Kikaida

My character costumes... That's really depended on the character and the genre. For example here are some of my '4 color' campaign characters. Thunderstar (veteran energy projecter and team leader) wears a black white and gold full bodysuit with gold mirrored goggles. Menace (psionic with a demonic appearance) wears a short black dress-type bodysuit with cutouts for her wings. Other 4-color characters like Earthshock (earth elemental brick) and Sentaiga (biomechanically armored and augmented martial artist) don't really have costumes, since their super forms 'form over' their clothes so Earthshock looks like a 12 ft tall rock-man with veins of glowing magma and Sentaiga sort of looks like a Japanese live-action superhero . One thing about my 4-color charas, most have some form of Instant Change/Transformation ability. Not really sure why, but it's just happened that way. Characters that were more DarkChampions wore closer to real clothes. Nightshade (a Robin Hood-esque thief) wears a black bodysuit with grip-pads (Clinging) and a tricked-out facemask. The Junk Man (gadgeteer vigilante) was the most practical in real world terms: Football and BMX pads and kevlar and a hard helmet. He looked like a Road Warrior extra. And then there was Cheetah Saint Creon (speedster martial artist) from a campaign based on the anime series Saint Seiya. Like the characters in that show he had a bodysuit/armor combination with more of a superhero look. As far as things like capes go, I don't think I've ever created a character who wears a cape in battle, but Creon would when addressing dignitaries and deities. I don't think I care for it too much when someone builds and plays a character that doesn't fit into the genre and particularly won't wear a costume. That's just being a lazy player in my book. At least make an effort!

erm...yeah, exactly... I was hoping someone would bring that up, Brandi- I happened to see the Thing suit up close at the Los Angeles BiMonSciFiCon and I'm 5'8" and I could look it in the eye... As far as special fx and superheroes go, the cost can't be THAT high in todays era of digital graphics on the cheap. Heck, that Mutant X show has to cost, what, a buck and a quarter an episode? C'Mon!! +++++ Kikaida "Double Chop! Giant Swing Throw! THE END!"

LMAO! Too funny! Thanks for bringing that up, J4y! So is that a 3d6NND Flash and 2pt Immunity vs bland food? Hey, how about Bob's KeyTool 'Glitch' from ReBoot? That could be just about anything... ---------- Kikaida "You got Soul!"

OK, This has kind of been lingering in the back of my mind since 4th Ed. Can Sense-affecting powers (Flash, Darkness, Entangle stops given sense, Images) affect senses not listed in the Sense Groups, like your Temporal Sense (the feeling of passing time) or your Kinesthetic Sense (the knowledge of your body motion and limb position)? I would have included Touch, but now touch is listed in FREd. Thanks for the input! ----- Kikaida "Double Chop! Giant Swing Throw! The END!"

Not quite the Nebula fan club, but... I'm with you, Hermit- I like Nebula's concept too. She's basically Rom: Spaceknight without the Dire Wraiths to send to limbo (and leave a body-shaped pile of ashes... always wondered about that...) Besides the 'inescapable Duress' sounds a little too much like 'the unsinkable Titanic'. Just wait until the forces of Istvatha V'Han, Empress of a Billion Dimensions adds that little timeshare to her holdings... ----- Silly rabbit, Sigs are for frequent posters...