Defenders of the District (MSH) OOC

[Phantom Genius]

Here begins the tale of the greatest heroes of the United States that don't live in any of the fifty states: the defenders of the District of Columbia, the paladins of Pennsylvania Avenue, the warriors for Washington, the champions of Capitol Hill!

Please post a character name, if your identity is public or secret, and your general living arrangements. (Hero lair, cave, apartment, mansion on K Street)

[TerrickTerran]

Name Hygeia
Secret Identity None
Lives: Hotels normally. Hygeia is still trying to adjust to modern times and structures.

[BananaPhone]

Lisa Hawkins - Fury


Fury

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Fury
Lisa Hawkins

F I (95)
A EX (43)
S I (82)
E I (85)
R GD (31)
I AM (98)
P TY (16)

Health: 140
Karma: 66
Resources: Typical
Popularity: 5

Known Powers:

Body Armor:
Fury's irradiated body gives her Amazing Body Armor (98) against physical attacks and Incredible (78) against any Energy attack.

Earth Control:
Fury has Excellent Earth Control, being able to manipulate minerals, earthly and rock formations that have not been too heavily processed.

Health Draining:
Fury can consciously drain the health of those she touches, causing a Health Drain (Incredible) effect on whatever she is touching.

Talents:

Martial Arts A:
Lisa has a 5th Dan Black Belt in Judo, having practiced since she was 6 years old and winning several regional championships. This skill is ingratiated into her muscle memory to the point that when she assumes her Fury form she uses her incredible strength and agility in conjunction with her skill to brutal effect, enabling her to take on much stronger and tougher opponents.

Scientific Skill: Physics and Archaeology:
Lisa has a Masters in Physics and a Masters in Archaeology, working in a niche field of researching the ruins of ancient and advanced civilisations.

Other Skill: Repair/Tinkering:
Lisa has a knack for repairing and tinkering with mechanical devices, partly due to the influence of her mechanic father growing up and picking up skills during field trips in her own profession.

Contacts:

None.

Background:

Name: Fury
Secret Identity: None
Lives: DC apartment. God damn the rent is ridiculous.

[Phantom Genius]

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Name: Fury
Secret Identity: None

Hygeia and Fury, how do your neighbors feel about this? How do you keep villains from blowing up your building?



Lives: DC apartment. God damn the rent is ridiculous.

You have that absolutely right, especially after the pandemic started.

[BananaPhone]

Hygeia and Fury, how do your neighbors feel about this? How do you keep villains from blowing up your building?

Lisa is a quiet, friendly person who keeps to herself. Neighborly enough if people approach her, but doesn't go out of her way to socialise. Though she's got the Jury Rig skill, so chances are when people have problems with stuff in their apartment, they ask her for a helping hand. (and she helps out, for free, like the nice lady she is)

She stops them as best she can. She turns into a 9 foot tall red-skinned angry woman, so it's kinda hard to hide it all lol.


You have that absolutely right, especially after the pandemic started.

Well thankfully we're a well-funded team...right? :smallbiggrin:

[TerrickTerran]

Hygeia does not stay in one place for any long period of time. She pays only in cash, receives no mail and does not have a regular phone. She only purchases temporary ones. She avoids any questions about her past only saying she was originally from Greece and relocated here for work.

[Rook.Gamer]

Hero Name: Arcane
Name: Derek Armstrong (Secret)

Derek lives far outside DC in a small single family home. His powers let him travel almost instantaneously to wherever he is needed.



Origin: Altered Human

Primary Attributes
Fighting Am 46
Agility In 36
Strength Pr 3
Endurance Rm 26
Reason Ty 5
Intuition Ex 16
Psyche In 36

Health: 101
Karma: 57
Resources: Ty 5

Powers (Mechanics Below)

Electrical Manipulation Am 46
Includes power level resistance to electricity
Absorption (Electricity) Gd 8
Electrical Generation Rm 26
Limited to touch range
Energy Path (Electricity) In 36

Talents

Fighting Skills: Blunt Weapons
Professional Skills: Pilot

Contacts

None

Background: Derek was a pilot working for a national shipping company. He was flying late one night when a sudden thunderstorm churned up and he wasn’t able to avoid it. The plane was struck by a bolt of lightning. Ordinarily this would’ve been a potential issue for any aircraft but not a certainty. What Derek wasn’t aware of was that he was transporting radioactive waste whose containment was damage by the surge through the plane’s systems. Then the second bolt hit and everything exploded. Derek awoke in the wreckage hours later in the wilderness with electricity arcing over his body and towards various bits of the debris.

Description: Arcane’s powers manifest as purple electrical energy shot through with silver sparks and stars. He dresses in a tall hat and top coat that appears something like a magician might’ve worn in the 1800s complete with a stout wooden cane that has an iron core and woven with copper veins on the outside to conduct his power.




Electrical Manipulation Am 46
Includes power level resistance to electricity
Arcane can control all forms of electricity, whether natural, artificial, or Power-based. He can control the Intensity and direction of electron streams and alter the conductivity of materials. He can shape electron streams into any desired form. This permits him to develop Power stunts based on lightning–constructs designed to perform certain tasks (shields, cages, barriers, etc.)
The hero can increase or decrease the electricity's Intensity and reduce damage by his Power rank number. If the electricity is Power-related, then the
target's Power rank determines the Intensity of the FEAT the hero must make to gain control.
Because electricity forms the basis for most of our technology, the hero can use his Power to remotely control any electrical device on a Good Intensity FEAT. More complex devices like computers require a more complex form of control and a Remarkable Intensity FEAT.

