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Was going to make chili and then discovered I was entirely out of canned tomatoes (or any other kind of tomato, but it's winter so it'd only be canned).
So, needing to use up a bunch of vegetables in my fridge anyway, I made a black bean and vegetable soup. I had some ancient but still (just) edible carrot and celery and onion, sauteed that; added cumin, red pepper flake, smoked paprika, and a blob of tomato paste and stirred until fragrant; added a chopped and peeled sweet potato and rutabaga and a can of black beans and a bay leaf; then added a bottle of Shiner Bock, 2 chicken broth concentrate packets, and some water and simmered a half an hour, till the rutabaga was fork tender. Whizzed the stuff with an immersion blender so basically the beans turned into thickener and gave the soup a nice texture. Added a little rice vinegar for brightness and adjusted for salt flavor.
It had no right to taste any good but actually was pretty decent. Not the best soup I've ever eaten, but hearty and appropriate for winter. Greek yogurt and olive oil served as tasty garnishes.
I don't know if we'll see something directly related to the Master (possible, but I'd wonder how they'd do it without bogging things down in exposition), but in Season 1, they mentioned Bud Askins worked for WestTek before he came to Vault Tech. Who was the same group doing the FEV experiments to create Super Mutants that Roger Maxson interrupted, and their leftover FEV in Mariposa created the first super mutants who captured the man who'd become the Master and threw him in the vats. So yeah, many fans are speculating (which I'm just saying to make clear this isn't my idea), his vision of "super managers" could well involve making the vault dwellers into mutants as you say.
Where the Master I think indirectly ties in (1) is he said that vault dwellers make especially good FEV test subjects because they aren't exposed to the radiation and other toxins in the wasteland and (2) I wonder if the "super managers" are supposed to be more intelligent mutants than the super mutants, which resulted from efforts to create soldiers.
Are you one of those freaks that likes salt licorice? Or just the sweet kind?
The only kind of licorice I like is the red stuff that tastes nothing like real licorice, or the Bassets All-sorts type of thing that sandwiches the licorice between tastier substances to the point where you can mostly ignore the licorice flavor.
I tried salt licorice candy once and I have to say it was... odd. There was something in the flavor profile that came off as intriguing for a split second, but overall it was just... jarring. Also, really salty. I was expecting sweet candy with a touch of salt and it was just ... not that.
FWIW, I should have clarified what I was referring to upthread was licorice root, the actual plant. While obvious licorice-root-flavored candy (commonly called "licorice") should have the same herbal benefits, it if course also comes with a ton of sugar (or salt). The cherry flavored candy made in the same way as licorice candy rope does not contain any licorice root.
The root in a tea has a much less astringent flavor and is very soothing. It also tastes naturally sweet without adding any sugar to it.
Glad something worked, quibblemuch. I'm surprised he could eat peppers (even sweet ones are acidic), but it depends a lot on the particular bad stomach juju he has.
I didn't think of it sooner but other herbs and spices associated with stomach soothing, off the top of my head, include:
- cardamom. Warming and usually very stomach friendly
- Star anise. Good for bloating.
- Mint quells nausea but it can be acidic.
- licorice (in moderation; high amounts can be hypertensive and can *ahem* loosen one up a lot)
For future reference if you cook for him again.
None of the above should be taken as medical advice.
Tonight I need to come up with something flavorful but also somehow innocuous for a friend with gastric reflux/distress/[some kind of something unpleasant they haven't figured out yet]. Chicken is generally safe, but I'd like to throw a little flavor his way. Poor guy loves food and has been on tiny, bland portions for a month.
Suggestions?
Is he banned from eating ginger? For some it could trigger some digestion issues, but it is a well known treatment for indigestion and nausea, and I personally find when my acid reflux is acting up, it helps tremendously. And it is delicious with chicken. I'd confirm with him first whether he can eat it or not of course.
But if he can--if you want to keep it easy, maybe a ginger, chicken, and rice soup. Other typical soup herbs like thyme or sage should taste good with that and hopefully not be too volatile.
If you want to get slightly riskier, maybe a stirfry. Mix a little broth, ginger, sesame oil, soy sauce, and corn starch together to make a not-too-bland sauce. Maybe a drop of sugar or honey. Stir fry the chicken with celery and carrot, add sauce. (I'd say add vinegar or lemon to the sauce as well but that could be reflux triggering.)
