(OOC) Transformers: Robots in Disguise!

[Vendetta]

Hmmm, unless you have a huge charisma, you're basically guaranteed to use up more Nexus Points than you regain on a single use of your powers.

I first had written that you regained double your charisma which is closer to what I think one ought to gain... but if you have a low charisma (and lets face it, not everyone has a high charisma) this doesn't solve the problem either. I'm thinking that you could regain nexus energy equal to your charisma modifier + your Special Power Rank priority. This way you will always gain at least one use of your power(s) per day.

of course, part of me wants to just say you get your full reserve after each stasis... anyone have any good suggestions?


I went with Sum to 15 rather than the straight priority so that you have more options to build your character with. With this system, you could have priorities of all 3s so that you are not weak in any area but you don't excel anywhere either. a Priority three character would be a pretty solid character. I tend to like a 4/4/3/2/2 type of priority set up. so naturally, the GM goes with what he likes... I swear, that guy is a selfish punk! Personally, if he weren't GMing this, I'd have nothing to do with him

uh...

moving on...

hafrogman emailed a good question to me about how he should handle his character bio.

The story lead in begins with the Ark leaving cybertron with all of you aboard. So any history would have to be on cybertron and maybe how you got involved with Optimus Prime and the rest of the gang.

here is a basic history of the Transformer TV series
http://www.xs4all.nl/~wjtbeek/history.html
maybe it will help a bit.

 

[Vendetta]

Ok, after reading the character creation addendums. What would you think of fly as a special power, in the form of jump jets. This would give us a chance of reaching the flying deceptacreeps, without being jets ourselves. Admittedly, it would be for tactical use, no flying across the country.

Flight would be a fantastic power. It is a level 3 spell so unfortunately would require a rank 4 power. If you have that, no problem. The duration is 1 minute/level so 3 minutes of flight for our starting characters. You definately couldn't fly across country with that . In 3.0 the duration was 10 minutes/level... so I would consider this a significant nerf and will be granting you a -1 rank cost for the 1 min/level or use the 3.0 10 mins/level at normal rank cost... that sound ok? (I think flight is a power that would be very advantageous for you but not so much so that it is worth 4 ranks... I mean, when you get up to the Decepticons, you still have to fight them with your normal abilities, right?)

So... Fly 1 minute / level costs 3 ranks
or Fly 10 minutes / level costs 4 ranks
awe, what the heck, Fly 1 round / level costs 2 ranks
and Fly 1 hour / level costs 5 ranks

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

I'm still very much interested, but i haven't had a chance to get the book yet, so i might end up a little behind the rest of you guys.

 

[Kalanyr]

I just added you to my MSN list, Sir Osis, so if you need any help feel free to PM, its pretty basic to construct a 3rd level character.

 

[Sir Osis of Liver]

I just added you to my MSN list, Sir Osis, so if you need any help feel free to PM, its pretty basic to construct a 3rd level character.

Cool, thanks! Unfortuantly it's a work night, i have to be up at 4 am, so i'm heading to bed right now, but the help would be great if i catch you some time over the next few days.

 

[Vendetta]

Sir Osis of Liver, I added you to the roster. No worries about starting late because I've already figured out how that will work within the story, which I worked out exactly because I figured it might take some people a while to get the book and I didn't want you (or someone) to be out because you couldn't get the book right away.

So, no worries... get it when you can and we'll add you in at that time.

Hey, Kalanyr, I looked over your character sheet. I'll spend more time on it later tonight but from first glance it looked good and THANKS for having the moto on it, just like each transformer from the toys oh so long ago. I liked that.

 

[Kalanyr]

Thanks, The mottos were my favourite part, it just wouldn't have felt complete without it.

 

[Vendetta]

Kalanyr
Excellent character... but I made a horrible mistake... you did it exactly as I typed it and I didn't catch it until I was looking over your nexus energy.

How much Nexus energy you gain per level should read as such:
Per Level, including first = Cha mod +1 (Minimum of +1 per level)

So, each level you will get 3 more points of reserve energy. (so I have to steal 3 points from you to make your reserve 15, not 18... which sucks because that steals away one of your uses of your special power.) I actually considered just letting the rule go with the extra +1 per level (cha +1 @ 1st, cha +2 @ 2nd, cha +3 @ 3rd) since I wrote it that way but realized that at the higher levels people would be getting unholy amounts of reserve power... (55 points at level 10 without Cha mod each level or the base of the Int mod and power priority, which would be another 25 or so for characters with a +2 cha mod) This would REALLY disballance the extra uses for nexus energy points listed on page 54

I'm sorry about that and I'll edit my character creation rules to reflect how it is supposed to be. (Which was gaining your cha mod plus one in nexus energy reserve each level, including first) My bad and I feel terrible.


On a good note, your motto is exceptional, a perfect fit for your character.


Everyone
I have a question about delaying form feats... Can you only chose form feats with the form feats you gain at character creation or can you use regular feats that you gain every 3rd level (but not bonus feats since they come from a specific class list) to pick a form feat? With types of feats in the regular d20 rules, you can use general feats for any type of feat as long as you meet the prereqs. (Though some types of feats come with inherent prereqs, as do Form feats in which you must be a mechamorph to take them).

So, the way I am reading it, you could use the character feats gained at levels 1, 3, 6, 9, 12, 15, and 18 to take form feats.

I was wondering about this because Kalanyr delayed three of his form feats, naturally, because the levels that he needed to be to meet the prereqs. But as I got to thinking about it, I was wondering how many of those he could go ahead and switch to something else because he could time it so he meets the prereqs one a tri-level? It may be that he'll hit those prereqs on off levels like 8 or 7 and might want to IMMEDIATELY add the delayed form feats (BTW, I officially allow delayed form feats to take effect the moment you meet the prereqs of that feat, in case there is a rule stating otherwise somewhere)

Anyway, I was just wondering about this thinking he might be able to sneak in one more form feat for an Armor Boost or something.
Great... now I'm encouraging Min/Maxing by plotting out levels in advance...
Maybe we should just ignore all of this

anyway, Bushido looks great and I love the special power you gave yourself. "Energon Weapon" is perfect! Man is one of the Autobots going to be dishing out monsterous damage using that Katana Also, nice touch with the description of how Bushido transforms.

 

[Kalanyr]

Actually I was wondering what I did wrong with the nexus points since 18 seemed like an unholy amount, it makes more sense this way, besides you've given me more uses per day than I'd normally get so I'm happy. I'll edit it now.

 

[Kalanyr]

Oh and to the second bit yeah officially Form Feats are only allowed to be purchased with Form Feats.