Freedom City Campaign [M&M2] - OOC Discussion
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Idea 1 - A young woman finds out that she has the legacy of an ancient Mayan bloodline...when her grandfather takes her to one of the old pyramids and sacrifices her to the sun god, Jaguar! God of both sun and underworld, the Jaguar once long ago empowered a noble line of Mayans to police the boundary of life and death and make sure that those who transgressed were returned to their rightful places. She woke up at sunrise the next day, no sign of the knife wound that "killed" her. The gifts of her blood had awakened; strength and agility and fast healing. She became a costumed hero; focusing on situations involving "undead" or mad science that crossed the bounds of life and death. However, those circumstances being relatively rare, she had plenty of time to foil the odd bank robbery, make the odd headling along the way!
Idea 2 - Max Power! A jaded, cynical police detective unwittingly becomes the host for a higher-order alien energy being that takes refuge in his body to hide from enemies beyond imagining. In much the same way a human body gives off heat, this alien gives off a strange bio-energy that infuses Max, changing him, and that he can discharge with incredible power and finesse. Now he's adopted a name and costume...such as they are...and set about crimefighting with all the flair and aplomb of Joe Friday. And most of the sheer competence as well.
...one or two more, but it's getting late.
Idea 2 - Max Power! A jaded, cynical police detective unwittingly becomes the host for a higher-order alien energy being that takes refuge in his body to hide from enemies beyond imagining. In much the same way a human body gives off heat, this alien gives off a strange bio-energy that infuses Max, changing him, and that he can discharge with incredible power and finesse. Now he's adopted a name and costume...such as they are...and set about crimefighting with all the flair and aplomb of Joe Friday. And most of the sheer competence as well.
...one or two more, but it's getting late.
Tonguez
A suffusion of yellow
BASTION - PL 10, 150pp
Concept: Manipulator of kinetic energy.
[sblock]ABILITY SCORES
Strength [STR]: 11
Dexterity [DEX]: 16
Constitution [CON]: 15
Intelligence [INT]: 25
Wisdom [WIS]: 12
Charisma [CHA]: 12
PP Spent: 31
SAVES
Fortitude [FORT]: (Base 4 + Con 2) +6
Reflex [REF]: (Base 3 + Dex 3) +6
Willpower [WILL]: (Base 2 + Wis 1) +3
Toughness [TGH]: (Base 2 + Con 2) +4
Note: Bastion uses the Defense/Toughness trade-off [+6/+14].
PP Spent: 13
SKILLS
Acrobatics [4] +7, Computers [8] +15, Concentration [8] +9, Disable Device [8] +15, Investigate [8] +15, Knowledge (physical sciences) [12] +19, Knowledge (technology) [8] +15, Notice [4] +5, Search [4] +11. Total Ranks 64.
PP Spent: 16
FEATS
Attack Focus (Ranged) 1, Attack Specialization 1 (Force Blast), Eidetic Memory, Improved Initiative 2, Improvised Tools, Power Attack, Ranged Pin
PP Spent: 8
COMBAT ATTRIBUTES
Attack Bonus [ATK]: +4
Damage [DMG]: +8 (force blast)
Defense [DEF]: +6
Initiative [INIT]: +11
PP Spent: 20
POWERS
FORCE FIELD 10 [Extras: Affects Others (+1) - 4 Ranks Only, Ranged (+1) - 4 Ranks Only; Power Feats: Progression 1 (Affects Others), Progression 1 (Ranged): 20pp
KINETIC CONTROL 10 [Array/Damage (Ranged); Power Feats: Alt Powers - Deflect, Flight, Move Object, Nullify Movement, Slow]: 25pp
MIND SHIELD 7: 7pp
REFLECTION FIELD 1 [Flaw - Limited (Physical or Kinetic Energy Attacks Only) (-1)]: 7pp
PP Spent: 59
APPEARANCE
Standing 6'2 Sebastian is a athletic man with a dark complexion, brown eyes and short cropped but curly hair. Its hard to place his ethnicity although he could be Latino or Polynesian. His costume is purple with blue highlights and around his wrist and calves are metaliic coils which assist in stabilising and directing the kinetic wave around his body. He wears modified goggles to conceal his identity
Sebastian Neumann is a scholarly type with a love of tinkering with things to observe what makes them work. He and his girlfriend Leilua also enjoy analysing the physics of various super powers and can spend hours talking about the subject in a way that bores most others.
