Hello and welcome. This thread is for the all discution out of characters about this game.

For now the game will be focused on Penmore City on the West Coast of the USA, between California and Oregon. We will begun the April 15 2022 two days after a meteor impact in the Pacific. For now nothing is out of the ordinary but rumors on social media talk about people with superpowers and even serious news channels have begun to talk. This will be the day where you will develop powers and meet.

Any question or remark?

Woohoo! Game on!

Looking forward to this game, and the possibilities it may bring.

Going to work on a character idea today.

Hey there bump-rogue, nice to see you again!
This message had punctuation tweaked by the player at 15:57, Sun 20 Feb 2022.

Hello to you two. For now we have three peoples. I have three others appliant who asked me questions, we will see if they want to joint.

First question I want to ask: How big do you want the scope to be, only one city or a larger area? I have a fictional city in head but I am confortable with larger area. In this case everyone will need a power go fast or someone who can transport other.

Edit: Two more people. I will accept the last one if he want but I will close the game after.
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:13, Sun 20 Feb 2022.

I'd be fine with a city-wide scope, maybe with the occasional external threat that sees us questing out on a temporary basis.

What power level are we starting at? I'm typically more partial to PL8 scale, but I'm flexible.

I was thinking to 10-12 but since it not impact the campaign much, I am flexible.

I am thinking the scope can be city wide, with the occasional nation-wide issues. That leaves us as capable heroes who can help with big things, but are usually focused on their neighborhood.

Hey,hey, what's up?

I am working on a teleporting scrapper going by the name of Cyclone. Usual teleporting schtick: short and long range transport with focus on melee strikes, with a "teleport/gateway" set of flavors.

What else is everyone thinking about?

For now we will start at PL10 with a campaign focused on city level. Any objections?

A little precision, the characters can have mutated, so having non-human appearance is fine but come with obvious problem.
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:51, Sun 20 Feb 2022.

I wasn't yet thinking of anything in particular. At the moment I am going down my character roster and disqualifying anyone who can't have acquired their powers from a magic meteorite. So, no gynoids, no goddesses, no alien pixie plantgirls, no spirit mediums, no cyborgs, etc.

Yes, but you can use the concept as a base, the gynoids could be a human mutated into metal, same for the plantgirl. plus develloping power can be a traumatic experience, so characters can partial amnesia or other mental derangements.
This message was last edited by the GM at 17:15, Sun 20 Feb 2022.

How do you feel about the Morph power?

Instead of the teleporting scrapper, I am now considering something more classical "mutant", now that I remember that this is "meteorite radiation accident". I am thinking about calling this guy "Elemental", and having him have four sets of powers, one for each of the classic elements: Air, Water, Fire, Earth.

Let me know if this is something you can work with.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:37, Sun 20 Feb 2022.

Not really. The lore around the characters I was talking about is very specific and a significant part of what makes them what they are.

Let's try something weird! I have an image album with a lot of dress-up art for my characters. Without knowing anything else about them, pick three in descending order of how interesting you think they'd be in the game! https://postimg.cc/gallery/Gs8nkWP

I posted a little recap on the city we will play. Entierly created by me. You should find a map in Game Map.

Loony: When I said as a base I wantes to said in term of astetic. And for your second question: Ralshae, Crois and Anna (I don't know the characters, I just find their designs more interesting than the rest).

Kinister: I have no problem for the concept.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:20, Sun 20 Feb 2022.

Hello, I'm interested in playing a telekinetic/telepath. Her codename would probably be Psyche.

Are you, by any chance, using the "Power Profiles" book?

If you're talking about me, then that would be a no. Psyche's kind of obvious for a female psychic, though.

Hmm... not sure if this was aimed at me, but the question of "Power Profiles" was aimed at our GM.

Power Profiles is a terrible book.

After sleeping on it the characters from my roster that seem most interested in the setting are Felicia, a super-strength magical girl bruiser; and Kaori, a former antagonist of mine who has nebulously-defined "bug powers." Do either of these characters sound interesting to anyone or should I widen the net?

I have access to the Power Profiles book, I personally don't use it that much but you can use it.

The game has now six players, I will stop taking RTJ.

Loony: If I was a player I would take the bug power, but simply because I find super-strength a little generic. But the two characters can be interesting if they have their place in the team.

Super-strength magical girl, remember! With sparkles and hearts! And... cows, because that's Felicia's theme. I don't really do generic; I've tossed so many good builds just because they wouldn't be interesting.

Cow themed magical girl as a super-hero? That could be interesting :)

In reply to LoonyLadle (msg # 22):

I am getting a MGRP vibe from this.

Hello everybody!

I'll be going with either a gravity manipulator or the archetypical genius hi-tech hero.

For Super-Genius, they can produce gadgets but if they don't often maintened them, they break down. It don't change anything in game terms but in narative you can't base a business on these items since you are the only one who can build them (limiting the production) and you need to frenquently repair the one you give (limiting the total number and their spread).

This is to kept superscience items rare. Some gadgets can be studied and reverse engineered by scientists but it will be on case to case basis.

For now we have:
-Loony: Super-strong 'magical girl' / bug power
-TMTO: Psychic
-Yun: Gravity Master / Super Genius
-Kinister: Elementalist / Teleporter
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:47, Mon 21 Feb 2022.

Did no one else want to try suggesting someone from my massive album?

Goodness! So many ideas:

- Light and Darkness energy projector - Flux
- Electricity manipulator - Overload
- Super-metabolism archer - Spectrum Mark

Hard to choose.

By the way, I won't be doing "Elemental". The build is too complex and I am not yet finding a way to successfully pull it together.

I may stick to Cyclone, or put one of the above together.

Every time I notice the game's name I can't help but think "dash dash dash!" https://youtu.be/GvfFIfbEHHI

I decided to bounce over to Anathema, goddess of reflections, because the GM had her in xir list and the other ones -- Crois and Ralshae -- are both Eternals and cannot possibly be portrayed within the game's background. Anathema is a weird character; she's a summoner/artificer/ritualist/illusionist with no direct combat ability at all. She might have a bit of overlap with Yun's super-genius character if xe decides to go that direction, although her gadgets are more mystical than technological... assuming of course that such things fit with the GM's vision of how the world works.

Alright, GM,

I have a concept down. I am liking this one for the potential outside of a fight.

The idea is a mix of mental "allure of darkness" creation, crystalized into the concept of "Shadows". The power is a bit mental/psychic, which is then focused into more physical manifestations.

Does this work as a mutation?

And... if we have a concept, where would you like to see it posted?

Yes I don't have restriction on powers. They come from the same source but take variety of form. You can take the Ritualist advantage, they are just actions who focus the power of the character under different forms and are instinctifs, the powers come with the knowledge to use them (but not understand them). So a genius as the blueprint in her head while the ritualist as the knowledge of the rituals he can do.

Post where you at the condition we can access the link. I will create a Notice with everyone link, and maybe put every sheets on my google drive and give access to have everything centralized.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:23, Mon 21 Feb 2022.

Great. That's a lot of flexibility.

I have an initial build here, powers and points only. Still needs background and personality, and we know the origin is, well, a meteorite.

Let me know if this set works. I have added a few explanatory words for each power so that they can make more sense in his context.


Link to Shadow
https://docs.google.com/docume...Nxo/edit?usp=sharing
This message was last updated by the player at 22:48, Mon 21 Feb 2022.

Hey y'all.

Looks like I'm the last one on the starting roster, so thanks for having me.

I've got two concepts I'm interested in developing...  I've done variations on Arianrod before but don't have access to my old builds anymore.  So, both would be built from the ground up.

Chimera  (my first choice)
Water elemental, with possible ranges including ice and steam effects.  I'm thinking olympic athlete with some emotional component as a weakness or draqwback that may affect her powers...   She is a literal chimera (she absorbed her twin in the womb and actually has two DNA in her body), and when she sleeps, her "sister" manifests as a water-form, with other powers also asociated with water...  But they are different both in power-profile and personality.


Arianrod (a more than acceptable backup)
Spider-themed.  Gymnast,  scrapper, Able to take on a "swarm form" of arachnids and communicate with local arachnids on a gestalt empathy level.  Possibly regeneration associated with the swarm form.  spits venomous "shards" rather than flings spiderman webbing....  I'm interested in exploring the change of and possibly fear of the gradual loss of identity...

Any preference?

Currently Psyche is a mix between telekinesis and telepathy (i.e. the Jean Grey powerset, minus Phoenix Force bullshit), but if we do get a gravity controller I think I might shift it all the way towards telepathy so as not to tread on toes.

EDIT:

Nah, telekinesis is fun.
This message was last edited by the player at 10:30, Tue 22 Feb 2022.

In reply to jait (msg # 33):

I really like the idea behind Chimera. Arianrod has a lot of overlap with my most likely backup character in the event Anathema does not work out, which she may not because of...

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 31):

I'm not sure this works out well for Anathema. I imagined that her magic was utilizing the mystical powers of the meteorite itself that are now permeating the world, with an overall goal of understanding how it works.

MrKinister: I like the powerset I will try do dissect it better when I have time.

jait: The two are cool concept so I don't have preference (maybe a little toward Chimera).

TMTO: Telekinesis is best power! Seriously that my favorite powerset, you can do near anything with application of kinetic force.

