Nucleon

Re: WWYCD: An Alien among them

Re: Immortals In Our Midst! So, thou are somehow implying that "gods" may be but "evolved mortals"? Interesting... Most Interesting... ... But ultimatedly heresy. La-di doo dah...Nice temperature we're having...

Re: Immortals In Our Midst! Aha! Nucleon heartily salutes thee, my density-increased friend! He doth thinks that 450 pts will be more than enough for such a power-player as thyself to run amok in His delicately-constructed Universe, thought. Nucleon will soon meet you to put it all on paper, He-Who-Drinks-A-Lot.

Re: Immortals In Our Midst! Not being object to aging is but a facet of being an Immortal; which should include a big boost in PRE, a little one in COM, some skills, some talents, and some perks. Harshly, Nucleon demands of His players that they adhere to every aspect if they are to be worthy of playing one. And yes, it is somewhat costly. So what are the rewards? The most obvious one is the respect/hatred they get. Brutal people are tempted to "try them" to boost their rep, or more gullible people may well start a cult based on them. They also have interesting "relatives", who may or maybe not be in accordance with the mortal world's customs and values. The Immortals are also a great people when one seeks ancient knowledge, a set of mystic armor or an enchanted bird follower. Their primeval, pristine world, still very in advance when compared to ours (well, yours), and can be used a haven or a learning place, or simply to rest when wary of the ways of an awakened world. It is definitely more than numbers, Nucleon doth believes.

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Re: Immortals In Our Midst! Aye, it is. However, all rest in what Nucleon calls "the beauty of the character". Not being subject to age is one thing; To be a being that has walked the earth, aware of realities that mortals cannot yet fathom in their folly is another one. Numbers or not, a GM, and by extension, the NPCs he brings to play, cannot easily ignore an Immortal in our midst. Think about it; This PRE attack is not made up by just some ugly guy in a powersuit; It is made by a being that is born a "God". That ought to account for something...

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Re: Immortals In Our Midst! Ah, Nucleon recognizes there a genuine Immortal! Str 65, CON 30, PRE 25; How much of these are brought by Tyr's nature as an Immortal? Godly Constitution: Life Support (Extended Breathing; Immunity: All terrestrial diseases and biowarfare agents; Longevity: Immortal; Safe in Intense Cold); A must-have. Godly Constitution: Healing 2 BODY, Can Heal Limbs, Limited Power Cannot heal back Tyr's right hand (+0), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Persistent (+1/2) (50 Active Points); Extra Time (Regeneration-Only) 1 Hour (-2 1/4), Self Only (-1/2); That's interesting; must all Norse godlings have this trait as well? Fearless: +10 PRE (10 Active Points); Limited Power Only for Defense (-1); Good. Nucleon always load His Immortals with lots of Presence. They have the Hability to put an end to fight even before it begins. It takes some guts to confront one of these. KS: Nordic Mythology (4 Active Points) 13-, PS: Bardic Singing (PRE based) (3 Active Points) 14-: Nice touches. Distinctive Features: Huge man (6'6") with silver hair and beard (Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses); Yes! However Nucleon thinks that both Tyr's appearance and Presence should be higher for that very description. It costs a lot to be an Immortal in Nucleon's campaigns; the required STR, CON, PRE and COM for a "pantheonic-class Immortal" most players can do with, but many of them are wary of the Life Support, Mental Defence (Timeless mind), Power Defense (they often are their own power source), Lack of weaknesses and Skills (knowledge of the Immortal's own pantheon, people and culture) that He imposes as a Package. Elder-class Immortals are required to buy an even greater package, including Characteristic increases, Growth, Absolute Time Sense, Eiditic Memory, Universal translator, Higher nobility, Right to Marry, Full Life Support as well as complete Danger sense. The whole package is over 200 pts, including Disavantages such as Distinctive Features, Emotional self-control and the famed Elder Code of conduit.

