Sociotard

Re: Character Posting Game: Restart

I'm done! Buwahahahahaha!

The Dark Patriot

The Dark Patriot

Skills

Perquisites

35 Wife (what he calls his gun): 2d6 RKA (15) +1/2 AP +1/4 Autofire (3 shot burst) -1 OAF +1/4 (4 clips of 16 charges) +5 OCV -1 Focus

Disadvantages

15 enraged by anti-american behavior (flag burning, etc. Uncommon, 8- to become enraged, 8- to recover)

20 Hunted by United States (he's a rogue, mo pow, kill, 8-, extensive NCI)

20 Hunted by Countless terrorists, drug cartels, etc (as pow, kill, 14-)

10 Psych lim: Vengeful

20 Psych Lim: Paranoid

10 Reputation: Dangerous Vigilante 11-

15 3d6 Unluck

30 Dependence - Goes nuts if he doesn't have his parents picture with him (difficult to obtain new picture, incompetence, 1 Turn)

10 X2 damage from bee stings (allergic)

Total disadvantage points: 150

Experience needed: 14 points.

While he was attending military school, Geoffrey Tucker watched his parents die. That's actually not surprising, because the whole nation watched it happen on broadcast television. His father, a renouned diplomat, had been taken hostage, and murdered by an extremist group in Southern Europe. Geoffrey was, understandably, traumatized. He began walking around campus holding a photograph of his parents, a habit that grew into a psychological dependence. He began training in a variety of military arts, preparing for the day he would make the terrorists of the world pay for what they did to his family and to his country. When he was 25, he stole a top secret military chopper, and disapeared. He began to attack known terrorist bases, using his prodigious talent to deadly effect. He also turned into something of a pirate. When he attacked a drug cartel or killed an arms smuggler, he used the 'spoils of war' to further his cause, including a dose of experimental super-soldier serum. Over the years, other men, mostly former special ops members who felt the government lacked the spine to do what was necessary, began to join him, greatly aiding his quest for justice.

Quote: "The time for diplomacy is over. I should know. I watched him die."

Next Challenge: Create the most hard-to-take-care-of dnpc possible.

Re: Character Posting Game: Restart

I was just chipping away at "The Dark Patriot". He's a patriotic terrorist fighter (ala captain america) that likes to opperate "outside the rules" and be moody, like batman. Hoo, boy, Those points add up fast. I was gonna give him a neat gun and super sheild, but, um, I'm already waaay over 350. here, I'll post what I got, but I need to run. I'll fix him later.

The Dark Patriot

*edit* See the finished work below

Re: Memory And Flash?

Interesting comments, especially

With senses' date=' it's easy to figure out what happens when you are affected by Darkness or a Flash. It's not even open to discussion. But one of the original questions that started this thread is "what happens?" If you don't know, it's probably not a sense you are working with.[/quote'] But then, Memory aside, what happens if we flash clairsentience.

I could reasonably declare Find Weakness a Sense because it detects areas of weakness in a target's DEF that can be exploited. Except that it doesn't work like a Sense or is even used like a Sense. [/Quote] And yet page 85 of FREd lists the following as being sensory powers:

• Clairsentience
  
• Enhanced Senses (such as n-ray vision, sonar, hrrp, etc.)
  
• Find weakness
  
• Mind Scan
  

And the following Sense-Affecting Powers:

• Darkness
  
• Flash
  
• Images
  
• Invisibility
  

Should all of the latter affect all of the former? Could any of the former affect all of the latter? Or do Sense affecting Powers only fiddle with Enhanced and Normal Senses? I can see how memory in general should usually be handled with mental powers and transforms, but as long as this can of worms is open, why not take a look at how Sensory powers in general are affected by sense affecting powers.

Re: Ninja Hero Review At ENWorld

Am I the only one bothered by the fact that this is a published review, and yet displays the grammatic grace of a one-legged duck? Maybe the author did this for free, in which case it's fine. Who'd bother proof-reading something that didn't really matter? yeah, that's gotta be it.

Re: Fiddling With 6th - Skills (first of ??)

All I can say is "How long before Steve puts out The Ultimate Skill?" Skills really are underused in many campaigns, and this would help counter that.

Re: Character Posting Game: Restart

What was I thinking? Well, I kept it as vague as I could to give everyone their freedom, but if you want specifics . . . I originally thought of a guy with lots of skills with an activation roll (he has to sort though a lot of memories), throw in some martial arts, mental shape shift, Presentience (sees their memories) and variable psych limitations (one day he has one ancestors cleptomania, the next hydrophobia, or hatred of frenchies, etc). He occasionally slips and starts speaking ancient tongues. Once in a great while, he may forget who he is and believe he is a viking marauder or some such thing (berzerk). He might be able to do this to other people. I envisioned him taking their pulse (the blood-ancestory mythography) and doing a presentience or something. Which is why he has a dog that has a similar schtick (he's unlocked all the dogs memories, so there's someone in the world who can empathise with him).

This is a character I've mused about, and never felt like stating out.

Re: Memory And Flash?

