(2) - Dawn of the Metahumans

Game Master mdt

- Removed 25 points from the Multipower and put most into increasing Str to 50.
- Added total Life Support
- Evened out the Armor, because I added 20 Str to figured PD.
- Used Explosion instead of Area effect for Entangle
- Reduced the END of the Bulk up! for easier math: +5 Str costs 0.5 End x3 End vs. +10 Str x3 End. I put the Str usage by End at the bottom. If the End cost is not high enough, please adjust as you want. I like the concept and don't want to break the power level
- Added Stretching, so he could still use 55 Str with it.

- Skills represent some Boy Scout training (Navigation) and mostly experience living on the run. The Modern Everyman skills in the book said that he gets a Professional skill at 11-. I was thinking about restaurant jobs.

- Included Defense Maneuver, because in full mud form, he wouldn't have facing.

Proposed Disads are on Page 2. I didn't know how to build the without papers. If we need more disads, he would have trust issues, for one who has been living on the run.

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Ok, how about this then. I want that to be a very expensive power, because it twists the DC limits into a pretzel. So, if you want simple math, have I got a deal for you! +30 Str, 10x Endurance cost! Every point of str you use costs you 1 pt of endurance, easy peasy! Max it out at 90. You can burn through your endurance in no time! With the restriction that you can't then push your strength again. This is basically giving you the ability to push your str by 30 instead of 10.

I'll need to look through and convert it over and make sure the numbers work. Total Life support is usually about 30 pts, not 46, so not sure how you're putting it in your EC.

5th edition writes Total Life Support is now 45 points, instead of 30. (pg 197)

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I would like to change it to:
2u Shapeshift (Sight(10), Touch(3), Hearing Groups, any shape, limited shapes inanimate objects only (10) ) Instant Change, limited, objects always black (-1/4); for (18AP)

To me this makes a little more sense as Goo can't even talk right and if he could shape change into people he would just transform into his old self. Anyway this would net me 2 AP's to add to my experience points to play around with. What do you think?

Change Environment costs END. Once the

character stops paying END to maintain the Change
Environment, the Power stops functioning, though
its effects may linger for some time thereafter. For
example, if a character used Change Environment
to make all plants in the area bloom, those blooms
remain when he turns off his CE, but quickly wither
and die without the power of the Change Environ-
ment to keep them alive (unless normal conditions
in the environment would keep them alive). An ice
sheet created by Change Environment melts (at a
rate dictated by environmental conditions, but typi-
cally in 1-5 hours) after the Change Environment
stops functioning. If the change has little or no
combat effect (for example, a speedster’s or witch’s
ability to clean a room in the blink of an eye), then it
may even be permanent. At the GM’s option, long-
lasting Change Environment eff ects require the
Long-Lasting Adder (see below)

I think of this power as instantaneous duration, after which physics takes over (so if I made a pile of dishes thirty feet high, it’s not going to be permanent, it’ll topple momentarily...but if I wash a dish, it stays clean until someone eats off of it.)

What do you think about changing this to:
2u Rapid Tasks Variant 4) Change Environment (5 AP) 4" radius (+10 AP), Varying Effect (+10 AP)
(25 APs); No Range (-1⁄2); 2 END

Blowing away smoke/gas
First, I realized what it’s name should be: ”I’m your biggest fan!”
Second, I reread suppress vs dispel. I think dispel’s what I want. Suppress suppresses a constant power for as long as I’m paying END for it, where Dispel gets rid of a one-time thing (e.g. a smoke bomb or gas grenade) permanently. I understand that that means I can't have a partial effect on a power, or keep a power that's being actively maintained down for more than a phase. Modified below.