Hi folks, I have posted my recruitment for the interested applicants.
Unfortunately it looks like Plastic Dragon's own game never got off the ground, so I also invited those players to apply to my table as well. One of those players has expressed interest. I'm asking folks who are still interested to please post to my thread to confirm they still are interested in playing.
Made the braised cabbage and daal (red lentils) last night. Seared the cabbage, took it out of the pan a moment, then sauteed garlic, red pepper flakes, smoked paprika, and tomato paste and then added a can of whole san marzano tomatoes and broke them up (I wanted to use diced tomatoes but apparently am out). Added some apple cider vinegar and honey and broth to thin out the liquid (the tomatoes came in more of a puree than canning liquid). Stirred about 1/3 to 1/2 cup daal into the mix (also was planning to use brown lentils but didn't have any, but daal cooks faster at least), then re-added cabbage and simmered, covered about 20 minutes. Served over farro. Was really tasty. Could have used more red pepper flake--needed a little more kick. Worth experimenting more with.
Sadly one of my great fears is apparently coming true: cabbage is becoming the next "superfood." I have always loved it because it is cheap and abundant. But that of course makes it a ripe target by foodie influencers who take cheap food and try to "elevate" it in billions of fancy recipes, increasing the demand... and the cost. Food trends piss me off. Just look at how much oxtails and oxtail soup cost now, FFS.
Speaking of egg sandwiches... that's what I was going to have for breakfast this morning. I'd bought a lovely ciabatta from a bakery stand at the farmer's market and was going to put it on that.
And then I discovered that my ADHD self had accidentally put the eggs in the freezer the last time I'd used them. While technically they should still be okay, there were still in shell and all cracked, so thawing them and then using them could lead to contamination, so I'm inclined to chuck them. They're still in the freezer as I make up my mind as to what to do with them but I don't think they're usable. IIRC if you freeze eggs you're supposed to beat them first and then freeze them in containers, e.g., ice cube trays. Anyway I'm disgusted.
The chicken sausage and cheese sandwich on ciabatta was tasty, however. (No tomato for me, can't get good tomatoes around here this time of year)
I still haven't fully seen ep 4 but have seen enough from reaction vids and easter egg videos to get a sense of what's happened.
The image of the deathclaw coming out of Gomorrah as the devil rising out of hell was so beautifully done.
I have some things I want to ramble about WRT things happening and its relationship to New Vegas and speculation on what the canon courier did and didn't do. I've largely withdrawn from other online discussion boards so I'm gonna put that rambling under a spoiler here in case it is not of interest, but of course I'm always up for a discussion of someone wants.
Thoughts on What's Happened to New Vegas, Etc.:
So first of all I want to say that I generally like what has happened in Fallout TV so far and would even go so far to say as it's all felt pretty natural as to what MIGHT happen 20 years after New Vegas, even though yes, of course a lot of it is depressing.
I remember the showrunner saying he didn't want to show a really definitive conclusion to the events of Fallout: New Vegas so as not to invalidate different player playthroughs, which is b+!!~!+% for several reasons:
1. It is another way of saying what you think players do don't matter, which is disrespecting their agency, not the other way around.
2. Trying to be "coy" in your storytelling about the past just makes it harder for you to write a coherent story--especially when there's no reason to be coy about it. Just being able to say, "This s+%% happened and this is why this sucks now" would save a ton of time.
3. It's not like Fallout hasn't definitively chosen certain main character choices as canon. The NCR wouldn't exist if certain endings of Fallout 1 and 2 hadn't occurred; hell, humanity wouldn't exist if certain endings of Fallout 1 happened (or to a lesser extent, 3). So it's silly be like "these endings are canon but I'm not gonna commit to this one."
4. That the Courier did certain things and New Vegas ended a certain way is obvious from what we've seen so far.
Here's what I'm pretty sure the Courier did in the canon:
1. Persuaded the Khans not to support the Legion. Hence their existence in Fallout TV.
2. Recruited Boone, which probably means he killed Jeannie May Crawford, Novac's leader. This meant Novac was down a protector and centralized leadership, and this may have contributed to Novac eventually being attacked and overtaken by the Khans.