Loony: Your concept can work. Powers are hightly personal and each see the world differently. For one their powers could show them that everything is made of mystical glyphes and changing these glypes changes the object, while another could see a computer code and have the same effect. Yours powers can help you understand the fondamental forces of the univers just with different interfaces, and the Expertise "Magic" represent how well you undertsand what your power tell you.
This message was last edited by the GM at 16:19, Tue 22 Feb 2022.

By all means, please.

All the numbers are present. I hope I didn't make any math errors.

If it is ok, I'll go with it.

MrKinister: I finally had the time go throught your sheet seriously. It's good except that you surcharged the cost on your attack powers.

Strenght-bassed Damage 8, Affect Insubstantial cost 16 points, not 18 (Damage is at 1p/r and Affect Insubstantial is at 1pts/r, in total 2pts/r, so 8 ranks equal 16pts), unless I miss something. Same for Shadow's Sweep.

Isn't "Affects Insubstantial" a flat extra, costing only one or two points?

Oh. Yes you are right. My bad. Flat+1 work at half stength, while flat+2 work at full strength.

So the cost should be 9 or 10 points, unless you forgot another modifier.

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 36):

Not sure I like that interpretation. I'm going to fall back to Kaori the bug girl.

Wow. Thanks. I have no idea how I missed that, but clearly I did. And not in my favor either. So, that's good. =)

I'll correct it when I have a chance, and perhaps add a few more skills, or maybe another flavor power.

Hmmm... I suspect I forgot to add an extra effect to that Damage, since this is a copy of my HeroLab writeup. I'll take a look at it tonight, once I get home.

Greetings everyone! I'll probably be the slowpoke for a while, as I'm very busy trying to adopt a child (while also ushering my current foster placement to its expected reunification in the coming months). Anyway, I'm kicking around two concepts (note that I haven't had any real time to read what's come before in this thread but will try tomorrow). The first concept is a teen dad from the "wrong side of the tracks" who's also an aspiring rock star and actually has the talent to pull it off. Power-wise, he's a reality shaper, but it isn't what it sounds like. Basically, he's a typical blaster with judicious use of Variable Descriptor to allow me to RP his effects in different ways. EX:

Planar Outburst X [2 + 2 PP/rank + 3] ?? PP
Effect: Move Object (standard, perception, instant)
Descriptors: Cosmic, Variable (any energy or matter)
Traits: Lifting Capacity (?)
Flat Extras: Precise, Variable Descriptor 2
Ranked Extras: Damaging, Increased Range

The second concept is a powerhouse who accomplishes things by controlling vectors. Basically, he uses his mind rather than his muscles to hit things very hard, as well as ignore damage. Playing into his whole schtick, he's also a world-class hacker. Unfortunately, this character isn't as developed as the other currently. So, I'm not entirely sure where I want to take this guy just yet.

Well, those are the concepts I'm kicking around for now. Feel free to chime in on them if you'd like.

Ok, found it. I did indeed miss the "multiattack" extra in that power. No wonder. I have updated the sheet to include it.

Well, regardless, it still comes out to the same point cost since it is an array after all.

Thanks for catching that. =)

All right.   I've got a preliminary build put together.

Sarah Swath is an olympic gold medalist swimmer and one of Penmore's newer darlings.  She's always had an affinity with water.  She works (and trains) at a local athletic center, does the celebrity thing and had mostly adjusted to the increased public attention.  She's known all her life that she is a chimera (absorbed her twin sister in utero).  In fact, she has one green eye, one blue.

Once the meteor hit, Sarah's appearance has changed dramatically.  She's now blue-skinned and blue-haired with gills and webbed-feet and fingers.  Still moderately attractive, despite the very obvious alien appearance.

Anahita manifests only as a water-form, when Sarah allows it or Sarah loses consciousness, although Sarah's surrendering control to Anahita is not a guarantee that Anahita will take it.  When Anahita gives over control, Sarah doesn't have a choice.

Ana can almost pass as human, (Subtle 1, not Subtle 2) but doesn't have the fine-details down.  So, up close, she's a girl-shaped form of water.  She's also mute, lacking the vocal apparatus of the human body.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:00, Wed 02 Mar 2022.

I did a rapid glance and I like the concept, I will go a little futher in it tommorow. Just a question, I don't have the Source Extra, it's equivalent to Limited to Near Water Source? And the Enhanced Trait under Inate Package is not defined.

In reply to PaperTiger (msg # 44):

Good luck for the adoption.

I personally like the second more, but it's your character and the first concept could be great to roleplay.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:19, Wed 23 Feb 2022.

So here's the fun thing.

Psyche's Flight is Platform based, which means she needs to be supported by something. I happened to find some very inspiring videos for this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4usUy2QLjRc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nosbBYsD4Y8

Very inspiring, yes! ^_^

Although I think at that point it functions more like a vehicle than a platform.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:20, Thu 24 Feb 2022.

Magic carpets are supposed to be modelled that way, actually. Same with wishing chairs flying off to the magical faraway tree. :)

Status update please~!

Sorry I was busy the last two days.

For now I have the sheets of Loony (Anathema ), MrKinister (Shadow) and jait (Fanthom). TMTO have already send me a draft. PaperTiger and Yun have yet to send me anything, are you still in the game?

I have already two NPCs ready and the concept for several others.

I am making an excel doc to have the sheets of everyone in on click.

Let us know if you need any help with anything.

I have the sheet of TMTO and I have nearly finishes my doc, I put is sheet in it and I will create the links.

PaperTiger and Yun74, do you still wish to play?

It may be worth explicitly stating that I do not like sharing my sheet with other players as a general rule.

I finished my doc but if everyone is in accord with Loony I can divide it so everyone as access to only his sheet.

I am ready to begin the game. I think I will launch it Thursday if I have no anwser of Yun and PaperTiger. It's okay for everyone?

Sounds great. Start when the time is right for you.

I don't mind sharing my sheets, as it is clearly visible to everyone on the board.

Is there anything you [need] help with?
This message was last edited by the player at 15:18, Tue 01 Mar 2022.

Why don't you like to share?

I feel very strongly that one should share one's character's complications.  This allows other players to help create drama, which is the lifeblood of a play-by-post game.

Bad experiences with players trying to use that knowledge in weird ways. It's happened often enough that I just withhold fine details as a matter of course now.

Complications, though, sure. Here you go;

• Amnesiac.
• Delusions of Divinity.
• Knowledge-Driven.
• Metallic Skin.
• Multiple Personalities.
• Technophobic.

For now I valid the characters of Loony, jait, Kinister and TMTO. I send a Rmail to Yun and PaperTiger. Someone send me a new RTJ with a character ready so I will accept him after I read everything.

I edited your profil so now everyone as the of his characters.
-MrKinister = Shadow
-TMTO = Psyche
-Loony = Anathema
-jait= Fathom

For the sheets, what do you prefer? I prefer that everyone can see them, if you think someone use that knowledge to cause problems, don't hesiate to signal it. I passed the in-site sheet in player editable.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:26, Tue 01 Mar 2022.

I added Sunphoenix under the Star Phoenix as the new player. I will wait for his/her corrected sheet.

If everything is okay with him/her, we can begin Thursday.

Yay, a person I know~!

Hi folks! Hope this will be a great game! :)

Aw yeah, I'm okay!

Yeah, my character is a energy projector "charged solar plasma", fire that burns without oxygen. His motif being a burning aura of a bird made of cosmic flames.

Basically very much like phoenix, but very sane and very dedicated to the path of the hero.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:15, Wed 02 Mar 2022.

Sorry, folks,

due to recent events I haven't been anywhere near an unrestricted computer over the last few days. But now that I'm finally back on base I'll resume working on my character immediately.

Star Phoenix... You are going to frighten the hell out of my alternate character, Anahita.  She is, after all, literally made of water. One of her complications is that she is phobic of fire.  Yay for drama!

Aheh, yeah... I've considered the... not so nice consequences, of being a walking star.  Star Phoenix is... VERY Contentious about just how VERY VERY Dangerous his powers are.  You will likely only see him 'Power-Up' when there is no other option or when he's free to fly free in sky or space.

Most things on Earth do not react well to solar plasma, pyrophobia is a oxy-moron in his case.. you have Very Good reason to be afraid of his kind of fire!

EXPLOSIONS! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J0ldO87Pprc

Kurzgesagt is a great channel. I like the one on nukes (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JyECrGp-Sw8). Hopping we will not have to test it soon.

Everything is in order for me. PaperTiger answered me, as they will busy in the forseable futur, we will begin without them. Maybe they will join later. No answer from Yun, I will wait until tomorrow but not after. So I confirm the launch of the game tomorrow. I will ask you to update your character description (not really mandatory but it's nice to have it).

A little point on equipment: everyone will begin with a home, a vehicule and a modern cellphone), if they have not one of these things it would be a complication.

Umm, I reported back four posts above yours? ;)

Sorry. I didn't see it. I should not read on a phone, to easy to scroll past a post.

I will wait for you character.
This message was last edited by the GM at 12:49, Wed 02 Mar 2022.

And NOW! I'm official! modified the issues the GM had with some of my effects and ready to be that shining hero!

Oh.. yeah my complications for the player's knowledge...

Honor: Fights fairly, Accepts Surrender – Shows Mercy when possible, Keeps given Word, Avoids Killing.
Motivation-Doing Good: “With Great Power, Comes Greater Responsibility!” ‘PHENOMENAL COSMIC POWER!’ ~ Complicated Moral Choices…

Psyche's complications include:

Accident: I swear, I didn't mean to mind control that cop.
Relationship: With the guy who took me in... it's complicated.
Secret: I'm the daughter of a mob boss!

