Thanks for the idea, but the pictures are stubborn... Sigh...

In reply to Windhammer (msg # 42):

Do you have an image-editing software, like Photoshop?  You can shrink the images down to size and upload them to Imgur for free hosting.  If you don't have any programs to work with, I could do it for you?

Speaking of resized and uploaded images, I've got my own finished up.  I just finished coloring Gremlin's Alt.Mode drone form and have it featured on the bio page now.  While checking scale I realized that, compared to most Size 2 - 3 Bots, her micro drone Alt.Form is pretty much the relative size of a honey bee.  ^^;  Even her Bot.Mode is only 4 feet tall and thus pretty much the size of a Human child.
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 06:10, Wed 09 Jan 2019.

You've got some real talent there Gremlin

Okay, so the doc said I've either got strep it the starts off the flu. I rolled a really high Constitution at my character creation, so I won't be sick for long. In fact, after sleeping almost all day, I feel allot better.

Let's move some of these threads along and get them ready for Saturday, our official start.

Looking forward to it!


Gremlin is Size 0?! :o Please tell me one of us has Accuracy! Windhammer, are you a Gunner?


Good idea, Effluvium! You can caddy for me. :)


Unfortunately, RPoL's fake HTML, RuBB Code, doesn't include any options for resizing images. However, I did a Google image search on your armoured car, and found some in smaller thumbnail sizes, for example:

Roughstrike is a Scout and Gunner.

Nice art work Gremlin.  *L*  I don't gave that talent, so I linked to soneobelses art work.

I've posted a little combat rules to try and streamline it just a little. Everyone please read over it and let me know if anything doesn't make sense.

Also, if anyone who's finished and I haven't started a new PM thread for you, please let me know. Just in case I've missed anyone being done with their charter.
This message was last edited by the GM at 14:44, Wed 09 Jan 2019.

I'm finished! As far as I can tell, anyway. Can I start on Earth?
This message was last edited by the player at 15:10, Wed 09 Jan 2019.

For full disclosure on the art - I didn't draw it, but I did edit and color it.  I draw plenty of organic characters just fine for things like D&D games, but the engineering necessary for drawing robotic characters is a bit beyond my ability to make look good.  Perspective is a draaaaaag.

@All Spark
Ick, strep and flu are bad.  I used to get strep when I was younger and it always messed me up.  >_<  Feel better soon and don't push yourself, lest you relapse!

@Windhammer
I went ahead and resized your linked artwork so they should fit into the bio-page formatting size without stretching it out.  You can find them here:

https://i.imgur.com/amXAXaR.png
https://i.imgur.com/qz1CcO4.png

The images are currently hosted on my Imgur account, but I suggest saving and re-uploading them yourself so you'll always have reliable access to them in the future.

@Elegance
Her standard Bot.Mode is Size 1, so anyone can shoot at her when she's upright.  Her Size 0 Alt.Mode though?  Yeah, pretty much nobody will be able to hit her, which is the point.  :3

Gremlin's Tiny Alt.Mode is a Vehicle (specifically, statted as a Rank 6 Helicopter), so she can't normally be targeted and is EXTREMELY fast when she Dashes.  But the trade-off we arranged for having a mobile Tiny form (which are normally inanimate by default) is that she doesn't get the +1d boosts to Dash or Surveillance, can't really transport anything (Strength stat = 1!), still has to pay the higher Rank 6 stat requirement to get the form, and pretty much none of her functions work while she's in Alt.Mode.  So she has to transform back into Bot.Mode to actually do anything useful, thus leaving herself vulnerable in the process.  Gremlin is statted out to pretty much be an "operative" type character and isn't meant to be involved in combat directly, so just about anyone could absolutely wreck her in a toe-to-toe fight.  If I'm doing my job right and if the dice are kind, y'all should generally never even know she's there until it's too late.  :3c

Also, though I don't think it's been listed out for everyone yet, All Spark did decide upon a house rule for targeting Size 0 characters, which I agree with.  The rule is that other Size 1 and 0 Bots, or Humans (who are default Size 1), can target Size 0 Bots since they are relatively similar in size.  So while most standard Bots won't be able to even see her, another Micromaster, a Mini-Con, or Human with a baseball bat can target her normally.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:28, Wed 09 Jan 2019.

In reply to Gremlin (msg # 50):

Thanks Gremlin!



And for the hint...
So, if Windhammer goes to the big Matrix in the Sky, my next guy should be a deployer. Maybe Windhammer should be the Deployer. Gah! Decisions!
This message was last edited by the player at 15:44, Wed 09 Jan 2019.

*L*  There's always Accuracy Gremlin.  ;)

In reply to Roughstrike (msg # 52):

Indeed there is!  The perk of being a crackshot, after all.  Though strictly speaking I imagine Gremlin could still get caught in Cone and Blast radius attacks as well, so others can still threaten her even in Alt.Mode if they can figure out her general location and don't mind causing a lot of collateral damage trying to catch her in the splash zone.

The trick, however, is actually getting to that point in the first place.  Gremlin's entire function is built around not getting into combat and her priorities on any given mission are unlikely to be "go pick a fight with that guy".  And, finally, there's the fact that she's a newly-assigned Decepticon, which means she's not a known agent yet and thus is a wild card.

So good luck, y'all!  :3c
This message was last edited by the player at 16:12, Wed 09 Jan 2019.

Now I'm just waiting on the Autobum and Decepticreep barbs to go flying.

*L*  Good point.  Have to know a target's a target to shoot at it.  That being said, if she wasn't as dangerous to those she's working with as those she's working againar, Once (if) he knew, he'd try to convert her.  She's got an awesone personality.

And a criminal record!  :3c

It's 2019, and we don't use those words anymore.

It's now the Auto-dependents and noble-impaired...icons.

Wait wait!

it's "Can't fire 'cause of squishies"-bots and "Just shut up and die Optimus"-icons.

Hi all.  I'm your Quad-Changing Decepticon Warrior.

Welcome!


The worst insult would have to be "Gobot".

Hey I actually had some of the larger Gobots as toys when I was a kid.  They weren't that much worse than some of the Transformers.  The "futuristic sports car" bad guy was a far sight better than G1 Ratchet and Ironhide toys, and at least they didn't break under normal use like poor Jetfire did.

I had that red sportscar roadster Shockwave looking dude that I don't remember the name of. I hated the robotic hands and arms he had, made him look off.

Welcome aboard.

I had three little Gobots, but never knew it until I identified them several weeks ago. I just thought they were knock-offs. :) One got broken at some point.

I have a G1 Ratchet, probably my very first Transformer, but let's say he's been a victim of the War. :(

It may not be much of a surprise but the only Transformer toy I remember owning (rather than other versions of things) was Jetfire, the very robotech armored VF-1S version of him.

I had a 1985 G1 Thrust from the Seeker Squadron back when I was a kid.  I could go through the transformation blind with how much I played with that dang thing.  Were they ever made of metal?  I remember it being very heavy.

Also, hiya Overarch!

I have that Thrust, as well as Dirge. Yeah, they are partly made of metal.
This message was last edited by the player at 02:39, Thu 10 Jan 2019.