Avenger Assembled

I think we're ready for more, TA!

Like most primal things, fire was terrible and beautiful all at once - an engine of creation and destruction, of healing and pain. For Deep Ones, blinded by the light and dried by the heat, fire was particularly a symbol of the raw power of unchecked chaos. When Sea Devil saw the building on fire, high on patrol in her armor, she headed straight for it. A fire like this, on such a perfectly beautiful day, with all the pain and horror that would go with it, managed to make what was already a horror into something even worse. She closed the vents and visor of her suit, to block the heat and light from the flame, and flew down alongside Temperance, a heroine she recognized from the DuTemps Building. "This is bad!" she bellowed, her voice a deep, mechanical base from inside her suit. "What do we do?!"

Sea Devil had little to add on the tactical level - inside her armor, Aquaria was thinking grim thoughts about fighting an opponent who could move from dream to dream and strike at the very imagination. These should have been the deeds of a mighty shaman, not of a petty criminal committing what everyone spoke of as small robberies with little to gain. (She didn't really understand the value of Surface gold, it seemed - the quoted figure of the ransom had been far more than she was paid at her groundskeeping job, but it seemed small fish indeed to these mighty heroes around her.) Surface foes were so strange - but no wonder, given how strange the people themselves were! "That is good," came that croaking voice from behind the armor again. It didn't sound like Sea Devil had more to say on the subject than that. She turned her upper body to look at Miracle Girl and croaked another question. "Aren't you young?"

"Let us take the tunnel - good for everyone's education," said Frost with that air of cheerfulness that Volcanic knew by now meant he was 'on' when dealing with the general public, superheroic or otherwise. "Pax is a powerful name, take it for your own," he said, waving a hand as Volcanic began opening the way underground to Greenbank. The heat was growing around them from the volcano controller's powers, but that only seemed to make him look more animated. "I cannot promise you will be free of jail, child," he told Pax apologetically, "big name I may be, but I cannot shield you from crimes. For future reference," he told her with a conspiratorial wink, "do crimes where no one can see! But you will be heard and respected, as long as you are showing me your troubles." He was wondering exactly what he was committing himself to here - but he'd already made his choice, and was not one to turn backwards.

