This is one of those things that just sort of happen in games. I didn't plan on anyone caring this much about the woes of a super-villain, but it is fun.
Ah ah ah, not a super-villain. A reformed, REDEEMABLE supervillain. Someone trapped by circumstance who still yet can be turned wholly to the Light.
Big difference IMO.
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
I don't know about the rest of the group but based on our other games, if you didn't expect me to be sympathetic to the antiheroic tragic supervillain....
I am a huge fan of redemption arcs and would love to continue down that path.
Agree - plus it ticks so many great mythos boxes for a magically themed team such as our good selves.
Heard. I'll roll that in.
Should we continue this in character or wrap this one up?
You have power points to spend and I'd like to start the next adventure with you doing normal/normalish things. You don't have to all be separate or anything, but it would be fun to run some smaller things. Alternately, if there is anything like monitor duty, I could use that.
Keep up the debrief in Gameplay. I'm enjoying it.
Between adventures (assuming you want to continue the campaign) you each get 5 Power Points. Still PL 10.
With these 5 points, I think we're 10 points into the 15 points to PL 11.
Do you intend to move us to PL 11 in 5 more points? If yes, can some of our limits be at PL 10.5? Meaning exceed the PL 10 limit? Because it costs more than the last 5 points to reach PL 11. Does that make any sense?
thanks
These points are to broaden you at PL 10. After this next adventure I was planning to let you do a half PL.
These points are to broaden you at PL 10. After this next adventure I was planning to let you do a half PL.
Got it. I had my 15 points planned for PL 11.
Is it worth asking how many points that you're planning to get to PL 11? In case some of us what to plan? Asking for a friend
thanks
It will be a big number. Probably 10 or so.
OK Spending 5 points on the following:
+4 (5) Upgrading his amulet to Immunity (Life Support)
+1 Benefit 3 (Master Mage: Heir Apparent)
How much time has transpired between issues ST?
I was thinking just a couple of weeks (2), but if someone needs more time it won't impact me much.
Sorry, busy weekend. I still need to spend Grace's points. Some I might bank but I can probably round out her powers a bit. I was thinking about adding some environmental protections to her suit... perhaps too little, too late, but it would make sense, that with exposure to the mystic elements it (and Grace) have begun to adapt... but I gotta tally the costs and see what makes the most sense.
I'm still cooking up some ideas for those power points. I may just up his low defenses.
As you are spending your points, ponder how you would like to start things up at the beginning of the next issue. I'm looking for some scattered scenes. Could be you are going about your life and run into something interesting. Could be you are heroing and run into something interesting. Could be you just hear about something and move out. Up to you guys really.
We haven't seen much of Grace at work, so her working at the Botanical Gardens would be cool. Should we just post something IC or are you piecing something together?
Finally regarding power ups-- I think I'll spend a couple points for environmental heat/cold immunity (this is not immunity to damage effects with those descriptors), attached to her armor.
The bad news is I realized her most updated character sheet (in the 3e Excel sheet that someone made for chargen) is on my other computer so I am not sure how to calculate that in, but I think it's just the flat two points added to everything else.
I could also add immunity to suffocation... her armor could now generate a "helmet" that protects her from such things... though I think I might just bank the other three points for now.
Gracie, you can go ahead and post something if you like. I'll roll with it. Came up with some good links for the plants.
Gracie and Everyone, it doesn't bother me at all if you spend points on something now and then want to reassign them after the adventure when you get more points. It is easy enough to explain changes in build with a new item, different spell, magic energy, etc.
Have intermittent access at the moment. Will post by tomorrow a.m.
What's up with everyone else?
Everyone else still here?
Ready for any hook
cheers
Yeah, still here. Being honest, time has been mostly divided between work, life stuff, and Elden Ring for the past couple of weeks lol. Almost at the end of the game though.
I can't speak for him, but I think tumbler was hoping y'all would throw in some ideas for this:
I'm looking for some scattered scenes. Could be you are going about your life and run into something interesting. Could be you are heroing and run into something interesting. Could be you just hear about something and move out. Up to you guys really.
Just a heads up gang - had a couple of rush offshore jobs land of my lap this morning, so might be mid-week before I'm clear enough to contribute. Please bot me as/when/if necessary.
ST -have some ideas for the good Professor and his brutish alter ego. Will get those firmed up for you when I can.
I just tried to post but it's not showing up for me? Apologies if I double-triple-quadruple posted.
Max will spend the immediate downtime after the Maw researching the places that they visited. Reaching out to the underking and fairy, to thank them for their help and tell them the HellQueen was stopped without melting down the world or summoning the god. Wrapping up loose ends.
I'm changing jobs at the moment, so don't have the time to research our past Gameplay to post in Gameplay.
