Solomon Grundy for sure, but I dunno about The Hulk. He doesn't seem to be quite THAT destructive.
I'm just relieved we won't see a red lantern hulk. I was tossing that idea around before I decided on Wingblade.
Some versions of Grundy have a purpose, if Greymonday includes that, then it could be scary.
Oh, I was saying affects objects would only be needed if it was a fortitude save. I could see parry and grab-based working. Please note that if you want to go with them, you need to buy two linked powers - insubstantial as an attack and insubstantial on yourself. The rules are clear on that. I think you'll need to take some serious flaws.
If I were a GM, I would insist on a limit where you cannot leave somebody in a solid object. (either you can't do it or they remain insubstantial until they leave the object) That's a one-shot. Your character already has two powers that are serious game changers*, I wouldn't let you take a third. We are supposed to be major heroes, but there needs to be some challenge.
Yeah, I realized how ridiculous that'd be. I like everything about Haunt as it is now. I guess I wanted to do more hijinx-y things like pulling fleeing thugs out of moving vehicles, and things of that nature.
Speaking of flaws, I'd like to have a flaw that causes Haunt's intangibility to act out in strange ways whenever he's too close to magic, or whenever he's targeted by it or something. Basically, I want Corvus to really mess him up. Their powers together should be incompatible to the point that phasing is inadvisable within a certain radius.
@Haunt,
Okay I can do it for 30 points.
Intangibility
. . Insubstantial: Insubstantial 4 (Linked; Incorporeal; Affects Corporeal; Feedback, Grab-based, Limited: Cannot leave enemy in solid object)
. . Insubstantial: Insubstantial 4 (Linked; Incorporeal; Precise)
It has the feedback disadvantage, so if the guy gets hurt while you've got him, you get hurt.
Grab-based includes attack, which is good because Insubstantial only has 4 ranks. This means that the DC is only 14.
As for the power going wonky near magic, that would probably be a complication. I'd probably say that it's unpredictable, sometimes it's worse than others so that Reckless has some latitude on handing out the hero points.
And I'm hurt. You want to end our budding romance before we even meet? What a cad!
I get the feeling I should have been more curious about the boxes on site. Oh well.
Ok, I am DONE tweaking the build, I promise.
Removed Grappling Gun (because whatever, I wasn't too into the idea anyway) which freed up two points.
Added Corvus' Insubstantial alternate power (Mostly for flavor aspect) which used one point.
Took the Teamwork feat which used the last point. (Having been a sidekick, I think teamwork would have been a valuable feat in his younger life)
Also adding the unpredictable complication when around magic.
@Corvus
Thanks for the help!
What's a romance without a slight tinge of tragedy?
No problem, I love playing with characters. (in fact I'm having a hard time staying away from looking at the recruitment boards even though I'm full up).
I guess it also means you can't get away from me.
Nah, he'd have a hard time taking a lot of jobs needing super powers if he was trying to be squeaky clean.
Okay -- reworked equipment points. Since we're being given a comm etc. and so on I've put all five of my 5 EP into a little hideout for Fusion (which of course she can take the other PCs to).
The Modest Bungalow of Solitude - 5 pts (Equipment 1 rank)
Using savings from past missions, speaker gigs, etc. etc. Fusion has, as discreetly as possible, obtained a little cottage tucked away in a rural area not far from Washington, DC. Using her own skills, borrowed favors from friends, and perhaps unaccounted-for tech left behind by her deceased colleague William Martin, she has managed to set up some fairly impressive amenities inside the unassuming building so that, beyond being a nice place to live, if she needs to get away or lay low --- she's learned to be ready for everything and knows she may not always be trusted because of what she has become -- she has all she needs at least temporarily to stay safe while researching other options. While certainly no Batcave, it contains a state of the art computer system that allows her full use of her technical knowledge, runs on its own generator and has its own custom security system, and of course is set up to nullify any accidental fires she may set while spending time in the place. The couch is very comfortable, and some lovely pansies are planted outside the front door.
Cottage (Tiny, Toughness 6) - base cost -1
--- Feature: Computer 1 pt
--- Feature: Secret 1 pt
--- Feature: Fire Prevention System 1 pt
--- Feature: Living Space 1 pt
--- Feature: Power System 1 pt
--- Feature: Security System 1 pt
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Is this okay, Reckless?
Oooh! We're gonna end up going to Mars!
Either that, or we're going to meet a Martian android called the "Vision of Mars" or something.
That's a great amalgam combo, Martian Visionhunter.
