Pizza Man Posted January 1, 2011 Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 Origin: When the Empress Istvatha V’han first invaded earth, she took a number of captives. These captives became especially important when she was defeated and was forced to retreat. They were sent to a secret security stronghold to be brainwashed and turned into spies for the Empress. Steve Marsh was one of them. Because he showed more promise than the others he was given a number of cybernetic implants. His left arm was amputated and replaced. Several ribs were replaced with nanite factories. The muscles in his legs were enhanced and the bones replaced with steel. In the end, Steve was granted powers of extra-dimensional movement. Unfortunately for the Empress, Steve was a latent mutant. He had the “survivor gene” that enabled instant mutation in the face of a life threatening situation. The invasive implant surgeries awoke the mutation and he began to adapt. Midway through spy academy training, the mutation overrode the brainwashing. Steve was free! He knew enough not to stand out and continued his training, all the while exploring his prison. The school was on a lonely planet, on top of a remote desert mesa. Dog soldiers protected the academy and patrolled the nearby desert. They spoke English but were not very good conversationalists. No fences or walls held him prisoner, but the desert was unforgiving. Where would he go? His left forearm had a sliding panel that opened to reveal a keyboard. Steve had a built in computer! With the mutation adapting to the cybernetics, Steve was able to access forbidden programs and run a diagnostic upon himself: He had a cerebral bomb implanted in his head and an intra-dimensional homing device implanted near his heart. He re-ordered the nanites to dismantle both implants. Further investigation revealed a good deal of circuitry throughout his body, all designed to allow for extra-dimensional travel. Well, now he could escape, but to where? Steve had no idea how to get home. Using his new skills, Steve snuck into the library and downloaded a dimensional encyclopedia, and a dimensional navigation program. Cautiously testing his fellow students he found they were 100% loyal to the Empress (the result of loyalty nanites). With nothing else to hold him back, Steve stole some supplies, fled into the desert, and activated the intra-dimensional transport. His superiors were surprised to discover a student and broken their conditioning. Such a thing had never happened before. Loyalty nanites were supposed to be infallible. Further, the cerebral bomb should have gone off the moment the boy had left school grounds. How the boy could have disabled both the bomb and his homing device was a pure shock…humans from his planet had no such technical skills. The Empress’ Secret Service (ESS) became interested. Such an escape could seriously compromise security. The Empress need not be bothered with such trivial matters, but a branch was assigned to retrieve the escapee. Unaware of the intrigue surrounding his escape, Steve spend the next several years wandering the multiverse. Downloading a navigation program and actually having the skill are two very different things. His mutation continued to absorb the cybernetic implants, making them completely organic. Steve’s left arm is fully a part of his body, even though he can slide back a portion and access a fully natural organic computer. Steve developed and lost powers. He could teleport at will now, and could summon extra dimensional beings and summon/steal things from other dimensions (but not from the one he currently was on). Steve developed clairsentience that could work locally or even across dimensions. His body continued to produce nanites, but by now they were completely organic. But Steve did have a problem: he was losing his ability to trigger his dimensional transport. He eventually had to steal portable transport technology to keep looking for home. Lucky for Steve, the Empress had lots of such things and he stole from her shamelessly. This is an excuse for a GM to utilize his veto power and say NO to extra-dimensional travel. Further, using his major Transform to steal transport technology is a way for the GM to control ED movement if he wishes. So be assertive out there. Eventually Steve did find his way home. He sought out and contacted the Champions and Primus. He gave the frequencies of the agent’s homing device implants (100 agents arrested), and gave both groups his last transport devices. (it was these very devices that enabled the Champions to foment unrest in the empire and delay an invasion). Steve even summoned computers and technology from the Empress’ armories for study by Primus. Today, Steve is living in a campaign city and looking for a team. He knows agents of the Empress are hunting him down. He has taken the identity of Psidestep, and fights crime. He turned down a Primus job preferring to remain independent, but they know full well who he is and they will always watch him. He has a new identity thanks to Primus, and runs a simple import business (summoning exotic luxury items from other dimensions). Notes: Future plans are to buy up wealth, regeneration, and power defense. With DM’s permission, Psidestep will also buy intra-dimensional movement as well. Being Hunted by the ESS (Empress Secret Service) gives the GM a free hand to throw anything Steve’s way. By now, they’ve figured out Psidestep may well be their man, and that