Out of Game Talking.

Do we randomly generate?
Or can we import orphan's from the VnV forum?

And can we get an idea of the game world, so we can theme our characters.

Would you like us to PM possible characters?
Also, if you want random generation, I can give you a set of dice links to help.

character generation code, rolling 4d6 for characteristics (and dropping the lowest dice)
1. the post would be typed like this
   The character generation process follows a fairly linear path.
   First you will need to choose your character's race (human or otherwise). This choice can be modified if you change your mind during the process. Then you would need to choose what sex your character is (this could be affected by choice of race, as well). Finally you will need to choose your character's height and weight. Height should be between 4' and 7' while weight should be between 90lbs and 300lbs.
   Then, you will need to use the dice roller, the following links will guide you through the rolls to determine random characteristics. Please roll once for each of the links:
   [dice=4d6 dok=dl drop=1 memo="char roll" text="random characteristic roll"]
   [dice=4d6 dok=dl drop=1 memo="char roll" text="random characteristic roll"]
   [dice=4d6 dok=dl drop=1 memo="char roll" text="random characteristic roll"]
   [dice=4d6 dok=dl drop=1 memo="char roll" text="random characteristic roll"]
   [dice=4d6 dok=dl drop=1 memo="char roll" text="random characteristic roll"]
   Now assign these five numbers to Strength, Endurance, Agility, Intelligence, and Charisma as you see fit.
   Now, we need to find out your powers. The number of powers you get will be:
   [dice=1d6+2 ones=yes memo="powers roll" text="number of powers"]
   To find out what the powers are, you roll percentile dice for each power and compare it to a chart.
   The specific chart to use depends on the source of power desired. The choices are:
   [list][*]Powers (innate abilities)[*]Devices (technological devices)[*]Skills (extreme training)[*]Magic/Psionic Items (mystical devices)[*]Magic/Psionics (innate mystical abilities)[/list]
   For the number of times indicated by the previous roll, choose one of the following links and click to roll.
   [dice=1d100 memo="Powers table" text="innate ability"]
   [dice=1d100 memo="Devices table" text="technological devices"]
   [dice=1d100 memo="Skills table" text="extreme training"]
   [dice=1d100 memo="Magic/Psionic Items table" text="mystical devices"]
   [dice=1d100 memo="Magic/Psionics table" text="innate mystical abilities"]
   One other percentile dice is rolled to determine a weakness.
   Use the following link once:
   [dice=1d100 memo="Weakness table" text="weakness roll"]
   Please copy the results of your rolls and paste into your next post.
   
2. and would look like this:
   The character generation process follows a fairly linear path.
   First you will need to choose your character's race (human or otherwise). This choice can be modified if you change your mind during the process. Then you would need to choose what sex your character is (this could be affected by choice of race, as well). Finally you will need to choose your character's height and weight. Height should be between 4' and 7' while weight should be between 90lbs and 300lbs.
   Then, you will need to use the dice roller, the following links will guide you through the rolls to determine random characteristics. Please roll once for each of the links:
   random characteristic roll
   random characteristic roll
   random characteristic roll
   random characteristic roll
   random characteristic roll
   Now assign these five numbers to Strength, Endurance, Agility, Intelligence, and Charisma as you see fit.
   Now, we need to find out your powers. The number of powers you get will be:
   number of powers
   To find out what the powers are, you roll percentile dice for each power and compare it to a chart.
   The specific chart to use depends on the source of power desired. The choices are:
   
   • Powers (innate abilities)
   • Devices (technological devices)
   • Skills (extreme training)
   • Magic/Psionic Items (mystical devices)
   • Magic/Psionics (innate mystical abilities)
   
   For the number of times indicated by the previous roll, choose one of the following links and click to roll.
   innate ability
   technological devices
   extreme training
   mystical devices
   innate mystical abilities
   One other percentile dice is rolled to determine a weakness.
   Use the following link once:
   weakness roll
   Please copy the results of your rolls and paste into your next post.

It should be noted that the GM can not properly use these links.
This message was last edited by the player at 05:05, Thu 12 Sept 2013.

hi guys!

thanks for spelling all that out, won't have to dig my book out of my gaming stuff now :)

IF that's the way the boss decides to go.

Hello.

Is it me your looking for?

Cuz I wonder where you are, and I wonder what you do.

:P

Ready to get to it!  Seems like the game is just getting started and still getting built.

I'm sure we will get more info soon.

I for one would be up for some new random rolling...although I'm usually not super lucky in that area...:)

Random rocks tho!

but I get a feeling it might be slight steered random if anything so we don't end up too powerful for the world.