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Hyper-running MP v2
Design notes: Inspired by Sammy. Switched back to running (adding clinging separately)
50 hyper running
10m 1) +19” running (38 AP), ½ end on this+base (50*0.25=12) = 50 AP
5u 2) +9” running x32 non combat (38 AP), ½ end on this+base (50*0.25=12) = 50 AP
5u 3) +14” running (28 AP), ½ end & megascale on this+base (40*0.5=20) = 50 AP
1u 4) Change Environment (rapid cleaning) (5 AP) 4" radius (+10 AP), varying effect (limited group) +½ (22 APs); No Range (-1⁄2); 2 END
3u 5) “I’m your biggest fan!” Dispel Gas/Smoke power 11d6, any Gas/Smoke power one at a time (+1⁄4), ½ END (+¼) (50 AP), no range (-1⁄2); 2 END
1u 6) Dodging bullets (20 AP) any physical projectile, costs END to activate -¼ (12pt cost), END 1
2u 7) Icarus special (or suck’m down) - 8d6 Dispel Flight (special effect: whirlwind below them), half end +1/4 (30 AP), only vs foes directly above him +½; END 1
2u 8) spin'm til they're dizzy! - 1" change env, -2 OCV, -2 DCV (31 AP: change env (5), -2 OCV (5), multiple combat effect (5), -2 DCV (10), ½ end +1/4); no range -½; END 1
=79-84=-5 pts

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ADD
1 : Teamwork familiarity 8- Delayed as makes sense, until we've had sufficient time working together
2 : Parachute: Gliding 6”, trigger (when 31KO’d (automatic) or when he pulls the cord (zero phase), requires Full Phase to reset; +¼) (7 Active Points); OAF (-1), Limited Movement (character cannot gain altitude, and must move at least 12” downward for every 1” forward; -½), 1 Recoverable Continuing Charge (lasts until character hits the ground or ’chute is fouled; -¾). Delayed as makes sense, until Ace & etc can supply one
13: 4 HTH levels (20 AP), only to counter penalties to multiple actions (grab, moveby, etc.) -1/2

8 : Clinging (10 AP) must move at least a half move (-¼)
=+24 pts

DROP
-3 : reinforced gloves
-3 : Fast Draw
=-6 pts

Replace Speedster tricks with:
Design notes: per your direction, I took off the +1 DC. We’re looking at max 9d6 at max velocity, which I know is high. To limit that, I haven’t taken any maneuvers that add damage at all if I lack velocity, so I’ll be doing 4d6 vs entangles, grabbers, or otherwise in situations where I can’t benefit from momentum. If that still seems too high let me know. I’d probably knock my STR back down from 20 to 15 and add in “Rapid Punch ½ 5 +1 -2 STR + 4d6 Strike“ (making me able to do 7d6 without having to move, or 8d6 at full velocity)
Maneuver OCV DCV Notes
5 Flying Dodge — +4 Dodge, Abort, FMove
5 Flying Grab -2 -1 Grab 2 Limbs, +10 STR, FMove
5 Passing Disarm -1 -1 Disarm, +10 STR, FMove
5 Passing Throw 0 0 STR + v/5, Target Falls, FMove
4 Spinning Escape +0 +0 +10 STR vs. Grabs
-40+24=-16 pts

A little leery of 8 slots on the MP at game start. First four slots are good. How about picking your favorite two of the last 4?

I've also made some switches to hyperrunning (details below) and took the points I got back from cutting two MP slots to add 3 pts to Stealth.

Hyper-running MP v3
Design notes: switched back to Running w/ “usable as flight (only on surfaces)” instead of Sammy-style running+clinging. This costs a bit more but lets me run on water too, should that ever come up. It also lets me keep running’s (lack of a) turn radius except when I’m in “flight mode”, which I like too.
60 hyper running
12m 1) +18” running (36 AP), ½ end & usable as flight (only on surfaces) on this+base (48*0.5=24) = 60 AP
6u 2) +8” running x32 non combat (36 AP), ½ end on & usable as flight (only on surfaces) on this+base (48*0.5=24) = 50 AP
6u 3) +14” running (28 AP), ½ end, usable as flight (only on surfaces), & megascale on this+base (40*0.75=31) = 50 AP
1u 4) Change Environment (rapid cleaning) (5 AP) 4" radius (+10 AP), varying effect (limited group) +½ (22 APs); No Range (-1⁄2); 2 END
3u 5) “I’m your biggest fan!” Dispel Gas/Smoke power 11d6, any Gas/Smoke power one at a time (+1⁄4), ½ END (+¼) (50 AP), no range (-1⁄2); 2 END
1u 6) Icarus special (or suck’m down) - 8d6 Dispel Flight (special effect: whirlwind below them), half end +1/4 (30 AP), only vs foes directly above him +½; END 1
=89-84=5 pts

