[closed]Gothic-Vampires&Werewolves-Underworld Style roleplaying

[Festy_Dog]

Okaly dokaly, here he is. Due to my inexperience with M&M there could be a few mistakes so any feedback would be greatly appreciated:

Anthony Kane; PL 10

Ability Scores:
str 12 (+2), dex 20 (+6), con 12 (+1), int 14 (+2), wis 14 (+2), cha 16 (+4)

Attack Bonus: +6 (+2 melee, +6 ranged)
Defense: 23 (16 flat-footed)
Saving Throws: Damage +1 (+6 with armour, +11 when attack can be dodged), Fort +1, Reflex +6, Will +2
Hero Points: 5
Init: +10
Movement: 40'
Climb: 20'

Skills:
acrobatics +13/5
balance +13/5
craft (munitions) +7/5
diplomacy +14/5
drive +11/5
escape artist +11/5
forgery +7/5
gather information +11/5
intimidate +12/5
jump +9/5
listen +7/5
science (psychology) +7/5
search +7/5
sense motive +8/5
spot +7/5
swim +7/5

Feats:
Dodge
Evasion
Improved Initiative
Multishot
Photographic Memory
Point Blank Shot
Precise Shot
Quickdraw

Super Feats:
Darkvision
Immunity: Aging/Critical Hits/Disease/Poison/Suffocation
Ultra-Hearing

Power Stunts:
Silver Bullets

Powers:
Clinging 4
Immovable 1
Leaping (bouncing) 2
Natural Weapon 1
Regeneration (regrowth, resurrection, blood dependant, ineffective/sunlight) 4
Running 2
Super-Charisma 1
Super-Dexterity 1
Super-Strength 1

Weakness:
Faith

Equipment:
assault rifle (g36c with folding stock)
bulletproof vest

Description:
Oddly enough, Anthony's pale complexion and lean build were not acquired by becoming a vampire, they were merely emphasised to create an exageration of his former appearance. He has dull blue eyes, not far from being called grey, and short black hair which he likes to keep gelled.

Fairly average in height, his tastes in clothing are not unlike most vampires. His is conservative, and favours dark, sombre colours, and full length clothing. He usual choice of attire involves dark jeans, combat boots, turtleneck (covering a bullet-proof vest) and an ankle-length trenchcoat under which he keeps a g36c with its stock folded to reduce its size.

Above average in appearance and 'blessed' you might say with the unnatural charisma of vampires, Anthony can be a very convincing person when this is used in conjunction with his detective skills. This ability is often cast into shadow though by his amazing agility. Even before he was a vampire he was respectably dexterous, after becoming one though he resembled characters out of 'The Matrix' with the way he moved and dodged attacks.

Such ability was rarely called for though as his job was primarily the investigation of unexplained vampire deaths, which he was very good at.

Quote:
"Our bodies are dead, which makes us immune to normal afflictions, but our minds are still very much alive, making us just as - even if not more so - susceptible to mental illness as mortals."

 

[Corinthi]

Still here. I'll work something up Friday and post it Friday evening.

Jesse

 

[Corinthi]

Festy... Where are your character's stats? Str, Dex, Con, etc?

 

[Radiant]

@Festy_Dog: Corinthi is right your char still needs the basic ability set. You didn't write anything specific to it but can I asume that you took the basic Assult rifle for 5 Powerpoints and the bulletproof west woth 5Levels of protection for another 5PP?

Note: since you have a gun. I will start a rogues gallery with all the rules tomorow but there will be a powerstunt for devices: Silver
So if anyone wants a weapon with silver bullets or a silver coated blade he just has to pay those 2 points extra and it's done.



Lycans: I habe a question for each of you since I am not sure how to handle this. The Lycans are still not really finished (no real prob since no one is playing one) but I was thinking about a possible change. In Underworld they could regenerat wounds from Silver once it was taken out, so instead of not letting them regenerate I was considering to give them a vulerabitly to silver (roll only a single D20 with no ads to soak) but allowing them to regenerate those wounds normaly. So we would have fast and deadly damage but neither vampires nor werewolves would have to run around wounded for extended periods of time.
...well sunlight is the exception to that of course but you should stay out of that anyway.

 

[Festy_Dog]

@Festy_Dog: Corinthi is right your char still needs the basic ability set.

Whoops, I must have accidently deleted them while making corrections to the character, I'll fix that now.

You didn't write anything specific to it but can I asume that you took the basic Assult rifle for 5 Powerpoints and the bulletproof west woth 5Levels of protection for another 5PP?

Yeah, I just bought an assault rifle and bulletproof vest for 10PP.

