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I will be keeping The Thing (I don't want to change my avatar).  I already PMed the commish with my point expenditures.

I just listened to Tim Powers' On Stranger Tides.  Pirates, voodoo, treachery, sea battles, and puppets; what's not to love?  If you like pirate stuff or voodoo stuff, or historical fantasy in general this is worth a read.
I really do like Powers' writing style, and the reader of the audio book was superb.  I need to read more of his work, Drawing of the Dark is an old favorite and I remember really liking Anubis Gate even though I don't recall the story very well. 

Electric Blue, my character from our group's recent Mutants and Masterminds campaign drawn by Scott Harshbarger. 
Unlike most comic book electric power characters he is not an energy blaster.  He can shoot a big arch of lightning but it drains him and can even injure him if he uses it too much and it causes a lot of collateral damage. 
His suit is insulated which helps keep him from grounding himself out on the ground and accidentally EMPing nearby electronics and has wires running through it to help direct his electrical charge (in other words he does more damage in costume).  The copper disks are contact points he uses to attack and the two finger trick he is doing in the picture lets him function as a stun gun/taser incapacitating with less lethal force. 
Primarily a hand to hand fighter his basic tactic is to act like he is going to throw a punch and then simply touching the target (on arm if they attempt to block) (high chance to hit, low damage).  If he is fighting an automaton or a particularly tough super he may try to "Defib" them, placing both hands on the target and sending the energy from one hand to the other through something vital (low chance to hit, high damage).  He can also simply make it so his entire body is electrified, though this quickly drains his energy (the attack gets weaker each use and cause fatigue eventually).  He will often use his electric touch and attempt to grab or trip an opponent.  That way if he hits, even if they break free from his grab or keep their feet, he still does some damage.
He gets around the city by skating on telephone lines, power lines, and the metro rails. 

EDIT: His goggles are built into the suit and are mirrored copper colored to match the copper highlights on his suit.  The insulated suit is a bit rubbery, think the material from the first Spider-Man movies but with less texture. He originally tried a full face mask but found it too uncomfortable and it made him hard to hear since his com had to be built into the outer edge of his costume to avoid shorting it out.

EDIT: Picture broke.  Let's see if this works...

Can we have a rough idea of what this season's drafting limitations/themes are going to be like?  Might help me know if my planned theme is even possible or effect who I keep.

Incredible dexterity and attention to very fine detail is hardly the be all and end all of being a surgeon.

 

 

Some Combat Maneuvers provide a DCV bonus or penalty. For Dodge and Martial Dodge, the bonus applies to all attacks; for other Maneuvers, the modifier generally only applies to HTH Combat. However, for ease of game play, some GMs allow a Maneuver’s DCV modifier to apply to DCV generally (i.e., against all attacks, HTH or Ranged).

I think the use of the word generally makes it pretty clear that it's not an exhaustive list or universal statement. Most of the Maneuvers listed in the core books are HtH Maneuvers and thus it would make sense that the bonus or penalty would only apply to those they were fighting in melee.  But Haymaker and Bracing can both be used at Range.  Plus that quote is completed omitted from Fantasy Hero Complete (and I believe Champions Complete as well, but I don't have my copy on my to check) which supersede 6E1+2.  A poorly worded over-generalization does not a rule make.

Captain Marvel scares me.  She looks like she'd rather stomp on my crotch than fight crime

Why? She doesn't even look angry and even if she did why would you interpret it to be an emasculating attitude aimed at men instead of aimed at criminals?  Unless you are trying to invoke the "women with short hair = butch, man-hating lesbian" stereotype I don't understand what you are interpreting as looking "like she'd rather stomp on [your] crotch".

I'm pretty sure the penalties to DCV from Haymaker or Brace would apply to both HtH and Range, just like the bonus from Dodge applies to both. 

Marvel was able to sell the idea of Thor's cape to (mainstream) audiences with the notion that it was part of Asgardian royal/military fashion (kind of like the Spartan cloaks in The 300). Then again, he spends a lot of his solo movies without the cape.

