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Dragonfly Cold Front (7) Frozen Shadows (6) Hours in the Day (16) Upgraded Protection (6) 7+6+16+6= 35 posts Wraith The Hunted (2) It's Gonna Be the Future Soon (4) 2+4= 6 posts Gaian Knight 0 posts

wait - no - what Dragonfly's voice was only a syllable behind Ellie's as she took in the situation - even as she remembered to bring her defenses online, force field twisting into being around her profile, Mara was casting rather dark and un-lady-like suspicions on Lunar's paternal lineage and recreational habits relative to her simian henchmen. [bg=#555555]"38,000,000 square kilometers,[/bg] she said through gritted teeth, but only once she'd run out of kitchen implements to accuse the moon-dwelling villainess of inappropriately misusing. [bg=#555555]"Thirty-eight million square kilometers. Even in half to avoid the dark side, nineteen million square kilometers and we ended up here. Why."[/bg]

Gateway nodded, sharply, her attention shifting from Harper to Lady Laser and back again. [bg=#222222]"Good question. One I'm keen to hear the answer to, also. Not that I'm not willing to do my part, but would like to not be interrupted from research every two days when some idiot steals a bag of fertilizer, or something."[/bg] She shrugged, but her focus was still keen and on their host. [bg=#222222]"Would appreciate knowing the extend of your...problems, if we might end up involved. Not expecting details of national defense, but an outline or recent history would be useful. Better for planning. And better to know what to expect."[/bg]

Dragonfly folded her tools back into her gauntlets as the machine powered back down (and after tying the wires up where they wouldn't short out anything). [bg=#555555]"Probably want to put it somewhere shielded. Don't trust mysterious glowing green power sources. Not wise."[/bg] The heroine looked up into the falling snow, just...admiring it, for a moment. Villain-based or not, she had to admit it was a fairly welcome sight...provided she didn't have to go riding anywhere in it. not good for motorcycle traction [bg=#555555]"Merry Christmas, Ironclad."[/bg]

[bg=#555555]"With our luck? Sucker bet,"[/bg] Dragonfly snorted, tilting her head and deploying numerous little tools from her gauntlets as her suit built as complete a blueprint of the large device as it could. [bg=#555555]"Still. Might not have to destroy it. Mmh...."[/bg] like a tuning fork - vibrational weather control? - unusual - possibly just a focus for some other effect - odd technology - assume working base principles - makes this energy conduit - capacitor? - resistor - switch - circuit - traces back to - ah - power - hello there Very very carefully the armored heroine isolated the wires that were running from the tuning fork to the odd green device, surgically snipping through them to cut the weather-altering device from the rest of the inner workings of the machine.

[bg=#222222]"Ten percent is less than expected,"[/bg] Gateway admitted, watching the streets go by through her emotionless visor, several slightly-brighter spots behind the red glow sliding to focus on scenes as they caught her interest. Not that she was keen on the idea of staying here any longer than necessary, but up until the 'test subjects' part of the speech there was some part of her multi-threaded mind that had a level of appreciation for the things that could be accomplished in a place like this. 'Test subjects', though...that brought her back; a quick sequence of uncomfortable memories ran through the back of her brain and pulled her attention back to their host. [bg=#222222]"Must have...impressive success, here, to support all this generosity on ten percent."[/bg]

Her Search is pretty awful, so let's just go with Disable Device. DC30, at least according to the core book (and barring GM adjustment). Really ought to take another rank of skill mastery, at some point. But hey, 72% odds she'll get it (including possibility of a reroll). Disable Device check, DC30(?) (1d20 + 15=20) Nope. Disable Device check REROLL, DC30(?) (1d20 + 15=27) Dangit, Invisible Castle.... IC post pending confirmation of results, though if the DC was 30, one imagines that's a failure unless she's getting any sort of synergy out of her Knowledge skills.

