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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
The Team's Big Amazon: I've mastered everything except the longbow.
Naive Caster: Why the longbow?
Big Amazon: *leans over deliberately* Do I really need to answer that?
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Re: Catalyst: A Champions campaign on Hero Central
Hm, okay, I think I can tone down the whimsy just a bit. I will warn you both that I am an unadulterated Looney, and I really like the concept (Former Teen Champion still hasn't gotten rid of her relatively embarrassing old ID).
For Linguistics, I was mostly using it in combination with Crypto for the ancient languages schtick. I'll see what languages I can take.
Taking the Armor that way removes the double and triple-dipping I had earlier, with the Psych Lim, Phys Lim, and DF, especially because the Armor is not Always On (she can be persuaded to remove her basic wards!).
I don't know quite what to do with the Resistant PD and ED; taking it out of the EC increases the cost of her flight- in the long run saving her nothing, while the changes you propose to Armor mean ten points have to come from somewhere and will lower my defense and skills in any case.
I'm planning on introducing other attack magic into the Multipower, which is why FW is for Magic Attacks in general.
I drew "Could Have Been A Model" off the Master List of Limitations, so it's negotiable.
I'll find two points for the SpellBook.
CON and BODY are 14 each, even, mostly because I dislike being Stunned. So I buy up my CON as high as I dare. I'll go ahead and lower my BODY to 10, and see where that takes us.
House is Haunted. More accurately, Housing Problems. That follow her. Whether it's the intelligent rodent life renting out her basement, the ghost that's constantly stealing her keys, or that one leaky pipe (you know the one), she lives in an old house that no one else wanted (which represents a considerable amount of her worldly wealth). Now she knows why and is dealing with it in the ways only a mage can. Of course, this takes some of her time away from adventuring.
Other than that, I think I'll go for Thebes.
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Re: Catalyst: A Champions campaign on Hero Central
Hm, I see what you mean... At the same time, I'm busy hacking away and revising anyway to see if I can get this all in...
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Re: Catalyst: A Champions campaign on Hero Central
I still need feedback on the background I sent you. It's a little sketchy as an origin story (it needs to be seriously fleshed out/revised, I know), but could I get more feedback other than the initial, please?
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Re: Teleporter - Only
AOE Strength Selective.
*poof poof poof* *whap whap whap* Three guys hit the floor.
Stretching (Does Not Cross Intervening Space, No Velocity Damage) For ultimate zwee-fighting.
AP on strength, to represent that you just teleported in the right position to really end someone.
Major Transform (Sighted person into Blind Person, AVLD (resistant Power Defense)) For those times you really want to stick a pencil in someone's eyes...
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Re: Side Effect (Reduces Physical Contact)
Understood. Thanks.
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I build a character with Armor. Armor is Persistent, but not Always On. Armor has the following (somewhat hard to explain) set of side effects:
The character's sense of touch is reduced. In short, if it doesn't cause actual damage, they can't feel it. According to the Master List of Limitations, this is a 15-point Phys Lim.
Second is an odd Distinctive Feature- because the special effect is a good conductor of energy, it's generally cold to the touch (like a metal pole at the same ambient temperature). As a result, so is the character, even though it is invisible otherwise.
These happen all the time when the power is on, so I know the limitation value is doubled, but I can't figure out if these are Minor, Major, or Severe.
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Re: Catalyst: A Champions campaign on Hero Central
Oh, and I did as you asked with Sgt. Pepper. I also explained a few of the odder disads in notes.
The concept at the heart of this is "Magical Girl becomes Sorceress-somewhat-Supreme, never finds time to give up old costume". The costume can change, but the idea is that it's supposed to be a little ridiculous (and not taken very seriously, even by the heroine herself).
