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I'm not committing to anything yet. Depends on what the final team looks like. I wasn't thinking of a team that was as put together as having a big ship and a space station base. That feels more Guardians of the Galaxy 3/Return of the Jedi. Was hoping to start more at ragtag band of heroes and scoundrels and build.
Submissions so far: Doctor Night
The goblin has his feet wedged into a fine pair of cowboy boots (of elvenkind) and a gold ring (of featherfalling) lacquered with a peacock eye pattern.
So I wanted to lean on some space magic and landed on a necromatic herald for a deified heavenly body called Xibalba, a super massive black hole that will eventually consume the galaxy…in like thirty-ish million years. This is a play on Silver Surfer with Mayanfuturistic Aesthetics and a of Loki trickster demigod vibe. Needless to say they are bored out of their mind and usually falls into practicing cosmic mischief to shirk their fated duty. The alien turned avatar often prefers bringing back dead curmudgeonly alien folk, coveting gold, and toying with gravity rather than traversing world to world, feeding its god to hasten a galactic apocalypse. Is this a viable idea for this type of game? That is a cool idea. There is a villain in the setting named Collapsar who is a black hole and sort of a Galactus expy. That will probably come up in the campaign, so we might want to weave some of those stories together eventually.
I'm going to have to ponder how the ship works. What if someone is on the ship but Tess isn't? Since it is an alternate form, it would (narratively) cease to exist. That probably isn't exactly what we want. What are you seeing that makes communication expensive (I'm not discounting the possibility I'm missing something)? For 5 points you can communicate at pretty much any range. A comm-link is a 1 point feature. For offensive things, your attack and damage are limited to twice your power level. So at power level 10, the combination of those things can't exceed 20. You can build things with any combination that adds up to 20. I usually let equipment break those limits. If you suddenly gain access to the Death Star Laser, you can use that weapon at full power.
There is a twisted small humanoid body, flat head, large ears. Probably a goblin.
That is a crazy build. Well done. Does she go by Quin? or Tess?
I took her/it to a starting point, I hope, I think once it/she shows up Earth gets into the, "we are part of a bigger Galaxy!" kind of thing, and the event acts as one of many catalysts for humans to head out and "SAVE THE GALAXY" with Captain Proton thing. Cool. I just like to overcommunicate at this stage so no one ends up disappointed.
Ernest leans out of his vehicle and shoots the agent clinging to the outside of the RV. The dark clad man drops onto the road, rolling and bouncing to a stop. The damaged car slows down on its three tires, coming to a halt.
Rex leans out the window and lines up a shot, diagrams and equations reflected in his eyes. The sheriff's car veers side to side, the bits of tire flying off, before the driver gets it back under control. Aiming at the Tires:
When attacking a vehicle, a character can choose to target the tires. The attack roll is made with disadvantage, but automatically targets the tires rather than having the attacker roll for a
damage location. If the attack hits and the attack’s Penetration Value is higher than the Armor Value of the tires (1 by default), the vehicle gains the Blown Tires condition and risks a crash
Just to clarify, this campaign will mostly not have anything to do with Earth. Earthborn heroes and Earth influenced heroes are fine, but we will be roaming around in space. On strange planets and such.
You don't see any more traps or hazards here, but you can tell that the rockfall is recent. Detect Magic: Reveals two magic auras buried under the collapsed wall.
The road here is full of switchbacks as it descends. The gorge drops precipitously to your left (driving backwards) or right (for those who are driving in the usual orientation).
I think we have a slight miscommunication where I was trying to figure out if I was missing something in the way the rules work and you guys were talking specifically about this situation. The NPCs can be helpful. Having them help will make it easier for me to not murder you.
So what about access to the internet? With the SUV blowed up, can we show the world? You still have no connection to a network on your cell phones.
The floor in front of Pan Pan looks off somehow. It looks like the same tile as the rest of the floor, but not quite right. Reaching out, she finds that it is actually a sheet of stiff canvas painted to resemble the floor. Below it is a deep pit, at least 60 feet deep in the floor.
