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Re: Move Through Interception I would rule that GL does a movethrough on the wall, doing the same damage to the wall and himself as if he had made a successful hit on the target, with an upper limit of 14d6 (7 BODY, 7 DEF) Furthermore, since a movethrough allows you to move with the target or stop, I would let GL continue to his target...

Re: ONE power: what do you do with it? Duplication. How many duplicates do I get for 80 points? I could get the dishes and the laundry done, go to work, post to this forum and catch up on my sleep...

Re: Re-Imaged Hero(ines) OK, how about...Lifeguard

Re: Social Effects of the Undead in the Empire I imagine that intergenerational warfare would become the norm in such a society. Junior Nobleman can't get his hands on his inheritance, because Daddy has decided to live forever. Disenfranchised, the younger generation will see the undead as evil, and try to move the peasants into an uprising. Perhaps some enterprising revolutionary will invent a machine designed to remove captive liches heads from their bodies...

Re: Re-Imaged Hero(ines) Nobody could remember what Johnny Speedball's real name, not even Johnny. All he could remember was his ultimate high, a nearly lethal mix of cocaine and heroin and that he had been chasing it for eight years. Johnny was desperate, and when a group of men in black suits offered him $1000 to participate in an experiment, it seemed to him like the easiest drug money ever. The experiment was a real downer. To the researchers, johnny was a sucess, the nanites in his bloodstream healed any injury or illness nearly instantly. To Johnny, it was hell. His body had been rendered immune to the effects of drugs altogether. Miserable, he planned his escape. leaping out a 10 story window, he bropke nearly every bone in his body. He healed back before anyone even knew he was missing. As he started running down the street. he heard a voice in his head. "Be Good", the voice said. "Who are you?" Speedball asked "We are you, We are us, You are we..." "We live inside you, healing you, in exchange, we occupy a small portion of your brain, enough to allow us a degree of sentience. We wish to live a human life. will you allow us to do so?" "Look man, you get me high, you can do whatever you want..." "Very well, allow us to take over the motor functions of your brain from time to time, and in exchange, we will give you control of your pleasure centers." "Sounds like a deal, man, when do we start?" "Right Now." said the voice. Johnny felt a wave of pleasure ride over him, and felt himself leave his body, floating in a world inside his mind. The Collective made Johnny grin. This body would do for now, but there would be others shortly. As Johnny Speedball interacted with others, the Collective would colonize other bodies, making similar deals to control their motor functions. Mankind would scarcely believe that the invasion force would consist of a junkie named Speedball...

Re: Character: Socially Conscious Man! I don't pretend to speak for SCM, but I imagine he would acknowledge FE's worshipper's right to worship, but at the same time encourage them to form the Reformed Church of Ferrous Epoch (RCFE), in which Drum Circles, Guitar Masses, and Talking about Feelings replace Ritual Human Sacrifice. Ferrous Epoch's domain would be relegated to altering his own entry at religioustolerance.org.

Re: Re-Imaged Hero(ines) Sorry I didn't check back sooner. I have to pick a new hero? Let me google a second... how about Captain Terror?

Re: Re-Imaged Hero(ines) Jen Nepperson looked at the anonymous crowds below her. One small step, and her sad short anonymous life would be over. She had always avoided contact with others, but in the last three months, her life of solitude had become unbearable. For some reason, she was unable to hold anyone's attention. Her boss hired someone else to take her job, not even bothering to fire her. Her landlord rented out her apartment from under her, and when she tried to complain to the police, they acted as if she wasn't there. Slowly, other people started ignoring her, people whose company she didn't even realise she enjoyed until it was denied her. The guy at the paper kiosk, the coffee waitress, even the homeless guy on the corner stared through her as if she wasn't there. Her paycheck still came, but her badge stopped working. She found herself sleeping in department store bedroom displays; the security guards didn't acknowledge her. She amused herself for a while by shoplifting and sneaking into movies, but the lack of companionship had driven her to the ledge of this building, ready to end it. "You know, you chose this life..." A middle aged man said, approaching her. Jenn realised that he had been here for quite some time, and she only just now noticed him. "You kept tugging at the thread that tied you into the social fabric. You pulled at it until you completely removed yourself from the world. You are socially invisible." "Socially...what?" Jenn was so unused to conversation that her voice frightened her a little. "Socially invisible. You have the Ring of Gyges, my friend. You are free to do as you please. Only it's not so fun without someone to share it with, is it?" "I thought... I didn't need anyone. I thought I was a loner." "So did I, lady. I retreated from the world until the world let me go. It wasn't a month before I realised I wanted back in." "How do I get back?" "I don't know. I am still trying. I have wandered these streets for 10 years now, a phantom and a stranger. The desperate and the destitute, the loveless and the lonely can see me, those with noone else to turn to and nowhere left to run. I try to help them when I can. It is amazing what you can do when the world isn't looking..." "So I should help people?" "I don't know. It beats hanging out on a ledge..." All of a sudden, a spotlight appeared on the man "Sir, we have sent someone to help you off the ledge. Don't move!" The policemen bellowed into his megaphone. "You...can see me? HA! come get me! I'm coming home!" In short order a fireman inched out on the ledge and wrapped a line around the laughing man. slowly they made their way back through the window. Neither man ever looked back at Jenn. "Phantom...Stranger..." she repeated the words to herself. "Well, it beats hanging out on a ledge. I wonder how I can help the homeless guy on my corner."

