<snark>Because the rest of us are allowed an opinion, too?  And because not everything you think is obvious makes sense to the rest of us?</snark>

And I kinda agree with Starblaze on needing a better metric of how fast he can fly outside of dice rolls.  Can he fly faster than a car?  A plane?  Can he reach orbital speeds and fly to the space station?  Can he turn into energy and move at the speed of light?  It matters to him in how he pictures his character.  Also, it could come up in game - a fanboy villain is terrorizing the mall because he can't get that one specific Amiibo.  Do we have to beat him up, or could Starblaze quickly fly over to Japan, beg one from Nintendo, and be back in minutes?

Speaking of guidelines, would it be possible to get a rough guide for how strong we are?  I know comics are inconsistent; sometimes Superman has issues with a tank, other days he's lifting supertankers or pushing celestial objects into new orbits.  Should I be expecting such a widely varying scope, or will there be some more consistency in the challenges we face?  I'm not expecting an exact number of kilograms I can lift in various ways; but it would be nice to have an idea how much those of us with Strength can pick up before they need to think about rolling to Overcome gravity. ;)

Like OblivAeon said, it's kind of up to you. Even in a more systematic game it would hardly matter, like a couple points to be able to be able to fly to the moon in a round, because it really doesn't matter. If his conceit is that he fly lightspeed then he does and he should probably have the Principal of Speed so he can be anywhere since that's what that speed would imply. But because comics+dice he might still not be able to meaningfully catch a speeding car, they would make an unexpected turn or he would overshoot or something.

As for strength it really seems like for most of those things if they are presented as a defeatable challenge then we are strong enough. Like a meteor would be a track that we would have to Overcome. The track wouldn't exist if we weren't strong/clever enough to address it with our powers.

In terms of lifting cars and things it's really what fits the narrative. But your dice only go so high so your Hinder for lifting the back tires off the ground will only work so well. Your more likely to get a twist with lower dice. So you might hurt yourself lifting something out of your league. It seems like if we are at least vaguely internally consistent it should be fine. Just figure Superman has a d12 in everything superman does I guess. It's a 5 point scale going from Unpowered to Superman so there is a lot of wiggle in each zone.

Deepest apologies for the delays. Last week was...hellish. Every time I would sit down something would occupy my time and I would think "Oh I can put in some time tonight" and the night would come and I would be too exhausted to think and I would say "I will get to it first thing tomorrow."

Rinse and repeat.

This week is looking much better, however. Despite appearances I am really excited to get this started so this game is now my highest priority. I am going to try and get everything audited and wrapped up ASAP. In the meantime I will open up an IC thread so you guys can introduce yourselves to one another and get comfortable with these new characters.

Whether you are approved or not you are welcome to post, just everyone understand there needs to be a bit of flexibility. I don't think there are any major concept changes for anyone but there might be slight adjustments in specific powers or backgrounds.

Correct.

d4 = "Normal" human. Minions, cops etc.
d6 = Above average. On par with olympic athletes, the best in the world!
d8 = Borderline supernatural. The best human ever. Captain America would be like d8s
d10s = Definitely supernatural. This is the highlight for "weaker" heroes/villains or a powerful secondary ability. Batman's close combat skills or The Thing's strength.
d12 = Character defining. Hulk's strength, Thor's lightning, Flash's speed. Batman's planning. Superman's....everything.

Don't try to compare across heroes. Superman and Hulk might both have d12s in strength but so might Colossus or Thor or Drax. It's not about who wins in an arm wrestling but more "what is this hero best at? What do they fall back on to solve 90% of their problems?"

Freya was right---I want to know because it helps me write HOW my character will solve things, and that is the breakdown I was looking for. Thank you.

I will read and reond tomorrow.  Dialysis has been brutal this week and I've been sleeping alot this week.

Trust me I know all about not getting to stuff you wanted to get to :)

@Warp: Rune Knight would be the only one that has a true dimensional doppleganger because he existed before the timelines split. Anything that existed before about 1960s is pretty much a duplicate unless Warp came from a "theme" timeline like the Animalverse or the Telemundo dimension (that one is a fun one, everything is a spanish soap opera!).

Nephtys exists but in Warp's reality was a villain and had somewhat different physical characteristics. His scans would show a lot of oddities because even though the person acting as Nephtys is obviously a different person there are a lot of subtle perfect matches between the two so although on visible appearance they are different a scan by Emily would show a nearly 85% match to the villainess from Warp's reality. It's kind of like how humans share 90% of their DNA with worms but that last 10% is really really important.

Everyone else has no real match. There might be another Freya or Deadeye, or maybe they're going by a different name but match rates would be <35% similarity due to the timeline fracture.

In reply to OblivAeon (msg # 75):

Got it. Edited my post accordingly. Warp has been to many dimensions before the OblivAeon events trapped him here.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:08, Wed 09 June 2021.

Technically OblivAeon allowed interdimensional travel. His destruction is what cut it off. Well that and Warlord Voss activating a device powered by OblivAeon's corpse to isolate this timeline from all the others so he could rule it like a god but was then triple crossed by Baron Blade/Luminary resulting in Voss being expelled from time & space and Baron Blade dying.

I love comic books :D

@Warp

Oh, your actions are going to end up a bit ironic.  Freya was going to think about it and consider a more academic path in life.  But then you had to imply that she's not making enough of herself.  That gets you lumped in with all the people who told her to stop wasting her time on art, and do something in STEM or business.  Now she's going to avoid the science path out of spite.

That butterfly effect, man. ;)

In reply to Freya (msg # 78):

How many times has that freaking butterfly caused cosmic calamity? At this point I am about ready to stomp them all, regardless of the consequences!

So...if you were a super team what would you call yourselves?

Salvation Syndicate?

Sanguine Seven?

Conservation Crew?

Wolfpack of Wonder?

Back when I played DCUO, I was part of a guild called "Rescue Party." I always loved that name. If we're more proactive or lending help to other superheroes, that might be fitting.

Rune Knight and the Chump Patrol.

LOL. Perfect!

Blanket general statement. My real life has gotten very busy these past two weeks. Work stuff, some people were let go and I'm picking up their slack. I think it is dying down as this week looks pretty calm and in general until mid-July things should drop back to normal.

I am still here. I am still dedicated to play. My free time ebbs and flows and this is an ebb time. I will update when I can but try to have some patience with me this month.

No worries, I get it. My work was killing me until the school year ended a few days ago. Good luck, and I hope work gets less stressful soon. ^_^

Alright coming up with a super hero name would be great. Thoughts?

I personally like Rescue Party (but that's because I suggested it).

Also, I'm pretty sure my character sheet is done and error-free. Let me know if you're having trouble auditing it.

In reply to OblivAeon (msg # 87):

Champions of Megalopolis?

Megalopolis Guardians?

Megalopolis Patrol?

Rescue Party sounds pretty decent.

So it's tied 2 v 2 between "Rescue Party" and "Rune Knight and the Chump Patrol"?

I suppose we could overstate your importance and go with "Rune Knight and his Amazing Friends" like the spider man cartoon.

The fact that we will mostly have Warp bringing us in and out makes me think of Star Trek and the name "Away Team" comes to mind.

How about Mega Patrol? The ‘-lopolis’ makes for quite a mouthful. Mega can have multiple meanings, but is an obvious nod to our home city.