I will let Yun finish their character before begining. I hope it's not to inconveniant for everyone.

Coolness.  I'm kinda curious as to how we all meet up? :)

Fathom is the codename (and trademarked brand name) of Sarah Swath, recent Olympic Gold medalist swimmer.  She'd worked hard her entire life to get to the Olympics and was expecting to continue to train for the next olympics.  But the Meteorite changed all that.

Fathom:

• Fame - She was on the media train even before the meteorite.  Now that she's blue and has gills?  It's kinda hard not to notice her.  She's become one of the unofficial spokeswomen for this new class of people... metahumans.
• Motivation: Thrills - - She is an adrenaline junkie.
• Temper - It's a bit of a secret that Sarah turned to swimming and training to combat depression.  The feeling of powerlessness used to express itself as depression.  Now it burns as anger.  Few things trigger her like feeling unable to act or being coerced.
• Secret: Existence of her sister - The general public is not aware that Anahita even exists.  Most, if they see Anahita, would assume that it's all a part of Fathom's powers.

And, as our narrator allowed me to separate Fathom from Anahita, here's Ana:

Anahita

• Disability: Mute - She simply doesn't have the apparatus to generate sound.
• Identity - The world is unaware that Anahita is a symbiotic entity, wholely distinct and separate from Fathom.
• Monstrous - She is a woman-shaped mass of water.  She lacks the fine features that would allow her to pass as human.
• Motivation: Acceptance - More than anything, she wants to be accepted, on her own, distinct from Fathom.
• Temper - She is rather naive.  She holds very black & white and somewhat romantic views of how the world works.  Shades of grey confuse her and she also hates feeling powerless or played.
• Weakness - Fire, Fire has the potential to bring dissolution (not death, but loss of physical form)
• Phobia - Mainly fire

So, what Yu's character concept? Since we're waiting might as well chat a bit.

They didn't yet send me anything, so I don't know. I will let them until Monday, after I begin with or without them (with the option to have them come later). Except if you have no problem to wait them to begin.

I don't think you have anything to worry about with them. An interested and active party would have gotten to you right away.

Let us go ahead and start.

Pretty much any new MnM3e game gets swarmed with applications.  A quarter of those prospective players never log back in after the first message, a quarter ghost on you half-way through discussions, sometimes after you've gone through the work of checking math & build viability.   A quarter of them don't sync to your vision and/or actively try to get around your setting limitations...

If you can make it through the first little bit to go live, there'll rarely be a shortage of players willing to step in down the road, if you need it.
This message was last edited by the player at 08:30, Sun 06 Mar 2022.

I have to second and third what the others have said. I tend to be a little on the slow side to make a character and I am already done. Let's launch.

Yeah, I'm all for let's get to it... if they are interested they will pm you.. or not.

This will be great! Let's launch... WE will be this ~ World's First, superheroes... maybe? How will we approach that? We're like new mythology to the modern world! This will be fun.

Actually, that's a really good question...

What is the general direction we're going to be taking here?    Do you want us all to be gung-ho on the superhero thing?  Is that the expectation?  Or are we looking, instead, to explore that "what would you do with the power of a god?" angle?  I can roll with either, but want to build her psyche to fit...

Oh, Psyche is definitely exploring what it means to be a hero and stuff. She knows what bad things are and doesn't want to do them but that's quite a bit removed from going out of your way to do good.

YES, Exactly... Star Phoenix literally has the power of life and death he can boil mountains or can restore life to the dead... but where does he draw the line? Where does he say stop?  He Want's to use his powers to help mankind, to heal, to protect, to bring happiness... but just because you can do a thing doesn't mean you should!  Where does he draw the line when the masses begin clamoring for him to help or save them?  He can't be everywhere at once ~ what happens when he must choose who to save and who not too?  Does he take on ALL the Tyrants of the world but then what?  Yes, He IS immortal he literally can come back from the dead and he will live forever... but should HE always be there to right mankind's wrongs?  When should he say enough and let mankind make its own choices its own failures?  Should he Always be there to hold their hands... what happens when those who rule the world are the ones that are spreading fear and suffering should he intervene?  When do his heroics change to a tyranny of his own?
This message was last edited by the player at 12:28, Sun 06 Mar 2022.

Anna doesn't really care about the hero thing. She has her own agenda, but she prefers things to be safe and stable and free of unplanned life cessations so she'll frequently fall on the heroes' side. Depending on how her little cult of personality develops she may take an active interest in heroing, or she may remain focused on becoming more and more eLdRiTcH.

Of course, I'm pleased as punch to be playing in a game.  But knowing what the GM's vision is for the game will really help head off a lot of potential problems before they emerge.

I'm really hoping to get direction from the GM, here.

Hello, I was busy yesterday but I am ready.

The central theme of the game will be the emergence of super-heroes and super-villains in a world not ready for that. Their is no law or anything ruling the use of superpowers and no governemental agency with the tool to deal with it. I want to see how you character will transform the city and deal with the public, the governement and the criminal. The game is about creating the place of future heroes: did they will be governement sponsored? Or independant? What relation with the police?

One Thing: the game begin in April 2022, and until this date, everything is identic to our world except for one thing: the war in Ukrania. The tensions between NATO and Russia have not gone hot. Since the game will be at local scale I want to avoid large scale conflict who could attract super-heroes.

The game begin two days after the Impact, no one (except conspiracy therorist) have yet to link the meteor with the rise of superpowers and no governements has yet to take actions or issues a official statement but by now everyone know that some people have powers and the media are in frenzy. Your characters have develloped powers in the last days but if they did something public, no one as yet to link the event with your public identity.

If you have questions, post them here.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:37, Mon 07 Mar 2022.

Alright, sounds like an interesting scenario.

Let's see what we can do.

Oh my Me, Star. You really do not hurt for writing motivation do you?

In reply to Anathema (msg # 94):

{Blush}... aheh.. I should have written it out on wordpad first to plot it better. I think it rambled on to much for a first post. Sorry.

Wow, mine came out even more drawn out, but it was all stream of consciousness writing. I did spend a good amount of time fixing typos, though.

I hope I don't keep this up.

Slow clap.

Well done!  Some Amazing Writing here! Keep it up!

Psyche, your image is far too large and is preventing me from being able to properly view the thread. It is generally considered polite for images on forums to be no larger than 640x480.

Are you using a phone?

Desktop, but my hardware and software configuration is unconventional to put it mildly.

Well some of you did go nut on their first posts :)

You can talk between you while waiting the other members of the team.

I have edited the image to make it smaller, I hope it's better Anathema. Psyche, I will let you corret it, the link I put last a week.

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 102):

Thanks mate~ ❤

Ok... now you need to tell us. =)

Whoops, wasn't aware of that. Fiddling time!

Fathom's very much on the suspicious and defensive side.  She doesn't know you and doesn't know that you did or didn't have anything to do with turning her into this... this monster.

Yeah, eventually, she'll come to love it, but waking up blue with gills?    That's just gotta be a hard pill to swallow.  And, you know, she's got that whole Temper Complication thing going for her...
This message was last edited by the player at 04:31, Wed 09 Mar 2022.

Anathema is unbelievably eldritch. In some ways you can think of her as a nebulous, disembodied sphere of schizophrenia two miles in diameter that simultaneously occupies everything reflective within it. Sweet dreams.
This message was last edited by the player at 06:21, Wed 09 Mar 2022.

Yeah. I don't believe it.  :)

Well-written, though.  I look forward to seeing how she develops and evolves.  You've got my interest.

Indeed VERY Well written Lulu!!!

So with Anathema's post have all the 'main cast' posted? Can we now begin secondary response posts?

Do you want to try to talk to each other before advance the story or not?

Anna is in "observe from the bushes" mode; she won't interact with the others unless someone detects her and calls her out, or the situation somehow changes. The same is probably true for most NPCs so that might be a good thing to keep in mind.

I think I would like to talk with the people who showed up.

Me, too. If we've all posted, then let the banter begin.

My character is simply not going to be walking up to strange men in a mostly deserted park near sunset.  That's how some women end up as a statistic in the newspaper.

Well, that would be the common wisdom for normal women, but your character is not a normal woman anymore, right? I think she can turn anyone who gives her lip inside out, correct? =)

Psyche will just get on her skateboard and fly off if anyone starts shit :D

BANG!  Now talk!

Nah, you don't get over decades of social programming in two days, and certainly not while dealing with a hysteria-inducing physiological change that you haven't yet accepted.  Of course, she'll get there eventually.  It's just too soon.

In reply to Fathom (msg # 118):

This is exactly what I wanted to say but I was overcome with the sleepiness halfway through writing it and then forgot. Women are taught to be fearful of strange places and strange people from a very young age, and I can't say it's entirely unwarranted. Sad but true.

Unfortunately correct. It does happen. I hope it will stop happening soon enough.

Not bloody likely. That shit's encoded in our genes. Unless we get into some serious genetic engineering to excise that shit it's gonna be with humanity forever. If we do take that genetic scalpel to humanity maybe we can fix that little bug that makes some people destroy entire societies in order to hoard billions of dollars like they're points in Super Mario Brothers.

I'm not planning to release a genetic retrovirus on the game world to do these things. I'm not. Honest.

