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Grailknight

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  1. In a Horror or Low Fantasy game, defeat by a vampire or werewolf means a character gets turned or dies more often than not. In High Fantasy or Supers, its more a plot device or radiation accident. The in-game expectations are radically different.
  2. Because Change Environment doesn't actually have provisions for creating that hostile an environment. Creating a flood of that magnitude(much less a vacuum) would and should be a direct attack. Same goes for poison gas or burying in sand. Suffocation is an AVAD Suppress/Drain vs REC that also forces you to continue to expend END and eventually STUN then BODY. It's under-priced for what it can do in a long one on one battle. That's a quality it shares with Damage Over Time(with DOT being the greater offender). Suffocation is more a DOT that has to be maintained. Because it doesn't do STUN or BODY in the time frame we associate normally with Hero combat, we tend not to see it for the deadly attack it can be.
  3. It's a STOP power only if it's allowed to be used offensively otherwise it's a plot device in the hands of the GM. So, no Usable as an Attack or Usable by Others Also(to transport them and then strand them) and you shouldn't upset game balance. Considering that it sounds like you found it without paying Character Points for it, I'd bury that sucker in the deepest hole I could find. The GM has PLANS for that little trinket.
  4. That seems to cover most of it. If we could come up with a mechanical way to define the size of the XDM, we'd be there.
  5. Hmm, you want your power to change how another character's powers function mechanically? Drain or Aid give boosts or reductions in Active DC's but don't change Advantages/Limitations so they're out. Change Environment could give penalties but would be restricted by SFX. By RAW, the only permissible way to change someone else's mechanical function is with a Transform. Giving an opponent a Limitation seems to be a textbook use and there are actual rules for adding powers to transformed targets.
  6. Penetrating was not around until 4th at the earliest. It came in as Piercing's replacement.
  7. Focus on villains who were in it mostly one up a hero who died in the event or those who feel they've been denied the acclaim they are due. With positive feedback and no rivals you may get some face turns. Give the mercenaries high salaries, benefits and amenities with primary attention here on those that can be stopped by conventional forces. Keep the Damocles option as subtle as you can and always keep your word to them.
  8. This with AOE on the Teleport. The problem is defining the size of the extra-dimensional space. I guess you could buy it as a base or use Change Environment as a basis for the area's size.
  9. Enhanced Perception costs per page 62 of CC. 3 pts. for +1 with all senses 2 pts. for +1 with a sense group 1 pt. for +1 with a single sense For Characteristic Roll based Skills per page 34 of CC. 4 pts. for +1 with Interaction(PRE) or Intellect(INT) based skills 6 pts. for +1 with Agility(DEX) based Skills
  10. No, if only one buys up his maximum, only he can aid above 12 points. The other guys cannot contribute to a total above 12.
  11. He could if you're using the more modern depictions of the Torch. The Lee and Kirby Torch could manipulate flame(his own and others also) as well as Pyro can. Better actually, because he even had Duplication.
  12. Speedsters use Passing Disarm which would give your 14 STR ninja a 24 STR base Disarm with +5 for each Martial DC you have. That should be enough to Disarm everyone but the STR-based characters.
  13. The Sleight of Hand Skill covers this. It would be a DEX-roll based power opposed by Perception.
  14. The Disarm mechanic requires that opposed roll vs target STR.
  15. I'm far more interested in what the defense against this power will be. As I interpret this, the OP wants a Disarm against reduced DCV(hence the Area of Affect) that does not have to overcome an opposed STR roll. I can envision using invisible TK for the DCV portion but to take a focus away requires either: 1- Stealing it from someone unaware(TK with Sleight of Hand, won't work against Inaccessible Foci) 2- Taking it in out of combat time from a helpless opponent. 3- Making an opposed Disarm vs an aware opponent(again, wont work vs Inaccessible Foci) #1 is doable with Teleport, #2 is how the Focus rules work by RAW anyway but #3 requires some bending of the rules to negate the STR of the target. As described he could just as easily take Mjolnir from Thor( if it was defined as OAF) as a pencil from Reed Richards. Same ability but no where near balanced in application.
  16. Episode 9 of this season's Game of Thrones This show must be perfectly tuned to my inner barbarian. The death at the end was brutal, agonizing and slow and I enjoyed every second of it.
  17. He's been stable at 6 or 7 since Valeria was born.
  18. I wouldn't worry about it enough to stat it up. It's just a SFX of calling the the base. If you feel you must then combine Floating or Fixed Locations with: A) Trigger if you want it to be hackable by villains or Gestures , Incantations and|or Extra Time in some combination if you want to just limit usage.
  19. I was going to write something about how I'll miss Ward. But then I remembered what next year's plot is and realized he could make an appearance.
  20. She's a bigger star than any of them were at the time they signed their initial contracts. RDJ is the only comparable and he was at a low point in his career when he signed on for IM.
  21. Too big a name and therefore too expensive and too old(by Hollywood standards) at 40.
  22. He couldn't call the cops. They would have arrested him for soliciting. He should at least be arrested for that now. Justice wasn't served here even if she reneged on a promise of service.
  23. The ruling in question states that Suppress cannot kill. I believe this is a holdover from older editions where Suppress could not take a target below zero. Drain is still deadly.
  24. Greywind needs to join the team somehow.
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