Just waiting on Aegis and Hotaru for now. I know Blaze is swamped, so we won't hold up the game for his changes, we'll do them when he has time to sit down and figure out what he wants.
Also, if anyone wants to work on concepts for costumes, or if they want to make a custom portrait, HeroMachine 3.0 is now available, and is pretty much completely customizable.
HM3 seems to only want to make all the clothes fit properly if you use the "straight forward, full front" pose. All the casual poses, nothing fits. BAH!
There's some ability to warp the clothing and such, if you click on the transform tab. It's not fun though, it does work better with the straight on poses.
Maybe start a gameplay post to start role-playing while we finalize builds?
I'm holding off to see how Aegis spends her CP, as I plan to get a costume one way or the other. If she go-go-gadgets Pulse a costume, I have a little more CP to play with (probably for HTML, a satellite uplink, and maybe try to buy an 'overwatch' camera thingy).
Does she need mind-scan to use mind link on electronics out of normal LoS, or can she use her radio perceptions to try to lock onto electronics?
Mind Link requires LoS, so you either have to have LoS, or the electronics must have Mind Link and be transmitting it's own carrier wave.
In other words, if you're linking to a camera that broadcasts, you can do that with your radio sense. If you're trying to hook up to a camera that uses wires, you need to either link to the network and hack your way to it, or you'll need to develop a 'mind scan' to scan for electronic signals so you can set up a magnetic field around them to hijack the signals.
Cool, I'd figured that was the case. And Mind-scan for electronics is a special kind of cool, as I figure it'd also help me to reveal what the purpose of said electronics are, if I understand the Mind-Link section properly? Like 'you know there's a bomb, Pulse doesn't know what bombs 'feel' like, but she can at least point out things she doesn't know what they are. So she can direct people towards finding the bomb in one of X places.' Sorta thing. As if that could ever come up. ;)
So I've settled on two costumes for Violet, as she wants to make sure that she can keep people guessing as to who she really is and where she's at.
First is the "Showy" costume, which is as you can see somewhere between a Superhero and Elegant Gothic Lolita. Purple theme, naturally.
The second is the "Spooky" costume, which is heavily based on Strega fashion, and lets her keep the cowl/scarf motif she's been using thus far.
She has this kooky idea that if she plays her cards right, people might think there are two Espers on the team that rotate in and out.
I should point out that if she's running around with purple hair in both her normal and hero ID, it will be much easier for people to figure out who she is...
I've established in the past that she dyes her hair purple to help throw attention off of the pigmentation issues of her skin (and because she likes the color), and wears a lot of wigs, as well. She's down with the disguises. :)
Alright, XP stuff! I've got my old XP expenditures in the character profile.
Beyond that, Quick Change would be nice; not sure if it's cheaper if I don't have to transform clothing into a costume (or at least not in both directions) if I just grow a costume from my skin in a way that may or may not destroy current clothing.
Nice work, Violet! (It reminds me of a question though: what Earthly in character reason doesn't Vi--and maybe everyone other than Aegis and Mud--buy some Kevlar body armor?)
Anyway, I've got a Rocket that I'm reasonably happy with (though he looks pretty stiff).
mdt, thoughts and edits for build coming soon.
I definitely want to spend
+2 bring Teamwork to a full skill (not just familiarity)
+5 mental defense
For your proposed rebuild:
- What do you think about giving it one bigger MP instead of two? I could see an 80 or 90pt MP that has mostly u slots that max at 60 AP and use between 20-60 RP. The exception would be Combat Running as an m slot. If that seems worth exploring, I'll play a bit more with details. My motivation is to make it possible to run a short distance to get under a flying foe when I want to do an Icarus Special (or get over to the gas I want to blow away, or whatever).
More thoughts / Qs / XP ideas to follow...
You can, you just have to pay points for it is all.
And actually, when he comes out wearing the outfit Vi made for him, I think he'd look very stiff like that, afraid people are going to laugh at him. :) Not saying the outfit is bad, just saying Rocket is kind of sensitive about stuff like that.
As to going up to 60AP of running, I think he's already breaking the sound barrier, and already is faster than 8 out of 10 metas...
As to spending more points, don't forget your base expenditure deficit. :)
Alright, XP stuff! I've got my old XP expenditures in the character profile.
Beyond that, Quick Change would be nice; not sure if it's cheaper if I don't have to transform clothing into a costume (or at least not in both directions) if I just grow a costume from my skin in a way that may or may not destroy current clothing.