Abilities: 14 + 6 + 14 + 0 + 6 + 0 = 40 pp STR 32/24 (+11/+7) DEX 16 (+3) CON 24 (+7) INT 10 (+0) WIS 16 (+3) CHA 10 (+0) Combat: 8 + 8 = 16 pp Init: +11/+3 ATK: +4 (+7 Melee) [+6 (+9 Melee) w/Armor, +12 Blast with Pike] DEF: +9 (+3 Dodge Focus, +2 from Armor, +4 Base, +2 flat-footed) Grapple: +14/+21 Knockback: -13 Saves: 3 + 5 + 7 = 15 pp TOU +15/+11/+9/+7 (+7 Con, +2 Density, +2 Protection, +4 Force Field [10 Impervious]) FORT +10 (+7 Con, +3) REF +8 (+3 Dex, +5) WILL +10 (+3 Wis, +7) Skills: 68 r = 17 pp Disguise 0 (+0/+50) Intimidate 10 (+10/+20, SM) Knowledge (Cosmology) 10 (+10/+15) Knowledge (Tactics) 10 (+10) Knowledge (Technology) 10 (+10) Notice 7 (+10/+20, SM) Sense Motive 7 (+10/+20, SM) Stealth 7 (+10/+15, SM) Survival 1 (+4) Feats: 15 pp Attack Focus: Melee 3 Dodge Focus 3 Interpose Leadership Master Plan 2 Second Chance (Will saves vs. Fear) Skill Mastery (Intimidate, Notice, Sense Motive, Stealth) Takedown Attack Ultimate Save (Will) Uncanny Dodge (auditory) Powers: 6 + 14 + 30 + 31 + 13 + 30 + 1 + 2 + 1 + 12 + 1 + 2 + 8 = 151 pp Communication 4 (technological, 1 mile, radio, PFs: Selective, Subtle [Encrypted]) [6PP] Container 3 (15PP, No More Holding Back, training, Drawback: Power Loss [When Not Inflicting Lethal Damage, -1]) [14PP] Attack Specialization 3 (Terminus Blast Array) [3PP] Enhanced Defense 6 [12PP] Container 5 (25PP, Terminus technological, Omegadrone Armor, Extra: Duration [Continous]) [30PP] Enhanced ATK 2 [4PP] Enhanced DEF 2 [4PP] Flight 3 (50 MPH/500FPM) [6PP] Immunity 4 (disease, poison, sleep, starvation and thirst, Flaw: Limited [Half-Effect]) [2PP] Immunity 6 (Environmental Cold, Heat, Pressure, Radiation, Suffocation) [6PP] Protection 2 [2PP] Container 6 (30PP, Terminus technological, Alpha Omegadrone, Extra: Duration [Permanent], PF: Innate) [31PP] Enhanced Feats 12 (Affects Insubstantial 2 [Unarmed], Challenge 3 (Fast Startle, Mass Intimidation, Powerful Intimidation), Improved Initiative 2, Luck 2, Move-By Action, Quick Draw [Draw], Startle) [12PP] Enhanced Skills 40 (Intimidate 10, Knowledge [Cosmology] 5, Notice 10, Sense Motive 10, Stealth 5) [10PP] Impervious Toughness 8 [8PP] Density 4 (Terminus technological, Permanent, PF: Innate [+8 Strength, Protection 2 (Impervious), Immovable 1, Super-Strength 1, x3 mass]) (13 pp) Device 9 (45PP, Terminus technological, Omegadrone Pike, Flaw: Easy to Lose, PFs: Restricted 2 [Harrier Only], Subtle [Collapsible]) [30PP] Concealment 4 (all visual, Flaw: Passive, PF: Close Range) [5DP] Enhanced Feats 3 (All-Out Attack, Power Attack, Takedown Attack [2]) [3DP] Force Field 4 [4PP] Super-Senses 4 (Detect Weakness [3], radio, Enhancement: Analytical) [4DP] Terminus Blast Array 14 (28PP, PF: Alternate Power 1) [29DP] BE: Blast 12 (entropic blast, PFs: Accurate 3, Improved Crit) {28/28} AP: Strike 4 (blade strike, Extra: Autofire [10], Penetrating 5 [as DMG 20], PFs: Affects Insubstantial 2, Extended Reach 1 [5 ft], Improved Crit, Mighty, Precise, Variable Descriptor 2 [any technological]) {28/28} Feature 1 (mutation, Temporal Inertia) [1PP] Immunity 4 (mutation, disease, poison, sleep, starvation and thirst) (Flaw: Limited [Half-Effect]) [2PP] Leaping 1 (mutation, x2, RLJ 34 ft, SLJ 22 ft, V 8 ft) [1PP] Morph 10 (Caradoc, technological, Disguise Bonus +50, PFs: Covers Scent, Precise) [12PP] Speed 1 (mutation, 10 MPH/100FPM) [1PP] Super-Senses 2 (Terminus technological, Darkvision) [2PP] Super-Senses 8 (mutation, Detect Terminus [3], mental: Enhancements: Acute, Extended 2 (1000 ft range increment), Radius, Ranged) [8PP] Drawbacks: -2PP Weakness (magnetism, uncommon, minor) [-2PP] abilities 40 + combat 16 + saves 15 + skills 17/68 + feats 15 + powers 139 - drawbacks 2 = 250 pts