Sergeant Pepper
Player:
Val Char Cost
13 STR 3
17 DEX 21
14 CON 8
14 BODY 8
18 INT 8
23 EGO 26
10 PRE 0
18 COM 4
3/28 PD 0
3/28 ED 0
4 SPD 13
14 REC 16
32 END 2
28 STUN 0
6" RUN 0
2" SWIM 0
2 1/2" LEAP 0
Characteristics Cost: 109
Cost Power
18 Mr. Kite's Abjuration: Elemental Control, 36-point powers
19 1) Force Field (15 PD/15 ED), Reduced Endurance (1/2 END; +1/4) (37 Active Points)
19 2) Flight 15", Reduced Endurance (1/2 END; +1/4) (37 Active Points)
20 Basic Wards: Armor (10 PD/10 ED) (30 Active Points); Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (Reduced Physical Sense; -1/2)
5 The World Bends To My Will!: Luck 1d6
5 Mental Wards: Mental Defense (10 points total)
30 I'll break your defenses with LOVE!: Find Weakness 13- with Magical Attacks
40 I'm not the best mage, but I'll have to do: Multipower, 40-point reserve
4u 1) Blackbird: Energy Blast 8d6 (40 Active Points)
2u 2) We Can Work It Out: Missile Deflection (Any Ranged Attack) (20 Active Points)
8m 3) Sgt. Pepper's Shield I: Force Wall (14 PD) (Alterable Size) (40 Active Points)
8m 4) Sgt. Pepper's Shield II: Force Wall (14 ED) (Alterable Size) (40 Active Points)
2u 5) It was twenty years ago today... : Cosmetic Transform 8d6 (Myself into Sgt. Pepper and back) (40 Active Points); Limited Target (Myself; -1)
13 The wonder of the Apple SpellBook- lightest digital tome on the market!: Variable Power Pool (Magic Pool), 10 base + 3 control cost, (15 Active Points); VPP Powers Can Be Changed Only With SpellBook (-1/2)
0 1) Magical Insight- Electronic Defenses: +5 with Cryptography (10 Active Points); Gestures (-1/4) Real Cost: 8
0 2) I'll just duck out then, shall I?: Teleportation 5" (10 Active Points) Real Cost: 10
0 3) Ooh, bad tear, that: Healing BODY 1d6 (10 Active Points); Limited Power Only to Mend Clothing (-2), Gestures (-1/4), Incantations (-1/4) Real Cost: 3
0 4) Hm, better set the Fresh Air Rune...: Life Support (Self-Contained Breathing) (10 Active Points); Incantations (-1/4), Gestures (-1/4) Real Cost: 7
0 5) Just a moment, a bit tuckered...: Aid REC 1d6 (10 Active Points); Concentration (0 DCV; -1/2), Gestures (-1/4) Real Cost: 6
0 6) The Lighter in the Thumb Trick: Killing Attack - Hand-To-Hand 1 point, Continuous (+1) (10 Active Points); No STR Bonus (-1/2), -2 Decreased STUN Multiplier (-1/2), Reduced Penetration (-1/4), Cannot Be Used With Multiple-Power Attacks (-1/4), Gestures (-1/4) Real Cost: 4
0 7) I'll just pick this up then, shall I? : Telekinesis (6 STR) (9 Active Points); Gestures, Requires Gestures throughout (-1/2), Limited Range (-1/4) Real Cost: 5
0 8) Let's make sure that stays there, shall we? : Entangle 1d6, 1 DEF (10 Active Points); Cannot Form Barriers (-1/4), Gestures (-1/4) Real Cost: 7
Powers Cost: 193
Cost Skill
3 Scholar
2 1) KS: Defensive Magic (3 Active Points) 13-
1 2) KS: Magic (2 Active Points) 11-
2 3) KS: Personal Wards (3 Active Points) 13-
2 4) KS: Wards (3 Active Points) 13-
3 Cryptography 13-
3 Acting 11-
3 Conversation 11-
3 Deduction 13-
3 Power: Magic 13-
3 Concealment 13-
3 Seduction 11-
3 Stealth 12-
3 Persuasion 11-
3 Computer Programming 13-
3 Scientist
1 1) SS: Archaeology 11- (2 Active Points)
1 2) SS: Chemistry 11- (2 Active Points)
1 3) SS: Linguistics 11- (2 Active Points)
Skills Cost: 46
Cost Perk
1 Money: Well Off
1 Reputation: Mage Heroine (A small to medium sized group) 8-, +1/+1d6
Perks Cost: 2
Total Character Cost: 350
Pts. Disadvantage
10 Hunted: Astronomenon 8- (As Pow, Harshly Punish)
10 Hunted: The Star Mage 8- (Mo Pow, NCI, Watching)
15 Hunted: Unknown Organization, Probably The Third Eye 8- (Mo Pow, Harshly Punish)
5 Hunted: Old Monster Of The Week 8- (Less Pow, Harshly Punish)
10 Dependent NPC: Arthur, Local Bookshop Owner 8- (Normal; Useful Noncombat Position or Skills; Unaware of character's adventuring career/Secret ID)
20 Psychological Limitation: Code Vs. Killing (Common, Total)
15 Psychological Limitation: Feels Naked Without Her Wards Up (Common, Strong) [Notes: Her Basic Wards have been up so long that she feels very uncomfortable removing them; this leads to some other nasty side effects (Limited Touch, DF).]
15 Psychological Limitation: Lonely (Very Common, Moderate)
5 Reputation: Bit of a Cold Fish, 8-
5 Rivalry: Professional (Astronomenon; Rival is As Powerful; Seek to Outdo, Embarrass, or Humiliate Rival; Rival Aware of Rivalry)
5 Social Limitation: Fear of Commitment (Occasionally, Minor)
10 Social Limitation: Physically Unimposing (Frequently, Minor) [Notes: Because of ridiculous getup and relatively milquetoast Secret ID. ]
10 Social Limitation: House is Haunted (Frequently, Minor)
15 Social Limitation: Secret ID (Frequently, Major)
Disadvantage Points: 150
Base Points: 200
Experience Required: 0
Total Experience Available: 0
Experience Unspent: 0
'House is Haunted' indeed! Magic seems to follow her around, perhaps because of her nature, or perhaps because she hasn't mastered the Art as fully as she would like...