BACKGROUND
Arc 1
Sebastian Neumann was born in Freedom City and so was a witness to much of its going on between the various super powered individuals around him, he was a fan but only top the extent that it challenged him to work out exactly how their powers might work.
Always a highly intelligent child with an impressive memory he was motivated by an interest in 'making stuff happen' to eventually take up mechanics and the study of advance quantum kinematics at a level far beyond his years.
Although he didn't know it at the time Sebastian now beleives that he had innate abilities even as a child which manifested as his mind sheild and a minor deflection ability. He recalls a number of occasions where his experiments exploded resulting in a number of 'near misses' as debris and shrapnel went flying around him. It seems that the accident at the lab only intensified an existing gift rather than creating one.
Arc 2
Sebastian was eventually accepted into university graduating with honours and was asked to stay on as a research physicist working in the feild of Kinetic Wave Theory with a particular focus on developing Over unity devices that could benefit mankind. Also working in the laboratory was Leilua Hamilton a research colleague with whom Sebastian has developed a romantic relationship.
In the course of their research the team attempted to push a test device to double-unity and thats when everything changed. As the device was pushed over unity Sebastian observed a sudden collapse in the kinetic wave signature and a degredation of the quantum barriers. Triggering the evacuation the team tried to escape but were too late and the device exploded releasing an unrestrained wave of kinetic energy blasting out through the lab, destroying half the building.
Three people died that day, members of the research team, but amazingly Sebastian and Leilua emerged relatively unscathed, although Sebastians body seemed to glow as if surrounded by an energy feild. Leilua claims that Sebastian grabbed her and the pair were suddenly sheathed in a visible force feild which sheilded them from harm. The feild persisted for another three weeks before Sebastian learnt to subdue it.
Since then the pair have investigated the phenomena and theorise that Sebastian generates a bonded kinetic wave around his whole body which interacts with external kinetic energy sources to manifest a number of abilities including the kinetic force feild which saved their lives, the ability to move objects, slow and nullify movement and even the ability to fly by 'surfing' along the Global kinetic wave generated by molecular motion.
Arc 3: The Present
Inevitably the university research center was targeted by villains eager to gain access to the Kinetic Wave research but Sebastian was able to respond using his abilities to thwart the infiltration of a contracted super-mercenary. By now he had gained public notiriety and so adopting the name Bastion decided to take up the hero trade...
COMPLICATIONS
1.Romantic Interest with Leilua Hamilton a researcher
2.There are some who blame Sebastian for the explosion that killed the rest of his research team, or at least for not saving them. Sebastian still feels guilty about this but has come to terms with things.
3.The enmity of a secret organisation
4.Can be something of a nerd when it comes to analysing the physics of super powers
Concept: Manipulator of kinetic energy.
[sblock]ABILITY SCORES
Strength [STR]: 11
Dexterity [DEX]: 16
Constitution [CON]: 15
Intelligence [INT]: 25
Wisdom [WIS]: 12
Charisma [CHA]: 12
PP Spent: 31
SAVES
Fortitude [FORT]: (Base 4 + Con 2) +6
Reflex [REF]: (Base 3 + Dex 3) +6
Willpower [WILL]: (Base 2 + Wis 1) +3
Toughness [TGH]: (Base 2 + Con 2) +4
Note: Bastion uses the Defense/Toughness trade-off [+6/+14].
PP Spent: 13
SKILLS
Acrobatics [4] +7, Computers [8] +15, Concentration [8] +9, Disable Device [8] +15, Investigate [8] +15, Knowledge (physical sciences) [12] +19, Knowledge (technology) [8] +15, Notice [4] +5, Search [4] +11. Total Ranks 64.
