OddHat

Re: Batman Begins: Batman
 
Pretty good.
 
I agree he needs some Luck.
 
I'd also give him some more business related KS or PS (Burecratics is a good call, but I'd add High Finance or such), Criminology, maybe some AK of the far east and Gotham, maybe some language skills and KS related to martial arts.
 
However, different gamers like different levels of detail in a write up.

Re: Batman Begins: Batman
 
After reading some of the excellent suggestions (thanks Eosin and Oddhat) I made a few changes that will hopefully reflect the character better. I removed the High Tech perk. It stands to reason and is almost a genre convention that the heroes have access to better tech. I also realized that I forgot to add Only in Heroic Identity to the Multipower. As a result, I was able to boost a few of the areas that were cited as being weak. In particular, I went ahead and added Luck, a CK of Gotham and a PS: High Finance. I also boosted the EGO a little bit higher than it was.
 
To Master Trebuchet, the Batmobile is coming. I just have to read up on the rules a bit to get the gist of vehicle building. Some guys just have that ability come a little easier. Here is the revised version of the character. I'm going to leave the original one above for comparison.

[b]Batman - Bruce Wayne[/b] [b][u]VAL[/u] [u]CHA[/u] [u]Cost[/u] [u]Total[/u] [u]Roll[/u] [u]Notes[/u][/b] 18 STR 8 18 13- HTH Damage 3 1/2d6 END [2] 21 DEX 36 21 13- OCV 7 DCV 7 18 CON 16 18 13- 20 BODY 20 20 13- 15 INT 5 15 12- PER Roll 12- 18 EGO 16 18 13- ECV: 6 25 PRE 5 25 14- PRE Attack: 5d6 14 COM 2 14 12- 8 PD 4 8/16 8/16 PD (0/8 rPD) 8 ED 4 8/16 8/16 ED (0/8 rED) 4 SPD 9 4 Phases: 3, 6, 9, 12 10 REC 4 10 50 END 7 50 50 STUN 12 50 6 RUN 0 6" END [1] 2 SWIM 0 2" END [1] 4 LEAP 0 3 1/2" 3 1/2" forward, 1 1/2" upward [b]CHA Cost: 148[/b] [b][u]Cost[/u] [u]POWERS[/u][/b] 19 [b][i]Nomex Survival Suit[/i][/b]: Armor (8 PD/8 ED) (24 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) - END=0 8 +10 PRE (10 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) - END= 5 Luck 1d6 - END=0 42 [b][i]Gadget Pool[/i][/b]: Multipower, 52-point reserve, (52 Active Points); Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) - END= 1u 1) [b][i]Bat Shaped Shuriken[/i][/b]: Energy Blast 3d6, 8 Recoverable Charges (+0) (15 Active Points); OAF (-1), No Knockback (-1/4), Range Based On Strength (-1/4) - END=[8 rc] 1u 2) [b][i]Sharpened Bat Shuriken[/i][/b]: Killing Attack - Ranged 1d6, 8 Recoverable Charges (+0) (15 Active Points); OAF (-1), No Knockback (-1/4), Range Based On Strength (-1/4) - END=[8 rc] 2u 3) [b][i]Grenades[/i][/b]: Killing Attack - Ranged 2d6, Semi-Armor Piercing (+1/4), Explosion (+1/2) (52 Active Points); 4 Charges (-1), Range Based On Strength (-1/4), Real Weapon (-1/4) - END=[4] 1u 4) [b][i]Magnetic Grapnel with 350# monofilament cable[/i][/b]: Swinging 8" (8 Active Points); OAF (-1), Extra Time (Full Phase, Only to Activate, -1/4) - END=1 1u 5) [b][i]Memory Cloth Cape[/i][/b]: Gliding 8" (8 Active Points); Restrainable (-1/2), Costs Endurance (Only Costs END to Activate; -1/4) - END=1 1 Endurance Reserve (20 END, 0 REC) Reserve: (2 Active Points); 4 clips of 1 Charge (-1 1/4), Only In Heroic Identity (-1/4) - END=[1] [b]POWERS Cost: 