Project Daedalus OOC thread

[Mimic]

That's 'cause pigs are always lookin' down to the man.

Your not the man, your Undercover Brother.

 

[Agamon]

Actually, Mimic, you can't copy any power stunts. I make an exception for Elementor's different forms because any one of them could be the main power, you just can't change to theother forms because they would be stunts.

So, no you can't use Selective, and you don't get Immunity to Fire (though you're right that you don't need it to not burn yourself with the Energy Field). But, you should edit your post to not copy Aaron because a) he doesn't want you to, b) you'll all burn as you set the van ablaze (well, except Aaron, lucky guy).

 

[Mimic]

you'll all burn as you set the van ablaze

That would make a quick game, wouldn't it.

 

[Calinon]

A couple of questions.

Why don't Aaron's clothes just change with him, rather than the whole OMG he's naked thing. I mean, his basic clothing. It's a comic type thing not real life, and this just seems silly not to happen.

I don't think Max should be ending up naked after changing for the same reason. Hulk comics, old tv show, he always has his pants on still, torn up to be shorts yes, but still on.

Are mimics "mimic" powers resistable? If so, why? He's not removing powers from anyone. If they are, couldn't the common joe resist him for just using their looks? I could understand his powers having a weakness of people knowing he's mimicing their powers, but not being able to resist them as they aren't invasive.

 

[Elementor]

As we pulled up to the farm I totally envisioned Luke coming home to Uncle Owen and Aunt Beru at the burnt out homestead.

 

[Mimic]

Are mimics "mimic" powers resistable? If so, why? He's not removing powers from anyone. If they are, couldn't the common joe resist him for just using their looks? I could understand his powers having a weakness of people knowing he's mimicing their powers, but not being able to resist them as they aren't invasive.

Yes a will power resist if I recall correctly, personally I would love it if there was no resist, but I think it would make the power a little too strong if there was none.

 

[Agamon]

A couple of questions.

Why don't Aaron's clothes just change with him, rather than the whole OMG he's naked thing. I mean, his basic clothing. It's a comic type thing not real life, and this just seems silly not to happen.

I don't think Max should be ending up naked after changing for the same reason. Hulk comics, old tv show, he always has his pants on still, torn up to be shorts yes, but still on.

Are mimics "mimic" powers resistable? If so, why? He's not removing powers from anyone. If they are, couldn't the common joe resist him for just using their looks? I could understand his powers having a weakness of people knowing he's mimicing their powers, but not being able to resist them as they aren't invasive.

Okay, you're wrong on the 'comic-type' thing. For starters, even four-color comics have an explanation for powers working with costumes, unstable molecules, or whatever. The Hulk's pants stayed on because the Comics Code wanted it that way, even though it defied logic in a way that wrecked the versimilitude. The thing is, this isn't a four-color comic type of game. The Legacy universe is kinda like Marvel's Ultimate universe, where things are a little more realistic. Basically, it is real life plus super-powers. Most powers do lethal damage. People die (and don't miraculously return to life later on). The powers themselves defy logic as we know it, but how they react with the environment doesn't.

That said, Aaron won't have as much problems as you think. He can control the fire shield to the point where it won't burn his clothes. Elementor overemphisized what his earth form does, he doesn't grow hardly at all in earth form, he just gains mass, the clothes tighten a bit, but won't automatically rip unless they were unusually tight to begin with. The clothes will even remain on in water form, unless he slithers out of them or otherwise stretches his body while in that form (they will get soaking wet though). Only in his air form do the clothes automatically fall off. All of his Alt. Forms are only roughly humanoid, so there's no embarassment while using his powers sans-clothing (which is more than Wasp and Giant-Man can say in the Ultimates).

Max has more of a problem in that every time he becomes the Minotaur, he'll shread all of his clothing. There may or may not be developments inthe future that change this, but for now, it's a roleplaying challenge he'll have to deal with.

As for the Mimic power, ask Aaron and Jaya if it isn't invasive. Seriously, that's the way the power works. Like many other powers, you need to make an attack and the target gets a save. It's game mechanics, and it would be too powerful if he could copy anyone's power anytime at a whim.

And if you're read what Jaya and then went and looked at her stat block to see what she's talking about and can't figure it out, that's because I purposefully left a couple things off of there...

 

[Agamon]

By the way, if you want a bit of info on some of the NPCs you'll likely be meeting in the near future, I made an update to the website. They're pretty well known, and your PCs will know at least as much as I put there about them (of course, they don't actually know it's them yet...). There'll be another interlude tomorrow or Tuesday...

 

[Calinon]

Heh, poor Jaya. The only person who can remove her chip is Sarah, and she's busy stuffing her face instead of learning the completely foreign procedure

 

[Deva]

Heh, poor Jaya. The only person who can remove her chip is Sarah, and she's busy stuffing her face instead of learning the completely foreign procedure

Bah! I wasn't invited. Beside, having someone else in the room while he's getting the chip out might make Aaron a little more nervous than he already is. I'll wait until Tyrone gets in there and then I'll start asking all the questions and distracting the docotor.