A marble table rises from the floor, and a small crate sits in the southeastern corner of this rectangular chamber. Cobwebs stretch across parts of the room, and debris and dust litters the floor. In the cobweb filled room, Roja finds that the crate is protected by a blade that drops down from the ceiling. While the trap is mechanical in nature, it doesn't really make sense that it is there. Roja easily triggers the trip wire, letting the blade fall harmlessly. The crate is full of straw and may have contained something valuable or useful, but now it is otherwise empty.
Bringing this over from Gameplay. Why can't NPCs use help action? Page 223. It says a character can take that action. Does that not mean an NPC as well as a PC?
All true, DQ. I'll repeat that if you buy things as equipment I will take advantage of making them not work. That, to me, is the point of equipment. Equipment is not a key element of the character. I Michael Keaton's Batman, the Bat wing is equipment because it is easily destroyed by the Joker. Batman without his utility belt is still Batman. Star Lord's guns are devices. He is always going to have them. If he loses them, he will get them back pretty soon. Same with Green Arrow's bow and arrows. In the DC Heroes build, they make Green Arrow's bow equipment. I would differ with that design. But in this campaign we do have a Jetson level of tech. So you can have a flight platform or belt as equipment, but expect it to get busted pretty frequently.
The north wall of this room seems to have suffered a recent collapse, leaving open bedrock where a northern wall once was. Four thick columns stretch up to support the ceiling fifteen feet above, likely preventing the collapse from being even larger. As Pan Pan opens the door, some thing sharp shoots into her hand.
The clinic lurches into the cruiser, smashing up its front and pushing it sideways. The driver slams the cruiser into reverse and backs up enough to prevent the worst of the damage. The passenger leans out of his window and fires into the front of the clinic, but with all of the movement his shots sail harmlessly out over the gorge.
The agent who is currently without a vehicle runs forward and climbs on. Round 6
I love the idea of the weapons array having three or four different attacks, and Roy only having one 'weapon.' I'm hoping to spend any remaining points on a 'power shield' that looks similar to the weapons array but is for defense. (working on that once I figure out how many points he has left) I found where 'shields' cost two points for one defense. The largest physical shield is + 3 active defense, can a power shield have a higher active defense? Any recommendations on making this idea more effective?Rethink time.Dude, do the sentient spaceship with an avatar! If you are building a Shield as a device, the Shield part is just the name of the device and a descriptor for the power or powers or array that the shield gives you. You could have a shield that grants Enhanced Dodge and Parry, or that grants Toughness and Impervious Toughness. Probably those would come with the Sustained limitation because if you are unable to take actions you can't use your shield. But I've seen Captain America builds that quite reasonably do crazy things with his shield. Like this: Ultimate Defense: Immunity 80 (Dodge and Parry based attacks; Flaws: Concentration, Limited [not against surprise attacks or sufficiently large area effects]); 20 pts Sustained requires a free action to maintain. Concentration requires a standard action.
That's good for now, CucumberTree. Who is this dude? What's he like? What's his story?
I don't think you have to take on all of the points expenditure of being the ship. Starting with the holographic version of the character off the ship, you would have intangible (possibly permanent or innate). For attacks you could make indirect attacks with the ship, so phasers/lasers from elsewhere, torpedoes. Maybe lots of senses (ship sensors). Or you could build the character as a ship and the hologram as a sidekick? Love the concept. Just want to find the build that is functional and fun. I've built a few intangible AI characters who live in the internet or whatever.
I think the better way to go in creating a time based character is to pick specific time based effects (established powers, traits, skills and feats) that reflect your abilities rather than choosing a grab-all, "I win" made up power which is well beyond the abilities of a PL 10 character. To clarify, it isn't a made up power. It is in the Power Profiles for time powers. I just think it is very difficult to adjudicate. CucumberTree, I think you could achieve all of those effects with an array of Luck based powers with exactly the same flavor and descriptors you have described. We can also save you some points by putting those powers in an array. Time Stop and Temporal Ambush and the Luck powers you wouldn't need to use all at once, so they could be in an array and cost a lot less.