Note to...well, uh, to me, I guess: Active containers are sustained by default; as-is, the moment Tiamat was KO'd she'd turn back to human form. That's stupid for her concept. I can take the extended auditory out of her dragon form and put it on her human form to drop her Alternate Form rank to 9; she then needs 9pp to boost her Alternate Form up to Continuous. I'm not entirely sure where to scrape that from - GK may have to cough up another 2pp or so in order to bump her up to 190pp (which means he can't have her unless he has 191pp, minimum!). Why you so expensive, dragon? Why. Alternatively, I could have GK cough up 1pp and scrape 4pp off her build. Not a whole lot of fat left, though. Something to ponder. EDIT: Also, note to self: Permanent is a flaw, not an extra, on Growth. Double-check your math there; that should give you 8pp or so to mess with and fill in gaps in the sheet, including the Continuous thing.

Dragonfly frowned, turning her face upward into the snow, trying in vain to glean some meaningful information from the swirling wind and snow. should have studied meteorology [bg=#555555]"Mmh. ....would have assumed so. Certainly seemed to have the power."[/bg] Her armored head tilted, turning her attention back to Ironclad. [bg=#555555]"Possibilities - self-sustaining weather pattern, coincidence, sustained by hidden technological device, sustained by unknown magical force, sustained by concealed third party....? Made frequent references to 'our planet'; implies alien nature - space or extra-dimensional. Or just extra crazy. Always hard to tell."[/bg]

Wraith blinked for a moment, glancing back over at 'Gal Vanic' and Sharl as they talked, and deliberately overlooking the poorly-covered 'alien freaks' line. There were better things to pay attention to, like an enemy who apparently knew what she was. She hummed, turning her attention back on the waiting villain; very carefully she leaned down, back to the others, and...smiled. It was a neat trick, without a mouth, though that was solved simply enough - as her 'skin' pulled tight over the smile it just split apart, receding back into her face and leaving an unsettlingly large mouth full of row upon row of glinting, shark-like teeth. Even her eyes were smiling...or maybe they'd just been pushed out of the way by her grinning razor-filled maw. "Hunting," she finally answered, sounding awfully pleased about it.

Hmmm. Indira shapeshifts 2pp into Intimidate, for a total bonus of 10 (8 ranks + 2 cha) - she'll be buying the actual skill ranks soon, now that she's tried this sorta thing out in the field. Interrogation time! Intimidation Check vs. Shapeshifter (1d20 + 10=19) Nope. Intimidation Check REROLL vs. Shapeshifter (1d20 + 10=13) +10 is 23, plus or minus applicable bonuses, as GM wishes.

come on Ironclad - hurry Dragonfly pulled back as the air tried to freeze around her, swooping back to a 'safe' distance and trying to keep the villain's attention. [bg=#555555]"Know you can't be that divine,"[/bg] she countered. [bg=#555555]"Making you look bad with an armored suit I made myself. Out of scraps. And vacuum tubes."[/bg] She launched a one-two punch of distortions his way as she backed up, the blasts cutting weird, rippling patterns into the falling snow as they went. [bg=#555555]"Granted. It's a very nice suit. But still - always room for improvement. Always improving. Wouldn't call it a divine suit."[/bg]

Ranged Attack Roll vs. Glacier King (blast) (1d20 + 11=25) Doop. DC26 toughness save. Dragonfly backs out of melee range again, for now, but still tries to keep him between her and Ironclad.

"Mmh." Mara snorted, but it was in somewhat better humor as she carefully hooked the loose end of the little wire-filled tube into something else on the armband Ellie had donned; as soon as it clicked into place the little device hummed to life. "Could probably weaponize it. The lathe, I mean. Drop it on heads." "Anyway." The engineer's helmet closed back up, little lights dancing behind the lenses as she sent some very complex instructions back along the link she kept to her warehouse, for relaying to the teleportation rig. There was a pregnant pause as the equipment warmed up a half a planet away, and then the world twisted in on itself...opening back up into a grey, cratered landscape backed by an expanse of shining stars. [bg=#555555]"The moon!"[/bg]

Mara ducked her head a little at the compliment, deploying her suit's array of tools again and assembling something out of pieces she was literally pulling from nowhere...plus one or two that she salvaged right out of her gauntlets, though the battlesuit didn't look or act like it was any worse for the loss. "It's...thanks. Means a lot. And mostly just wanted to spend the day with you, and...am. Still a good day, I think. Just frustrating in parts." In short order she had a working...something...that she held up to inspect with a critical eye. It looked a fair bit like the armband Ellie already wore, but more bronze than gold and significantly less polished, with a little wire-filled tube coming off one side. "Wish I had more time to make it look better. Solid, reliable, but...mmh. Can't exactly carry around a metal lathe."