Yes, random rocks.
Sometimes, so does Lionel Richie.
Did you see the cool names in the private list?
There's a prince, a king, and a colonel. That's all well and goo, but for some reason I am now preparing to warp my character so that I can use the name 'Hero X'

In reply to Hero 3 (msg # 7):

Maybe I'll name my guy Commodore.

At least, until he goes solo.

Then: Lion-El.

He'll be from Krypton.

Not sure why all the Lionel Richie jokes, but I can do this...wait for it...All Night Long.

All night.

Feel good!  Ya feel good!

Random does rock. I leave it up to you guys, the players, to submit a VnV character for approval. You can design it, randomly roll it, design it with me, design it on the roller as outlined above, but bear in mind that ther should be the following guidelines:

1: You get ONE reroll, on anything, at anytime. sometimes you get rerolls as a bonus.

2: If you go Random,

1d6 = 1-3 =male, 4-6 = female
Age is 13 +2d6 (15 to 25)
Weight is 5d6 x10 if male, 5d4 x 10 if female

If you are a robot, all of your stats are 15

If you are an Android, all of your stats are 17

You can pick:

Str: 13, End 13, Agil 15, int 15, Cha 15 to start

or

Str 15, End 15, Agil 15, Int 13, Int 13

Or

Roll 2d10 for each. (2 to 20)

you need a name, a secret id name, and then need to make a total of six percentage die rolls, in a series. This will determine your background/ origin. 80% of you will be from Beacon City, and more than likely will be human, but alien, extradimensional, and out of time backgrounds are possible.

THe world is like our world, science works like our science more or less, but:

1. There seem to be Aliens, of some kind. At least there are powered individuals claiming to be aliens.

2. There seems to be "magic" it is undetermined if it is super psionics or supernatural power at work. people are scared of it.

3. Transportation technology is slightly more advanced in this world than in ours, and this world has a much more robust space program, with permanent space stations at the north and south poles, and a hub at the equator.

4. Governments keep an eye on Superheroes, but dont go crazy and try to register them or anything. The UN maintains the hidden Global superprison.

5. Most people at work in the Superhero field that dont have a record, arent an antihero, etc. follow "The Code". Silver Knight's 1954 book on Superheroics and Ethics. This generally defines "good". It is NOT a requirement, and most younger heroes scoff at its boy scout views.

6. Enhanced individuals have always been around, many theorize, but there was an explosion of them in the post war world (1946+), leading many scientists to speculate on use of atomic weaponry in tests as being a species trigger.

since random can generate a large number of powers, is there a limit to the number we can have?

Technically no. The upper level heroes (Alphaman, etc) are STRONG, and themselves are a dterrent to all out crime war. Part of this game will be control of power, and wise use  of it. i will try to keep as much of a balance as i can. Common sense should apply and so should if you can make it work.

I'll sit down when I get home tonight and get started then.  (I'm rather new to V&V though.)

i would ask that those familiar with V and v help those not familiar with the process, and i will be available as well

Howdy!
Just joined group
Hope I haven't missed much!

Gonna roll up soon.

I'll happily take some help.  (tomorrow as my comp just lost its ethernet card and router got fried.  didn't know you could get surges though cables...)

I will throw up a dice procedure for ya, and see how we go from there...


1d6
2d6+13

1d6+2+W=NP

W=Weakness
NP=Number of Powers

d% x NP = for each power, pick from the Powers, Devices, Magic, Magic Items, Skills Tables, and roll d% for each one: (43 on Powers, 60 on Skills, etc.

d% x 10

5d6 x 10

5d4 x 10

2d10 x 5

d% x 5


Roll up that set of numbers, anywhere you want, and ill come back with a set of stats/powers for you to work with, under VnV rules.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:32, Sat 14 Sept 2013.

how is what's there different than what's in the book? if it's ok to ask.

This sequence accounts for all aspects of random generation, and leaves in other variables that would skew it enough to be unique every time. I ypher the die rolls so that even if you got a book, you wont know what your power roll resuults will be.

I guess the only real major difference is that stats are at 2d10 rather than 3d6.

very cool!

by anywhere you want, you mean I can pull out my dice bag and do it and then just send the results?  cool!

By all means!

Rolled up a hero, confused on "CIA's Manned Orbiting Laboratory Crew" option.  Would those choices be *in addition to* regular char gen, or instead of?  I'd def like Mercury Man (MM) to have a PhD in some type of science (magnetism?), and all those extra powers (bionics, etc) are nothing to scoff at.

