CrosshairCollie

It's been so long (and I think I've tried to block it out of my memory) ... for a while, I kept his character sheet and another guy's as examples of How Not To Build Characters. I think his entire character, all the way down to the Background Skills, was bought with a Focus. Without his Foci (and he had about 8 of 'em), he was a 0 point normal. And, of course, he was a Brick/Speedster/Energy Projector/Mentalist/Martial Artist. Fortunately, he couldn't wrap his brain around VPPs. And, of course, I had one big rule on Disadvantages ... I told EVERYBODY to be prepared to answer the question 'Why?' on every Disad on the sheet. They couldn't answer a single one. "Why do you only have one eye?" "He lost it." "How?" "Uh ...." "Why do you go Enraged when you hear a woman scream?" "Uh ..." You get the picture. As the phrase goes, they didn't create characters, they just created piles of points and abilities.

Local Jargon: 'Radland' During one epic confrontation, our group of heroes was fighting a high-powered super-sorcerer in and around an active volcano ... I think he was doing the ritual there. At any rate, during the battle, a character named Rad (radiation powered skateboarding kid) took a plummet and landed in the lava. He had enough rPD to not take Body, but he was knocked out by the lava's continual 4d6 Killing attack, with no hope of recover anytime soon. For no other reason than sheer boredom after that, he rolled the damage at appropriate times and applied it to himself. When all was said and done, he was at -542 Stun. We adopted the term 'Radland' when referring to being at any negative-triple-digits STUN total. It's made even funnier that one of the group's few fliers swooped down to him while he was still, perhaps capable of being rescued and recovering in a useful amount of time. Rather than pulling him out of the lava, the flying brick picked up Rad's body and used it like a bulldozer blade, trying to spray lava up at the bad guy! Teamwork? What's that?

If 4th Edition Ninja Hero is accurate, 'Yooso' is the Japanese word for The Elements.

From the description you gave of what happens to him when he fights, it definitely sounds like he DOES go Enraged. Enraged doesn't affect your mental abilities noticeably (you get mad, not stupid), you don't attack your allies, though you'll tear into your opponents with everything you've got. It also ensures all your levels go to OCV. (I've tried to explain this to people in D&D games over and over. Barbarian Rage is NOT Barbarian Stupidity! That's another class feature.) So, were it I ... Enraged: In Combat, set modifiers as appropriate, possibly with a GM 'gift' that enables him to make an Ego roll as complimentary to his Enraged check. (I.E. An 8- Enraged to start, make an Ego Roll by 3, it becomes an 11-) This simulates the ability to both will yourself to go berserk, as well as just losing control of yourself. Extra Strength, Extra Constitution, Extra Levels, and maybe even Damage Reduction STUN only, only when Enraged (-1/4 or -1/2). I'd let the STR and CON 'factor through' to PD, ED, REC, END, and STUN, myself.

Maybe, but you have to wonder if ulterior motives were involved when the mentalist's player bounces up and down in her chair, waving her arms and chanting, "I CAN HELP! I CAN HELP!" when the topic comes up ...

Argh ... trying to respond to this and my cats keep tromping over the bloody keyboard. >"< *mew* Anyway, yeah, I've done this. Some moderately flaky villain in an old game had agents called 'The Men In Bowlers', a set of finely dressed proper British gentlemen who carried umbrellas, and spoke like John Cleese. Of course, those umbrellas were hidden radiation guns that did 4d6 AP EKA. Got caught VERY flat footed and was VERY glad that character regenerated.

Closest we've ever come in most of my game is the team Mentalist teaching Mental Defense to the rest of the team by repeatedly blasting them with Ego Attacks until they go mercifully numb. *ZAP!* "Did that hurt?" "Yes." *Zap* "Did that hurt?" "Yes." *Zap* "Did that hurt?" "Yes." *ZAP!* "Did that hurt? ... Hello?"

Actually, there was a whole team called the Destruction Company in High-Tech; Power Tool, Live Wire, Chainsaw, Blowtorch (I think?), Countdown and Jackhammer. Does anybody else think Bulldozer should get a tag-team partner named Piledriver?

PUN WARNING! Last night's D'n'D game. Our party druid had been grappled by some ugly undead monstrosity, and as my action came up, I decided to lend aid, and as I swung my rather pathetic quarterstaff, my battlecry echoed through the evil temple ... "DON'T SQUEEZE THE SHAMAN!"

I'll take that as a compliment. Got curious about this thread for some reason, and went digging for it. Did these guys ever show up again?

Oh, man ... this looks like a fun one. I'd be tempted to give him a partner with an impossibly low DEX, who is a total klutz, thusly creating the team of: Thud And Blunder. Though, if you want something that starts with M, I'd be tempted to suggest 'Moron', with a negative INT.