[bg=#555555]"Theoretically nothing."[/bg] Dragonfly tilted her head back the other way, mentally running down the list of security protocols and the access required to change them. [bg=#555555]"Would just have to notify security, upgrade your security in the system. Latter's supposedly complicated - paperwork, minimum full member support, protocols - but founders have root access to Lab systems, so not that hard."[/bg] [bg=#555555]"Mmh - probably good to notify other founders first,"[/bg] she added, almost as an afterthought and after a moment of tapping a finger. [bg=#555555]"In case they have objections. Doubt they will, but probably better to include them. E-mail should suffice."[/bg]

Toughness Save vs. 'Rogue', DC30 (1d20 + 12=21) Hm! Yeah, what the heck, I'll reroll that with her shiny new HP. Should've just done an Ultimate Tou on it, but it's not worth two HP now. Toughness Save REROLL vs. 'Rogue', DC30 (1d20 + 12=14) Boo. That wasn't worth the HP at all! 14 -> 24, so still a fail by less than ten. Wraith's bruised and dazed.

[floatr][/floatr] Player Name: Fox Character Name: Tiamat Power Level: 11 (180/180pp) Trade-Offs: -4/+4 Attack/Damage, -4/+4 Defense/Toughness Unspent Power Points: 0 In Brief: A dragon stuck in the modern world, with a chance at a clean slate and a society with fewer torches and pitchforks. Alternate Identity: Teagan Delphyne Identity: Secret Birthplace: Europe, alternate Earth Occupation: unemployed Affiliations: Gaian Knight Family: None local. Description: Age: 57 Apparent Age: mid-twenties Gender: female Ethnicity: lizard (Caucasian, in human form) Height: 6' (human), up to 16' (dragon) Weight: 165lbs / ~6 tons Eyes: red Hair: long, dark red Tall and fit with dark red hair and red eyes, few would disagree that Teagan is attractive, but not the sort of attractive one finds on a runway or the cover of a magazine; where willowy supermodels may look like they'd be blown over by a strong wind, Teagan Delphyne is better described as the strong wind itself. Strong, attractive features built on a (deceptively) strong frame, she wouldn't look terribly out of place in a set of armor at the head of a medieval army. It's something she's likely well aware of, as when fighting crime she dons a dark grey and red chestplate and cape over dark red pants and sturdy boots, her hair pulled up and her identity hidden under a simple domino mask. When changes to her true form, though, she looks like the thing the army rides against - then she is large and truly powerful, a European-style quadrupedal, horned dragon straight out of myth and legend. Her hide run tan along her underside but crimson everywhere else, a huge creature of teeth and scales and awful beauty. For all her savage glory, the intelligence behind her slitted red eyes mark her unmistakeably as above a common beast. Power Descriptions: Teagan's powers are typically either subtle or inherent to her being - the major exception to this is her fire breath, a directed storm of billowing red and orange flames. When changing shape her personal belongings disappear, clothes and mace simply lost from existence until she changes back. History: Once upon a time there was a dragon, living in a world where magic had never quite been traded in for science, and where the populace knew that dragons were something to be feared and destroyed, lest they destroy cities and eat livestock. And that's precisely what dragons did, too: difficult to gather together when your species is so competative, and nigh impossible to blend into human society when even if you could disguise your eyes and hair the magic that offered you human form left you marked with a symbol of what you truly were. It was simply the way of things: it was how Teagan was raised, and it was how she lived, until one day she encountered a dimensionally-displaced heroine from a little place called Freedom City. They fought, of course, but even a mighty dragon isn't prepared for modern technology; her last waking memory on her home was hitting the ground and assuming that the nearby peasants would take advantage of her weakness and finish her, once and for all. And then she woke up somewhere very different with a very strange man nearby. He smelled of earth and old magic, and patiently explained that this may have been the way of things, but circumstances had offered her a new way: a clean slate, in a new place, full of strange people and powers, where she could blend in, if she wanted. Where her kind was the stuff of unbelieved but fondly-remembered legends, where - if she chose, and wanted it badly enough - she could be respected, not feared...or at least, only feared by those worth being feared by. Where every day could be something new, and interesting, and carry fights to remember. Personality & Motivation: Teagan is proud, and she can be more than a little hot-headed, but with a new chance and a clean slate her heart's in the right place. Helping people - and having them thankful to be helped! - is both novel and deeply gratifying, and the ability to fight truly worthy fights is the delicious icing on a wonderful cake. She's loyal to a fault, enjoys a good challenge (and generally respects those who give her one), and generally willing to stand her ground, no matter the cost, for a good cause. She has a lot to learn about