McCoy

Actually, I was on the Grand Jury. We did see the vic's Book of Shadows, detailed notes on his occult experiments. Both he and the perp believed that he could cast the spell, we decided the victim was guilty of attempted homocide, and was shot during the attempt by his intended victim. (Classic law school example, Alex breaks into Bryan's house and empties a gun into Bryan, autopsy shows Bryan died of a heart attack half an hour earlier. Alex is still guilty of attempted homocide even though it was impossible for him to kill Bryan.) Evidence suggest it was also with the victim's gun, the gun disappeared between him being shot and the paramedics showing up. Yes, the magic phrase if you shoot someone in Arizona is "I was in fear for my life." Say it often, say it both before and after you are Mirandaed, say it to reporters as well as police.

"Pass the Vegetables Please," the super powers from ratioactive vegetables episode, is on TV Land today.

Maybe it's just the legacy of the Wild West but here in Tucson "reasonable" has a very elastic definition. One case a few years back one man shot another, who died several hours later, and pled self defense. Victim was trying to cast a spell on the perp. Grand Jury didn't indite.

Basic principle: anyone can use deadly force in defense of self or others. If they have witnesses that will testify the villian shot first, or threatened to shoot first, they escape the worse consequences. However, woe be unto them if a bystander gets wounded/killed in the crossfire. Area effects or bounced attacks may be seen as wrecklessly endangering bystanders. In my world, Citizen's Arrest has been slightly expanded. Anyone may detain anyone a person other than a Law Enforcement Officer who demonstrates a power, device or weapon that could reasonably be interpeted as capible of Deadly Force. (In RL, you need to witness a felony to make a citizens arrest.)

Disads would be difficult. No DNPC's, no rep, no hunteds, no rival unless it was a PC; would have to lean toward Psych crocks and Physical crocks. Also makes a difference if they were stranded accidently, shanghied by the FPB, or voluntiered.

Multipower. Buy 0 END on the base points (and always on if desired), then a slot for each effect.

Personally, real world tech, I'd allow it on a 3 point perk. But if your GM wants it detailed: Cost Power END 4 Cell phone with digital camera & internet access: Multipower, 25-point reserve, all slots: (25 Active Points); Independent (-2), OAF Fragile (-1 1/4), Requires A INT Roll (-1), Gestures (-1/4), Concentration (1/2 DCV; -1/4), Extra Time, Only to Activate Constant or Persistent Power (Full Phase; -1/4), Real Tech (-1/4) 1u 1) Telephone: Mind Link (Specific Group of Minds, those with telephones or net access; Any distance, No LOS Needed) (25 Active Points); Only With Others Who Have Mind Link (-1) 1u 2) Digital Camera: Sight Group Images, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (15 Active Points); Only to show recorded scenes (-1) 1u 3) Internet Access: Eidetic Memory (5 Active Points); only information on the net or stored in phone (-1) Powers Cost: 7

I have run Foxbat as a Hero. Invoking Venerabel Comic Book Cliche #16 ("any suffucently popular villian will reform and get their own title") in one campagine he actually organized and sponsored the PC hero team. (They went along with most of his suggestions, but balked at being called "Foxbat and his Fabulous Friends." This gave me an NPC who is just plain fun to run, could go into combat along side the PC's but have no danger of over shadowing them. Foxbat as an ally is far more frightening than Foxbat as a foe.

I thought of doing that in D&D, a necromancer standing on top of a massive fossil bed when he cast animate dead, but never got around to it.

Just saw this in the checkout line. Weekly World News, the GM's newspaper of record.

Slug, trying to get additional servants of the Elder Worm to assist him in his quest to return his Masters to their former glory, steals an experimental time machine. Attempts to bring half a dozen, um targets forward from Worm Time. But did I mention this was an experemental time machine? Machine incorrectly calibrated, brought them forward from Lizard Time instead of Worm Time. Slug then either turns them loose as no use to him, or uses them as a diversion to cover museum robbery of the Artifact he needs to properly callibrate time machine.

