Dr Archeville

As for "having no parents" and being a "force of nature," there are two characters like that in the Freedom City setting: Doctor Manhattan and Hiroshima Shadow.

It says "normal strike or a special action," so I'd be inclined to say no. If you want to be able to use Strike with Rapid Attack, apply the Area/Radius extra to your Strike.

It gives one AP for free (Which can be used while using the other Super-Speed effects), others must be bought like any other AP.

Sorta. Sense-Dependent is a Flaw only for Perception-range powers; potential targets get a Reflex save to avoid sensing the effect (like avoid seeing the medusa).

Yes, they'd get 10pp back (and have a Con of -- [nonexistent], not 0), and also buy Immunity 30 (Fortitude effects). (If you just have a Con of --- and not the Immunity, it means you automatically fail all Fortitude save effects; by buying Immunity, you automatically make the save, showing that you are [more or less] truly immune to Fort effects.) You could possibly have an Undead that has no Con and does not have the Immunity... but that'd mean it's as vulnerable to bacteria and insects and environmental factors and so on as any other corpse, and would be little more than bones and hair in about two months.

Archevile stepped forward and looked almost as if he was going to do the German boot-heel-click, but instead bowed to Emissary. "I am Herr Doktor Viktor Heinrich Archeville, of Germany, und I haff only been in zhis city for a few months. I haff operated for some years as a zuperhero in mein homeland, mostly by meinself, but haff come here to Freedom City in zhe hopes of expanding und improving mein performance. Before zhat, I actually attended zhe HIT university in Hanover." The German resumed floating a few inches off the ground. "I am, as zhey say in America, a 'Gadgeteer', a super-scientist. I am a meister of a variety of scholarly and scientific fields, from acoustics to zoology, und am very good mit all sorts of technology. Mein Gravimetric Belt," he continued, pointing to the Kirby-esque belt around his waist, "allows me to fly, generate a protective force field capable of withstanding mortars und field artillery, und protects me from most environmental hazards; a small canister of pressurized air can even sustain me in airless environs. Zhe protective field can also be modulated," one hand moved to his waist and depressed a few buttons on the belt, causing him to fade from view, "to varp electromagnetic energies around me, rendering me invisible to visual und radio senses." By the time he'd finished talking, he was fully invisible. And just as quickly back again, "Even mitout zhe protective field, mein labcoat offers me some protection due to zhe metallic und polymer threads voven into it vhich disperse many forms of energy; it also keep me toasty varm in zhe cold German vinters. As for veaponry... I carry none. This warranted an odd look from most. "I used to carry a very potent blaster pistol, one able to shoot zhrough Sherman und Panzer tanks, but villains kept trying to steal it from me und make copies, so I chose to focus on making mein mind mein most potent veapon. Zhe most offensive thing I carry is zhis, mein elektromagnetische schraubenzieher." He withdrew a wand-like device from one of his labcoat pockets, studded with many tiny buttons and blinking lights, "Mein 'electromagnetic screwdriver,' a very versatile tool vhich can, amongst ozher zhings, hack into most computer und electronic systems."

Why is Accurate on her "Armlet of the Butterfly Gods"? It gives no benefit, since all the powers it grants are Perception range ones, so there's no attack roll. Per the , Summon is not allowed as an AP of another power, and the maximum PL of a summoned critter is half the summoning character's PL (so PL 3 in this case). What does "Extra: Range [Magic] " under "Rafflesia Scent AP: Nauseate (2pp/Rank) Rank 6" mean? And since it has "Flaw: Sense-Dependent (scent) (-1)" under it, do you mean it to be Perception range?

Why do you say that? Chazal has not been approved, by any Judge/Referee on this board.

That was you? Ha! That explains the odd deja vu feeling I get whenever 'talking' to you I'm not forgetting anything, just pointing out that "a rose by any other name would be just as deadly." That whole "actions speak louder than words" thing. And why would they think "and useless by day" (which he isn't) be the first thing to go through people's minds? Why not "he uses darkness itself as a weapon to kill"? Or "he's as unstoppable as the night"? (Besides, we're dealing with Comic Book Nazis, not Real Nazis, so applying Real Nazi Though Processes is akin to applying Real Police Thought Processes to all Superheroes: it doesn't work.) Out of curiosity, what do you think the Nazis would call Meinhoff if not "Nacht-Krieger"?

Not as far as I can tell. *continues playing on the old man's lawn*

"He vas reportedly killed in 1965," he says as he flies down the hallway towards the Emissary, "in an accident in his South American laboratory." He said the word as lab-BOR-a-tree, as any Old World Mad Scientist would. "Ve never saw a body, but even if zhe report vas false, he vould be von hundred und twelve years old by now, so surely zhe Grim Reaper vould haff paid him a visit by now."

Very awesome!

Silence! *continues shining the Cosmicaurs Signal into the cloudy night sky*

Depends. How old are ya?