3. The Securitrons show the soldier face, meaning the Courier got the platinum chip and upgraded them.
4. The Courier helped the Kings/did some helpful things around Freeside (there are endings where they get wiped out).
5. The Courier did little to nothing to aid Caesar's Legion, so Caesar either was killed during the endgame or died of his brain tumor without Arcade present to care for him.
Extrapolations and informed speculation:
1. Canon ending is probably "No Gods, No Masters" or "House Always Wins." Given the state of New Vegas and Victor says he's experiencing memory problems, I'm leaning toward No Gods, No Masters, but it could still be House Always Wins and some other problems happened. No Gods would also lead to the Followers struggling in New Vegas and they probably would eventually leave the area which would contribute to other problems in Vegas. Either way, the ending was not in favor of the Legion or NCR, and this was contributing to the NCR's significant decline even before the bombing of Shady Sands. The only reason the Legion is in slightly better shape is because they still had a ton of reinforcements from out east, and that explains why they were able to overrun Camp McCarran.
2. I think the emptiness of Camp Golf isn't necessarily, however, because the NCR was chased away from it. I think after Hoover Dam was lost, they just didn't need it. It may also be because the Courier whipped the recruits there into shape and they all left and turned in the radio operator for false transmissions, so Camp Golf could be mostly empty even by the end of New Vegas.
3. The Mojave Brotherhood chapter doesn't exist, so that definitely suggests either the Courier blew up the Brotherhood (necessary for the House Always Wins and possible for No Gods) or otherwise left MacNamara in charge but did not ally them with NCR, so they eventually just disintegrated. Remnants of theirs, if any, were probably absorbed by Quintus's more zealous chapter. (What I want to know is, though, what happened to the Circle of Steel referenced in the DLCs?).
4. The previews show the eastern part of Freeside to be in good shape, so Courier probably helped out the various people there.
Aside: the Ghoul mentions someone named "Darla" at Novac. There was never anyone there named Darla, but Boone's wife was named Carla. Ghoul strikes me as someone who might not fully remember her name. Which means the last time Ghoul was at Novac it was before Jeannie May sold Carla into slavery. Which would be also why he thought Camp Golf might have still been an active NCR outpost.
What's yet to be revealed is what irradiated the Kings and when the Deathclaws attacked. (And the one thing that has upset me is how the Kings were just used for cannon fodder. The internal storytelling is interesting--Buffout-addled Lucy's "they're just ghouls" is an interesting comment given she chose to mercy-kill her feral mother. Is that how she had been justifying decision in her mind? But I'm sorry to see the Kings used like that, they were a cool faction and deserved better.)
I'm not shocked that the Deathclaws overran Vegas. There was an insane number of Deathclaws near the Vegas city limits in Fallout: New Vegas. Their approaching and attacking the place feels like a reasonable inevitability--and it's a gap in New Vegas's storytelling. The huge number of Deathclaws is never really discussed or dealt with; even if you took out Quarry Junction they're still all over the place, so could eventually... well, move further into the city and kill everything that wasn't already dead. And an army of deathclaws could probably match the Securitrons. And I'm not upset at what's happened to Vegas... much. I mean, it's sad, but the New Vegas I remember playing made clear how very precarious the safety was there. Anything... like a slavering horde of previously, largely ignored deathclaws... could challenge that.
Finally... what we know about the canon ending to Fallout 4:
The Minutemen were the leading faction that beat the Institute. It can't have been the Institute or Railroad who won, or the Commonwealth Brotherhood would have been mostly destroyed and Maxson dead (he is mentioned as still alive). But it also can't have been the Brotherhood who won. I don't think they would be desperate for the cold fusion device if they had the Beryllium Agitator from Mass Fusion. Harkness says that they need the cold fusion device or all will be lost in the Commonwealth. I have to wonder if that means they want that to power Liberty Prime since they never got the Agitator (and the Agitator otherwise gets blown up). Given Harkness's zest for genociding "abominations," I also wonder if that's a hint of why he believes the BOS in the Commonwealth needs an edge: if the Minutemen won, they are tolerant of ghouls and runaway synths. It could be his perspective that the "abominations" are ruining the Commonwealth and they want to use Liberty Prime to "purify" the land. I could be totally wrong of course, but it's a theory.