Re: Religious reason to be a superhero? Mark 12:28 And one of the scribes came, and having heard them reasoning together, and perceiving that he had answered them well, asked him, Which is the first commandment of all? 29 And Jesus answered him, The first of all the commandments is, Hear, O Israel; The Lord our God is one Lord: 30 And thou shalt love the Lord thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul, and with all thy mind, and with all thy strength: this is the first commandment. 31 And the second is like, namely this, Thou shalt love thy neighbour as thyself. There is none other commandment greater than these. That's the King James, the exact wording may be different in an Orthodox, but I think that answers the question.

That's why I megascaled it to the solar system, not just the planet, and added the radiation resistance. Space flight becomes easier when you don't have to worry about solar flares.

Start with the Life Support from the "Design your power" thread. Never enough hours in the day, so go with duplicates. 8 sounds good, that way no one has to do the housework twice in a week. Take the altered duplicates option, each duplicate has the points the original spent on the Life Support to be assigned to skills later. Psychic Bond between the duplicates. Small cosmic power pool for enhanced senses, healing, transformation, other useful powers. A hundred points on characteristics. Overbudget. Put the Powers into an unbreakable focus, a poor man's power ring. Few points here and there to fill out, assign disads. Way of Eight Player: Val Char Cost 18 STR 8 18 DEX 24 18 CON 16 10 BODY 0 18 INT 8 18 EGO 16 20 PRE 10 20 COM 5 4 PD 0 4 ED 0 4 SPD 12 8 REC 0 40 END 2 30 STUN 2 6" RUN02" SWIM00 1/2" LEAP-3Characteristics Cost: 100 Cost Power END 71 Duplication (creates 8 350-point Duplicates), Altered Duplicates (1/4 of Duplicate's points spent differently; +1/4) (106 Active Points); OIF Unbreakable (-1/2) 14 Mind Link (Specific Group of Minds, duplicates; Any distance, Number of Minds (x8), Psychic Bond) (35 Active Points); Only With Others Who Have Mind Link (-1), OIF Unbreakable (-1/2) 41 Life Support (Eating: Character only has to eat once per week, Immunity: All terrestrial diseases and biowarfare agents, Immunity: All terrestrial poisons and chemical warfare agents, Longevity: Immortal, Safe in High Radiation, Safe in Intense Cold, Safe in Intense Heat), Limited Power, humans, companion animals & endangered species only (Power loses less than a fourth of its effectiveness; +0), Usable By Other (+1/4), Area Of Effect Nonselective Target (One Hex; +1/4), Megascale (1" = 100 billion km; +3) (144 Active Points); Independent (-2), OIF Unbreakable (-1/2) 90 Variable Power Pool, 45 base + 45 control cost, Cosmic (+2) (112 Active Points); OIF Unbreakable (-1/2) 0 1) Healing 4d6 (max. Healed Points: 24) (40 Active Points) Real Cost: 40 4 0 2) Transform 3d6 (Major) (45 Active Points) Real Cost: 45 4 0 3) N-Ray Perception (Discriminatory, Increased Arc of Perception: 360-Degree) (20 Active Points) Real Cost: 20 Powers Cost: 216 Cost Martial Arts Maneuver 4 Martial Block: 1/2 Phase, +2 OCV, +2 DCV, Block, Abort 4 Martial Disarm: 1/2 Phase, -1 OCV, +1 DCV, Disarm; +10 STR to Disarm roll 4 Martial Dodge: 1/2 Phase, -- OCV, +5 DCV, Dodge, Affects All Attacks, Abort 4 Martial Escape: 1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, +0 DCV, +15 STR vs. Grabs 3 Martial Throw: 1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, +1 DCV, STR +v/5, Target Falls Martial Arts Cost: 19 Cost Perk 15 Money: Filthy Rich Perks Cost: 15 Total Character Cost: 350 Val Disadvantages 10 Distinctive Features: Openly Gay (Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses) 10 Social Limitation: Public ID (Occasionally; Major) 20 Psychological Limitation: Code vs. Killing (Common; Total) 20 Psychological Limitation: Wiill always try for nonviolent solution (Very Common; Strong) 20 Dependent NPC: Partner 14- (Normal) 20 Dependent NPC: Foster son 14- (Normal) 15 Dependent NPC: Mother 11- (Normal) 15 Dependent NPC: Sister 11- (Normal) 20 Normal Characteristic Maxima Disadvantage Points: 150 Base Points: 200 Experience Required: 0 Total Experience Available: 0 Experience Unspent: 0 Immortal, as is everyone I love, rich, I cured AIDS, and I'm the best looking and most persuasive Gay man in the solar system. That'll do. Save experience points for base, vehicle, and Brock Lesnar as a follower/sidekick.