81[/b] [b][u]Cost[/u] [u]MARTIAL ARTS[/u][/b] 5 Flying Grab: 1/2 Phase, -2 OCV, -1 DCV, Grab Two Limbs, 38 STR for holding on; FMove 3 Flying Tackle: 1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, -1 DCV, 5 1/2d6 +v/5 Strike; You Fall, Target Falls; FMove 3 Legsweep: 1/2 Phase, +2 OCV, -1 DCV, 6 1/2d6 Strike, Target Falls 4 Martial Block: 1/2 Phase, +2 OCV, +2 DCV, Block, Abort 4 Martial Disarm: 1/2 Phase, -1 OCV, +1 DCV, Disarm; 38 STR to Disarm 4 Martial Strike: 1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, +2 DCV, 7 1/2d6 Strike 3 Martial Throw: 1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, +1 DCV, 5 1/2d6 +v/5, Target Falls 4 Weapon Bind: 1/2 Phase, +1 OCV, +0 DCV, Bind, 38 STR 8 +2 HTH Damage Class(es) 1 Weapon Element: Blades [b]MARTIAL ARTS Cost: 38[/b] [b][u]Cost[/u] [u]SKILLS[/u][/b] 3 Acrobatics 13- 3 Breakfall 13- 3 Bureaucratics 14- 3 CK: Gotham City 12- 3 Climbing 13- 3 Combat Driving 13- 3 Concealment 12- 3 Deduction 12- 5 Defense Maneuver I-II 3 Disguise 12- 3 High Society 14- 3 Interrogation 14- 3 Inventor 12- 0 Language: English (idiomatic; literate) (5 Active Points) 2 Language: Mandarin (fluent conversation) 3 Lockpicking 13- 3 Mechanics 12- 3 Parachuting 13- 3 Paramedics 12- 3 PS: High Finance 12- 5 Rapid Attack (HTH) 3 Shadowing 12- 20 +2 Overall 3 Stealth 13- 3 Streetwise 14- 3 Systems Operation (Communications Systems, Batmobile) 12- 8 WF: Common Melee Weapons, Common Missile Weapons, Ninja Weapons, Off Hand, Staffs, Vehicle Weapons [b]SKILLS Cost: 103[/b] [b][u]Cost[/u] [u]PERKS[/u][/b] 15 Money: Filthy Rich 6 Contact: Lt. Jim Gordon (Contact has access to major institutions, Contact has useful Skills or resources, Good relationship with Contact) 12- 9 Contact: Lucius Fox (Contact has access to major institutions, Contact has useful Skills or resources, Very Good relationship with Contact) 14- [b]PERKS Cost: 31[/b] [b][u]Cost[/u] [u]TALENTS[/u][/b] 5 Rapid Healing [b]TALENTS Cost: 5[/b] [b][u]Value[/u] [u]DISADVANTAGES[/u][/b] 10 Dependent NPC: Alfred Penniworth 8- (Normal) 5 Dependent NPC: Rachel Dawes 8- (Normal; Useful Noncombat Position or Skills) 20 Hunted: Gotham City Police Department 11- (Mo Pow, NCI, Limited Geographical Area, Capture) 10 Hunted: Rhas al'Ghul 8- (As Pow, Harshly Punish) 10 Hunted: Scarecrow 8- (As Pow, Harshly Punish) 20 Normal Characteristic Maxima 15 Psychological Limitation: Code vs. Killing (Common, Strong) 5 Psychological Limitation: Phobia of Bats (Uncommon, Moderate) 20 Psychological Limitation: Obsessed with Fighting Crime (Common, Total) 20 Reputation: Masked Vigilante, 14- (Extreme) 15 Social Limitation: Secret Identity (Frequently, Major) [b]DISADVANTAGES Points: 150[/b] Base Pts: 250 Exp Required: 6 Total Exp Available: 6 Exp Unspent: 0 Total Character Cost: 406

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat
 

 
"My wife just left me, Mary won't give me any more booze, and I hate you all. Buckle up."

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
"And for his part, the party of the first part shall take part in a party with the parts of the party of the second part, regardless of whether or not the party of the second part wishes thier parts to take part in a party with the parts of the party of the first part."

