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<blockquote data-quote="Jemal" data-source="post: 6081609" data-attributes="member: 9026"><p>I think you are under the impression that I intend to use my background in some sort of attempt to gain free powers. That's not exactly how it works in M&M.. a background can be anything, but you still only get the specific powers you pay for, everything is in the description and circumstance.</p><p></p><p>For example, you can SAY in your background that you are the CEO of a fortune 500 company, but you may not get ANYTHING from it that might be assumed.. If you don't pay for the status then perhaps you have a bad rep. If you don't pay for the wealth then perhaps you are in the middle of an audit, or all your funds are tied up in a business deal/otherwise non-liquid. If you don't pay for minions then all yoru employees are too busy to do 'other' jobs for you.</p><p>HOWEVER, that background can give you the reasoning behind gaining some of these abilities temporarily via a hero point.. you could Spend a HP to gain wealth for a single scene, described IC as you managing to 'liquidate some funds', or gain a rank in Minions as you manage to convince one of your employees to do some dirty work for you during their off time.</p><p></p><p>Likewise with my 'dragon' form, I would not have the ability to transform into a dragon, would not have the standard dragon longevity, nor any of the contacts/wealth/status/etc usually associated with being a silverscale unless I made some sort of expenditure (Either in power points to 'regain access' to them permanently, or a Hero point/power stunt to gain them for a scene.) For example If I needed to throw my name around I could use a HP to gain status/contacts for a single scene, as i convince someone who i am and ask them to help me out. OR for the dragon transformation I could power stunt a 'dragon form' on my Force Magic array, paying for all the 'abilities' of my dragon form in place of what i would normally be using my force magic for - in that case I would essentially 'loose' my force magic while I was in 'dragon form'.</p><p>It would also carry consequences in the form of complications or drawbacks based on me revealing who I am.</p><p>It's all one hundred percent things any of our characters could do within the rules, I'm just giving a background reasoning to it.</p><p></p><p>------</p><p></p><p>On that note, I've decided to go with the force mage. Will work up the char when I have time. As a heads up to superzero, I intend on making him a bit.. oddly. I'll be giving him a shift from defense to toughness, and he will always be using all-out attack to further drain his active defenses to zero. The idea is he has no idea how to 'dodge' or 'parry'.. he's a mage and a dragon, the concept of getting out of somethings way is pretty foreign to him. Defensively he relies on his powerful force shield and controlling the battlefield. He's mostly focused on Offense though, using all-out attack so it'll seem like his attacks are much stronger. His standard statline will probably be around "Attack +8, damage rank 8, defenses 0, toughness 8." Basically, he's a level 8 character with zero dodge/parry, but his numbers even out to the same as a standard PL 6 character. I think that's an amusing way of working in the whole "he's a powerful dragon mage" thing while still keeping him on the same power level as everyone else.</p><p></p><p>*EDIT: For anybody wondering as to the math on that, it goes as follows: </p><p>Base offense: Attack +4, damage rank 8 = PL 6.</p><p>Base Defense: Dodge/parry 4, Toughness 8 = PL 6.</p><p>Use all-out attack 4 to reduce dodge/parry to 0 and increase attack to +8.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Jemal, post: 6081609, member: 9026"] I think you are under the impression that I intend to use my background in some sort of attempt to gain free powers. That's not exactly how it works in M&M.. a background can be anything, but you still only get the specific powers you pay for, everything is in the description and circumstance. For example, you can SAY in your background that you are the CEO of a fortune 500 company, but you may not get ANYTHING from it that might be assumed.. If you don't pay for the status then perhaps you have a bad rep. If you don't pay for the wealth then perhaps you are in the middle of an audit, or all your funds are tied up in a business deal/otherwise non-liquid. If you don't pay for minions then all yoru employees are too busy to do 'other' jobs for you. HOWEVER, that background can give you the reasoning behind gaining some of these abilities temporarily via a hero point.. you could Spend a HP to gain wealth for a single scene, described IC as you managing to 'liquidate some funds', or gain a rank in Minions as you manage to convince one of your employees to do some dirty work for you during their off time. Likewise with my 'dragon' form, I would not have the ability to transform into a dragon, would not have the standard dragon longevity, nor any of the contacts/wealth/status/etc usually associated with being a silverscale unless I made some sort of expenditure (Either in power points to 'regain access' to them permanently, or a Hero point/power stunt to gain them for a scene.) For example If I needed to throw my name around I could use a HP to gain status/contacts for a single scene, as i convince someone who i am and ask them to help me out. OR for the dragon transformation I could power stunt a 'dragon form' on my Force Magic array, paying for all the 'abilities' of my dragon form in place of what i would normally be using my force magic for - in that case I would essentially 'loose' my force magic while I was in 'dragon form'. It would also carry consequences in the form of complications or drawbacks based on me revealing who I am. It's all one hundred percent things any of our characters could do within the rules, I'm just giving a background reasoning to it. ------ On that note, I've decided to go with the force mage. Will work up the char when I have time. As a heads up to superzero, I intend on making him a bit.. oddly. I'll be giving him a shift from defense to toughness, and he will always be using all-out attack to further drain his active defenses to zero. The idea is he has no idea how to 'dodge' or 'parry'.. he's a mage and a dragon, the concept of getting out of somethings way is pretty foreign to him. Defensively he relies on his powerful force shield and controlling the battlefield. He's mostly focused on Offense though, using all-out attack so it'll seem like his attacks are much stronger. His standard statline will probably be around "Attack +8, damage rank 8, defenses 0, toughness 8." Basically, he's a level 8 character with zero dodge/parry, but his numbers even out to the same as a standard PL 6 character. I think that's an amusing way of working in the whole "he's a powerful dragon mage" thing while still keeping him on the same power level as everyone else. *EDIT: For anybody wondering as to the math on that, it goes as follows: Base offense: Attack +4, damage rank 8 = PL 6. Base Defense: Dodge/parry 4, Toughness 8 = PL 6. Use all-out attack 4 to reduce dodge/parry to 0 and increase attack to +8. [/QUOTE]
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