Absorption (Electricity) Gd 8

Arcane can absorb electrical energy and actually gain Health points by converting the energy into Self-Healing. He gains a number of Health points equal his Power rank number each time he is hit by electrical energy. This addition to Health quickly heals any damage the hero has suffered and acts as a buffer to absorb consequent damage.
In the absence of life-sustaining materials, this Power can act as a substitute for air, water, and food. Arcane converts energy into healing power for the damage he's taking from suffocation, dehydration, starvation, and any other unpleasant results of not living careful. Unfortunately, this requires a steady supply of energy to convert.

Electrical Generation Rm 26
Limited to touch range

Arcane can create electrical energy that does Power rank damage. The range can be extended by conducting the Power through solid conductors like metal. Electricity comes in various forms:
• Static electricity causes magnetic attraction between objects and can disrupt electronic communications.
• Lightning is sheer, raw, destructive power and by far the most popular form of this Power.
• Alternating current is what our technology is driven by. This Power can either energize or overload normal electrical devices.
• Direct current is what a battery produces. It can energize or overload devices that use DC power. It can also short out devices that use AC power.
This Power automatically includes Power rank Resistance to Electricity; no FEAT is required to resist your own Power. Extreme heat reduces this Power's rank by the Intensity rank of the heat. Conversely, extreme cold increases the rank by the cold's Intensity rank.

Energy Path (Electricity) In 36

Arcane can transform into electrical energy and travel at Power rank speed along currents of that energy. The maximum speed is that normal to the Energy. The hero is limited to places where the energy currents flow. The player must choose what form of energy the hero turns into. Upon reaching the destination or the limit of the energy current, the hero safely rematerializes.
Travel can be affected by anything that disrupts the current, such as a break in an electric line or the use of Energy Emission or Control Powers. When a disruption occurs, the hero must make a Power FEAT to detour around the obstacle and continue on. Failure means the hero rematerializes on the spot and can not reenter the energy path for an hour.
The hero must be within 10 feet of the current in order to join it. Insulation of an Intensity exceeding his Power rank pre- vents the hero from joining the current.
The hero can transform and tow along an additional mass. Treat the Power rank in terms of Strength to determine how much additional material can be transported by this Power. For example, a Typical rank can transport an additional 100-200 pounds.
While in an energized state, the hero is extremely vulnerable to the energy altering Powers. These are Absorption Power, Energy Solidification, Energy Sponge, and Energy Vampirism. Any of these have the potential to trap or even destroy the hero. Fortunately the hero is moving at the speed normal for his energy type is thus a rather difficult target.

[Phantom Genius]

Hero Name: Arcane
Name: Derek Armstrong

Derek lives far outside DC. His powers let him travel almost instantaneously to wherever he is needed.



Public or secret? In a house, apartment, or lair?

[Phantom Genius]

Hygeia: You get a phone call from the US State Department. They would like to meet with you regarding the establishment of an embassy for Olympians and Asgardians.

Fury: There appears to be a new man in your apartment building. He's living in the penthouse, dresses impeccably, has movie star looks, and holds the elevator for you one night just before it closes on you. He nods politely if you thank him, but doesn't make any small talk. He seems to be irritated with something on his phone.

Arcane: You hear a phone ringing, but don't recognize the ringtone. People keep looking at you and you realize it's coming from your pocket. Someone must have reverse pick-pocketed you.

[BananaPhone]

Fury, on the lookout for her future husband as she is, smiles pleasantly and tries to make small-talk as best she can. Given his frustration, she'll wait a few moments before joking saying that she hates Bixby too. (assuming he uses a Samsung)

[TerrickTerran]

Hygeia noted she would be at the meeting. It had been a while since her last contact with Thor and it would be nice to negotiate with the Asgardians and sample some of their more interesting beverages. It would be a nice change from nectar.

[Rook.Gamer]

Wandering through downtown looking in store shops, Derek is surprised when the ringing phone he was trying to ignore turns out to be in his coat pocket. Looking at it strangely for a moment he turns down a less busy side street before finding a place out of the way and away from the general bustle of street activities.

Answering the phone, “Hello?”, Derek asks into the device.

[TerrickTerran]

I'm dropping out. Life is being very rough right now.

[BananaPhone]

Take care TT, I hope things get better soon!

[Phantom Genius]

Clearly your first mission will be to find your former teammate who has mysteriously disappeared. Good luck, TT. We'll be here if you find your way back.

Fury: "Yes. Bixby is my nemesis. I tell it to activate international calling and it directs me to International House of Pancakes. Ridiculous." Lisa could fix that in a heartbeat if she dared reach for the phone.

Arcane: You hear a voice that is clearly being modified by a scrambler. "Arcane, I must remain anonymous, but I work in the White House Situation Room. I know your partner Fury and you have sworn to protect the District and I support that. Please keep this phone charged and near your person. I will alert you through it whenever a villain threatens DC that the local police and Secret Service cannot handle."

[Phantom Genius]

Eight days with no replies. Are we still defending DC?

[BananaPhone]

Omg I'm sorry I didn't reply! I must have read and forgot to reply.

[BananaPhone]

Fury: "Yes. Bixby is my nemesis. I tell it to activate international calling and it directs me to International House of Pancakes. Ridiculous." Lisa could fix that in a heartbeat if she dared reach for the phone.



Fury would smile at this remark. Still in her human form, she posed no threat as she gestured with a quick uptick of her chin. "those things are notoriously bad at detecting voices in the lower pitch, typically that of more masculine men" she uttered matter-of-factly, but the content was hard to ignore.

