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Message: <blockquote data-quote="ledded" data-source="post: 1427566" data-attributes="member: 12744">For the low, low price of $6.95, you can check it out: <a href="http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=2158" target="_blank">http://www.rpgnow.com/product_info.php?products_id=2158</a>& Blood and Vigilance. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />  I'm sure there are parallels in Champions (or 4 color, or M&M, etc). As an example, Smitty has an origin of Cybernetic. I worked the whole injury angle to explain that origin in the time period. He has a power called Enhanced Senses, which allows you to add a modifier based on the power points you have in it to certain sense related skill checks (spot, listen, etc).  He also has a few other nice surprises that I've hinted at also which will come up in the SH. Hank had picked an origin of Freak Accident and obviously has Control Magnetism, and has mastered several abilities that go along with it. I try very hard to make the use of their abilities not feel like a game mechanic for the story hour; I dont want people to hear dice in their head every time someone does something.  Stay tuned though, because in a few short updates we will see them put their full complement of abilities to the test on their first real mission, and it is a pretty harrowing experience for them all (lots of BOOM, KAPOW, and KABLOOEY). Oh, and to answer your earlier question about flash-flooding... research. Having some trivia-like familiarity with geography and weather systems, plus just researching so things seem more plausible in the story hour. The initial choice of Texas was pretty easy because Hank's player talks like Boomhauer from King of the Hill the entire time he plays him. Also, thanks Pierce for the nice words. I was hoping you'd like the Smitty scene. I hope to get another short update done this week, but will be away from the desk for a while. Hopefully I will stay inspired long enough to finish up the few sessions we played of this fun little side-line to our main campaign; while it isnt anywhere near the best work on these boards, it's been fun (and good practice) writing this little piece. Now if I could just convince Pierce to do a SH... <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink    ;)"  data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /></blockquote>

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