What If? : X-Men-roleplaying game
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Drakknyte32
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Here's my character Idea. If you don't like it I've got a dozen others (just look in my above post 
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NAME Jinx
secret ID: Jason Winters
HP: 4
gender: M
age: 17
height: 6' 2"
weight: 170
size: L
hair: Blonde
eyes: Blue
~~~ABILITIES~~~
STR 20 +5
DEX 20 +5
CON 20 +5
INT 12 +1
WIS 18 +4
CHA 10 +0
~~~SAVES~~~
DMG +11
FORT +11
REF +11
WILL +10
~~~MOVEMENT~~~
INIT +5
SPD 30'
~~~COMBAT~~~
BASE DEFENSE 8
DEF 24
FLAT 24
MENTAL 22
BASE ATTACK 8
MELEE +14
RANGED +13
MENTAL +12
~~~SKILLS~~~
*Skillname [mod/ranks]
Knowledge (Martial Arts) [3/2]
Listen [14/10]
* = Trained Only
~~~FEATS~~~
All-Out Attack
Attack Focus (Melee)
Blind-Fight
Dodge
Great Fortitude
Iron Will
Lightning Reflexes
Power Attack
Rapid Strike
Toughness
Blindsight (Acute Hearing)
Durability
~~~POWERS~~~
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Amazing Save (Damage) [+4 pp/rank+0, 16 total] 4 Ranks
- SOURCE: Training
- SPECIAL: Jason has been hurt so often that his body is becoming acclimatized to injury
- EXTRAS: Fortitude, Reflex, Will
Strike [+2 pp/rank+0, 8 total] 4 Ranks
- SOURCE: Training
- SPECIAL: Jason's fondness for martial arts, as well as his constant need to defend himself, have led him to become a skilled fighter
Combat Sense [+1 pp/rank+0 6 total] 6 Ranks
- SOURCE: Training
- SPECIAL: Jason has been hit with every trick in the book, and then some. It is simply not possible to surprise him anymore.
Regeneration [+2 pp/rank+0, 2 total] 1 Rank
- SOURCE: Mutation
- SPECIAL: Jason is capable of recovering from even severe injuries, this is probably the only reason he is still alive.
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~~~WEAKNESSES (2 MAX)~~~
Unlucky: Jason's amazing super power. He makes things go wrong for himself.
Blind: The worst moment Jason ever had was when he got in a fight with a knife wielding mugger. One unlucky slash robbed Jason of his eyesight forever.
~~~COST~~~
ABILITIES [40]
BASE ATT [24]
BASE DEF [12]
SKILLS [4]
FEATS [24]
POWERS [32]
WEAKNESS [-20]
TOTAL [0]
UNSPENT [0]
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~~~BACKGROUND~~~
Some mutants get powers that allow them to do great things. They can fly, shoot powerful blasts of energy, or go beyond human limits. Some mutants get good powers, and then some get Jason style powers.
Jason Winters is a Mutant. He has a power that normal humans cannot have. And he envies normal humans for that lack. Jason's power is the ability to make things go badly. But he can't make things go badly for others, he can only make them go bad for himself. And he can't stop himself from doing it.
Before Jason's 15th birthday he was a fairly normal kid. He went to school, had a girlfriend, and did all those things normal kids do. His one unusual streak was his interest in various martial arts. But all in all he had an everyday life.
Then his power manifested and things took a turn for the worse. His girlfriend dumped him for no reason and started going out with his best friend, who was no longer talking to Jason. His marks in all his classes started dropping no matter how hard he studied. Then, to top it all off, his house burned down and he was blamed as an arson.
This was all to much for one poor 15 year old boy to take so he ran away from home. He almost died more than once during this trip and got mugged more times than he cared to count. But he never tried to return home, somehow he knew that going back to his family would only make things worse.