her new world, but she's not as thick-headed as she'd sometimes like to appear - she learns quickly, and looking foolish or out of place hurts her dignity enough that she puts real effort into trying to fit into modern day America. Powers & Tactics: No matter her form or the battle, her strategy is pretty straight-forward: hit it until it stops fighting back, and then stop hitting it. She's a little too used to being able to win by pure, overwhemling force, but she's a clever and experienced (if largely self-trained from said experience and observing her better-trained but less powerful opponents) fighter coming from a lifetime of being hunted for being what she was. Complications: Dragon: Dragon. Abilities: 14 + 2 + 14 + 4 + 0 + 4 = 38pp Strength: 24 (+7) / 40 (+15) Dexterity: 12 (+1) Constitution: 24 (+7) / 32 (+11) Intelligence: 14 (+2) Wisdom: 10 (+0) Charisma: 14 (+2) Combat: 8 + 8 = 16pp Initiative: +1 Attack: +6 (mace) / +9 (unarmed, human) / +7 (unarmed, dragon) / +4 Ranged Grapple: +16 / +30 / +40 Defense: +9 (+4 Base, +5 Dodge Focus) / +7 Dragon, +2 Flat-Footed Knockback: -3 / -15 Saving Throws: 2 + 7 + 9 = 18pp Toughness: +7 (+7 Con) / +15 (+11 Con, +4 Protection) Fortitude: +9 (+7 Con, +2) / +13 (+11 Con, +2) Reflex: +7 (+0 Dex, +7) Will: +9 (+0 Wis, +9) Skills: 68r = 17pp Bluff 8 (+10) Intimidate 16 (+18, +22 dragon) Knowledge (Arcane Lore) 8 (+10) Notice 13 (+13) Search 3 (+5) Sense Motive 10 (+10) Survival 10 (+10) Feats: 14pp Attack Focus (melee) 1 Attack Specialization (unarmed) 2 Dodge Focus 5 Move-by-Action Ritualist Startle Takedown Attack Ultimate Save (toughness) Uncanny Dodge (auditory) Powers: 45 + 4 + 16 + 3 + 6 + 3 = 77pp Alternate Form 9.2 (Drawbacks: Action [Move]) [45pp] (dragon form; magic, shapeshifting) Damage 3 (Extras: Area (General, Cone), Feats: Alternate Power 1) [7pp] (stacked on fire breath, below) AP: Super-Strength 10 (Heavy Load: 3,200 tons; Feats: Super-Breath, Thunderclap) (22/22) Flight 2 (25mph / 250 ft per move action) [4pp] Growth 8 (Extras: Permanent, Feats: Innate) [25pp] Protection 4 (Feats: Innate) [5pp] (dragon hide) Super-Movement 1 (Wall-Crawling) [2pp] Super-Senses 2 (All Visual (Extended), Normal Auditory (Extended)) [3pp] Comprehend 2 (Speak Any, Understand Any) [4pp] (gift of tongues) Damage 8 (Extras: Area (Cone)) [16pp] (fire breath) Device 1 (Flaw: Easy-to-Lose) [3pp] Feature (Masterwork; +1 Attack) [1pp] Strike 3 (Feat: Mighty) [4pp] Immunity 2 (Aging, Fire Effects (Flaw: Half)) [6pp] Super-Senses 2 (Detect Magic (olfactory, Acute), Infravision) [3pp] DC Block ATTACK RANGE SAVE EFFECT Unarmed (human) Touch DC22 Toughness (Staged) Damage (Physical) Unarmed (dragon) Touch (10') DC30 Toughness (Staged) Damage (Physical) Mace Touch DC25 Toughness (Staged) Damage (Physical) Fire Breath (human) 80' cone DC23 Toughness (Staged) Damage (Fire) Fire Breath (dragon) 110' cone DC26 Toughness (Staged) Damage (Fire) Thunderclap 55' radius DC21 Reflex Deafened DC21 Fortitude (-1/round) recover Totals: Abilities (38) + Combat (16) + Saving Throws (18) + Skills (17) + Feats (14) + Powers (77) - Drawbacks (0) = 180/180 Power Points Alright, here we go - almost semi sort of finalized...ish. Fluff probably needs a little revising, but I like to write it out and then come back to it later with a fresh mind. Working hero name of 'Tiamat' - it's dragon-associated, at least, and mythological enough to not be taken as her actual, literal name. There's such a lack of good female dragon names in mythology to draw from! Tiamat's technically associated more with the ocean than anything else, but she's a big force of chaos so hey. If I think of something better later I'll use that. Delphyne was too soft for a hero name, but works great as a last name, and gives her a bit of an earth association, which is nice; Teagan means 'little poet', which doesn't really suit her at all, which I find funny. Plus, I just really like the sound of the name. I call this version 1.1; stats haven't really changed from the last one, though I touched up the math a bit. Fluff's there, so the character has a better feel to her - she's hot-headed, she's proud, but if you need somebody at your back in a brawl, she's your girl. Sort of a Hawk Girl/Valkyrie feel, kind of. She's big, she's strong, she'll punch you in the face! She'll pull out her trusty mace if she thinks you're worth being hit by it. Hopefully she's an interesting foil for GK, who's much more laid-back and patient, and humble to a fault. Hopefully they'll be good influences on each other. Her Wisdom seems low for somebody her age (though in dragon terms, she's about as old as she looks! Her aging immunity isn't so much 'doesn't age' but 'ages so slowly relative to humans that she may as well not age'), but she's in a new place, with new people and new rules - Wisdom measures common sense and intuition, and her common sense and intuitions don't apply so well in modern Freedom City. She'll catch up, and then get a least Wis 12. Some day! Still need to figure out her casual wardrobe. I toyed with this way back when I was first trying to work out her design, on the idea that she could hang out with GK and help him with his professor stuff as sort of an informal assistant, but we'll see. Don't get me wrong, she looks good in a suit, but I'll have to play with it some more.