Here's what I rolled up so far, like it!  (Changed to PM, you can all learn about Mercury Man as we play.)

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This message was last edited by the player at 08:13, Tue 17 Sept 2013.

Nice.

Pswitch -- thanks.

So, what's Pswitch?!?!
:)

Pswitch is a costumed hero in this city.
She is a 'telekinetic': it appears to be, by far, her defining Power as a super hero, and she is very powerful in it.

I am working on her heroic appearance now: but thinking of a combination of Lawrence of Arabia and 'V' ... the whole swirling robes and porcelain mask.

She, of course, has a mundane identity ... but I'd prefer to leave that for game play to reveal.

Just a thought ...

If anyone takes a hero named 'Gamemaster',
how confusing that could be on rpol!

*Dont do it!!*

Heh

The Wizard is, also, one of the city's costumed vigilantes. On the other hand, nobody really knows what his power is. It's suspected he doesn't, either.
It doesn't help that he was once seen thwarting a carjacking while wearing clam diggers, a smiley-face t-shirt covered by a formal dickie (complete with ruffles), an easter bonnet, platform shoes, and a beach towel tied on as a cape. By all accounts, the intended victim was spared because the perpetrators couldn't stop laughing (they're responding well to treatment).

This message was deleted by the player at 08:21, Tue 17 Sept 2013.

Stan found an alien artifact, which bonded with him and identified itself as "Argonoid".  Argonoid spoke to him, and changed him -- boosting his intelligence and agility, gave him amazing powers over metals.  Following Argonoid's directions and his own creative designs, he built an amazing powered armor suit.

Mercury Man was born.

Welcome, Mercury Man and Wizard. I do certainly look forward to meeting you both in play.

The Wizard was, actually, a stage magician that had a nervous breakdown, of sorts. The efforts of his unscrupulous manager and the shady practitioners that were hired gave him some abilities. He is serious about fighting crime and righting wrongs, but not as tightly tethered to reality as most people.

Are people rolling up characters or bringing in characters?

Rolled mine up...just waiting on a couple answers from the GM and will finish up the backstory.  (Still need a name...but I'll get there!  suck at names)

I rolled up mine and am finishing up the back story as well.

I rolled mine up using a bag of dice older than most of my furniture. The dice are actually a good deal more awesome than the character. They've actually been through the Suez!
Not that this makes any difference.

I read the Beacon City information, and just wanted to ask how nice Charlton Street is?

Charlton and Fawcett are old school neighborhoods that went through a successful urban renewal in the early 90s, and Charlton is known for its easy going blue collar environment. lots of 100 year old apartment buildings, brownstones. Very close to Beacon College on Gold Key Avenue.

The Wizard now knows where The Wizard wishes to reside! I'll be the eccentric that lives in the top apartment of the old brownstone on Charlton Street.

I need someplace..quiet..and few neighbors.

Everyone is going good, the characters are AWESOME!

Yes, high quality creations!

Um, am I the only one w/o a character sheet?
Narrator has to switch that on in GM settings,
not on by default (an rpol flaw, IMO).

Mine is mostly done.  Just needs DM help to finish as I am new to the system...

I mean the actual 'edit character sheet' part of our rpol characters.

I don't have access to make one yet.

I, too, have wondered at the character sheet issue. Perhaps it's about space...
BTW, I also don't have a character sheet.

We never close!

Character Sheets are up, can I get a status up date from everyone about their character?

I need to fill mine out, finish up the PM discussion with you.

Just been swamped at work.  will have it finished in a day or two though.

still need to talk to you about a few things, Fearless Leader.

I need to fill mine out.  Just been swamped with moving.  Will have it finished in a day or two though.

Do we have a "start here" thread up?  Are we interactimg 'in-character' somewhere?

Character done. Filled out character sheet, and description, and bio, et. al.
Changed my portrait several times (still not happy with it).
Ready to go.

Character done, all stats computed (with & w/o powered Armor suit).

I think MM needs a ranged attack...?

We are still here... just a touch of medical leave. Back now.

Excellent.     :-)

Welcome back!  Glad you're still kicking.

Hope there's no permanent damage.
Strangely, that prompts me to wonder which I fear most, permanent damage or marks on my permanent record.

It's all good, my language skills of being able to speak fluent Barking, Raving, and Raging lunatic came in handy! holy crap!

Wow.  Makes one really wonder what 'medical leave' means...?

Wife & myself & 11 mo baby spent 5 hrs in hospital today b/c we discovered our kid can't handle Peanuts.
His first taste of peanut butter was today -- and it was a quick allergy attack which got pretty impressively bad FAST.
But all is well now.  Whew!
(And now we both get to carry Epi-Pens.  Fun...)

