[OOC] M&M 2nd: Gotham Squires

[Walking Dad]

Ok, you have to choose one of your powers that logically could stunt the desired power.
Then you use Extra Effort to gain the alternate power feat for a limited time and choose the appropriate power for the effect you want.
You can avoid the fatigue from the extra effort by spending a HP.

In your case, the power most likely to be used for a 'Time Stop' is the divine blast from your ring.
Using extra effort, you have 15 PP to buy the new power. In your case I think you want Paralyze (MM p 95), maybe with a range extra.

 

[perrinmiller]

OK, I think I got it, thanks. I was thinking Blind at first but wasn't happy with that idea. Knowing the PP business is what I needed to figure it out.

 

[perrinmiller]

Not sure I did that right, but I used the Hero Point to alter the ring's effect to paralyze. If I used all the PP from the ring, then I don't think she can actually hit with it since the ring provides the accuracy.

If that's not right, or if someone else has a tip to improve what I did, let me know.

 

[Walking Dad]

You could also only use 10 PP (the blast part) for a Paralyze 5 effect (still touch range).

 

[perrinmiller]

OOC: Ranged would be paralyze 3. But you could use your move-by action feat to deliver a paralyze 5 variant at touch range.

I edited it to do this. Need to keep Paralyze 5 to have any chance of success, methinks.

 

[Walking Dad]

Brick swears under his breath as he gets no signal in the room. As the others work to take on the opposition, Brick jumps for the closest exit.

OOC: My initial thought was to just have him barrel through a door or wall, but I'm going to admit that the object damage rules have me flummoxed. It seems pretty standard for a character like Brick to bust down a door or crack through a wall, but I'm not sure it's possible mechanically? Anyway, thus my vague description. I figure at the very least Brick's Leaping ability should help him vault over folks without taking AoO.

The rules for damaging objects are in the core rules, p 166 & 167.

Basically you try to break it with a Str check (+4 in Brick's case, including super strength) as a full round action, or make a normal attack.

Please say which variant you want to try.

We don't play with the (optional) AoO rules from the Mastermind's Manual.

 

[jkason]

The rules for damaging objects are in the core rules, p 166 & 167.

Basically you try to break it with a Str check (+4 in Brick's case, including super strength) as a full round action, or make a normal attack.

Please say which variant you want to try.

OOC: I read the rules; I just found them a bit confusing, I guess. The section that explicitly mentioned knocking down a door as an example (about breaking objects in-hand) seemed to indicate that it was a straight str mod vs. toughness without rolling, which seemed to be an auto-fail for Brick. If that's not the case, seems like an attack is more likely to succeed (since that's at +9 instead of just +4), so let's go with that. I'll add a roll after posting.

 

[Walking Dad]

Thanks, door got a 23. It is damaged but still holds...

 

[Walking Dad]

Waiting for Octavia's and Crucible's actions.

 

[perrinmiller]

Sorry, work's kicking my butt today and I have 4 characters to update. I will try when I get home.