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
Dr Benedict and Palmer are outside a bar full of vampire policemen. They need to rescue a woman who has been offered up as refreshments but are outnumbered 10 to 1. Palmer suggests Benedict drive his 120 year old Deusenberg through the front of the bar to surprise the vampires.
 
Benedict: "That's no good. I'd never survive a high speed crash into a wall."
 
Palmer: "Well, turn into Captian Mysterion and he can drive through the wall."
 
Benedict: "Mysterion can't drive a stick, he's from Mesopotamia!"
 
Palmer: "Then I'll drive through the wall."
 
Benedict: "Can we please find a plan that doesn't involve crashing my automobile?"

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat
 

 
DC comics become entertaining.

Re: The New Circle
 
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Character Name: The Croaker
Real Name: Milos Ridavich
Nationality: American
Hair/Eye Color: red/brown
Place of Birth: Pittsburgh, Penn.
Date of Birth: 02/22/46
Height/Mass: 5'8", 150 lb.
 
Cost Characteristic Value
5 STR 15/45
18 DEX 16/30
4 CON 12/22
4 BODY 12/22
2 INT 12
4 EGO 12/22
2 PRE 12/32
1 COM 12
PD 3/9
ED 2/4
10 SPD 3/5
REC 5/13
END 24/44
STUN 25/55
 
OCV: 5/10 DCV: 5/10 OECV: 4/6 DECV: 4/6
Phases: 4, 6, 9, 12/3, 5, 8, 10, 12
 
Cost Powers and Talents (END)
Frog man Powers:
Leapfrog: leaping + 8", OIHID (-1/4), 6 pts.
Frog Swimming: swimming + 8", OIHID (-1/4), 6 pts.
Breath like a fish: expanded breathing, breathe underwater, OIHID (-1/4). 4 pts.
 
Frog Man body:
Healing body 2d6, (20 pts), can heal limbs (+ 5 pts), resurrection (+20 pts), reduced end (0 end + 1/2), persistent (+1/2), self only (-½), extra time (1 turn, -1), OIHID (-1/4), and + 25 body (50 pts), only to prevent death (-2), OIHID (-1/4) 47 pts
Damage Reduction 75% physical damage resistance (60 pts), OIHID (-1/4). 48 pts
 
Frog Man Characteristics:
+ 30 Str 30 pts OIHID (-1/4) 24 pts
+ 14 Dex 42 pts OIHID (-1/4) 33 pts
+ 10 Con 20 pts OIHID (-1/4) 16 pts
+ 10 Body 20 pts OIHID (-1/4) 16 pts
+ 20 Pre 20 pts OIHID (-1/4) 16 pts
+ 10 Ego 20 pts OIHID (-1/4) 16 pts
 
Cost Skills
3 Streetwise 11-
3 Stealth 12-
3 Shadowing 12-
3 AK: Pittsburgh 11-
3 KS: The Underworld 11-
3 PS: Writer 11-
3 KS: Writer 11-
3 Breakfall 12-
3 Interrogation 11-
3 Criminology 11-
3 Deduction 11-
3 Forensic Medicine 11-
3 Cramming 11-
3 Climbing 12-
3 Legsweep
4 Martial Escape
3 Martial Grab
3 Martial Throw
40 + 8 DCV
8 Contact: Sgt. Casey 11-
 
150 Points Disadvantages
15 Accidental change when character is wet 11-
20 DNPC: Mr. Ridavich 11-
10 DF:Mystic Aura
5 DF:Frog Man
20 Hunted by HUAC 11-
15 Secret Identity
5 Professional rivalry with other reporters.
20 Vulnerability: 2 x damage from fire attacks
20 Reputation: Cannibal Frog Man 14-
20 Honorable
 
CHA Cost = 15
Total Powers Cost = 232
Total Skills Cost = 103
Total Cost = 350
 
Plot Hook 1) Milos Ridavich isn't the first man to become the Frog Man of Pittsburgh. Rumor has it there have been others, many others. Someone has uncovered a burial ground to prove it.
 