Sorry
I just tried to post but it's not showing up for me? Apologies if I double-triple-quadruple posted.
The boards have been doing a weird thing where it takes a few seconds for a post to appear. Refresh the screen a few times and it should show up.
I'm changing jobs at the moment, so don't have the time to research our past Gameplay to post in Gameplay.
I'm sorry you're in a stressful situation. But I'm not sure why you mentioned this, since nobody asked you to research past Gameplay posts to post in Gameplay.
I'm sorry you're in a stressful situation. But I'm not sure why you mentioned this, since nobody asked you to research past Gameplay posts to post in Gameplay.
I'm changing jobs at the moment, so don't have the time to research our past Gameplay to post in Gameplay.
Because (for me) that's what it would take to make a coherent and consistent post of what my character would be doing based on the events of the adventure.
Fair enough. Good luck with your job transition.
Unexpectedly exhausting week at work, may be slower than expected. Apologies.
today was particularly hectic and tomorrow will be a long day. I'll try to get a post up on friday, but for now I'm mentally drained
I'll have a post up tonight. Needed to figure out how I wanted to phrase what Cesarina has been up to.
| 1 person marked this as a favorite. |
In addition to your power points, you can take if you wish the following advantage:
Benefit (1): Member of Eldritch. Eldritch is not necessarily a well known team in the mundane world, nothing like the reputation of the Freedom League or anything. But among those in the know with the arcane, being a member of the team brings a certain status. Your threats and promises are assumed to carry the weight of Eldritch.
Just a heads up gang I'm positively slammed at work - had a couple of additional jobs land of my lap today in an already busy week and need to do my team's performance review by Friday... also have our works Xmas do on Friday (at the 3rd tilt - covid allowing).
Posting might be pretty spotty until the weekend so please bot Prof/Eoten as necessary.
I think I finally figured out traditional style scrying. In Mutants and Masterminds, I think it actually requires two powers. You can link them if you want, or use one then the next.
So you need Detect: (the person, thing, whatever) (visual sense, usually). The base version of that only works on touch, but if you extend it it can be visual. Then you can make a perception check (with a much reduced penalty if you crank up the extended).
Then you need clairvoyance, clairaudience, or Scrying.
Scrying: Remote Sensing (Visual, Auditory, Mental) • 4 points per rank
Everyone should reset to 1 Hero Point. This is a fine time to trigger complications if you want. I've already triggered them for Oz and Cesarina at least.
Also, don't forget to spend your power points if you haven't yet.
Trying to work on a Complication and power dynamic where the Prof is able to tap into Eoten via Mirror Monster Trope
I've never used these powers before, but I imagine their utility now.
* Create a pot with "By Phaedrus's Fortified Forms": Create 7 (125 cft), Continuous, Stationary, Innate (22)
* Transform air into boiling water with a few "By the Philosopher's Stone of Zosimos": Transform 4 (Transform any 12 lb. of material into anything else), (20)
* Transform air into wooden mallet with "By the Philosopher's Stone of Zosimos": Transform 4 (Transform any 12 lb. of material into anything else), (20)
Does that work? Checking my understanding of the game mechanics.
thanks
Grace's lab probably has a sterilizer and burners to boil things and plenty of wooden handled objects; we probably just need the pot. Was about to post this in character but wanted to run it by you as don't want to steal your thunder. :)
Those all work. Since your create is Continuous, you could also use create to create pot, water, and mallet.
Mallet is probably overkill, because the setting is probably full of wooden handles, but also maybe Max has grown accustomed to solving problems with magic.
Since the objects you want to transform are unattended and inanimate, there is no save or anything.
I'm on spring break this week, and therefor have too much time to fret. Everyone ok? Need anything from me?
This is all preliminary to the main thrust of this adventure, so don't worry too much about these initial encounters.
I'll have a post up soon and try to be as self-driving as possible. Sorry for the delay, took a break from posting this weekend and kinda forgot to do it yesterday besides GM my own game.
Sorry gang - work is a grind at the moment, loads on and not much post shift energy for anything else.
Hoping this weekend will see the load lighten. Meantime please bot Prof/Eoten as necessary.
I've just changed jobs, so I'm settling in a new routine that will mean less total time to post. And last night was my RL game. But I'm still here
Get it. I'm busy most of the time. Just not right now.
I've been having a lot of health problems related to new medications and dosages and it's wrecking my energy. I will try to have a post up sometime Thursday evening.
Sorry for the radio silence, am still here and ready to move. Busy week as well and easily distracted.
Echos, sorry to hear that, hope you feel better.
I've been having a lot of health problems related to new medications and dosages and it's wrecking my energy. I will try to have a post up sometime Thursday evening.
Hope you get it worked out, EM. I've been there.