Geez3r

Evolution is a beautiful thing really. Millions of years of survival and conflict instills the future generations with insights and instinct that improves their chances of propagating the species. Right now evolution was telling Eric to get the heck out of dodge. Seeing a garbage truck casually thrown around like a play toy will do that to you. Furthermore, there was the matter of who was doing the throwing. Of all the heroes in Freedom, Scarab was the last one Eric wanted to tangle with. Eric knew he could take bullets, mortar shells and mega-ton punches; weird psychic crap meant to turn your mind to pudding, not so much. Making his way to the front doors, Eric's objectives had taken quite the turn and were now much more time bound. If heroes were on the scene, then things were already in motion, or they were about to be. Rule 1 of Freedom City, when vehicles leave the ground when not under the effects of their own power, it's time to scatter. Thankfully for Eric, many of the crowd were a bit thick and would rather point and stare rather than get to a safe distance. As such, Eric made it to his car relatively unmolested. Now all that was left was to drive it a few blocks away, dart into a back alley, slip into something more comfortable and then enjoy the fireworks.

Would it be fair to say that as Eric is looking for where the Scarab's alter ego went (name escapes me atm), he happens to see a garbage truck being suspended about 30ft in mid air out one of the windows, or possibly hear it thunk back on the ground?

I dropped a hint down at the Ref's super secret forum. Lemme see if my lasso still works.

You earned this one.

Ahem

Hello and welcome to the boards. Sorry it took so long to get to you, but several of our staff are away at the moment. Stats, good. Grapple is +10 (from attack bonus) and Initiative is +4 (all from Dex). Point cost is good though. Nothing wrong here, but I just make this general suggestion to any new players. If you take a point out of your Fortitude save, and a point out of Protection/Force Field, you can buy 2 points in Constitution which has the same overall mechanical effect, plus any and all benefits of having a higher Con score, mostly recovery checks and protection against Drains. But the choice is ultimate yours and is just fine the way it is. Skills, good. Feats, good. Alright, it's good except for the formatting. It should look more like this: Powers: 48pp Force Field 10 (Extras: Impervious 10) [20] Illusion 4 (All senses; Extras: Selective; Power Feats: Alternate Power x5) [25] *AP: Blast 10 (sonic) *AP: Confuse 10 *AP: Dazzle 5 [all senses] *AP: Morph 10 (humanoids), *AP: Vibration Control 10 Super Senses 3 (Precognition [Flaw: Uncontrolled]) [3] But other than that I see nothing wrong. Make these quick edits and you'll have an approval

Nah, I just had a brain fart. Approved.

Worked on in Chat. Approved.

In case anyone is wondering what brought that on, remember two things. 1. The whole reason Eric became Malice was so he could protect the common man. He put himself before them. 2. These aren't just "common men" these are Eric's friends and neighbors.

"Hazardous radiation levels detected. User death imminent. ...Major fractures detected. User death imminent. ...Highly elevated temperatures detected. User death imminent. ...Biorhythm erratic. User death immient. ...Massive structural damage to all internal systems. Complete shutdown of all systems imminent." ... Error. ...Biorhythm stabilizing. User death... delayed. ...Identifying source. Unknown. As Malice opened his eyes. Instead of being greeted with the sight of his own base as expected, he was instead greeted with the view of the sky that was rapidly being over taken by black smoke. Puzzled, Malice tried to sit up to gain a better view of his surroundings, and that is when brain informed his body that sudden moves were ill advised. Having now confirmed that his vocal cords still functioned, Malice again tried to get a handle on his surroundings, gingerly this time. It was at that moment that Malice understood, for the first time, what horror truly meant. The hero known as Dark Star was bent over him. The body of Mrs. Peterson laid several yard away. The trio were laying in the bottom of a very large smoking crater, which he realized was decorated with bits and pieces of his own house. At his right side was -- "$#@&!!" screamed Malice as he hastily kicked the ground and pushed himself away from the goop. The armor on his right arm from the elbow down stayed behind, it was hollow. Malice swat at his upper right arm when he noticed it too had the strange chemical on it. The armor crumpled and shattered under the force of the blow, revealing a cauterized chemical burn at the shoulder, where the arm use to be attached. ...Biorhythm becoming erratic." Heart racing, and now very much out of breath, Malice hugged his knees to his chest with his remaining arm. "Oh god-Oh god-Oh god-Oh god-Oh god-Oh god-Oh god-Oh god-Oh god-Oh god-Oh god-Oh god- Gone. It's all gone. Gone. How did-- The explosions-- What caused-- Legend? No. Not him. Too different. Intruder. Running. Then- This- This-" Malice looked up at Dark Star. "You're real. This-all this- It's real, right?" Not waiting for an answer, Malice buried his head in his knees again. Malice muttered to himself a moment longer, most everything undecipherable. And then a change came over him. His body language just completely flipped. His shoulders squared, his hand stopped shaking and made a fist, his breathing slowed and his heart rate returned to normal. Malice stood up, albiet a little shaky "I need to help. I need to help who- whoever's left." said Malice, his voice cracking slightly.

