Always needed.

As an example of how I expect this to work, I'll generate this NPC for use later.

23:53, Today: Ajudicator, for the NPC NPC example, rolled 13 using 1d8+10, rerolling ones.  characteristic roll. Charisma

23:53, Today: Ajudicator, for the NPC NPC example, rolled 15 using 1d8+10, rerolling ones.  characteristic roll. Intelligence

23:53, Today: Ajudicator, for the NPC NPC example, rolled 15 using 1d8+10, rerolling ones.  characteristic roll. Agility

23:53, Today: Ajudicator, for the NPC NPC example, rolled 15 using 1d8+10, rerolling ones.  characteristic roll. Endurance

23:53, Today: Ajudicator, for the NPC NPC example, rolled 15 using 1d8+10, rerolling ones.  characteristic roll. Strength

23:52, Today: Ajudicator, for the NPC NPC example, rolled 10,8 using 1d10,1d10 with rolls of 10,8.  Weaknesses.
That's either eight or eighty, Diminished Senses or Reduced Strength

00:13, Today: Ajudicator, for the NPC NPC example, rolled 9,6 using 1d10,1d10 with rolls of 9,6.  Skills. 69 - Natural Weaponry

00:13, Today: Ajudicator, for the NPC NPC example, rolled 3,2 using 1d10,1d10 with rolls of 3,2.  Skills. 23 - Heightened Defense

00:10, Today: Ajudicator, for the NPC NPC example, rolled 4,5 using 1d10,1d10 with rolls of 4,5.  Skills. 54 - Heightened Senses

00:10, Today: Ajudicator, for the NPC NPC example, rolled 6,4 using 1d10,1d10 with rolls of 6,4.  Skills. 46 - Heightened Expertise

00:10, Today: Ajudicator, for the NPC NPC example, rolled 2,1 using 1d10,1d10 with rolls of 2,1.  Skills. 12 - Heightened Attack

00:09, Today: Ajudicator, for the NPC NPC example, rolled 7,3 using 1d10,1d10 with rolls of 7,3.  Skills 73 - Natural Weaponry

Game Wiki Entry
This message was last edited by the GM at 13:02, Sat 07 May 2022.

Hi Ajudicator, Duelist, and Nos 3-5!

I'm working on deciding which of several options of combining powers to use, and wanted to get a feel for what others were looking for/looking at.

I haven’t had much of a chance yet to work on a character. But that would be interesting to know, lessen the chance of doing very similar characters.

I'm trying to decide what tables to even roll my powers on LOL.

Hello everyone, looking forward to playing with you all. :)

You too, #6!

OK, since nobody's gone the "Iron Man" route yet, I'll try taking some rolls on the "Devices" table...

Except for the two shorter tables (Skills and Magic/Psionics), the powers in the table are the same. There's no real right or wrong combination of rolls. In the inspiring media, you can find examples of almost any combination. Just a few examples:

My character is nearly finished, she is going to be weather oriented in powers. :)   Now I need to think of a background and name. :)

One of my options involves Lightning Control. If that would be too close I can steer away from that, or if you might want to have some kind of connection or common origin I could steer into it.

There actually dissimilar, Lightning Control could technically be called Electron Control.

Duelist mostly just has incredible agility (45) and charisma (29).

In reply to No.1 (msg # 10):

Lightning Control is all yours. :)   I may use lightning occasionally, but not the focus of her abilities.  Think more Air/Wind effects.  :)


Have we decided on a city as starting point yet?

My character will have some nanotech and a mobile suit of some kind... a high-tech hero.  Still working out the details.

Hello friends,
lets V&V again;  I am revisiting an older character that I didn't get to play, and see develop, as much as I wanted to.

Looking forward to playing with you, Archer ;)

Bloody Hell, will you marry me?

The city will turn out to be one of those oddities that has every possible location. It should be between a desert and an ocean with a river running through it. There'll be a swamp next to the NASA launch site, just down the coast the from ancient ruins and accompanying archaeological expedition. The night life will be jumping what with the concerts in the amphitheater, games on the olympic grounds, football, baseball, soccer, tennis, lacrosse, and jai alai matches. This, along with the amusement park next to the circus, will keep the masses entertained. But it won't be all fun and games considering the huge industrial park, world-class research facilities at the university, military installations (both for training and defense), seaport warehouse, and rail yard.
So, whatever city you decide to start in it should have all that.

Heh, well Houston has a lot of that actually.

As long as the night life is good, flashy and loud. ;)


Sorry about my delay been a rough few days.

To ease into things, I will require that the characters have some shared history and are already known to work together.

Kewl :)

I am up for talking with anyone to start the process. :)

Me too.

So do we all chat one-on-one (probably in PMs), or do it here and simply discuss where we are as a team.


For those who recognise Archer from another game, the concept remains, but the skin has changed.
As we are now set in 2022, this Archer is a scientist.   I am going with the 'brilliant scientist with Powers' trope.
I welcome any and all ideas that might link Doctor Archer to your own characters.

I am fine with discussing things here. Unless of course it is something the player wants kept secret.

As for Rock Star his powers ended up being light and sound based with a some size change thrown in. So he is larger than life, showy and loud.

I was working on being one of those self-taught inventors in comics, getting his powers from a lab accident/sabotage. Happy to adjust to make it bigger/more eventful.

Hmm...maybe we can start with a throw-away villain to defeat as a good point for all of us to meet?

Example:

The Mole Man and his troops invade the surface and we all end up working together to send him packing! ;)

Awesome ... I assume you mean, we construct a background event based on this event that brought us together?

Lets first ask, if Moleman suddenly invaded the surface world with his troops, tunnelling a way up (ala Underminer in Incredibles), how would we each respond.

I'll start:   Archer would grown large, and attempt to pick up the tunnelling device, and shove it back down the hole, to block the way and inhibit the troops following it.

Rock Star, what size do you grow too, please?  or is it a permanent increase?
Archer can grow and shrink 4 grades, for reference ... down to Microscopic, and up to 24' high.

Duelist would have leaped in to confront the troops, keeping them occupied and distracted with jabs from her sword and dodging their blows.