Holding her right hand out, an eyebrow raised, a 'if you want' look on her face, as she expressed an offer to fix it via body language.

[Phantom Genius]

Fury would smile at this remark. Still in her human form, she posed no threat as she gestured with a quick uptick of her chin. "those things are notoriously bad at detecting voices in the lower pitch, typically that of more masculine men" she uttered matter-of-factly, but the content was hard to ignore.

Holding her right hand out, an eyebrow raised, a 'if you want' look on her face, as she expressed an offer to fix it via body language.

"Is that so? And what of beautiful women?" He hands the phone over in a non-misogynistic way. Fury can't help but note there are multiple banking and investing apps, but that's not too surprising for someone renting the penthouse.

[BananaPhone]

Emily smiled receptively, "very kind of you to say," she nods as she turns her attention to the phone, her thumbs going over the touch screen to try and work her Jury Rig magic.

[Phantom Genius]

Emily smiled receptively, "very kind of you to say," she nods as she turns her attention to the phone, her thumbs going over the touch screen to try and work her Jury Rig magic.

He watches Lisa work, betraying nothing on whether he's impressed, irritated, hopeful, or just cloned her phone. (You think Lisa would know if the last one happened.) She finishes quickly and easily. Do you want to try anything sneaky or just hand it back?

Edited Emily to Lisa***

[BananaPhone]

As Lisa is not a creepy peeping tom, she won't modify his phone. With it fixed and dandy, she hands it back with a 'all done!' smile on her face.

[Phantom Genius]

As Lisa is not a creepy peeping tom, she won't modify his phone. With it fixed and dandy, she hands it back with a 'all done!' smile on her face.

(You threw me off when you called her Emily. I'll go back to calling her Lisa.)

"Very impressive. I don't know how you did that. I thank you." He looks at his phone for a moment as the elevator stops on your floor.

[BananaPhone]

(Yeah, sorry, I messed that one up too!)

Lisa smiled and gave a friendly nod as the doors opened, "I could tell you how over a coffee if you want.." she threw it out there, "I was going to get a Cinnabon's across the road in about half an hour. You know, if you didn't have anything else to do," she offered a smile-and-a-shrug as she departed the elevator, making her way to her place, face blushed red and skin turning to goosebumps as she went to changed out of her work-clothes.

[CardTrick]

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Heroic Moniker: Bug
Identity: Secret
Name: Deacon Douglass
Location: Georgetown University; Washington, D.C.
Physical Form: Modified Human (Extra Parts - Organs)
Origin: Maturity

Fighting: Remarkable (26)
Agility: Good (8)
Strength: Excellent (16)
Endurance: Excellent (16)
Reason: Remarkable (26)
Intuition: Amazing (46)
Psyche: Amazing (46)

Health: 136
Karma: 118

Resources: Poor (3)
Popularity: Good (8)

Powers:
Armor Skin: Good (10) - Deacon's alien organs can cause a transformation of his epidermis that produces a red insectoid carpace around his body which provides him Good protection against both physical and energy attacks. Up to eight hours of continous deployment of this carapace counts as a use of the power for the purposes of overtaxing himself. He can deploy the armor five times before this occurs. However, as the carpace typically also serves as his costume, managing to have days of not using it at all, so it can recharge can be especially bothersome.
Carrier Wave: Good (8) - Deacon can carry himself aloft via ambient microwave radiation in his environment, creating a little red shimmer around himself when he does so. The shimmer can also support up to 400 additional pounds of weight without Deacon having to carry it. Using this shimmer, Deacon can propel himself through the air at up to 120 mph. Up to every ten minutes of contious flight is considered a single use of this power with regards to his energy limits. He has thirty six uses of this power before risking overtaxing it. Thus, Deacon's current maximum flight distance from a full charged state is around 720 miles (or six hours of flight), though he and anyone he carries really don't want to still be airborne when he reaches that limit.
Control Technology: Remarkable (30) - Deacon can control technology. He can choose to either affect all the techology/technological powers of a single target within 8 areas of himself, or all of one kind of technology/technological effect within a 1 area radius of himself. The intensity of the FEAT required to control technology depends upon the target. Negating the effects of technology and technology-based powers is automatic if the technology's rank (or the Psyche of living target with technological powers) is Typical or less, Green if it is Good or Excellent, Yellow if it is Remarkable, Red if it is Incredible, and impossible if Amazing or higher. This is also true of increasing or decreasing the rank of a technology, which can be augmented either way by up to 30 points. However, manipulating technology in more specific ways is never automatic regardless of rank. While the same limits as above apply to who or what can be affected, Reason FEATs are also required. Altering the basic direction of any technology (making a car or missile swerve away) is at a Green FEAT, changing an element of its effects in some way (making an power nullifying collar affect everyone else in the same area as the wearer instead of the wearer themselves) is a Yellow FEAT, and radically altering a piece of technology (reconfiguring a toaster into a plasma blaster) is a red feat. This complex application of Deacon's powers can drain rather quickly, with only 8 uses before it becomes overtaxed. Negations and Manipulations are instanaeous and count as a use with each application. Magnications and reductions of power ranks can be maintained at a rate of one hour per use.
Dangersense: Monstrous (63) - As a result of alien tissue from his implants having spread to his brain and nervous system, Deacon can send his mind into a computer-like overdrive that allows him effectively run predictive algoritms in his head, which can calculate hazards more than a minute (63 seconds) before they would actually occur. While this power is active, Deacon uses a Monstrous (63) rank for determining suprise, blocking, dodging, and escaping. For the purposes of using up his energy, up to an hour of continous use of this power is considered a single use of his power and he can only use it up to eight times before doing so can have detrimental effects upon him.
Radiowave Control: Amazing (46) - Deacon can manipulate the microwave transmissions of any form of technology with Amazing ability. Simply jamming any kind of transmission as well as manipulating/producing any form of audio-only format transmissions are automatic feats for him. Realitively basic audiovisual transmission are a Green feat, while more elaborate ones are a Red feat. Manipulating or producing truly complex and elaborate broadcasts is currently impossible for him. Deacon can't interfere with natural sources of microwave energy, only those generated or utilized by technology. Thus his Radiowave Control is not a nemesis or counter for most other entities with similar microwave powers, though theirs may still be a counter for his. Likewise, his Amazing resistance to microwave-based powers does not apply to effects from non-techological sources.
Radiowave Generation: Remarkable (26) - Deacon's blasts deal Remarkable (26) microwave energy damage to technological targets but are not as useful against other foes. However, the Good (10) microwave energy damage they deal to non-technological targets is still nastier than your average pistol. Deacon can fire off sixteen blasts before overtaxing himself.
Stealth: Amazing (46) - As a minor subset of his ability to manipulate technology, Deacon can screen himself from all manner of technological detection, such that sensors and the like take a -8CS reduction in their ability to detect him (all the way to shift-0 in some cases). Of all his abilities, this one is the least likely to ever overtax him both because he can have it continously active for roughly a full day before it is considered to use up a single instance of his maximum of thirty six uses and because finding days to not use it at all so it can recover isn't as onerous as other powers.