PP Spent: 16
FEATS
Attack Focus (Ranged) 1, Attack Specialization 1 (Force Blast), Eidetic Memory, Improved Initiative 2, Improvised Tools, Power Attack, Ranged Pin
PP Spent: 8
COMBAT ATTRIBUTES
Attack Bonus [ATK]: +4
Damage [DMG]: +8 (force blast)
Defense [DEF]: +6
Initiative [INIT]: +11
PP Spent: 20
POWERS
FORCE FIELD 10 [Extras: Affects Others (+1) - 4 Ranks Only, Ranged (+1) - 4 Ranks Only; Power Feats: Progression 1 (Affects Others), Progression 1 (Ranged): 20pp
KINETIC CONTROL 10 [Array/Damage (Ranged); Power Feats: Alt Powers - Deflect, Flight, Move Object, Nullify Movement, Slow]: 25pp
MIND SHIELD 7: 7pp
REFLECTION FIELD 1 [Flaw - Limited (Physical or Kinetic Energy Attacks Only) (-1)]: 7pp
PP Spent: 59
APPEARANCE
Standing 6'2 Sebastian is a athletic man with a dark complexion, brown eyes and short cropped but curly hair. Its hard to place his ethnicity although he could be Latino or Polynesian. His costume is purple with blue highlights and around his wrist and calves are metaliic coils which assist in stabilising and directing the kinetic wave around his body. He wears modified goggles to conceal his identity
Sebastian Neumann is a scholarly type with a love of tinkering with things to observe what makes them work. He and his girlfriend Leilua also enjoy analysing the physics of various super powers and can spend hours talking about the subject in a way that bores most others.
BACKGROUND
Arc 1
Sebastian Neumann was born in Freedom City and so was a witness to much of its going on between the various super powered individuals around him, he was a fan but only top the extent that it challenged him to work out exactly how their powers might work.
Always a highly intelligent child with an impressive memory he was motivated by an interest in 'making stuff happen' to eventually take up mechanics and the study of advance quantum kinematics at a level far beyond his years.
Although he didn't know it at the time Sebastian now beleives that he had innate abilities even as a child which manifested as his mind sheild and a minor deflection ability. He recalls a number of occasions where his experiments exploded resulting in a number of 'near misses' as debris and shrapnel went flying around him. It seems that the accident at the lab only intensified an existing gift rather than creating one.
Arc 2
Sebastian was eventually accepted into university graduating with honours and was asked to stay on as a research physicist working in the feild of Kinetic Wave Theory with a particular focus on developing Over unity devices that could benefit mankind. Also working in the laboratory was Leilua Hamilton a research colleague with whom Sebastian has developed a romantic relationship.
In the course of their research the team attempted to push a test device to double-unity and thats when everything changed. As the device was pushed over unity Sebastian observed a sudden collapse in the kinetic wave signature and a degredation of the quantum barriers. Triggering the evacuation the team tried to escape but were too late and the device exploded releasing an unrestrained wave of kinetic energy blasting out through the lab, destroying half the building.
Three people died that day, members of the research team, but amazingly Sebastian and Leilua emerged relatively unscathed, although Sebastians body seemed to glow as if surrounded by an energy feild. Leilua claims that Sebastian grabbed her and the pair were suddenly sheathed in a visible force feild which sheilded them from harm. The feild persisted for another three weeks before Sebastian learnt to subdue it.
Since then the pair have investigated the phenomena and theorise that Sebastian generates a bonded kinetic wave around his whole body which interacts with external kinetic energy sources to manifest a number of abilities including the kinetic force feild which saved their lives, the ability to move objects, slow and nullify movement and even the ability to fly by 'surfing' along the Global kinetic wave generated by molecular motion.
Arc 3: The Present
Inevitably the university research center was targeted by villains eager to gain access to the Kinetic Wave research but Sebastian was able to respond using his abilities to thwart the infiltration of a contracted super-mercenary. By now he had gained public notiriety and so adopting the name Bastion decided to take up the hero trade...
COMPLICATIONS
1.Romantic Interest with Leilua Hamilton a researcher
2.There are some who blame Sebastian for the explosion that killed the rest of his research team, or at least for not saving them. Sebastian still feels guilty about this but has come to terms with things.
3.The enmity of a secret organisation
4.Can be something of a nerd when it comes to analysing the physics of super powers
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Argent Silvermage
First Post
I'll have him up and running today. Just so you realise he may sound like comic relief (and in some ways I hope he will be) He is actually a very tragic hero type.Insight said:
He's always going to be fighting the impulse to just "kill the Muther" to end a fight but his court will always be telling him to "take the Higher Path"
Batsards!