I'll work through it tonight then.
I'd planned to buy a little armor for Pulse, actually, but it's hard to fit in, especially iwthout throwing off MDT's curve. I could probably sell a little force field to buy armor, but would have to see.
Plus, not everyone can throw on real armor in a jiffy like rocket. :)
Though pulse can definitely wrap herself in metal more easily than most. :)
As far as XP goes the only thing I know of right now is sharing aegis's armor and maybe some points in teamwork
mdt, as far as running, I wasn't thinking of upping his noncombat or megascale running. (And yes, his megascale goes mach 35, which is about 10x the speed of the fastest known jet.) I was only thinking of upping combat inches. I'd love to be able to go even 25" or 30" instead of 20". At any rate, I'll work something up for your review. Thanks.
Pulse (or interested others) if it helps, here's Rocket's armor: _14_ _Kevlar body armor__ _(8 PD/ 8 ED) (24 AP); OIF (-1/2), Real Armor (-1/4)___
From a realism perspective, I don't see why everyone wouldn't have it (unless their powers prohibit it--maybe true for Blaze and Snap--or make it superfluous--presumably true for Aegis and Mud). From a game balance perspective, it makes sense that it could make you tankier than makes sense...or cost more points you can afford.
Aegis (and anyone else who hasn't yet): I heartily second points in Teamwork. It'll be the only way some of the us who don't punch like a mack truck will be able to damage a lot of our foes.
Yeah, 14 is a lot of points for me.
Also, meanwhile, Pulse is sitting at Run 8"... sooo. :P
I'm thinking about trying to buy leaping, and later upgrading it to flight. Do you think 'Pulse throwing herself' with Ferrokinesis (or Gauss Rifling her own Electromagnetic Field) would be okay? I find the idea of her learning to fly by learning to throw herself to be hilarious.
Also, meanwhile, Pulse is sitting at Run 8"... sooo. :P
I love the idea of throwing herself and eventually learning to fly.
Alternately...rollerskates? They work for Dazzler!
If you wanted them, it should be cheap to buy some extra running with an OIF -1/2, only on smooth surfaces -1/x, so you could get +4" for 4 pts (or less, if "only on smooth" is worth more than -1/2...or if it comes with other side effects like extra KB, which it probably should...)
I really don't like the idea of more conditional stuff. Most of my main powers feel really conditional at the moment. Like... 2/3 of what Pulse can do depends on GM Fiat, it feels like. (Or just not being thrown into really bad situations that she's not at all prepared for :))
Eh, my whole shtick is being dismembered.
Maybe get a motorcycle?
Pulse: heh, fair point. I think your idea of throwing-yourself-as-leaping's way cooler anyway.
Ok, sorry for for the delay in updates.
Yeah, 14 is a lot of points for me.
Also, meanwhile, Pulse is sitting at Run 8"... sooo. :P
I'm thinking about trying to buy leaping, and later upgrading it to flight. Do you think 'Pulse throwing herself' with Ferrokinesis (or Gauss Rifling her own Electromagnetic Field) would be okay? I find the idea of her learning to fly by learning to throw herself to be hilarious.
I think throwing herself also is hilarious. :) You can do it already though without additional powers, just make sure your suit has steel or iron ribbing in it, and you can use your TK to throw yourself without another power, and practice it until you spend points on Flight. :)
...but if she doesn't buy it as leaping, doesn't she need to worry about the damage she takes when she lands?
Aaaand Aegis done.
Aegis can now extend her liquid armor over those she is in direct physical contact with. She can do this to one other persion or one object she's carrying as long as it's the size of a human or smaller. It takes her 2 endurance per phase (not segment) to do so, and she must maintain physical contact. It takes a full phase to extend them over.
Increased her armor defense by 2 points each (PD and ED)
Bought her Familiary with Hoist (lifting things without breaking them), Teamwork, and Power Tricks (Using her powers in little ways, like merging that I-beam using desolidification).
Only Blaze has not been upgraded. Moving forward, need Blaze to post what he wants soon.
Unfortunately, 6str TK only really adds +1" leaping. And that's if you make it additive.