Btw, would 5 ranks in Science(Psychology) give a synergy bonus to anything?

 

[Velenne]

While it may be too late, I'd like to apply for this one anyway. I'm admittedly inexperienced in the ways of the system but I'm familiar enough with D20 to pick up on the changes very quickly.

The character that comes to mind is a Lycan biker. A middle-aged, unsettling, lone wolf Pureborn with no allegiances and a penchant for sniffing out trouble.

 

[Mordane76]

DOUBLE POST

 

[Mordane76]

Lycans: I habe a question for each of you since I am not sure how to handle this. The Lycans are still not really finished (no real prob since no one is playing one) but I was thinking about a possible change. In Underworld they could regenerat wounds from Silver once it was taken out, so instead of not letting them regenerate I was considering to give them a vulerabitly to silver (roll only a single D20 with no ads to soak) but allowing them to regenerate those wounds normaly. So we would have fast and deadly damage but neither vampires nor werewolves would have to run around wounded for extended periods of time.
...well sunlight is the exception to that of course but you should stay out of that anyway.

Looking at this, I would be tempted to add a caveat Limited Flaw to Lycan Regeneration. I think Lycans should be Vulnerable to silver as well, but reduce the overall cost of their Regeneration by imposing a required Limited Flaw on it -- they can't regenerate the wounds from silver weapons until the silver is removed. This way -- a silvered blade activates the Vulnerability, so that it does damage better against a Lycan, but the silver is no longer present after the blade makes its cut, so it immediately begins regenerating that wound. With silver bullets, the Lycan can't resist their damage as well, and also can't regenerate the wounds until the bullet is removed. A simple mechanic could then be devised to state whether a bullet "passes through" the Lycan...


Also, from the movie standpoint, Lucian has to stop and focus, but he does push the bullets out of his flesh with his Regeneration. Perhaps, instead of not being able to regenerate the damage, a Lycan has to use Extra Effort to regenerate wounds from silvered weapons.

 

[Radiant]

Looking at this, I would be tempted to add a caveat Limited Flaw to Lycan Regeneration. I think Lycans should be Vulnerable to silver as well, but reduce the overall cost of their Regeneration by imposing a required Limited Flaw on it -- they can't regenerate the wounds from silver weapons until the silver is removed. This way -- a silvered blade activates the Vulnerability, so that it does damage better against a Lycan, but the silver is no longer present after the blade makes its cut, so it immediately begins regenerating that wound. With silver bullets, the Lycan can't resist their damage as well, and also can't regenerate the wounds until the bullet is removed. A simple mechanic could then be devised to state whether a bullet "passes through" the Lycan...


Also, from the movie standpoint, Lucian has to stop and focus, but he does push the bullets out of his flesh with his Regeneration. Perhaps, instead of not being able to regenerate the damage, a Lycan has to use Extra Effort to regenerate wounds from silvered weapons.

interesting points, I like the idea. Their regeneration should have a flow of only to make sure they get it cheap. I have to think about how to rule then a bullet sticks and then it passes through though. Maybe they will be able to push stuck silver out with extra effort like Lucien did. In the movie it looked like only he was tough enough for it but the Lycans can get a bit better than they are now anyway.

 

[Mordane76]

interesting points, I like the idea. Their regeneration should have a flow of only to make sure they get it cheap. I have to think about how to rule then a bullet sticks and then it passes through though. Maybe they will be able to push stuck silver out with extra effort like Lucien did. In the movie it looked like only he was tough enough for it but the Lycans can get a bit better than they are now anyway.

For whether a bullet lodges in the Lycan or actually passes through, just roll a d20. I'm sure, with a little research, one could get some statistics on how often bullets actually lodge in the victim versus simply passing through.

Off the top of my head -- set three ranges: close, medium, and long. Close is +4, Medium a +0, and Long a -4 to the roll. Higher numbers means the bullet passes through the Lycan (or other victim). Set a nice round number of 10 as the break point (so approximately 50% of gunshots stick).

Examples:
A gunshot at close range rolls a 7, +4, gets an 11, and thus passes through the Lycan.

A gunshot at medium range rolls an 8, +0, and thus remains lodged in the Lycan.

A gunshot at long range rolls a 13, -4, and gets a 9, and thus remains lodged in the Lycan.


I know this systems doesn't take into account muzzle velocities and caliber, but in most cases, it shouldn't unless necessary. If you have a very high caliber gun, you might just give it a +X to this roll to represent the factor that it will probably blow straight through the target, or you could "engineer" a lower caliber gun that has a -X to this roll, so there's a better chance to get the bullet to lodge in the victim (a Lycan shooting gun, to be sure).