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  1. Avenger Assembled
    Bishop, I'll be frank with you here. As a Ref, this character is not looking good. . There's very little room in happy, optimistic Freedom City for mercenary-minded, secret-ID-less Objectivists. This is not an Iron Age-friendly setting, not even close: we embrace Silver Age tropes, we don't tear them down. If you're a classic sci-fi fan, think the moral tone and worldview of Picard's Enterprise, not Blake's Liberator. Elsewhere, New characters don't come in as Freedom League members, though it's fine for him to have worked with them in the past/gotten powers training from them. (That sort of reward should come in-character, once the Refs have seen you can actually do the job: and since the League has access to tactical geniuses and teleporters who will help them out of the goodness of their hearts rather than demanding anything in return...) However, he's a well-written character with an interesting backstory, and you've made a good case for him, so I'm not going to turn you away. So, my suggestion is that you treat this character as Han Solo around the beginning of the first Star Wars movie: the grey-moraled guy who over the course of his first story makes the moral evolution from callous mercenary to brave, self-sacrificing hero. The "Knight in Sour Armor", the guy who grumbles and grouses about not getting paid enough for this, but then who throws himself on the grenade anyway is fine. The heartless Iron Age mercenary, or even the guy who comes across that way to others, is not fine at all. If he's coming across as a selfish prick, he's not being written in a way that fits into the setting.
  2. Avenger Assembled
    "You think you're the first tech-controller I've ever fought, you snot-nosed punk?" snorted Protector. "I've put gods in the hospital in this suit!" He raised his arms and fired a blistering volley of shells at Citizen, the high-velocity armor-piercing rounds the same the army used in miniguns designed to kill armored vehicles. The bullets proceeded to go right through the electronic teenager and out the other side, blasting away the brickwork of the jail behind him but doing absolutely no damage to the electromagnetic teenager himself. "I told you," said the Tronik teen irritably. "Your technology sucks!" Across the way, Rustbelt was facing off against Ghost Girl, summoning two massive fists of concrete that slammed together through her body again and again, doing absolutely no damage to the cheerful Canadian. "A spectre, just like the spectre of commerce and industry! I'll crush you like I crushed Edsel Ford's face!" So far, though, he wasn't having a lot of luck with that proposition Meanwhile, a gloating Black Goat laughed and clapped at Papercut's 'transformation'. "Hah, I knew he'd be on the right side!" Floating over till she was almost close to touch, the mad cultist winked at Koshiro: up close, Koshiro could see the smoke clouds that drifted off her hair and the twitchy-mad-crazy look in her eye. "I have a present for you, and it's one I know your people liiike!" Gloating, she raised her hands and yelled "IA! IA! YOG-SOTOTOH ATTEND ME! THE BLACK GOAT WOULD GIVE HER CARESSES!" And then she gestured and a long black spiked tentacle, wet and oily, came dripping from a hole in the air and cracked towards Corbin like a whip as it displaced some of the cranes around him. "Time to see what you're made of!" The tentacle cracked against Corbin's armor, lightly scoring the flaming shield without doing any damage.
  3. Avenger Assembled
    Protector's going to open up on Citizen and do tiddly-squat. Hooray Insubstantial 3! Rustbelt is going to try and grab Ghost Girl. Hooray Insubstantial 4! Black Goat is going to open up on Corbin. 22, which hits Cobalt Templar needs to make a DC 30 Tou save.
  4. Avenger Assembled
    As Papercut headed for Sage's location, he heard the sound of crunching and smashing that he recognized as the sound of wood and metal breaking: he'd been around enough damaged buildings to know that sound only too well. Coming with it was the sound of heavy footsteps and stomping, as if something large and clumsy were moving about. Turning his penlight around, the teen hero read the name on the door: DAEDALUS. Whatever was making that noise was just one door away, and from the sound of the tromping, it was getting closer. -- Meanwhile, though she was close at Cobalt Templar's hand, Wraith became conscious of a voice in her head: one that from his lack of reaction, Corbin didn't seem to be able to hear. "Set the vibrations up just right...YES. You can hear me now." It was a man's voice, deep and baritone, all the more menacing then that it seemed to come in a whisper from all around her, as if she was surrounded by the words. "Little Kinigosi. What are you doing here so far from home around these hardbodied children?" -- Just ahead of her, as Ghost Girl led the way, a phantasmal figure drifted up out of the floor, glowing green with a sickly, malevolent light that was hard to look at for everyone but the already-dead Kimber. "Go on," hissed Hiroshima Shadow, a teasing, malevolent smirk on its half-visible face. "Give me an excuse. Any of you, Come at me, and I won't have to worry about guarding prisoners. Come on!" The radioactive spirit was blocking them from going any further, his sickly green light bright enough to cast the corridor into eerie shadows.