Exactly :)



Kestrel would be hard to see as she turns to Air, being seen mostly as a shadow flying around the battlefield and using blasts of air against any moleman who had cover from the sky.  She would manipulate the weather so that a Lightning storm was happening over the location of the moleman tunnel, sending lightning down from the sky to strike any moleman who got past the mole machine.

Oh, awesome.   That bitch was BAD!   I love seeing historic figures like she referenced and remembered in gaming.

In reply to Archer (msg # 28):



He can only grow and it is set at factor 2. So he get 12' tall.

He probably was happy to help Archer with shoving the tunneling machine back into its hole. All the while with a brilliant flashy light show and some loud music, something like his own version of Cum on Feel the Noise. blasting the molemen.

At some point in the fight, Kestrel will notice another mole machine coming out of the ground and will fly over to anyone who is currently not fighting, "We have another mole machine coming up!  To the South east about 100 yards.  I could use some back up!"

Looking to Rock Star and Duellist to deal with this infestation,  Archer would offer her hand, as she began shrinking back down, to the flying Kestrel, “Can you get me there fast?”

As Kestrel (assumably) took Archer’s hand, Archer continued to shrink to a tiny ‘handful’ size … for easy transport.

As Kestrel came in close to the new threat, Archer called out, “Fast Ball me”.    Thrown at the machine, Archer again increased in size to ‘giant’ proportions … slamming shoulder first into the emerging metal beast.

Kestrel was about to explain to Archer that she couldn't carry anyone while flying when the woman shrunk down to a tiny doll that fit in her hand.  Tilting her head sideways, she focused her wind power out through her hand to lift the woman into the air and float her as she turned back into air.  "okay, never done this before so lets see if this work!"  By some miracle she keeps Archer floating above her hand as she flew the woman toward the other mole machine, although it took lots of focus (power stunt, might not be able to do that ingame ;) ).

"Fast Ball special coming up," Kestrel acknowledged, her voice sounding very windy as she directed her wind power to send the tiny doll toward the mole machine, knowing the woman can grow to be a giant.  Hoping that Archer times things right as she then sends blasts of lightning out of the sky and into groups of mole men charging out from behind the machine as Archer slammed into in her giant form.

Strike has bowed out due to time constraints. Game still open for new people, I'll try to get us started in the next few days.

Hello all, just added. No clue who I will be yet, but I wanted to say hi.

In reply to No.1 (msg # 37):

Hello :)

Hi Kesrel! Care to fill me in one what we have and what we might not have? I like to be different from what is already here if possible.

I don't see the tables, what am I missing? I clicked on 'powers' and it tool me to the dice roller.

Well I rolled five sets of abilities, and my stats. I think my numbers are good, but I feel like I need more info before I can proceed, i.e. what my rolls mean.

Curious, are we going with an all female theme? I am good with that, just curious.

Hello No 1, here is the current breakdown:

Kestrel: weather control with focus on air and wink
Archer: size control, scientist
Duelist: melee specialist, face person
Rock Star: light show and melee

That is all we know at the moment.

We are starting to work out how we meet, with a fight scene against the molemen.  Completely player controlled, no GM to make us follow the rules!  Using it as a way to introduce our characters to each other.

Need to download the Villains and Vigilantes rule book, you can find it online as a PDF.

Will do. Makes me sad, I used to own the darn thing, but too many moves and too many years. Sigh. I  will miss drawing my character on the sheet!

In reply to No.1 (msg # 43):

Indeed, I was in a similar circumstance.  I had a copy, but can't find it now, having to do with a PDF.

Found one. Interesting character, looks like a melee type I think. Thinking of keeping with the female theme, if no one minds.

A little confused, can someone confirm.

Roll five, drop one, then optionally gain two more for one weakness?

In reply to No.1 (msg # 46):

For Powers you get to roll for 5 powers.  You have the option of dropping one power roll to be able to choose one power for a total of 4 powers.

When you roll, you roll 2d10 and you get to choose which die is the tens die.
Example:  you rolled a 2 and 6.  That means you can either have a 26 or a 62, you can decide which way to go after looking at the powers.

AFter you have gained 4 powers, you have the option to roll on the Weakness Table to gain more powers.  At most you can have 7 powers, but will have 2 weaknesses.

In the end you can either have:
4 powers: 3 rolled and one chosen
5 powers: all rolled
6 powers: 6 rolled with 1 weakness
7 powers: 7 rolled with 2 weaknesses

I am unsure about the weakness, I choose to skip rolling a weakness and only take 4 powers.

So I went with all rolled, and took a weakness, so I should have six. Excellent. Many thanks.

In the end you can either have:
4 powers: 3 rolled and one chosen
5 powers: all rolled
5 powers: 4 rolled and one chosen with 1 weakness
6 powers: 6 rolled with 1 weakness
7 powers: 5 rolled and one chosen with 2 weaknesses
7 powers: 7 rolled with 2 weaknesses

In reply to Ajudicator (msg # 49):

Kewl, I got it mostly right.  I just wasn't sure if you could choose a power and get a weakness, although I thought you could. :)

In reply to Kestrel (msg # 50):

I didn't choose anything, I love going with the random factor. She seems to fit together, pondering the name. And the portrait. She is quite the powerhouse!

Picked a portrait, rather small, not sure it conveys her. May try to add a bigger picture to my description if I can figger out how.

In reply to No.1 (msg # 52):

Here is the code for adding pictures. Best to adjust size before you load your picture into some website like imgur.  Take out spaces next to arrow signs.   Rules of RPoL say that pictures need to be hosted by some place like Imgur.

< img src="https://i.imgur.com/1ENzim5.jpg" align="right" >

In reply to Kestrel (msg # 53):

Thank you. Done.

Nice Zenith/No 1! :)

My character is done, I think. GM has cleared my power-set, and I am ready to move on. Shall we?

Hoping to finish up my character tomorrow, when I finally get a day off.  You guys are doing good stuff!

In reply to No.5 (msg # 57):

Awesome. Are you playing a robot? Years ago I had a robot character in a table-top version of this system, I called her Mustang Sally. She was built by Ford, and her motto was 'guaranteed not to rust, bust or collect dust!'.

