Generation Legacy: Part Three

[Samnell]

I have a half-formed idea for a fairly upbeat, laid-back guy with shadow powers. Maybe a surfer dude or beach bum sort of kid. He has some kind of internal shadow. If you cut him, he bleeds wispy black vapor slightly lighter than air. Light, especially sunlight, makes the shadow inside feel stronger and healthier. So he spends lots of time outside. The shadow tends to bleed out to things that are in contact with him often or for extended periods of time, more so if he uses his powers often. So his clothes get bleached white (no "light" = no color) or the shadow goes to ground and then turn pitch black. Maybe it varies from item to item. He'll probably be very, very white and it would be either platinum blond or pitch black hair.

But I don't know what kind of shadow powers he has, just that this seems like a thematically cool way to flavor them up. Regeneration has obvious applications from the effect of sunlight strengthening the shadow within, so maybe some ranks there with a partial source-dependent flaw. Maybe teleport, or some obvious TK with shadowstuff appearing and manipulating the objects.

To go against stereotype for the theme, maybe he's got some enhanced charisma and his physical oddities make for more exotic appeal than freakshow. I am still fond of the teen idol thing I had going on with Mark.

Or maybe I'll do something completely different if another inspiration strikes.

 

[Agamon]

I am very much interested in joining this, if there is still space left.

You'd be #6 is Kain and Solnir are still a go.

 

[Agamon]

I have a half-formed idea for a fairly upbeat, laid-back guy with shadow powers. Maybe a surfer dude or beach bum sort of kid. He has some kind of internal shadow. If you cut him, he bleeds wispy black vapor slightly lighter than air. Light, especially sunlight, makes the shadow inside feel stronger and healthier. So he spends lots of time outside. The shadow tends to bleed out to things that are in contact with him often or for extended periods of time, more so if he uses his powers often. So his clothes get bleached white (no "light" = no color) or the shadow goes to ground and then turn pitch black. Maybe it varies from item to item. He'll probably be very, very white and it would be either platinum blond or pitch black hair.

But I don't know what kind of shadow powers he has, just that this seems like a thematically cool way to flavor them up. Regeneration has obvious applications from the effect of sunlight strengthening the shadow within, so maybe some ranks there with a partial source-dependent flaw. Maybe teleport, or some obvious TK with shadowstuff appearing and manipulating the objects.

To go against stereotype for the theme, maybe he's got some enhanced charisma and his physical oddities make for more exotic appeal than freakshow. I am still fond of the teen idol thing I had going on with Mark.

Or maybe I'll do something completely different if another inspiration strikes.

That's pretty cool, gotta say. Going back to Cali, or somewhere new, like Australia?

 

[Samnell]

That's pretty cool, gotta say. Going back to Cali, or somewhere new, like Australia?

Good question. Mark was barely Californian and had no interest in going back. I just seized on it as being a handy setting for gang-infested urban decay where he could have lived outside for most of the year, most of the time, without dying from exposure. He was a PC from California more than a Californian PC. If I go with the beach culture angle I have a lot more options than Sunny California.

 

[Shalimar]

I still can't decide between the military brat (Clover), or a remake of a happier and more upbeat Kelly. With the power point limitation in place I could drop any of a few sets of powers into either.

Right now I am playing around with a feral set of powers and weather controller powers. The Feral powers would be pretty standard cat powers: pheromones, super senses, strike, leaping, and regen. The weather powers is Weather control from Ultimate Power with the majority of the Power feats that are listed under it, albeit bought at 4pp/rank. Holding back would fit pretty well with the weather controller powerset to put the character able to summon the full fury of nature, but unable to control it when she does.

Shapeshift could be really fun though, and the chances for pranks would be limitless. It'd also be a very easy set of powers to drop on anyone at an even 40pp for 5 ranks, 35pp if it was limited in some way.

 

[Agamon]

Good question. Mark was barely Californian and had no interest in going back. I just seized on it as being a handy setting for gang-infested urban decay where he could have lived outside for most of the year, most of the time, without dying from exposure. He was a PC from California more than a Californian PC. If I go with the beach culture angle I have a lot more options than Sunny California.

This is true. I guess surfer dude/beach bum conjures thoughts like, "Yo, brah! Surf's up, dude!" Even though "brah" is Hawaiian slang, but whatever...

 

[Shalimar]

Toki actually played a Cali boy surfer in the Mutant high game that Radiant ran a few years back. It worked out pretty well. I remember that game pretty fondly.

 

[Agamon]

I still can't decide between the military brat (Clover), or a remake of a happier and more upbeat Kelly. With the power point limitation in place I could drop any of a few sets of powers into either.

Right now I am playing around with a feral set of powers and weather controller powers. The Feral powers would be pretty standard cat powers: pheromones, super senses, strike, leaping, and regen. The weather powers is Weather control from Ultimate Power with the majority of the Power feats that are listed under it, albeit bought at 4pp/rank. Holding back would fit pretty well with the weather controller powerset to put the character able to summon the full fury of nature, but unable to control it when she does.

Shapeshift could be really fun though, and the chances for pranks would be limitless. It'd also be a very easy set of powers to drop on anyone at an even 40pp for 5 ranks, 35pp if it was limited in some way.

For sure, all good ideas. In fact, I was considering a shapeshifting NPC, but I'll finalize that once you guys figure things out, no worries.

 

[Samnell]

This is true. I guess surfer dude/beach bum conjures thoughts like, "Yo, brah! Surf's up, dude!" Even though "brah" is Hawaiian slang, but whatever...

My best friend is a science teacher in Hawaii. As soon as I mentioned that maybe this would be some kind of beach culture kid (I'm liking this descriptor more than surfer dude/beach bum.) he started feeding me dialect. I could never keep that up. He's hit unintelligibility with me a few times when he comes online right after talking with kids.

 

[Agamon]

Re-familiarizing myself with the books, I remembered App. I in Ultimate Power. This is kinda what I was getting on about with possible problematic builds, keep in mind the powers mentioned in there (Boost, Drain, Growth/Shrinking, Summon and Variables, in particular).

I agree with Steve that Deflect is underpowered if taken as a Standard action and am willing to let it break the PL by 4 ranks to compensate.

I also like the house rule he suggests for Growth and Shrinking, making the modifiers proportional (+1 Str and Toughness, -1 attack and defense for each rank of Growth, vice versa for Shrinking).

Powers that take a little longer to figure out don't make much difference in a relatively slow moving pbp, so no probs there. And otherwise, we'll go on a case by case basis.

Not sure if this was necessary, I know you guys can come up with some awesome concepts without cheeseballing, but I thought I better throw it out there anyways. I shouldn't have to come down on anyone's builds with a sledgehammer, but I'm hoping to avoid hard feelings if I must.

(I'm also hoping 'yes', or at least, 'yes, but' or 'maybe, if' is better for you guys than outright banning certain powers)