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Yes, and it can potentially correct MM's problem of not having enough powers. :)
I'm not sure what color he should be, but I am confident he'll have a great-looking cape.
John Jonas, the Vision Hunter. :)
@Reckless, hope you don't mind the liberties I've taken.
Gordon Hammer, the information broker known as Weasel. An amalgamation of Barbara Gordon, The Oracle, and Jack Hammer, most commonly known as Deadpool's sometimes friend Weasel (or Penetraitor). As a child villain, he was equally as skilled as Grayson at hand to hand combat, but was always the smarter of the two. He used various gadgets in combat, gaining him the name Gadget Kid. Now, he's more of a techno path of sorts, monitoring activity through out the city (and beyond) and trading information.
"Mystery Man", former vigilante identity of Grayson's rich guardian. Hopefully I've conveyed how much of a jerk he is and his kind of attitude. That predator bit is a little foreshadowing, if you decide to stay with Batman x Black Panther.
Ooo I wanna join in the speculation!
W-w-what about:
John Jones, the Martianhunter.
Frontiersman astronaut, bravely going where no man has gone.
Caught in the middle of war on the alien planet Mars, he is soon murdered by . As he is dying, the opposing side realize that this guy ain't no stinkin' Martian! His brain patterns are far too advanced, WONDERFUL even, for his puny race. They build an android, and pump it full of this Earth guy's strange brain waves. The android is then named Vision (named after the ship he rode in on) The Martian Hunter, and he's a total bad ass renegade. Lasers, explosions, and the like!
That was a great post, Haunt. Kudos.
I enjoy reading the posts, but I was hoping for a bit more player to player interaction (that's where most of the fun is, to me). This is starting to feel more like a freeform collaborative storytelling board with everybody doing their own thing than an RPG group.
I enjoy reading the posts, but I was hoping for a bit more player to player interaction (that's where most of the fun is, to me). This is starting to feel more like a freeform collaborative storytelling board with everybody doing their own thing than an RPG group.
Haunt could've easily called someone from SHIP or PILOT, but I don't know if we're going with the "already assembled" or the "Slade, here's a list of people you need to pick up and get on our side" route. I didn't want to assume one way or the other, so I'm having Haunt work this one out himself.
I'm sure we'll all form up soon enough, and there'll be a smorgasbord of p2p interaction.I'm enjoying this so far though. I think it's a nice little snippet of what solo adventuring is like for our individual heroes. It gives us time to set up complications, weaknesses, enemies and whatnot without having them feel rushed.
@Wingblade
Thanks! Just don't expect that out of me all the time, lol.
I just had an idea that it might be a good thing to work out how much we know each other, while we still have an opportunity to do that before we meet on the gameplay thread.
Even though we've all met fighting the Hive at one point or another, there's still plenty of details to work out. For example, I've already established that Wingblade would have been deployed away from any friendlies, but I don't think that means none of you would have met her. It would be neat if she gets trapped in the wreckage of a crashed ship and then saved by Haunt, for example.
I'm open to other ideas where she comes across the others when not under the effects of the trigger scent. What do you think?
Not a bad idea. Quicky is also capable of reasonably heavy lifting if that fits in.
Also, it is not that I don't intend to do something. Just that I went to bed to sleep, so I can't justify acting without a prompt.
It would be nice to do. I thought we would have been brought together more quickly so I wasn't sure whether Reckless was planning on having us meet for the first time or had decided we all knew each other, so I'm not sure what to plan out.
@Quicky: Wow, just now saw how strong you are. Yes, that could have happened. I had been thinking that since I could probably claw my way out of just being buried, I might have been pinned with several hundred tons of wreckage precariously over me, so I wouldn't be able to do it by myself without bringing the entire wreck on top of me. I had originally thought only Haunt could phase me out of there (since Corvus hasn't joined this realm yet), but Quicky's got the strength to do it as well.
Also: I just now realized that I do have something to swap out in exchange for Improved Smash: Attractive. That's a relic from my initial build (since in the comics X-23 seems to always be drawing guys to her), but I realize when I constructed her history, I've got her really young. So now having that Advantage is just plain creepy. Hopefully Reckless will OK the change.
On the other hand, creepy guys could be a complication. After all, you have to hide the bodies.
There can also be age-appropriate love interests showing up in the campaign. After all, a good game will flesh out people's private lives as well as tearing bad guys into itty-bitty chunks is.
True enough, and that's what I'm sure we'll go with if Reckless doesn't approve of the change.