Are we waiting for everyone to finish? How many is the anticipated total?

Yes, we are waiting for other players, not sure how many at this point.


Feel free to jump in on fighting off the Mole men, showing what Zenith can do.  You have free range to set up out whatever small encounter you want.  General theme is mole man are attacking the surface using tunnel machines and lots of cannon fodder. ;) Make sure to do it in front of other characters!  This is our spring board as to how the characters are first meeting.

In reply to Kestrel (msg # 59):

Is that a thread I can't see maybe?

In reply to The Zenith (msg # 60):

nope, it is being held on OOC, unofficial fight. :) If you scroll up, you will find other posts dealing with molemen.  So far we are still feeling out our characters so posts are short. :)

Read back up the OOC a bit. Slight overlap in powers it seems, but nothing we can't work around. I rolled a number that would have given me weather control or size change. I went with size change. Only in one direction, up, but she gets pretty darn big.

Her background is that she is an intergalactic grappler whose ship broke down near Cleveland, and she is waiting for parts. She expects it to be a long wait.

She has a touch of cosmic awareness, so she has a lot of options for in combat taunts and boasts.

Oddly enough, for someone who is a fighter, a lot of her abilities are defensive, but I am hoping to perhaps work as someone the enemy focuses on, and misses a lot, allowing the others to attack.

She can attack to a certain degree, of course.

She is at her best when wearing her championship belt, but as it is rather gaudy she doesn't wear it all the time.

Ajudicator:  What date are we starting at?

Do we have a base of operations?

Are we working with City or private?

Do you want us in any particular region?  Like should our city be on the east coast?

Yes, on the East Coast would be fine. I was waiting for a consensus on whether you were a branch of the police department (Law Enforcement with Special Powers) or affiliated with something else or not.

Okay :)

Suggestion time everyone:

Police funded or Private Team
City on East Coast: name suggestion and real world location



My Suggestions:
Private organization:  The Foundation for Justice and Equality: anti-crime activities, criminal justice reform, equality, social justice, anti-corruption

City: real city Tampa Bay.  Name: Bay Town.
This message was last edited by the player at 00:25, Mon 30 May 2022.

So, we seem to be:
Kestrel: weather control with focus on air and wink
Archer: size control, scientist
Duelist: melee specialist, face person
Rock Star: light show and melee
The Zenith:
#5:  a robot

... a private organization:  The Foundation for Justice and Equality: anti-crime activities, criminal justice reform, equality, social justice, anti-corruption
... based in Bay Town  (modelled on real world Tampa Bay
               open to continued discussion


Just recently, we all met when ...

In reply to The Zenith (msg # 58):

More like a mecha pilot with alien nanotech. ;)

So, we seem to be:

Kestrel: Weather control with focus on air and wind
Archer: Size control, Scientist
Duelist: Melee specialist, face person
Rock Star: Light show and melee, with size shifting
The Zenith:  Size Shifting Alien
#5:  Mecha Pilot with alien nanotech  ... tasty
This message was last edited by the player at 05:40, Mon 30 May 2022.

Zenith indicated could grow very big had cosmic awareness and melee/wrestling ability. Alien stranded on earth.

Sounds good. I thought we were going to start as strangers, but this works out too. So we are registered Metas?

Registered metas would be those that don't maintain a secret identity. The only penalty faced by unregistered metas is in the judicial system as only minors subjected to certain offenses are allowed to testify incognito.

So, if we are unregistered metas, then it is harder to get someone convicted of a crime, since our testimonies are invalid. We will have to make sure to have other forms of evidence.

And actually, if we are registered means we can still have a secret ID from the general public as long as the authorities know who we are.  Of course that does mean people with the know how will be able to discover our identities.

And it is possible that registered metas and unregistered metas can operate together.

Hey gang, Agent 9 here. Looking forward to this game and getting to know you all or at least your characters

Hello Agent 9, welcome to the mad house.

Interesting monicker. Why the mad house?

Because we are role playing, of course ;)

Oh, my mistake I was thinking of mad as in everyone is upset. &#128513;

In reply to Agent 9 (msg # 77):

is okay :)

So…all you have come up with so far is something you have created? Like the tournament reference and such? I didn’t see anything in her back story about stuff like that. I’m just trying to get up to speed.

All we have so far is:

Kestrel: Weather control with focus on air and wind
Archer: Size control, Scientist
Duelist: Melee specialist, face person
Rock Star: Light show and melee, with size shifting
The Zenith:  Size Shifting Alien grappler
#5:  Mecha Pilot with alien nanotech  ... tasty
Agent 9: unknown abilities

... a private organization:  The Foundation for Justice and Equality: anti-crime activities, criminal justice reform, equality, social justice, anti-corruption
... based in Bay Town  (modelled on real world Tampa Bay
              open to continued discussion

We created a little encounter for our characters to meet, fighting Mole men, but that is entirely Player created.

I was reading through your fight. Are you planning on registering this…little group? &#128519;

In reply to Agent 9 (msg # 81):

No idea, will still have to get feedback on whether the Foundation is something people are happy with. From there on whether we want to be registered or not.  Whether we are secret or public.

Well I would imagine busting up the Moleman attack was pretty public.

As a stranger on your little planet, The Zenith has no comprehension of your rules and guidelines. I guess her interest in registering would be based on who, and how the idea was brought to her attention. She could easily become recalcitrant if threatened or pushed.

I am happy for us to be working for a private foundation, but Dr Archer is a well known figure:  she is registered as Meta, and doesn't try to hide her identity while doing/being so.

A private foundation sounds like a fine idea. I’m leaning toward Rock Star having a public identity and be registered also.

Sorry about taking so long. Had the fun of our septic system collapsing and having to have a new one installed.

Ouch Rock Star, that bites, glad you got through it, hopefully relatively painlessly.

I am thinking Kestrel is registered as well.

The main advantage to being registered is that you can be a witness in courts.

Zenith, I almost think you need to be registered since otherwise you will be an illegal alien technically.  If you want to be in wrestling competitions, it would be easier if Zenith is registered.

