I went too brainy and too deep. But I'm fine now. I don't believe it will have any effects on how others interpret me.

In any event, I believe I can answer to Altruist.

Whoopsie doodle, though.

Welcome aboard, Doc, even though you have been here the whole time. I'll try and have a description up shortly, now that I know what I am.

One thing worth mentioning: it is my intention, at the end of chargen, to post everyone's character sheets publicly. In my experience, the more information everyone has about everyone else, the better the story runs. Surprises and secrets can be fun, but maintaining them often takes away more than it gives.

Also in my experience, some players are very very against this practice. I've never quite been able to figure out why, but I know it's a thing.

So if anyone has any very strong objections to me doing so, drop me a PM and we'll talk.

I have no objections to this. I'm assuming we know all of the information we know about our own characters. Dark Secrets are good story, but they tend to maximize the friction.

I have a good rules question. Can I Dodge into an attack? I am assuming this would require me to have an attack available.

I have no problem with a public character sheet. My memory being what it is it will hell me for the other players to know what Doc can do.

In reply to Altruist (msg # 18):

Or, you could just stand there and take the hit.  Unless you are trying to take it for someone else....

That is the idea. I'm Invulnerable, Immortal, and have stupid high saves, SDC and HP - I can count on one hand the number of things that can actually hurt me, never mind actually threaten me. With that said, my allies do not have these benefits, and defenses that others cannot hide behind have dubious worth.

Yep.  There's the arrogance and superiority. LOL

Perhaps, but it is arrogance that can be backed up - the Awesome Ego, if you will. Invulnerability in particular operates on D&D 2E Damage Mitigation rules - very binary. Either you have the thing which can damage them, and get to do damage and partake in the battle, or you do not, and get to go into a corner and cry if you cannot do anything meaningful other than damage, like taking away their actions by forcing them to deal with combat moves.

In my case, magical weapons and Physical Prowess Power Attacks deal damage, supernatural physical attacks deal half, deprivation, suffocation, and artificial poisons deal quarter damage, natural poisons deal one-sixth of their effect, and disease, aging, sickness, radiation, and any attempt by physics, psychics, or magic to do direct damage to me with external forces short of nova, nuke, or atmospheric reentry-level forces does nada with the prior exceptions. Likewise with actually dying from poisons - they can weaken me and set me up for something that can take me down, but I can't actually die from them alone.

Magic like Energy Bolt, Fire Ball, Circle of Flame, Call Lightning do nothing. Things like Magic Net, Fear, Wisps of Confusion, Life Drain, Stone to Flesh, and the perennial-for-good-reason Carpet of Adhesion; if things like that get past my saves, those can wreck my day. Psionics have a similar effect - I'd probably get annoyed at a telekinetic's efforts to bludgeon me to death, but Bio-Manipulation or something like that I would certainly notice, and said TK could use me as a bludgeon against everything else if I couldn't break out. Fire Fist and Psi-Sword expressly hit me.

So, yeah. That's why I'd want to dodge into a hit. Then again, I'm the Altruist, and might dodge into an attack I'm not invulnerable to if I think I can take it better or if I don't have time to calculate relative worth vs theirs and just act impulsively taking a hit I cannot handle.

I have a couple of characters, one currently in a game, with Invulnerability.

I've been GM with characters that had invulnerability. They tend to get negative chi infections and suddenly fall into a murderous rage.
        ...          yeah...        good times.....
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Well, yes - there are things like mind control, too, and saves only go so far at dealing with that. Mostly I'm looking for an excuse to tank the missile for someone else, or for a crowd or a building, and then look heroic afterwards.

Or get Worfed and knocked out, leaving everyone going "Oh no! If it knocked out Altruist it must be pretty serious The bad guy used his Alpha Strike up on the party tank, and is now open!"