Talents:
Student - Deacon is currently a undergraduate student at Georgetown University. He has no other talents currently, but can acquire new talents more easily, both from teammates (1000 karma) and those outside the group (800 karma)

Contacts:
Ietri (Political - Other National) - Deacon gained his powers from an organ transplant undertaken to save his life as a child. This organs came from a technomorphic insectiod alien species living on Earth in secret (from the public but not the government) as refugees from a planet destroyed by a cosmic calamity. After deciding to become Bug as teenager, Deacon was approached by representatives of the species and has maintained friendly relations. The Ietri living on Earth have access to Monstrous resources, but a generally reluctant to provide aid if it would expose their people to harm.

Weakness:
Biophysical Overtaxation - Deacon's powers come from alien organs implanted in him as a child that are only mostly accepted as part of his human body which also isn't exactly genetically equipped to facilitate them. As noted under each of his powers, using any one of them beyond their limits will cause all of them to temporarily cease functioning. Also, if he doesn't immediately stop what he's doing and instead continues engaging in any form of strenuous activities his biological condition will also decline at a rate -1CS to each primary ability every minute until each ability is only Typical (6) rank. Simply spending a entire turn resting to let his body adjust to the over-taxation by a power will allow him to use his other powers again and likewise return his primary abilities to their normal ranks, however the over-taxed powers remain unavailable until he has gone without using them at least a full day. This recovery is at a rate of only one useage per day, but it can occur even before a power is fully taxed. For example, Deacon sometimes tries to limit his heroic excursions to no more than eight hours every other day, because that way he never risks overtaxing the carpace that also serves as his costume.

(Answering the secret/public identity and "where do you live?" questions from the recruitment thread - Bug/Deacon's identity is not public knowledge, though his teammates know it, and presumably government agency types too. He currently has an absolute hole-in-wall loft apartment just off the main Georgetown University campus in D.C., which is just slightly more expensive than using the dorms, but too many close calls during his Freshman year caused him to decide the dorms weren't viable.)

[Phantom Genius]

Lisa: You hear him say, as the doors start to close, "Cinnabon, one half of an hour, very well."

Twenty-five minutes later, there's a knock at your door, which is not what you agreed to, but at least you're dressed.

Deacon: You're at or near some sort of environmental rally in Georgetown regarding cleaning up the Potomac River, when the water begins to hiss and roil. People start screaming and running. You think you could pick up Fury and ride your carrier wave back to the river pretty easily, as long as she is in her human form. Your brain also sends a text to Arcane, who can get himself there very quickly, and Hygeia, who doesn't get the message because she's spending some time in Olympus.

Let's pick it up with Bug outside Lisa/Fury's door, remembering not all of her neighbors know what she is.

[BananaPhone]

Lisa had taken a quick shower and had managed to comb her hair and changed into a pair of casual-dress jeans and shirt, her chestnut hair drawn over one side and groomed neatly. On the whole she thought she had done a pretty good job, as hope swelled within her that Mr Movie-Star looks would take her up on her offer.

What she was not expecting was a rapping upon her door. Curious, bottom lip jutted forward in surprise, she composed herself and moved to the front door, checking through the peep-hole and, if safe, opening the portal.

[Phantom Genius]

Actually, let's go to the IC thread for when you start talking to each other.

https://forums.giantitp.com/showthread.php?652354-Defenders-of-the-District-(MSH)-IC

[BananaPhone]

Hey, priorities :smalltongue:.

[BananaPhone]

You know, there actually isn't any mechanic behind the Lisa/Fury transformation. As by what I've rolled, it's Lisa herself who has those stats and powers. But I wanted to funnel it into a semi-She-hulk like character who transforms into an 8' tall, red rage woman, who is semi-aware (can tell friend from foe and neutrals/civvies), but solves her problems usually by smashing them.

So how long does it take for her to transform into Fury? About as long or as quick as the plot needs.