Argent Silvermage
First Post
John "Bubba" Mace: The Faerie Prince
Bubba Mace; The Faerie Prince - PL 10, 150pp
Concept: Biker Dude with a Faerie entourage.
ABILITY SCORES
Strength [STR]: 16
Dexterity [DEX]: 16
Constitution [CON]: 16
Intelligence [INT]: 12
Wisdom [WIS]: 20
Charisma [CHA]: 30
PP Spent: 50
SAVES
Fortitude [FORT]: 3
Reflex [REF]: 3
Willpower [WILL]: 15
Toughness [TGH]: 3
PP Spent: 10
SKILLS
Bluff +14
Concentration +7
Diplomacy +14
Drive (Motorcycle) +11
Gather Information +18
Intimidate +`8
Sense Motive +13
Survival +9
Knowledge Local +9
Knowledge Underworld activity +9
PP Spent: 10
FEATS
Redirect
Beginner’s Luck
Inspire +3
Leadership
Luck +4
Seize Initiative
Ultimate Effort +2
Minions +10 (rank 5 Fanatical)
Contacts
Connected
Well Informed
Distract +3
Fascinate +4
PP Spent: 33
COMBAT ATTRIBUTES
Attack Bonus [ATK]: 5
Damage [DMG]: 3
Defense [DEF]: 5
Initiative [INIT]: 3
PP Spent: 20
POWERS
Faerie Fire (as Hellfire) (10 ranks) Power loss Drawback (Bound by Cold Iron)
Force Field and Minion as alternate powers +2 to make them all dynamic. total cost = [23 pp]
Super Senses: Detect Magic (sense /ranged) [3 pp]
PP Spent: 27
COMPLICATIONS
Bad Reputation: Criminal Record
Honor
Enemy Rival Biker Gang
CHARACTER STORY
The Faerie Prince
John "Bubba" Mace is a rough neck biker. His parents were hippies who moved from town to town and lived off the land. John was raised by them until they were killed in an auto accident and then he was raised by his uncle Rex who was a member of the Warlocks biker gang.
He lived in that life for years until one night he overdosed on Meth and alcohol. He may very well have died that night if not for one thing... Well... actually a group of "things". You see Bubba never knew his mom got knocked up by the King of the Faeries. They have been watching him since his birth and were told not to interfere unless his life was at risk. Bubba now knew why he seemed to have such a charmed life but now he had to accept his "court" and that was a bit much for him. By acknowledging them it brought them into this world full cloth. No longer were they just elemental spirits but actual physical beings.
One of the things that hampers John is that he is affected by cold iron restraints. (Handcuffs will do) All of his Faerie Fire powers disappear as well as his Minions can not detect him in any way while so bound. This made his prison time a real mess.
Now Bubba likes them well enough but the 6'4' 300 pound hairy biker has these pixies and elves that follow him everywhere. It's kind of hard for him to live like he once did and now his "real" father is expecting him to live up to the nobility of the Seelie Court.
Bubba's not handling it well.
Bubba Mace; The Faerie Prince - PL 10, 150pp
Concept: Biker Dude with a Faerie entourage.
ABILITY SCORES
Strength [STR]: 16
Dexterity [DEX]: 16
Constitution [CON]: 16
Intelligence [INT]: 12
Wisdom [WIS]: 20
Charisma [CHA]: 30
PP Spent: 50
SAVES
Fortitude [FORT]: 3
Reflex [REF]: 3
Willpower [WILL]: 15
Toughness [TGH]: 3
PP Spent: 10
SKILLS
Bluff +14
Concentration +7
Diplomacy +14
Drive (Motorcycle) +11
Gather Information +18
Intimidate +`8
Sense Motive +13
Survival +9
Knowledge Local +9
Knowledge Underworld activity +9
PP Spent: 10
FEATS
Redirect
Beginner’s Luck
Inspire +3
Leadership
Luck +4
Seize Initiative
Ultimate Effort +2
Minions +10 (rank 5 Fanatical)
Contacts
Connected
Well Informed
Distract +3
Fascinate +4
PP Spent: 33
COMBAT ATTRIBUTES
Attack Bonus [ATK]: 5
Damage [DMG]: 3
Defense [DEF]: 5
Initiative [INIT]: 3
PP Spent: 20
POWERS
Faerie Fire (as Hellfire) (10 ranks) Power loss Drawback (Bound by Cold Iron)
Force Field and Minion as alternate powers +2 to make them all dynamic. total cost = [23 pp]
Super Senses: Detect Magic (sense /ranged) [3 pp]
PP Spent: 27
COMPLICATIONS
Bad Reputation: Criminal Record
Honor
Enemy Rival Biker Gang
CHARACTER STORY
The Faerie Prince
John "Bubba" Mace is a rough neck biker. His parents were hippies who moved from town to town and lived off the land. John was raised by them until they were killed in an auto accident and then he was raised by his uncle Rex who was a member of the Warlocks biker gang.