Note that she's just as embarrassed about the ID as any respectable human would be; this is appropriate, seeing as she came up with it her freshman year in high school, and never came up with a new one. Eventually, she might discard it if she feels she's powerful enough to deal with people interrupting her life.
Arthur and Sara have no interest in each other as of campaign start- Arthur is just going to be interested in figuring out who Pepper is. Sara, not being red-haired or ridiculous enough to get into a costume with epaulets, a double-breasted short sleeve jacket and a knee-high skirt with lots of plaits and ruffles, probably isn't in the running.
In high school, she was something of a computer whiz, so when it came time to make her own spell book, she went out and of all things got herself an Apple computer- the laptop of the time. It was as hefty as any normal tome, but she considered it would blend better with her surroundings.
She was correct, and she's upgraded every few years since then, slowly recording more and more magical knowledge into it. Her SpellBook's chassis is now a cureent, bleeding edge Titanium MacBook weighing in at a solid 2.6 pounds and still tougher than anything the world can throw at it (hey, when you know wards, EVERYTHING can be tougher than the world can throw at it).
Which brings us to the Rival, Astronomenon, and the Psychologist, a.k.a. The Star Mage.
The Star Mage was- and remains- a very powerful entity. He is probably not the Conjurer. Whoever he is, he takes a very personal hand in the training and ethical practices of young mages. He cannot be everywhere at once, and he does not rely on summoned creatures to do work for him. Indeed, as far as the affairs of the world are concerned, he appears quite silent, leaving it entirely up to his students as to how they will deal with them. "Do what you think is best, and see what happens" appears to be his motto. One thing he does take a stand on is magic running wild- he will always show up personally to stop a student who has lost control of their magic. The Star Mage Watches former students out of idle curiosity, and Hunts mages who have lost control or have gone mad.
Astronomenon was the Star Mage's other student, who feels that baseline humans are sheep to be fleeced at will. He is a terrible troublemaker and will usually play 'mild tricks' that end up ruining lives. While Sara shares some of this elitist attitude, it's not nearly so pronounced, and has the requisite addendum that the sheep must be protected long enough to be able to fleece them. Astronomenon has no compunction about killing, and after facing humiliation after humiliation from Sara Kite and Sergeant Pepper both, will not be satisfied with merely killing them. Oh, no. He has much worse in mind... In combat, Atronomenon is the Attack to Sergeant Pepper's Defense- he has attacks mostly in the 12-13 DC range, with the appropriate problem of being a glass cannon. Astronomenon Watches people he's interested in playing tricks on, and Hunts anyone who humiliates or defeats him.
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Re: Catalyst: A Champions campaign on Hero Central
Sent you the background via PM, the names are removed largely so you could mess with my character and fit it in somehow. I don't know if I sent it proper, though...
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Re: Catalyst: A Champions campaign on Hero Central
No, I was mostly playing around with the designer, coming up with names and made it. I can change the name, I was mostly doing it because I thought it was funny.
The Force Walls are meant to be used in conjunction (Hence, the two multislots); she can max out either or mix-and-match (the far more likely condition if she isn't facing common thugs armed only with pistols).