[Phantom Genius]

I think a single turn is fair. I wouldn't want to punish a cool concept. I'm guessing your clothes just barely survive or you wear a lot of lycra?

[BananaPhone]

The clothes don't survive, but she usually wears a stretchable material underneath them that will contort to fit her new much taller musculature.

[CardTrick]

Bug's carpace forms over his clothing (so long as there is some bare skin available for it to emerge from), but when he stops using it, it leaves like a man-sized cicada-like husk behind that takes a couple of hours to disintegrate/dissolve and blow away.

[Phantom Genius]

Bug's carpace forms over his clothing (so long as there is some bare skin available for it to emerge from), but when he stops using it, it leaves like a man-sized cicada-like husk behind that takes a couple of hours to disintegrate/dissolve and blow away.

And is a collector's item for your fans.

[BananaPhone]

Or enemies >:).

[CardTrick]

Do we place rolls here?

Dodge Defensive Action [roll0]

That a Red result on Monstrous Danger Sense based Dodge, so -6CS to enemy's attack roll, but also +2CS since its being used with the Lure tactic, so net -4CS.

[Phantom Genius]

So -4CS and I rolled a 07 to hit you. I don't think I need to check the Universal Table. The Beyonder would have missed you.

[BananaPhone]

I hope you guys had a great Chrissie. I did! I am full of glazed ham, beef wellington and whiskey. I'll be posting in the next day or so.

[Phantom Genius]

I hope you guys had a great Chrissie. I did! I am full of glazed ham, beef wellington and whiskey. I'll be posting in the next day or so.

Just the glazed ham here. But still eating leftovers.

Looking forward to your new posts. (Remember you haven't enlarged yet.)

Bug, are you dodging, attacking, both, or neither?

[BananaPhone]

Lisa will:

1. Use her 'Amazing' earth control to surge the earth up from underneath the pavement and 'wrap' around or bury the water thing. Hopefully the dirt contacting the water will make it punchable, as she doesn't fancy her current chances of attacking water.

2. She'll have a dodge/etc if attacked.

What do I roll?

[Phantom Genius]

Lisa will:

1. Use her 'Amazing' earth control to surge the earth up from underneath the pavement and 'wrap' around or bury the water thing. Hopefully the dirt contacting the water will make it punchable, as she doesn't fancy her current chances of attacking water.

2. She'll have a dodge/etc if attacked.

What do I roll?

In this rule system, you have to decide before initiative for the round if you're going to dodge or not. Success makes you harder to hit. Attempting to dodge reduces the chances of your other attacks working (but only slightly.)

So make a roll (d100) for dodging (optional). That is based on your Agility.
Roll your Earth Control (also 1d100) to attack. That is based on your power rank, -1CS if you dodge.

[Phantom Genius]

Bug, you're trying to affect multiple, somewhat secure technologies all at once, so we need a 1d100 roll for you too.

You both hear the sound of rocket boots in the distance, and it doesn't trigger your danger sense, so you think help is on the way.

AGR-01 you are flying for this entire round, but you can please tell me where you end up. (High, low, on the ground, near Bug, near Fury, in the water?)

[MutantDragon]

Hey guys, sorry I couldn't join in yesterday. I couldn't access my computer, but I'm here now! I'll go ahead and post my stats:
AGR-01
Fighting: EX (16)
Agility: TY (5)
Strength: IN (36)
Endurance: GD (8)
Reason: MN (63)
Intuition: GD (8)
Psyche: PR (3)
Health: 65
Karma: 74
Resources: PR (3)
Popularity: IN (36)

Powers
Linguistics: GD
Spray: EX -> Diminution: TY
Suspended Animation: TY

Armor
GD Material, EX Body Armor, TY True Flight

Talents
Artist, Genetics, Blunt Weapons

Contacts
Robert Jackson (scientist)
Iron Man (you know darn well who)
The X-Men (again, you should probably know this)


As for where I end up...hmmm...I guess I'll probably fly in next to Bug somewhere.

[MutantDragon]

I assumed AGR-01 would have been a valid recipient of the cartoon beetle, seeing as he's a computer remote controlling a superpowered robot, but I'll go ahead and delete that if you guys think that it wouldn't work like that.

[CardTrick]

Bug, you're trying to affect multiple, somewhat secure technologies all at once, so we need a 1d100 roll for you too.

You both hear the sound of rocket boots in the distance, and it doesn't trigger your danger sense, so you think help is on the way.

AGR-01 you are flying for this entire round, but you can please tell me where you end up. (High, low, on the ground, near Bug, near Fury, in the water?)

Just ignore my post. I'm out.

[BananaPhone]

Righteo:

Dodge: [roll0] vs TN 43

Earth Control: [roll1] vs TN 35

[Phantom Genius]

Just ignore my post. I'm out.

Wait, what do you mean "out?" Is everything ok?

[paradox26]

I have just been added to the game, after some discussion. Glad to be joining you all here. I will wait for an intro post from the GM, then I will start posting.

[Phantom Genius]

I have just been added to the game, after some discussion. Glad to be joining you all here. I will wait for an intro post from the GM, then I will start posting.

Paradox26 is playing Bolt, the rich guy described in the recruiting posts that worked with AGR-01 to create mutually beneficial battle suits (battle armor? Whatever you wish to call it.) They are both members of the team with Bug and Fury. (Maybe Arcane if he returns?)

I do hope CardTrick comes back to play. I have no idea if I offended him somehow.

We now return you to your IC posts. IC being "Insane Combat."

[MutantDragon]

Cool! Glad to have you onboard, paradox26!