Sadly, it is mere coincidence, as at this time I can only devote my brain to GMing one game ("The Creeping Killer(s)" one I'm running in Hanover).

No, looks like you've got everything, so it'd seem Sustained Enhanced Str should be a Drawback, not a full Flaw, since it'd come up so rarely. Ha, so it does! My bad! And, again, I'm not seeing how reducing the duration to Sustained is enough of a limit to warrant a full Flaw. Oh, I fully understand the in-character reason, but just because there's a good descriptive reason for something doesn't mean it should automatically be allowed in a game (as my experiences with a certain Munchkin player on another board taught me). Reply hazy. Ask again later. You're still increasing it to Perception range, getting the benefit of not making an attack roll & higher damage, just voluntarily keeping it at the same range as your other melee attacks. It can't get a Flaw for having the range brought down to Touch (as it's already Touch), and since Corrosion is really two linked effects (Damage + Drain Toughness), you actually have to buy both parts up to Perception range if you want (which is why Disintegration costs 2 pp/rank more than Corrosion). EDIT: Or just flip the trade-off for that one attack -- +10 to hit, +10 damage (I'm a believer in allowing trade-offs to be done on a per-attack basis). It's German for "Night Warrior," and given how many heroes he's killed, he could be called Princess Sunnymuffin and he'd still scare the poop out of most folks. ;)

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Non-Ranged Ara effects are tricky that way. You can use it against a target even if the target's not within melee range, but since it's touch range the target has to be someone in melee range. You could almost say that you shouldn't make an attack roll, it's just a Reflex save (followed by a Damage save) for the folks in the area when you activate the power... but I'm almost certain there's some unbalancing factor in doing it that way that I'm not seeing.

Yes! Know that I am the one you seek! I am the one born to rule, destined to conquer! Let those who fear me follow me. Let those who oppose me die! For I am Archeville, and this I command! *ahem* I am honored and grateful for the opportunity I've been given here, and will strive to do my best. I do have a caveat, though: this coming up week is my last week of classes, and the following Monday is my final exam. This is for the last class I need to finally earn my BA, so my presence here will dip a bit as I study my butt off for it.

I've always seen it done largely off-panel: player says they want to make a Gather Info roll, Judge tells them hoe long it'll take (and cost), and if the player still wants to go through with it he rolls. Judge briefly describes who & where the PC got the info from, but focuses on the information itself.

Aside from the Character Approval Judge-y things I've said in the thread, I'd recommend lowering Base Attack Bonus and getting some ranks in Attack Focus (Ranged), since so much of her stuff is ranged.

She's got 12 Feats listed, so that's 12pp, not 10. Her Grapple bonus would be +9 (same as her BAB + Str modifier), not +5. I would prefer it if folks list the damage they can do along with their Combat info (in her case, something like "Cold Blast, Ranged Damage 10, Fort DC 25" or "Breath Freeze, Ranged Fatigue 10, Fort DC 20"). It makes keeping track of things a lot easier.

Numbers and stats all look fine to me, though I would personally like to see the stats presented in a slightly clearer way (the Device is a tad 'muddy', it all runs together, and I prefer it when things are listed alphabetically). *inks up his new stamp* APPROVED!

With Sustained Enhanced Strength, your strength cuts out when you're stunned (or unconscious or otherwise unable to take a free action to sustain it), which'd be Very Bad if you're holding a building at the time (though you can try and maintain a Sustained power as a reaction while stunned by succeeding at a Concentration check, DC 10 + power rank). I'm 99% sure that continuing to hold something is a reaction (i.e., you don't drop things when you're stunned), so the loss of Enhanced Str/Super-Str would have a definite impact. This isn't much of a flaw for Intelligence or Charisma because, when you're stunned or unconscious, you cannot use anything tied to those ability scores anyway -- no skill tied to either of those abilities can be used as a reaction. Same goes for his Comprehend Languages power, changing the duration to Sustained isn't enough of a limit to be a full Flaw, as it's doubtful he'll hear anything in a foreign language only while stunned that's crucial to know (or even useful to know). The "Charisma with Effort" thing would be better done as a Boost Charisma (Self Only; possibly Slow Fade and Total Fade), if it is a true effort to maintain and not something he has active every waking moment. I have no problem with Adaptation (or any other Variable Power), but mine is just one voice I do have reservations about it being an AP of another power, since (to my mind) a Variable Power should be that power's only "setting." Corrosion's already Touch range -- why are you adding the Touch Range flaw? (And you cannot have the Extended Range PF on a Perception Range power.) Oh, and the Schattenwelt is the "Shadow Dimension" that's the source of Nacht-Krieger's powers. It's spooky. EDIT: Oops, I was wrong, as I was going solely by the 'cheat sheet' skill chart. Seems Knowledge checks can be made as a reaction. But, as Barnum says, this isn't likely to come up much: how often do you honestly expect the character to need to make Knowledge checks while he's stunned? If it's once in a blue moon, it's a Drawback, not a full Flaw.