The VPP can't be used with Power Frameworks, so it can't increase that EB. It's mostly designed for little spells that she knows too many of to really be put into a Multipower effectively. Things like mending clothes, 5" of teleport for quick identity changes, etc., etc. Because of her flavor, of course, there probably isn't a single offense spell in the lot
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Re: Catalyst: A Champions campaign on Hero Central
Well, without much further ado, here's the other proposal:
Sergeant Pepper
Player:
Val Char Cost
13 STR 3
17 DEX 21
14 CON 8
14 BODY 8
18 INT 8
23 EGO 26
10 PRE 0
18 COM 4
3/28 PD 0
3/28 ED 0
4 SPD 13
14 REC 16
32 END 2
28 STUN 0
6" RUN 0
2" SWIM 0
2 1/2" LEAP 0
Characteristics Cost: 109
Cost Power
18 Mr. Kite's Abjuration: Elemental Control, 36-point powers
19 1) Force Field (15 PD/15 ED), Costs END Only To Activate (+1/4) (37 Active Points)
19 2) Flight 15", Costs END Only To Activate (+1/4) (37 Active Points)
30 Basic Wards: Armor (10 PD/10 ED)
5 The World Bends To My Will!: Luck 1d6
5 Mental Wards: Mental Defense (10 points total)
30 I'll break your defenses with LOVE!: Find Weakness 13- with Magical Attacks
40 I'm not the best mage, but I'll have to do: Multipower, 40-point reserve
4u 1) Blackbird: Energy Blast 8d6 (40 Active Points)
2u 2) We Can Work It Out: Missile Deflection (Any Ranged Attack) (20 Active Points)
8m 3) Sgt. Pepper's Shield I: Force Wall (14 PD) (Alterable Size) (40 Active Points)
8m 4) Sgt. Pepper's Shield II: Force Wall (14 ED) (Alterable Size) (40 Active Points)
2u 5) It was twenty years ago today... : Cosmetic Transform 8d6 (Myself into Sgt. Pepper and back) (40 Active Points); Limited Target (Myself; -1)
13 The wonder of the Apple SpellBook- lightest digital tome on the market!: Variable Power Pool (Magic Pool), 10 base + 3 control cost, (15 Active Points); VPP Powers Can Be Changed Only With SpellBook (-1/2)
Powers Cost: 203
Cost Skill
3 Scholar
2 1) KS: Defensive Magic (3 Active Points) 13-
1 2) KS: Magic (2 Active Points) 11-
2 3) KS: Personal Wards (3 Active Points) 13-
2 4) KS: Wards (3 Active Points) 13-
3 Cryptography 13-
3 Acting 11-
3 Conversation 11-
3 Deduction 13-
3 Power: Magic 13-
3 Concealment 13-
3 Seduction 11-
3 Stealth 12-
3 Persuasion 11-
Skills Cost: 37
Cost Perk
1 Money: Well Off
Perks Cost: 1
Total Character Cost: 350
Pts. Disadvantage
20 Psychological Limitation: Code Vs. Killing (Common, Total)
15 Psychological Limitation: Feels Naked Without Her Wards Up (Common, Strong)
15 Psychological Limitation: Lonely (Very Common, Moderate)
5 Hunted: [Arcane Villain/Rival] 8- (As Pow, Mildly Punish)
5 Rivalry: Professional ([Arcane Villain/Rival]; Rival is As Powerful; Seek to Outdo, Embarrass, or Humiliate Rival; Rival Aware of Rivalry)
10 Hunted: [Arcane Hero] 8- (Mo Pow, NCI, Watching)
10 Physical Limitation: Limited Sense of Touch (Frequently, Slightly Impairing)
10 Social Limitation: Wierdness Magnet (Occasionally, Major)
10 Social Limitation: Physically Unimposing (Frequently, Minor)
15 Social Limitation: Secret ID (Frequently, Major)
Disadvantage Points: 115
Base Points: 200
Experience Required: 35
Total Experience Available: 0
Experience Unspent: 0
I have the background ready and waiting if you want me to email it. The Cosmetic Transform is so she changes her looks as well as her costume (kind of essential, because Sgt. Pepper is red-haired, green-eyed, and has a British accent, while the Secret ID does not).
Yes, I'm aware I don't have the full 150 in disads I need, I'd like some suggestions there.
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Re: Catalyst: A Champions campaign on Hero Central
Hm, well, dragons are getting a cool reception in general. I suppose I might put Ladon on the back burner for a bit...
In te meantime, I'd like o put forth the concept for an arcane character... a defensive being at heart, she has well below the campaign typical damage (6d6-8d6 EB). The problem is, as a defensive mage, she has one devastating trick that elevates her to the big leagues:
She can subvert or circumvent most defenses (represented by Find Weakness 13-).
All the rest is fluff, but I can already tell she's a big Beatles fan...
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Re: A Box of Evil Tricks?
Things you'd rather keep in.
Summon Bad Things, Hostile, Only If Someone Else Opens Box.
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Re: Catalyst: A Champions campaign on Hero Central
Am I going to need to post mine as a full text block? I'm not running on much feedback beyond "I don't know if I want to run another dragon". Valid, as far as it goes (and I have a couple other concepts), but actual looks into my character sheet and saying "No, no, this isn't good" would also help; For instance, I'd honestly like to know how much cutting and pasting of Psych Lims is good for each form, etc...
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Re: WIYCT: What is your character's theme?
Envy, of course, has a theme fitting the fact that he is an homage to Ness from EarthBound. It's the track "Bein' Friends" of the Mother OST. Also considered is "Back In Black".
Jo Corvin/Junkyard Dog: ... I actually don't have a good theme for her. A few I've tried are "Baby Ice Dog" and "Wings Wetted Down" by Blue Oyster Cult, "New Millenium" by Dream Theatre, a few compositions I've played around with working titles of "Steel Under Velvet" and "Velvet Under Steel", and perhaps most telling because of the suggestion upthread, "Mars, Bringer of War". Occasionally, as is required, have played around with Snoop Dogg, but it doesn't fit the character.
Ladon gets Blue Oyster Cult's "Godzilla" and likes it.
I haven't played with U.S. Steel enough to give him a good theme.
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Re: Catalyst: A Champions campaign on Hero Central
Okay, never mind then. I just thought it would be funny as hell.
Let me go ahead and put up my updated character sheets here. Also, here's some background (spoilered, and it assumes one big thing which... may not actually be true in the campaign world):
Unfortunately for all involved, the Crimson Flame is dead. Very dead. Deader, one might say, than disco. With him gone, the Third Eye lost one hell of a big bad weapon.
Now, you didn't think they'd let that stand for long, did you? Yeah, didn't think so.
Ways to revive him in a normal manner having failed miserably- it's a little difficult to find all the ashes in someone's body once they've been scattered to the four winds- they instead decided to perform a much more radical version of resurrection; namely, instead of simply bringing the Crimson Flame back to life... They'd fuse what was left of him with someone else.
The first few attempts at this failed miserably. Research into this problem surmised that a normal human could never survive such a strenuous reaction.
Enter the latent, Ryu Hoshi. Ryu, recently disowned by his family through a series of events beyond his control, would not be missed, even by the college professor that had reluctantly (and only temporarily) taken him in. His own luck seemed to have gone south for the winter, leaving him abandoned. What's a languages major to do?
Apparently, sign up for a strange new medical experiment to make ends meet.
The Third Eye couldn't believe their luck- not only was he a latent, but he even had some level of magical talent! With this, all their problems could easily be solved! He was quickly drugged and taken to a secure location, where he was tied to the ever-so-classic slab.
Maybe the moon wasn't right. Maybe it was that they used a star sapphire to hold the Flame's soul rather than the proper true ruby. Or maybe Ryu was just luckier than anyone had ever suspected. In any case, what the Third Eye obtained was not the Crimson Flame, returned to his true self with Ryu as a vessel.
What they got instead was a frost dragon, with a reluctant college student at the helm. When they tried to bring him to bay, they learned the worst part- the fusing of his soul and the Crimson Flame's had made both the Flame's impression and most forms of basic mind control worthless. He was no longer beholden to the third eye.
The last glimpse the Third Eye had of the Crimson Flame was the laughing face of a blue dragon, shards of frost breaking the magic circle (and quite possibly killing- albeit accidentally- several of the mages involved in the ritual).
Ryu tried to return to his normal life, but it turns out that the ritual left him with a 'leaky aura'. He has become almost a magical beacon, drawing strange people and events into his life.
Such is the problem with being a Prime...
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Re: Catalyst: A Champions campaign on Hero Central
Uh, Fedifensor, I had an idea for Ladon, but I wanted to run it by you first- I'd like to take a DNPC who's a prime... but doesn't know about Ladon's Secret ID and for some reason has a vested interest in keeping Ladon alive.
I'd probably need to discuss it with you; right now it's very fuzzy and I'm looking for how this would fit in with my background (which has also changed dramatically to make him post-1986. Heck, even post your last campaign). I'm still working on it, though...
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Re: Catalyst: A Champions campaign on Hero Central
You're not out of the running' date=' yet. I only said I was not sure...and there are three other people giving their opinions. Honestly, the biggest concern that wasn't mine was that you'd be in a fight and your dragon form would go nuts and try to kill someone.[/quote']Yes, and like I said, that's why Ladon would surround himself with super-heroes. He's not going to pull any punches about his control issues and will pretty much give the party Superman's Ultimatum- "If I go bad, don't hesitate to take me down."
It's very much part of the reason he's on the team, and will go through hell and high water to keep the team together- no matter what team he ends up on. He's well aware that he's there to help, but he's also aware that him trying to kill someone is a very real threat.
He's not there, really, to be an overall help- although he would be.
He's there to be contained.
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Re: Catalyst: A Champions campaign on Hero Central
I was sort of expecting this roadblock; I half suspect that as soon as someone else gets to GM your Catalyst universe Ladon will do swimmingly- after all, he has a connection with established plotlines built in to the concept and as an added one time bonus he pretty much has a huge motivation to stay with a supergroup- all else fails, his buddies can probably contain him.
Pity, I actually do want to play a dragon multiform at some point. It's a fun idea.
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Re: Favorite 60-point Power Construction
I still like this idea:
Yes, I CAN flash you: 9d6 Flash, Penetrating.
Because no one ever buys Hardened for Flash Defense. Unless you're Dr. D.
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Re: Change of Fortune
... In this case, at least, Junkyard Dog is better off than most Powered Armor characters. Materials are cheap, the infrastructure requires only electricity, which, thanks to her advances in nano-fusion, she has in abundance... All she'd really be missing are facilities and that can be found conveniently anywhere she happens to find them. Luck 2d6, thank you.
She built it largely to be easy-maintenance. No point in having a suit of armor that requires five people to support if you're planning on using it for industrial jobs that may require constant on-site operations, right?
The rest, well... It simply doesn't matter as much to them.
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Re: Catalyst: A Champions campaign on Hero Central
Hm, well, let's see how this does- I've run some tweaking. As a magic-using character in any capacity, he should have Luck; I decided to not make it a Focus, but he still thinks the dang pendant is lucky.
I got rid of Minor entirely, opting instead to have his Detect turn up as Not Concealable. Not that it's impossible, mind- another mystic could do it- but he doesn't know how yet.
If all else fails, you can use him as a tragic villain, I suppose.
Ladon
Player:
Val Char Cost
30 STR 20
20 DEX 30
18 CON 16
14 BODY 8
23 INT 13
18 EGO 16
8 PRE -2
15 COM 3
16 PD 10
16 ED 12
5 SPD 20
14 REC 8
36 END 0
38 STUN 0
6"/10" RUN 0
2" SWIM 0
6" LEAP 0
Characteristics Cost: 154
Cost Power
70 Multiform (325 Character Points in the most expensive form) (x2 Number Of Forms)
5 Dragon's Eye Charm: Luck 1d6
7 Damage Resistance (7 PD/7 ED)
6 Attacking Two Souls: Mental Defense (10 points total)
8 Run Like The Wind: Running +4" (6"/10" total)
7 Minor Cantrips: Multipower, 10-point reserve, (10 Active Points); all slots Requires A Magic Roll (-1/2)
1u 1) SMILE!: Sight Group Flash 2d6 (10 Active Points); Requires A Magic Roll (-1/2)
1u 2) Light Fire: Energy Blast 2d6 (10 Active Points); Requires A Magic Roll (-1/2)
1u 3) Summon Extinguisher: Dispel Fire, One Hex At A Time 3d6 (9 Active Points); Requires A Magic Roll (-1/2)
1u 4) Bind Wounds: Healing BODY 1d6 (10 Active Points); Requires A Magic Roll (-1/2)
10 See Magic: Detect Magic 14- (Sight Group), Discriminatory
10 Stable in Instability: Power Defense (10 points)
Powers Cost: 127
Cost Skill
3 Acting 11-
3 Breakfall 13-
3 Scholar
2 1) KS: Action Figures (3 Active Points) 12-
1 2) KS: Dragons (2 Active Points) 11-
1 3) KS: Math (2 Active Points) 11-
1 4) KS: Monsters (2 Active Points) 11-
1 5) KS: Primes (2 Active Points) 11-
1 6) KS: The Third Eye (2 Active Points) 11-
3 Linguist
4 1) Language: English (idiomatic; literate) (5 Active Points)
3 2) Language: Russian (completely fluent; literate) (4 Active Points)
3 3) Language: Spanish (completely fluent; literate) (4 Active Points)
0 4) Language: Unknown Language of Uncertain Origin (completely fluent) (3 Active Points)
3 Lockpicking 13-
1 Power: Draconic Abilities 8-
3 Power: Flight 13-
3 Power: Magic 14-
3 Climbing 13-
3 Deduction 14-
3 Persuasion 11-
3 Stealth 13-
3 Streetwise 11-
4 Survival (Mountain, Urban) 14-
Skills Cost: 58
Cost Perk
6 Contact: Dragoness (Contact has access to major institutions, Contact has extremely useful Skills or resources, Contact has significant Contacts of his own) 8-
Perks Cost: 6
Total Character Cost: 345
Pts. Disadvantage
20 Accidental Change: 1/2 Body or less 14- (Common)
20 Psychological Limitation: Code vs. Killing (Common, Total)
5 Psychological Limitation: Doesn't Know How To Relax and Have Fun (Uncommon, Moderate)
10 Distinctive Features: Blue Hair (Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses)
10 Distinctive Features: Detects as Magical (Not Concealable; Always Noticed and Causes Major Reaction; Detectable Only By Unusual Senses)
10 Social Limitation: Relic of a Bygone Day (Frequently, Minor)
15 Hunted: Dragoness 8- (Mo Pow, NCI, PC has a Public ID or is otherwise very easy to find, Watching)
15 Social Limitation: Secret ID (Frequently, Major)
15 Hunted: The Third Eye 8- (Mo Pow, Capture)
10 Psychological Limitation: Despondent after going Enraged (Common, Moderate)
15 Psychological Limitation: Feels Guilt About First Use of Powers (Common, Strong)
Disadvantage Points: 145
Base Points: 200
Experience Required: 0
Total Experience Available: 0
Experience Unspent: 0
The other forms. First, the form he prefers, the Hybrid. This one's much more MA than brick, and while a little dumber than Ladon is in his normal ID, still a little cunning.
The Dragon Hybrid
Player:
Val Char Cost
40 STR 30
23 DEX 39
16 CON 12
16 BODY 12
18 INT 8
14 EGO 8
20 PRE 10
18 COM 4
13/23 PD 5
13/23 ED 10
5 SPD 17
11 REC 0
32 END 0
50 STUN 6
6" RUN 0
2" SWIM 0
8" LEAP 0
Characteristics Cost: 161
Cost Power
30 Draconic Hide: Armor (10 PD/10 ED)
25 Wings: Flight 16", x4 Noncombat (37 Active Points); Restrainable (-1/2)
3 Hardened Knuckles: Hand-To-Hand Attack +1d6 (5 Active Points); Hand-To-Hand Attack (-1/2)
13 Knockback Resistance -10" (20 Active Points); Requires A Flight Roll (-1/2)
10 Stability in Instability: Power Defense (10 points)
7 Attacking Two Minds: Mental Defense (10 points total)
Powers Cost: 88
Cost Martial Arts Maneuver
The Dragon's Fist
5 1) Defensive Strike: 1/2 Phase, +1 OCV, +3 DCV, 8d6 Strike
4 2) Martial Block: 1/2 Phase, +2 OCV, +2 DCV, Block, Abort
4 3) Martial Escape: 1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, +0 DCV, 55 STR vs. Grabs
4 4) Martial Strike: 1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, +2 DCV, 10d6 Strike
3 5) Martial Grab: 1/2 Phase, -1 OCV, -1 DCV, Grab Two Limbs, 50 STR for holding on
Martial Arts Cost: 20
Cost Skill
18 +6 with Martial Maneuvers
3 Power: Flight 14-
3 Interrogation 13-
3 Streetwise 13-
3 Shadowing 13-
3 Stealth 14-
3 Breakfall 14-
3 Linguist
4 1) Language: English (idiomatic; literate) (5 Active Points)
3 2) Language: Russian (completely fluent; literate) (4 Active Points)
3 3) Language: Spanish (completely fluent; literate) (4 Active Points)
0 4) Language: Unknown Tongue of Uncertain Origin (completely fluent) (3 Active Points)
3 Climbing 14-
3 Deduction 13-
Skills Cost: 55
Total Character Cost: 324
Pts. Disadvantage
15 Distinctive Features: Horns on the Head (Not Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses)
15 Distinctive Features: Bluish Skin (Not Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses)
10 Distinctive Features: Clawed Feet (Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses)
20 Psychological Limitation: Code Vs. Killing (Common, Total)
10 Psychological Limitation: Despondent After Going Enraged (Common, Moderate)
5 Distinctive Features: Detects as Magical (Not Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable Only By Unusual Senses)
Disadvantage Points: 75
Base Points: 250
Experience Required: 0
Total Experience Available: 0
Experience Unspent: 0
And finally the Full Dragon Form. Remember all those Psych Lims about being despondent? Yeah, it's liked to this nasty piece of work. While the Hybrid is largely under control, and he feels remorse for what this monster does, Ladon is afraid of the full dragon, and thus has little control over it (hence, why Dragoness is watching him- she probably wouldn't hesitate to take him down.) Note that Ladon's base form is the form he reverts to. He's not a dragon who can turn into a human... He's a human who can turn into a dragon. How and why this came about are excercises for the GM's sinister mind.
The Dragon plays like 'the monster within'- While Ladon can (hopefully) keep it under control, it's difficult at the best of times and has a tendency to rage when injured. As this is the form he goes to when his AC goes off, you can begin to see the problems inherent with letting this guy anywhere out of a supergroup's sight.
The Frost Dragon
Player:
Val Char Cost
60 STR 50
19 DEX 27
22 CON 24
23 BODY 26
13 INT 3
10 EGO 0
30 PRE 20
6 COM -2
13/31 PD 1
13/31 ED 9
4 SPD 11
22 REC 12
44 END 0
66 STUN 2
6" RUN 0
2" SWIM 0
12" LEAP 0
Characteristics Cost: 183
Cost Power
32 Flight 24" (48 Active Points); Restrainable (-1/2)
24 Frozen Breath: Killing Attack - Ranged 2d6, Area Of Effect (7" Cone; +1) (60 Active Points); Increased Endurance Cost (x3 END; -1), No Range (-1/2)
54 Scaled Hide: Armor (18 PD/18 ED)
10 Draconic Resilience: Power Defense (10 points)
3 Mindless: Mental Defense (5 points total)
6 Knockback Resistance -3"
5 Tail: Extra Limb (1), Inherent (+1/4) (6 Active Points); Limited Manipulation (-1/4)
Powers Cost: 134
Cost Skill
3 Climbing 13-
3 Concealment 12-
Skills Cost: 6
Total Character Cost: 323
Pts. Disadvantage
20 Enraged: Takes BODY damage (Uncommon), go 14-, recover 11-
15 Physical Limitation: Unwieldy Body Shape (Frequently, Greatly Impairing)
20 Distinctive Features: It's a DRAGON (Not Concealable; Always Noticed and Causes Major Reaction; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses)
15 Physical Limitation: Heavy: 400 KG (Frequently, Greatly Impairing)
15 Physical Limitation: Giant: 4m tall (Frequently, Greatly Impairing)
Disadvantage Points: 85
Base Points: 255
Experience Required: 0
Total Experience Available: 0
Experience Unspent: 0
Yes, the Full Dragon form is not meant for anything but combat. I know that's sort of a big no-no, but it's hard for me to think of another way to show that yes, Ladon does have some major issues.