[paradox26]

Why thank you. Glad to be joining you.

[Phantom Genius]

Let's get an IC post from Fury and we'll check the results.

d100 for AGR-01 and Bolt for your attacks, please. (You don't see Bug. He was literally swallowed and is out of sight.)

[BananaPhone]

I will post tonight.

[MutantDragon]

Let's get an IC post from Fury and we'll check the results.

d100 for AGR-01 and Bolt for your attacks, please. (You don't see Bug. He was literally swallowed and is out of sight.)

Cool. [roll0]

[MutantDragon]

With a Fighting of EX, that's a yellow result.

[BananaPhone]

As per the IC description, trying to turn the water monster into a thick, hard mud or clay by mixing the dirt with it.

Amazing Earth Control: [roll0]

[paradox26]

Here is my attack roll: [roll0]

[Phantom Genius]

BP, your character sheet says Excellent Earth Control, but your roll is successful either way. :smallsmile:

I'll post the results today.

[BananaPhone]

Ahh! Whoops hah, honest mistake, apologies about that.

[Phantom Genius]

Ahh! Whoops hah, honest mistake, apologies about that.

No worries. It happens to all of us.

I'm gonna do the comic book teamwork option for the next round. (Instead of "fire has no effect on water, punching has no effect on water, dirt is minorly annoying.")

[MutantDragon]

Now for the roll on that action...
[roll0]

[BananaPhone]

Posting tomorrow!

[MutantDragon]

Well...I guess I always knew the good rolls wouldn't last. :smallbiggrin:

[Phantom Genius]

Well...I guess I always knew the good rolls wouldn't last. :smallbiggrin:

I know that feeling all too well.

BP, does Fury have an action?

[BananaPhone]

Yes! She is going to sprint and run at the thing and use her Incredible (95) Fighting to take a swing at it, trying to damage it with her Incredible (82) strength.

Swing: [roll0]

[MutantDragon]

To clarify, are AGR-01 and Fury being dragged straight down, out to sea, or in another direction? Might alter what I try next.

[BananaPhone]

I think it's in a big lake, like an artificial lake in a park.

Does AGR-01 have any fire based weapons?

[Phantom Genius]

Please look at the picture of the Potomac River in Washington D.C. here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potomac_River)

It's not terribly deep and certainly has no normal tidal waves. The wave appeared out of nowhere, not out of the tardigrade water creature that you soundly thrashed. The waterspout likewise suddenly appeared, grabbed Bolt, and then fell apart the next turn. Whoever or whatever is doing this has not been identified.

The wave pulled AGR-01 and Fury under the water and away from the shore. Let's say ten feet down and twenty feet away.

Also, Fury's Incredible ranks are both 36. The numbers you quoted are your dice rolls from character generation. They don't actually play a part after that. Hope that's clearer than a muddy river monster.

[MutantDragon]

Does AGR-01 have any fire based weapons?

No, no fire based weapons. The closest I've got is my diminution spray.


Please look at the picture of the Potomac River in Washington D.C. here

It's not terribly deep and certainly has no normal tidal waves. The wave appeared out of nowhere, not out of the tardigrade water creature that you soundly thrashed. The waterspout likewise suddenly appeared, grabbed Bolt, and then fell apart the next turn. Whoever or whatever is doing this has not been identified.

The wave pulled AGR-01 and Fury under the water and away from the shore. Let's say ten feet down and twenty feet away.

Ok, thanks. Just wanted to see if we were being dragged somewhere specific or just being drowned. Sounds like the latter. I'll govern myself accordingly. Thanks.

[MutantDragon]

...the digital dice have decided I must die.

[BananaPhone]

No, no fire based weapons. The closest I've got is my diminution spray.



Shame. If we turned him back into dirt/mud, we could've used fire to turn him into glass!

Fury is using her earth powers again as described in my IC Post: [roll0]

[Phantom Genius]

Please look at the picture of the Potomac River in Washington D.C. here (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potomac_River)

It's not terribly deep and certainly has no normal tidal waves. The wave appeared out of nowhere, not out of the tardigrade water creature that you soundly thrashed. The waterspout likewise suddenly appeared, grabbed Bolt, and then fell apart the next turn. Whoever or whatever is doing this has not been identified.

Hey BananaPhone, not picking on you or anything, but there is no park lake and no elemental. It's just the Potomac River and a giant wave that pulled you under. The creature that you filled with mud has been destroyed. This not being your first rodeo, you would think someone is creating the creature, the waterspout, and the wave. Someone that doesn't appreciate your heroic interference!

(You can edit your post to change lake to river and your attack to something else.)

[BananaPhone]

Ahh, sorry, I completely mis-read a few things! I was thinking the creature had just changed forms, and that we were doing this in a park lake (thus why people were around).

[Phantom Genius]

No problem! This would obviously be easier if we were all sitting around a table with some dice, but SOMEONE has to be in the wrong hemisphere!

<glares menacingly at Paradox26 and then laughs>

[Phantom Genius]

I'm just waiting on your edit or a new post altogether.

[BananaPhone]

I'm very sorry it took a while, but I edited Fury's post as thrashing around and trying to swim to the surface the best way she knows how - by punching the water.

[paradox26]

No problem! This would obviously be easier if we were all sitting around a table with some dice, but SOMEONE has to be in the wrong hemisphere!

<glares menacingly at Paradox26 and then laughs>

Sorry about that. I chose to live in the most inhospitable continent on Earth, barring Antarctica, and yet some people don't even believe my country exists. It is true. Australia actually is a small county outside Phoenix, Arizona. But I still can't quite manage to sit around the table with dice with you all, because us Arizonan Aussies are quarantined to keep the secret of our existence.



