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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Milagroso" data-source="post: 3699881" data-attributes="member: 32058">LightspeedOkay, here she is. I'm sure I've gotten something wrong, so I would appreciate any constructive criticism. She probably needs some tweaking in the powers department, as I've learned that there is a structure one can follow to maximize efficiency, cost, and power. I've included flavor text for each power so you can get an idea of what it is suppose to do. Also, she might be a little under powered in the combat/saves department. I elected to not take a tradeoff on purpose, mostly because this is my first character. I also don't have toughness listed here because I'm a little confused about what that score is. I think its a 3, if its based off my Con. I'm use to hitpoints.It's okay if some of her powers are weak. I attribute it to her suddenly gaining these new powers and not really sure how to use them effectively. As for drawbacks, I really couldn't find any that suit the character. So, any ideas in that department would likewise be appreciated.You will notice that the combined amount of PPs are a little less then 180 that were alloted to us. This is because I left a little room for error, in case I did the math wrong. If I have any points left to spend, I would appreciate any tips on where to put them. There were a few things that I did not add that should be there, in keeping with the original concept of the character.1. Her costume. Its quite ordinary in abilities, nothing special. Just immunity to her own powers (so she doesn't break it), a thermal regulator which keeps her cool/warm/dry but does not offer any protection from adverse weather effects (i.e. she can still freeze to death, suffer a heat stroke, or drown). Plus the costume is equipped with two dimensional pockets that afford some extra space to store stuff. I read I can take the device power to make this costume a reality, but I was concerned about running out of points. 2. Quickness. Julie is suppose to have a quickness about her. Nothing too extreme. She can just accomplish most tasks a little faster then normal. If I have enough points left over, I'll probably add that power too.Thanks again to everyone for their time and patience.[SBLOCK=Description]Real Name: Julie PowerPower Level: 11Gender: FemaleAge: 14Height: 5’2”Weight: 100lbsHair: RedEyes: BlueNationality: American (north easterner)Ethnicity: CaucasianLightspeed dresses in trendy yet moderately affordable fashions when not wearing her superhero costume. Her costume is a single piece article of clothing that covers her entire body and includes her metallic boots. The costume is rose and black in color, with an odd alien looking icon on the chest. The icon represents speed.[/SBLOCK][SBLOCK=Stats]AbilitiesStr: 10   +0Dex: 17   +3Con: 16   +3Int: 12   +1Wis: 14  +2Cha: 16  +3(Total: 25pp)SkillsAcrobatics 7 Bluff 11Concentration 6Gather Information 7Knowledge: Art 5Knowledge: Poetry & Literature 9Notice 6Profession: Writer 6Sense Motive 10Stealth 7Perform: Acting 7Perform: Oratory 7(Total: 15pp)FeatsDodge Focus 1Grappling FinesseImproved GrabImproved OverrunImproved TripSneak Attack 1Uncanny Dodge 1 (Sight)(Total: 7pp)PowersFlight 4 (Movement, move, personal, sustained)Cost: 2pp/rankCannot hover (-1)Total: 1pp/rank = 4[SBLOCK=Flavor] The flight power allows Lightspeed to fly, although not at light speed. When she flies she leaves a trail of colored lights behind her. This is something like waving a lightstick through the air in the dark. Lightspeed might use this power to swarm around an enemy's head at great speeds, allowing her trail to blind or confuse the enemy. She might also use this power to barrel into an enemy, hoping to knock them over with force and speed, or perform a trip attempt. The nature of the power prevents Lightspeed from being able to hover.[/SBLOCK]Shrinking 4(Alteration, free, personal, sustained)Cost: 1pp/rankExtra: Compression (+3)Extra: Normal Strength (+1)Power Feat: Growth Strike (1pp)Total: 5pp/rank = 20pp + 1PF = 21[SBLOCK=Flavor]This power is a function of Lightspeed’s ability to manipulate her molecules. She can shrink herself down to smaller size, but in the process her body becomes dense. Lightspeed might use this power to escape from harm, surprise a foe, or to make hiding easier.[/SBLOCK]Insubstantial 2(Alteration, free, personal, sustained)Cost: 5pp/rankTotal: 5pp/rank = 10pp[SBLOCk=Flavor]This power is a function of Lightspeed’s ability to manipulate her molecules. It represents her ability to expand her molecules to such a degree that she becomes a gaseous, cloud-like being. This power originally had limited flight ability, but it was overtaken by Lightspeed’s flight power. Lightspeed might use this ability to obscure someone’s view, escape a grapple, or slip under a door’s crack. [/SBLOCK]Gravity Control 8(Standard, general, touch, sustained)Cost 2pp/rankDAP: Strike 8 (2pp)Flaw: Touch (-1)Total: 1pp/rank = 8 +2 DAP = 10pp[SBLOCK=Flavor]The gravity control allows Lightspeed to increase or decrease the effects of gravity on herself or on objects/creatures she touches. Although this power does not include flight, she might be able to flicker the power on and off to achieve levitation or hovering. She might also use this power to degravitize an otherwise very heave object, and throw it at an enemy. Additionally, she might throw a “heavy-g” punch to inflict more damage upon an enemy.