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Marcus Impudite

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  1. As for the Power Defense issue, I imagine how big a problem that may be will vary from campaign to campaign, depending on how common (or rare) Power Defense is. If someone builds a Powered Armor Guy with Power Defense, for example, it might be fair enough to assume his armor is coated with Teflon or something.
  2. My reasoning is that, in most places, being covered in bright orange paint is going to make you stand out quite a bit (thus the Minor Transform and the +1 to other people's Sight PER rolls for High Contrast, See the Sight Perception Modifiers Table in 5th Ed Rev). As stated in the flavor text, these grenades are a variation on the dye bombs banks often use against bank robbers.
  3. Paint Grenades: Minor Transform 3d6 (turn target bright orange [+1 to others Sight PER], soap and water washable), Partial Transform (+½), Explosion (+½), (60 Active Points); OAF (-1), Range Based On STR (-¼), 6 Charges (-¾). Real Cost: 20-points. A variation on the dye bombs banks try to slip into the loot bag during a robbery. Doesn't do any BODY or STUN, but could make it difficult for the affected character to hide in a crowd since they've been (fully or partially) painted bright orange. The effects of the grenade are healed by bathing and washing/changing your clothes.
  4. Well as they said in the video, they can hold their breath as long as 3 minutes and they're damn good swimmers. It's why you're well advised to check your ship thoroughly when entering or leaving port, not all stowaways are of the two-legged variety...
  5. Death Touch/Palm Strike Of Death: The downside to the ability to kill with a touch is the fact that you have to have physical contact with the target. Even when you successfully use the ability on someone, they'll still have an opportunity to strike back and possibly mortally wound you before they expire. Plus, anyone who knows about your ability would probably shoot you and/or run away rather than let you in close enough to use it.
  6. Brainwashing/Mind Control Powers: Unless you have some means of transmitting your power globally, you're limited to Mind Controlling whoever you can interact with personally. You might succeed in becoming the equivalent of a cult leader, but world domination is likely to remain out of your grasp. Sure, you could try going the route of targeting people in positions of power and authority (always assuming you can get anywhere near them to begin with), but the jig may very well be up the instant you have them do anything that is out of character for them and/or so blatantly unconstitutional that even the most oblivious members of society will notice something's fishy.
  7. It largely depends on the particular news organization's political bias, which will show through in their choice of title and overall tone for the article. A left-leaning news outlet would be having a (not so) subtle laugh at Trump's expense, while a right-leaning outlet would be quick to condemn the perpetrators as "dangerous criminals" for breaking and entering and malicious mischief.
  8. So bees are genetically programmed to recognize royalty? Can we test that theory by releasing several swarms of Africanized honey bees into Buckingham Palace? It would amuse me. Also, the part where she says, "I love dogs, I've always loved dogs" with an orgasmic expression was hilarious, especially if you've seen a certain episode of Family Guy...
  9. Another power I'd consider (5th Ed): Major Transform 1d6 (non-precious metals into precious metals), Improved Results (any precious metal; +1/2); Limited Target (non-precious metals; -1/2), No Range (-1/2). The treasury departments of pretty much every government on the planet would probably soil themselves at the thought of someone running around with such a power, but used carefully I could make myself rich in a fairly short time (and squirrel away the lion share of my wealth in anonymous off shore holdings).
  10. One power, 30 Active Points maximum, Edition flexible. What minor power, in your opinion, would be awesome to have in real life? For me, I'd go with Invisibility to Sight Group, No Fringe (30 Active Points), I could imagine myself having quite a bit of fun with that...
  11. I proudly still use 5th Edition and could care less if any of the materials I use/create seem "dated" to anyone. I for one do not agree that 6th is some "objective improvement." There is no such thing when it comes to editions of pen-and-paper RPGs, there is only what works for you and what doesn't work for you; anyone who tells you different is full of crap.
  12. Q: Which way to find the road to nowhere? A: Captain, ours sensors are detecting a gaseous anomaly near Uranus.
  13. Since it'll be on an island with a beach, The Creature From The Black Lagoon and Humanoids From The Deep are possibilities worth considering.
  14. This is not the kind of trouser snake that makes a good impression on the ladies...
  15. Well... That's true of some, but there are also the ex-cons who spent the lion share of their time behind bars bulking up on prison food, lifting weights in the exercise room/yard, and getting into fights. The write-up I posted above represents those guys. A super criminal or crime boss looking for some hired muscle usually wants someone with some actual muscle, as opposed to the bag of bones crack addict who smells like cat urine.
  16. Hope no one's watching this while they're on the toilet... R... I... C... See you in the sewer, suckers! K... Y... Why? Because we're vermin. R... A... T...
  17. They look less like police droids and more like something my sister-in-law keeps in her nightstand.
  18. The following video is about either the world's dumbest serial killer or an idiot troll who just invited the authorities to knock on his door at 3:00 a.m.; I'll let you be the judge... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l5zb1t78vFU
  19. Things Starship Captains Should Do Before Allowing Shore Leave On Alien Worlds... 1) Make sure the locals, and their government(s) in particular, are strong believers in concepts such as rule of law, innocent until proven guilty, trial by jury, and do not have such crazy laws on their books that a member of your crew might end up on death row just for picking his nose in public or jaywalking. 2) For the love of the Q Continuum, make sure your first officer will be responsible and not bring back some exotic form of VD...AGAIN!
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    Energy Projector Type who gets her powers from a gemstone that fell from space one night. Also uses her good looks and charm against foes who do their thinking between their legs. 5th Ed stats, 350 points total. *Update* New two-column format and some corrections to text. *Update* Minor correction in Martial Arts section of write-up.
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