Oh goodness.
My bubba is 22m now. And I remember her first tastes of peanut, strawberry, etc ... we all but had the car running, just in case.
I am sorry to hear that your bubba suffers such; I can only image how that must feel for you.

Now that you mention it, he reacted to strawberries also I think.

Appreciate the empathy.  We love our smooshie boy; he's a good kid.
He's big, he's a big chunka chunk o'baby squishy, he's huggable, and it's all good.

:)

I love hearing your love for him.
May your lives be filled with much joy; and very few peanuts.

My peanut-sensitive boy's in college, but I remember the projectile vomiting.
I have to admit, there's still some guilt. I just wanted to see if he would like peanut butter.
Fortunately, the other two don't have that problem. Now that he's out of the house, they're finally discovering the joys of PB&J.

I work as a direct aid minister, and gotta say, people lately, have really, really, been off the wall. And it is not the usual drugs, crime, poverty, and booze. It has been a weird social craziness. Hard to describe.

I hear that on the food allergy stuff.I have a deadly one to shrimp and coconuts, the shrimp one being so bad that I dont even mess with fish, just to be careful. I used to carry an epi-pen, but long ago, i just toook pretty strict control of my diet. the thing you really need to watch is oil. They put peanut oil in everything. Second t that? Coconut oil.

My youngest, Duncan James, (named for Duncan Idaho from Dune) had Cats and Eggs, but now seems to have acclimated by age 5, but it was rough going at first when it came to jabs. Food allergies and kids can be some scary stuff, to be sure. Getting them to realize what they have early on, and look for trouble helps a lot.

I hear you.  My daughter is allergic to coconuts as well.  It's in freaking everything.

Wife has some significant allergies too.  But I have none.  Odd.

As a child, I was allergic to almost everything -- peanuts, many veggies, chocolate, cheese, dogs, cats, and some other stuff.  Coconut & shrimp were ok, though.  But it was all 'mild' allergies -- scratch, sneeze, itch, but no real worries.

(Then again, both parents smoked 2+ packs a day and I had horrible life threatening asthma, and they didn't realize that maybe the cigs were affecting me.)

It's interesting -- I wonder if he'll grow out of it like I did by my mid 20's, or if he's got it for life...?

I appreciate the positive support on rpol.  I'm damned impressed with the players on here.
(errrr, most of 'em. heh)

Mercury Man is only allergic to ... villains.  'Sneeze!'  "ATTACK!!!"

Wow, that was me, too.


Can't wait to see how this game starts, and what the GM does with it.

I am going to start the first post over the weekend, and we an ease into it. Any other relevant details we can hammer out as we go. I think we are pretty much ready to go?

Please remember that there is an arc to character development, and that it will take a little time for you to get a handle on your character and to "find" them.

I've got a pm waiting for an answer on powers to finalize char.  Otherwise ready and raring to go!

OOC: My Oldest Brother is extremely sick, and may die. But i need to game to keep from falling apart. My access is spotty. He has been sick for a while, but this is hard to deal with.

Issue 1, "Turmoil is the Time Thief!" is on hold until I get back to town. please stand by.

He will either make it or he wont.

Oh damn.  I'm sorry to hear it.  You have my thoughts and prayers.

Dear.  That's harsh.  Our best wishes, to you both.

Already wished you the best in other game, but good wishes deserve repeating.

Say what you need to say, take care of business, and don't forget to feed your soul.

No expectations, but thought it's time to ask if any news/updates?

Best wishes to all for Holidays / NYE!

PEACE - MM

Holidays are a game killer, and i am working on the first adventure and working out how to do direct realtime mapping. standby, and use this time to develop. I have also moved in above a comic shop, so in addition to this game being played on here, there is a LIVE part of it going to start as well iam also doing prep for that. The goal is to make a freeform, come as you are, "Marvel Universe" of a sort, but the players define the marvel. I intend this game to be RAD, and run for a long time.

Congrats!

Um, you are a player, no?  Or is this the GM in another guise?

No.  9x is the GM in his/her GM guise.

So, 9x is the GM, and his mild-mannered alter ego is the player, unless you can manage to find the RLRT game in which case it's the guy living over the comic book shop.
Would anybody mind if I just cleared my brain of such clutter and just tried to play? As slippery as my mind is it's quite difficult to get a grip on anything.

Think we all have been waiting to play, don't think it's gonna happen.

But y'never know.  :)

No we are playing. I just need to get all these holiday creeps out of the house!