[/SBLOCK]Corrosion 8 Dynamic(Attack, standard, touch, full-round)Cost 2pp/rankDAP: Light Control 8 (Personal) (2pp)DAP: Blast: Kinetic 8 (2pp)Drawback: Can only use Corrosion APs after successful corrosion.Total: 2pp/rank = 16 + 2 DAP +2 DAP = 20pp[SBLOCK=Flavor]This ability, potentially the most dangerous of them all, allows Lightspeed to disintegrate matter. Disintegrating an object takes a full round action, and might take longer to consume in object if it large or exceptionally dense. When matter is disintegrated, it is actually converted into raw energy which is stored in her body. The amount she can store is limited by her body weight. Additionally, storing energy in her body causes her to glow with a light whose brightness is in proportion to her charge level. The more stored energy, the brighter the glow. Finally, Lightspeed can expel this energy in the form of a ball of kinetic energy which inflicts (lethal?) damage on opponents.  [/SBLOCK]Regeneration 5(Alteration, full-round, personal, permanent)Cost 1pp/rankRecovery Rate: 3 secondsFlaw: Full-round action, requires concentration and inactivity.Total: 1pp/rank = 5pp[SBLOCK=Flavor]Lightspeed can regenerate any damage she might have endured. This ability does not work automatically or reactively. She must be able to take the time to concentrate for a full round, taking no other action, and with heavy concentration. [/SBLOCK]Powers Total: 70ppCombatAttack: 8Defense: 8Total: (2pp/ +1 = 16) + (2pp/ +1 = 16) = 32ppSavesFortitude 6 Reflex 9Willpower 6Total: 3+6+4= 13EquipmentLaptop[/SBLOCK][SBLOCK=Mathematics]MathematicsAbilities: 25ppSkills/Feats: 15pp/7Powers: 70ppCombat/Saves: 32/13Total: 25 + 15 + 7 + 70 + 32 + 13 = 162[/SBLOCK][SBLOCK=Character]BiographyJulie Powers once belonged to a super team quintet that included her two brothers (Alex and Jack), her younger sister (Katie), and their family friend Franklin Richards. Together they fought crime, repelled space invaders, diverted disaster, and saved the world. However, the most extraordinary thing about this group was that all of them were kids.Her and her siblings received their powers when they discovered a falling object in the sky crash near their summer home. Upon investigation, they found a wounded alien from an equestrian-like race known as the Kimillians. Before this alien died, he passed on to them a warning about an impending disaster that would surely destroy Earth. He subsequently charged them with the task of saving the planet and bestowed upon them his super-kimillian abilities to aid them in their task.Although they succeeded in saving the world, their powers stayed with them. They felt it was their personal responsibility to use their powers for good and justice (and also a little adventure) and accomplished tasks that normally only adult super-humans would challenge. However, after time it became increasingly difficult to keep their secret identities hidden from the world and their parents. Through their endeavors of heroism they managed to build a wealthy supply of enemies (some of whom were super-villains). Add on top of that the normal pressures of emerging adolescence and the trivial nuances of sibling rivalry, the children began using their powers as an escape from their mundane world and an outlet for their frustrations.It wasn’t until they battled with the Queen of the Snarks, an ancient reptilian race of tyrants, that Julie learned the true meaning of tragedy. In the confrontation, all of her siblings were lost, each dying in slow painful ways. As they died, she somehow absorbed their powers and managed to defeat the Queen, but her loss weighed heavily upon her. She knew that although they had these incredible powers, they were not mentally and emotionally equipped to deal with the life of a superhero. They were reckless thrill-seekers, and their - her – irresponsibility led to their deaths. Julie returned home to finally, after a year of subterfuge, reveal her powers to parents and bring them the sad news that she is now an only child. Her parents, stricken with grief and horror at the two-fold herald of tragedy, went into shock. They disowned her as an aberration of nature, cursed her very existence, and finally went insane. Forsaken, Julie was turned out into the world with no home and no family. She did, however, make a few allies with the New Mutants, Fantastic Four, and the X-Men. It was from them that she learned about the school for exceptional students where the students were mutants, and “gifted” like her. Julie had no other place to go. PersonalityJulie is a hopeless romantic and a dreamer. She enjoys spending her time in more artistic pursuits, joining clubs and organizations that promote creativity. Her hobbies include reading fantasy books, writing fantasy themed stories and poems, participating in role-playing games and acting workshops, and also studying art. She dreams of one day being an artist like her mother or a writer of fiction novels. Although she is now a few years older and wiser from the fateful day that changed her life, Julie is still a little reckless and wild. Often times she forgets to not use her powers, and has been chided by her professors to reserve them for the proper time and place. AliasJulie goes by the super-hero alias Lightspeed, a throwback from the days when she used to adventure with her siblings. Although the name was suppose to represent her original power of being able to fly at great speed and do various things faster then normal, it now seems inadequate. She is searching for a new name that would better define her powers as well as her personality.[/SBLOCK]</blockquote>

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