Hawksmoor

Re: My first Characters for Champion :Sigh: Although some, a very small minority of HERO Players, interpret Body to be linked to size, in most cases it (Body) has zip, zilch, zero to do with body mass at all when it concerns a Character. It *does* have everything to do with the concept of "Hard to Kill". If your character (PC or NPC) is tough to kill *after you figure out his defenses* then you have a case for increased BODY. Body, like all characteristics is based on a range, with most people agreeing that 20 is the NCM. Thus you can have lots and lots of BODY, especially if it is a superpower. OTOH STUN is the Characteristic most like HPs in other games and if you want a character that can take a beating and not fall down, buy more STUN. Manchine: //Wise Old Sensei Voice// :Thwap!!: Try harder! Again! Gigagirl is just off, IMO. Listen to what the others are telling you. She needs more DEFENSES and more Skills. She seems to get by on talent (DEX), which is fine as per conception. You also seem to have a bit of CoH lag intruding into the game. Build a comic book character not a comic fighting game character, it'll be more interesting.

Re: DC Universe Overview Like you said bad writing. The Source Wall IIRC is hard to get to. Most of the time trying to get to the Source just gets you lodged in the Source Wall for your Hubris. You need the potency of X-Element to get there. Now here is an idea. Darkseid is supercharged by X-Element which he absorbs directly into his body. Superman is shown to have cracked the skin of Darkseid in the comic. Since the Batman/Superman Kal-El is shown to just as potent as the JLA Superman maybe he absorbed the X-Element and with his Super- "I Win"ism powers opened a Boom Tube with the X-Element that was absorbed into his Kryptonian physique. The fact that the writers did not mention this as an explaination is as you say, Bad writing. Love the commentary Chuck. You were one of the people I missed during my haitus. Hawksmoor

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Re: Mjolnir Correct. Much like the majority of fights that Superman has had with Martians, or more correctly the one remaining Green Martian, or as Kal likes to put it the "Single most powerful being on the face of the Earth!" Hawksmoor

Re: Mjolnir Well you did bring it up. So monkey man enjoy your spoils. Hawksmoor

Re: Mjolnir Right two blows, never argued otherwise. I like that comic. I disagree that the blows were pulled. Billy knew he had to get Superman out of commision quick. This is the reason that The Big Red Cheese is *the* Anti Superman weapon in the JLA's arsenal. Think way back to the Eclipso event of 1990ish. Who did they send against an Eclisped Kal El? Captain Marvel. Really, Superman's vulnerability to magic is highly variable. To me, it is any attack/effect with a magic origin. Thus Superman cannot break down a door with his Superstrength that has been enchanted with a Hold Portal type spell. The could Heat Vision it out of existence, but he could not rip it from it's hinges. Same thing applies to Magic bricks punching him. It does not kill Superman, he has too much stun and Body, but his DR and Enhanced PD are way, way down. But anyway Mjolnir is the Mightiest Weapon in the Marvel Universe! Hawksmoor

Re: Mjolnir Lest not forget that Thor is magic. Not weilds magic Thor *is* Magic! Thus like Captain Marvel Thor can beat Superman. It might no not be easy, Superman still has all that Stun and Body, but his Defenses are lower to Thor's blows whether or not he uses the hammer to deliver them. But I digress, yes Mjolnir increases the damage Thor delivers in combat...significantly. Hawksmoor

Re: CHAR: Green Lantern So far so good. This is how I would go about the Ring. Make it a VPP (a rather enormous one) and specify that the Character can only access EGOx4 or so for effects. That means that Hal or any other GL with their enormous EGOs can pull out 90+AP out of the ring and lesser willed characters obviously get by with less. This also works for the various will sapping (Drain effects) we see in comics. FOREX: the Ultramarines KO'd Kyle by subjecting him to ultrasonics that prevented his concentration. Also the Ring is only as Durable as the users will. IIRC if the ring is on a finger it is almost indestructable...which is way more than Durable. Also the Foci does not lose powers. To me this means either Indestructable (some things can harm it such as attacks when not worn) or OIHID representing a Ring-like "thing" that really can't be attacked and certainly doesn't loose powers when 'damaged'. Hawksmoor

Re: CHAR: Superman The "err science guy" is Professor Emil Hamilton. Superman should also have contacts with the Supermen of America (Teen Heroes based in Metropolis); The Superman Family (Supergirl, Steel, Superboy); and of course lots and lots of 2 to 3 points of languages from his decade of secret training as he traveled the world anonymously doing good deeds before the Spaceplane incident recorded by Lois Lane. Hawksmoor

Re: Power Help: Big Stone Mech And I say "Sauce for the Goose!" as long as everyone is treated equally such nonsense rulings are unnecessary. Hawksmoor

Re: CHAR: Green Lantern Update: Alan Scott no longer calls him self Sentinel, he is back to Green Lantern. He is still a being of Green Mystic Energy (Starheart) held together by a force of will second only to that of Hal Jordan (who actually kept the force of the Spectre from his assigned task of Vengance for a while, until Hell actually opened up and spat out the sinners as a reminder of the Spectre's mission but I digress) Green Lantern (Alan Scott) wears his ring (reforged Starheart) and is the JSA's answer to Superman as the Greatest Hero of his Generation! Hawksmoor PS: I vote Kyle or John Stewart..I disliked Hal for being too vanilla in his appearances. And if ya wanna really please me Guy Gardner --the one true Green Lantern!

