sort of camo, uniform, or souped-up street clothes.

 

Actually no, Thor comes to Midgard because Odin feels it both teaches him humility, and will refine him to be the one to break the cycle of Ragnarok.

 

At that, Thor has been exiled to Midgard after Odin makes decrees of never touching it again, for what Odin has felt at the time of Thor caring more about it than Asgard.

 

Most of the time, Asgard does not in fact work like Planescape. And at this point I'm feeling at bit preached at and spoken down to as far as character design, with justifications that don't even have much to do with, say, Asgard.

 

Fandral the Dashing's outfit was basically green clothes. Hogun the Grim wore leggings, a shirt, and basically had a Mongol helmet as far as the main thing that set it apart. As far as Asgardians.

 

Hank Pym at various times in his career basically wore clothes when he bopped around with the Avengers.

 

Thor's costume was, at one point, black tights. By that I mean nothing more than that. Dude otherwise went around bare chested and helmet free.

 

An outfit that looks largely like, say Thunderstrike's, is far more costumish than all of those except for Hogun's, due to the helmet.

 

Black Widow wore a leather jacket with an A on the sleeve over a bodystocking, as far as one of her's, at that.

 

But thanks for the lecture complete with bolded commentary.