Edited by Da Durf Sea Devil: Change Birthplace to: An island in the Caribbean off the coast of Venezuela Change Age to: Deep One ages translate poorly to human years. Aquaria is at the prime of her adulthood. Replace the last paragraph of her Description with Aquaria's armor is recognizable [with a DC 15 Galactic Lore check] as armor belonging to the Spectrum Knights, a terrorist organization active across much of Lor and Grue space. It glows an eldritch green while she's using it. Her primary melee weapons are energy tridents (which glow the same color green) that she projects from devices implanted in the palms of her armor. Even those who don't recognize the armor can tell it's something out-of-this-world, especially when they hear the booming bass of Aquaria's voice from within. 3PP towards Sidekick (to pay for the edits up-thread) 6PP - Add to Skills: Bluff 8 (+10) Diplomacy 8 (+10) Intimidate 8 (+10) Powers - 3PP Super-Senses 3 (Extended Vision [all], Vision [Radius]]) [3PP] 5PP left to spend. I'll hang onto 'em.

Edited by Da Durf Fast-Forward Reflex Save to +19 [9PP] Will Save to +10 [3PP] Skills to 124R = 31PP [21PP] Acrobatics 9 (+12) Bluff 11 (+14) Climb 8 (+9) Disable Device 15 (+15) Escape Artist 9 (+12) Gather Information 8 (+11) Knowledge [History] 15 (+15) Knowledge [Popular Culture] 2 (+2) Languages 1 (Hebrew; English base) Notice 8 (+10) Search 8 (+8) Sense Motive 8 (+10) Sleight of Hand 10 (+13) Stealth 12 (+15) Keep existing Skill Mastery, please

Edited by Da Durf Singularity

"I am an excellent hunter," boomed Aquaria, "I will use a sharp stick to catch any fish you want." She didn't seem offended - just eager to reassure everyone that she was an excellent catcher of fish.With the camera safely in Daphne's stretchy hand, Aquaria hopped over to watch the picture being taken. "You are a great surfer," she croaked cheerfully to Jessie as she crouched on the sand, smelling distinctly of oily fish. "No, Baxter, no kisses!" "Ah, well, let me just put down my hat..." Dimitri put his arm around Leilani automatically for the picture, her warmth matching his thermovoric nature so precisely that he couldn't resist the natural temptation to lean over and kiss her just as the camera snapped.

The doors to the shuttered museum creaked open - and Monsoon staggered out. Battered and bloody, the Socotran princess was favoring one leg and holding one arm weakly at her side. Her skin was pale and her face bloody - she'd vomited blood on herself while Cathy was transporting her to safety, and looked to have bled from her eyes, nose, and mouth at some point in the last several minutes. She staggered towards the fallen form of Dam, murder in her bloodshot eyes, then collapsed at Frostbyte's feet. At least for a moment. "Monsoon is not finished with you, whore," she groaned weakly, pulling herself up to a crawling position as she focused all her attention on the fallen Dam. If not stopped, it looked like she was going to crawl over there and throttle the fallen blood controller with her blood-stained hands. "Not...finished..."

Oh, jeez! Richard could see it now. The time police moving in and arresting them both. Calling Paige to bail him out again and then having to explain to Will and Holly how he'd been dumb enough to get caught by the cops again. So he ran. He ran - and was back before anyone had noticed his departure. "Gentlemen, gentlemen, please!" He'd guessed that Charity's clothes would fit him and a super-speed trip through the man's wardrobe had confirmed that theory, and not incidentally left Richard in a particularly snug 18th century outfit, from tricorn hat to leather shoes looking like any other man on the street. Only his slow pace showed a slight hobble, a symptom of the too-tight shoes and too-tight breeches. "Are we savage brutes as they believe in London? Or are we men of reason?" He strode right into the middle of the scene. "Miriam, this is no time for a sermon. Your pardon for my servant's temper but she is a woman of deep conviction and to see her new faith used in such a way naturally arouses rage in one so giant." He had, despite all his talk, interposed himself between the crowd and their targets. "Come come, what brings forth such a rage?"

