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Re: Death of the Jester
Juggernaut - She's employed by the city, so if the DA isn't calling the Shooter a criminal, she can't go after him. Though, she'd wonder why she's in yet another in a long line of WWYCD threads.
Duo - Probably didn't even pay attention to the news. He's either trying to stay out of trouble (apparently a difficult task for him) or lusting over some female (and at 14, there's a lot of lust going on).
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Re: Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
To crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and hear the lamentations of their women.
What?
Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannn!Although Khan would enjoy the Conan quote' date=' if I remember right he said: "Do you know the Klingon proverb that says revenge is a dish best served cold? It is very cold in space."[/quote']Actually, that quote is originally from Genghis/Temujin Khan. Though my extended Khan was a Kirk/ST reference. -
Re: Ape Name Needed
Gorillas are apes. Apes are not monkeys.How about:Monkeywrench
The Brass Monkey
Gorilla-zilla
Gorillazilla sounds nice if he had Growth powers.
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Re: How to build power limitation?
I would think a 2x Vulnerability to Ice attacks would make more sense and be easier.
If I were the the GM, the most I'd allow is a -1/4 limitation for what you've described.
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Re: Raindrops on roses and whiskers on kittens
To crush my enemies, see them driven before me, and hear the lamentations of their women.What?
Khaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannn!
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Re: Manned Giant Robot
So, no vehicle suggestions, just a vehicle write-up?Any one have any ideas that DO NOT include a Vehicle?I guess the other question is, if I decide there's no other way but a vehicle, does anyone have one written up?
The limitation for HUGE doesn't have to be ALL the time, just some of the time. And it can be included with "HUGE: +1 PER, -1 DCV while in Giant Robot." And both limitations of OiHID or OIF sound OK. On the one hand, OiHID makes sense unless he hops out of it in battle or for enough photo ops that people know what the person inside the robot looks like (even if he's wearing orange spandex and a mask). OIF makes it sound more appropriate for "He's KO'd, open up that machine and pry our prisoner out."
"It'll take some time, boss."
"That's OK, he'll be out for a while."
As for build ups, I'd suggest the Ultimate Vehicle, which is the route I'd personally go, not that you want to hear that.
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Re: Ape Name Needed
Psshaw!Considering that "to grease" can also mean "to kill" or "to bribe"' date=' [i']Grease Monkey[/i] isn't that bad a name.
Apes are not monkeys!
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Re: Ape Name Needed
I've working om a cyborg gorilla crimelord' date=' and need a good name. Any suggestions?[/quote']Are you looking for a name to match a theme or will you do your theme to match your name? What kind of crime lord is he? 30's Gangster? Modern mafia? KGB-ish? Thug? African background? Are his cyborg parts obvious (such as an entire arm and half a head)? Or are they just "flavor"?Without really knowing what you're looking for, Simeon (a real name and it sounds like simian, though simian refers to apes and monkeys) is the only name I can think of that is broad enough to cover all areas without specifying one.
Some borrowed names could be:
Grodd
Grape Ape
Big Man ("No one says the Big Man's real name, got it?") (Works best if he's introduced behind the scenes and it's not until the PCs first confrontation that they find out he's a gorilla.)
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Re: Entangle vs CON?
My personal opinion is buying it with Based On ECV (+1), Takes No Damage From Physical Attacks (+1/4) would be enough. I don't know if I'd necessarily add in the (+1/4) Works Against CON, Not STR, since most PCs tend to have around 4d6+ of CON anyway. (This doesn't include other Advantages or Limitations such as not taking damage, affecting teleport, barriers, etc.)I'm working on a character that uses scorpion venom to paralize his opponents. I guessed it would best be represented by Entangle vs CON.Here's the hitch:Is that an Advantage or a Limitation and what is it worth
Entangle vs Ego is +1.5 in advantages and -1 in limitations
Mental powers based on CON is is a -1 limitation
Your thoughts?
As a GM, I wouldn't have a problem with it, depending on SFX. For example someone with electricity powers could use it as built, but someone who was using poison might have to have an additional limitation of causing Body first (and possibly linked to a killing attack).
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Re: Completely Undetectable
Ah, but if you can encourage him to wear shades "because he'd look even cooler, if that were possible," and make him think it was his own idea, then it could work.Guys like Bulldozer are too wrapped up in themselves to think about getting polarizing contacts (Flash Def) or anything like that.
(He'd still probably take them off every now and then so the ladies can look into his beautiful blues!)
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Re: Completely Undetectable
Without reading Marvel any more, but knowing of the junk they've published recently and in the past, the "completely undetectable" sounds like a liberal explanation of "cover our tracks" and "we can do what we want without explanation." In other words, it's a plot device that won't get exploited or identified until "it's time."
For HERO gaming, there aren't really any absolutes. No one can definitely be immune to x-type damage. For every defense, there's an offense that can get through.
As close to "Completely Undetectable" for Champions, I'd say Masquerade is the closest built that way. If a GM used Masquerade, then I wouldn't be upset. If a GM said "Oh, you rolled a (3 or 4) on your Skill Roll? Not enough" and used the "Completely Undetectable" as hand-waiving a build, then I'd be ticked. And I've been in a campaign where the GM had a special detachment of VIPER squad agents that were also equipped with belts of invisibility to the Sight, Sound, and Smell Group, along with 16- Stealth rolls.
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Re: Champions Universe: The Valley Of Night
Wow.Man, your title of Obsessed Member really is accurate.