he’s damaged their plans. This week it may be a group of D Warriors with a hoovertank. Next week it’s a more effective group (a Viper squad dressed up by the GM in intra-dimension outfits). The next week it’s a rewritten Pulsar. The next week it’s a “Demon” force. All GM needs to do is take any existing characters, change a name and call them my hunted. Sucks to be me. The Major Transform is not a varied power pool. Psidestep can pull out food, simple objects, high technology, gemstones, tools. But apart from buying off the whiz kids at Primus, I have no allusions about pulling out high tech weapons…If I’m gonna shoot someone, I’m gonna pay points to do so…As for the gemstones, any GM worth his salt would require me to buy up wealth instead, and I’ll just amend my origin to allow for a jewelry store. But lets face it, Gems and jewels have to come from somewhere. Psidestep defines all such things as coming from extra-dimensional sources. If a GM allows me to take the crown of the Dark Elf High Priestess of Lolth…she gonna want to know where it went. And she has DIVINE resources to hunt me down. That’s a zero point Hunted that could be REALLY annoying! Summon Beautiful Girls. AKA, Summon Hunted. This is 4 points that will never see use in game time. BUT. If the High Priestess of Lolth was also Miss May 2008 for a calendar shoot on Earth 52 (heck, you need money to travel the multiverse), it may be yet another reason to kill our perverted hero. Further, in the vastness of multispace, some of those gals develop…super powers. Others are Amazons who must sacrifice their men at dawn…and here’s one who got away. And others might be agents for inter-dimensional organization against the Abuse of Summoning Powers (ASP for short. They’re used to hunting down rogue mages, but here’s a 400 point behemoth to deal with!). I’ve had inventive and evil GMs before…I know what you guys are capable of! Hmmm, maybe I ought to make my hunted as, “Pissed off extra-dimensional force of the week…” QUOTE: “Sooooo, why are the pirate skeletons after me? Ah yes. The forgotten treasure chest I took thinking there would be no one to miss it. OK. That probably explains why the flintlocks are shooting 12D6 E-Blasts too.” Gestures and Incantations: To activate his many powers, He must access the keyboard on his left arm, type and speak vocal commands in the V’han Empire Common tongue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizza Man Posted January 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 Re: Psidestep: an Intradimensional Summoner of Experience Points PSIDESTEP The armor on his left arm opens to let him access his keyboard. This is how the ESS figured out he is likely their man. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizza Man Posted January 1, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 1, 2011 Re: Psidestep: an Intradimensional Summoner of Experience Points New write up below. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizza Man Posted January 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Re: Psidestep: an Intradimensional Summoner of Experience Points Is Summoning unbalancing in Champions? In this case I can train three 12D6 E Blasts at a single target... I'm kinda thinking no GM would let such a character in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted January 2, 2011 Report Share Posted January 2, 2011 Re: Psidestep: an Intradimensional Summoner of Experience Points Cool Character and I like the picture too... I immediately thought of a Mystic version called Sidhe-Step - A Faerie Sidhe Paladin (Champion) 12d6 EB, Autofire (3 Shots, +1/2) and maybe Indirect (+1/2). Could work too... Dog-Soldiers - Summoning is definitely a Game Master approval Power, but it looks good to me. QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizza Man Posted January 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Re: Psidestep: an Intradimensional Summoner of Experience Points Psidestep 2.0 10 STR 18 DEX 16 20 CON 10 13 INT 3 20 EGO 10 15 PRE 5 7 OCV 20 7 DCV 20 3 OMCV 3 DMCV 5 SPD 30 2 PD 5 ED 3 20 REC 16 60 END 8 15 BODY 5 50 STUN 15 161 Total Characteristics Perks and Talents 1 Well Off. $100,000/year 3 Lightning Reflexes (Dex of 21 for initiative purposes) Powers 40 (60) Summonings and Conjurations. Multi-power all slots requireGestures and Incantations -1/2 4) 12D6 E Blast Summons Mini Photon Missiles to hit target. 4) 4D6 RKA Summons Blaster from the armories of Empress Istvatha V’han 4) 6D6 NND. Summons Blaster. Defense is Teleportation, Gravity, Magnetic, or Dimensional/Extra-Dimensional powers (taken straight from Tachyon’s write up) 4) 4D6 NND 8M Summons mini Stun missile. area effect, similar to above 4) Summon 2 “Dog Soldiers.” Genetically bred warriors with Blasters Intra-dimensional summons. 125 points total, X2, Slavishly Devoted. 60 active points. See attached page for stats. 4) Summon Beautiful Girls 100 points, x 4, Slavishly devoted. Striking appearance. Can only summon from dimensions other than the one he is on 4) 6D6 Major transform (creating objects out of thin air: He’s actually taking/stealing objects from other dimensions.) 4) Clairsentience sight and hearing 25 +5 mobile, +15 Dimensional Sense (any dimension), +15 8X range. 