So Jason travelled over North America. Things still kept going badly for him but he learned to compensate. Even going blind was not enough to stop him. As he traveled he got to put all his martial arts training to practice and soon became a master at them.
Recently Jason was contacted by a powerful telepath called Professor X, who said he wanted to help. Figuring it was a trap, but not really caring, Jason went to meet this strange man.
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NAME Jinx
secret ID: Jason Winters
HP: 4
gender: M
age: 17
height: 6' 2"
weight: 170
size: L
hair: Blonde
eyes: Blue
~~~ABILITIES~~~
STR 20 +5
DEX 20 +5
CON 20 +5
INT 12 +1
WIS 18 +4
CHA 10 +0
~~~SAVES~~~
DMG +11
FORT +11
REF +11
WILL +10
~~~MOVEMENT~~~
INIT +5
SPD 30'
~~~COMBAT~~~
BASE DEFENSE 8
DEF 24
FLAT 24
MENTAL 22
BASE ATTACK 8
MELEE +14
RANGED +13
MENTAL +12
~~~SKILLS~~~
*Skillname [mod/ranks]
Knowledge (Martial Arts) [3/2]
Listen [14/10]
* = Trained Only
~~~FEATS~~~
All-Out Attack
Attack Focus (Melee)
Blind-Fight
Dodge
Great Fortitude
Iron Will
Lightning Reflexes
Power Attack
Rapid Strike
Toughness
Blindsight (Acute Hearing)
Durability
~~~POWERS~~~
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Amazing Save (Damage) [+4 pp/rank+0, 16 total] 4 Ranks
- SOURCE: Training
- SPECIAL: Jason has been hurt so often that his body is becoming acclimatized to injury
- EXTRAS: Fortitude, Reflex, Will
Strike [+2 pp/rank+0, 8 total] 4 Ranks
- SOURCE: Training
- SPECIAL: Jason's fondness for martial arts, as well as his constant need to defend himself, have led him to become a skilled fighter
Combat Sense [+1 pp/rank+0 6 total] 6 Ranks
- SOURCE: Training
- SPECIAL: Jason has been hit with every trick in the book, and then some. It is simply not possible to surprise him anymore.
Regeneration [+2 pp/rank+0, 2 total] 1 Rank
- SOURCE: Mutation
- SPECIAL: Jason is capable of recovering from even severe injuries, this is probably the only reason he is still alive.
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~~~WEAKNESSES (2 MAX)~~~
Unlucky: Jason's amazing super power. He makes things go wrong for himself.
Blind: The worst moment Jason ever had was when he got in a fight with a knife wielding mugger. One unlucky slash robbed Jason of his eyesight forever.
~~~COST~~~
ABILITIES [40]
BASE ATT [24]
BASE DEF [12]
SKILLS [4]
FEATS [24]
POWERS [32]
WEAKNESS [-20]
TOTAL [0]
UNSPENT [0]
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~~~BACKGROUND~~~
Some mutants get powers that allow them to do great things. They can fly, shoot powerful blasts of energy, or go beyond human limits. Some mutants get good powers, and then some get Jason style powers.
Jason Winters is a Mutant. He has a power that normal humans cannot have. And he envies normal humans for that lack. Jason's power is the ability to make things go badly. But he can't make things go badly for others, he can only make them go bad for himself. And he can't stop himself from doing it.
Before Jason's 15th birthday he was a fairly normal kid. He went to school, had a girlfriend, and did all those things normal kids do. His one unusual streak was his interest in various martial arts. But all in all he had an everyday life.
Then his power manifested and things took a turn for the worse. His girlfriend dumped him for no reason and started going out with his best friend, who was no longer talking to Jason. His marks in all his classes started dropping no matter how hard he studied. Then, to top it all off, his house burned down and he was blamed as an arson.
This was all to much for one poor 15 year old boy to take so he ran away from home. He almost died more than once during this trip and got mugged more times than he cared to count. But he never tried to return home, somehow he knew that going back to his family would only make things worse.