Re: WWYCD: The Darkest Hour Golden Eagle would find his disbelief of magic become an obsession, alienating allies and teammates alike. He would also be driven even harder to invent solutions to society's problems. Eventually he would conflate the two, and decide that all the world's problems can be solved by proving that there is no magic and imprisoning all the magic based heroes.

Re: Making colonization attractive? But we have entered space., and we will continue to. But how many condos are there at the top of Everest? Humanity only needs one person to go to Mars/Titan/etc. to count as a win for the whole race.

Re: Superpowered Worlds I use a machine to cut butter every day. Sometimes technology is driven by the need for precision, not brute force. Hence, the butter knife.

Re: My gadgeteer needs help with her TV head... I would say the way to write this up is as High Range Radio Perception. The screen is just a special effect.

Re: WWYCD: Hi! We're your Sidekicks! Golden Eagle would shut them down quickly. "One, Eagle Scouts are a registered trademark of the BSA; I don't want to be involved in a lawsuit with them. Second, I am scanning your battlesuits for any sign of DexCorp tech, and shutting it down. Third, by associating second rate copies of DexCorp Tech with Golden Eagle, you are devaluing the DexCorp brand, and you will be sued if you continue, got it?" "Now, I have had an interest in starting an intern program at Good Guys Inc. strictly non-combat, but if you qualify, you will each get some suit time. But only if you surrender your weapons, and bring permission slips from your parents..."

Re: Shazam! From the Hindu... Kali's Breath Arayaman's Friendship Brahma's Creativity Lakshmi's Wisdom Agni's Fire Mariamman's Mercy KABLAM!

Re: What power would you buy (with a twist) 1d6 Major Transform: Person into ideal physical self (no disabilities, and younger looking, thinner, unscarred, taller or shorter, more hair, less hair, etc.) I would become a faith healer/ faith plastic surgeon, and charge a sliding scale fee for my services.

Re: Make a Green Lantern Oath Ain't no mountain high enough, Ain't no valley low enough, Ain't no river wide enough, To keep me from kicking your ***.

Re: Name the... well, kinda nameless right now, obviously Jane Doe, The Venusian Huntress. (Because Women are from Venus...)

Re: Make a Green Lantern Oath Order in my heart. My sector is a mirror of the peace within.

Re: WWYCD: The Famous Guy Hypotheticals if Golden Eagle's phase 2 plan is succesfull, Prometheus will be attacking him at the GGI Portable Evidence Locker, where he will have stationed up to five of his 400-500 point teammates, depending on how important this device is. If Prometheus can defeat Golden Eagle, The Bolt, Buster, Avenger, da Flea, Barracuda, and Kid Ninja, then we are out of our league, and will turn the case over to whomever is more powerful.

Re: WWYCD: The Famous Guy Hypotheticals Golden Eagle will defer to the Dark Avenger in Phase 1, offering his technical expertise to assist him in his investigation, and offering his services as firepower. In Phase 2, he will let the police know that the device in question is being sought out by other more dangerous forces, and that his employer, Good Guys, Incorporated, offers evidence protection services that are fully bonded and compliant with chain of evidence laws in his state. If the evidence contains hazardous materials, GGI has a division that handles that as well. He will suggest to the police and DA that if they were to leak to the press that the Heckler escaped from prison before he could be interrogated, that his employer would be happy to offer its technical services in a sting operation against the agent who originally wished to retrieve the device.

Re: Help with a mexican masked wressler El Luchador Ochocara, the Man with Eight Faces.

Re: Character Curveballs My brother once built a martial artist who had no arms had an outrageous French accent became enraged at anyone who pointed this out.

Re: WWYCD:Little Girl Lost Golden Eagle would explain the situation to the tribesmen in terms they understand (Her tribe has been looking for her for ten years, she is a chief's grandaughter there, etc.). If the tribe is eager to keep her, he will explain the situation to the little girl. A ten year old is old enough to make decisions like this for herself in most family courts, and he would abide by her decision. If there was evidence of abuse, neglect, or grooming for sacrifice to a giant ape/volcano/pit fiend, Golden Eagle will have no qualms about removing her from the tribe.

Re: Single Green Superhero seeks.... (personels for your characters) Golden Eagle SWM, billionaire, 35, tired of hot and cold running heiresses and starlets, seeks height/weight appropriate heroine who can keep up with my jetsetting lifestyle. Ability to fly and survive in suborbital conditions preferred. Cosmics welcome. Toreador SHM, Student, 21, SLV* seeks "Partner in Crimefighting" for late night patrols, maybe more? race unimportant, but PFH* preferred. No Cosmics, please. Bouncer SWM, 39, 6', 250#, NI*, getting over long term relationship looking to get back in the game. I enjoy patrolling, movies, and wrestling. Looking for an Elastigirl to my Mr. Incredible. STM* OK, no head cases or mentalists *SLV- Street Level Vigilante, PFH-Pass For Human, NI-Nigh Invulnerable, STM-Stronger than Me

Re: WWYCD: Fundamentalist against non-tech supers. Golden Eagle would realise that DexCorp doesn't own a television network, and rectify that omission in his portfolio. He would fund an investigative show like 60 Minutes called The Good Guys that would get to work on the preacher. Toreador would likely be targetted by this group, as a street level crimefighter with a magic cape and sword, and enhanced abilities granted by a totem animal. He is a gifted martial artist without his foci, though, and might infiltrate the group to find out if the preacher is brainwashing people or if he has a sinister master plan. Bouncer will knock them down like bowling pins when they show up to hurt someone, but otherwise ignore them.