Current Status
Showed Interest
DJ TPK
Daynen
Jemstone
Mahorfeus
Incomplete Submission
Chatterbox (James Martin) - Autobot Scout (Heavy Motorcycle)
Warhawk (GM SuperTumbler) - Autobot Warrior (Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion Military Chopper)
Completed Submission
Ulastron/Ula (StorytellerShadow) - Unaligned Microbot Triplechanger (Drone/Light Motorcycle/Cheetah)
Just a reminder, recruitment closes Friday. Need submissions done by then.
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Name : Chatterbox
Classification : Scout
Allegiance : Autobot
Background : Chatterbox has long been a scout for the Autobot cause. Mainly because his constant talking makes him hard to endure for long. His only partner, an elderly warrior named Knockabout, was nearly deaf, so it worked until Knockabout was destroyed on a mission to sabotage a new 'Con weapon that went wrong. Chatterbox volunteered for a deep space mission after that, preferring to get away from the memories of his beloved stone deaf partner. So far he's not driven his new teammates to murder, but give him time...
Gendered? : Male
Vehicle Mode(s) : Dodge Tomahawk Motorcycle (experimental)
Vehicle Mode Image : Dodge Tomahawk
Robot Mode Image: Robot Mode
Notes : Possible powers include holographic rider, intense speed, possibly stealth capabilities, light weapons such as blasters. I could totally see him as more fast than sneaky, so he could also work as a hard-hitting speedster who hits and moves to avoid getting plastered. He could also work as a Microbot, since that seems to be a theme in the submissions, too.
Current Status
Showed Interest
DJ TPK
Daynen
Jemstone
Mahorfeus
Incomplete Submission
Warhawk (GM SuperTumbler) - Autobot Warrior (Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion Military Chopper)
Completed Submission
Ulastron/Ula (StorytellerShadow) - Unaligned Microbot Triplechanger (Drone/Light Motorcycle/Cheetah)
Skitter (RobL8675309) - Autobot Microbot (Robowolf)
Chatterbox (James Martin) - Autobot Scout (Heavy Motorcycle)
I'm happy to give you more, but I might need some help integrating this into our "state of the canon." I've added a bit that I hope clarifies his role in the team that seems to be forming.
Name : Warhawk
Classification : Warrior/Transporter
Allegiance : Autobot
Background : Warhawk is, oddly enough, a man of peace. But, given the circumstances, he has made due. Warhawk has served as a non-Com for ages, guiding Autobot warriors in the service of the Prime. He has been sent to keep a lid on the impetuous scout team.
Personality : Warhawk's personality is as slow and thoughtful as his body. With his bird's eye view, he sees the big picture and helps to keep the more impetuous Autobots focused. He is a a combination of Galdalf and a Marine drill sergeant.
Gendered? : Male
Vehicle Mode(s) : Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion
Vehicle Mode Image Vehicle Mode
Robot Mode Image Something like this but the blades turn into a giant sword.
Special abilities/Weapons/Fighting Style/Role on the team
Warhawk is strong enough and large enough to provide transportation/aerial deployment to smaller bots. His primary weapons are a massive two handed sword and missile launchers.
This is one version of this concept. I also imagined a version with him as possibly a search and rescue copter if we need someone to take on more of a medic role.
Don't worry about Canon right now, I'm more worried about you giving me an example of what you'd like his background to be based on what you do know about transformers. We'll be tweaking the backgrounds to fit into the canon after selection. Right now, the background/personality are to let me get an idea of the character you want to play. What you've got is ok for now, if you want to expand on it some more, given what I've just said, feel free.
Ok, so, we have four completed submissions, so we'll go with those four.
Warhawk (GM SuperTumbler) - Autobot Warrior (Sikorsky CH-53K King Stallion Military Chopper)
Ulastron/Ula (StorytellerShadow) - Unaligned Microbot Triplechanger (Drone/Light Motorcycle/Cheetah)
Skitter (RobL8675309) - Autobot Microbot (Robowolf)
Chatterbox (James Martin) - Autobot Scout (Heavy Motorcycle)
Please dot in on the game thread and discussion thread.
For the others who didn't get a submission completed, if you change your mind, go ahead and submit and I'll put you on a list for replacements should a spot free up.
OK.
I'll likely need some assistance with the build as I do not know the system very well but I am excited to play a Transformers RPG :-)
Thanks MDT.
Hey, all,
MDT took pity on me since I've been sick with food poisoning and persistent migraines the last several days, and missed the posting deadline.
So, I'm going to provide some background on the character, which I've been thinking about, and MDT's going to do the heavy lifting, since I've found his suggestions on the build for my character in his Champions game to be pretty danged great if I'm being honest.
So I'm going to do my suggestion here, then, if all looks good, come join you in the Discussion thread.