Enforcer, by any chance did you take duplication?

Sounds interesting. Everyone who gets powers has a passion about using them? Sounds like there may be a psychic component, or that the power "chooses" proactive hosts. Are we talking the pre-War Superman, more powerful than a locomotive, leaps tall buildings in a single bound; or the Silver Age Superman, moves planets with his ring finger?

Just about any city over a hundred years old still has areas where the streets were laid out for horses, not autos. Consequently, many of those cities have mounted patrols because in certain traffic conditions they can provide a more rapid response than a car or motorcycle. Cities with regular large events, New York and New Orleans for example, also have mounted patrols that specalize in crowd control. When a horse moves you back, you move back.

Yes. All three.

Broken arrow... DON'T DO THAT! Um, I mean, please refrain from using "Broken Arrow" as a subject line. The phrase has a significance for some of us, and I almost had a friggin heart attack before I realized you were talking about Fantasy Hero.

In fantasy, sometimes characters take wounds that never fully heal (Froto had three). While less common in superheroics, I have a villian constructing a magic knife that will make a wound the Wolverine clone will not be able to shrug off overnight. I'm thinking of penetraiting HKA, linked to a very long continuing charge of supress aid. Any ideas? Thanking everyone in advance for their input.

Re: Tag! Sometimes you just need an excuse for an extended fight. A mutant, telepath/telekinetic with side effect (think Marvel's Chamber) seeks out the PC's. Has a precognative vision of being kidnapped and forced to use his/her power until he/she was killed by self inflicted side effects. Before plan can be formulated, Telepath/Telekinetic/Pyrokenetic character with firebird motiff breaches HQ security, grabs NPC, and teleports away, saying he/she has to collect others. PC's computers or contacts yield a list of NPC's that fit profile. PC's will be able to contact all of them, reach them before firebird does. Firebird will show up with kidnapped NPC's, now apparently mind controled, enraged, and attacking the PC's. NPC's will attack until they are one good push away from a fatal side effect, and will take defensive actions after that. (Not really enraged.) Firebird will try to con-stun anyone who can follow a teleporter, grab next NPC players are protecting, teleport away with all kidnapped NPC. After all NPC's have been collected, firebird taunts that they will await PC's at their HQ. Back at HQ, battle royal, all NPC's attack, pushing powers and side effects. Anyone with mental awareness will realize that the NPC's are oing neg BODY, but, strangely, not dying. When last NPC has gone neg BODY, firebird will stop, appologize to PC's and explain that the NPC's were new, transhuman life forms. Like a butterfly from a coocoon, or a Phoenix reborn, their physical bodies had to be burned away by their own powers to release the Pure Energy Beings wihin. The PC's have assisted in the metamorphasis of a new life form. Challenge: Gary Seven, Roberta Lincoln, and Isis, or He's a suicidal soccer-playing inventor with a secret, or She's a ditzy gypsy widow who don't take no sh*t from nobody.

Since Ben was in many ways Jack's alter ego, makes sense.

Could go on the INT roll rather than the raw score. -2 SD 1-2 9- -1 SD 3-7 10- mean 8-12 11- +1 SD 13-17 12- +2 SD 18-22 13- This covers IIRC 90% of the population. Personally, Derek's IQ/10 is good enough for me. Or if 100 IQ must equal 8, go with IQ/12.

No info on Standard Deviation on STR, but the modern Olympic records could be accomplished with a STR 20 with a 5-7 point push.

This is over and above the Code v Killing? I would say it is at least a 20 point disad. Remember, if he must always attempt a non-violent solution, he cannot attack from suprise, ambush, set a trap, strike first, use an insurance shot, OR allow any teammates to do any of the above. What's a Code of Chivalry worth in our campagine? Restrictions would be simular, just different source.