Never had to deal with a septic system, sounds like a really really bad day! Well if everyone is going to be registered that does seem to make my job easier! Being an agent sort of makes it a gimme that I am a known entity with the government. Also let’s me work in a position assigned to help your foundation out.

Guess I need a green card then! Onward, The Zenith seeks a challenge!

Curious, how close are we to character-sheet completion for everyone?

In reply to The Zenith (msg # 90):

My sheet is done. :)  With some modifications to history once we are sure on where and how we started together. :)

I, also, am done

Same boat. Just working on background

Almost done.  Just working on a few details.

Awesome! Sounds like we should be moving soon then. Plus we hit 100 posts! Woot.

As it doesn't seem as though anyone is contributing any further to ...
... after the battle, Doctor Archer would quickly ensure each of those who'd helped out received a business card from her.
It seems that she wasn't to shy about hiding her identity ... and it was easy for each to find out who she was in the days (hours?) that followed.



Thus is my attempt to make Archer available as an initial contact point ... and perhaps an avenue towards team-ship.

Sounds like the group formed up during the mole-man invasion (I think the Underminer escaped). They would have come together, again, to assist with the latest natural disaster. That suggests they're somewhat experienced, everyone receives 2001 experience points.

In reply to Ajudicator (msg # 97):

Wooot!!! :D   Level 2 :)  Start out with a bonus!

Double woot! Always nice to get a bump. Give me some time to double check the manual and see how to process it.

Does that include the voyeur of the party? I was just going to be filming them to make an approach in game when it seemed appropriate

Please, I'd love to know/hear more about

Same! :D

Also questions:

For those of us who wish to have a Security Clearance (I'm guessing Agent 9):  what level does he start at, and does that increase with the level up?

For those of us who wish to have wealth/income:  how do we determine how much?

For those of us that wish to have an Education/career:  can we select one for free at character gen? or should we allocate our first Level up improvement to 'Education' (purchasing that field we want to be 'educated' in)?

Calculate security clearance as follows, however, the highest clearance will be twenty and the lowest possible is four.


^*The maximum subtraction allowed for either of these is 25 a piece.

Wealth/Income
Yearly income equals the character's Age x Intelligence x Charisma, times an additional ten if the job is full-time as opposed to part-time.
Wealth can be up to three times this annual income, as desired.

Choose the education, both field and level, that you desire your character to have.

Yes, and don't forget to add that history to the character.

Awesome, thank you.

Then I choose   'Scientist- Physics'  as Archer's initial profession.
Then, with the level up, I am choosing 'Education: Medical' as her upgrade ... making her an expert Scientist-Doctor.   please?
This is a Full Time job for her.

There's no reason Archer can't begin as an "expert Scientist-Doctor".

So the lowest security level is the best?

I think I am at 18.

Seems like it is possible to have a clearance higher than 20, does that mean no security clearance at all?

In reply to Archer (msg # 101):

The Zenith in an inter-galactic professional wrestler, the Heavy Weight Champion of her own home Galaxy. The best is her title. It also enhances her powers, as I opted to have a weakness. It is also large and garish enough that she doesn't wear it all the time, for example when she goes out for dinner or some such. Given the current situation, I deemed it reasonable that she would want to be be fully prepared.

In reply to The Zenith (msg # 107):

The security clearance is based on a d20 save to find information, so the worst clearance possible is 20.

In reply to Ajudicator (msg # 109):

Thank you, good to know.

I am having trouble figuring out what to do with my gained level. Can I learn an Earth-style martial art, like Judo, and is there aw way for that to be reflected in the game? Or should I just take a +1 to damage and move on?

As training in Judo, your character can do a "throw". Attacks as hand to hand, damages as hand to hand damage based on the victim's weight plus the attacker's damage modifier and leaves the victim in the prone position. If the victim successfully 'rolls with the punch' the victim may make an agility save to avoid being left in the prone position.
Be sure to RP references to your Earth sensei, in as colorful a way as you desire.

Will do, thank you! I will update my sheet.

Does it just go under powers as a skill?
This message was last edited by the player at 20:11, Mon 06 June 2022.

There should be a 'training' spot on the sheet that looks like this: Training:<u>     </u><hr>
Use that header to enter your training, be sure to indicate what you will train for next level.

Is there any value in training to be better at something I already have, or should I try for something new?

In reply to Ajudicator (msg # 114):

So the training spot is for everything we have trained in, or just the thing we are training for now?

Both. Something like this:
Training: Agility

previous training
1. Judo training - throw, Attacks as hand to hand, damages as hand to hand damage based on the victim's weight plus the attacker's damage modifier and leaves the victim in the prone position. If the victim successfully 'rolls with the punch' the victim may make an agility save to avoid being left in the prone position.
2. Lost weight (13 lbs), gained one strength
3. gained one endurance

---

Training:<u> Agility </u>[olist]previous training[*]Judo training - throw, Attacks as hand to hand, damages as hand to hand damage based on the victim's weight plus the attacker's damage modifier and leaves the victim in the prone position. If the victim successfully 'rolls with the punch' the victim may make an agility save to avoid being left in the prone position.[*]Lost weight (13 lbs), gained one strength[*]gained one endurance[/olist]
<hr>

Oh, since we have all worked together, here is a more concise run down of Kestrel's powers.

She can turn into Air/Nitrogen and fly through the air where she is practically invisible and insubstantial.  She controls the weather to an extent, but weather is stubborn at times. ;) She is one with the wind and can channel the wind for attacks that will knock people back and it is very hard to sneak up on her as well.

Archer is an incredibly (superhumanly) intelligent young woman:  brilliant by any measurement scaling.

She is best known for (and it remains her primary field of research and expertise) her work in Quantum Physics/Mechanics.  She seems very interested in how, and why, the elements of the universe interact with each other the way they do.

Recently, she also completed her Honours in Medical Science.
Currently, she is studying (online) a Bachelor of Law and Criminal Sciences.

Beyond that, on a MetaHuman level, (as well as the super Intelligence) she has demonstrated the ability to grow up to nearly 24' (7+ meters) high, and shrink down to a Microscopic size.


She is a registered Meta, and a respected scientific personage:  which has equated to great status and wealth over the years.