Sorry, that was a rambling train of thought with little coherence.

[Phantom Genius]

Sorry, that was a rambling train of thought with little coherence.

Heroes get soliloquies too.

[Phantom Genius]

So Fury, who escaped last turn, went back into the water to look for AGR-01? If so, you will need an Intuition roll to spot "him" and a Fighting roll to grab "him."

[BananaPhone]

No one gets left behind :smalltongue:.


Intuition: [roll0]

Fighting: [roll1]

[MutantDragon]

No one gets left behind :smalltongue:.


Intuition: [roll0]

Fighting: [roll1]

Thanks! I suppose someone has to save me, if my computer generated d100 won't do it for me! :smallwink:

[BananaPhone]

Fury will use her Earth Control to create a deep sink-hole into which all the water will pour, leaving them all safe.

Earth Control: [roll0]


The sexiest roll.

[MutantDragon]

Let's try it here. [roll0]

[MutantDragon]

Let's try it here. [roll0]

Haha! It worked this time!

[Phantom Genius]

I'm happy to reply to MD about his search, but we are still in rounds, so I need actions from P26 and BP first, please.

[BananaPhone]

Ask and thy shall receive!

Fury is using her Earth Control again to 'bury' the water and cover the hole up.

Earth Control: [roll0]

[Phantom Genius]

Edit as you wish, but the crowd is laughing at the wave/river/villain, not at Fury. You're still the hero of the story.
(One of the heroes, literally.)

[BananaPhone]

Ohh phew haha.

[Phantom Genius]

Paradox, can you post soon or should I bot you for a round? Thanks!

[paradox26]

Sorry about that. I haven't had a chance to post the last few days. I just posted IC now.

[Phantom Genius]

Yeah, it took me a few days longer than I wanted, also. And then I rolled a 01 for Fury's Intuition...

[BananaPhone]

Fury is crossing the distance between herself and the Troll and attack him.

Fighting: [roll0]

[MutantDragon]

I shall dub this "The Round of Poorly Aimed Attacks." :smalltongue:

[Phantom Genius]

I shall dub this "The Round of Poorly Aimed Attacks." :smalltongue:

And so it shall be writ in the history books.

[Phantom Genius]

*The author hereby asserts that there is no question of the manhood of the hero "Bolt" or the player Paradox26.

:smile:

[MutantDragon]

Oops, forgot the roll.

[roll0]

[BananaPhone]

Fury is using her Incredible Strength (82), Martial Arts A talent (Judo) and Incredible Fighting Ability (85): [roll0]

That's a Yellow (Slam) success from Blunt Attack, if I'm right.

[Phantom Genius]

Fury and AGR-01 will both hit her, obviously, based on the rolls, but let's give Paradox another day before I roll the initiative and post the results.

[Phantom Genius]

The joys of playing online instead of face-to-face...

Please recall that I said I rolled a 01 on Fury's Intuition check. Later, IC, I said "She travels three of the four areas, given her Incredible Endurance, and can now see that there is a rusty, iron bridge support with a graffiti monster on it taunting her... or maybe just holding up the bridge. She is one area from the bridge now, so she could move and attack next turn if she were to target the trident wielder."

I was hoping that it was clear that she had mud in her eye and just mis-took the graffiti for an actual troll. There is no troll. I was going to just apply her attack to MM, but then Bolt followed suit.

Fury, you can edit the word "troll" to be "woman with trident" if you want. Bolt might want to do a little more editing. Sorry if the flavor got in the way of the facts.

[BananaPhone]

Ah, haha, a less charitable GM would've just laughed as Fury attempted to deck a painting.

I'll go ahead and edit!

[MutantDragon]

Honestly, I considered saying something, but I was too curious about what our wonderful GM would do. Also, I loved the mental image of judo throwing a graffitied bridge support.

[paradox26]

Very sorry, guys. I forgot to edit my post until now. It is done, and I am ready to continue.

[Phantom Genius]

Awesome. New update tonight!

[paradox26]

Do you want everyone to post their next actions now, or wait until after Fury has had a chance to roll?

[Phantom Genius]

Do you want everyone to post their next actions now, or wait until after Fury has had a chance to roll?

MD and you could post. BP should wait for the result of the roll. She is either launched off the bridge into the river or she is standing there unimpressed.

[BananaPhone]

*Waits for result of roll*

[Phantom Genius]

*Waits for result of roll*

I don't see the roll.

[BananaPhone]

Ohh yikes, I thought you mean the others should roll first, so sorry!

Endurance: [roll0]

[BananaPhone]

Rollin' an attack with her Incredible Strength (82), Martial Arts A talent (Judo) and Incredible Fighting Ability (85): [roll0]

[Phantom Genius]

Rollin' an attack with her Incredible Strength (82), Martial Arts A talent (Judo) and Incredible Fighting Ability (85): [roll0]

And Endurance please.

[BananaPhone]

Endurance: [roll0]

[Phantom Genius]

BP, do you want to try that Agility feat or just move on to next round? Everyone else has already declared.

[BananaPhone]

Agility: [roll0]

Extraordinary Agility (43).

Don't have access to the book atm so not 100% sure if she passed.

If she passed, she'll take another swing/grapple against the Water woman. If not, then she'll be launching herself back at her asap.

[BananaPhone]

If she passes, another attack roll: [roll0]

[Phantom Genius]

Fury and AGR should post their declared actions. (Thanks!)