4) Dimensional trap: A portal is opened and tentacle entangle victim. Entangle 4D6 (takes no damage from all attacks +1/2) END 6 45 Dimensional Mastery Multipower, 4) Teleportation 30M, one Floating Fixed Location, X4 Mass 4) Teleport 20M, Megascale: IM = 10 KM, 200KM (124 miles and 482.6 yards) 3) Summon Flying car. Flight 30M 2X mass, X8 NonCombat Movement Physical Manifestation. Psidestep summons a flying car from the V’han Empire, uses it, maybe wrecks it, and sends it back when he's done. See pictures below. 40 (60) OIF armor 20PD/20ED 10 (15) Power Def OIF armor 3(5) flash defense sight OIF lenses 3(5) Night Vision OIF lenses 8 +16 Leaping/20M total Cybernetic enhanced muscles 2 Longevity 202 total Powers/Talents/Perks 161 Characteristics/perks 363 37 for skills Skills/Spy Training 2 Dimensional Navigation 2 Knowledge skill: the Multiverse, Extra Dimensions, the Empress’ controlled dimensions. (he downloaded an encyclopedia) 2 WF V’han Empire Blasters 2 KS V’han Empire Security protocol/spy school stuff 1 Conversational V’han Empire Common tongue 3 Breakfall 13- 3 Computers 12- 3 Security systems 12- 2 TF Flying cars V’han Empire 3 Combat Pilot 12- summoned Flying car from V’han Empire 3 Lock Picking 13- 3Concealment 12- Not only hides self, but allows roll to find hidden items. Good spy search skill. 3 Conversation: weasel information out of people without their knowing it and lie convincingly afterwards. 3 Stealth 13- 3 Shadowing 12- Complications 0 HUNTED: By Primus Mo Pow, NCI, watching 20 Hunted by ESS (or whatever dimensional group the GM wants to toss at me) Mo Pow, Frequent, Kill/harshly punish 10 Hunted By another villain (to be determined) as pow, frequently, kill. I'm looking for an even match here, possibly an energy projector or armored suit type. 10 Distinctive features. Standard mutant complication 15 Secret ID New ID given by Primus 20 Susceptibility 2D6 Stun every Phase PsideStep is under Mind Control (uncommon), this is a lasting side effect from the loyalty nanites. He doesn't react well to being controlled …………………………………………………………….. Dog Soldiers Somewhere in another universe (one of the 100 million ruled by Empress Istvatha V’han) there are a people who breed soldiers for their queen, what was needed was loyal, unquestioning and disposable soldiers for the vast armies she fielded. The result was: The Dog Soldiers. Bred in vast numbers they can be found nearly everywhere in the V’han empire. Identical in shape and size to humans, Dog Soldiers differ in their fur coats and dog like heads. Some look like hyenas, others look like wolves, collies, terriers…indeed any known and many unknown breeds of dog is likely to have a head represented. In the queen’s previous attempts to conquer the earth, the dog soldiers haven’t been used, but it’s only a matter of time. Psidestep summons these minions because they’re bred to obey without question and their loyalty to the Empress means they aren’t watched all that closely. A few who go missing aren’t likely to be noticed or even traced to him. Another important factor is this is a dimension that speaks English as a native language, no translation is needed. 10 STR 18 DEX 16 15 CON 5 10 INT 10 EGO 10 PRE 7 OCV 10 (20)* 7 DCV 10 (20)* 3 OMCV 3 ODCV 5 SPEED 15 (30)* 2 PD 2 2 ED 2 4 REC 20 END 10 BODY 40 STUN 10(20)* 66 Total characteristics * Is the OIF enhancement suit -1/2, Does Not work under intense magnetic fields and shorts out underwater. The suit is considered substandard, so it’s used only for the Queens disposable troops. Powers (Substandard equipment) 30 Blaster Rifle 12D6, 30 charges + 1/4 (75 active points)OAF -1, Does not work under intense magnetic fields -1/4, shorts out underwater -1/4 8 Jump Pack +20 Leap (24 Total) 2END OAF -1, Does not work under intense magnetic fields -1/4, shorts out underwater -1/4 9 Body Armor 8 PD, 8ED. OIF Kevlar armor Suit-1/2, Required Roll: 14-, Half Mass -1/2, Real Armor -1/4 (the Kevlar fits over the Enhancement suit) 47 points so far 66 Characteristics 113 total points 2) WF: Blasters 2) Knowledge skill: Basic Military Tactics and Maneuvers 2) TF: military ground vehicles. 8) +4 CSL with Blasters (Intensive training) 12 Skills 113 Powers and Characteristics 125 total points Complications Subject to Orders, Such is life in the military. It translates well to summoned controls. Distinctive features:Humanoid Dogs. Overconfident when holding a blaster rifle Social complications: Trained to follow orders and kill. Does not think of consequences beyond failing to obey orders. Susceptibility: 2D6 Stun from suit shorting out when underwater. This won’t happen in the worst rain, but rivers, swimming pools, etc are right out. Just another reason why no one else in the Queen’s military wears these outfits. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizza Man Posted January 6, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 6, 2011 Re: Psidestep: an Intradimensional Summoner of Experience Points Psidestep in the years spent wandering the multiverse. You know some dimensions will be trouble the moment you step into them... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizza Man Posted January 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Re: Psidestep: an Intradimensional Summoner of Experience Points Example of a flying car that Psidestep can summon. http://bws.deviantart.com/gallery/#/d2ohvql Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizza Man Posted January 8, 2011 Author Report Share Posted January 8, 2011 Re: Psidestep: an Intradimensional Summoner of Experience Points Another Flying Car. http://lipatov.deviantart.com/gallery/?offset=24#/d26l35e (check out his gallery, its awesome! DA is so full of inspiration!