My recent best attempt at cooking was chicken jardiniere which I think I've posted about before. I used ATK's recipe portioned for two, subbing salt pork for pancetta. Basically a French stew of leg quarters, onions, carrots, potatoes, and peas with thyme and wine, finish with parsley and lemon juice. The "two portion" meal made three generous servings. I served with a side of Trader Joe's "mini baguettes" which are little crunchy bread sticks you bake from frozen for about six minutes.
I also liked my "I'm too tired to cook but I need to eat something containing protein and a vegetable" meal this week, which was three Trader Joe's spanakopita, a scoop of garlicky seasoned cottage cheese, and some kalamata olives.
Planning to make some braised cabbage and beans (or lentils, maybe?) today if the rain doesn't just glue me to the easy chair.
Hey folks, I am still planning to open recruitment for this adventure that I invited the other applicants to apply to. Recruitment post will go up sometime within the next week. I can't guarantee you will be selected; considering every application with fresh eyes.
If you're interested in being invited to that recruitment, let me know via PM. For simplicity's sake I'm just using the same char gen rules Plastic Dragon did and folks can keep the same character, but folks can tweak or submit a different character if they want to. I'll post to the recruitment thread of this game as well as create my own recruitment thread so stay tuned.
I too really hope Plastic Dragon is okay too. So many times people just disappear for random reasons, but I literally once learned a friend of mine died because I reached out to mutual friends after he had unexpectedly stopped posting to PBP (he and I lived far away from each other so PBP is often how we interacted on a regular basis), so now I always fear the worst when someone just disappears like that.
Thank you. So successes and failures are short for what the game calls degrees of success, e.g. 1 degree for every factor of 5 beyond the DC.
And damage effect DCs will also be 11+rank, not 15+rank?
I'll stay out of the odds discussions. My English major ass can understand things enough to edit scientific peer reviews talking about p values, but somehow the dice mechanic talk quickly goes over my head. Probably because I distrust dice to actually follow probability anyway... ;)
Maximus' friend could be a Commonwealth Spy
They mangled their own foot to avoid becoming a Knight. As a Knight they would get sent out of the camp and into the wilderness. By staying in the camp they stay close to the people they needed to spy on.
That's an interesting idea. It makes sense that in Quintus's mostly hypermasculine, mostly-men Brotherhood that the nonbinary one came from the more open-recruitment model in the Commonwealth. Though perhaps too obvious.
Still, *someone* had to tip Paladin Harkness off for him to show up. I was taking at face value that Dane didn't like Maximus getting taken by the more brutal side of the West Coast Brotherhood chapters, but Dane's also been conspiring to make Maximus a hero knight all along. Could be they see potential in Maximus to be a good candidate for the Commonwealth and want to find an opportunity to push Maximus toward joining that group.
I mean, a heads up on the basics of Vegas would be a good idea. Fill her in on the factions, tell her to avoid the Supermutants, Avoid certain critters..all critters, etc.... little bits of useful details
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Sure, it would be smart for him to tell her all that stuff, but that's assuming he cares about her, which I don't think he does. His motivation seems to be to have her talk and chatter at him as little as possible, so literally almost anything he says to her is a waste of time to him, except in the specific tactical situation he's in, since he does acknowledge that having a combat companion and/or bait isn't a bad thing, he'd just prefer to have someone who didn't talk. Also, keeping her around as some type of leverage/pawn to use against her father should they catch up to him is another tactical reason he wants her around, but not enough to actually have long discussions explaining stuff to hear that may extend her lifespan.
Yeah, I think you're right that he just doesn't care... and/or knows she won't listen to him. But at the same time it's also hurting his own survival chances. Because he wanted to "teach her a lesson" about how survival is key more than take the opportunity to explain what the Legion is, he slits a man's throat in front of her and starts eating him... which results in her being so repulsed it guarantees she gives her last stimpak to the woman rather than him when he gets injured.
Lucy for all her naivete has probably been given philosophical/mental challenges in the Vault like the Trolley Problem: if she has to pull the switch toward one or the other, she'll do the one she thinks will do less harm: help the helpless woman, not the murdering cannibal who's lecturing her about how she should behave.
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I expect that over time he'll actually change that view, either due to her stoking the bits of humanity in him that cares about people other than his family, or by whatever he finds out about his family's fate causing a change of heart.