No. It is not encoded in our genes. It is a mindset that is passed down from generation to generation, and we learn it. Some people live in places where that mindset is common, and they pick it up and operate under it. Others live in places where that mindset doesn't exist, and operate on different ideas.

The challenge is education. Show that there are different ways doing things. You can do that with young people. They learn by example. Older people take a while longer, if at all, to change their minds. That is why these changes are generational. It takes several generations for new thoughts to take root in people. But it can be sped up if people agree to change their actions, judgements, and thoughts.

Contribute by being an example, and watch as your ideas are then passed along to others.

Unfortunately, other people, with other ideas, are doing the same. They may disagree with your ideas.

I follow the talk between you tell me when you want to stop and continue with the story. I would like you to be better acquainted before advancing.

For the debat here, I think it's a mix. Some biological reaction create reponse but that can be mastered. I think that most of us did think to comit a crime at some point (punch your anoying coworker or steal things), but none of us did it. One of the problem is mob mentality, it can push decent peoples to do horible things. Drugs and alchool can cause trouble too.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:04, Thu 10 Mar 2022.

In reply to Shadow (msg # 122):

I feel like I might have accidentally gotten a little too real there and this isn't really the proper medium for this discussion. Drop me a PM if you (and anyone else who is interested) want to discuss this topic further.

ANYWAYS~!

I'm ready to continue the story at any time.

Hey, no problem. We can let it go. I am ok with it. =)

I will let until tomorow to wrap the introduction, then we will go.

Phoenix, you may have confused Fathom and Psyche. Fathom was the one who said stuff about monologuing. Psyche is just trying to be polite.

In reply to Psyche (msg # 127):

Uhm.. I think you may be confused.. I only mention the word psyche in reference to Benn Grimm's mental state.  All my last posts words were directed at Fathom. Not sure what your getting at?

EDIT:  Oh I see what you mean... fixed... missed that... thought I'd edited that and it seems not so.  Fixed now.
This message was last edited by the player at 08:39, Sat 12 Mar 2022.

Little question for Star, how your Awarness work? It's tied to an activation with postcognition. That mean it work only with postcognition and you can fell something currently happening?

And since I am asking, no one can senses someone making a dimensional movement?

And can I have a initiative check from everyone.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:30, Sat 12 Mar 2022.

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 129):

Hmmm.... reading the section again on 'Extras' .. I may have made a miscalculation, perhaps I do not want the post-cognition on the power so it will work on current present events... or possibly even turn it to precognition so I get a warning of future cosmic events?  Its supposed to be something that warns of impending cosmic occurrences like a kind of danger sense but not about immediate combat danger more of powerful cosmic phenomenon that might not be a 'danger' but significant.

Yeah, Its should be precognition not post-cognition.

As for sensing dimensional events or travel.. that would be wholly up to you if it were a dimensional shift on a vast scale enough to be considered cosmic.  Also being uncontrolled the power's activation is all up to you.  So if a 'cosmic' Event occurred, Star Phoenix would loose a Move action while he was flooded with images in his mind of the event... before it happens so yeah it needs to be precognitive.

I think post-cognition was a hold over from a previous character that I missed changing the effects of the power.  The character was made on hero lab... I may have just selected the wrong effect and made a mistake I did not catch.

But discrete dimensional movement.. no that's not significant and the wrong effect for his awareness to detect unless it was something like DC's TRIGON Entering the earth dimension.. such a being of magic power might be considered to be a 'Cosmic' event but that would be at YOUR discretion.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:17, Sat 12 Mar 2022.

Do you expect being able to sense something a kajillion lightyears away to be useful?

I believe our character sheets are available to you. Any questions you may have about our character's powers should be immediately there for you.

In reply to Anathema (msg # 131):

That wholly depends upon if the GM makes it relevant.  The power is Uncontrolled so it only works when the GM wants it to.

Hey GM, now would probably be a good time to make your move...  Too many weird people Sarah doesn't know means too many unknowns.  She's planning to get out of there, pretty soon.


The game begin two days after the Impact, no one (except conspiracy therorist) have yet to link the meteor with the rise of superpowers
It was a meteor, right?  Not a meteorite?  Meteors burn up upon entry; meteorites make ground-fall.  If it's a meteorite, there might be something left to investigate!

I want to see how you character will transform the city and deal with the public, the governement and the criminal. The game is about creating the place of future heroes: did they will be governement sponsored? Or independant? What relation with the police?
So, are we to become some sort of super-team? I ask simply because I can see taking Sarah in a number of directions, hero or villain, but I want to stay true to your intentions.
This message was last edited by the player at 07:41, Sun 13 Mar 2022.

Hey Anathema... You said Anathema "shimmered into view" after touching Sarah's shoulder (message 16).  Sarah reacted to a contact from an unseen presence.   Yet, you just said she was glowy and metallic, at that point in your most recent post (message 24).  Could you address the disconnect, please?

Yes, it's a minor and probably inconsequential point, but continuity matters to me.

Sorry 'bout that. It was meant to be interpreted as both those things happening concurrently. Anathema does not have any invisibility powers. Well, not yet anyways. She still would've been unseen because she was behind her!

Yes it's a meteorite. It had made landfall.


I hope you kept together and I will prefer heroes, I never managed to play an evil character and I not sure how to GM a villanous campaign.


I forgot that I could have rolled your init myself.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:58, Sun 13 Mar 2022.

Some players are weird about the GM making rolls for them. I am not one of those people. My character sheet has been transferred into my character details section on RPoL so you know all the numbers now; roll away~!

First combat of the game. Tell me if I got something wrong, I didn't play M&M for sometimes. Ironically Fathom as the highest initiative and failed her perception check so no first round for her.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:51, Sun 13 Mar 2022.

I've been in several M&M games but the GM always started me in situations where I couldn't do anything. Power suit? You're caught unaware! Water-themed powers? Desert. That sort of thing. So my only experience with combat has been whimpering and begging foes not to go for the face.

Well I try to not be too mean. I didn't attack Fathom because of her vulnerability for the first turn. If you kept doing good in fight I will probably up the difficulty but for the first I will go easy.

I fogot. Here the defence the two NPCs:
-Reaper: Dodge +10 / Parry +6 / Will +8 / Fortitude +3 / Toughness +3
-Medved: Dodge +2 / Parry +8 / Will +10 / Fortitude +8 / Toughness +14

They are PL12.
This message was last edited by the GM at 23:08, Sun 13 Mar 2022.

Those sure don't look like PL12 stats! Reaper's defense tradeoff doesn't even meet PL7. Medvid's Parry pushes him into PL11 against physical attacks but against anything he hovers around PL8-9. Maybe their attacks are more impressive!

I'm not sure how much the numbers matter since the dice have such a huge influence in M&M.

Will you be rolling all Toughness saves from opponent attacks in this game?

I roll well for the initiative, and my good roll is pointless.   It figures.

Sarah is not interested in fighting enemies who know more about her than she does about them.  She's going to be getting the hell out of there at the first opportunity.
This message was last edited by the player at 06:51, Mon 14 Mar 2022.

Not actually a terrible idea! Anna prefers having superior intel as well.

Sorry for the delay...writing post.

Posted

Waiting on Medved. I think that would be... the bear?

That right (that mean bear in Serbe). I need to clear up some things with Phoenix post then I will post.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:19, Tue 15 Mar 2022.

So basically Psyche's plan is to get into a tree and out of sight, then drop her psychic invisibility and mind probe them both for who they're working for and what their plan is.

My guess is that they're not really working for anyone! They got an invitation same as us and thought "sweet, let's have some fun!" After all, we've all been superpowered for only a few days; natural selection hasn't weeded out the stupid ones yet. One of them is dressed as the Grim Reaper for chrissake. I bet when we take off his stupid skull mask or whatever he'll just be a pimply bucktoothed nerdy boy underneath, crying "I just wanted to be edgy to impress my girlfriend, wah wah~!"
This message was last edited by the player at 00:25, Wed 16 Mar 2022.

If that is actually the reason I;m going to gaslight his girlfriend into dumping him.

Mwahahaha. Can I help? ^_^

I can't help but wonder if this is somewhat literal interpretation of SP's "wish-fulfillment" theory...  Maybe the kid didn't wanna become a reaper... he just wanted death!

SP was only conjecturing the possibility of it being something like that as it 'seems' to be the case with him.  His powers formed from his imagination let free... or manifested in reality.

He would be the First to say... 'be careful what you wish for IT just might Get YOU'!

"Y'know this whole become a being of fire and fly unhindered through the cosmos, heal the sick and raise the dead... sounded a lot cooler in my head, but being on fire can be a REAL Pain in the Ass!"
This message was last edited by the player at 20:00, Wed 16 Mar 2022.

Yeah, you made it real clear that it was a conjecture, hence why I called it a theory.

I can see Sarah's transformation being in-line with a more literal interpretation of her wishes.  But she'd never see it that way.

In the case of Jeremy, he had a romanticized idea of "creatures of the night" from too many novels and movies. He was never goth, and in general has a good attitude. But he realizes it is indeed just an "infatuation come true".

For him, he is neither against it nor in favor of it, as he doesn't know what impact it will have on his life yet, but things are getting interesting for him.

Does he have the whole drinking blood thing going on?

Not at all. He's more taken by the idea of the "allure" of such a concept, but does not think of himself as a "killer" or "monster". Actually needing to feed would be a nightmare for him.

Well everything is in order.

