Arkham

Re: Help with "subtle" psionics

How about a 'nudge' type Mind Control?

Limited to suggestions no more extreme than EGO+0 with mandatory Target doesn't know he's been mind controlled.

Change Environment for PER penalties IPE.

Re: Villainess Romance Appeal?

 

 

 

 

Oh, and as for the two heroes: I would date Batman, but marry Superman. Is that an option? ( Naughty SC )

 

As long as both of them know about it and are okay with it...

Re: Villainess Romance Appeal?

Maybe it may be a cultural difference, but I am very hard pressed to call a group of people "evil" and "unredeemable" even if they are called "demons."

 

 

That depends on if they actually are a 'people', or are simply self-motivating physical manifestations of pure elemental evil.

That is why it comes down to a campaign decision as to the nature of 'Demons'.

Re: How to make the Loner feel not so Lonely?

1. If you built your "ideal" from scratch, how likely is it for you to find someone "preferable"?
   
2. Leave the devil you know for one you do not? That just seems unwise, especially since you have built your "ideal". What flaws may creep in this other model?
   

As often as what people Say they want and Think they want are completely different from what they Really want, it is nearly guaranteed.

Re: Lifetime Subscription

I'm sorry, but you do know that sounds like you should get help, was that your intent?

 

I just got it, too, so we're in the same boat there. Hope it lasts a couple of years or more and keeps my interest.

Hi.

My name is Arkham.

I am an Alt-oholic.

Re: Lifetime Subscription

I got the Lifetime Subscription.

I've already played the game for almost a year. ( Alpha tester! )

And I'm still playing it.

If I do get burnt out, I can stop playing whenever I want. And if I later want to come back, everything is still there, and I haven't even missed any 'Veteran Awards'. If I'm dead broke, homeless, and have only my laptop, I can still play CO until the day the servers die.

Re: New to Champions.

well unfortunately we have yet to actually play our first game, but the good news is that we will be playing tomorrow.

 

i hope it goes well. everyone has their characters made and ready to go.

 

i'll post how it goes to keep everyone informed.

What does the cast of characters look like?

Got some diversity? Overlapping archetypes? Brick heavy, or heavy bricks?

Re: Villians Unite

I've got a couple Villainous organizations, but they largely appear as one of the villains and a slew of agents.

The actual villain teams are in all but one case the team's or an individual's Rogues Gallery.

Of those that have been actually used there are:

West Coast Villains - Formed in response to the West Coast Supers, a Hunted from each of the PCs formed a team for mutual support in their criminal activities. Amorphous, Simon, Hydra, Big Game Hunter, Teflon Girl and Snuff. With Snuff as tactical leader, they've proven remarkably effective.

Captain Havock's Rogues - Not an official team, but they work together often enough to effectively be one. The various hunteds who just have it in for Captain Havock. Acid Burner, Landshark, Raven, Papa Fly, Snatch, Big Game Hunter, and Dr. Martini make up the team, with former CA Governer Dr. Martini being the relative mastermind. They haven't been used together in years since the game with Captain Havock involved ended. Some have retired, moved on to other 'opportunities', and some keep popping up to oppose the heroes.

The Criminal Friends - A team of villains that worked together from 1938-1953 with the remnants re-forming in 2004 to fight their foe, the time-displaced Golden-age hero Relativity. The surviving members were The Yellow Peril, Robo-Deutch the Aryan Android, Ubervillain, The Red Rustler, The Matchstick Man, Dr. Bleak, The Terrible Tortoise, and NaNa Knitters. The Yellow Peril was the obvious mastermind behind the group, but their tactical leader, the Red Rustler, tends to fall asleep during the monologue phase of every fight. Some of the members have retained or even grown in personal power over the years, but in general, not so much.

The Weapon Men - A group of 8' tall robots that transform in to an assortment of weaponery for each other ( and humans ) to wield. A very large team with significant individual power and teamwork... until something gets them argueing at which point they often ignore the heroes in order to beat the nuts and bolts out of each other. Lead by their creator, The Mechanic and traveling in his stolen and modified spacecraft called The Machine Shop, they certainly put an impression on the PCs when they first arrived in game.

Re: Waking up with super powers

What power would I want? All of them.

 

Screw it, if you're gonna dream, dream big.

That's my opinion.

What power do I want? The Power Cosmic! For someone who can do 'Anything', the Silver Surfer has no imagination.

What power do I NOT want? The same thing, but Always On, NCC.

Wouldn't matter how many people there are with powers, really, unless the other 6 of the 1 in a Billion decide to start taking over the world.

Tell people? Only my closest and dearest.

My life would be utterly turned upside down in the most awesome of fashions.

Re: Teen Hero Names

The team line up:

 

Dot Fusion (public ID;no codename)- Teen genius gadgeteer, daughter of Professor Fusion

Backdraft- Fire-themed energy projector

Gauntlet- Brawler with mystical artifact

Attitude- Punk rocker/brick

Riptide- Wanna-be surfer and water-powered energy projector/metamorph

Unnamed mentalist

Unnamed alien metamorph

Unnamed were-rottweiler

Dot Fusion : Cool

Backdraft : Decent.