Dealing with invulnerable PC's takes some effort, but with some trust and goodwill on both sides, I've never found it too daunting. You mentioned Mind Control, which is a classic. But there's also kidnapping loved ones, making you fight things you can't punch (like the weather), putting more things you care about in danger than you can possibly handle at once, direct moral quandaries, and the ever-entertaining public hatred.

And since this is a one-shot, this whole thing is mostly going to be about style and flash anyway. You'll all know where you're headed pretty quick, and then it's just how much fun we can have on the way.

Yeah, Invulnerability means dying in combat is highly unlikely. It does not mean immunity to failure.

Actually, Armageddon Unlimited might find quite the niche here as an enemy of Shadowbourne - about five hundred strong demonic heavies-for-hire that basically are Evil Personified, with a few officers capable of fighting us on level terms. The Angrar tech they use is actually some nasty stuff - basically demons beaten into power armor and weaponry that frequently have long-term adverse effects on the users, but boy does it pack a punch, especially for its price. Think Pentex from Werewoof: The Descriptioning, and you have a good idea - as an overt front for demonic influence, they'd turn the normally shadowy nature of the foe on its ear.

Buuuuut... you seem to have something in mind already. Too little, too late, but oh well. Honestly, they are probably one of the least interesting groups in Mercenaries, just because of how cartoonishly and obviously mustache-twirlingly evil they are.

In reply to Lord Siembieda (msg # 27):

I seem to remember Eisenberg's Lex Luthor using Martha Kent to get Superman to kill Batman.  It was the one thing that actually got me to see him as being Luthor.  Otherwise,I thought he was going a bit Joker-ish.

Alright, everyone. Two sheets done and two more almost done. We're just about there.

Anyone else excited for the Snyder Cut of Justice League? It's FOUR HOURS long. That's as long as the director's cut of Return of the King.

I'm going to do a communal streaming party for it this weekend with some friends. Some things I've read about it make me think it'll be just the right kind of crazy.

I hope it's good, but I doubt it will meet the hype. That would be nearly impossible. Still, I never find myself hoping that a work will be bad.

Exactly. I tend to like Zach Snyder's work, even when it's over-the-top and self-indulgent. I continue to love 300. I enjoyed Man of Steel. So if this cut is more Snyder, I'll probably have a good time.

I know this isn't a popular thing to say, but I liked the theatrical release.  Was it what I had hoped?  No.  But, it was still a fun romp, just the same.  But, then, what do I know?  I liked The Last Jedi, too.

I liked the theatrical version of Justice League too. Hated Last Jedi so much I'll never pay to see a Rian Johnson vehicle ever again. (Glad you liked it though. Everybody liked the same stuff we'd only get one kind of thing.)

I'm hoping the Snyder Cut is great but my confidence is low. That said I will be watching it asap.

I've got issues with the DCCU, but those are pure opinion. Criticism, especially if it is vitriolic, is difficult because communication always comes with the inherit drive to motivate others to feel as you feel, and part of that involves the invalidation of opposing opinions, at least in the parts that compete with your own vision. And because I get rather passionate about portrayals of characters I like, I have to be careful.

I will note that the MCU and the DCCU reflect their parent companies well. MCU has a mostly tight, driven plot that doesn't deviate too much from the rules it sets for itself, because anything it absorbs it alters to fit Marvel's vision, for better or worse. DCCU is more sprawling and competing, with differing visions of what it is to be because it is effectively a collective of multiple companies all doing their own thing with no grand vision or plan really uniting them.

Both have survived and both are certainly valid, but it is interesting to watch this rivalry play out on the big screens.

Sorry about the delay everyone. Had a week full of RL things. I'm hoping to get final details worked out by tomorrow. And hopefully we'll be ready to start Tuesday.

I'm sorry again, everyone. I'm wrestling some RL stuff. I haven't forgotten about this, we're still doing it. I just need to get ahead of a couple of things.

That's cool.  I'm still trying to finish up.  Real world got to me, too.

All's good.