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Re: Power Help: Big Stone Mech And this is one of the many reasons that sometimes Steve is W-R-O-N-G. That ruling makes absolutely no sense. STR from DI and Growth should stack period Framework or no. Hawksmoor

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Re: CHAR: Wonder Woman Only Black Canary and Diana have remained untouched. One is like Mom, and the other is well untouchable. Hawksmoor

Re: CHAR: Wonder Woman Oh and good work E84 on the Amazon and the King of the Seven Seas!!! Hawksmoor

Re: CHAR: Wonder Woman Hmmm Heroines Roy Harper has hooked up with: Fire Huntress Grace (Choi) Zatanna Or in his words "You mean extremely attractive women with the bodies of Olympian Goddesses? Most of them." Hawksmoor -Out from under his rock...mostly...

Re: Advice on GMing superhero campaigns? Usually Darkseid clobbers Batman. It is just that a *mere man* dares face the dark lord that makes Batgod who he is. * *Bats also had a loaner Mother Box granting him some added PD...he still was pummelled-HARD. Hawksmoor

Re: Infinite Crisis See I just don't see how that, Superman as the 1st Superhero, is really important. Sure chronologically the character is started at the dawn of the heroic age but that does not mean that the character has to remain at the dawn of the heroic age. IMO only the origin of the LSH was utterly thrown out, and with Giffen's run Mon-El/Valor was supposed to fill that gap. ZERO Hour is what really messed up the continuity not Crisis IMO. Crisis made things much simpler...much and this is from a guy that got into comics after Crisis. Hawksmoor

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Re: Seeking suggestions for a power build This character is essentially the reverse of the old Firestorm debate. I love the idea but I have never gotten the character to click right on paper. The latest iteration came out something like this: n pt Multipower (Body Swap/Merger) n Ultra Slot Duplication (Nebula as disembodied Computer or Transdimensional Desolid character +100% Different) n Ultra Slot Duplication (Nebula as Multiform allowing you to use her powers instead of Stockades) But the idea is like I said clunky and very expensive given the 100% difference for the advisor role of the subordinate character. Still you get two characters to tango with. Hawksmoor

Re: Infinite Crisis Ah but how? That is the catch. If he is an even more holier than thou boyscout than the existing Superman how does that work? Would you like an alterego of you jumping out of the closet and saying "Tut Tut! You have strayed far young Savinen! I will show you the true path!" I am anxiously awaiting the writing on the next issues, hopefully Liefield will not be allowed to do anything on them for the next year. Hawksmoor

Re: Infinite Crisis I picked up IC#1 today and I can say I liked it...wholeheartedly. The team really has been working overtime to mesh all these stories together. True if you had not been reading JSA you might not know who the Freedom Fighters are, and thus would be a bit confused when Uncle Sam, The Human Bomb, Phantom Girl and Black Condor appear only to die. Their presence and the "if you survive this it will make you stronger." statements from the villianous opposition help make the story. I am of mixed feelings about Grampy Superman and Superboy-Prime coming back into continuity. I like Conner Kent/Con-El, but I can see where he will have to go. Superboy has to be a Legionaire so that his iconic presence can anchor the LSH (Cosmic boy turned fascist I am looking at you!!!), but the Elder Statesman Superman is just unwanted IMO. Superman has a few weaknesses one of them is mind control: Dominus did it, Brainiac did it, Dr. Psycho did it, The Slug did it, and now Max Lord did it. Yes, an out of whack Superman is the world's worst nightmare. But, Superman has great PR and is what many people are not: honestly contrite about his mistakes. When people are injured by him and his actions he cares. So what purpose is ESS going to serve? I await IC#2 to find out. Anxiously! Hawksmoor

Re: Power Limitation ideas for Multiform That is what she said. Don't confuse the metagame mechanics with the flavor text. Cyclops either has a mental block on his powers or a physical defect; either means the eyeblasts are uncontrollable. More to the point, no I can't think of any other because of the limited information we have about your character. In the end I would just suggest if the character is not unbalancing (read as overpowering the rest of the PCs in the game) that the extra CP used in building her just be ignored and price the Multifom correctly. Points can sometimes be a hinderance. Hawksmoor

Re: Making a Force Field Bubble This idea has merit. It will even fit in an EC with the character's regular force field. To make it simple just use standard effect and by convention don't continually pump the SUCCOR. I might buy a 1rPD/1rED Force Field usable by say 64 others simulanteously and Succor this to avoid the resistant defenses question but the idea is sound. Hawksmoor