Avenger Assembled Posted July 4, 2010 Posted July 4, 2010 The OOC thread. The article is published under an anonymous byline: The Freedom City Ledger Editorial Staff. This thread is open to all characters, particularly those who know the Scarab and/or Bombshell.
Raveled Posted July 4, 2010 Posted July 4, 2010 Is this just for characters' various reactions? Or for people who will specifically be interacting with the Scarab/Bombshell/yellow journalists?
N/A Posted July 7, 2010 Posted July 7, 2010 If Elena's "Legacy" Benefit isn't enough to have Fletcher Beaumont's private number on file, then Elena will burn a HP to get it through her Connected feat.
Avenger Assembled Posted July 7, 2010 Author Posted July 7, 2010 The legacy feat is fine. I figure FB II's got a surprisingly good memory, so he recalls the number from old times.
N/A Posted July 8, 2010 Posted July 8, 2010 Psionics (44PP Dynamic Array) [*:1qa5hdji]ESP 14 (All Senses, Feats: Rapid 6 [x1,000,000], Subtle, Extras: Duration [sustained], Flaws: Action 2 [Full]) [49PP, 24 from HQ, 25 from Psionics array] [*:1qa5hdji]Communication 9 (Mental, Feats: Subtle, Extras: Two-Way) [19PP] The Scarab takes 20 on an extended search of the entire world for Doktor Archeville. She hits DC43. This takes her about 2.5 minutes. Once she finds him (assuming he's on Earth, which is a reasonable assumption given that he just called her on a telephone), she initiates Two-Way Mental Communication with him. Any outside observers at his location can make a DC34 Notice check to know that "something" is watching (or DC24 if they have any appropriate Super-Senses, like Mental Awareness). Anyone with the appropriate Super-Senses (again, like Mental Awareness) can make a DC20 Notice check to "spot" the Subtle Mental Communication going on (although they can't eavesdrop).
Dr Archeville Posted July 8, 2010 Posted July 8, 2010 Archeville is using his HQ's ESP ESP 10 (all, 200,000 mile range [entire planet, as well as satellites in orbit]; Extras: No Conduit, Simultaneous; Flaw: Medium [cameras for visual, microphones/listening devices for auditory and radio, chemsniffers for olfactory, pressure sensors for tactile, etc.]; PF: Subtle) ("Sensor Tap") [51/56p] to find Bombshell. By hacking into every traffic camera, security camera, ATM camera, webcam, iPhone, and other camera with an internet connection on the planet. He Takes 20 on the Search, and gets (using his Enhanced Int and the Enhanced Search of his HQ's systems) 40. Per this thread, it'd normally take a 3 months to do an extended search of the planet; 30 months to Take 20 on said search. 30 months = 90 days = 2,160 days = 51,840 hours = 3,110,400 minutes = 186,624,000 seconds Thanks to Doc's Mental Quickness 6 (x100), that'll only take 21.6 days. Too long! Use Electromagnetic Screwdriver as a co-processor for MOAR QUICKNESS! Enhanced Quickness 12 (x10,000; Flaw: Mental); brings total Mental Quickness to 18 (x1,000,000) 30 months = 90 days = 2,160 days = 51,840 hours = 3,110,400 minutes = 186,624,000 seconds becomes 3.1104 minutes, or 3 minutes 6.624 seconds (I really need to throw some Rapid PFs on that ESP.)
N/A Posted July 9, 2010 Posted July 9, 2010 She has Concealment against ESP, though his descriptors might bypass hers (actual cameras vs super-normal training).
N/A Posted July 16, 2010 Posted July 16, 2010 The Scarab shows up to the scene with Concealment active. Spend a minute to Take 20 on a Notice check at Fusion, and Take 10 on any applicable Sense Motive checks. The Scarab's Mind Reading check: 32. OK, the highest Will save Fusion can get is a 27, so she'll need 5 intervals worth of cumulative +1 bonuses before she even has a chance to boot The Scarab out of her head. That's like 5 hours. And obviously, using Extra Effort for an earlier save won't help. Fusion get a DC20 Notice check to pick up on the telepathy, as usual. Power Stunt: Concealment 10 (All Senses, Feats: Close Range, Extended Reach 2 [15ft], Progression [save DC] 3 [DC23], Selective, Extras: Affects Others, Flaws: Phantasm) [27PP]
N/A Posted July 16, 2010 Posted July 16, 2010 Also, if the question is "Did she use ESP to take 20 on a Search check scouting the area before she arrived?" or "Is she flying in Concealed?" the answer is "...Do you know me at all?"
N/A Posted July 25, 2010 Posted July 25, 2010 Ugh. Watching Arrowhawk hang a lampshade on this is painful. :wallbang: For the record, the only reason she made "mistakes on this scale" was because, for the sake of the plot at the time (not that I had any idea this was where the plot was headed), we ignored her +Accurate +Acute +Radius +Ranged Mental Sense which should've spotted Fusion's spying immediately, and because she discussed things with Bombshell out loud that I normally would have restricted to telepathy. In other words, this is an Idiot Plot, and I'm the one who carried the Idiot Ball. AA, you're welcome. Oh well. It's a good plot nonetheless. I guess we can blame it on The Scarab being all :love: .
N/A Posted July 25, 2010 Posted July 25, 2010 For the record, the command center and teleporter junction rooms are on opposite sides of The Lair, and it's not exactly a small complex. So, yeah, enjoy that walk. :D
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