Anathema, I rolled for your deflect to win time, tell me if you don't want me to do it.

I had difficulty to roll all that I was forced to roll back several time because I messed up the modifier. Time to go to bed I think.
This message was last edited by the GM at 21:56, Wed 16 Mar 2022.

Many dice~!

The Deflect action is actually a type of Active Defense, which means instead of the usual 1d20 you roll 1d10+10. Technically you roll the 1d20 then add 10 on a result of less than 11, but since we're doing this digitally we don't need to worry about not having d10s to hand. Doesn't change the result, though; success is still a success.

I don't mind you rolling on my behalf; I think I explicitly gave you permission earlier in the thread. The only hiccup is that I have Ultimate Effort with my Reflective Defense, which I might choose to activate if I see the opponent rolled very high on their attack roll. Since the use of Ultimate Effort is supposed to be specified before rolling, we should agree on some kind of system for this.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:27, Thu 17 Mar 2022.

Star Phoenix did not "hurl a fireball"... nothing in the scene was set affire.. it was a pure light effect to dazzle and confuse the attackers.

Narrator:

I want to know a little bit about the environment.   There's a park-bench Justin was sitting on, trees (one of which Psyche is perched in), and a cement area of some sort (might be a path, might be the foundation for the park-bench).  Anything else that might be of use or interest from a use-your-environment stand-point?

Also... how far are we from the water's edge?

Sorry for your confusion.   I can only present my character's subjective perception of events.  Me, the player... I understand what's gone on.

Indeed. Ok, that makes sense. Just like me and Phoenix and his 'fireballs'. =)

Quick question, will Fathom water barrier stop an area affliction?

And who is on each side of the barrier? Fathom is on opposite side of the two agressors but for the rest?
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:46, Thu 17 Mar 2022.

Ah, yes... the eternal question: theatre of the mind? Or an actual map?

Which shall it be today? =)

If you wish a map I can try to make one.

One thing Fathom, you are not near the ocean.

Quick question, will Fathom water barrier stop an area affliction?
A solid barricade would stop an affliction of certain types, depending on the nature of the affliction. It's just a physical barrier, after all.  It might stop (or at least interfere with) a Cone, Cylinder or Line-Area Affliction. The same as hiding behind a tree might stop it.   It might stand against a Burst Area Affliction (like a grenade going off on one side of it.).  I wouldn't expect it to provide any real defense from a Cloud or Perception-Area Effect, though...

And who is on each side of the barrier? Fathom is on opposite side of the two agressors but for the rest?
I don't know.  I guess it's your call.  I'm sure a map or a description of the immediate area would help.

One thing Fathom, you are not near the ocean.
In Issue 1, Message #9, I defined the park as "... a hillside park with a looping path that overlooked the ocean....".  I wasn't corrected, so I assumed you were okay with it.  Maybe you could (please?) make clear your rules for introducing narrative elements into the story?
This message was last edited by the player at 22:44, Thu 17 Mar 2022.

Posted! For Reaper attack, since he is on the top of the water wall, he has no obstacle. He is near the bench where the discution was taking place.

I made the roll for everyone, tell me if you think you are not in range. (Not that it change anything, you all beat the affliction).

Second: I will not be at home this week-end so no game post until Monday.
This message was last edited by the GM at 22:23, Fri 18 Mar 2022.

I am back, I will wait for Psyche before posting.

Phoenix, to be clear, do you take Increased Effect for your critical hit?

OK, to be Certain... Star Phoenix has no, No, NO desire to end Reaper's life!  If I don't need the critical effect to 'render him unconscious' then instead of blowing him into a rapidly expanding cloud of incandescent, bacon-scented smoke... I'd prefer for the "Alternate Effect" of him automatically afflicting him with blindness... even permanent blindness as Star Phoenix can heal that.

Star Phoenix's goal, being to put him out of the fight NOT Kill him ~ potentially intimidate or coerce Medvid to also stop fighting and talk.

Star Phoenix is a HERO.. not a avenging punisher of fiery death from the heavens.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:33, Thu 24 Mar 2022.

It's your turn Psyche.

Sorry! Forgot I was aftr Anathema.

In PbP environments I would typically recommend that players in a "block" (that is, all players before the next NPC action) all declare their actions at once in order to save time. I admit I haven't been following that advice myself, but I'm after Star Phoenix, one of the most prolific posters I know. If they haven't posted yet I just don't feel compelled to rush my own. ^_^;

Yep. I think I will try that next fight.

*Spins around idly*

Hey GM.  Cast list says Shadow hasn't logged in for 10 days.

How do you want to approach things when a player goes MIA and the story hinges on their involvement.  Like in combat?

Puppet them? SHadow was just backing off, IIRC.

The only way I can think of is that I take control of them for a time (at least until I can separate them of the group while keeping the narative whole). I have send a rmail to Shadows, if I have no answer tomorow I will do his action for him.

Next fight we will use Anathema suggestion.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:13, Sun 10 Apr 2022.

I have no answer from Shadow so I will play for him for now.

I will try a new system to help the play. When I post, I give everyone three days to answer. I will post after that delay even if someone didn't post. I will probably post before if everyone posted at least once before the deadline.

For fight we will try to make a PCs block where everyone post once, first to post first to go, and a NPCs group where I will decide the order.

That fine for everyone? Tell me if you think the dealy is too short or too long.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:32, Mon 11 Apr 2022.

It seems more than fair to me~

Okay.

Sure...

Works for me. I'll try to declare my intentions as well for easier puppetting.

Anathema thinks the situation is in hand so unless something weird happens or the balance of power shifts she's content to leave it up to the Star Phoenix! She doesn't like putting in extra work, especially when the Bad Guys seem to have given up throwing punches.

Psyche is just going to boogie for now and let everyone cool down and get their heads sorted before re-establishing contact on our terms.

Oh wait, the fight's already formally been declared over. Whoopsie-doodle~!

First scene finished. I let you having a bit of down time to decide what your characters will do. Fell free to ask if you have questions.

The non-standard narratation style is kind of hard to read.

I tried reduce the size of the of the allocution but I wanted to advance a the story, so many informations in the same post. I know it' not really digest.

I have new from Shadow's player and he is currently unaivable for the foreseeable futur so I decided to let his character on stand-by until he can come back (wich is not assured).

I will post tommorow, I am discuting with Fathom and Anathema for two subject. Phoenix and Psyche you can use that time to finish your conversation.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:21, Sun 17 Apr 2022.

After a little discution with Fathom I wanted to open the discution on what you wish to do now, to have everyone go in the same direction.

You can either contact the governement and see what they want to do (using your public identity or a cape persona). Wait for more informations. Hunt your attacker. I would prefer for everyone to kept in the same group.

Psyche doesn't really want to go public (she doesn't need to), but she wants to keep in touch with the others.

Thanks for opening this discussion!

I totally get why Psyche would want--even need to keep a low profile.  And, for that matter, I could see it with Shadow and maybe with Anathema.   There's gonna be no hiding Star Phoenix.  With our current set-up, I'm thinking Psyche is actually the best possible linchpin for gathering and possibly keeping us together.

SO, I guess the question I want us to discuss is where do we, as a group, want to position ourselves?

I had assumed that we'd all be onboarding with the government and would be used in some capacity in general alignment with our ideals.  It might be that we are used for specific engagements while other, more shady-dealing groups, deal with other engagements more suited to their natures.

If y'all want an us-vs-the-government story, I'm on-board.  I'll just need a small story-arc to pivot Fathom's demeanor and motives.  I'm quite happy to do it... I just wanna know in what direction we're going.

Psyche has a trust but verify attitude toward the ART right now (and I totally understand why this is a godsend for Fathom and Phoenix). She just thinks that Phoenix going up to confront the government by himself is going to be greeted by Patriot missile batteries rising out of hidden emplacements on the White House grounds and she really doesn't want that to happen to him.

As it is, Psyche has the feeling that she's going to have to join up sooner or later, since someone has spotted her using her powers AND knows her phone number enough to send that trap message. So what the hell, if everyone's joining then she'll join too. She thinks Justy has his heart in the right place, at least.

I'm not real keen on the "heroes, hunted at every turn" trope.  There's a level of paranoid machination that just doesn't interest me.  I don't mind a little iron age posturing now and again, but I prefer it more silver age overall.

lol.  A patriot missile could not catch Star Phoenix in flight he's far too fast. Fire a barrage of patriot missiles at him and he has attacks to hit anything he can see in area perception range ~ he could fill the sky with plasma and he'd clear them from the sky.  Hit him with one and he'd laugh he's Immune to fire explosive damage ~ he could literally survive the sun's surface {the gravity and radiation would be more the issue}. Fire a Nuke at him and he'd turn into energy and enjoy the show from inside.  Kill him... 'somehow' (electrity, radiation, sonic, acid, bullets... hit with brick hard enough) and he'd rise from the dead in 2 weeks with the rising of the sun.

BUT..'snicker' all that said, I'm not interested in fighting the government either.. his whole idea to confront the government would draw attention ~ I was thinking more like how The STAR BRAND, Ken Connel did in the New Universe comics to land the lunar module from the moon on the white house lawn {but not exactly like that - that's trespassing on government property} cause where he would place himself would be where anyone in the public could walk he'd NOT be breaking the law to be where he would be waiting for a response.. but right where any law-abiding tourist could view the White House... he'd just be on fire and hovering. He'd draw the attention of the press just as quickly as capital law enforrcement, THAT being his point to place his 'questions' to the Government in a very public place where he could not be ignored as 'some prankster'.  He'd not storm the White house like some super-villain attacking the president.