Plot Hook 2) An old villain has returned from obscurity to demand revenge on the city of Pittsburgh and its amphibian avenger. The problem is no one knows where the Croaker is, or how to find him.
 
Plot Hook 3) The Croaker has been seen more and more, patrolling the city. He seems intent on finding one man, a local gangster named Wally Flud. His agility and speed make him hard to stop for an interview from those who want to know what's going on.
 
GM's note- This character was obviously inspired by Steve Ditko's Creeper. This is an attempt to insert a hero as a fixture in the CU fifties when the cold war was at its height. Modifications should be easy so the character can be a historical subject, a new hero, or a cryptological subject that disappears whenever someone tries to study it. He might even fit in as a crusty old timer showing new guys the way around town.
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Re: Enforcer's new Campaign!
 
For an IT guy who works from home maybe he wrote and maintains a specialized internal software package for a large dispersed company. He might be on call for support for the software, but otherwise left alone to work on bugs and upgrades.
 
Maybe he'd have to take the odd call while on an adventure. He could use a cell phone and a headset. I could just see it now:
 
Hero: "Inter-Data tech support, Mike speaking. How can I help you?"
Villain: "What? Blast your cursed swing-line, I'll soon be free of it!"
Hero: "Have you tried closing the application and restarting it?"
Villain: "Ugh! You dare lay hands on Invictor?! I will teach you the meaning of pain!"
Hero: "ARRGH!" "Did you see any error messages pop up before it crashed?"
Villain: "NOO! You've crushed my Omni-Staff! DIE WORM! Hey, who are you talking to?"
Hero: "It sounds like you'll have to do a reboot." "Unghf!" "Let's try that and see if it loads the database again."
Villain: "Are you on the phone?! You DARE take a call while fighting INVICTOR?!"
Hero: "Whuf!" "Okay, it looks like the database connection is back, go to your file menu and see if it saved your last changes."
Villain: "PAY ATTENTION TO ME!"

Re: Complicate the Person Above
 
Keyes_Bill's whole bunny schtick is actually a very clever and elaborate front. Actually, the secret is now out-and the Agent died discovering it.
KEYES_BILL IS ACTUALLY AN UNSPEAKABLE CREATURE FROM ANOTHER DIMENSION SUMMONED BY THE ILLUMINATI !!!!!

Re: Complicate the Person Above
 
Against all expectations, OddHat does actually know what the word 'itinerant' means.
 
Nevertheless, it still makes him furious.
 
Edit: 'Mendicant' an entirely different matter . . .

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat
 

 
"Bilbo, you must cary the ring!"
 
"Why not call an Eagle?"
 
"What?"
 
"Call an Eagle. It'll be easy. We can get rid of the ring in a day or two, tops."
 
"No! Man's destiny is his own! The Eagles must not interfere!"
 
"Get serious. I'm not a man, you're not a man, the Elves and Dwarves aren't men. Also, I've read the books, and the Eagles save you and join the final fight, as well as rescuing me and Sam. So, you're full of it. Now call a frickin' Eagle."
 
"You smug little twerp! All of you are "men"; you're an idealized country squire, Sam is your dogsbody, the Elves are the aristocracy, and the Dwarves are Welsh miners. Now get on the road!"
 
"No."
 
"GET OUT!"
 
"Or what?"
 
"I shall recite deeply bad poetry at you!"
 
"You smegger. Fine."
 
"So, how about a quick one?"
 
"Pervy Hobbit fancier."

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat
 

Me!
I'd rep the Callahan's reference, but it seems I need to schmeer it around some before I can rep you again.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat
 

 
The "Your Teenage Ward is Filing a Palimony Suit" Polka

Re: Complicate the Person Above
 
keyes_bill made a small fortune marketting his "Bunny-Bop" line of cute adult toys and novelties, and then lost most of it again in his ongoing legal battles with Playboy Enterprises. We wish him luck.

Re: Complicate the Person Above
 
Death Tribble actually is the deadly, city-destroying paranormal menace that he uses as his persona on these boards. While the rest of us are just playing at Supervillany, Death-Tribble, he's soaking in it.
 
