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  3. Colossus

    in Champions

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    Re: Colossus

     

    It is my understanding that an attack had to do body damage to cause Knockback.

     

    Perhaps I may be of assistance. Yes, an attack does need to do BODY damage to cause Knockback. So attacks that don't do BODY--most NND attacks, for example--don't cause Knockback. Attacks that have the potential to cause BODY damage, like standard EBs, KAs, or punches, can also do Knockback as a result.

     

    Here's the critical bit: a character does not need to suffer BODY damage from an attack to take Knockback from it.

    Example I: My version of Colossus has 20 DEF and an average 12d6 attack would be worth 12 BODY and 42 STUN. So if he was hit with an attack like this he would take 0 BODY and 22 STUN. Apply his Damage Reduction and he ends up taking 11 STUN from the attack. No BODY damage got through so Knockback was not caused by the attack.

     

    Standard, Resistant, and even Hardened Defenses have no effect on Knockback. The only things that affect Knockback, if I recall correctly, are Density, Growth, and Knockback Resistance.

     

    Let's take look at your example above. Your version of Colossus would, indeed, take 11 STUN and no BODY from the attack. However, Knockback is determined independently of all that. Let's say this attack was a punch thrown by another brick--Arclight, for example. After tallying the STUN and BODY, Arclight's player rolls two additional dice. Let's say she rolls 7. She subtracts this from the BODY total to get 5" of Knockback (12 - 7 = 5). Assuming that Colossus has one level each of Growth and Density Increase, as suggested by some of the other builds, we factor those into the Knockback calculation as well: Growth gives -1" Knockback/Level and Density Increase gives -1"/level. So, in the end, you end up with a total of 3" Knockback that Piotr takes from the attack (5 - 1 - 1 = 3).

     

    In short, you can do Knockback to a character without getting any BODY through their defenses. For example, I remember a fight between several of Colossus' teammates and Juggernaut. Juggy hit Rogue and sent her flying several hundred feet (and through a stone fence, as I recall). Rogue spent the trip shouting "Ow-ow-ow-ow-OW-ow-ow...", but when she got up, she had no bruises, broken bones, or other impairing injuries. In other words, she'd taken a lot of Knockback--enough to send her trough a stone fence--but had taken no BODY damage.

     

    I hope that helps.

  6. Superhero Images

    in Champions

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    Re: Superhero Images

     

    I used Daz Studio' date=' a free 3d art package available from www.daz3d.com - which I prefer to the more advanced (and expensive!) Poser software. There are people on these boards using Daz Studio far better than I however, I am just a hobbyist.

     

    Thanks for the tip. I think I'll download it and play with it myself. Rep to thee!

  7. test.

    in Champions

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    Re: test.

     

    There's?? a test oh my god I didn't study!!!! please don't let it be on algebra arggggghhhh

     

    Holy cow, you sound just like my 2nd period class!

     

    That's not a good thing, by the way.... :D

  9. Colossus

    in Champions

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    Re: Colossus

     

    Yeah, trying to build someone like Colossus on 350 would be a bugger, even with the OIHID limitation.

     

    I'd always pictured Colossus with a STR around 70.

  11. NGD Scenes from a Hat

    in Non-Gaming Discussion

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    Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat

     

    NT: The best way you can think of to quit your current job.

     

    "Of the eight of you in this class, three of you will end up on welfare, two of you will spend most of your lives in jail, one of you will be a college dropout, one of you will join the Army and be dishonorably discharged, and one of you will most likely shoot yourself and save your spouse the trouble. I'm SO outta here."

  15. NGD Scenes from a Hat

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    Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat

     

    NT: Bad effects of typographical errors in the writing of poetry about Unicorns.

    Folks from Roanoke, Richmond, and Blacksburg start chasing after the poor critters because they remember reading about how a unicorn can only be ridden by a Virginian.

     

    New Topic: Roses are red, violets are blue, ___________________________.

  21. test.

    in Champions

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    Re: test.

     

    Ignore it? He don't know us vewy well' date=' do he? Hell let's rep him for it![/quote']

     

    I agree. Pile the rep on him! :D

     

    Bloody right. Repped! :D

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