I think of course we're going to see him change and soften a bit (he never would have gone after Lucy when she went into the hospital if he hadn't softened already)... and I think we're gonna see Lucy break (and I hope come back out of rock bottom).
That is fair. Ghoul could certain stand to give her more details on the world while they walk.
Indeed. Rather than put up with her retelling of a Charles Dickens tale we know he probably is familiar with and maybe even performed in!
I wondered why he didn't just tell her he knows the story. But I guess then he'd actually have to tell her what his life was like, what he was like, before the bombs dropped and 200 years of ghoulification in a harsh world changed him. And he doesn't seem to to want to do that, other than to say, "I was like you once." Which isn't even really that true. Cooper in the past seems like a nice enough guy, but he's neither brainwashed by middle management principles nor ever seemed that optimistic.
Really enjoying this show again! But the once a week releases are killing me. What is this, broadcast television? ;) (Really it's fine, I just want to know what happens next!)
So interesting that they are keeping the Robert House who showed up in last season as a canon presence but also the House played by Justin Theroux? Does House have a body double? Is one of them supposed to be his brother Anthony?
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but she really needs to consider. If the Ghoul thinks a group is so bad you don't want to deal with them...maybe listen to him
If the Ghoul had said, "Lucy, see these tunics? These are from Caesar's Legion, a band of murdering slavers that make me look like Santy Claus. Don't help them or you'll end up with a bomb collar 'round your pretty neck," and then she ignored him, I would say that was a bad move on Lucy's part.
But not only did the Ghoul give no explanation as to why he didn't trust these people, he also in the same episode stole Lucy's canteen, cut a man's throat (who from Lucy's perspective was entirely innocent), and began to eat said man. Which is bound to cause Lucy to view his actions compared to that of the strangers as not worth regarding.
Not to mention, this is also the same Ghoul who sold Lucy to organ harvesters, the same Ghoul who cut off Lucy's finger to punish her for defending herself against him, and the same Ghoul who has in general made it clear that he thinks no life whatsoever is worth saving save his own regardless of where they come from. If Lucy wanted to build on her past experiences with the Ghoul, she wouldn't have even been traveling with him. But she is putting up with him because he can lead her to her father and because she's convinced herself she can reform him (just like many a karma farming Fallout protagonist out to reform her crooked companions and colleagues). And he is putting up with her because she is collateral in his own dealings with Hank and because he has convinced himself he can corrupt her (just like many a bad karma farming protagonist out to corrupt his righteous companions and colleagues).
But she has extraordinarily little reason to trust him--he could tell her someone is trustworthy and they might just be more organ harvesters. If he tells her someone is untrustworthy, for all she knows they are good people he wants her to stay away from because they might give her hope for what is possible in the Wasteland, and he is desperate for her to be as hopeless as possible.
Is she still being foolishly naive? Of course!
But did the Ghoul give her any decent reason to actually listen to him? F!%+ no.
Wegman's largely did our Christmas dinner, but we did make homemade mashed potatoes and stuffing as grammy's recipe is a must.
Christmas eve my dad showed my nieces how to make gołąbki (stuffed cabbage leaves), which my mom, grandchild of Polish immigrants, taught my dad to do. A Polish food that probably most Poles don't eat on Christmas eve, but none of us like fish that much.
I made these cheese-stuffed latkes this evening. There was loads of filling left over, so I mixed it up with some flour and a beaten egg, formed it into spheres, and made a batch of Fried Cheese Globes to go with them.
That sounds phenomenal. I mean holy cow. Only problem is I never want to go through the effort of processing the potato in latke recipes so I wonder if I can get someone to make them for me...
As for Uncle Roger... He (comedian Nigel Ng) makes great observations about screw-ups and inaccuracies, and he is often bang-on funny. I just grew to find his shtick, his Uncle "performance" as tiresome.
clutches pearls
HERESY
:)
Again, it's probably just me. Babish's and Josh Weissman's current onscreen personas actually irritate me, as does at least three of the more popular Transformers reviewers. My tolerance these days for what I perceive as affectations, fakery, and b*llsh*t is very low most days. I know part of it is my own mental baggage, and part of it is likely a necessary evil for branding & metrics to keep that diminishing Youtube revenue coming in.
You're still allowed to have an opinion, and it isn't just you noticing pretention on YouTube.