But Psyche jumping to a conclusion was not out of character... he'd planned to explain himself in detail on that matter... but opening the discussion here is a good idea.

Yeah, I prefer a more Silver Age approach to super hero games.. clearly with how flashy and obvious Star Phoenix's powers are he's not the sneak and hide sort but he's also not the fight the authority kind of character.  Hiding his identity has an expiration date effectively.  Eventually, regardless of how careful he is or how fast and hard to catch he might be ~ satellite coverage will  track his flight patterns and figure out what city he lives in and narrow down his flight habits and with facial recognition software they will eventually ID him anyways.

Yeah, he could make a home on the moon and eventually he will, but he'd still eventually be identified.  So no I did not have plans from him to hide who he is very long... and he'd want to join up sooner than that just to keep an eye on the government's intents for other supers safety as well.

He's a powerhouse and he's needs to set the example that he's being a law-abiding and helpful citizen Super of America as well.
This message was last edited by the player at 15:53, Tue 19 Apr 2022.

Anathema has her own motivations and while writing her between-action post I realized that they would take her down a route the rest of the group would probably not want to follow. She genuinely believes herself to be a goddess and that all the Impacteers are her children. While her intentions are benevolent, she is strongly anti-authority and would almost immediately come into conflict with the government.

I'm currently torn between letting things play out as the will for better or worse, and switching to another character.

I think Psyche would probably go the Spidermeeeh route, balancing her hero and civilian identity.

I am not opposed to have someone in the ART and the other independants. Maybe have Fathom have a contract as official protector of the city but accepting the other help under some condition (and making Fathom their unofficial handler).

That could make an interesting story for Fathom where she is asked to spy on her comrades in a classic be lawful or good conflict.

 I still think that Anethema as she is can and is STILL needed to contribute a vital role to the Impact Supers. She is the untracable, the untouchable, the constant watcher from the shadows... the member of our team that WE know no one can pen down... who is always watching and can never be 'truly' watched.  Anathema is our 'ace in the hole', she can contribute and we can all work to keep her off the 'official' roster as our secret weapon should the government overstep its declared policy.

We need her to watch our backs..
She may someday need to rescue the team!

But none of that precludes us having her part of the team. And openly aiding  us. We all just work to ACTIVELY keep her identity secret so she can watch the government's activities under the cover of being our 'mysterious' team member.

Then maybe the question is to the GM.

What is your intention for the role of the government in general and the ART in particular?

Are supers going to be conscripted into the ART?

No. At least for now.

I think good idea for the ART would be the PRT from Worm. Good guys in general with some hardass and several shady deals in the closet. They will be public so they need to keep a clean image. The exact red tap they will have will depend of you: if you are in I will kept it at minimum to not restraint you too much, if not they will be by-book with long procedure for everything.

Anathema is totally not above stealing a submarine and salvage ship for her "holy quest." She'll return them after! Honest!

Oh, Psyche, what a fantastic suggestion!   I can totally see Fathom making that a personal pet project.  Gives her a direction and a focus, which is just what she needs!  Thanks!

Sorry I was a little busy the last two days. I will catch up tonight and post tomorrow.

I will not post until Saturday. There problems at my work and it take all my time to deal with it.

Sorry for the delay. I hope everyone is still on board. If you wish to continu talk between you, go ahead.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:08, Wed 27 Apr 2022.

Hello. Sorry for being absent this week. My work keep me really busy.

For now we have Fathom and Psyche who are talking about a powered sport league and Anathema and Phoenix who want to try to find the meteor who impacted.

The second could be a good story hook for everyone. I had already some idea for the meteor and I don't want it to be a side story for two PCs.

So if everyone is okay, we can make a adventure about retriving it.

What Fathom and Psyche are talking about... that would likely be a long-term goal, and it doesn't hold a lot of RP conflict as far as I'm concerned.  But it does give Fathom a reason to join ART, to act like a good little role model, and tamp down on the paranoia that this character seems inclined to entertain.  OOC, we are just killing time and developing character.

Find the meteorite?  Sure.  I imagine that--if it's in the ocean somewhere, as Anathema seems to suspect, that Fathom should definitely be able to help out in a substantial fashion.  I mean, not needing the protective shell of a submarine and all...

The issue with this that I don't see Anathema suggesting searching for the stone as a 'team thing' cause we're are NOT a team, some of us are Actively seeking to avoid each other at our last encounter and Anathema on her own is also not really a team player.

As for Star Phoenix he would be ok with a team effort but he gets the feeling everyone else wants really nothing to do with him cause his powers are so obvious he's not going to try to be around people who actively want to stay away from him. It was not his idea to go find the stone... but now that is has been proposed he's quite capable of seeking it on his own out of pure curiosity...

My point being he is not likely to seek out 'Saturn Girl' who went invisible at the fight and decided to Not get involved or the blue girl who immediately ran from the fight.  Only Anathema has actually made an effort to contact him.

And yeah Shadow man who has ghosted the game for weeks now...
This message was last edited by the player at 03:22, Sun 01 May 2022.

I thought it pretty clear that my character needs to be drawn into things.  She hasn't embraced it so fully in 48 hours, as Justin has.   As the most pronounced and flamboyantly visible character, Star Phoenix would be the logical one to bring people together.  But, hey, it's totally your call.

Star Phoenix thinks that people are actively trying to avoid him?  That's a weird assumption.  Is this something you want to pursue?  If so, how would you like that to play out? What's the arc or progression?

Star Phoenix would not be opposed to joining up, or taking the public lead in supporting peaceful coexistence... but Anathema contacted him and drew him into her proposal ~ there is no way HE could know in-character what Fathom and Psyche are discussing.  You made a character that needs to get drawn in for her to engage; sorry that's proving to be very inopportune at this moment.

Yes, he does believe people are actively looking to avoid him.. look at how the fight went.  He tried to get them to talk... after he was attacked, and no one int he group came to his aid Except Anathema.  You ran away immediately, Psyche turned invisible and Shadow...well just vanished ~ from the game.

He calls Psyche... proposes something she of course takes it in the most outrageous, and provocative way possible then hangs up ~ without letting him explain anything or the details of his plan. 'shrug'

So yeah he's gone with Anathema and is kind of out of contact until one of you makes contact which will not actually help for now as his number of the phone he gave you he only turns on every four hours to avoid being tracked.

So yeah we're in a RP pickle here.

Right now all I can say is that Star Phoenix and Anathema are searching the offshore coast looking for the Impact Stone.  We may or may not find it... I'm just leaving it up to the GM to figure out how to pull us together.  If that's what he wants.  But I've been in discussion with Anathema and showed both her and the GM the post before I made it which ..triggered his recent post.  But I was not expressly told not to post it.  And I also did not post ALL of the proposed post to give the GM a chance for some input.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:35, Sun 01 May 2022.

It's odd that you're taking Fathom's running away as a personal commentary on Star Phoenix instead of the save-her-own-ass move that it was.  I suppose it provides an interesting insight into Star Phoenix' psyche, though.

If this is something you want to play out further, though, I'd prefer discuss it up-front and out-of-character.
This message was lightly edited by the player at 17:27, Mon 02 May 2022.

Well, Star Phoenix would not condemn Fathom for running away.. it was a scary moment and she had no 'personal' stake in it or in the strangers she met whom she was uncertain of had not been party to coercing her to show.  But it does mean to him, at least, that he should not count on her to stand and fight should 'evil' threaten her let alone any innocents who might need protection.  HE has dedicated Himself to using his powers to help, defend, and protect others... even at risk of his own life, but he does understand not many share such 'heroic' or 'Altruistic' views... doesn't mean they are bad people ... just not cut out of the stuff of heroes.

Fathom ran when others stepped up to fight against aggressors, not stand with them to help.  Not a evil thing but clearly her own well being is the most important thing to her.. not so with Star Phoenix.  But he IS really hard to hurt... would he be as heroic if he had no powers?  The answer is yes.  He would be... that's just how he is personally. He cares for those around him, even perfect strangers... but he also respects their choices for privacy and anonymity! So he will not seek Fathom as one she left no means to contact her, and two at least, on the surface, values her own safety over others ~ not a heroic trait.  Fighting 'bad guys' may just not be something she's prepared to do without other motivation.
This message was last edited by the player at 10:55, Mon 02 May 2022.

This is on you as a player. You left me hanging for SIX DAYS waiting for a response. And considering what she knew of Phoenix - that he's an overenthusiastic do-gooder who's eager to use his powers - and he was going to demand answers from the government, his own words, by the way, she had every reason to believe he was going to buzz the White House about as subtly as a Kalibr missile strike. It was out of concern for him that she advised caution.

But sure, go ahead and play the victim. For someone who claims to be hard to hurt, you have the sensitivities of tissue paper when things don't go your way.

Huh?

You think waiting 6 days is along time? Lol. You have no idea how long getting a post in character can take on Rpol.  I tried to make a post about three days into that and it was ate by a power outage due to a storm and I could not get back to it for in real life crisis' I had to deal with but saw no need to burden anyone else with. I posted when I could. Sorry you were too impatient to wait little. 'shrug'

"When things don't go my way?!?" What is that supposed to mean?  Lol

I'm acting on what Anathema proposed doing something in game. You want to criticize me for that?!? 'Shrug'

Not playimg a victim card just explaining why Star is doing what he's doing.

