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I was wondering if there was one, as this recent announcement and surge in NPC submission made me realise... I've yet to deal with the plot point of who actually built Geckoman's equipment? I figured, if FC didn't have an analogue to him, I'd be even more shameless with the Spider-Man... homage... and have an electricity-themed supervillain. Mainly because if you could repel the van der Waals forces holding a gecko to a wall, it's going to fall off the side of that skyscraper and hit the pavement. :D

Being a Scot, I actually had to go google why there'd be no work on Labor Day... Yeah, I could see August 25th for first day of classes. The Welcome and airport threads'd be on the same day, probably the Saturday so trhey could get settled in. Yeah, that probably sounds about right due to the hecticness of the start of school. All that work to set up a Claremont team and half the players vanished...

He doesn't roll the save at all for attacks of up to +9 damage. +10 and above, you roll the save as you normally would. As for whether he feels it or not, that all comes down to descriptors (i.e. you)

Geckoman & Quark, the Tuesday before (Sept 22nd) "My parents used to call me Chuckles when I was little," mused Chris, steering down towards the Pier and bringing the ship in to water-land some distance from it, hopefully obscured by darkness. "Right, we're going to have to fly to shore," he said, opening the hatch far enough to exit but not far enough to let water rush in. Pressing buttons on a holographic display at the back of the ship, a glowing board of light appeared underneath him and hovered up through the hatch and into the air. "Let's go kick ass and chew bubblegum!"

The Welcome to Claremont thread began on Sun 28th September as a follow-on to this airport thread (Sat September 13th) so I think Claremont would start on that Monday, the 8th September. THat sound about right? I'd place this as a couple of weeks after the start of the Claremont year, as they arranged it in that thread. I'd also place this at the start of September, as it sets his classes for the year. I'd similarly maybe put all the placement tests at Claremont within a couple of days of each other. And could you add this one please: September 4th, 2008: Arrowhawk makes his FC debut, attacking a mob casino, fighting a super-powered thug and meeting Foreshadow. (The Quicker You Start, The Quicker You'll Finish) Saves me forever checking back to see when his debut was...

Arrowhawk pulled out a net arrow, pulling together the brute's wrists and smashing the tip off of them. The net burst out to contain his hands. "If he wakes up, this should at least give us a few moments to gather ourselves before he tries anything. The stretchy one was moving too fast for any of us, so I hope the others have better luck catching her." He stood and turned to face the other heroes. "I'm Arrowhawk," he said, pointing at the white bird logo on his shirt. "Not been here long enough to know any of you by sight, sorry."

I'm in exams so activity will be sporadic for the next couple of weeks, although probably not hugely so.

You mean all the pain could have been avoided!?

I think it's per one of your characters, i.e. if you have two of your PCs in one vignette then it's a two-page one.

The mind boggles! Cannot... keep... paradox... contained.

"No, Mr Carrey! TAKE OFF THE FALSE BEARD!!!!"

Ah, two rookies! Well, Scarab technically is a rookie. Time to school them in the ways of the old school.

Finally, you can call yourseld Quark! How long has it been now?

Geckoman & Quark, the Tuesday before (Sept 22nd) The Geckoman sat himself down at his controls as the silver-skinned Darian floated in, letting the door come up behind him. He'd cleaned up a bit since the last visit, a couple of cupboards which looked like they came from a kitchen unit having been added to the back of the ship. He brought the ship up to a safe height, before resting his hands on the acceleration lever and pushing it forward hard. The ship flew high up and arched towards the pier. "Got a superhero name? I mean, I can't call you Darian, can I?"

Definitely doing Arrowhawk's origin story in full for this one. It's been the least fleshed-out part of his background to date. Geckoman's one'll need serious thought. He's too Silver Age-y for horror!

"I don't know..." said Chris, looking out at the sea before him. "I mean, I could go anywhere on the planet with this ship, but I've never really done it. No idea where to go, what to do... Suppose it's like kids leaving school and wondering what they want to do with thier lives, only with superpowers and a high-tech vehicle."