TO clarify, I am chuck, i just moved.

9x is a character in the game, that I run. He is an Alien inventor with stretching powers, and one of the main NPCs

I know the feeling.  I just got home today.  I was figuring things would pick back up after New Years when people had more brainpower.

And, we're on!

This first post is a cutaway "meanwhile" sort of post, you are all not there, in a comic, this would be the first few panels, intro pages... the next parts are intro parts, for you guys, left open to describe what you are up to... Mercury Man and Forge know each other well, but the rest of the team has yet to meet.

When writing a post? Go on the assumption that whatever you are doing at the moment, by some way or another, you can hear the BCPD respond to this event (police scanner, hear it out the window, it wakes you up, etc...)

This post is also LOADED with plot threads, things to follow up on....

Bear in mind, I do NOT expect you guys to be fully developed yet as characters or as a team, and so begins our intro...

Not sure why you bumped that last post 'in' the main thread.  Should've gone to OOC, IMO.

But from what I see, it's Pswitch's turn, no?

Indeed. And I'd love to know the answers to my questions, so I can make a post for her.

These questions...?

Or did you PM your questions?


Not sure if we're doing it here, but it LOOKS LIKE we are allowed to post our actions right up to when the NPC's INIT's go, no?  Seems like.

Ok, let's do that.
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 15:45, Tue 07 Jan 2014.

From V&V book, from Appendix 8.1 'Speed Conversion' on pg 44:

inches per turn / 4.4 = mph
mph * 4.4 = inches per turn
1 inch = 5 feet

I can't offer a metric conversion there, but with Google you could probably figure it out quickly enough.  (Why the heck USA never went metric is hella annoying to me.)

Dunno if that helps you...?

So Pswitch can use TK out to 42".
In game terms, that's 210', right?
And in metric, that means 64 meters.


She can TK stuff (including herself) at 42" per turn.
In game terms, that's 210', right?
Which in metric means she flies at 64 meters a turn.
= 75.5 kilometers per hour (or 47 miles per hour) ... based on approx 3sec per turn


Does that seem right?
This message was last edited by the player at 08:32, Wed 08 Jan 2014.

Sorry, I get 42" per turn = 9.5 MPH, not very fast.

for DISTANCE/TIME, use the 4.4 conversion.
For a general sense of distance, you can use the 1" = 5'.'

What I'd do is compute the distances with 4.4 conversion, then convert that to meters / Kilometers per hour.

Oh, you are probably correct.
So 210' per turn (3 seconds?) is 4,200' per minute.
= 252,000' per hour
= 3.9 miles per hour.

Is that math correct?
Which would make her TK movement about 'walking speed'


I have no idea what you mean by 'use 4.4 conversion'.
This message was last edited by the player at 08:52, Wed 08 Jan 2014.

Use this conversion ==> inches per turn / 4.4 = mph

Don't use ==> 1" = 5'

You'll get 42"/turn = 9.5mph

Wse this data to compute your metric conversion.


Sorry to confuse.

inches per turn divided by 4.4 = mph

4.4 is the magic number to convert movement in V&V.

Yeah, Forge hasn't gotten into the INIT tree yet.

GM, are you gonna add Forge into the scene?

Oh, great.  Thanks MM, that's a very useful formula.  I appreciate the tip.

I'm hustling to get there..you can probably hear my clanging footfalls.

Aha, thought I heard something.

Nah, I think my character is dealing with flying bombs.  A bit distracted.  :D

Sorry for the delay.  Holidays kill me.  I'm still unsure of the system.  Char sheet just needs to be filled out and I'll be good to go.  Will try to figure all that out tonight or tomorrow.

hi Dr. Flux!

Excellent PC hustling. Helping each other with detail work and concepts in this = experience awards

NOTE: Move rates, of any kind, are further divided from "inches per turn" by the number of the characters PHASES PER TURN.

Example: The Molten Man moves at 100" (or, 500 feet) per turn. With his best initiative roll, he comes out in combat with 4 phases, making his maximum normal 25" per Phase. The molten man can move 125 feet in a split second, then make an attack with lava bombs, (or attack and THEN move.) this all occurs inside of your character's PHASE.

The strategy in this is being able to visualize position (we are keeping this warmup combat loose on purpose) and then try to anticipate where combat could go. Visualizing time is also important. though, on the board, a combat could take months? in game, a "Turn" is a few SECONDS. It is granted that you guys can talk, etc. inside of that timeframe.