There is no way for him to know what any of you are doing so he's going with the person who is interacting with him.

Jeeze, I stop paying attention for a little while to focus on my own stuff and this discussion happens.

Fortunately, I am a kind and caring goddess and can fix this!

Star Phoenix suggests to Anathema that Fathom's water powers could be beneficial. Anna decides to drop in on Fathom and lays out the whole "we were targetted for mrrrrdrrrr together so we should probably work together." Fathom passes word along to Psyche that Anna is such a smart and cautious and motherly goddess and we all decide to work together, at least for a little while, under promise of big motherly goddess hugs!

I may be embellishing a little bit (and skipping over the boring unimportant stuff), but I think it's a sound plan, yes? Please say yes ❤.
This message was last edited by the player at 18:17, Mon 02 May 2022.

Lols, yes certainly... though I'm not sure Star Phoenix nor Anathema know 'the blue girl' has water powers! 'Snicker'

Edit: Wait... Anathema might know as she watched the whole battle from all the reflective angles... she might have seen Fathom create the water wall.. I don't quite remember if Star Phoenix was near or faced the right way to see that in the battle.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:21, Mon 02 May 2022.

I have a vague recollection that Fanthom discussed the nature of her Impact powers, but I could be wrong. Let me double-check...

EDIT: Guess not. Whoopsie-doodle. So much for my brilliant plan then! I don't think Anna would care to speculate on the nature of others' abilities, given that her own are so esoteric.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:29, Mon 02 May 2022.

If it makes things easier, let's just say that Sarah did so, retroactively.  Or perhaps recognized the blue girl from the the national news segment of her "coming out" after the presidents speech.

That works! Impacteer powers now include recontinuity as standard! Hurray! ^_^

I'll add getting a post out to tonight's action queue. No promises but I'll do my best!

You alredy said that. Since the meteor is under water, Fathom is a obvious choice to have (and they should at least suspect it since a water wall appeared during the battle where no other showed water powers). And since Fathom is already on speaking term with Psyche, the last of you can be invited to your aquatic adventure.

If everyone is okay with that, I will create a new Issue. And try to focus on that, the end of the prologue as did go in every direction. For now I have keep four storylines in head.

-The Meteor (and Anathema attraction to it).
-The ART (and Fathom talk with tem).
-The mysterious employer of your agressors.
-The four is a little surprise.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:35, Tue 03 May 2022.

I just realized that Anna and Anna have the same name. I can't even call one "blue Anna" because they are both blue!

Your post was delightful to read! Had me giggling the whole time.

When Anahita eventually reveals herself, I'm sure it will be an opportunity for comedic confusion.  So far, she's only made an appearance in a private line.   But, I'm in no hurry.  No need to unveil too much at once. :)

Thanks for the compliment.  I wanted Sarah to be something other than angry and distrustful all the damned time...   I'm happy to try being the comedic relief!

I am ready to advance the story. I will let everyone until monday to finish what they want to say before I open a new tread and launch the hunt for the meteor. If anyone is against, speak now or never.

I think we are in agreement that everyone will be getting together for the Meteor Recovery mission so I'm okay starting a new thread for that while we wrap up the getting-together banter. If we are not in agreement, then we still need to work out the details!

Did you hear about the new dog breed they made for doing magic tricks? They call it a "labracadabrador!"

I'm okay with a new thread...

I created the new tread for the next adventure. One post by character, I want to avoid the mess that the end of Issue 1 became (I had trouble to follow everyone post). For now you need to decide how you will organise your expedition, travel to the impact site, the material you want...

For the underwater part:

-Phoenix has Immunity: Life Support so OK.

-Fathom can breath underwater, OK

-Psyche can use a tk shield but can't use other TK, maybe OK.

-Anathema is the only one I don't have idea.

I think the best would be to find diving suit for Psychee and Anathema and either handwave many thing about them, like presure limitation and oxygen reserve or have a Async who can build advanced suits come in play. What do you think?

What makes you think that Anathema had any intention of going down there? =P

I actually do have a plan. Not much of a plan, but it is a plan! It does require a boat though.

Star Phoenix can create a solid Plasma bubble  construct containing a very limited atmosphere or extended air if we get some technological air supply. With his strength he can lift about 25 tons easily .. so a makeshift solid Plasma bathesphere or boat could work but his Constructs currently do not do moving parts though they can be reshaped at a thought or animated by his will.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:14, Mon 09 May 2022.

Yeah, and what happens when Star Phoenix gets his shit pushed in by a pod of Async Giant Squids? I highly doubt you splurged on Continuous or could justify Innate on plasma constructs!

Call Anathema paranoid and overly cautious, but as much as she hates technology at least she knows a fiberglass yacht won't evaporate or explode when something goes wrong. >.>

His Constructs are permanent objects unless he dismisses them you have to smash them to break them and they leave behind broken bits if you can manage it. They are rank 8 constructs not easily broken. That is the equivalent of steel or stone I think.


And yes they are Innate... that is why he is very considerate to dismisses them instead of leaving them all over the place.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:07, Mon 09 May 2022.

How can they possibly be innate? They're blatantly unnatural.

I create them set the matrix of their physicality in motion and they are permanent solid objects.  They cannot be 'dispelled'.. they are REAL objects and must be shattered or ground up.

Would be the same if I had create stone construct.. its real stone.. permanent not a power maintaining it.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:54, Mon 09 May 2022.

So you did splurge on Continuous then? o.O

Clearly Fathom needs to breathe for two and pass air mouth to mouth to Psyche!

Also I would suggest getting a salvage boat somehow in case the meteorite really is kryptonite for our powers.

Yes~!

Fathom would probably be safe to go down though; it seems that at least a portion of her powers resulted in biological mutations which should continue functioning even if nullified. Gills are gills! But are they fresh- or saltwater gills?
This message was last edited by the player at 00:29, Tue 10 May 2022.

Yeah, all the biological adaptations are innate. Knock her out or nullify the descriptor, and she's still what she is... There ain't no going back for her.

As a GM I'd be skeptical about putting Innate even on seemingly natural things, because of a simple point I discovered when I made a biokinetic character: technically speaking, biological is a descriptor. Sure, Nullify (impact powers) effects like Anathema's staff (did I ever mention her staff?) wouldn't work on it, but it is still something that can be made to not work with the right descriptor effects. When you dig really deep into M&M, you even discover that seemingly blank 0-point human shlubs still have a handful of "invisible" ranks in Land Speed and Senses that could potentially be nullified by a biokinetic's powers. Truly innate abilities are rare; the metric I use is "can you imagine this creature continuing to exist if this were to be removed?" For example, a rat's Shrinking or a slime's Intangible.

Ehhh, whatever.   What I've done with my character feels justified to me.  I know you're not keen on sharing sheets so... well, I'm sure the Narrator will bring it up if there' a problem.  I mean, I wouldn't mind having a couple of extra points to play with!

To be fair I am super pedantic to the point where I've annoyed players out of joining my games. It can be difficult striking the right balance sometimes... and biting my tongue and letting other GMs do whatever they feel is right. It's funny how M&M is one of the most rigid superhero systems I've ever seen and so much of it is still up to GM interpretation with no obvious right or wrong answers.
This message was last edited by the player at 05:45, Tue 10 May 2022.

Oh, I agree... there's a feel for it.  I've certainly pushed several player-candidates away from my own games.  Part of it, I think, is that as a GM working with a new player, you don't know if the player is a pure tactician looking to wring every last drop of use out of the build.

In reply to Anathema (msg # 237):

Yes I did.

I'm unclear on how granular you want to go with deciding "how you will organise your expedition, travel to the impact site, the material you want..."   I thought that Star Phoenix had already arranged for some sort of water-vessel to take us, well, somewhere, back in Issue 1, message 86.

I'm also not real clear on what you're wanting us to post in the Issue-2 thread.   That's for in-character stuff, right?   I'm not terribly interested in playing out the logistics of planning a trip nor detailing what's in my character's luggage for the trip there.  And I hadn't really thought much beyond "she can withstand the high-pressure aquatic environment without protection.

I imagine that they're still going to need some method of actually searching for the meteorite.  The meteorite wasn't large enough to have a Tunguska-like effect on it's environment.  Searching for a big slab of rock among thousands of hectares of underwater mountains... yeah, this isn't going to go quickly.

My guess is that we can exploit Anathema's remote sensing ability for that since she seems to have a connection to the meteorite, while Fathom and Phoenix (and maybe Psyche) can do the heavy lifting once they pinpoint it.

Something like the Glomar Explorer would be ideal for raising stuff off the seabed without using powers, but that ship was scrapped in 2015 or so.

I'll give an in-character briefing once we're all together in meatspace on the water, whether it be in Sunfire Birdman's wacky plasma construct boat or some other more mundane vessel. Anathema herself has no real prep to do, but what little is to be done I'm waiting for Justy to do his post first.

I'm sorry for my lack of posting in the last 12 hours, I am Very Ill... going to the doctor today.  I have a painful Ear infection.  Once I have some relief... I'll be gin posting again.

Aww! Sorry to hear that! Ear infections are pretty bad!

Gah a horrible two day affair is coming to a close. Did not sleep well at all last night but the sickness seems to be coming down and I can now hear out of both my ears now. So this evening I'll be doing a post.