So Jason travelled over North America. Things still kept going badly for him but he learned to compensate. Even going blind was not enough to stop him. As he traveled he got to put all his martial arts training to practice and soon became a master at them.
Recently Jason was contacted by a powerful telepath called Professor X, who said he wanted to help. Figuring it was a trap, but not really caring, Jason went to meet this strange man.
Calinon
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Well, first, you've miscalculated your base defense cost. Should be 16, not 12.
Second, my personal feeling, and I'm being blunt, is this guy is min/maxed to the extreme. Lets see...
It's a cheesy character. Yes, it's built with the rules, but it's still cheesy.
Second, my personal feeling, and I'm being blunt, is this guy is min/maxed to the extreme. Lets see...
- He's achieved maximum human potential in physical stats, which has nothing to do with mutation.
- He's one of the most strong willed people with amazing common sense... that makes things go wrong subconsciously?
- He's nearly impossible to hit and his AC is never reduced from being flat-footed.
- He's the greatest martial artist in the world, a skill he's picked up over two years... while being blind. Yet he has no typical martial arts skills, and only a rudimentary knowledge of martial arts.
- He's blind, but has a 2 point feat that negates the 10 point flaw.
- He is virtually impossible to hurt with saves at +10 or +11.
It's a cheesy character. Yes, it's built with the rules, but it's still cheesy.
Radiant
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Drakknyte32 said:Here's my character Idea. If you don't like it I've got a dozen others (just look in my above post
sorry Drakknyte, I'm picking players mostly on how I see them fitting into the group and don't see you there.
Nothing personal but I'm sure there are games better suited for character ideas like yours.
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Drakknyte32
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Ah well, just thought I'd give it a try. I admit I am a bit munchkin when it comes to character creation.
Actually It's kind of ironic that Jinx is considered min/maxed. When I first came up with him he was just an exceptional martial artist with nothing that could be considered a super power. The original version was actually underpowered for a pl 8 fighter. But then I added the unlucky weakness and a boost to his saves and everything went downhill from there.
Actually It's kind of ironic that Jinx is considered min/maxed. When I first came up with him he was just an exceptional martial artist with nothing that could be considered a super power. The original version was actually underpowered for a pl 8 fighter. But then I added the unlucky weakness and a boost to his saves and everything went downhill from there.
It does look min/maxed to me but it could be easily adjusted. It looks like your going for a Dare Devil type character so here is what I would do.
Drop str, dex, con and wis down to more reasonable levels, you could leave dex around the 16-17 level though.
Get rid of any save increasing feats as well as blindsight and dodge, drop unlucky flaw and take the jink at a couple of levels and flaw it so it only works on yourself and is uncontrollable so the GM to use it as his leisure.
Drop the Amazing save for will (there is no reason for this character to have it)
Keep the strike power
Get rid of regeneration, keep combat senses (since it can only give you your dex bonus when flat-footed)
Give yourself a couple levels of super dex and a whack more skills and Tada, you have a dodging martial artist that is kind of hard to hit does a reasonable amount of damage but still has his draw back and something to shoot for as he gains points.
You could even give a baton type weapon like DD has.
Drop str, dex, con and wis down to more reasonable levels, you could leave dex around the 16-17 level though.
Get rid of any save increasing feats as well as blindsight and dodge, drop unlucky flaw and take the jink at a couple of levels and flaw it so it only works on yourself and is uncontrollable so the GM to use it as his leisure.
Drop the Amazing save for will (there is no reason for this character to have it)
Keep the strike power
Get rid of regeneration, keep combat senses (since it can only give you your dex bonus when flat-footed)
Give yourself a couple levels of super dex and a whack more skills and Tada, you have a dodging martial artist that is kind of hard to hit does a reasonable amount of damage but still has his draw back and something to shoot for as he gains points.
You could even give a baton type weapon like DD has.
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