Pure sandbox is hard to do anywhere. On PBP it's even harder as you don't get the little clues about the world.
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As she emerges from the bathroom she heads to the north stairs. Realizing that they'll be watching, she heads up clinging to the underside of the stairway. ::I'm here, heading to the north stairs. Any eyes on the bad guys?:: she sends over radiotelepathy.
Is there any terrain that I can use to hide behind? If not, I'll use the water lines and end up having to damage the building to get out.
Waveform will make her way in the building from the ground floor and up the North stairs.
::I'm at the university and I can be there soon. Anybody got a good excuse for missing a history mid-term?:: With that she turns and heads for the south stairwell. It was a bit out of the way so people rarely used it.
I may be intermittent for a bit. My hard drive died and I'll have to be rebuilding a lot of stuff.
It's those damn alternate dimensions always abducting heroes to help them with their problems.
How far should we play this out?
|(sigh) No weapons. This is a guy who tripped once and accidentally drove a pen through his foot. The mental control is nice, but let's save that as an upgrade. Birthday gifts that require brain implants are a bit much.|
The return text is quick. |How about Antonello's? It's pretty quiet and tasty. 7:30 It's close to campus so we can get there after midterms. P.S. My friends know all about me, but just know about your singing. The rest is up to you.|
She also has an idea and sends a message off to Techno Priest. |I have a friend who has a birthday coming up in about 2 weeks. I have an idea for an amazing present, but I'd need a favor from a brilliant nano genius. :) She sends a picture of a guy who is obviously started by a picture he wasn't expecting. He's fresh from the shower and wearing a towel. But the more interesting part is that his arm ens in a stump halfway through the upper part. He's holding a prosthetic arm as if he was about to put it on. I'd like to get him a more functional arm. Given that he's a total geek, I had an idea. If he could get one that looks normal, but he could open it up and show the metal inside like T2, that would be awesome.
She was just lazily opening her eyes when the alarm popped on.
She danced her way out of bed and started getting ready. Life was pretty good. She slept well, she had a good handle on her classes, we didn't just have a maniac tearing up the city and she just might be on her way to getting a boyfriend. Pretty much nothing was going to stop her today. Dancing was the only option. As she stepped into the kitchen, Lyssie was waiting for the coffee to brew with a late-night cram session hangover. "Rrrmvng" said the primitive pre-verbal creature. "Good Morning, Sweetie-pie!" she beamed back. Alex was slumped at the table, "The perky, it buuurrrrns!" and he tried to shield himself from the ball of energy grabbing a bottle of guava-mango smoothie. Twenty minutes later, she was stepping up on the bus and texting. Hey Jase, ya wanna hang out later? We're doing postmidterm drinks later. My friends want to meet the big star I've been struck by.
Sorry, yesterday was a no-sleep brain fog day. I'll post something today.
"And smiles everybody, the Channel seven news has arrived." she says as she catches the distinctive logo. They were still a ways off with the police cordon, but she was sure they were using telephoto lenses to see everybody here. At least the public would see that not every supergroup thought they were amateur hour.
She chuckles, "You take all the fun out of things." As the bus pulls up, she gives him a quick peck and steps onto the bus.
Waveform will rush over to Quark, washing away the vomit as she offers him a floating "glass" of water to rinse out his mouth. "You okay there, Doctor?"
As the bus pulls up at the end of the evening, she leans in toward Jason. "I had fun. would you be interested in going out again sometime?" It's obvious that she's nervous as she holds her breath for the reply.
As she puts Ripper into the doohickey she calls out, *I hate to play into stereotypes, but I need a techie over here, stat.*
Round 4 Init 7.
Waveform slides over to bring Ripper to the containment vehicle. Most times, her water lifts her passengers. This time she's dragging him, grinding him along the pavement by sheer force of water to help keep him from getting up.
If he can't, I will. I'll give Golem and Priest a bit to post and then go with it.
When you put defenses in an array, you are saying "I don't need to be PL9 all the time. I'm willing to be sub-par when I want to use some of my powers." What's worse is that you cannot be PL9 offensively and defensively at the same time. And some of your attacks are pointless against real foes. Your palm blasters are sort of pointless. You almost get up to PL damage is you hit by 5+ I think you're going to have to put some attacks in an array with your robo-control.
Round 3 Init 7.
With Priest dealing with Ripper for the moment, she turns her attention to the sky. Zig-zagging around the yard, she blasts up at the air cavalry.
I knew the job was dangerous when I took it. :)
BTW, I feel your pain. There's another game where I thought it would be a good entrance to appear in the middle of a fight. And it's five weeks later...
Round 2 Init 7.
Well, after finishing up Escher, and the Authority, and starting my Eberron game, then I'll get on villains. You'll see the Pushover, Windbag and the Empty Threat!
I've been working on them, slowly. Right now I've got lots of pulls on my time. I'll add in the base roster and fill in the characters.
Frankly, it's easier to buy the power up to the rank, and then take mighty as a drawback.
Ouch. Mine is about 20-30 minutes. Good luck on your interview. Break a leg. Preferably not theirs - if you break your leg so that it's their fault, they might get you the job out of guilt!
While you're interpretation of reaction is interesting, I would say damage as a reaction has an attack roll. Aura specifically says no, yours relies on a long chain of logic to get there. I'd add a drawback to say it doesn't work when stunned and bingo. ----- As for mighty, ultimate power explains. If you only use basic attacks, one point, gets you your strength modifier. But if your attack is ore expensive, you need to buy extra stuff.
Since autofire is a +1 extra, you need to buy like ranged.