Think of the inches in movement as a "fund":

Example: The Molten Man is getting punched out by The Invader.. The molten man gets pissed, and decides to burn all 100" of his movement rate for the turn, on a haymaker attack at full speed to the Invader's gut. After making this move, the Molten Man will be stationary for the rest of the turn. He ran out of move rate. He "burned" it, or "spent" it, etc.

Note that Molten Man will still be able to make movement type actions (like drawing his heat gun, and then attacking with it) he just wont be able to physically move.

Being able to work all the conversions and visualize is key. 100mph = 440"/turn = 2200 feet per turn, for example...

Hey Hey!  I like...!
This message was last edited by the player at 09:39, Thu 09 Jan 2014.

Not sure, but I think Pswitch & MM have gone & its bomb's turn?

How do you pronounce Pswitch, btw?

Silent 'P'. Like in 'Psionic Witch'.

Pretty cool name.  Figure she's pretty heavy psi, no?

Thanks.
'Psi' in VnV is relative and ambiguous; but she is very strong with the TK.

Taking about weights:
Does anyone know what the average weight of a car is? A truck? A motorcycle?

I don't even know these things in their metric equations.  But I'm trying to get a handle on how much mass Psitch can handle, in a practical sense.

2.2 pounds per kilogram

Thanks.  I'll keep that formula handy.
But does anyone know how much the common vehicle weighs (in either measurement)?

Something I've kept around... (this is in pound btw)

200 Manhole cover
400 Sport motorcycle, Piano, Drum of oil (full)
450 Snack vending machine
500 Dumpster (empty, but can hold up to 3000)
750 Soda vending machine
800 Touring motorcycle
1000 Telephone pole
1300 Sailboat
1800 U-haul trailer
2600 Medium missile
3400 20' Propane tank (empty, but can hold up to 2000 gal (16,000 lbs))
3500 Car, Large missile
4000 Granite monument
5000 Small forklift, 20’ Metal cargo container (empty, but can hold up to 53,000), Large meteor
6000 10' Jersey Barrier
7000 Truck, Limo
9000 40’ Metal cargo container (empty, but can hold up to 67,000)
10,000 Old-School atomic bomb
14,000 Small jet, Combat helicopter, School bus, Semi trailer (empty, but can hold up to 61,000)
15,600 Uber Rail Gun Shell
16,000 Howitzer, 'Twinkie' Travel trailer
19,000 Semi tractor
25,000 Armored car (empty, but can hold up to 10,000)
27,000 Jet fighter, Subway car
30,000 Motorhome RV
40,000 Mobile home, Greyhound bus
55,000 Infantry fighting vehicle
63,000 Railroad boxcar (empty, but can hold up to 200,000)
80,000 Bull dozer, Fire truck (empty, but can hold up to 15,000)
110,000 Tank
160,000 Crane, Double-wide mobile home
156,000 Typical water tower 125’ tall (empty, but can hold up to 120,000 gal (1,000,000 lbs))
220,000 Space shuttle
240,000 200’ Radio tower
250,000 Locomotive engine
300,000 Typical Wooden house
360,000 Giant mining dumptruck (empty, but can hold up to 620,000)
400,000 Nuclear reactor core
440,000 Large plane, Titan II rocket
450,000 Statue of Liberty
600,000 Large Brick house
759,000 Hydro-electric generator
880,000 Trawler
1,300,000 Giant crane
1,320,000 1000’ Radio tower
1,600,000 Giant mining excavator
1,760,000 Drilling rig
2,970,000 Uber Rail Gun
3,520,000 Small bridge
7,040,000 Military tugboat
11,000,000 300' Rocket launch tower
14,000,000 Eiffel tower
14,080,000 Destroyer, Large submarine
27,500,000 Freighter (unloaded)
55,000,000 Freighter (loaded), Cruiser, Large bridge
730,000,000 Empire State Building
This message was last edited by the player at 01:28, Sun 12 Jan 2014.

Oh Doc, that's exactly what I was looking for.  Ta, ta.
I'll be copy-pasting this for future reference.


I've just managed to pull this from the net:

Hyundai Accent: 2,396 pounds (1,086kg / 1+ tones)
MINI Cooper: 2.535 pounds
Honda Civic: 2,617 pounds
Ford Focus: 2,935 pounds
Toyota Prius: 3,042 pounds (1,380kg)
Toyota Camry: 3,190 pounds
Subaru Impreza: 3,208 pounds
Mazda MAZDA6: 3,323 pounds (1,500kg / 1.5 tones)
Subaru Outback: 3,495 pounds
Nissan Maxima: 3,540 pounds
Toyota Avalon: 3,572 pounds
BMW 5-Series: 3,814 pounds
BMW 740i Sedan: 4,344 pounds (1,970kg / 2- tones)
This message was last edited by the player at 01:39, Sun 12 Jan 2014.