Re: Immortals In Our Midst! Hardcase is blessed with STR 60, CON 30 and PRE 20. Of these, 37 worth of STR is directly attribuable by "God-Like STR". The 23 remaining points are those of a very, very strong, normal man. He's got a good LS, thanks to the "Godly Form" (Extended Breathing; Immunity: All terrestrial diseases and biowarfare agents; Immortal; Safe in High Pressure, Intense Cold, Heat). Finally, "Divine Infusion" gives him 10 pts' worth of Power Defense. Are these 3 elements a reasoneable "Immortal Package" in a given campaign? The guy is immortal. But is he an Immortal as a result of his own nature? Does he have an Immortal legacy, heritage or background? Nucleon would say that he is akin to a Herald, or maybe an Avatar. Has he encoutered the immortal source of his power yet? (Nice story, BTW)

Re: Name for French Brick Aye. It must no be easy to learn the exact gender of a given inanimate object, by all means.

Nucleon salutes thee, Mortals! This time, He inquires about the status of the various forms of Immortals in your campaigns, for He is, in truth, concerned about these powerful beings (obviously). Are there any pantheonic Immortals (Gods), demigods? What about Demons and Angels; Is there a minimum amount of points required to play these, or are they open to anyone who would buy a given Package? And what about Celestials, Heralds, Watchers, Elders and their ilk? Are they the real powers in the end or is that title reserved for some mummified guy in a set of power armor? Please indulge Nucleon in describing the Immortals in your Campaign; He shall be pleased.

Re: Name for French Brick At the lecture of that post, Nucleon remembers that guy who just loved Italian songs, as long as they were sung in English, that is... (La Brique it is, needless to say. Inanimate things have a gender in French )

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Re: Name for French Brick

Re: Name for French Brick

Re: Are Jacks of all Trade Effective PCs? Jacks-of-all-trades (that is, characters with at least 3 domains of ecpertise)always were Nucleon's favorite characters prior to His knowledge of Hero rules. They make good central heroes. In game, they are well-suited to flamboyant personalities, and as a matter of fact, interaction is often their main schtick. The problem is, the line between effective and mediocre JoATs is quite small. It is Nucleon's opinion that a finely made JoAT must compromise on having a single good aspect of every palette instead of a variety of weak ones in each, if you see what He means.

Re: Name for French Brick

Re: Name for French Brick Pah! With disdain, Nucleon ignores the STUN Multiplier rules when playing superheroic campaigns. In fact, in His campaigns, "Killing" powers are ditched in the favor of a new +¼ Advantage; Killing, which doubles the BODY damage of an attack but does the same rolled amount of STUN (Knockback however is now half rolled BODY instead of the -1d6 kb roll modifier for KAs). Before, KAs were more efficient stunning attacks. Nowadays in this Universe at the least, they kill.

Re: Name for French Brick By the stars, Triomphe is quite a satisfying brick, and must be fun to play with these characterisations of his. Nucleon, for His part (and the nature of His campaigns) would make him more apt to survive and Win the Day by chopping off some DEX and give him some 3-manoeuvers CSL in its stead, since he is quite resilient. He would also be better off with more CON, given the probability that Triomphe will come to blows with characters as strong/powerful as he is. As for the Deflection trick, Nucleon is doubtfull; It won't be very efficient with both skilled shooters and autofire users; He would rather choose Damage Reduction on PD, with the limitation "Only vs bullets" (around -1); coupled with Triomphe more than respectable DEFs, he should feel nothing more than a slight sting from any kind of firearm. Once last thing; Triomphe can be quite impressive presence-wise, but what about his own protection vs PRE attacks? He's got both relatively modest PRE and EGO to resist these, which can turn him into a surrendering-prone French, something never heard of before.

Re: Champions Characters DEX Inflation Why? Sadly, Nucleon disagree with thee, mortal. However, He just repped you for your consistancy to respond posts. So the Cosmic Balance is, once again, respected.

Re: Question of the GMs

Re: Liefeld's Titans As long as Nucleon, or everybody else, is not forced to buy any, He has no problem with that. He might even take a look at it for curiosity. Oh. And if Nucleon had any rep points left, he would give one to you, for sheer grace under adversity.

Re: Champions Characters DEX Inflation Why? Did anybody ever tried to AoE the varmint? Or use a damage shield, or use invisibility to take him half DCV? Heroes find a way.

Re: Champions Characters DEX Inflation Why? Verily.

Re: Champions Characters DEX Inflation Why? Mmhh. Nucleon doth think that this rule was to mainly to prevent NPC push in combat. In this case, dramatic liscense is to be excused but a little. Clearly, Paul Anderson was the hero There. He may have been a PC.