He lived in that life for years until one night he overdosed on Meth and alcohol. He may very well have died that night if not for one thing... Well... actually a group of "things". You see Bubba never knew his mom got knocked up by the King of the Faeries. They have been watching him since his birth and were told not to interfere unless his life was at risk. Bubba now knew why he seemed to have such a charmed life but now he had to accept his "court" and that was a bit much for him. By acknowledging them it brought them into this world full cloth. No longer were they just elemental spirits but actual physical beings.
One of the things that hampers John is that he is affected by cold iron restraints. (Handcuffs will do) All of his Faerie Fire powers disappear as well as his Minions can not detect him in any way while so bound. This made his prison time a real mess.
Now Bubba likes them well enough but the 6'4' 300 pound hairy biker has these pixies and elves that follow him everywhere. It's kind of hard for him to live like he once did and now his "real" father is expecting him to live up to the nobility of the Seelie Court.
Bubba's not handling it well.
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Insight
Adventurer
Tonguez said:
Err change that to Nullify Movement. I re-read Drain Movement and it's touch only, which is just odd. Nullify Movement essentially means you can stop something from moving by nullifying its movement stat.
I envisioned (and you can change this if you want) that Bastion was a scientist researching kinetic energy and perhaps working on a perpetual motion machine or something like that. The experiments were awry and boom, he has powers. That's about all I had with the character concept. Feel free to dump it or expand on it.
Insight
Adventurer
Shayuri said:Idea 1 - A young woman finds out that she has the legacy of an ancient Mayan bloodline...when her grandfather takes her to one of the old pyramids and sacrifices her to the sun god, Jaguar! God of both sun and underworld, the Jaguar once long ago empowered a noble line of Mayans to police the boundary of life and death and make sure that those who transgressed were returned to their rightful places. She woke up at sunrise the next day, no sign of the knife wound that "killed" her. The gifts of her blood had awakened; strength and agility and fast healing. She became a costumed hero; focusing on situations involving "undead" or mad science that crossed the bounds of life and death. However, those circumstances being relatively rare, she had plenty of time to foil the odd bank robbery, make the odd headling along the way!
Idea 2 - Max Power! A jaded, cynical police detective unwittingly becomes the host for a higher-order alien energy being that takes refuge in his body to hide from enemies beyond imagining. In much the same way a human body gives off heat, this alien gives off a strange bio-energy that infuses Max, changing him, and that he can discharge with incredible power and finesse. Now he's adopted a name and costume...such as they are...and set about crimefighting with all the flair and aplomb of Joe Friday. And most of the sheer competence as well.
...one or two more, but it's getting late.
Either one of those sounds fine.
hafrogman
Adventurer
Draft of Nanite. Mostly he's a pretty simple build, which is good because it allows me to spend so much more time coming up with interesting ways to spend his 10 shapeshifting points.