I do enjoy hearing more about Z.
We should, however, work out why she is still here ... and if it involves 'not yet able to leave because her ship needs repairs', we should discuss why (and I mention only Archer here, for I don't know whether others could help) Archer ... a brilliant scientist ... hasn't been able to help Z fix her sky-buggy.

However, maybe Z has simply decided to stay ... and that point is moot.

And how she got from Cleveland to Bay Town. :)

Kestrel can't help with fixing the ship, although she is decent with computers. :)

The current state of mind of The Zenith is that she expects to leave when her ship is fixed. The tech and materials would be far beyond Earth's ability, and I suspect when the item does show up there will be an issue with customs.

Having Dr. Archer work on it would be wonderful. Mind you, much like me and an automobile, The Zenith has no clue about the technical issues, so she would be less than no help. Also need to find out from the Adjudicator how much of her tech is being hidden from Earth for whatever reason, by whatever official body would be doing such things. The ship might be on the moon for all I know.

As I have no clue where Bay Town is makes Kestral's questions difficult to dive into, though I imagine The Zenith does travel. I see her Judo teacher as actually being in Japan, in my mind. I wonder if she can have some sort of universal translator, as it really wouldn't be a 'power' per se.

If we met battling the Mole creatures, I could easily see her following along afterwards with her new acquaintances though, regardless.

In reply to The Zenith (msg # 122):

Bay Town is in Tampa, where so far we are being based out of.  As that is the only location suggested for starting at the time and it meets a lot of Adjucator's desires for what is in and around the city.

Oh, good to know.

Funny, that makes two games I have in that area, the other being just south of Tampa. Might be fun if we get roleplay time between adventures to have my two characters meet.

Adjudicator:  your thoughts on this, please. Maybe it could come under the 'Inventing' rules, with Archer working to accumulate enough knowledge of Cosmic Crafts, to figure out how to fix it?
(then, possibly, having to 'create a new element' and forge the required parts following that success ... which would lead to quite some time/storylines to achieve?!?)


Adjudicator, would you be willing to let Z have one as a bonus piece of equipment?
Continuing to offer Archer's expertise and intelligence as solutions:  Archer might have designed such for Z.


"Oh, actually, he’s the boss  [points to Captain America]
I just pay for everything, and design everything, and make everyone look cooler"
     - Tony Stark

We'll assume Z had a translator, they probably had them in the emergency stores for getting stranded on backward planets. No, the conglomerate that builds the starships has expressly forbidden allowing natives of pre-galactic civilizations to examine their technology. The ships will self-destruct before allowing this to occur.

Six of one, half a dozen of the other, we are supposed to be heroes on Earth, not a party of super-powered starfarers.

Thank you for the update!

Curious, how much is Bay City akin to Tampa Bay, can I use local tourist attractions and such as role-play fodder?

It would be similar enough you can use local attractions, just change the venue's names.

In reply to Ajudicator (msg # 128):

Excellent, I like being able to cruise the net for research and colorful locations.

Maybe I will drop down to Cape Carnival to watch a launch! hehehe...

Someone has recognized this adventure, it is from a published one.
But it's not JUST from a published adventure. It's from the FIRST published adventure. It has the characters in it statted out for BOTH the 1979 and 1982 versions of the game and was published BEFORE the revised rules. To make it even MORE impressive, it was written by Bill Willingham.
SO, you have every possibility of being able to access Death Duel With The Destroyers. But we're all experienced and capable RP'ers, so I expect your discretion at utilization of meta information.

No way, Hosé.
I hate knowing this stuff in advance.
Lets rock this nostalgic awesomeness.

I recognized it immediately.  BUT, I have no interest in spoiling the adventure and also don't remember every detail anyway (it's been YEARS).  So... rock on! :D

I figure Saber 7 showed up near the end of the fight with the Mole Men, too late too do much, but not too late to at least meet you guys.  The mech is about 10' tall and weighs as much as a full-sized van.  Humanoid, but not human looking, obviously bulky, mechanical.  Has fold out 'wings' that produce a Ground Effect that lets it skim along like a hovercraft.  When it speaks, the voice is synthetic, at least so far.

Greetings Saber 7.
Have we (the characters) met the person inside the mech yet?

Also,  yum yum, can Archer offer to help upgrade and maintain the mech?

hey Saber 7, nice mecha! :)

Thanks gang!

I figure Saber is playing it a bit shy with stepping out of the mecha.  So, not yet.  Something that will definitely happen soon in game of course.  They would have given a contact frequency to the rest of the team of course.

As for offering to make repairs, if Archer offers, Saber replies, "Thanks.  But no need... yet."
This message was last edited by the player at 04:22, Wed 08 June 2022.

The only thing that sounded familiar to me was the villain, no recollection of the adventure. No interest in looking it up though. Heck, I don't even read threads that take place away from my character.

It was the big storm and then the name that finally jogged my fuzzy old memory. More may yet come to me but I’ll keep my mouth shut about it.

Shocked me, glancing at Google I discover that Manhattan isn't an island!?! How odd. I always thought it was.

I'm not sure how fast Agent's jet car is, but Saber's top speed is 200 mph GEV.  So depending on the car's speed, I may have to wait a while to join you.

People in that area don’t seem to understand what an island is ie Stanton island, Rhode island. Not sure what they think it means!

About how fast is Agent 9's car, please?  Just trying to figure out how much behind I'll be. ;)

In reply to Agent 9 (msg # 141):

Too funny, but I had never realized it about Manhattan before somehow. I even think I have seen game maps that lay it out as an island.

I lived in San Diego for years before I realized Coronado Island was in actually a long, long peninsula.

Kestrel, you must take care and defeat the evil virus!

heh, thanks! :)  and yup ;)

Huh, I thought that song always went: "Secret Agent Man."  Although not surprised I am wrong. :)

In reply to Kestrel (msg # 146):

You are correct as to the meaning, but hearing it as Secret Asian Man is a very common thing, and a bit of a running joke.

In reply to The Zenith (msg # 147):

Ahh!  okay! :D Whew! ;)

Did we just lose a player? Confused.

Not yet.  But we do need to discuss OOC how the group is going to operate.