"Only if you want to," Mara hastened to add, bringing her gaze back down from the sky. "Don't have a spaceship or anything waiting - too...not sure, too extravagant? - but could probably get us to the moon, and could...'super-charge' your shield to provide life support. Not that hard, would just need a better battery, and a spatial funnel maybe." The young woman gestured futilely, glancing back upward. "Shouldn't be anyone up there to bother us, away from the city. Better not be. But up to you - don't want to take you if you're uncomfortable with it."

Wraith hit the ground running - running on all fours, no less, taking advantage of Citizen and Ghost Girl's distractions to sweep in from the side, one arm flowing into a hammer as she came near and ready to beat some villains into the ground. Something about Kimber's question gave her pause, though, combining with an uneasy feeling in the back of her mind to create just enough hesitation that her attack caught nothing but air. The alien's three eyes narrowed, neck craning out a bit as she inspected their adversary. "....I do not believe this person has done a very good job of changing their shape," she concluded, shooting a glance back at her comrades. "The bone structure, and the clothing...it is strictly....childish, like somebody with the ability but no sense of detail or practice. I do not know who this is, but I believe that they are attempting to trick us."

Move action: Shapeshift. Elongation 2 (10ft) [2pp] Speed 1 (10mph / 100 feet per Move Action) [1pp] Strike 5 (Feats: Improved Critical [19-20], Mighty) [7pp] Standard action: Charge! Melee Attack Roll vs. 'Rogue' (whip-clubs; Charge +2) (1d20 + 10 + 2=13) Bleh. But situationally appropriate; I'll allow it! Wraith is at -2 defense until her next turn.

[floatr][/floatr] Player Name: Fox Character Name: ????? Power Level: 11 (172/175pp) Trade-Offs: -4/+4 Attack/Damage, -4/+4 Defense/Toughness Unspent Power Points: 0 Progress To Bronze Status: 0/30 In Brief: Dragon! Alternate Identity: Identity: Secret Birthplace: Occupation: Affiliations: Gaian Knight Family: Description: Age: Apparent Age: mid-twenties Gender: Ethnicity: lizard (caucasian, in human form) Height: Weight: Eyes: red Hair: red (description pending) Power Descriptions: History: Brought to this Earth by mistake, and decided it wasn't so bad starting with a fresh slate.... Personality & Motivation: Proud, hot-headed bruiser, but her heart's in the right place and she's terribly loyal. Powers & Tactics: Hit it until it stops fighting back, then stop hitting it. Complications: Dragon: Dragon. Abilities: 14 + 2 + 14 + 4 + 0 + 4 = 38pp Strength: 24 (+7) / 40 (+15) Dexterity: 12 (+1) Constitution: 24 (+7) / 32 (+11) Intelligence: 14 (+2) Wisdom: 10 (+0) Charisma: 14 (+2) Combat: 8 + 8 = 16pp Initiative: +5 Attack: +6 (mace) / +9 (unarmed, human) / +7 (unarmed, dragon) / +4 Ranged Grapple: +16 / +30 / +40 Defense: +9 (+4 Base, +5 Dodge Focus) / +7 Dragon, +2 Flat-Footed Knockback: -3 / -15 Saving Throws: 2 + 7 + 9 = 18pp Toughness: +7 (+7 Con) / +15 (+11 Con, +4 Protection) Fortitude: +9 (+7 Con, +2) / +13 (+11 Con, +2) Reflex: +7 (+0 Dex, +7) Will: +9 (+0 Wis, +9) Skills: 68r = 17pp Bluff 8 (+10) Intimidate 16 (+18, +22 dragon) Knowledge (Arcane Lore) 8 (+10) Notice 13 (+13) Search 3 (+5) Sense Motive 10 (+10) Survival 10 (+10) Feats: 14pp Attack Focus (melee) 1 Attack Specialization (unarmed) 2 Dodge Focus 5 Move-by-Action Ritualist Startle Takedown Attack Ultimate Save (toughness) Uncanny Dodge (auditory) Powers: 45 + 4 + 16 + 3 + 6 + 3 = 77pp Alternate Form 9.2 (Drawbacks: Action [Move]) [45pp] (dragon form; magic, shapeshifting) Damage 3 (Extras: Area (General, Cone), Feats: Alternate Power 1) [7pp] (stacked on fire breath, below) AP: Super-Strength 10 (Feats: Super-Breath, Thunderclap) (22/22) Flight 2 [4pp] Growth 8 (Extras: Permanent, Feats: Innate) [25pp] Protection 4 (Feats: Innate) [5pp] (dragon hide) Super-Movement 1 (Wall-Crawling) [2pp] Super-Senses 2 (All Visual (Extended), Normal Auditory (Extended)) [3pp] Comprehend 2 (Speak Any, Understand Any) [4pp] (gift of tongues) Damage 8 (Extras: Area (Cone)) [16pp] (fire breath) Device 1 (Flaw: Easy-to-Lose) [3pp] Feature (Masterwork; +1 Attack) [1pp] Strike 3 (Feat: Mighty) [4pp] Immunity 2 (Aging, Fire Effects (Flaw: Half)) [6pp] Super-Senses 2 (Detect Magic (olfactory, Acute), Infravision) [3pp] DC Block ATTACK RANGE SAVE EFFECT Unarmed (human) Touch DC22 Toughness (Staged) Damage (Physical) Unarmed (dragon) Touch DC30 Toughness (Staged) Damage (Physical) Mace Touch DC25 Toughness (Staged) Damage (Physical) Fire Breath (human) Area (cone) DC23 Toughness (Staged) Damage (Fire) Fire Breath (dragon) Area (cone) DC26 Toughness (Staged) Damage (Fire) Thunderclap Area DC21 Reflex Deafened DC21 Fortitude (-1/round) recover Totals: Abilities (38) + Combat (16) + Saving Throws (18) + Skills (17) + Feats (14) + Powers (77) - Drawbacks (0) = 180/180 Power Points As promised above, a build for a Huge version - sort of a mix between her original Huge prototype build (not posted here, because it's awful and unformatted!) and some of the stuff from the Gargantuan build up above. Minor changes here and there...saves are altered a bit, and her breath attack is now a cone. This bugged me at first, because a line is too straight (I'd associate it more with some big beam-style attack), but a cone spreads too wide too quickly for me to believe it comes from something like a mouth. But I poked around and realized that generally when dragons are depicted breathing fire, it leaves their mouth in a very narrow cone...and spreads way out when it hits the ground. So I'm okay with cone, mechanically: the core of the flame would be narrower but as soon as it hit the ground (which would be soon!) it'd billow out into the mechanics-dictated cone shape. Much better for goon-sweeping, too! Less minor are the changes to physical stats, caps, and size. The reduction in dragon size means that her human form can afford better physical stats, in their raw, base ability forms. This is now one tough lady - she's strong, she's durable. She also now meets three sets of caps, which I personally find horrifying and hilarious: she's somewhat attack-shifted bare-handed, she's somewhat damage-shifted with the mace, and she's heavily damage-shifted in dragon form. And she meets her respective caps in all three (assuming her human form is built around PL8 caps). Haha! Algebra! Still waffling on the size thing, but given that a T-Rex (which got up to 13' high at the hip and 40' long) are apparently Growth 8 (Kensoooon! ), I might be okay with Growth 8 here, if I can take that 16' Growth height stat as literal height, probably at the shoulder for a quadrupedal fire-breathing lizard. She loses the area attack, too, on near-misses...unless her opponent is Small, anyway. C'est la vie - c'est, ce que c'est. Still on the wish-list, if I could (and decided to) swing them: full fire immunity; also - maybe, but at very low priority - quick-draw, to rapidly switch between the mace and unarmed (but she probably doesn't really need it - if you've gotta waste a move action, just Charge or something to make up for it). EDIT: Many thanks to Shaen, who pointed out that I was overcharging myself on super-senses, and that Power Attack wouldn't benefit the Dragon form as much as other feats might. Gave her another rank of flight and infravision with the freed points, and traded power attack for ritualist. Nobody suspects the mace-swinging dragon lady of knowing rituals and wards!

[bg=#555555]"Didn't think I needed one,"[/bg] Dragonfly admitted, frustratedly slumping. The armor around her lower face opened up on invisible seams, retracting back into the rest of her helmet. "Apparently just villains everywhere. Not like I don't enjoy kicking butt with you - I do - but not supposed to be...that kind of day! Spain, okay - populated. Should have expected crime. Here? No people here." She raised her hands in a grumpy gesture, shaking her head and looking upward as if expressing her grumpiness to some higher power. "The arctic. To get any less populated, would have to.....go to.......mmmmh." The hands dropped, the head tilted, and Mara was silent for a moment as she muttered math, still looking upward. "....ever been to space?"

Dragonfly tilted her head as she listened, lowering her arms to quietly tap a finger on the wall behind her. good answer [bg=#555555]"Good enough for me,"[/bg] she said, nodding. [bg=#555555]"Would have been more concerned if you had dismissed it outright. You know your possible limitations. A good thing. Have certainly had time to observe you, get to know you - we all have."[/bg] She shrugged, turning to look at Supercape. [bg=#555555]"No objections to...mmh. 'Promotion?' Security clearance, at very least. Could probably clear out workspace for him upstairs if he wants private rooms. Can't predict others' opinions, of course, but...phrase...'he has my vote'."[/bg]

[bg=#555555]"Growing increasingly convinced that being worshiped as a god isn't that hard,"[/bg] Dragonfly mused, swooping in on the Glacier King and his newly-exposed skin. [bg=#555555]"Find stupid people. Wave your arms a lot. Instant deification."[/bg] The plates on her right gauntlet flexed apart as her hand touched flesh, and something deep in the inner workings of her armor clicked. Electricity arced between her fingers as it fled from high-energy capacitors into the significantly more grounded villain. [bg=#555555]"Points for being stubborn, though."[/bg]