[sblock=Nanite]
John Tyler a.k.a. Nanite - PL 10, 150pp
Concept: Technologically Empowered Jack of all Trades
ABILITY SCORES
Strength [STR]: 22 (12)
Dexterity [DEX]: 22 (12)
Constitution [CON]: 22 (12)
Intelligence [INT]: 16
Wisdom [WIS]: 14
Charisma [CHA]: 14
PP Spent: 20
SAVES
Fortitude [FORT]: +11
Reflex [REF]: +11
Willpower [WILL]: +11
Toughness [TGH]: +6
PP Spent: 19
SKILLS
Acrobatics 5 (+11)
Climb 5 (+11)
Concentration 4 (+6)
Knowledge: Physical Sciences 4 (+7)
Notice 5 (+7)
Stealth 5 (+11)
PP Spent: 7
FEATS
Accurate Attack
Benefit: Corporate Sponsorship
Blind Fight
Diehard
Endurance
Improved Initiative
Power Attack
Precise Shot
Quick Change
PP Spent: 9
COMBAT ATTRIBUTES
Attack Bonus [ATK]: 7
Damage [DMG]: 6
Defense [DEF]: 8
Initiative [INIT]: 10
PP Spent: 30
POWERS
Enhanced Ability: Strength 10 (10 PP)
Enhanced Ability: Dexterity 10 (10 PP)
Enhanced Ability: Constitution 10 (10 PP)
Immunity 3 (3 PP)
- Aging
- Disease
- Poison
Regeneration 14 (14 PP)
- Bruised 3 (1/round)
- Injured 5 (1/standard action)
- Disabled 3 (1/20 minutes)
- Ability Damage 3 (1/20 minutes)
Shapeshifting 2 (18 PP)
- Action: Free Action
PP Spent: 65
COMPLICATIONS
Pending
Corporate Responsibilities? College Classes? Others?
CHARACTER STORY
Pending
[/sblock]
[sblock=Shapeshifts]
Jetpack - flight 5
Laser - Blast 5
Laser Cannon - Blast 10 (Penetrating, Action: Full Round, Distracting)
Claws - Strike 4 (Mighty, Accurate), Wall Crawling 2
Shock Fists - Stun 5
Armor Plating - Protection 4 (Impervious 6)
Body Reinforcing - Density 3
[/sblock]
[sblock=Nanite]
John Tyler a.k.a. Nanite - PL 10, 150pp
Concept: Technologically Empowered Jack of all Trades
ABILITY SCORES
Strength [STR]: 22 (12)
Dexterity [DEX]: 22 (12)
Constitution [CON]: 22 (12)
Intelligence [INT]: 16
Wisdom [WIS]: 14
Charisma [CHA]: 14
PP Spent: 20
SAVES
Fortitude [FORT]: +11
Reflex [REF]: +11
Willpower [WILL]: +11
Toughness [TGH]: +6
PP Spent: 19
SKILLS
Acrobatics 5 (+11)
Climb 5 (+11)
Concentration 4 (+6)
Knowledge: Physical Sciences 4 (+7)
Notice 5 (+7)
Stealth 5 (+11)
PP Spent: 7
FEATS
Accurate Attack
Benefit: Corporate Sponsorship
Blind Fight
Diehard
Endurance
Improved Initiative
Power Attack
Precise Shot
Quick Change
PP Spent: 9
COMBAT ATTRIBUTES
Attack Bonus [ATK]: 7
Damage [DMG]: 6
Defense [DEF]: 8
Initiative [INIT]: 10
PP Spent: 30
POWERS
Enhanced Ability: Strength 10 (10 PP)
Enhanced Ability: Dexterity 10 (10 PP)
Enhanced Ability: Constitution 10 (10 PP)
Immunity 3 (3 PP)
- Aging
- Disease
- Poison
Regeneration 14 (14 PP)
- Bruised 3 (1/round)
- Injured 5 (1/standard action)
- Disabled 3 (1/20 minutes)
- Ability Damage 3 (1/20 minutes)
Shapeshifting 2 (18 PP)
- Action: Free Action
PP Spent: 65
COMPLICATIONS
Pending
Corporate Responsibilities? College Classes? Others?
CHARACTER STORY
Pending
[/sblock]
[sblock=Shapeshifts]
Jetpack - flight 5
Laser - Blast 5
Laser Cannon - Blast 10 (Penetrating, Action: Full Round, Distracting)
Claws - Strike 4 (Mighty, Accurate), Wall Crawling 2
Shock Fists - Stun 5
Armor Plating - Protection 4 (Impervious 6)
Body Reinforcing - Density 3
[/sblock]
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