I've, sort of, recovered from the holidays. Hope I'm not stepping on anyone's toes jumping in as I did. I'll attempt to hold the surrealism to the minimum necessary, let me know if it goes too far.

I think it might be time to get out the sketch pad...

Actually, the bomb would start slow, but in ten seconds would be traveling at 352 kph (about 218 mph). Ten seconds later, it would out pace The Wizard and slow down.

@ The Wizard -- but doesn't your gravity control have a range?

What happens when that bomb leaves your range?  Normal gravity returns, no?

The spell is new, and you said, "I make it weigh ___"  and the magic responds to that. the spell is cast. witha power as variable as spells can be, I use GM option to say that you need to be specific about what happens, and choose your wording the right way. There is no "monkeys paw" twisting of words, or pact with a demon type stuff going on, you just tap into "magic" and can control it, but you need to be specific in both mind and word...

ASlo, ten seconds is a LONG time in V&V!!!

This is a POWERFUL group. If you guys make a group all official like, it would be a hard one to top.

I wasn't really concerned about how the game was going, I just have a thing about gravity.
I once spent an afternoon calculating exactly how far someone would fall before reaching terminal velocity, just for fun.

Wow, that seems like a pretty handy spell!

Congrats Wizard!!!

:D
This message was last edited by the player at 07:28, Wed 15 Jan 2014.

And finally good to go!

20:24, Today: Dr. Flux rolled 20 using 1d10+16. init phases.

Should I post in the IC thread or wait till my phase comes up?

Are all our characters ready to go?

Everyone post up when ready for first round of phases, remember you can move and attack, or attack and then move...

Anyone having trouble at grasping when to go in initiative? Like when to go, etc?

still working out a few things with the game master so go around my init for the moment?  I'm sorry I seem to be holding everyone up.

Doc Flux is up next.

No no, Forge, you are not holding anything up. It can be confusing in general knowing when to go... figure a post per attack, and in rough order,  you dont need to wait for the posts to match the initiative rolls, just describe what you are doing, like this:

Phase 33:

I set my squirtgun to kill, and fire on the  closest cossack to me.

( the use of "I" and "me", etc, is assumed that you mean your character )

I am here, february sure does suck giant rocks!!!

anything we can do to help?

Perhaps if you could change the weather... wait, you mean irl?

Maybe if players don't post in a reasonable amount of time,  we go forward anyway?
We are getting bogged down, no?

I agree, totally. We lost Dr. Flux's player, so  modify any goals yo may have for that member of the group. We have a new guy, Hero 6, and Tuatara is still missing. As a group, you guys are sort of like The Champions from Marvel so far.

It's also time to start drawing... :)

20 Cossacks or 5 Cossacks?
Slightly uncertain if Cossacks have taken their action & we continue, or ...?


Can someone really be missing if they never show up?
This message was last edited by the player at 08:23, Wed 19 Feb 2014.

I'm just *patiently* awaiting my Init to come round.

UHGG! Work! Please excuse my absence.

we totally understand!

Ok... but we'll need a note from your mother or it's going on your permanent record.

New map is up!

Are we stuck, or dead?

:(

Stuck, I hope.

If it's just stuck, well we're really ...

STUUuUUuUuuUuUuUuuUUUuUUuUuuUuUuUuuUUUuUUuUuuuUUUuUUuUuuUuUuUuuUUCK!

It's limbo, again, and I forgot my hooka this time.

the GM logged in to this game March 26..

maybe we should try Rmail, see what's up?

Im here, just having some connect trouble. Post on Monday!

AWESOME!!!!!

Monday, April 7, 2014???

Ooooh, exciting...

Yes, we all want to make connections. I've often thought one of the defining aspects of sentience is the recognition of isolation.

I hate it when me and the internet fight, but we made up.

Lemme guess -- internet won?
:)

All's fair in love and TCPIP?

that sounds like the world dominating organization we need to stop! lol

anyone still around?

@ Forge -- yeah, I'm here.

The Wizard is here, and referring to himself in third person, again.

Uh, what year is it again?
:)

Man, this game is NOT moving very fast.

Anyone ready to take their next action?
heh

Slowing slowing slowing...

Stopped?

YEP.

unfortunately..

And then, after more than a year of silence in the game -- but not getting deleted, the team voted to change the game name to "Heroes of Bacon City"...?

I like it!

That's nice, and the GM is just going to let us rename the game out of nowhere. That's really pig of him.