  5. Avenger Assembled
    Looks like a good character. His Strength seems a little low for a surfer. So to clarify, his last name is Hladd, not H. Ladd? Could you add an explicatory note for the Sonar that it's Accurate Ultrahearing?
  6. Avenger Assembled
    Confronted with the enemy stronghold, Freedom Angel proceeded to handle this as he would any other encounter with a den of the unrighteous. He'd heard the truth in the words of the beast-men and had no hesitation about the just path. He flew up to the front door and pounded on it, bearing in his other hand the flaming sword of ultimate truth. "Sinners!" he boomed, his halo glowing with particular divine light here when he considered the torments these animal-men must have endured at the hands of their scientific torturers. "The hour of your judgement has come! Step forth and answer for your crimes before the courts of justice!"
  7. Avenger Assembled
    Caradoc's journey through the robot hordes was mechanical in its own way, the 'knight''s attacks as rigidly organized as the robots' reply. He smashed aside weapons raised against him and drove the blade of his 'sword' through heads and faces, bringing the blade down through the midsection to slice bodies in twain when some particular design proved more resilient. This was hardly the first robot army the former Omegadrone had destroyed, though it was certainly under more pleasant circumstances than the last. In the real fight, he didn't bother with the fake banter: instead he was simply a one-man murder machine, silently tearing his way through the robotic gang until at last he stood at the entrance of the plant, his body covered in scratches and gouges, glistening with mechanical oil, but none of it his. "Are the rest of you prepared?" he inquired at their approach.
  8. Avenger Assembled
    Papercut is up.
  9. Avenger Assembled
    26 Ouch, these guys are acquitting themselves pretty well.
  10. Avenger Assembled
    Wraith is up
  11. Avenger Assembled
    The rifle crumbled to so many fragments in Sage's telekinetic grasp, the black-clad man outside vanishing behind a heating duct and out of the teen psychic's view. Safely lodged inside the building's security system, Citizen spoke over the internal speakers. "Uh, looks like that guy outside is...Orion, the Crime League member. Not very formidable himself, he's just some guy with a gun, but if he's here, there might be-what, what's-" Suddenly, many things happened at once: a great crack came from the sky as electricity rocketed through the building, the lights flickering and going dark, some exploding in showers of sparks, the computers going dead and Sharl's voice going silent. A moment later, outside the world went black: not just dark, but black as a visible wall of black radiation came swooping down out of the sky and encased Freedom Hall inside a dome of opaque darkness. From the faint glow inside the building, looking out they could just see where the shape outside enclosed the Hall off from the rest of the world. By the glare of faint red emergency lights, the heroes realized the power was out, at least one teammate was missing, and they were sealed away alone inside the stronghold of Freedom City's heroes with no one to come to their aid. It was very dark, and it stood to reason they were not alone...
  12. Avenger Assembled
    Since it's an Equipment rifle, I'll say the rifle is crushed. Go ahead and post, Sorus
  13. Avenger Assembled
    There was something a little eerie about the deserted Freedom Hall, the hollow footsteps of the teenagers (well, those that took steps, anyway) echoing in the halls as they patrolled a building normally bustling full of people. Citizen spent most of his time in the League's computer, which though full of firewalls was still full of fascinating data (it also meant he could watch outside via the League's computer systems and security cameras, thus help keeping an eye outside). The large crowd that had been there in the morning, shouting their demands for the League's help, eventually died down as the work day went on and people who still believed in their old lives went to work. Most of the doors had actually been left unlocked thanks to the emergency, and teens who wanted could walk through Captain Thunder's office, Johnny Rocket's rec room, Star Knight's weirdly spartan office (which looked more like a hockey and football devotee's space than a gadgeteer's) and all the rest. Standing in the corridor outside the League's offices on the second floor, Sage had a good view through the bay window at the end of the hall: she could see the office park across the street from the Hall readily enough. And there, just on the roof, was a black-costumed man in the process of setting up a rifle and scope...
  14. Avenger Assembled
    "Are you animals changed to men?" he asked, "or men changed by other men?" Freedom Angel thought about calling on his colleagues in the Freedom League for backup, but rejected the idea: he still felt guilty over his temporary departure from their organization, and desired not to call on them unless it was an emergency. "Yes, let us go to your place of origin and see what we might see," said the angel seriously. "We are here as champions of justice and right for all sentient beings, wherever they come from." The words were a little corny, but the angel obviously believed every word of them. "Come, my friends," he said with a look at Protectron, Glowstar, and Cobalt Templar, unhesitatingly including all three heroes in his zone of trust. "Let us go. Lead the way," he said to the animals, trusting that whichever was the wisest and most observant (most likely the Professor) would steer them the right way.
  15. Avenger Assembled
    Agent P PL: 10 (150) Abilities: 42 pp STR 22 (+6) DEX 18 (+4) CON 20 (+5) INT 14 (+2) WIS 14 (+2) CHA 14 (+2) Combat: 32 pp ATK: +8 (+14 Melee) DEF: +12 (+4 flat-footed) Init: +4 Grapple: +20 Saves: 10 pp TOU +8 (+5 Con, +3 Protection) FORT +7 (+5 Con, +2) REF +7 (+4 Ref, +3) WILL +7 (+2 Wis, +5) Skills: 16 pp=64 r Bluff 8 (+10) Climb 4 (+10) Disable Device 8 (+10) Disguise 3 (+5) Drive 1 (+5) Escape Artist 6 (+10) Gather Info 8 (+10) Notice 8 (+10) Pilot 1 (+5) Sense Motive 8 (+10) Stealth 6 (+10) Survival 3 (+5) Feats: 21 pp Attack Focus: Melee 6, Benefit (Security Clearance), Dodge Focus 4, Eidetic Memory, Environmental Adaptation (Underwater), Evasion, Power Attack, Quick Change, Second Chance (vs. Drowning), Takedown Attack, Taunt, Uncanny Dodge (auditory), Well-Informed Powers: 29 pp Gadgets 1 (Hard to Lose) (Extras: Action [Free]; PF: Subtle) [10 pp] Protection 3 [3 pp] Damage 0 (Extra: Alternate Save: Fortitude) 'paralyzing pain' [6 pp] Swimming 4 (25 MPH) [4+1=5 pp] AP: Leaping 2 (x2) and Speed 2 (25 MPH) Super-Senses 6 (Accurate Analytical Radio Sense, Acute Scent, Danger Sense [radio]) [6 pp] costs abilities 42 + combat 32 + saves 10 + skills 16/64 + feats 21 + powers 29 = 150 pts ----------------- Design Notes: Here's Perry the Platypus, the breakout star of Phineas and Ferb, as a PL 10 starting character. For those of you who haven't watched the show, Perry is the pet of the titular main characters, a platypus who 'doesn't do much'. (Monotreme pets aren't that unusual in the show's universe given that there is Platypus Chow available in pet stores in giant bags; the show's creators have mentioned they went with an unusual animal to make sure no copycat pets were purchased by parents). Despite this reputation, it turns out Perry the Platypus is actually just the secret identity of Agent P, the dashing secret agent of OWCA (Organization Without a Cool Acronym) who every week battles the machinations of the evil Dr. Heinz Doofenschmirtz to guard the citizens of the Tri-State Area from various In-ators. I've fudged the character a bit; this is more a platypus-totem hero with secret agent training, but I think he still works as a decent conversion of the character: he can convincingly catch up to a speeding BO-AT underwater, he can change his appearance at the drop of a hat, and he's got the skills to put giant robots, ray-in-ators, and other dangerous mad scientist threats down for the count. In the show, while Perry's an OK shot, he's much more inclined to duke it out with his nemesis in hand-to-hand (er, hand-to-tail) so he's better at fisticuffs than most of your typical agent builds. He can still pull spy gadgets out as a free action, though, to explain all those wonderful toys he carries around like gliders and parachutes. He's also got the cool secret powers of your typical platypus (that we don't see on the show) like paralytic venom, electrolocation, and other powers that let him stand out from the crowd. Add Shrinking, among other things like the Mute drawback, to get a better straight conversion of the character from the show. You could also give him Morph/Metamorph to let him turn into a real platypus. In my mind, this character was a low-level super who used his abilities to become a secret agent as well as a superhero: being a platypus totem (perhaps a mutant, or one injected with radioactive platypus venom) might be just a guy off the street, but with real secret agent training he could really make something of himself. People may not expect the funny animal guy to be a super-spy, or the super-spy to turn around and have natural animal abilities underneath his bland exterior. Get yourself an archenemesis, preferably a large ham-type, and go to town.
  16. Avenger Assembled
    "That is how gods have made appearances in the past," hazarded Edge at Erin's suggestion. "But why would someone call on Donar in particular? I mean, the Norse pantheon doesn't exactly have a great record, either for being good people or for actually accomplishing something except killing. I mean, there was that Norse superheroine active here, but I think she was probably just inspired by the Valkyries or something." Like most people who got their history from World War II veterans, Mark didn't view the Asgardians with any particular charity. He hmmed. "Why don't we-" Suddenly, there was from the invisible sky above a tremendous boom of thunder, clearly audible even down below at the base of Midnight Manor, the loudest yet that the North Bay residents had heard of this storm that hadn't yet gone away. Looking on the Manor's security cameras, the heroes could clearly see what had happened: a massive lightning strike in the middle of North Bay Park just a half-mile away had done more than scorch the landscape: standing in the middle of the strike's circle of charred grass, ignoring the rain beating down on him, was the unmistakable figure of a broad-shouldered, long-haired man in Norse armor, his massive hammer just visible by the grainy image of the security camera at the park.
