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Re: Water and Body 100 liters of water have a weight of 100 kgs. So, a standard human weight in Champions terms. which means 10 Body. i.e I would say 1 BODY/10 liters other ideas ?

Hello Hero people. A player of mine building a character for a game and i've got a couple of issues. I would like to get the opinions of the wise : Background : loosely based on a small part of Marvel's Mandarin story. A long time ago; a powerful wizard managed to trap a powerful genie inside 10 magical rings. The PC found five of the rings and now used to fight for justice and all this kind of things. Powers Each ring is able to - Call one of the genie's power (a multipower) - to transform itself into a sentient double of the wearer at command. while in this form, the ring can only use its own power and the wearer cannot use this ring as long as it doesn't return to him -which he can do simply by calling it back to him - My current questions a) How much would you charge for the limitation "Only One duplicate can use a slot at a time and each slot must be fixed at the moment of duplication" ? i'm hesitating between -1/4 and -1/2 how would you handle duplication with a focus ? what happens if the focus is taken away from a duplicate ? especially if the character is not able to call back his double at this time ? c) What do you think of the concept as a whole ? have you some ideas to improve it ? (in game terms and in RP terms) "The Five Rings of Power", all slots IIF (Rings; -1/4) 48 1) "Five Rings, One Mind": Duplication (creates 4 300-point Duplicates), Easy Recombination (0-Phase Action at Full DCV), Ranged Recombination (+1/2); Feedback (Full) (; -1), Incantations (-1/4), IIF (Rings; -1/4) 13 2) "Five Rings; One mInd": Mind Link , Specific Group of Minds, Any distance, Number of Minds (x4), Psychic Bond; Only With Others Who Have Mind Link (-1), IIF (Rings; -1/4) 40 "The Five Rings of Power": Multipower, 50-point reserve, Only One duplicate can use a slot at a time; Each slot must be fixed at the moment of duplication (-1/4) 4u 1) "The Ring of The Celestial Wrath": EB 10d6; IIF (Ring 1; -1/4) 5 4u 2) "The ring of The Celestial Shield": FW (10 PD/10 ED); IIF (Ring 2; -1/4) 5 4u 3) "The Ring of the Celestial Hand": Telekinesis (33 STR); IIF (Ring 3; -1/4) 5 4u 4) "The Ring of the Celestial Night": Darkness to Sight Group 4" radius, Personal Immunity (+1/4); IIF (Ring 4; -1/4) 5 3u 5) "The Ring of Celestial Light": Sight Group Flash 5d6, Area Of Effect (6" Cone; +1); No Range (-1/2), IIF (Ring 5; -1/4) 5 120 Total Powers Cost

Re: weird villain concepts it also reminds of the mentalist persian in a Powerpuff Girls episode.

Re: Character review: Lillith Seeker ghosts: Mind scan, maybe with the "visible" limitation Ghastly grasp I: Entangle, BOECV, take no damage from attacks, blocks t-port, cannot form barriers Ghastly grasp II: ranged continuous STUN Drain or continuous NND energy blast. apparitions: Images, fixed effect

sorry if i've skipped something but i don't find the answer to a question : i found this in the FAQ Q: Is Missile Deflection just an “extension†of Block, so that you could perform Blocks and Missile Deflections in the same Segment as part of a unified defense? A: No. Missile Deflection functions using mechanics similar to Block, but it’s not an “extension†of Block per se. Both Block and Missile Deflection are Attack Actions, and as such end a character’s Phase. Combat Skill Levels that affect Block do not automatically apply to Missile Deflection, though some may depending on how they’re defined. now you have "Missile Deflection" purchased with a "concentration" limitation on it. As MD uses the same mechanics than block (11+DCV ...) but is not block ... which DCV must i use for missile-deflecting purpose ? - my normal DCV - my DCV modified by the "Concentration" limitation (1/2 or 0)

Re: Favorite Abuse my worst : a "booster" adjustement power (aid, absorption, succor) with the "can add adders" advantages and another power with a 2x effect for 5 pts. (duplication being the first to come to mind (absorption vs PD to duplication, can add adders: Marvel's Multiple Man is there) One of my players once tried to come with the following combo : - desolidification - summon, affects real world. summoned beings are - invisible to sight, hear and mental sense group - can X-D themselves back to their world with several levels of "increased mass" - have a lot of levels in martial grab... another classic is the NND, Does Body, 0 END, continuous, uncontrolled, increased maximum range (several times), no range penalty, 1 pip RKA. for something like 5 pts base and 30 to 50 active points, all you've got to do is install quietly your PC at a long distance, shoot again and again and wait. if the target spots you, just run away a bit further.

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Re: Challenge: "Pope" as a Package Deal Trained humans (50 pts each) : I don't know their number however. armored but slow and unaesthetics : 10 pts For the social lims OK (public ID) but i think we're heading right to the flame war if we discuss Psychological lims ...

Re: Superhero Pope: Ridiculous or Sublime? "John-Paul II and the Raiders of Lost Arc", "J.P. II and Silent bob strike back", "John Paul II: the musical" along with the TV show "John-Paul II, Vampire Slayer" are likely to be directed by Joss Whedon very soon. Or so i heard.

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Re: How would you build this If you can get a look at Arcane Adversaries, check the write up for HellRider. He has something like this.