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Re: Catalyst: A Champions campaign on Hero Central
Okay, technically Ledon is next, but I'm going to skip to Hesperides, because of some parallels between the character and Rhino Beetle.I'm thinking on ways to get around that- at least one form talks properly, and considering the character's background it might not be that difficult at all to exchange Minor for something else.
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Re: Catalyst: A Champions campaign on Hero Central
Well, let's run Ladon here up your mental flagpole and see if it sends prayers to heaven.
Ladon
Player:
Val Char Cost
30 STR 20
20 DEX 30
18 CON 16
14 BODY 8
23 INT 13
18 EGO 16
8 PRE -2
15 COM 3
16 PD 10
16 ED 12
5 SPD 20
14 REC 8
36 END 0
38 STUN 0
6"/15" RUN 0
2" SWIM 0
6" LEAP 0
Characteristics Cost: 154
Cost Power
60 Multiform (275 Character Points in the most expensive form) (x2 Number Of Forms)
8 Dragon's Eye Charm: Luck 2d6 (10 Active Points); IIF (-1/4)
7 Damage Resistance (7 PD/7 ED)
6 Attacking Two Souls: Mental Defense (10 points total)
18 Run Like The Wind: Running +9" (6"/15" total)
7 Minor Cantrips: Multipower, 10-point reserve, (10 Active Points); all slots Requires A Magic Roll (-1/2)
1u 1) SMILE!: Sight Group Flash 2d6 (10 Active Points); Requires A Magic Roll (-1/2)
1u 2) Light Fire: Energy Blast 2d6 (10 Active Points); Requires A Magic Roll (-1/2)
1u 3) Summon Extinguisher: Dispel Fire, One Hex At A Time 3d6 (9 Active Points); Requires A Magic Roll (-1/2)
1u 4) Bind Wounds: Healing BODY 1d6 (10 Active Points); Requires A Magic Roll (-1/2)
10 See Magic: Detect Magic 14- (Sight Group), Discriminatory
10 Stable in Instability: Power Defense (10 points)
Powers Cost: 130
Cost Skill
3 Acting 11-
3 Breakfall 13-
3 Scholar
1 1) KS: Action Figures (2 Active Points) 11-
1 2) KS: Dragons (2 Active Points) 11-
1 3) KS: Math (2 Active Points) 11-
1 4) KS: Monsters (2 Active Points) 11-
1 5) KS: Primes (2 Active Points) 11-
1 6) KS: The Third Eye (2 Active Points) 11-
3 Linguist
4 1) Language: English (idiomatic; literate) (5 Active Points)
3 2) Language: Russian (completely fluent; literate) (4 Active Points)
3 3) Language: Spanish (completely fluent; literate) (4 Active Points)
0 4) Language: Unknown Language of Uncertain Origin (completely fluent) (3 Active Points)
3 Lockpicking 13-
1 Power: Draconic Abilities 8-
3 Power: Flight 13-
3 Power: Magic 14-
3 Climbing 13-
3 Deduction 14-
3 Persuasion 11-
3 Stealth 13-
3 Streetwise 11-
4 Survival (Mountain, Urban) 14-
Skills Cost: 57
Cost Perk
6 Contact: Dragoness (Contact has access to major institutions, Contact has extremely useful Skills or resources, Contact has significant Contacts of his own) 8-
3 Anonymity
Perks Cost: 9
Total Character Cost: 350
Pts. Disadvantage
20 Accidental Change: 1/2 Body or less 14- (Common)
20 Psychological Limitation: Code vs. Killing (Common, Total)
5 Psychological Limitation: Doesn't Know How To Relax and Have Fun (Uncommon, Moderate)
10 Distinctive Features: Blue Hair (Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses)
5 Distinctive Features: Detects as Magical (Concealable; Always Noticed and Causes Major Reaction; Detectable Only By Unusual Senses)
10 Social Limitation: Relic of a Bygone Day (Frequently, Minor)
10 Social Limitation: Minor (Occasionally, Major)
15 Hunted: Dragoness 8- (Mo Pow, NCI, PC has a Public ID or is otherwise very easy to find, Watching)
15 Social Limitation: Secret ID (Frequently, Major)
15 Hunted: The Third Eye 8- (Mo Pow, Capture)
10 Psychological Limitation: Despondent after going Enraged (Common, Moderate)
15 Psychological Limitation: Feels Guilt About First Use of Powers (Common, Strong)
Disadvantage Points: 150
Base Points: 200
Experience Required: 0
Total Experience Available: 0
Experience Unspent: 0
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