Don't push yourself because of us! Roleplaying isn't worth it!

Ok, getting ready to make a post in issue 2.  So this is more a question to the GM how big scale can we go?  I know what Star Phoenix is capable of, what is the timeline of where we are in history? Are current events int he world going on..what year is it?

Justy ostensibly hired a boat and crew to assist in finding the stone... but it seemed reasonable for that to take two maybe three days to arrange.  So he's got two or three days to do some really world wide heroics and charity... No one has commented about his efforts in issue 1 so... what's the GM take on this?

Your Issue 1 post kinda made me TL;DR out hard; I meant to read it in chunks over the weekend but I forgot it was my birthday and it has been a bit of a whirlwind.

Woot!  Happy birthday!

Happy 1 birthday!

Congrats!

Happy birthday.

I was busy last week and unhapilly it will no be better. I hope I will manage to have enought of time for the game. For now I have only Phoenix who had begun the new tread.

I tried to keep a eye on the discution here but to make sure I didn't skip something, is everything is okay for the game?

Not really.

I'm unclear on what it is you anted and how you wanted it.  Do you want this in-character?

As a new-to-me GM, I don't yet know whether not explicitly stating that I brought along the kitchen sink is going to come back to haunt me, because, you know, I didn't say I had a kitchen sink.  If you want an itemized list, I can certainly do that.

Or... are you just looking for us to move forward with it in a keep the story moving kind of way?

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 258):

Far as I can tell everything is fine, I was waiting for Starry Eyes to post before I even begun work on my own and my ADHD makes everything just that little bit slower and more difficult than it would be otherwise. I do hope to get to writing sometime tonight, but I also have a backlog of other things to do so we will see how things proceed.

Yeah, I used my Benefits - Well-Off to pay for setting up such a expedition in mundane means.



Here I was assuming that the US Meteorlogical Agencies tracks this kind of stuff and its easily accessed by freedom of information act to get telemetry from that day and reports of a meteor fall to a reasonably moderate sized location of where to look.  Hiring a Ship and Crew specifically skilled at underwater salvage and recovery covers the rest with underwater surface radar and potentially search and recovery drones.

But you are correct it would still take some time... IF we did not have super powers to assist in our search.  The ship and crew as far as Star Phoenix is concerned would help as much as they could but was more of a place to rest our feet while we search and to mollify Anathema's fears of powerlessness when we locate the stone... something that Star Phoenix personally think is Waaay overthinking this!

He does not believe the 'Kryptonite Theory', but has not pressed the issue as he's getting the feeling that Anathema may be either neuro-diverse or potentially multiple personality either before or by the current presence or nature of her powers.  He does not want to distance her...

She's 'easy on the eyes', and he knows people who are neuro-diverse or mentally 'complicated' have trouble making meaningful connections with others socially and he fears she may be lonely if someone does not reach out to her.  He believes, as he ALWAYS does, in the great potential for Good in all people and the unique preciousness of every life.. so he cares.  Her power can do great good for mankind... if someone gives her the chance and just is there as a friend, regardless of how 'strange' Anathema may seem.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:32, Thu 19 May 2022.

So... who are we waiting on to post?  Is Anethema going to introduce the other characters or are they going to introduce themselves?

I'm waiting for the scene to evolve into something that fathom can participate in.  I just don't see her being mid-air downtown.

Yeah, I get that... I'm waiting on Anethema to introduce the other characters she's had contact with.

Though.. I do indeed have psyche's number.. if by the end of the week she's not posted, I'll make a double post and call Psyche.  That will get both Psyche and you involved and we can keep the story moving.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:55, Mon 30 May 2022.

GM specifically asked us to make one post.

Gonna be honest, that was not the post I thought I would be making.

Hmmm...good point. I forgot about that.

Hello everyone! Sorry for the long absence, I just came back from a last minute, two weeks long work trip in Poland. I will catch up to your post try to post asap.

Again sorry.

Glad you're safe!

Okay I am back in game and I am on vacation next week.

Anyone want to continue planing the trip to the meteor or you want to go directly to do it?

I think the best is that everyone with flight should be able to use it under water but at only level 1. And Phoenix 'Plasma construct' are continous so they keep working even if he is knocked out and I will not use anything to nulify power, so Anathema can take a ride in one without risk. For Phoenix aura, no interaction with water, no need to complicate things. Anymore questions?

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 270):

We have yet to get Fathom into the thread.. was hoping Psyche would contact her to get her involved.

ack, I thought I replied to that. My plan was to just call her and put her on speakerphone while we continued our conversartion.

I am trying to see were Anathema stand right now.

If nobody see any objection I will advance the game Friday.

I am present but have been in a bit of a writing slump.

So... I'm confused.

Are we headed to Japan or staying around Penmore City?

Issue 2, Message 1 (Narrator):


Issue 2, Message 12: (Star Phoenix)

This message was last updated by the player at 20:39, Thu 16 June 2022.

User error most likely.

Yeah, that's a error.. thought I'd changed that from my off-line type up of that post... apparently not.  Yeah it is a trip to the South Seas near Japan.
This message was last edited by the player at 21:20, Thu 16 June 2022.

Yep. I didn't want to deep so I took a underwater moutain. If we forget Hawai, the Emperor Seamounts are the nearest. You can search on Google.

I will advance the game. Next time I keep discution like that OOC. So if you wish to adjust the plan, discute it on this tread.
This message was last edited by the GM at 19:54, Fri 17 June 2022.

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Good idea with the ball and it would work with Low-Light Google (or maybe not if your mirror vision is plugged directly into the brain, but I am not picky, you are superheroes). You didn't thing to attach a flashlight with the ball?

I made research, red light vanish after 30m, yellow after 100m, green after 250m and blue/violet after 500m. To simplify a little, everything is clear down to 50m, between 50m-300m you have low-light condition (who can be offset by the low-light vision sens), after 500m you have only darkness (who can be offset by dark vision.

It's been pointed out to me that many of Anna's powers probably should have the Dimensional extra if I really want to be using them through reflections. I don't have the points to budget that right now but it's definitely the first thing I intend to do once we get some CPs.

Anna doesn't have a good relationship with technology; she barely tolerates the goggles. She's definitely not going to rig up some custom sight extension devices on her own. They're just ordinary ball bearings like you might see in a machine shop.

Fathom and Pysche have yet to post. I give you until Friday.

My plan was to throw glowsticks overboard so hopefully it would extend illumination range, but we probably don't have those onboard unless there's a raver on the vessel :)

Star Phoenix will be generating sunlight in a large radius while underwater... I doubt any other light source will be needed. 'shrug'

Yeah, i mentioned as much. Anyway, PSyche can try going in too... She knows Justy is strong enough and the others can probably handle themselves in a fight... Especially Fathom.

Heh. Fathom doesn't know it, though.  :)

Sorry I wanted to post yesterday but I was picking up someone at the airport and the plane was late.

I am waiting for the rest of group to begin the battle. Any problem?
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:36, Wed 06 July 2022.

Anathema can't participate, she's in a completely different part of the scene. Which, y'know, that's fine, I knew that was going to be the case.
This message was last edited by the player at 20:52, Wed 06 July 2022.

I thought she was with us... Oh well.

Fathom just anounced she will stop her involvement in the game.

I want to ask you if you prefer I take over her character for sometime or I just erase her?

Sounds like its time to open some new recruitment for the game.

Hopefully not anything to do with any of us!

To be honest, the pace of this game makes it rather difficult to stay engaged. I know that's partially my fault; I've been operating at a mental energy deficit for a while between my own personal health issues and all the other games I'm in. Still, though... I don't know. I have multiple reasons not to care too much about this game.

I have send an invite to some people who had expressed interest in the game when I was creating it. I have no answer yet.

We will continue and I will juste erase Fathom.

Anathema, do you have any power you can use on a target you see in a reflection? If you can participe to the fight it's better.
This message was last edited by the GM at 20:04, Sun 17 July 2022.

In reply to The Narrator (msg # 294):

Kind of jarring plot wise.  Could you consider keeping and playing Fathom in this scene at least until its resolved?  This part of the stone quest was kind of pointed at her... in terms of spotlight time.

Yeah. But I fear that since she is the best in water she would make the most impact and I prefer let the players have the spotlight.

But if you think it would be too strange I can keep her and try to minimize her impact.

Anathema's power has the Turnabout extra, originally intended to represent her ability to reach through mirrors without necessarily having to transport herself there. This would of course require a mirror of sufficient quality to enable her teleportation, and I didn't think it likely that she could obtain such things on short notice. It would also be limited to half a mile, which might be too short to be useful.

I coiuld try taking over Fathom...

It would only be for this fight... as she WAS with us when we went down here.  Its not like it was our decision for her to leave the game.

We went down here under the understanding she would be with us... if that was not going to be the case other preparations could and would have been taken.
This message was last edited by the player at 13:14, Mon 18 July 2022.

Hello everyone.

I just have internet back after nearly three weeks of no connection. Their were work near my house and the cable of connections were affected. Sorry for the big delay.

I used this interruption to think about the game and I am unhappy with the direction it has taken. In addition with several other IRL factors, I will stop GMing the game. If you wish to continue it I can try to find another GM.

I am sorry for the ones who invested time in this game.

Sorry to hear about the lack of interwebs. That sounds inhumane in this day and age!

Closing out the game sounds good to me. Good luck in your future endeavors!