Didn't bother opposing grapple, can't beat it in his weaker form.

"HA! Do you think I'd tell-- GRAHH" more of that purple smoke issues from his mouth, and his deformed body seems to shrink a little. A completely new voice, with an old english accent begins speaking. "Quickly, you must stop him. There's no time. Destroy the source of his power. Destroy the rec---"Silence worm!"

Stats, good. Combat, good. Saves, good. Skills, good. Feats, good. Powers, almost. The problem I see is that you have Impervious 6, but only a +4 Toughness save bonus in regards to energy, you can't have Impervious higher than your Toughness save bonus.

Stats, good. Combat, good. Saves, good. Skills, good. Feats, good. Powers, good, Equipment, good. And here's your first Approval. I'll send one of the other Refs your way so this guy can get some play time.

He gave you the answer, but not directly because he was close to beating you.

Over the music which is steadily getting louder, the demon cackles. "Innocent man!?" spat the demon "Are you referring to the man who turned to Satanic power to save his wife's life, or the man who committed three murders to get his hands on a record that contained demonic power? They don't seem too innocent to me dear, and believe me, I would know." "Now as much as I enjoy this little chat, I would much rather get to the matter of my revenge." The demon strains against the bonds and they begin to loosen as the Captain's feet begin to slide along the ground. The demon is getting stronger, and he may become too strong to hold soon.

First to see if my suit's working 1d20=18 yep suit works. Healing 1d20+20=29 I heal up pretty good.

Ah, I misunderstood. I though you were talking about like a coffee room thread. Where like all the character are on set of a movie studio or something, the director says cut and they all take a break and hang out discussing whatever.

A. I think the idea is totally sweet. B. There might be a problem with it. With it being off camera and all, with potentially every single PC being able to use it simultaneously, that's gonna be a bit of the problem for the refs counting everything. Also, in other threads, you can only post at the speed of plot. If you're off camera, there is by definition, no plot, meaning characters can post as much as they want, and be rewarded for it. So if we do this, we might have to make off camera posts count less, because you can do more of them without consequence. I say 'might' because this is all quite untested. And to keep track of them better, there might wind up being an Off Camera sub-board like Downtown or Riverside.

Happy Birthday.

Welcome to the boards. Nice history and description. You'll need to flush out the personality and motivations, even if for redundancy's sake before you can be approved, but I don't think that will be a difficult task based on your apparent writing skills. Essentially, spell out why they're a hero. Adds up, but see my notes at the end. A few errors here. Your grapple modifier is +6 as Attack Focus Melee adds to grapple checks, and it is +12 when in the Ebodiment of the Elusive Dream, please make a note of that. Secondly, your flat-footed defense is +3, only 1/2 of Defense adds when flat-footed and Shield does not add at all. Also, might want to consider a few more ranks in Attack rather than the knockoffs as it makes you a bit more vulnerable to different tactics your foes can employ. One last thing can you please add "(Base Defense +6)" at the end of the Defense line? It'll make any future edits to Defense easier on the refs. Adds up, but see my notes at the end. I'm counting 80 ranks. Double check. Adds up. I am however leery of using attack specialization twice on an array. Let me run it by the other refs, but you might have to change it. Quite a few errors here. Firstly on the Elusive Dream Alternate form, there is no indication of what rank you have in that power, please denote its rank. Secondly, having the Distracting flaw on it doesn't exactly fit the thematic connotations of Elusive. People have a 50-50 shot of either missing you entirely, or crushing you in the face. Finally, with its flaw, it costs 8 points. As this is the first power in the array, it is the base power and sets the allowable point totals for every other power in the array. As such, no power in the array can have more than 8 points, two of them do. You can easily rectify this by changing which power is the base power of the array. Next is the Nightmare form. Firstly, denote as to whether or not the area is General or Targeted, and likewise denote that the action is Full Round. Then there is Range flaw. You see, by having the Perception Area, which requires no attack rolls, and the Range Range, which requires an attack roll, you have in fact, divided by zero as near as I can tell. Rest of the form looks good though. Then Illusion. I'm a bit worried that it's too Flaw heavy, unofficially. Sustaining this power will chew up your standard actions every round, and your Defense will plummet while using it, and it won't work against machines either. Also denote that it has a 50ft radius. Morph, just denote that it is Continuous Duration. Devices and the rest of the powers are done correctly. You've got 9 points of Drawbacks, not 8. Now for my notes at the end. What I suggest is taking a few points out of fortitude and protection and instead buying Constitution. Same overall mechanical effect, only now you recover from injury faster, and are less vulnerable to those nasty Constitution Drains, like from Iron.

It works eh. He spends his turn to use Fearsome Presence, but you both have fearless. He did not know that.

DJ Anarchy is too busy being a misogynist too pay much attention to Captain Knievel. This is a bad idea. The coils wrap around him and bind him tight. "What sorcerery is this? How can one such as you accomplish this?" Then with a horrid snapping sound, the beast turns its head a full 180 degrees, looking Captain Knievel square in the eye. "But no matter. I will truimph this night. Do your worst."

Initiative 1d20+0=8