Dimitri looked Talya in the eye as he said, "You and your children will survive what comes. Though Hel should bar the way." It was no small oath - even if he already knew perfectly well that his dread mistress had nothing to do with this kidnapping. He knelt on the floor at Talya's feet. Then he snapped open his doctor's bag and began laying out his equipment, keeping an ear on the combat outside. He had no real idea who had been fool enough to kidnap them - but he had his sanity, his mobility, and a quick check revealed he still had his powers, as did those outside. _Anyone who comes into this room will live long enough to regret their arrogance._ "Now, let's get those pants off," he suggested. "You will want them later."

Lemme take this one to the Refcave. In the meantime, would you mind cleaning up the formatting? http://www.freedomplaybypost.com/start/sample-characters/sample-character-4-battlesuit-r18/ Take a look at this for how a sheet really ought to look.

That should be enough for Adept to know the secret Sea Devil is trying to be discreet about - that she is a Deep One in armor from space!

Edited by da Durf Significant edits for Citizen.

"Hah-hah, I'm not really the right person to ask about religion," said Fast-Forward with a shrug. "I mostly go to synagogue with my wife and kids anyway." Reaching into his jacket pocket, he pulled out a leather-bound book Miras didn't recognize, but one that fairly crackled with magical power. "Listen, I know this has been a crappy time for you," he said apologetically. "Normally I don't take anyone back with me when I accidentally time-skip, so this is my thing. I tell you what - there's a spell in here that lets me chase down magic if I need to. Why don't I run this, and we can try and track down that witch before the locals close in on her. Maybe they're not gonna burn her at the stake or something, but bad stuff happens in a war. We can tell her to get out of town before the goons close in."

"Hm." Dimitri looked around the stairwell, taking in the scene at great speed. Taking off his parka, he laid it out on the floor, stretching it flat for Talya's benefit. No longer bothering with English for the benefit of Min and Erik, he set his medical bag down beside the parka. "Come on, Natalya, I know this is awful but you need to lie down before you are injured - and so we can prepare for labor. I have ether, and forceps, and all needed tools." He had a scalpel and alcohol, too, but he wasn't about to dwell on that. "Trust your lovers to defend us. If anyone comes in here who is not Erik or Min, I will rip out their bloody jugulars. If Fleur de Joie shows up, we will transport you directly to the birthing room." The air was warm yet, Comrade Frost watching his powers closely, but Talya could see the banked fires of the thermovore's rage in his eyes.

Sea Devil's natural form was invisible to the other heroes - hidden behind her alien-looking armor, her voice mechanically augmented, she could have been anybody. Or anything. Despite the feminine pronoun Chalmers had used, her voice was a bizarre deep bass croak, sounding like the transmitter on her suit was somehow defective. "That is very strange. But we will help you with that problem," she promised. "Is it science - or your weird magic?" she asked. "I have heard of shamans who can enter sacred art - but never anything like that. This is very strange," she opined, still crouched on the floor where she'd been resting on all fours, back legs curled up beneath her body, since the beginning the video had begun to play. "What if he hurts something real?" ""

6 Charisma is too low, man. We have shut-in agoraphobic PCs who literally can't go outside or talk to people normally and they have higher Charisma.