I was hoping for a more democratic process of everyone getting to give their view.
This message was last edited by the player at 22:14, Fri 10 June 2022.

Fair enough, though I  usually just ignore the bossy players when I feel like it. To be fair, I'm not sure how much of the rush was the player, and how much was the GM wanting to move things along. It all happened so quickly. Hope we can find a happy medium somewhere.
This message was last edited by the player at 23:44, Fri 10 June 2022.

Guilty as charged, but also intending to point out the Dr. Apocalypse didn't leave a lot of time for anyone to react. The entire East Coast is still reeling from the mega-storm, and the heroes just happened to be the most 'rested' heroes close enough to be there at the deadline.

I dislike arguing with GMs, but I need to point out the physical realities of the scenario laid out:

That conversation could have taken from 1 minute to 30 minutes ingame time and have very little effect on whether they would arrive in time to help.

The average nonstop flight time between Tampa and New York is 2 hrs and 50 minutes.

The time frame that Dr Apocalypse left was tomorrow at Noon.  I imagine the video was played by the media as soon as they confirmed that it was real and not a hoax taking advantage of the current crisis. So they probably played the message before 6 pm.  That gives heroes a total of say 12 hours to get to New York, another 4 hours to plan out how they were going to coordinate the defense of New York, last 2 hours would be spent setting up defensive locations.

Anyone on the east coast could have arrived in New York, get a full nights sleep and be a part of any planning before the demonstration was going to happen.

So there was actually plenty of time for the team to talk about what they wanted to do before leaving.

He did say noon but if we wait it doesn’t leave time to get there ahead of any scouting he may have and then find our places. Yes I pushed some, I will do that if it seems clear where to go but we seem to bog down. But this is where we need to be and if we need to figure things out now we have plenty of time to do exactly that.

In reply to Kestrel (msg # 153):

Yes, there was plenty of time. I wouldn't want to dissuade anyone from continuing to roleplay that discussion in the "Mega-Storm" thread. The fact that a separate timeline beginning at a later date could play out in the other thread isn't an issue for me.

I figured Saber would hoof it quick, as it'd take 5 hours and change to get to New York under its own power.

Uh, I hope we're not having drama.  Not worth it guys!

Confused. What is going on? Why did we rush to New York again?

Technological demonstration by the bad guys.

In answer to a question asked elsewhere

This message was last edited by the GM at 12:39, Sun 12 June 2022.

In reply to Ajudicator (msg # 159):

Bangkok!

I see the boss logged in, but didn't post, are we waiting for something?

I'm waiting till Sunday to give as much chance as possible to post, then things move on.

Since we hadn't rolled for initiative, I assumed we were just queueing up for our position for when we do?

correct

I'll wait for these guys to have their combat, before posting Archer's arrival  (unless told otherwise)

You don’t want to be there to watch me get stomped?

I'm sorry, I am looking thru the rules and not seeing where it says how to roll initiative. I get that it is a d20 from the dice log, but what do I add?

Uh, not really. Initiative is a d10 added to Agility score.
See Play Rules.

How are we handling initiative in combat?

Are we waiting on people with higher scores to post before we post?

Or just the villains?

The bad guys have taken their first action on phase 28, any actions you wish to take prior to phase 13 can be taken.

Did I go out of turn? My apologies.

It moves faster if we ignore such things as out of turn. Post as many actions and contingency plans as you like and we'll use them as best we can.

Excellent, thanks. I get the impression only Agent Nine has three actions, and Rock Star still hasn't used their second? Do I will wait until after the robot does something.

The huge mech will attack buildings, and do nothing else.

Just curious, will I always have to roll a three or less on a D20 to hit anything? Seems rather harsh.

That doesn’t sound right. I’m still trying to relearn the rules myself but that is harsh.

In reply to The Zenith (msg # 175):

No Zenith.  There is a chart that shows what you need to hit depending on what your attack versus the defense of your target.  Any bonuses to hit you have are added to the number below and you want to roll under it.

So if you are attacking an Android Body, you have to roll below a 3 on a d20,  If your agility gives you a +3 to attack, Then you have to roll below a 6.

So Hand to Hand Attack:

Adaptation =15
Android Body =3
Astral projection =0
Bionics = 3
Charisma = 15
Chemical power = 2
Disintegration ray = 0
Flame Power = 1
Force Field = 0
Gravity Control = 0
Ice power = 1
Life Support = 2
Light control = 2
Lightning control = 3
Magnetic Power = 0
non-corporealness = 0
power blast = 1
Robotic Body = 1
Sonic Abilities = 2
Stretching Powers = 2
Telekinesis = 1
Willpower - 0
Vibratory powers = 0

There's also a level vs level modifier and, when applicable, there's a range modifier. I'm still working on getting all this set up here.

Not to mention facing modifiers (attacking from the side or behind).  But I'm not sure those apply to a big robot that probably has 360 degree cameras or something. :)

There are definitely sensors located all over the mech's body.

In reply to Ajudicator (msg # 180):

I suspect I will be quite ineffectual.

Should I go?  I'm not the first by any means, but nobody's posting?

In reply to Saber 7 (msg # 182):

You were next in line, according to the initiative, so yes. I think we were waiting for you, I know I was.

I would go, but Agent 9, Huge Mech and Rock Star are before me.

I went. I think, didnt I?

In reply to Agent 9 (msg # 185):

You go three times in a round, I think you are up again.

The knee joint's connected to the.... thigh bone.

I'm hoping its connected to something I can influence at some point!

In reply to Agent 9 (msg # 188):

Well good luck, because I can't connect with anything, but even a for the size a building.

Sorry everyone, but I need to step away. Hurt myself pretty bad a few days ago, not feeling up to much of anything. Take care though, and best of luck, sounds like Agent 9 is doing pretty darn well, where as the Zenith was useless anyway.

Have fun!

Still getting pop-ups when people please. Again, please remove me from your game. Thank you.

We still on?

I know that I would like to play .... hope everyone else wants to as well! I'm still in the character creation process, hope to have it finalized soon.

We're still going, I'm having trouble remembering which characters still have players.

This one does! &#128513;

Still here!