I could buy a power called "FRIDGE!" working her way towards "CAR!" with a 'only whole object' TK, for a higher STR TK, though. It'd be a very happy medium between hurling myself at insane leap numbers by buying pure leap and buying a more reasonable increase. 14 STR is worth between 2.5 and 3" of leaping, which is less 'straight-forward' mobile than her run, but opens up a lot more options. Plus, Throwing refrigerators, when needed. (Or armored, but not dense Aegis-es)
I'm trying to get Aegis to take Superhero Landing as a power. +Presence when she uses her leap to enter a fight, allowing her to add a presence attack to her arriving on the scene (making her look like a bigger threat helps her be tanky, even though she looks like a tank). Thoughts?
If Aegis doesn't buy a costume share, I'm looking at:
Cosmetic Transform, OIF, Limited Target, Extra Time.
Preferably to get it below 4 points to still have at least 1-2 points to play with.
Will Aegis be able to rebuild at our next 'resting' point, if she's settled on a set of powers or ideas she likes more than what you've got there?
How much more expensive (or less armor) is her shared armor ability worth if she doesn't limit it to touch range?
Not going to let a 'let's armor up the mentalist and let her fly around in brick armor' power for Aegis. :)
Besides, if you think about it, her metal is part of her. Taking it out and sticking it on someone else is a bit like cutting your arm off and sticking it on someone else so they can have three hands to work.
And Aegis already has 'Instant Change'.
Okay, a window of opportunity is opening for me to play more. I have some help coming from the factory in China. Hopefully they won't hate me before this is all over.
So in the meantime, how much XP did we get?
Check the EXP tab in the 'Known Metas' link at the top of the game.
Whee! Finally, I'll be able to survive a single punch to the chest!
Did I have enough points left over for Instant Change, or nah?
Also I should probably turn my police contact into something new (if we reach out to the police or the FBI in the new city, or something) but I'll leave it alone until there's an opportunity to I guess.
Sorry, but no. IC is 10 points.
Edited Pulse's original outfit a bit, with 'not using Aegis's metal' in mind.
The eventual goal is to get her to a point where she just has metal-turned clothes like Aegis... for now, I think the metal is mostly in her coat-thing.
If you want something similar to Aegis's armor, you could get her to make you a few billion magnetic fullerenes (also known as Ferromagnetic Carbon Buckyballs), each about the size of a grain of sand. Then use your forcefield with them to create instant change and material armor instead. That would basically let you transform the force field into armor (the magnetic fullurenes would let your body set up a magnetic field that would stay stable even if you're unconscious).
You could get her to work them into various colors to control what your costume looked like, and reconfigure them into jewelry so you always have them with you.
That was sorta the plan! The idea was to keep vials of magnet-friendly materials, but I like the idea of jewelry much more! I hadn't thought of going atomic scale at all, though. (And yeah, I know Buckminsterfullerenes are technically carbon-chain-balls, which makes them slightly above atomic scale #Highschoolchemistry!) ((Edit: Molecular. Molecular was the word that escaped me.))
Carrying extra also leads to other cool powers like force walls and such. :)
Plus, you get to have totally cool 'magical girl' transformation scenes!
You keep that up and Violet's going to get you the entire run of Sailor Moon, plus the transformation wand toys, and hold you to that motif.
Oh, yes.
She will.
And then Pulse introduces her to Madoka Magica. :3
Which I still love purely for the witch-worlds art styles if nothing else (and I just love it, overall, to be fair.)
Also, I find the idea hilarious of copying Violet on the front of having multiple costumes that she rotates. Could even have a BMX Bandit motif. Where she rides a bike. Legit.
While you're discussing magical girls, remember that the GM needs a decision on how you proceed. So far, it's just been 'we could do this' or 'you should do that' not 'I do this'
Violet's made references to PMMM in the past, I think. She knows it.
As to directions to proceed in - Violet has made her suggestions to Aegis and the group on what to do with our organization. At this point it's up to Ms. Sinclair and her wallet, from her perspective.
I believe he means more 'bank robbery in progress' style.
My vote is have Pulse let them know we're coming in a bus to help. But I don't like to drag others along for the ride. :)
I see no reason not to alert the authorities to our presence. Or even just ask them to make sure they even want us there to help.
Sorry, but no. IC is 10 points.
Hmm. I seem to have 10 XP unspent on my sheet, or is that a typo?
No, just the GM having the wrong one open is all. :) Did you want to go ahead and buy that?
Yep! Superhero costume time!
Ok, you have it. I'll fix up a new character sheet when we do XP build outs again, 'kay?
Sounds good!