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Name: Redshift
Classification: Scout
Allegiance: Autobot
Background: Redshift missed most of the war, locked as he was under the metric kiloton of fused ore, scrap, and debris that used to be the city-bed of Helaxis, the Titan that had been the core of Hexalon, City Of Light. Hexalon was a bountiful, beautiful place: Energon Fountains in every square, wide, sweeping roads and vistas looking out over the vast Ether-Seas of Cybertron's southern hemisphere. It was a shining jewel of progress and peace. And then, one day, Helaxis called her City Speaker to her Spark Chamber, where she told him she must leave. Great change was coming, she said, and she could not remain. Where she went, he could not go.
She would leave him, but not alone. He would understand one day, but first, he must sleep.
When an Autobot scavenging team uncovered the ancient, worn and weathered CR-Chamber that held Redshift's sleeping form, they thought they'd found just another dead, greyed-out bot. Another fallen soldier. Maybe they could salvage a few drops of Energon from the chamber's recycling system, but they wouldn't be like the Decepticons and scavenge the corpse for parts.
And then, he opened his eyes. The first sight he had of this brave new Cybertron were three small, starving Autobots, hiding behind scrap to keep themselves safe from a stranger from the past, back from the dead.
Discovering that Helaxis and Hexalon were both gone, lost to the rumors and myths of time, Redshift was struck silent for a very, very long time. His heart was heavy, and he could barely manage to motivate himself to focus his audio receptors on the sounds that came to him that first night: the shouts and cries for help from his rescuers. A Decepticon raiding party had come for them, looking to siphon off their Energon reserves for themselves.
The sword that Helaxis had forged for him when he became her City Speaker was a welcome weight in his hands, and no Autobot lost their lives that day. The Decepticons were not so lucky.
Redshift had been an Autobot when to be one had very little meaning. Now, the emblem of Autobrand, the symbol of the Prime upon him, gave him a purpose he needed. Protect the Autobots. Follow The Prime. Rebuild the community and unity of Cybertron. And fight.
Until All Are One.
Gendered?: Male
Vehicle Mode(s): Redshift's vehicle mode is still a vaguely-Cybertronian hybrid of a Formula-One racer and his old GES (Ground Effect System) vehicle mode. On Earth, he sticks to using his wheels, but in a pinch can switch to a limited form of his GES (purposely limited, so as to conserve fuel) in order to traverse rivers, lakes, and other wheel-unfriendly terrain (such as chasms).
Vehicle Mode Image: Redshift looks very much like this image of Mirage in both Robot and Vehicle modes, except his color scheme is shifted to Red (replacing Blue and Black), Yellow (replacing White), and Silver (replacing Red).
Robot Mode Image: See above. Redshift carries a sword (a symbol of his status as a City Speaker), as well as pair of blast-cannons (one in each arm). The cannons fire both damaging and non-damaging rounds - the secondary fire mode turns each round into a blanket of magnetic chaff, which sticks to the robotic skin of its target, interfering with their sensors, temporarily blinding them and causing their motor-circuits to misfire, slowing them down and making them very clumsy for several seconds (usually enough to beat a quick retreat).
Notes: Redshift is generally amiable, but can be prone to fits of melancholy at times: having gone from a state of constant contact with Helaxis to waking up in a world where he was surrounded by 'bots whose thoughts he couldn't interpret, and whose world was one of chaos and strife instead of art and beauty, has been a terrible blow to him. In the past, he was never alone, as Helaxis was always within his mind, speaking to him of the things that the City needed, or that the people within her needed. Now, though he's surrounded by friends on the trip to this new world that The Prime has promised them, he often still finds himself terribly, terribly alone.
Redshift is proficient in such skills as Urban Geography, Sculpture, Conversation, Persuasion, Archaic Cybertronian Literature, Demolitions (he knows how best to destroy large structures so as to cause minimal... or maximum, if the need arises... damage), Hand-to-Hand Combat, Resource Management, and Botany. He knows he should fully adopt an Earth-type vehicle form, but he just can't. He can't give up on Cybertron entirely, and keeping some aspects of his old vehicle mode, he feels, is an outward expression of that commitment.
Redshift has not yet figured out what Helaxis meant when she said she would not leave him alone. To his mind, she did exactly that, and he doesn't know if he'll ever understand why.
Re-recruting as we lost a player. I'm looking for anyone interested in joining, this game is in the HERO system (Also know as CHAMPION system). I'll help make the characters.
To come in, you'd need to either take over an existing character (Warhawk, although you can remake him as long as he's a soldier, he's not done much in game unfortunately). Alternately, I'll be able to bring in a new character soon, so you may have to join and discuss only for a bit.
I'll take 1 or 2 players.
Bump!
Im interested in the Warhawk character,Ive read the game posts so far and like how its going. Im also familiar with hero/champions 5th edition at most I would need a refresher in how you are doing the rolls as I am new to this forum and site. I can post at least everyday. worst it would be in the evenings my time US Mountain Time. After all WORK is a four letter word.
Hi JFT, thanks for the interest! I created a new recruitment thread here since people rarely pay attention to old recruitment threads! The fact you did is encouraging! Anyway, hop over there, and we can talk about you taking over Warhawk. I had one other person interested, but they weren't sure if they wanted to take over Warhawk, so this should work good.
And welcome to the Paizo site (noticed you're a new profile).