Abilities: 10 + 10 + [-10] + 10 + 0 + 10 = 20PP STR 40/20 (+15/+5) DEX 20 (+5) CON n/a INT 20 (+5) WIS 10 (+0) CHA 20 (+5) Combat: 10 + 10 = 20PP Init: +9 ATK: +5 (+9 Energy Systems Array) DEF: +9 (+5 Base, +4 Dodge, +2 flat-footed) Grapple: +10/+25 Knockback: -12 Saves 0 + 5 + 10 =15PP TOU +15 (+15 Protection, +10 Impervious) FORT n/a REF +10 (+5 Dex, +5) WILL +10 (+0 Wis, +10) Skills: 104r=26PP Acrobatics 5 (+10) Bluff 8 (+13) Computers 5 (+10, SM) Concentration 5 (+5) Craft [Electronic] 5 (+10, SM) Craft [Mechanical] 5 (+10, SM) Diplomacy 8 (+13) Disable Device 5 (+10) Gather Information 8 (+13) Knowledge [Civics] 5 (+10) Knowledge [Cosmology] 5 (+10) Knowledge [Galactic] 5 (+10) Knowledge [Technology] 5 (+10, SM) Languages 5 (English, French, Grue, Lor, Swedish, Base: Galstandard) Notice 10 (+10, SM) Sense Motive 10 (+10, SM) Stealth 5 (+10) Feats: 26PP All-Out Attack Benefit 2 (Lor Heritage, Wealth) Contacts Dodge Focus 4 Equipment 4 Evasion Improved Initiative Interpose Leadership Luck 3 Move-By Action Power Attack Skill Mastery 2 (Computers, Craft [Electronic], Craft [Mechanical], Knowledge [Technology], Notice, Sense Motive) Takedown Attack Uncanny Dodge (radio) Well-Informed Equipment: 20EP Headquarters: Archetech Complex in Emerald City Size: Huge, TOU: 20, Features: Communications System, Computer, Defense System [Blast 12 {lasers}], Gym, Infirmary, Laboratory, Library, Living Space, Personnel, Pool, Power [ESP 6 (20 miles, visual and auditory), Flaw: Limited [Machines], PFs: Rapid 4 [Full Action to Search 1 Mile], Subtle) {22/24}, Security System [3], Workshop) [20] Powers: 6 + 38 + 12 + 40 + 4 + 25 + 6 + 3 = 134PP Datalink 4 (radio, 1 mile, PFs: Cyberspace, Subtle 1 [Encrypted]) [6PP] Energy Systems Array 16 (32PP, PFs: Accurate 2, Alternate Power 1) [38PP] BE: Enhanced Feats 2 (Affects Insubstantial 2 [Unarmed]) {2} + Enhanced STR 20 (to STR 40/+15) {20} + Super-Strength 5 (Effective STR 65, Heavy Load [96 tons]) {10} {2+20+10=32/32} AP: Blast 12 (heat vision, Extras: Penetrating [6, as DMG 18], Range [Perception], Flaw: Action [Full], PFs: Precise, Variable Descriptor 1 [any electromagnetic]) {32/32} Flight 6 (500 MPH/5000FPM) [12PP] Immunity 40 (Fortitude Saves, Psionic Effects) [40PP] Morph 1 (Extra: Continous, Flaw: Limited [Requires Computers], PF: Innate, Metamorph [Sharl Tulink], Subtle) [4PP] Protection 15 (Extra: Impervious 10) [25PP] Regeneration 0 (Recovery Bonus +0, Resurrection 1/week) [6PP] Super-Senses 3 (Infravision, Ultra-Hearing, Radio) [3PP] Drawbacks: -5PP Vulnerability (magic, common, minor, +1) [-2PP] Vulnerability (magnetics, uncommon, major, +100%) [-3PP] 20 + 20 + 15 + 26 + 26 + 131 - 5 = 242/242

OK, what we've come down on is: Quickness 8 Limited to Software (probably a -2 flaw) with the training descriptor is fine. Quickness 1-4 just from training is fine Quickness 8 (irradiated Bedlam drinking water made me a mutant and all I got was this super-brain) as a full-on superpower is fine. I personally think the first one makes the most sense based on what you want for the character - but what do you think?

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Just wanted to share that we haven't forgotten about this sheet, we're hashing out some Refcave stuff related to it.

This sounds great, olopi! We're already doing a Murder League thing in Final Exam, so it could be connected to that - or something independent! Rivalries might depend on what PCs make it into the thread, I think. Who all is likely to be in the incoming class/visiting in that thread? As far as reasons for why they're infiltrating the school, hmm! Student records seems plausible enough - ideally we stop that from happening. OTOH, that might be redundant with existing threads. Maybe what they're after is a Next-Gen/Young Freedom trophy, a McGuffin artifact their bosses want? There's also the sacrificial lamb aspect - maybe their instructors are testing Claremont and have filled up their heads with stories of how easy it'll be to pull the wool over the eyes of these stupid sheep...