Surfin Bro
2015-01-21, 03:21 AM
I'm VERY new to M&M but I am really getting into it. I'm building a campaign, based off of a comic design I've had for awhile, but I need some help translating my ideas into the actual framework of M&M. The story is really long and complicated, so I won't go into it (unless requested). The main character is Tristan McCain, he is ironically called by his teammates "Crusader". I'm aiming to have him at around PL15-20, since he will be in many of my future campaigns as a (hero, anti-hero, villain, redeemed, etc.) in fact the PC's just don't know what anything about his motivations. I want his powers portrayed as effectively and efficiently as possible, and while I continue to better my understanding of mechanics, I hope to lean on the more experienced players out there.
Here is a rough-draft, completely winging it, all criticism is welcome:
He is supposed to be something of an incubus/vampire/leech, he absorbs the life essence near him in a selective subtle aura (no one on his team knows what his powers are, just that he is a wise leader, and very old and mysterious, he has infiltrated a team of "good government super-agents" who all readily accept him, unbeknownst to them that they had no say in the matter) he directly affects their hormones/biochemistry, he can cause hallucinations (illusions that are in the minds and memories of his prey, but can't project anything to affect the material world, or trick constructs, since it is only in their heads), whenever he taps into another life force he can drain them to regenerate himself, he can access his preys' memories and learn and experience whatever is in their mind, he can use that to manipulate them, but cannot mind control them, he is eternally young and beautiful for as long as he steals sentient life, and is immune to death unless a magical effect removes his soul from his body. He has amassed much knowledge, both from age and from draining his victims, he is a skilled hand-to-hand fighter, but if he is going to melee he prefers his sword, though most of the time he will defeat them in a game of wills, causing them to envision some horrific sight and hurt themselves.
Tristan McCain/Many Aliases/Called "Crusader" by teammates
Identity- Public/Many Aliases
Power Level ?
Complications: Enemy(Undisclosed but very Personal), Secret(That he is an Immortal, has many aliases, and his true intentions are never revealed), Rivalry(Friend turned enemy, think Magneto vs Xavier)
Strength-2
Agility-2
Fighting-6
Awareness-10
Stamina- 15
Dexterity-2
Intellect-5
Presence-12
Help(?) Defenses-?
Powers (This is very hard): Maybe have all of his powers require the target be "marked"
Linked-10pts-3ranks-(Communication: Mental, Subtle (2 ranks), Limited to Common Language)
Comprehend-6pts-3ranks- (Comprehend: Languages (3 ranks))
(Totally Lost Here)
Absorb Essence-135pts-15ranks- (Enhanced Trait (1 rank): Strength, Limit Fades=1 point per rank?) (Regeneration(2 ranks), Limit Source Host=0)
(Weaken (1 rank):Broad; Abilities, Continuous, Selective, Simultaneous, Progressive, Aura/Area, Resistible Fortitude(or no Save?)=8(?)
9 pts per rank x 15 ranks=135pts
Immunity-12pts- Life Support, Ageless, Disease
Immortality-10pts-20 ranks Limit Soul Separation Healing-- Limit Self, Free Action(Passive, always on, need help)
Illusionist-- Independent, Selective, Limit Resistible Will
Advantages: Attractive x2, Fearless, Diplomatic Immunity, Security Clearance(Government Agent), Status (Knight, Mystic), Billionaire, Connected, Sword-Fighting?/Martial Artist, Eidetic Memory
Origin- Knight from the First Crusade/Endowment, a curse from a wizard passed on his "calling"(think of a twisted DR. Strange)
Please include final cost of points in your build/criticism
Here is a rough-draft, completely winging it, all criticism is welcome:
He is supposed to be something of an incubus/vampire/leech, he absorbs the life essence near him in a selective subtle aura (no one on his team knows what his powers are, just that he is a wise leader, and very old and mysterious, he has infiltrated a team of "good government super-agents" who all readily accept him, unbeknownst to them that they had no say in the matter) he directly affects their hormones/biochemistry, he can cause hallucinations (illusions that are in the minds and memories of his prey, but can't project anything to affect the material world, or trick constructs, since it is only in their heads), whenever he taps into another life force he can drain them to regenerate himself, he can access his preys' memories and learn and experience whatever is in their mind, he can use that to manipulate them, but cannot mind control them, he is eternally young and beautiful for as long as he steals sentient life, and is immune to death unless a magical effect removes his soul from his body. He has amassed much knowledge, both from age and from draining his victims, he is a skilled hand-to-hand fighter, but if he is going to melee he prefers his sword, though most of the time he will defeat them in a game of wills, causing them to envision some horrific sight and hurt themselves.
Tristan McCain/Many Aliases/Called "Crusader" by teammates
Identity- Public/Many Aliases
Power Level ?
Complications: Enemy(Undisclosed but very Personal), Secret(That he is an Immortal, has many aliases, and his true intentions are never revealed), Rivalry(Friend turned enemy, think Magneto vs Xavier)
Strength-2
Agility-2
Fighting-6
Awareness-10
Stamina- 15
Dexterity-2
Intellect-5
Presence-12
Help(?) Defenses-?
Powers (This is very hard): Maybe have all of his powers require the target be "marked"
Linked-10pts-3ranks-(Communication: Mental, Subtle (2 ranks), Limited to Common Language)
Comprehend-6pts-3ranks- (Comprehend: Languages (3 ranks))
(Totally Lost Here)
Absorb Essence-135pts-15ranks- (Enhanced Trait (1 rank): Strength, Limit Fades=1 point per rank?) (Regeneration(2 ranks), Limit Source Host=0)
(Weaken (1 rank):Broad; Abilities, Continuous, Selective, Simultaneous, Progressive, Aura/Area, Resistible Fortitude(or no Save?)=8(?)
9 pts per rank x 15 ranks=135pts
Immunity-12pts- Life Support, Ageless, Disease
Immortality-10pts-20 ranks Limit Soul Separation Healing-- Limit Self, Free Action(Passive, always on, need help)
Illusionist-- Independent, Selective, Limit Resistible Will
Advantages: Attractive x2, Fearless, Diplomatic Immunity, Security Clearance(Government Agent), Status (Knight, Mystic), Billionaire, Connected, Sword-Fighting?/Martial Artist, Eidetic Memory
Origin- Knight from the First Crusade/Endowment, a curse from a wizard passed on his "calling"(think of a twisted DR. Strange)
Please include final cost of points in your build/criticism