He's no swine, that GM.

Dunno about y'all, but I'm sad about the silence in *ALL* of my games.
:(

So, to boost my spirits I uninstalled a torrented app (thank you, http://kickass.to) & bought it for myself for holidays.
:)

One of (Samsung) Android's advantages over iPhone = (so called) 'IR Blaster'
SMART IR REMOTE app
https://play.google.com/store/...s?id=com.remotefairy

It's not the cheapest app, but it sure is fun remote controlling *almost everything*!
Works on my TV, sound system, cable box, (and devices at work, in bars, etc etc).
(Only doesn't control my ROKU, and that's got a separate remote control app.)

I'm not affiliated with the company, I'm just bored on rpol & wanna stir things up.
(and y'never know, someone else might be looking for something like this too?)

Happy 2015 folks!

I've been playing stupid F2P games like Marvel Contest of Champions, Marvel PuzzleQuest, and Injustice on Android.  Man, I know there's a New Years resolution in there somewhere...!

OMG, add "Heroes & Castles 2" to the Android game list!  Awesome!

Stopped playing Injustice & Contest of Champions,
still playing PuzzleQuest and now also Marvel Future Fight.
And Hearthstone sometimes, too.

I've finally managed to get mine to run Google Play (it started out as Ice Cream Sandwich, give me a break). Most of the time I use it for NPR One and Overdrive (local library has a digital presence).

@Wizard  - Overdrive?  I used that for awhile, finally just started torrenting books b/c it's so much less painful!

Happy Holidays!!!

Looks like we are dead, Jim.

Happy Holidays!

Happy Independence Day!

Yay, we are free from oppression and tyranny, able to pursue our destinies...
More or less.

Yay

In reply to Mercury Man (msg # 165):

You're obviously still single.

Ha!
Married w/child, another due in Nov.
I'm sarcastic...

Just thought I would point out the two Independence Days we missed.

lets not miss this one :)

Not being American, I didn’t actually miss them.
But I hope you all enjoy this upcoming one.

It this Independence Day 3, or 4?
And is Will Smith still leading the cast?

It's been so long, that I thought Mercury Man was someone else!  HA

Will Smith has graduated to Djini status.  Just got a copy of Aladdin, haven't watched it -- figure it's ideal for 2yr & 6yr olds more than myself.

I did also watch Godzilla King of the Monsters.  Some reviewer said it was so much better than Pacific Rim 1 & 2, and while I was disappointed by #2, they were both waaay better than any Godzilla movie to date.  That said, I'm hopeful someone picks up the Titans vs SuperRobots mantle and starts taking it in a better way that Transformers.  Haven't seen it yet, but I'm hopeful.

Independence Day?  Indepence from what?  We traded one set of nobles for another.  It's getting near time to get rid of these ones too.  They are anti-society and so selfish, better to get those funds back in circulation to help the masses again.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:46, Tue 20 Aug 2019.

Just re-read my character sheet.

Wow, this might be one of my cooler V&V characters!
Very well thought out!

:D

I, too, reread my character sheet. I really, really want to play this guy.

I re-read mine as well..and yup, I want to play him..alot :)

... and I’d certainly be up for seeing how Pswitch played.

I'm also realizing I named The Wizard's alter ego after a character in Spinal Tap.

"Also"?

Did anyone else name their alter ego after anyone in Spinal Tap?

HA HA HA

It's actually worse than I thought. The Wizard's alter ego has the same name as Fran Drescher's character in Spinal Tap.
Yes, that's right. Outside his outré attire The Wizard is known as Robert 'The Fantastic' Flechman, stage magician. Of course, his friends call him 'Bobby'.

My character never even had a chance to get a name.

Nothing like rolling a 6 for powers and decent stats and then the games dies. lol

I agree.    It happens oft enough on RPoL.
The amount of games that make it to the 2000posts mark (even including OOC) is rare.

I am sorry you never got to play this lovely proto-character.  Even tho they didn’t even get a name, would you like to tell me about them?

Hero 6, while I feel your pain -- having made a ton of characters & not gotten to use them -- there's also pain in playing a game & getting to an apex point & then ...

Hey, where's the GM?

So, we're all in this thing together!
:D

BTW, they did make a movie after you -- Big Hero 6.

I'm here and ready to rock! :)

It's always a bit of a surprise just HOW long we'll be around for something like this.

Truth

In reply to Pswitch (msg # 184):

Right, I'm popping in 2 yrs later just to see if anything came of this?  :D

Some things never die, like hope in the heart of the true superhero and the player pulling their strings.