Pardon my just glancing over it, but later tonight (when the wife and child are asleep, or at least the child) I'll read it all. Just like with Birth of RAVEN, it looks like you've produced a lot of in-depth material. One of these days I hope to match your... dedication. Anyway,
thanks for giving us all something to drool over. 
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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
From my online game, the PCs are (still) fighting their evil duplicates:
Snow Leopard: (OOC) No pull, no finesse, full strength HKA on my evil twin.
Rolls 17, hits DCV 4 and misses
Snow Leopard: (OOC) I just did 19 BODY, 95 STUN, on empty air. As misses go, that was epic! Was there at least a thunderclap?
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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
That'd either be "Don't nock it 'til you've tied it" or "Don't knot it 'til you've tied it," depending on the situation.Don't you mean' date=' "Don't knock it 'til you've [u']tied[/u] it."?
Today's quote:
The PCs are fighting evil (as in demonic evil) duplicates of themselves:
Jiggawatt (to Cheshire Cat): CC, if tey are rreal copies of us tey may haf our weaknezes as vell. I am suzeptable to metal attacks. Get der mezage to goot Hood to shoot der efil Yiggavatt with his metal arrows.
GM: CC is in the -40's unconscious zone, so he won't be able to respond.
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Re: Help naming a heroic NPC: Redeemer?
First, I have some questions that stand out that I would like clarified, then I'll get to the names. [1] Who did he make this agreement with? His teammates, the local government, and/or the villain he was possesing? [2] Isn't he constantly using his power if he's possessing a person at the time? [3] What's the plan on carrying this out? Does the fighting just "stop" and they restrain his physical form, then get up and say "let's continue"? It seems that if they're having a tough time with Villain X, there may not be enough people able to pull out of the fight to restrain him so he can posses Villain X. Additional questions: How is the NPC defeated? Is he KO'd if his body is KO'd? Can the NPC be trapped? Does the current villain body instantly become good by his actions, or is his mental state restored once the NPC hero leaves? If the criminal's outlook doesn't improve (and indeed, it may simply get worse after having this done), what repercussions will there be? How can somebody tell if the body is possessed by NPC hero as opposed to someone faking it?I've got an idea for an NPC whose ability is to jump into and possess bodies' date=' suppressing their minds while he's in control. Not the most heroic ability, but there's a rationale: His original body died while he was possessing someone, and he can't survive without a body, so [b']he has worked out an agreement[/b] [1] where he takes on the bodies of convicted supervillains, using their powers to fight crime and atone for the crimes of the bodies' owners. He normally won't use his own power at all [2], but if things get really hairy, his teammates can restrain the body he's using [3] before he attempts to possess the bigger baddy they're getting whupped by.For other names, possibly:
Rehabilitator
Repo Man
Possessor (or for a bit of corniness, Professor Possessor)
Specter (if British, Spectre)
Redemption
Purge
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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
Um, not to rain on your parade, but this post didn't seem very clear. Is there some reason you couldn't just put the car in reverse and drive away? Were you being chased?GM: You are driving down an alley and there is a large dumpster blocking the entire alley.Also, what was your decision? Did you ram the dumpster or do the two-wheel option? (Or something else?)
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Re: The Worst character in comics
What say we just throw all of Liefield's characters into a pile with Cable on top and then set the pile on fire?Works for me' date=' I'll bring marshmallows.[/quote'] Are you crazy? 
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Re: The Worst character in comics
Remember' date=' English is the language which follows other languages down darks alleys, mugs them and goes through their pockets for loose vocabulary.[/quote']Touche' -
Re: The Worst character in comics
Thankfully' date=' he was so awful, the powers that be at DC came to their senses and he never saw print.[/quote']That sentence disqualifies him from what the original poster is looking for as he declared:
There were lots of stupid characters that were not ongoing.And I mean a regular ongoing character. Not someone who showed up for a few issues and was never seen again. -
Re: Absorption to an Endurance Reserve
OK, thanks. That's what I get for looking under Absorption instead of Endurance Reserve as well.
Thanks all.
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Re: Absorption to an Endurance Reserve
That's what I was thinking, 1 point absorbed = 10 points into the End Reserve. As for the Absorption, he has Standard Effect of 18, so the 10 is no problem.
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Re: The Worst character in comics
My personal preferences, in order:
- Wolverine (modern)
- Iron Man (Civil War junk)
- Hulk
- Batman - Jetix cartoon version
- Wolverine (modern)
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Hey guys,
In the online game I run, one of my players has Absorption (only vs Electricity) that goes to his Endurance Reserve. For the first time in the game, he was hit by an electrical attack.
The 12d6 attack did 10 Body 35 Stun. The PC has 32 ED + 18 only versus Electricity (Absorption Advantage), so he took no damage.
Prior to being hit, the PC has 7/100 End left. The phase he was hit he spent 2 END for his Force Field which brings him down to 5/100, but he says he gained back 3 from the Absorption giving him 8/100. To me, that seems low. My only guess (now that I've typed it here) is that he's doing 35 Stun - 32 Defenses = 3 Absorbed.
My thoughts are that he took no damage and absorbed 10 character points which transfers into END for his END reserve. So, if this is correct, do those 10 character points transfer to 20 End for his reserve (since that's how END works) or would it transfer as 100 points (filling him back up) (since End Reserve is 1 CP = 10 Points), or something else?
How would you rule on this?
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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
Honestly' date=' I don't see the problem here....[/quote']That's your 15 point curiosity talking. Your 3d6 Unluck may have a different opinion.
Completely Undetectable
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