Only the fact that Zornwill too is a genuine manifestation of mankind's empowered ID prevents the Tribble from crushing us all beneath his furry feet-like-things. Or psuedopods. Whatever tribbles use to move. Folds? Never mind, it's just really menacing.
 
"Grrr."

Re: Complicate the Person Above
 
Enforcer84 was the inspiration for the Hedgehog Song.

Re: Complicate the Person Above
 
L. Marcus' posted photograph wasn't really him. Really, whom we know as L. Marcus is a cover for a Covert Operative.

Re: A Thread for Random Musings
 
Death Tribble is just jealous...

Re: Complicate the Person Above
 
L. Marcus is an entire hot lesbian blonde Viking snowboarding team.

Re: Complicate the Person Above
 
Oddhat once escaped from the Gestapo by dressing in fishnet stockings and a slinky black dress.
 
He enjoyed that so much that he continues to do it this very day. Escaping from the Gestapo, that is. Not the fishnets thing.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat
 
"I'd like to retire, because I think the current president would make a GREAT choice for my replacement!"
 
 
 
 
 
(don't get upset, it was just an easy mark, wasn't even reflective of my personal opinions)
 
NT: Great moments in the history of irrelevant childrens' games

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat
 
Hardcore bestiality featuring She-Hulk and Kermit the Frog.
 
NT: Henceforth, "____________" shall be my battle cry!

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat
 

 
My chicken-puppet hat.

Re: The New Circle
 
"How much longer, Reflector?," asked a nervous man pointing a pair of large pistols at the door he was facing. His attention kept shifting to the man in silver who was working on violating the laser security around the prize they wanted.
 
"Don't worry about what he's doing," said the other man in the room, clad in a white shell. "Keep focused on your side of the room. The others should be keeping the Streak busy until we're done."
 
"I just want to get this over with and get out of here before there's trouble," said the pistolero. "I should have gone into demolition."
 
"Do you mind Heatseeker?," asked Reflector, making an adjustment. The laser array redirected itself long enough for him to pick up the gold and brass head piece they had targeted for theft.
 
"Let's go," said Reflector, placing the headpiece into a canvas bag hanging from his belt.
 
"I can't believe you dudes are trying to rob and go," said the Shadow Streak, appearing in the doorway in front of them. "That's so unlike you."
 
"Replicate," said Reflector.
 
The trio multiplied into a dozen men in strange costumes. That made Heatseeker nervous enough to fire his pistols, and all of his duplicates fired with him. The bullets broke apart into micro sized pellets that would follow anyone they locked on.
 
"Not this tired bit again," said the Streak, disappearing from the room, missiles in tow.
 
The men in the white shells pointed in all directions, forming a wall around the villains. The solid ice sheet extended into a dome over them. That would buy them some time to get away from the scene. Not even the Streak would search the whole city house to house.
 
Everything had not gone according to plan, but they still had enough time to make it out clean as long as they didn't panic.
 
The black clad Shadow Streak ran from the museum room. His powers told him that all of the missiles fired by Heatseeker and his clones were real. Somehow Reflector had made his images into real things. Now the speedster had to ditch them as fast as possible, and get back where this run had started from.
 
The Streak hit the street, and really poured it on. The missiles sensing their victim was gone, exploded in the empty road. Fragments peppered parked cars, and storefronts, but no innocents were hurt.
 
The Streak returned to the museum in a moment. He searched the place, but had to admit he had been foxed by Reflector and the rest. Whatever they had wanted from the storehouse, they got clean away with while he was ditching his hounds.
 
He had a feeling he had not heard the end of this, but he was done for the night. The police had the diversionary team, and were on the way. All he could do was find out about what was stolen.
 
Then he could try and get it back.

Re: what non-fiction books have you read? please rate it ...
 
Anatomy of Love by Helen Fisher.
 
Just finished this one for the second time, loved it, bored Zornwil to near-death talking about it at GenCon.
 
Fisher takes a look at mariage, adultery, and mating strategies from an evolutionary point of view, and supports her conclusions with well referenced hard data. If you want to know exactly how both the free-love and back-to-the-1950s crowd are wrong, this is the book for you.