Re: Premonition? Claisentience * base sense group is sight group (20pts), * hearing group (+10pts) * precognitive (+20pts) + 0 END: +1/2 - no conscious control (-2) - vague and unclear (-1/2) Base points : 50 pts Active points : 75 pts Total points : 21 pts

Re: What's the most ridiculous PC you've ever been subjected to? One of my players, last year, came to me with the following concept after watching too much "a simple life" : Basically his character was a duo (duplication for playing two characters instead of one) : A girl clearly based on Paris Hilton and a little french poodle named "Boobie". Basically at any hint of danger, the girl was fainting and immediatly turn unconscious. This triggered the multiform of the little poodle into a four-armed, three meter-tall werewolf almost permanently berzerk. The other players forced this player to give up this concept after she/it kills two thirds of the team in a test fight.

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Re: Pirate (17th Century Caribbean) Resources my best : http://www.piratesinfo.com/ also http://www.scotwars.com/html/narra_buccaneers.htm and a page with some good links : http://www.cln.org/themes/pirates.html

Re: DinoMite I was seeing DinoMite to actually double-cross Teleios and conquer Britain for himself but i haven't find the time to refine the idea. (humans are so tasty) Keep Charles from marrying Camilla. No sane genetician could allow those two to breed.

Re: Please Suggest Names for a Hulk Tribute Character The Infraggable Klunk ...

Re: Reincarnation Power Since the original body is nothing but a soulless shell; i guess there's no way to resurrect the cat by using a resurrection spell on it. IFAIK, the resurrection power would do it fine. "nines lives" Healing (1 BODY/turn) * resurrection (condition of death to define) + 0 END, Persistent +1 + full IPE +1 - Self only -1/2 - delayed return rate (full body in 2 months see according to the cat's Body) - Only to come back from death -1 - Side effect (amnesia till full body recovered) -1 "metempsycosis" a) Teleportation + Megascale (see according to your needs) +3/4 + Trigger (fixed: at death) +1/4 + 0 END +1 - Only to the nearest kitten -1/2 shapeshift (sight group, smell/taste group, touch group) to single form (kitten) - only after a T-Port -1/2 - one charge of 2 months (charge recovered at the death of this body: difficult to recover) Otherwise, you can built the spirit as a computer and the cat body as a automaton; it's also a classic way to do it.

Re: Two that make one Probably more something like "Captain Planet" than Firestorm IIRC. If this character is a NPC : Give them both Let's call ... The Force !! Mind link (single mind) * no line of sight required * psychic bond (?) - Only with other w/mind link (-1) - Only to activate "the force" (-1) And then summon Let's call ... The Force !! Summon (character xxx total pts) + Slavishly loyal +1 - Only when both characters concentrate: -1/4 to -1/2 - One summoned creature for the two characters : -1/2 If the character is a PC. the construct above is still valid but there's other problems : - Are Abby and Betty played by the same player ? - who will play "the Force" ? the GM (Summon) or the player (Duplication) ? Case 1 : one player for Abby, one player for Betty, the GM plays Force => like NPC Case 2 : one player for Abby and Betty, the GM plays Force => like NPC but he'd also have to take (IMHO) Duplication (To Abby/Betty) + Altered duplicate +1/4 to +1/2 - Cannot recombine (-0) so he'd play the pair. Case 3 : one player for Abby, Betty and Force "i'm Abby and my friend is Betty" Duplication (To Abby/Betty) + Altered duplicate +1/4 to +1/2 - Cannot recombine (-0) Let's call ... The Force !! Mind link (single mind) * no line of sight required * psychic bond (?) - Only with other w/mind link (-1) - Only to activate "the force" (-1) Let's call ... The Force !! Duplication(2) (One character xxx total pts) + Altered Duplicate 100% +1 + Ranged recombination +1/2 - Only when both characters concentrate: -1/4 to -1/2 - One duplicate for the two characters : -1/2 - Feedback (??) on both characters: -1/2 NB: Normally this kind of construct would require a shared power i.e. a power whose cost is shared between different characters, and thus only able to activate when the different characters are in physical contact (check "The Ultimate Vehicle" if you can). As it's only a mental contact required; i don't think it would work.

Re: Where do superpowers come from? Two main possibilities : a) something purely accidental or natural something deliberate a) Usually it implies some event with worldly consequences (unless you want a very localized setting) - Lord Liaden already came with the idea of reality warping pulses. Similarly the CU has its "mana waves". - The "big thing crashes on Earth" already mentioned : a meteor (or at least something the characters call "the Flash") in "Rising Stars", a falling satellite in "Aberrant". As you say that some superhumans may have existed throughout history; it might not be the solution. - A virus like in Wildcards (i don't know this setting a lot, i fear) - A chemical incident (Static Shock) something deliberate. - A alien race once manipulated humanity's DNA thousands of years ago. a evil corporation discovers the truth and decides to unlock the genetic blocks so humanity can develop superpowers. (Un)fortunately things went AWOL (virus spread in earth atmosphere, satellite randomly fires its activation rays...) and superpowers appear randomly within the population (freely inspired from Guyver). - A government (but it implies to see superpowers only appear in a small area) - Symbiotes : the superpowers actually come from some kind of microscopic living beings (prions for example) who recently crashed on earth. When one of these prions found a host, it randomly mutates the poor sod into something else (it implies that paranormals are usually ugly ... and possibly contagious ...) my 2 euros: