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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Festy_Dog" data-source="post: 2884822" data-attributes="member: 2561">I actually gave this matter some thought when I was crunching numbers, and I made sure that Lukas' powers were more along the lines of 'necromancy' as opposed to Maleck's (what I assumed were) powers more inclined towards 'illusion' (just using d&d there as a bit of a crutch for character development). If it's much of an issue though I can brew up another idea for powers to give Lukas, just may take a day or so as none readily come to mind as I type.I'm fairly certain my character will require some refining before he can be put to use, even if his superpower concept isn't changed:[sblock=Statblock]Name: Lukas ClausewitzCover ID: *yet to be announced*Size: medium (6’4", 172lbs)Gender: maleAge: 26Str: 10 (0 pp)Dex: 10 (0 pp)Con: 10 (0 pp)Int: 18 (8 pp)Wis: 14 (4 pp)Cha: 18 (8 pp)PowerLevel: 6PP: 90XP: 0Attack: +2Defense: +2 (total) = +2 (base)Grapple: +2Speed: 30'Init: +0Fort: +3 (total) = 3 (base) + 0 (con)Ref: +3 (total) = 3 (base) + 0 (ref)Will: +5 (total) = 3 (base) + 2 (wis)Toughness: +4 (total) = 4 (power)AttacksBlast (negative energy); 5 damage; fort save; poison (save or take damage again 1 round later); 50' incrementDrain (3rd tier); save or lose 7pp worth of all traits of any single specified type; DC15 fort save; 50' incrementFatigue; save or fatigued, fail >5 exhausted, fail >10 unconcious; DC15 fort save; poison (save or take additional fatigue applied 1 round later); 50' incrementMovement Types:Walk (std)Feats: attractiveconnectedcontactsequipmentwell-informedSkill Points: (20 pp)bluff +10/6 ranksconcentration +4/4 ranksdiplomacy +10/6 ranksgather information +10/6 ranksintimidate +10/6 ranksknowledge (arcane lore) +12/8 ranksknowledge (theology & philosophy) +10/6 ranksknowledge (behavioural sciences) +8/4 ranksknowledge (physical sciences) +8/4 ranksknowledge (tactics) +8/4 ranksnotice +4/2 rankssearch +4/2 rankssense motive +6/4 ranksPowers: (30pp)Blast (negative energy) 5; feats- alternate power 2 (fatigue, drain); mods- alternative save (fort), poison--Drain (3rd tier) 5; mods- ranged--Fatigue 5; mods- ranged, poisonForce Field 4; mods- impervious, linked (immovable); flaws- limited (physical)Immovable 4Languages:GermanEnglishFrenchLatinRussianHebrewArabicEquipment:cell phonecameraflashlightlaptopcomlink        Max Weight: 33(lgt), 66(med), 100(hvy), 200(lift), 500(push)    Breakdown:  Stats (20pp) + Combat (8pp) + Saves (9pp) + Feats (5pp) + Skills (18pp) + Powers (30pp) = 90pp[/sblock][sblock=Background]Lukas Clausewtiz is a statuesque and charismatic man of Prussian ancestry. His family, originally of a military slant, gradually moved over to economics without losing the discipline and efficiency they possessed in their military traditions. Today the family runs a large corporate conglomerate that rivals the largest of Europe.Lukas was hardly the eldest sibling, however, and held no hopes for inheriting anything of particularly significant value, so he was never able to maintain an interest in economics. He turned instead to the study of history (and to a lesser extent the occult) out of interest for the conversion of Prussia to Christianity by the Teutonic Knights. Although history was what inspired him to study, his interest shifted to the occult and paranormal, and thusly the various sciences that were most relevent to them. He soon became one of the youngest people in Germany to have earned a Doctorate degree, and his extensive academic achievements, keen intellect and ruthless tactical talent brought him to the attention of the 'Transcendental Human Project'.After the three months he was left with a power that he was particularly impressed with. For some reason, whatever it happened to be, he now had the ability to manifest something he referred to as 'negative energy'. It resembled electricity in its shape and how it moved but that was where the similarity ended. It was cold, dark and seemed to stick to people for a brief period after its initial contact, tenaciously sucking away whatever it was there for initially. Also of note was the sound. While the sound of electricity is distintive so is the sound of Lukas' negative energy, it could almost be described as a cacophony of the cries of suffering. It could almost be considered the opposite of electricity. This naturally brought the scientific theories of anti-matter to Lukas' mind, and he had to ask: Is what he possessed 'anti-energy'? He could discharge an arc of negative energy (as he preferred to call it, finding anti-energy unpleasant in how it rolled off the tongue) and found he could affect a person in a few different ways, all of them unpleasant however. He is eager to explore other areas of application for his powers, in the hope of expanding them and finding new abilities.Lukas isn't an evil person, but he certainly isn't a good person either. His primary concerns are academic, exploring his abilities and potentials and determining new ways in which to use his power. With other Transcendents soon to be added to the mix he's curious not only to explore the potentials of his own abilities but also how they measure up to the powers of others. Research on the Trancendents' abilities in regards to morality hasn't crossed his mind yet, nor is it likely to pose much interest to him without a lot of convincing. He is highly unlikely to perform acts of evil without a solid research hypothesis, and is willing to regularly put his powers to the aid of others mostly as an opportunity to test his abilities in the field. He can, more or less, be considered a 'goodguy', but probably not a genuinely good guy.[/sblock][sblock=Powers]Initially Lukas found that discharging negative energy into a target caused extensive and rapid decay in the affected location, as though the individual had died and the process of decomposition was accelerated. This was assumably an application of negative energy on something he referred to as 'life energy'. Further expertimentation found he could also drain a target of specific faculties or of whatever energy maintained consciousness. Another application he has found for his negative energy is to surround himself with a field of 'anti-kinetic' energy. To call it a 'force field' would technically be incorrect. Any object carrying momentum when it hits the field has the kinetic energy negated on contact. An object's momentum needs to exceed the minimum amount of negative energy at any point in the field before it has a chance of getting through, otherwise it simply stops where it is or falls harmlessly to the ground. Because the field affects an object's kinetic energy, rather than simple blocking the object, the field has the added benefit of also preventing attempts to move Lukas.[/sblock][sblock=Description]Lukas is a classic example of the tall, dark and handsome stereotype. Short dark hair, deep brown eyes, stubbled and well-tanned from studies afield (funded either from his own pocket or a research grant, more often than not a grant). He tends to wear a pair of rectangular reading glasses low on his nose as he likes how studious they make him look. It's worth on that point noting that he is exceptionally vane. He possesses a powerful charisma, and  a natural (albeit ruthless) sense of tactics which seem to have come naturally with the genes of the talented military officers in his ancestry. He still wears the stereotypical academic attire common among scholars much older than himself (turtle-neck, coat with leather elbow patches, etc.), though he has been cooking up an outfit in his mind that caters to his sense of vanity now that he has Trancendent capabilities. He hasn't sought to have it made yet but his hesitation does not come from suspecting he lacks the economic means, he's just wondering whether a 'super-hero' outfit would be suitable (read: fashionable) this early in the rise of Trancendents.[/sblock]</blockquote>

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