Someone linked to a really "great" movie criticism video and it's just a guy in a stupid hat pointing out "plot holes" that aren't actually plot holes, just him overthinking very simple s+@$.
Also, I don't know Weissman but I agree with you on Babish (no autocorrect, not "Banish"). I used to really love his channel. But he ran out of ideas and is now doing the same s&*! other channels do with an unearned sense of superiority. I miss him when he was just hands.
Non-italicized from timeline from gameplay post by the GM. Italicized posts are about our heroes. Everyone good with the following order of events?
2018:
January:
February:
March: March for our Lives protest brought numerous well-meaning citizens to the capital to march for gun control. The call to enforce existing laws and to not add new ones won out.
April:
May: The super villain Pele tried to conquer the Hawaiian Islands causing the Kilauea volcano to erupt. She was eventually defeated and driven off by the Pacific Rim Watchers. Also in May, the US pulled out of the Iran nuclear deal. Iran made general threats against the US and the Crimson Jihad declared they would assassinate the US President when it was least expected. Major Marvel has been on high alert since then and has been in contact with numerous other supers trying to maintain a protective net around the US and the President.
June: Kenny (Freefall) meets Nick (Gust) while windsurfing.
July: While Nick and Kenny are windsurfing at the beach, a plane crashes into another one; The three that will become known as the Scions of the Sky save the day.
August: While the Scions (not in hero gear) are enjoying the show, and Sigil is there about a magic item, something happens that is the first team-up of all 5 of the heroes.
September:
October: Hurricane Michael slammed into the Florida panhandle early in October. Vibora Bay was devastated by the hurricane. Cleanup has been ongoing.
I like Jamie Oliver fine, but his "I can make this in 15 minutes" generally would take about 45 for me. He forgets folks don't necessarily have the technique/practice he does. But I appreciate in his minimal ingredient meals tips on how to boost flavor without adding a ton of prep.
I also agree with Amby on You Suck at Cooking. Beyond being hilarious, the recipes are really good and generally reasonably small batch.
Hi all!!! I have missed this thread! I've been busy but that's because I got a new job! This is a good thing.
Not been very adventurous cooking of late though I did make a bourbon and molasses marinated turkey breast for our small Thanksgiving gathering a couple weeks ago. Turned out tasty! Though I think I'm still partial to just slathering the turkey with butter.
Man, I have always wanted to play this AP. But some questions:
1. I've been playing the video game version recently, would that cause a conflict of interest?
2. Please see my "About me" in my profile and let me know if that would cause a problem.
3. Are you definitely planning to do gestalt? If so I'm probably out.
4. I'm in EST. I can generally post daily, but I am very uncertain I could post the same time every day due to the nature of my work and other obligations.
So: I got hit by an attack of sanity and realized we are only a few weeks before the winter holidays, and every time I have been involved with a PBP that got started this time of year, it lagged (understandably) during that time and then it was hard to get restarted because we'd only just begun. And I know I will be distracted during the holidays and don't want to lose my own potential momentum.
So: barring unforeseen circumstances, I will probably run a Dragon's Demand game, but I will wait to formally recruit until January. I will absolutely give the folks who have expressed interest here first consideration and will let y'all know when I recruit. The recruitment will not last long given there's already a decent sized pool of interested players.
I am very sorry to lead folks on (and I'm also sorry I couldn't have gotten the ball rolling sooner, but I needed time to read the module), but I think it will probably be for the best to just have a fresh start in the New Year. I'll be in touch.
So with all the myth allusions, feels like we have the makings of an already established team. Freefall has suggested how my character and others may have met, Voltage what about you? Atlastic maybe we helped you out of a jam at the circus?
I know some folks are hitting delays (and BTW I'll be slow the next few days) but any thoughts on that?