  17. Avenger Assembled
    Approved
  18. Avenger Assembled
    EDIT: Whoops, looks like Firehawk actually acted _after_ Sharl. Ah well, the only PC hurt was mine, so no harm, no foul. Reflex save: 25 vs. 17 OK, so his suit's TOU drops by 8 to a total of 15 Tou save vs 30: 20! Buuut Firehawk isn't going to let his boss go down that easy, so he spends another HP (putting him at 3) and give one to Protector to reroll that one. 29 Thank God, he made the worst possible roll he could have made! OK, so his suit is currently at Tou +14. Sharl is sufficiently distressed by this that he'll surge: That hits. 24 26 But he makes the save. Well, dang. he'll spend an HP to cancel the fatigue. Sage is up.
  19. Avenger Assembled
    His body still smoldering from that bizarre power overload he'd taken from Firehawk, Citizen was about to go over there and punch the guy who'd hurt him in the face when he realized the flaw in his strategy. No, be smart. Be like Miss Americana. Who are these guys? He thought fast, trying to place them from both his own research and the helpful wi-fi connection someone had set up in the detention center behind them. "A giant speedster, a city controller, a power controller, a magus," he said out loud, looking from Blitzen, Rustbelt, Firehawk, and Black Goat in turn, "...and a man in a powersuit." His teeth in a snarl, Citizen took off the short distance across the street and shoved his fist through a startled Protector's torso. "You brought a powersuit to fight ME?Your technology sucks!" He felt the computers inside the suit and poured a surge of energy into them; he didn't bother to possess them, just overload them all! Despite all his tough talk, though, Protector's suit did continue to hold together, if it smoked noticeably at the edges.
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    Firehawk Inspires his team, giving them +4 till his turn on the next round. Citizen is up.
  21. Avenger Assembled
    "C'mon, Champions, are we really going to let a bunch of parvenu children toss us around?" sniffed Firehawk disdainfully at the sight of his team meeting their first reverse at the solid hit landed on the giant Blitzen. "You know how long we've been around and all the so-called 'good guys' we've taken out?" he added in the direction of Young Freedom. "You're nothing but a bunch of Junior Leage Jolly Jumpers who got their powers out of a cereal box! Go home to your mummies and daddies," he said with a little wave of his hand, "and let the grownups play with their toys. Come on, boy," he added to Papercut, "show my meth-addled colleague here what you're made of! Take someone out!
  22. Avenger Assembled
    18 for Citizen's Notice
  23. Avenger Assembled
    19 I'll go with that. Under our new house rules, he's bruised and dazed.
  24. Avenger Assembled
    Sanctuary was a lovely world these days, or at least it was in the area around where Fleur de Joie and Gaian Knight had been working for so many months to make the area green and livable. With thousands of evacuees living in emergency shelters ranging from actual houses to tents, conditions were considerably less pleasant: if the unthinkable did happen and they were cut off from Earth-Prime by the great disaster, the heroes here were going to have to work hard to make things livable even in the medium-term. But they had supplies and powers enough for everyone evacuated to live in something like comfort, and there was something to be said for that. As Fleur de Joie and the others stepped out of the big flower nearby her house, the sound of screaming rent the air from nearby! One of the nearby shelters was in flames from who knew what cause, the structure of wood and earth burning from the roof down, and a crowd was gathering: Fleur and Freedom Angel recognized what was going on with sick horror. That was no ordinary house; that was one of the clinic buildings! "Someone help! We have people stuck in there," shouted one of the civilians (Fleur recognized him as Floyd, one of the locals who'd volunteered to help), looking overjoyed at the sight of her and her companions. "It's Fleur de Joie and the others! She'll help us!"
  25. Avenger Assembled
    "A program, eh?" said Blitzen, showing uncommon and downright unsettling smarts for so big and brutish a man. "I'm going to have a lot of fun with you!" And with that, his giant fists sparking with electricity that could have hurt even Citizen's electromagnetic projection, the giant speedster charged right at the Tronik teenager and threw a massive punch! But Sharl was too fast even for the speedster, instead disappearing right through the giant's torso and popping out the other side as Blitzen slammed into the wall of the jail hard enough to leave a crater in the brick, the juvenile center rocking as if from a truck's impact. Clutching his projector case carefully, glad it hadn't been tagged, the startled Citizen yelled, "The bigger they are, the harder they fall!"
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