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ADD
1 : Teamwork familiarity 8- Delayed as makes sense, until we've had sufficient time working together
2 : Parachute: Gliding 6”, trigger (when 31KO’d (automatic) or when he pulls the cord (zero phase), requires Full Phase to reset; +¼) (7 Active Points); OAF (-1), Limited Movement (character cannot gain altitude, and must move at least 12” downward for every 1” forward; -½), 1 Recoverable Continuing Charge (lasts until character hits the ground or ’chute is fouled; -¾). Delayed as makes sense, until Ace & etc can supply one
13: 4 HTH levels (20 AP), only to counter penalties to multiple actions (grab, moveby, etc.) -1/2
3 : Stealth 15-
=+19 pts

DROP
-3 : reinforced gloves
-3 : Fast Draw
=-6 pts

Replace Speedster tricks with:
Design notes: per your direction, I took off the +1 DC. We’re looking at max 9d6 at max velocity, which I know is high. To limit that, I haven’t taken any maneuvers that add damage at all if I lack velocity, so I’ll be doing 4d6 vs entangles, grabbers, or otherwise in situations where I can’t benefit from momentum. If that still seems too high let me know. I’d probably knock my STR back down from 20 to 15 and add in “Rapid Punch ½ 5 +1 -2 STR + 4d6 Strike“ (making me able to do 7d6 without having to move, or 8d6 at full velocity)
Maneuver OCV DCV Notes
5 Flying Dodge — +4 Dodge, Abort, FMove
5 Flying Grab -2 -1 Grab 2 Limbs, +10 STR, FMove
5 Passing Disarm -1 -1 Disarm, +10 STR, FMove
5 Passing Throw 0 0 STR + v/5, Target Falls, FMove
4 Spinning Escape +0 +0 +10 STR vs. Grabs
-40+24=-16 pts

Net change = +0 XP

11 CP - Regrow Structure: Healing Variable 2d6, Can Heal Limbs, Variable Effect (Can restore any one characteristic or plant-SFX power; +1/4), Reduced Endurance (1/2 END; +1/4), (37 APs), Concentration (1/2 DCV, unaware; -1/2), Only in contact with natural ground (-1/2), Self-Only (-1/2), Visible (-1/4)
(2 END cost)

11 CP - Photosynthesis: Recover 7 (14 APs), Only in Daylight (-1/4)

18 CP - Cellulose Skin: Armor (7 PD/5 ED)

10 CP - Sessile Mind: Invisibility to Mental Group, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Persistent (+1/2) (20 APS), Only while unconscious (-1)

Ok, so, MUD.

I need more disads.

DNPC is inappropriate, you're a runaway, they can't show up every week.

Vulnerability to cold, while having life support 'safe in cold' is a non-starter. :)

OK No, problem. Couple of questions:

1. His parents are still looking for him as a Missing Person or getting the runaround by the government who hasn't acknowledged that they lost him. He could be dodging them while preventing them from getting threatened. Also, his sister could coincidentally go to college in New Orleans. That's why I left the DNPC.

2. I didn't think Life Support (LS) affected special effects of Energy Blasts or Killing Attacks. I thought LS primarily affected NND (No Normal Defense) attacks. "For example, a character who can survive Intense Heat can walk around in the desert without suffering any discomfort or ill effects from the heat, and can tolerate a “Heatwave” created by Change Environment without harm, but still takes damage from fire- or heat-based attacks or being dunked in lava." (5th Ed. pg 197) The meta explanation is such that it is the temperature gradient and shock that causes damage; not the heat itself. If this is correct, shouldn't a vulnerability still be appropriate?

Please let me know how many points I need to fill.

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