"You have earned something few mortals ever have, hero. You have earned the undying enmity of Doctor Destroyer ... I could slay you here, and now with but an errant thought, and a wave of my mighty hand ... but I shall not. For you shall serve as an example to all fools who would dare oppose Destroyer. Such a pedestrian act is beneath the dignity of Destroyer ... go now, but let your nights be sleepless as the realization seeps into your pathetic brain. The realization that your fate is now in the hands of Doctor Destroyer, and all the world shall bear witness to your folly." In short, yeah, Dr. D COULD just float down and wipe you off the face of the planet in 2 segments, but a megalomaniac like him wouldn't do something so ... dull. It'd have to be a big production number, humilating him, belittling him, and rendering him utterly helpless until the coup de grace. Heck, with a little psychology applied, the heroes could probably trick Destroyer into letting them go! ("Go ahead, kill me ... anything's better than suffering this humiliation!" "You'd like that, wouldn't you?") One thing I do for characters, fairly often, is the idea of the "Campaign Hunted". It works best when the PCs are a member of a group that's been around a while, but with rotating membership or 'branch offices', like the X-Men/Force/Factor. Otherwise, I use it for frequently-occuring-Campaign-Villains who are going to be in the Heroes' hair from day one anyway, just because they're heroes. (VIPER springs to mind.)

You sick, twisted monkey. That's priceless.

Cybernetic reflex boosters? Early warning systems? Target trackers in the HUD? I believe, during the Secret Wars, Iron Man made reference to his 'new radar system and in-flight dodging computers' or something similar. It's all technobabble, but so long as it sounds good ...

Darn it, where's my book ... In the 'overview of powers' section, where it goes over powers by type, under Adjustment powers, isn't there an Advantage for Adjustment Powers that lets them affect Adders and Advantages? Isn't that pretty much perfect for adding the Double Knockback? Like that with another Aid to boost the damage output (rather than linking an EB, which would apply against defenses separately), and you're in business.

Super Heroes In Training? "What seems to be the trouble, ma'am?" "Who are you?" "Why, we're @.#.%.$." To use comic book swear words.

I've seen a Dex war, yes. High-powered 4e game (260 point characters with 18d6 max attacks:eek: ), and one 'speedster' had a 44 DEX (campaign max was 45). I put speedster in quotes because his combat move was only 10" (noncombat was another story). The war was started because, on every segment he acted (SPD 7), the GM would call out the Segment Number, and the player would say, every time, "I get to go first, because I have a 44 Dex." Thus prompting someone else to create a Dex 45 flier for the express purpose of saying 'Wanna bet?'. As far as Wolverine goes, I'd put him a full CV behind Spider-Man, maybe two. About on par with Captain America, Dex-wise, but not as many CSLs. Despite his bluster, he's not as good as Cap in a fight. I think last time I modelled them, Spidey was a 33, Cap a 29, and Wolverine a 26 Dex.

One I stole from the Gray Hulk: "This is your brain. This is my fist. This will be your brains ON MY FIST. Any questions?"

"You've recieved an anonymous tip." "From who?" "Do you need a dictionary or something?"

Armored Response: Special Enforcement-Heavy Ordinance/Law Enforcement.

I do if my character concept requires it ... all my Robots have full life support.

You know, we should stop ... these jokes are completely off-B.A.S.E. Of course, B.A.S.E. could have a villains opposite ... the Academy for Criminals, Insurgents, and Demolishers (A.C.I.D.). I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I have NEVER been able to pass up a pun.

This was in an old Marvel Superheroes Game (the better-than-people-give-it-credit-for SAGA system, with the Fate Deck rather than dice). At any rate, a buddy of mine was playing a character with Phasing, and I had Teleport and Invisibility. We were the espionage squad. The GM had a very ... linear way of doing things (both running games and playing), so was completely unable to come up with any way to stop us. Anyway, we're investigating a Sentinel outpost in the middle of the Nevada desert. Through some sneaky manipulations and sabotage, we managed to get all the human troops into their barracks (surprise inspections), and seal the barracks doors, locking them in. We then sent the Sentinels on a wild goose chase, and opened the gates for the rest of our teammates. A couple of minutes later, I looked at my friend, looked around, looked back to him, and said, "You know what this means, don't you? All Their Base Really ARE Belong To Us."

Y'know, somehow something looks wrong with that construction, but darned if I can put my finger on what it is. It's like it shouldn't work, but it does. I'd imagine that's similar to the construction someone like Mr. Fantastic would use when he goes really flexible and can ooze under doors ... hmm, maybe that's it, with that construction, he could technically squeeze through small openings.

Heh ... to think, when I clicked on this thread title, I thought it was referring to the speedster from the Freedom Force PC game. Someday, I gotta convert those characters to Hero5. But yes, this does look like a really nifty way to simulate hyper-speed.