Powers
"Windrider Form [Wind]:
Fly like the Wind!: Flight 7 [Fly 250 mph/ 0.5 miles per round], Living Air: Immunity 5 [Immune to suffocation, heat, cold, and inhaled poisons; Sustained (+0)]
(19 points)
Wind Power Array [Wind; Notos also has Heat, Boreas also has Cold]:
Libonotus the Driving Wind: Move Object 7 [Winds push objects around, Nick can control how precise; Damaging, Precise; Linked with 1 rank of environment control: the area gets windy]
Alt: Notos the Sirocco: Environment 8 [Superheated gales change the temperature to extreme heat (4 ranks) and reduces movement speed by 2 steps (4 ranks) in a 250 foot radius; Selective]
Alt: Zephyr the Healing Wind: Healing 4 [A soft breeze restores the health of others; Ranged, Area, Energizing]
Alt: Kaikias the Blasting Wind: Blast 10 [A concentrated, swirling blast of air harms enemies]
Alt: Apeliotes the Subtle Wind: Insubstantial 2 [Nick himself becomes the wind (gaseous) and can travel nearly anywhere; Reaction]
Alt: Euros the Storm Wind: Affliction 10 [A small tornado traps the target (hindered, immobile), Fort Save DC 20; Concentration, Ranged; Limited to two afflictions]
Alt: Boreas the Freezing Wind: Environment 8 [Icy winds change the temperature to extreme cold (4 ranks) and reduces visibility to a -5 penalty (4 ranks) in a 250 foot radius; Selective]
(35 points)"
Equipment
"
Standard Equipment
Bicycle (Size M, Speed 4, Tough 5) (4 ep), Cell phone (1 ep)"
Advantages
Benefit 1 [Courier building pass], Defensive Roll 2, Equipment 1, Evasion 2, Instant Up, Move-by Action, Redirect, Uncanny Dodge
Offense
Initiative +8
"Kaikias the Blasting Wind +10, Damage , Damage DC 25
Unarmed Strike +10, Damage , Damage DC 17"
Defense
Dodge 14, Parry 5
Toughness 6 (Def Roll 2), Fortitude 5, Will 4
Power Points Abilities 66 + Powers 54 + Advantages 10 + Skills 11 + Defenses 9 = Total 150
Complications
"Motivation: Behave worthily to continue to earn his gifts
Alternate Form/Power Loss: Nick has to activate his windform and does not have his powers otherwise
Motivation: Find out who killed his father and why"
Background
(The rough points, not the full narrative)
* Nick Aelopoulous grew up in a family which told tales about past ancestors who could control the weather or summon winds, but he dismissed it as fluff.
* His family runs a pizzeria; he was always a delivery boy but in adulthood has split off to create his own successful courier business; they were upset he left the family business.
* He comes home on a rare occasion to speak to his father only to find him dead.
* A few days after this he is visited in his dreams by someone claiming to be his ancestor--Aeolus, the god of winds. He was told "something is coming" that he must prepare for, and it is related to his father's death, but he received no other information. Aeolus to call upon him when he needed strength. Later in the day he did so and learned he had gained his wind powers.
* He has to call on the god Aeolus to activate his powers, otherwise he is an ordinary human if he chooses to transform. He has a secret identity .
Funny, I hadn't read Voltage's backstory when I began working on my character, and I'm also going for some Greek mythological ties. More obscure lesser God ancestry though. But it should create grounds for connection at least. :)
Going with wind powers. That should complement the electric guy and the windsurfing teleporter. Yeah, GM Drake, I was thinking kind of a charismatic guy so he can be the "good cop."
I'm thinking either wind powers or water powers.... I feel like either way that could be compatible with the surfer.... but if it's too close I can move in another direction.
I've got a busy week coming thru Thanksgiving. I will confirm for sure whether I will run or not after Thanksgiving. If in the meantime someone else comes in and offers before I decide, by all means I will defer to them.
Does Heroforge have data for MM4? I love previous versions of M&M, but I was not sure I wanted to buy the new book considering how little I played the last edition.
1. HeroForge is just miniature/portrait creator.
2. I think the GM switched to 3e so we wouldn't need to purchase the playtest rules.
Hmm... I might (please note might) run it if I could get a copy of the module. Imma look at my options.
You could literally run anything you like. Wouldn't have to be THIS module. Just sayin'. I love that you're considering running something.
Well, if I'm considering the existing applicants who weren't chosen, it's probably better to go with the module they designed their characters for, and I've wanted to read the Dragon's Demand anyway.
I was thinking earlier about running something but it was very different and would require entirely new applications ("0-level" sort of game).
All this said, whether I run this or another adventure I need some time to read and prepare so if someone wants to step forward to take this on I certainly won't get in the way. I can't honestly commit in this moment.