Also ... though awaiting the fight to end, before re-introducing Archer.

Archer should join us!

Still watching the game.  My concern is what kind of organization we are going to be part of.

One that fights bad guys! Come on and join us, throw a few punches and see how well the character concept works.

Ok, I'll join at the end of this turn ... in time to join the fray with the next rounds initiative rolls.

It's not impossible for Archer, and/or Kestrel for that matter, to show up now that the threat has been shown to be a real threat.

Empress has arrived as well, and she wants to help.  Hopefully the team is ok with that?

She’s not concerned with joining any teams at the moment, just stopping a rogue mech from wreaking havoc.
This message was last edited by the player at 19:26, Wed 31 Aug 2022.

This message was deleted by the player at 19:25, Wed 31 Aug 2022.

Yeah more help! And don’t worry about “team” just yet, this is our first time out so we are all learning how everyone does things.

Awesome, good to start at the beginning!

So WITH is this mech doing and why?

BTW, if everyone updates their character description, I promise to read it!

Just got mine in there.

I rolled Init and took an action, but Empress is not in Init order.

I'm fine waiting for next round if necessary.

Actually, the lead up to this is in Mega Storm. It would explain everything about where the giant robot came from and why these particular heroes are there. I was waiting for the next turn to put your character in the initiative order, for convenience sake.

re: Init, no worries.
If you prefer, her arrival, greeting,
and activation of TK defense could happen next round...?

Nah. That can be her preparing to enter the fray.

Hope everyone has a good holiday if you celebrate Labor Day or are taking time off.

I had out of town relatives and we burned some meat in the spirit of the season. If we pretty good.

Man, been a crazy week!
Life is full of surprises

Hoping this week is smoother than last week!
Wow, those solar flares!
Ha Ha

Looking forward to taking an action!
Empress has arrived.
 Woot!
This message was last edited by the player at 15:17, Mon 12 Sept 2022.

So another new player? Solar Flares?

Yes, Empress is here, and my oh my aren't you all elated to meet her.  She's a Cha 36 gorgeous and hypnotic woman with a deep backstory.

And solar flares = https://www.google.com/amp/s/t...-71662449381024.html

I liked the 'roll Init and call your first action'
-- so I just retcon'd my init post and added in my first action.

My spare time, for the next few days, will be limited. Expect more sporadic posting than usual.

Understood, hope all is well.

Sorry for my absence.  Had some $#!^$!#&& personal stuff kicking my butt.  Will get back ASAP!

Still fighting the big baddy so no worries Saber

Saber 7, yeah me too.
I took 2 dif family members to ER last week!
Thank goodness everyone was ok!

Welcome back & glad you're in the game!

Thanks gang.  Glad to be here. ^_^

So I read thru OOC posts, was some story telling going on in OOC awhile back.

The team hasn't formally met Empress, but she's like Prince or Madonna -- if they had been superheros instead of musicians. She's beautiful, rich ... AND superpowers.

Empress is likely registered as a super, and is a celebrity with a global following.  Some of her fans are zealots and would die for her -- because of the fame and paparazzi, she's moved around a lot, and always keeps her addresses private.  (Since she can teleport it's not that hard to keep her whereabouts hidden.)

Saw this character summary, added Empress:
This message was last edited by the player at 13:43, Tue 27 Sept 2022.

Still in standby mode.

Any of you in other games needing players?  DM me if yes, thanks!

I know we're in a temporary holding pattern here, but would be nice to have an OOC convo anyway.

I'm going to be writing a campy Zombie screenplay for Nanowrimo 2022.  Anyone else doing Nano?
See NaNoWriMo.org, National Novel Writing Month (Nov 2022).

What's going on with all of you?
This message was last edited by the player at 14:38, Sun 02 Oct 2022.

Kewl!  That sounds like it will be fun to write and read. :)   Ever wrote for Nanowerimo before, Empress? :)

Aaarrgh! Nanowrimo already?
I predict I'll begin an attempt at a mystery sometime in the next two weeks, and then erase all the files, still unfinished, three weeks into December.

Past predicts future.

Have participated a few times in NaNoWriMo's.  Each one encourages me more.

Finished 50k words last year for a sci-fi novel, but didn't finish the first draft.  (It's changed how I read books now too.  I'm much more forgiving of writing flaws and appreciate more William Gibson & other talented wordsmiths.)

Going to write a screenplay this time.  Already started on it.  :)

The event is very inspiring, and open to any/all that want to join.
This message was last edited by the player at 01:27, Tue 04 Oct 2022.

I bet, it takes a lot of work to wrote a story that long. :)  I hope your screenplay goes well. :)

In reply to Kestrel (msg # 230):

Yeah, NaNoWriMo is pretty interesting.  I like doing it, it makes something happen in my brain that's unusual -- committing to writing small amounts daily is not my norm.

Normally I work, take care of kids after work, try to eat 2-3 meals a day and if I get a workout in, then that's a big win!!

RPOL works great with my schedule.  :)
This message was last edited by the player at 16:48, Wed 05 Oct 2022.

I think I tried NaNoWriMo once, years ago.  Nowadays this is all the writing I have time for...

Me too.

Good luck with getting your creative juices flowing in the best ways, though.

Going on vacation next week to Oregon/Washington area.
Had to postpone our vacation for Sept due to an emergency, psyched to go out for a roadtrip!

Have fun

Is Archer and MD or a Phd?

Both;  she has a Phd in both Medicine and Physics.   She is an accomplished scientist and medical doctor.
She's currently studying for another Doctorate.

Good to know. What is the third one going to be in? Agent 9 was going to do that as well but decided we had enough already.

Saber-7's background and origin are meant to be mysterious... assuming we last long enough for it to be unveiled. :)

Maybe commit to a big reveal in Dec 2022?

:)

I think it’s safe to say we are all mysterious so far, probably even to ourselves.

Well said.

IRL too.  Life is a mystery.
:)

Just back from vacation, saw Black Adam for my son's 10th bday (with his friends).  Loved it.

Rotten Tomatoes has reviewers giving it 41% and aufiences 89%.  Pretty interesting split there. (No spoilers here.) As a DC comic fan, I thought Black Adam and Dr Fate were amazing, Hawkman was ok, and the others all were good enough.