I prefer Darkness to memory. People see me and interact with me' date=' but they forget me as soon as I leave their presence. [/quote']

Ah, but this is not Darkness. This is invisibility.

Great idea! I will steal that...makes for good mental protection but with some timing limitations and various plot possibilities. Thanks very much!

Do you want to write it up for the USPD or should I?

Re: Chemical Compound names

Propylene Glycol (rocket fuel)

Methelene Chloride (I spilled some on my lab gloves once. They started to bubble right before my eyes. I took off those gloves real quick)

Hexanol (stinky)

Methanol (makes you go blind)

Trans-cinnamic Acid

Re: Memory And Flash?

I think we all just found out why GamePhil chose his avatar.

Re: Character Posting Game: Restart

I forgot about the Automaton rules.

 

Actually anything would do I would just like a non-piloted construct of some sort to compare to my ideas of a Xorn Warstrider.

 

Hawksmoor

Archaeologists in northern India have uncovered long snake-like mecha. Until the alien inscriptions are deciphered, they are being called "Naga Sahana", sanskrit for 'Mighty Snakes'. The controls are extremely sensitive, as the things appear to have been intended for beings with reflexes far more honed than our own. Any human attempting to pilot one is advised to install a governor on the controls.

Naga Sahana

Movement Powers:

Attack Powers:

1d6+1 RKA AoE radius ×2 and 2d6 Sight Flash

Explosion -1d6 per 4†and 2d6 Hearing

Flash Explosion -1d6 per 4â€

first 1†of length are in the tail

Other Powers:

*EDIT*

I forgot He wanted it to be autonomous. uh, slap a computer on it.

mastuluGga (Meaning 'Brain')

And my challenge is: A guy with access to all the skills/ memories/ talents/ etc. of his ancestors.

Re: Towel - Shout out?

Well, the books writeup of a towel was a very low-level towel, such as might be found on our own mostly-harmless world. A more highly developed towel can be soaked in nutrients to sustain its bearer like a field ration. It could be made wet and coiled to form a weapon known as a 'rat tail'. It can be draped over ones head to avoid detection by the Ravenous Beast of (I forget where), which believes that if you can't see it, it can't see you.

I also loved the "Sonic Screwdriver" Shout out to the Dr. Who series.

Re: Memory And Flash?

My concept was a memory supressing drug. Throw in a trigger (as soon as the last injection wears off) and this'd be a fun toy for a secret orginization.

1) Flash is a Sense-Affecting Power.

2) Clairsentience is a Sensory Power.

3) Eiditic Memory is built as a form of Clairsentience.

Does this mean Memory can be thought of as a sense in general? Can I flash it? What happens if it is flashed?

Re: 5th Edition News

suh-weeeeeet! My current copy is still good, but this is certainly something to look forward to.

Re: missile deflection for ego attacks

5pts -- can deflect Mind Control & Mental Illusions

10pts -- can deflect Telepathy

15pts -- can deflect Mind Scan and most BoECV

20pts -- can deflect Ego Attacks and any remaining BoECV attacks.

Re: This clown deserves a Writeup.

Re: Authority, we just need a few good men.

I'm really only familliar with marvel, or more accurately, spiderman. I have a few thoughts though. . .

Tony Stark has already dabbled in politcal matters, so I could see Iron Man getting involved.

Do you know how many Lawyers sit in Congress? Daredevil could get into this.

Captain America . . . I'm not sure. He does have strong political views.

Re: Cheese Check

Well, the sonic booms thing would require another power writeup, obviously.

The last time I wrote up a speedster, I went with NCM. It was just more convenient than megascale was.

(hoody hoo! I've hit 500 posts!)

Re: This clown deserves a Writeup.

He carries Bowling balls, meat cleavers, torches, hatchets and chainsaws (for juggling)

He has sleight of hand 14- (he knows lots of majic tricks)

He has 5 vehicles (2 big trucks and one little clown car, a unicycle, and stilts)

He has a buffalo he rides, and a small dog that knows lots of tricks (2 followers)

Dave Barry linked me to this. I'm thinking he'd make an amusing adversary for the Black Harlequin.

Re: Silliest Disadvantage Ever

The distinctive features with taste thing would be interesting in a character with a cassanova-like character.

Character A has Power X with the Usable by other advantage (+1/4 level). Usually, that means Power X could be used on a 100 kg object (the weight of 1 man in hero terms). However, Character A is nowhere near that (due to shrinking or physical disadvantage: small size). Can Character A still use Power X on a 100 kg object, or only objects her weight?

Re: Villain: The Biggest fan

Add Distinctive Features: Body Odor.

Re: Hellboy Write-up

Under fireproof, you have the limitation "only against fire/heat/electricity" as being a -1/2 limitation. I'd say -1/4 if anything. After those three, there just aren't that many attacks that do energy damage.

Re: Sand Powers

Don't bother with invisibility. Just use concealment (only in certain environments)

How about a dispel gizmo? Ever try to use sensitive electronics when there's sand flying around?

How about a create sandstorm? It'd be huge, but fun.