Okay, here's Escher's crunch Escher Power Level: 8; Power Points Spent: 120/120 STR: +0 (10), DEX: +3 (16), CON: +5 (20), INT: +0 (10), WIS: +0 (10), CHA: +1 (12) Tough: +5/+10, Fort: +6, Ref: +7, Will: +6 Skills: Acrobatics 6 (+9), Bluff 3 (+4), Climb 4 (+4), Concentration 6 (+6), Diplomacy 3 (+4), Disable Device 12 (+12), Drive 3 (+6), Escape Artist 11 (+14), Intimidate 1 (+2), Notice 12 (+12), Search 12 (+12), Stealth 7 (+10) Feats: Accurate Attack, All-Out Attack, Equipment 2, Evasion 2, Hide in Plain Sight, Improved Critical (Gravity Punch (Damage 10)), Luck 2, Move-by Action Powers:
Equipment: Burglar's Kit, Cleaner's Kit, Commlink, Flash Goggles, Gas Mask, Industrial Bearings (ammo) 0, Night Vision Goggles, Radio Scrambler, Rebreather Attack Bonus: +6 (Ranged: +6, Melee: +6, Grapple: +6) Attacks: Gravity Punch (Damage 10), +6 (DC Staged/Tou ), Gravity Slingshot (Blast 10), +6 (DC 25), Unarmed Attack, +6 (DC 15) Defense: +6 (Flat-footed: +3), Knockback: -5 Initiative: +3 Languages: Native Language Totals: Abilities 18 + Skills 20 (80 ranks) + Feats 10 + Powers 37 + Combat 24 + Saves 11 + Drawbacks 0 = 120 I'm still playing with the crunch. Right now, my concept is that he was the child of a burglar, a small-time hood. He learned some of the ricks, but was caught young. He spent time in juvie and came out trying to change to go straight. In this new life, he was beginning to straighten everything out. New Job, parole, a girlfriend. Until the day of the light. He saw the flash and was paralyzed. He knows he was moved and then it all went into a strange state of consciousness. Eventually he escaped. He's not sure how because he doesn't understand where he was. When he awoke, he was different.
Darn, I missed the link. My smoke guy wasn't working well, so I'm thinking about somebody that can redirect gravity on a personal scale. Running on walls, falling up, punching with enhanced power, throwing with extra power, messing with people's balance if they get too close. That king of thing. The backstory is that he was a small-time criminal experimented on by somebody. He's not sure if it's a government, or an agency, or a super-genius, or aliens. He escaped, but this makes him want to stay small-scale. He figures that super-powered friends will help him out. Whaddaya think?
Sorry to hear you go.
Same difference most of the time. :) Damn, those Air Cavalry units must be shielded against interference!
Round 1 Init 7.
Flowing onto the scene, she takes in the view. The big guys were knocked liked tenpins and several of the flyers were spiraling into the air in a way that didn't look intentional. **I've got the southern squad** she calls out as she bears down on a group of agents.
Yes, I switched it. Normally absorption is toughness mixed with reactive healing. Having your defenses in a multipower is bad news. To meet PL you have to have lower defense when you aren't using it. Making it healing with reactive and the limitation that it's based on the level of the energy attack gives you the healing effect of absorption when you want it while leaving your toughness alone when you don't.
Gee, do I feel stupid.
Can we get a description of what we see as we arrive? (or am I just being impatient and you are writing this as I type?)
"I blame this dress. The saleslady said it had mystic powers to cloud men's minds and befuddle their senses. I didn't believe it at the time, but I'm beginning to think she was right."
Naw, he just went into a meat coma. And I'd be disappointed if he didn't. Good barbecue is meant to be slow cooked and then slow-digested.
She smiles, relaxing out of the ditzy groupie mode. "I did enjoy it. And don't feel too bad. I had to train to stay in character before my parents would let me go to high school. I'll buy to make up for this. I'm really Jessie, Jessica Richardson." She holds out her hand to shake.
She'll hold out her hand to feel for rain. "Feels dry to me. Channel 7 says it's not expected to rain until tomorrow night." With that she'll stop the drops for a while. Once they're seated inside the café, she'll look through the menu. "So the chicken pesto Panini looks good." as she looks him in the eye, she'll hit him with two droplets, then a pause and then two more.
@Techno, For the street-level feel it might be better to limit the points in power than the number of powers. After all, somebody with lots of small utility powers makes a lot of sense at a street level.
Jason smiles at her "No worries, it happens. Trust me, I get struck by how many people come see me. I mean, I'm not a doctor, or anyone important, just a guy that can sing, and you all spend money and time to see me? I'm just glad I can entertain you for a while." He takes the pen and program, and looks back at her with a crooked grin, "Who am I making this out to?" "It's Jess. Jessica Richardson. I used to go by Jessie when I was younger, but now I need to be more serious, ya know? The water bill isn't going to pay itself." Once he gets the answer he signs it with a small personalization, and then looks up with a semi frown, "Did you feel that? Felt like rain. Seeing no clouds, he places an arm on her shoulder and moves her away from the side of the building, handing back the program and pen. "Let's move away from the side of the building. Must be sprinklers, or some sort of cleaning going on on the roof." She slips the program into her bag, turning so the hand on her shoulder is a little bit around her. "Okay, there's this café down the street that's open late. You're probably hungry - I mean you put everything into your performance back there. You were dripping with sweat during that final number." Meanwhile the tiny drops keep randomly dropping on him even as they step away from the building. Inside she's trying to stay in character, and keep from busting out in laughter. It was a little cruel, but oh so funny.
If you're thinking teleporter, then I'll do Wisp instead of Quantum Cat. Wisp probably works better in a street-level game. Qcat is more of a mainstream guy.
Saturday was movie day. It was Alex's turn and so they were going to see Angry Alex: Chaos Highway when her brain buzzed. The trailers had just finished and the production company logos were rolling when she leaned over and whispered she had to go. Moments later, she called in *Waveform on my way*
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