I'm glad it's not the Snyderverse, altho I enjoyed watching 4 hr 'Snyder Cut' of Justice League.  I'm one of those people that enjoyed both cuts, but seeing Snyder's cut explained some things that didn't make much sense.  (Personally I think Whedon saved that movie, but Hollywood has been saying bad stuff about Whedon lately so I'm hoping that's not true...)

Also saw the TJ Miller "Weasel" Deadpool controversy, and I'm glad he's off that show, but would love more Morena Baccarin in Deadpool (and hopefully with powers)!  Plus Deadpool will be joining MCU with High Jackman's Wolverine so that's exciting too.  Guessing we'll get all kinds of cameos and X-Men and so on, too.  Yay!

Last, saw Watchmen author Alan Moore dis all superhero movies and the HBO adaptation of Watchmen and say that superhero movies set societies up for fascist takeovers.
As a superhero genre fan, its hard for me to agree with his claim (for example The Boys and Invincible are great examples to the contrary), but I do think various other societal issues are deliberately trying to set USA up for fascism.  I don't want to get into politics, so I'll leave it at that.

Black Panther Wakanda Forever preview looked amazing, and She Hulk finale was good fun (also family enjoyed Ms Marvel series too).

I loved Ms Marvel, and She-Hulk.

I really liked the formulas that each broke from, to create their own feel.

Ok I distracted her! Hope one of you others can grab her and defuse the bomb!

How do you know there's a bomb?!?

Which "her" do you mean?  The pilot or the mech?  Does a mech have a gender?

Sorry, didn't mean to go so deep there.
:)

I'm pretty sure the mech identifies as agender (ah, yes, the marvels of paradox).

I believe the mech is more a bender. And I was talking to the woman at the console who may or may not have set a self destruct as she pulled the pistol!

Self destruct!  That's a legit superhero villain move!

But as heroes, don't we have to save the pilots on the off-chance they are mind-controlled slaves of some super bad boss?

I'm kinda lost and unsure what to do here...

Saber, round up anyone close and move them away in case this thing blows up and I need a new character! And yes you know how super villains think, better to have a self destruct and not need it then to need it and not have one. And of course we will be doing our best to get everyone out, I just hope I’m being paranoid about it blowing up.

Hey Agent 9, Empress should be able to get both of us out of this mech if it crashes, but landing it is probably best.

Or flying it back its evil base?
Take out the big bad there?

Well it doesn’t seem Dr. Calypso is onboard the mech so he has to be somewhere. Just need to get the people on here off for interrogation

Want to say "on our team" but we haven't formally teamed up in-game yet, so ...

Don't we have a cyber-master person 'in our group'?  Could they take over the mech controls somehow?

Only a few more heroes have actions this round.  I'm holding for new Init, since I'm out of actions.  Empress will teleport out with pilots and anyone else that wants to 'abandon mech'?
This message was last edited by the player at 07:53, Fri 11 Nov 2022.

Hey Anchor!  HelloooOoooOo?
You're up!
This message was last edited by the player at 15:36, Fri 18 Nov 2022.

Hey Anchor, is your character name meant to symbolize weighing the game down?
Ha Ha

Let's raise our Anchor up and get-a-moving!

Empress interrogating the pilots -- hope the team can take out that mech?

If not, she can come back.  But seemed like mech was almost done...?
(No pilots, no leg, etc.)

Happy Hanukah!

For your gifts to me, please post your next moves before Xmas!

Time-wise, Empress probably can't interrogate her captives during combat time, right?

Would be very quick to wake them up, have them spill the beans, in a combat turn...?

Happy, Merry, and looking forward to superhero-ing with you in 2023!
This message was last edited by the player at 00:15, Wed 28 Dec 2022.

Archer we have one more hatch to go. Seems we missed it earlier so I am trying to open it now.

Empress can teleport anyone in there, but she has no comms & she's out of the mech.  Come find her if you can't get in?

I am quite sure that, if one of these awesome gents cannot get us into the next 'room', Archer can.
Thanks.

Saber won't fit inside, being roughly the size of a mini-van.

Other than drawing its fire, and repairing the damage its done, not sure what else Saber can do.  Like Jarvis told Iron Man in the first Avengers film, I'll lose power before I get through that hull.

Slightly Meta, but Empress is very easily bored and she might teleport back just bc the mech isn't shut down yet.

Yes, she would leave the mech pilots out cold and able to escape -- but that part is sort of in character.

... and she left them.

:)

I guess the whole film plot leaked,
but I'm still more excited about seeing Ant Man 3 in a theater
than Avatar 2.
(MODOK & KANG!  Woot!)

Also psyched for Spiderverse!!

I still think Ant Man should be Hank Pym, but I'll take what I can get.

I'm 100% with you, I'm a Hank Pym gen Ant Man fan also, but apparently Scott Lang inherited the suit in the comics too. I hadn't read Ant Man for 15-20yrs when the movie(s) came out, so I'm all good with MCU.

Best IMO
- Spiderverse
- Dr Strange
- Avengers
- Iron Man
- Deadpool
- Blade
- Spiderman (Home, ie Tom Holland)
- Capt America
- Thor
- Ant Man
- Shang Chi
- Black Panther
- Guardians of the Galaxy
- Xmen
- Spiderman (Toby McGuire)
- Wolverine

Worst IMO
- Hulk
- Venom
- Black Widow
- Captain Marvel
- Eternals
- Fantastic Four
- New Mutants
- Spiderman (Andrew Garfield)
- Daredevil (movie)
- Morbius

Basically Sony sucks except for Spiderverse and Spiderman (Holland), and Marvel has had a very low flop rate since Iron Man.
(also my kids and I are psyched for Spiderverse 2 this year!  Hope it's as rewatchable!!)
This message was last edited by the player at 06:20, Fri 27 Jan 2023.

After seeing Corman's Fantastic Four, I can definitely say that all of these movies were just fine.

@Ajudicator -- top of the round?  Or are we waiting on someone's last action?  Seems like we all went (do NPC's / robot have more actions?)