I'm really making the roll to confirm my suspicions than White Knight is up to something. Also, even though I'm leaving the Boardwalk, I'm assuming we keep using this thread for convenience?

"Skinheads with serious firepower... What could they be up to?" mused Arrowhawk aloud. In league with a supervillain? "I'll go shake up a few guys," growled the dark-clad adventurer, firing a grappling gun and flying up onto the rooftops, breaking into a run as he headed across the rooftops towards his motorbike. Once there, he mounted up and revving the engine, sped off into the night towards Southside, cape streaming out behind the bike as it careered around cars with a practiced ease.

Geckoman & Quark, the Tuesday before (Sept 22nd) "Needs a logo or something..." muttered Geckoman, following Darian into the portal So cool... "I'm guessing it's some kind of battlesuit?" he asked as they left Darian's home and headed towards the Pitchoo.

"Nope, you'll find that's me," quipped Arrowhawk, whirling around in a ferocious sidekick into the battered thug's side, feeling it thud off his rock-hard body. Aaaargh, he screamed internally. My foot!

You expect me to look impressed? ;)

"Bring it," said Chris, crouching low as a robot drone shaped like a gun-metal orb dropped from the ceiling. It dropped to eye level and shot a foam dart at Chris, who immediately dropped to the floor, the dart flying over his head. Jumping up, the second shot bounced off the ground beneath him. Landing almost touching the drone, the third shot missed by millimetres as Chris threw his whole body to the ground. The drone flew away again, leaving him time to stand up and face its successor. He leaned back a little and lazily watched the shot fly past his head. Hey, is that shot moving faster? he had time to think before rolling forwards and turning to see a dart stick to the floor inches from where he was. "C'mon, shoot me ag-" PING! ThudThud The shot had fired, easily missing and slamming into the wall as Chris jupmed, slamming his hands into the ceiling and pulling his legs up. He dropped in a crouch. The third drone shot out, quickly spinning full circle and firing. Unable to react in time, the dart stuck to Chris's chest as he moved, running towards the wall. The drone flew after him, pivoting as the Geckoman stepped up onto the wall and shooting his leg, before waiting for him to drop off. The third shot hit the side of his head. "That... was intense," said Chris, pulling off the sticky darts and throwing them at the drone which had appeared behind him. He jumped and spun, hands hitting the roof and pulling the legs up to scuttle quickly away from the shot the drone had quickly aimed upwards. The timing was wrong and it went way off. Glancing down, Chris saw the drone take aim again, pushing off the wall hard to avoid the projectile. "Hah!" he shouted triumphantly, before wincing as he smacked into the floor, the third shot hitting his back as he tried to roll away. He elected to stay down. "Now, that's not fair. Plying a guy with food and shooting at him while he had that bloated feeling. "

While writing this post, I was originally going to say 'football', not 'orb', but realised this is a US site so most visitors wouldn't get the description. 'Soccer' :x Part 1 -- Average attack +0 Attack vs defence 17 (1d20=10, 1d20=12, 1d20=16) Three misses, awesome! Part 2 -- Gifted attack +3 vs Def 17 (1d20+3=5, 1d20+3=15, 1d20+3=4) Rubbish drone; worthy of discount bin Part 3 -- Best in the World +7 [that's real-world standards, right?] vs Def 17 (1d20+7=19, 1d20+7=27, 1d20+7=27) Dammit Part 4 -- Moderate Superhuman +9 vs Def 17 (1d20+9=10, 1d20+9=13, 1d20+9=18) I guess he stopped being so cocky and actually started dodging here...

Geckoman & Quark, the Tuesday before (Sept 22nd) "Yeah, I think so," said Geckoman, rolling tape tight around the straps, before tweaking the power setting to its lowest and shooting at the floor. "Yep, it works," he acknowledged, taking out his remote. "I'll get the Pitchoo to home in on us once we get there." He looks at Darian. "Don't you have some sort of costume or gizmo you could wear to stand out?"

We're all gonna die