 

I think the Vision's cape was, conceptually speaking, more of a gamble since it had no other explanation than its always been part of the character's design in the comics. Mainstream audiences were less likely to buy into it, but with Vision appearing so late in the movie, there was simply not enough time for viewers to get squirmy over it.

 

With Dr. Strange, he's going to be a solo character living in a milieu that is mundane at first, and then gets other-worldly as the film progresses. There will be no reason to put him into a "costume" of any kind until the third act, if at all. And if/when they do give him something reasonably sorceror-y to wear, I just don't think it will involve a large red cape and dark blue Asian-inspired silkware. If anything it will probably be black, neatly cut (like an Italian suit), and maybe accessorized with a black overcoat/duster. Maybe they'll have him wear a silky, dark blue shirt underneath a black vest, just as a nod to the more colorful elements of the classic costume, but I predict that's as far as they'll go. I'd love to end up wrong about this though.

If they keep his origin even remotely similar and have him learning magic in the "mystic orient" I see no reason why he wouldn't wear clothes of the culture (or more likely the uniform of the secret order) he is immersed in. 

If there is no reason to put him in a "costume" why would they put him in a suit with duster?  "Magicians wear dusters/long coats" is a urban-fantasy trope almost as played out as superheroes wearing capes. 

I'm not saying I think he'll look exactly like the comics, but if the audiences have accepted Thor in a cape and a giant walking tree and a talking racoon, I really don't see why they wouldn't accept the guy traveling between dimensions fighting a giant with a flaming head wearing a cape. 

The DCV from Dodge has always applied to all ranged and melee, hasn't it?

When you say "Stunned out" are you trying to refer to Stunned, Knocked Out, or both?

I think the first person to perfect a large scale "dispel protective magics" spell will end up very rich or very dead in short order. 
 

Yes.

That's certainly how DC would approach it...

At this point it sounds more like how FOX would deal with it if FF is any indication.

Everyone is NOT automatically immune to their own powers unless others built. Otherwise Reflection would be worthless. If people were immune to their own effects by default there would be no need for Personal Immunity.

That's where you block the attack using the body part your opponent was aiming at to begin with.

That's obviously not what he meant when he used the phrase.  He capitalized it along with other game terms like Block and Breakfall and although I had to ask multiple times he already stated what he actually meant.

 

 

Aol.com's front page reports 91 year old woman thought she was having a tumor removed from her stomach. It was not a tumor.

CES

So what was it? A baby? An organ? If you're nor going to link the article at least finish the thought.

That is one of my favorite running gags from that show.

DVC is all good.

 

Casual uses of powers cannot be used to lesson damage.

 

Blocking cancels damage.

You have a book reference for that rule?

My first thoughts are that Block is not a Power, it is a Maneuver.  There is no such thing as a Casual Block which is why I was a bit confused when you said they are not allowed and then defined them as DCV.

While not negating Damage, Casual use of a Characteristic or Power can be used to lessen the Effect of attacks such as Entangles or Grabs.  Most Defensive Powers are either active or not when you take Damage so a Casual use doesn't really make much sense, but I could see Casual use of an Attack Power negating Damage/Effects in the right circumstance (like a setting that allows Powers of opposing SFX to cancel each other out).

Watched season one of Wilfred (American version) on a friend's recommendation. It is a messed up show. I actually enjoyed it but it is super dark in places, the humor is often both grim and gross, and the show's namesake character is really an a-hole, even if he is a dog...

So when you said "Casual Blocks are verboten" you meant "DCV is verboten"?

 

If not, what DID you mean by that specific use of the term Casual Block, not what the term could be interpreted to mean "in a way"?

Damage from what table? 1d6 per 5 STR IS how you determine STR Damage.

What is a "Casual Block"?

She is, indeed. And I'm sure she's a perfectly fine actor. She's just not Jessica Alba.

Which is a good thing, right?

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