Though I'm not sure if I'll be interested in hiding the bodies. Leaving a few lying about will send a pretty clear message. :)
Some idiot subcontractor with the cable company keeps disconnecting the wire going into my apartment, thinking it's someone else's (yes, I've paid my bill :) ). So I keep losing my Internet till someone can come reconnect it (I tried reconnecting it myself but they took the doohickey that hooks the two wires together). Apologies for any ensuing slowness.
Oh, that sucks. And yes I believe you about the shoddy cable company service. One guy said that the answer to the war on drugs is to make everything legal, but make sure that you can only get them through cable companies.
I used to have Comcast internet and DirecTV, but my neighbors were installing Century Link phone and internet (about two weeks apart).
When they came out to put in the phone, they "accidentally" snipped my satellite and cable internet wires while digging around. Took me about 4 days to get somebody to fix them.
Same thing happened when they came out to put the internet in.
Actually ended up nearly failing one of my Game Design classes because of it, so I was really pissed.
Sounds rough. At least you passed, right?
Yeah, though with a C due to several missed assignments at the end of the class.
So it's coming close to a week since Reckless has posted. Anybody seen him?
Thanks for the sympathy, guys. Will be fixed tomorrow morning, hopefully.
Trying to catch up with everything and get Fusion in with talking with everyone.
Have we all heard of each other if not met each other before?
I think we're assuming we've all met.
I'd expect the NYC heroes to be more familiar with another, as the DC ones would be with their heroes.
Yar. We're all acquainted with each other at least to the point that we know who each other are and roughly what everyone can do, I believe.
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Time for some clarifying.
Yes, you've all met.
Yes, you've all agreed to be part of TTX.
I did a little play with times, with some stuff happening at night, some stuff during the day. Now we can say all the timelines are synced up, with it being about 10 am.
We'll just ignore inconsistencies in the finest comic-book tradition.
Quicky, I'm assuming you're somewhere in the vicinity of DC, and a relatively short distance from the base.
EDIT: Corvus excepted from the "all" above.
Ok, looking it up, Leesburg is 31 miles as the crow flies or about 46 if you take surface roads (or run next to them as the case may be). Basically a negligible time if he cuts loose.
Having surgery today (just a shoulder), but expect to be fairly groggy and useless for a while (not sure on duration). If my posting is a bit slow, bot me as needed.
Best wishes for a quick recovery!
(See what I did there?)
Take care and get some rest, Quicky.
I hope everything goes well! Heal quickly
Having surgery today (just a shoulder), but expect to be fairly groggy and useless for a while (not sure on duration). If my posting is a bit slow, bot me as needed.
How ironic. =p
Get well soon.
Wasn't aware that Fusion is incapable of concealing her glow. We can retcon or change the meeting place?
Waiting for GM to tie things together.
Sorry, the whole idea is that she's been merged with a cosmic energy source. If she's "put out" it probably means she's dead.
But Fusion can wait outside and masquerade as a lamppost.
I'll have nothing of the sort! You are an equal part of the team and I wouldn't want to exclude you.
We can retcon. The jet stealthed as it entered Gotham and landed on the rooftop of Grayson's apartment building. We can meet up in his "penthouse". The building was a failed attempt at glamming up this particular part of Gotham in the 80's. With his former guardian Mystery Man in a coma, Grayson Pryde used his money to flat out buy the penthouse suite of the apartment. Of the 30 or so floors, there maybe are a total of 15-20 residents. Grayson made the call to Slade as the Blackjet was entering NYC, so he and Peter are hoofing it back with coffee in hand while you guys let yourselves in.
Does that work?
Only if you're okay with Wingblade raiding your fridge!
(I'm setting her out as kind of a sensation junkie.)
I am okay with changing things to meeting at Grayson's apartment, and I do feel we need to get the whole group together so we can really start getting a feel for each other as a team.
THAT SAID--the desire to be sure we are kept together in general is much appreciated, but I am also aware I built my character with a few innate and obvious drawbacks to her powerset. I did this as I thought it was interesting to play, but did not intend to make it a problem for the whole party or make her a burden. I will NOT, generally speaking, feel left out if Fusion's participation in a certain scene is limited or altered. She should not, for example, be part of a sneaky scouting expedition---but she certainly can be a distraction to help keep the enemies' watchful eyes away from the sneaky scouts. :)
In this particular case I am okay with doing whatever's needed to get us together because again, I think we need to get us all on the same page and get the show on the road... but in general, I am not going to feel hurt or excluded by party splitting if and when necessary.