There isn't really a way to do a "charge for three rounds" limitation. I have seen people house rule that as the Unreliable flaw, which I would buy. For that you could increase the range by 2 for the same cost. That would give you Perception range, I think. You could also take Unreliable (limited shots) so you could only do this 5 times before depleting that power cell. You can't really boost damage above power levels, but you could keep it at the same range and use the points you get from the flaw to buy a linked power. Weaken Toughness combined with big damage would be pretty devastating. With a Linked power both powers have to be used at the same time. So the target would make a save vs the damage and a save vs the Weaken.
Two notes so far: If you buy immunity to Fortitude, you lose the ability to trade off with Will saves, so your Will save is limited to 10 by Power Level. One unfortunate effect of dropping Strength to 0 is that you become easy to move. You can buy Growth limited to density increase to make yourself heavy if you are looking to be immoveable.
My intention with Fabian was that he was shot by the agents earlier. That way I could leave him for dead. If he came back later that would have given us a way to get him back. I think at this point it would be fair to think that he isn't coming back for whatever reason. Which is a bummer because I had tied several ideas about this first episode to having someone intimately connected to this town and in law enforcement. That will change how things are likely to play out.
That sounds right.
A marble table rises from the floor, and a small crate sits in the southeastern corner of this rectangular chamber. Cobwebs stretch across parts of the room, and debris and dust litters the floor.
I would think the best way to help in this situation would be to help spot and give directions. Driving this thing backwards would be hard to navigate. That make sense?
I don't totally understand the character, so you will need to fill me in on some of the descriptors. I get the time manipulation stuff going together. I don't understand why he has the toughness or impervious or immunity to suffocation. That isn't a no, just a question about what those mean from a flavor perspective. Precognition is a hard power to run. We would need to work together to make sure we are on the same page about how it works/how time works. I'm not loving the Replay power. It seems really hard to narrate and adjudicate in PbP and also kind of vague about what it can accomplish. It also seems kind of cheap if it is an auto reset button on anything that gives you trouble. I get the vibe of the power and I'm not opposed to that. seems like you could get the same thing with use of the Luck power.
Setting wise, I'm thinking interstellar travel will use something along the lines of star lanes, hyperspace corridors, or something like that. Not just warping through space.
Buy your strength and Dex down to 0.
75 total, which might change once we get into it. There is a Federation Starship type ship in Cosmic Handbook for 140 points. I'm thinking you could build something like the Falcon or Milano with 75 points. If I'm wrong, we can adjust. Ships are pretty cheap until you want to start using them in battle. So a star fighter is 56 points or something, but making it big enough to live on and adding some comfort components are cheap. Note that characters could have their own smaller ship or pod or fighter as well, or even an array of vehicles.
Sounds good to me.
Q: Can we be a no-human race, thinking of an Alien-Psion Yes. Aliens abound. If I were playing in this campaign I think I'd play an psionic octopus who moves around in water filled power armor.
In case y'all miss it, the recruitment thread is up.
Alden Tillaresk is the headmaster of the initiates of the Order of Resplendence. While the Order is headed by Rostrata, the day to day operations and the instruction of the initiates are primarily directed by Tillaresk. He is a half-elf and supposedly some sort of magician. Wizard, Oracle, Sorcerer, you aren't sure.
Agent Red continues to pour fire into Rex's car.
The bullets tear through the rear driver's side door and sink into the seats. Agent Green and Magenta, one still carrying the ape, turn to look for other transportation. Green tosses the ape into the back seat and climbs into the passenger side, Magenta slides into the driver's seat of the sheriff's car.
Round 4 Summary: Angelyna grabs gun and taser, then pulls wallet from agent's inside pocket. She then runs into RV. Ernie waits until A is finished, hands her cat, runs to his car. Rosa runs into clinic and closes door. Rex floors the Sheriff's department cruiser. Tires (and rim) squeal (and grind) against the asphalt. Metal screams as the shiny black SUV pushes against the guard rail. Then the rail tears apart and the SUV tips slowly over the edge, rolling down flipping-flipping-flipping before exploding in the dry river bed below.
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