Character for review

[Stone]

First time to post a character. What do ya'll think?

[Kristopher]

Post the character and I'll let you know.

[Stone]

Whoops, lets try this again.

 

Sunblade

 

Player:

 

Val	Char	Cost
25	STR	15
23	DEX	39
25	CON	30
13	BODY	6
13	INT	3
11	EGO	2
10	PRE	0
10	COM	0
28	PD	5
28	ED	5
5	SPD	17
10	REC	0
48	END	-1
40	STUN	1

6" RUN02" SWIM05" LEAP0Characteristics Cost: 122

 

Cost	Power	END
23	Solar Cell: Elemental Control, 46-point Powers
25	1) Solar Flight: Flight (Visable Trail) 18", Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (54 Active Points); Visible (-1/4)
31	2) Solar Field: Force Field (18 PD / 18 ED), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (54 Active Points) (added to Primary Value)
60	Solar Powers: Multipower, 60-point reserve
6u	1) Solar Blast: Energy Blast 12d6 (vs. ED) (60 Active Points)	6
6u	2) Minor Blast: Energy Blast 8d6 (vs. ED), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (60 Active Points)
6u	3) Solar Wall: Force Wall (12 PD / 12 ED) (60 Active Points)	6
6u	4) Burning Attack: Killing Attack - Ranged 4d6 (vs. ED) (60 Active Points)	6
6u	5) Solar Flash: Flash 5d6 (Sight Group), Area Of Effect (3" Radius; +1), Selective Target (+1/4) (56 Active Points)	6
6u	6) Wide Blast: Energy Blast 6d6 (vs. ED), Area Of Effect (3" Radius; +1) (60 Active Points)	6

Powers Cost: 175

 

 

Cost	Skill
10	+2 with Ranged Combat
3	Computer Programming 12-
5	Rapid Attack (Ranged)
2	KS - Undetermined 11-
2	KS - Solor Energy 11-
1	Systems Operation 8-
2	SS: Physics 11-
1	Tactics 8-
2	PS - Undetermined 11-
3	Language: Spanish: Fluent Conversation (Literacy)
3	Electronics 12-
3	Mechanics 12-
6	+3 vs. specific OCV modifier on a tight group of attacks (Range modifers)

Skills Cost: 43

 

Cost	Perk
10	Money (Wealthy)

Perks Cost: 10

 

 

 

Total Character Cost: 350

 

Val	Disadvantages
15	Dependent NPC: Sheri Reeves - Sister, Normal, 8- (Infrequently), Unaware of character's adventuring career/Secret ID
20	Hunted: Viper, More Powerful, 8- (Occasionally), Harshly Punish, Extensive Non-Combat Influence
15	Hunted: Blizzard King, More Powerful, 8- (Occasionally), Harshly Punish
20	Psychological Limitation: Overconfident, Very Common, Strong
15	Psychological Limitation: Protection of Innocents, Common, Strong
15	Psychological Limitation: Patriot, Common, Strong
10	Social Limitation: Secret Id, Occasionally (8-), Major
5	Reputation: Protection of innocents, Sometimes (8-)
15	Enraged: Innocents injured, Uncommon, go 11-, recover 11-
10	Vulnerability: Ice/Cold based powers, Uncommon, Vulnerability Multiplier (2x BODY)
10	Vulnerability: Ice/Cold Base Powers, Uncommon, Vulnerability Multiplier (2x STUN)

Disadvantage Points: 150

 

Base Points: 200

Experience Required: 0

Total Experience Available: 0

Experience Unspent: 0

[Kristopher]

Looks good at first glance. I'll comment more later, when I've had some sleep and I don't have Purple Gang on the brain.

[Vigil]

a few suggestions

 

Not a bad character but he seems a bit generic and lacking to my taste.

 

I'd focus my attention on honing his origin and focusing his disads in such a way as to define a unique and different type of light elemental. Right now he seems kinda like a throw away character in that there's nothing wrong in any specific sense but there's nothing terribly engaing either.

 

For a character like this I'd buy a lot more END. Right now he uses around 30(+) END/turn and recovers 10. I'd look at raising his REC or END or both.

 

And his PRE is abyssmal. Any self respecting villian will scare this guy spitless right off the bat or at least cause his to hesitate to the point where the fight might be over before he even gets into it. PRE is the most undervalued caharcteristic in Champions. It doesn't cost much a few points spent on it can make all the difference in the world, literally.

 

As for his Solar Multipower...hmmm. It seems like a lot of powers that describe pretty much the same sort of thing. I'd be tempted to go with a 8 or 10d6 EB with a Variable Advantage or at least Variable SFX to reflect his cosmic nature. To balance it you could even use a Variable Limit and maybe even just pop it into his EC. Just seems more elegant and cohesive somehow.

 

Beyond that he seems like a good start.

 

Good luck with him.

 

Vigil

[Hermit]

Hmm well, without an origin or back story it is hard to tell whether I'd 'like him" or not, but it seems decent. I have to agree that given the 11 EGO, and 10 PRE; the poor guy will have a rough time against his first villain presence attacks. Fortunately, Presence is fairly cheap, so nothing either a little finagling with points or saving of exp on adventures can't cure.

 

I notice the 10 points for your secret ID, does he have an easier time hiding his, or does he care about it less ?

[Stone]

Sunblade's History:

 

Kurt's great grandfather made a killing in the early 1900's. When the crash hit, he was able to protect a majority of his fortune. Kurt's grandfather tripled the family fortune with smart investments and real estate deals. Kurt's father first love was science. He was always comfrontable pushing the limits when came to his research. A check from his father was able to make any problem go away until Kurt's grandfather grew tired of bailing him out and left him on his own. Kurt's father had a reason for pushing the limits. It seems he a propective client who was very very interested in his work, VIPER. Viper was more and more adament about deadlines and more than once threatened Kurt's father, Stephen. Desperate for test subjects, Stephen turned to his own family. Kurt's mother died early in the experiment, but Kurt & his sister Sheri seemed to so little effect of the process. Stephen's experiments were found out and he was arrested by the police. Kurt & Sheri were placed with their grandfather. Stephen died later that year in a failed escape attempt. It was not until Kurt was sixteen and on a school camping trip when his abilities began to manifest. Awoken by the scream of his classmates, Kurt rushed from his tent to see a large bear standing on its hind legs in the middle of the camp. Without thinking, Kurt tried to distract the bear and a blinding flash enngulfed the camp. Kurt was able to help his classmates away from the now blind bear. The bear could still smell and began follow. Kurt threw his hand at the bear and bolt of heat struck the bear. Howling in pain the bear turned and fled away. Since that day, Kurt has tried to train himself to harness his abilities while keeping his abilities secret from his grandfather and sister. After his grandfather died from a heart condition, Kurt came into possesion of some of his father's journals. The pages were badly faded and some were even missing. Little could be understood of the writing in the journal, but there was one word that appeared several times, VIPER. Now 20 years old, Kurt is trying to find the meaning behind father's journal and keep an eye on his sixteen year old sister.