Gauntlet : The artifact is a gauntlet, right? Meh. Good way to advertise your weakness though.

Attitude : Ick. Doesn't sound like what any punks I know would call themselves. I'd recommend something like 'Aggro' for a similar meaning.

mentalist : Daydreamer?

alien metamorph : I got nothin'.

were-dog : Spot? Fido? Spike? Junkyard? What's the character's attitude like?

Re: Teen Hero Names

Unless they are assigned a name by their Mentor, Teen heroes are just as likely to try to use a Kewl name as any adult hero.

Its not just the kids that try to go by Karnage Klown, Deathstroke, or Baron Blood.

Re: your pcs might be OVERPOWERED IF...

You can survive a blast from the Deathstar. And your punch can reduce it to rubble.

You have a Death Star of your very own... in your utility belt.

Re: Justifying Playable SPD

SPD 2 _is_ ridiculously slow. Its the person who in disaster films stands there screaming while everyone else is _doing_ something. Anyone trained and alert, like your average soldier, SWAT team member, etc, can have a speed of 3 or 4 without being superhuman. And remember, SPD 5 isn't superhuman, it is just beyond 'Normal' characteristic maximum. But it is still attainable by normal people with good reflexes.

Re: Whoops! Did I really allow that power?

Quite frankly I thought the story was hilarious. I enjoyed it a lot. I'll probably share it with other gamer friends and geeks outside of this website. Thank you for sharing it. I did not' date=' however, get the supposed pun. I still don't. If you had said "It was his idea of humour" the first time instead of "he likes punning" I wouldn't have asked again. For all I knew he actually knows Japanese and it really is clever, though I've never heard it used that way. Sorry for being curious.[/quote']

 

To finish murdering the humor...

The character's name Bonsai, having to do with tiny trees... His power is shrinking things... Tiny trees, shrinking? Get it?

Re: Gravitic Influences of a Neutronium Man

He only does what he spent points on...

Re: A magical sword with lots of abilities.

Assuming this is for Champions, not Fantasy Hero, a simple 2d6 HKA Variable Special Effects +1/2, Variable Advantage +1, OAF -1 with a +8 Concealment, Only to hide the sword.

Having it be a Universal Focus allows anyone else to use it. It doesn't need Independant, and unless the player doesn't mind losing the points for the power permanently, Independant is a really bad choice.

Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if...

...the team medic keeps running out of Bandaids and Bactine, but hasn't had to use the splints once.

 

 

OTOH, that might be a sign they're overpowered...

... the team medic had to use the splints... and they were only rescuing a cat from a tree.

Re: Building a Motorcycle Mecha!

With the assumption that the rider will pretty much only be attacking when in Mecha form, a very simplified build could be like this:

40 Multipower 60 AP OIF -1/2

3u Running +25" x8 Noncombat OAF

4u Armor 20PD/20ED OIF

All other powers are bought as normal through the OIF. If you want to shoot rockets, why not have the choice of shooting them from the motorcycle, or mecha at will?

Re: Supers: How'd they get that way (and why do so many of them wear long johns?)

and foe bicyclists the suits are worn to stand out in traffic so there will be fewer car-bike accidents

Right. So there will be fewer flying superhero-airplane accidents.

Or perhaps in a super world, they are made by the same companies. $3,000 for 6 DEF worth of armored lycra shorts would get plenty of business from professional bicyclists as well as superheroes.

Re: Supers: How'd they get that way (and why do so many of them wear long johns?)

Any number of methods, from hard work, careful study, prototype equipment, non-human heritage, chemical, radioactive, magical or genetic alteration, or those alterations in previous generations that have been passed down and are now part of the genetic code.

And they wear costumes for the same reason bicyclists wear garish costumes and gymnasts wear skin-tight flexible garments... Mobility, style, sometimes a lack of choice. When you can't sew a stitch, you'll take whatever ballistic nanoweave is available in your size, even if it is bright yellow with blue stripes.

And stylish it is... At least for now. Polyester leisure suits used to be the height of fashion after all. And then there were leg warmers, and then oversize dirty flannels, and then...

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...

So, what else _is_ in the Bermuda Triangle anyway... besides Luchadores.

I don't need 100 virgins, I got a horse.

Re: a Question for you

I think you're missing an purposeful intent of Uncontrolled in this situation.

 

First, I would suggest at the -1 Level of Uncontrolled (Character can activate, results are unpredictable).

 

It represents that sometimes the Character gets no useful information when attempting to root through their garbage.

Uncontrolled isn't the right limitations... actually, Uncontrolled is an advantage. No Conscious Control is what you are looking for.

But to represent just getting no useful information, give it an activation roll.

Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if...

... if they only way they'd be less effective is if they were in a coma.

... if they would be more effective when in a coma.

Re: June 2nd

Well' date=' even a hint at any amount of actual roleplaying on any MMO would be a refreshing change.[/quote']

 

You can roleplay in any MMO.

It is entirely in the hands of the players.

 

Which, of course, means you will never get an MMO where everyone, or even a majority, roleplays.

Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if...

Your players roll the same number of dice to hit, as for their haymakers.