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizza Man Posted February 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Re: Psidestep: an Intradimensional Summoner of Experience Points I have spent a few weeks searching the net for pictures of the dogs of war Psidestep summons. Most are way too cheesy or are just furry art. This is as close as I got to a more serious look at genetically bred K9 warriors. Just give them Hi-Tech armor and blaster rifles. http://udoncrew.deviantart.com/art/DnD4e-Werewolves-88043368 and http://browse.deviantart.com/?q=dogs%20of%20war&order=9&offset=144#/d1tqcoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Re: Psidestep: an Intradimensional Summoner of Experience Points Cool Character and I like the picture too... I immediately thought of a Mystic version called Sidhe-Step - A Faerie Sidhe Paladin (Champion) Sadly for punning, "Sidhe" is actually pronounced "shee." Gaelic. Go figure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 2, 2011 Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Re: Psidestep: an Intradimensional Summoner of Experience Points Summon Beautiful Girls. AKA' date=' Summon Hunted. [/b']This is 4 points that will never see use in game time. BUT. If the High Priestess of Lolth was also Miss May 2008 for a calendar shoot on Earth 52 (heck, you need money to travel the multiverse), it may be yet another reason to kill our perverted hero. Further, in the vastness of multispace, some of those gals develop…super powers. Others are Amazons who must sacrifice their men at dawn…and here’s one who got away. And others might be agents for inter-dimensional organization against the Abuse of Summoning Powers (ASP for short. They’re used to hunting down rogue mages, but here’s a 400 point behemoth to deal with!). ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4) Summon Beautiful Girls 100 points, x 4, Slavishly devoted. Striking appearance. Can only summon from dimensions other than the one he is on The way you describe this Power in the text above makes it sound like they're intended to run from nuisance to outright threat to Psidestep. If that's true, buying them as a Power rather than a Hunted Complication seems like an inappropriate use of Character Points. That would also be at odds with Psidestep buying them as Slavishly Devoted, since then they'll do pretty much as he wants them to, rather than cause him the suggested trouble. Perhaps I'm misinterpreting, and would be pleased to be corrected. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizza Man Posted February 2, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 2, 2011 Re: Psidestep: an Intradimensional Summoner of Experience Points You're right, its 4 points I will never use in game. But its what the character would choose. Not every choice a character makes is going to be combat related (or wise). In this case his past choices may well kill him. All I'm doing is giving a GM a hook to work with. Hmmm, maybe I ought to make my hunted as, “Pissed off extra-dimensional force of the week…” Players earn 0 point hunteds all the time. The slavishly devoted only means the gals will do as he says Here. Once they return its a different story. The dog soldiers are slavishly devoted. To me its part of the summons. Why struggle with an ego contest when you can pay twice as much and not have to deal with rebellion? Besides, I don't think a GM will accept him mainly for the "summon dog soldiers"...that's three 12D6 E blasts that can focus on one villain. No DM has yet commented on this, but I think they'll see it as unbalancing. So I'll have fun with the character concept. For me, then measure of success is if a GM says he would accept the character in his game, OR use the character as a villain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBikle Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Re: Psidestep: an Intradimensional Summoner of Experience Points For Psidestep, some of those numbers look off for characteristic costs; is that a 6th ed. thing ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizza Man Posted March 22, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Re: Psidestep: an Intradimensional Summoner of Experience Points Yeah, its all 6th ed. No figured Characteristics. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opale Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Re: Psidestep: an Intradimensional Summoner of Experience Points I totally love the concept ! May I use it with your approval in my campaign settings please ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Clonus Posted March 22, 2011 Report Share Posted March 22, 2011 Re: Psidestep: an Intradimensional Summoner of Experience Points Sadly for punning, "Sidhe" is actually pronounced "shee." Gaelic. Go figure. It's great when you want to fight the Sidhe Devil. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pizza Man Posted March 23, 2011 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Re: Psidestep: an Intradimensional Summoner of Experience Points I totally love the concept ! May I use it with your approval in my campaign settings please ? Sure! Let me know how it works out! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opale Posted March 23, 2011 Report Share Posted March 23, 2011 Re: Psidestep: an Intradimensional Summoner of Experience Points of course ! thankee Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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