[BananaPhone]

Yup, very sorry for delayed response!

Another Agility Test: [roll0]

Another Attack roll (if applicable: [roll1]

[Phantom Genius]

Rough week and dentist tomorrow, but I finally got a post up. (Mississippi is going to need a dentist too.)

[paradox26]

Sorry to hear about the rough week, and the dentist is never fun. Stay positive.

[BananaPhone]

+1 to that. I hope your weekend and upcoming week is better mate!

[BananaPhone]

Wait - she's dead? lol

[paradox26]

That is my understanding of the last post. I could be wrong.

[Phantom Genius]

Nah. "Fatal blow" was dramatic license. She is dying, however, and you will lose all the good Karma you earned for saving people if you don't say, "I stop her from dying."

[paradox26]

Bugger it. Had to go an be good guys, didn't we?

[Phantom Genius]

Bugger it. Had to go an be good guys, didn't we?
That was the players' choice. I'm happy to run a villains game too if there's interest.

[BananaPhone]

I would be, but not with this character. She fits the sarcasitc hero.

If I did a villain character it'd hopefully be an energy controller, something to do with Electromagnetism, or a Telepath etc.

[MutantDragon]

I too am open to a possible villains game in the future, but one separate from this one.

[BananaPhone]

Kinda gunna be hard to look for a character who already left the game lol.

[Phantom Genius]

I'm not going to spend a lot of gametime on it, but it's the right thing for the heroes to do.

[Phantom Genius]

I love the creativity of what Lisa is trying to do with the Earth Control and I don't want to trample your scene, but that really would be a power stunt in this game system.

Bolt got a red result on his Intuition check to spot something, so we will build off of that. (Tomorrow)

[paradox26]

Sorry I have been silent, everyone. For some unknown reason the forum has stopped sending email updates on the latest posts, so I thought no one had responded to my last post.

I don't know what a red result means in this system, but I assumed a 99 was a pretty good roll. Yay me.

[MutantDragon]

The one roll I spend karma on...

Welp, guess I'm blowing ten karma on that.

[BananaPhone]

I've got about 20 minutes to kill before a raid. I was curious about that 'villains' idea, what type of character could generate. Just rolling dice for fun, pure curiosity.


Origin: Mutant

Fighting: [roll0]
Agility: [roll1]
Strength: [roll2]
Endurance: [roll3]
Reason: [roll4]
Intuition: [roll5]
Psyche: [roll6]

Powers: [roll7]

Power 1: [roll8]
Power Rank: [roll9]
Table: [roll10]

Power 2: [roll11]
Power Rank: [roll12]
Table: [roll13]

Power 3: [roll14]
Power Rank: [roll15]
Table: [roll16]

Power 4: [roll17]
Power Rank: [roll18]
Table: [roll19]

Power 5: [roll20]
Power Rank: [roll21]
Table: [roll22]

Talents: [roll23]

Talent 1: [roll24]
Table: [roll25]

Talent 2: [roll26]
Table: [roll27]

Talent 3: [roll28]
Table: [roll29]

Talent 4: [roll30]
Table: [roll31]

Talent 5: [roll32]
Table: [roll33]


Decent personal stats who can sense mutants/magnetic fields, levitate in place, has a pathetic ranged attack and is a detective.

Ehh, not the most inspiring framework lol.

[paradox26]

Messed up my roll IC, so I will reroll it here so as not to double post over there.

[roll0]

[Phantom Genius]

BP, you like the classic roll-up method? I have gravitated towards the Addended UPB lately.

Did MD and BP see Bolt's post? You can be interviewed or we can have you meet back up at the base or something else.

[Phantom Genius]

Finally posted. Sorry, there was some drama here.

Bolt and Fury are back at the base as I think I said. All seems normal. Any plans?

[paradox26]

No real plans at this stage. Just watching the interview on tv and waiting for news of the discovery of Bug's body.

[MutantDragon]

Currently, I'm planning on answering this batch of questions then returning to base like the others to look further into what Mississippi might have wanted, what happened to bug, etc.

[BananaPhone]

Edited, apologies. She gave no interview on the bridge, she tried to gtfo of there.

[MutantDragon]

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I should have a post in the IC thread tomorrow.

[Phantom Genius]

Sorry I haven't posted in a while. I should have a post in the IC thread tomorrow.

That would be great. I can move on if you have nothing to say.

[BananaPhone]

Im fine to move on!

[Phantom Genius]

I am going to assume Bolt and Lisa show up at the base after receiving AGR's text message.

[BananaPhone]

Eeep, yes. Sory for not replying!

[Phantom Genius]

AGR, do you want to add anything or shall I keep going?

[MutantDragon]

Sorry for being MIA, had some stuff pop up and lost track of things. I admit I'm not really sure how to proceed from here, so I'd be fine if you just kept going without my direct IC input.

[Phantom Genius]

I posted in the IC about 48 hours ago. Hopefully you're getting notifications.

[BananaPhone]

Very sorry about the slow response, posting today.

[Phantom Genius]

Fury knows that Bolt and AGR can both fly.

[Phantom Genius]

AGR, can you reply to Fury yet or do you need a little more time?

[MutantDragon]

Sorry, my notifications on these threads haven't been working right. I'll probably be able to post tomorrow.

[Phantom Genius]

I'm just really thankful that you're still here. You're very important to this adventure.

[MutantDragon]

I'm just really thankful that you're still here. You're very important to this adventure.

Thanks! And sorry again for the delay. I know it can be annoying to wait a long time for someone to do something.

[Phantom Genius]

So one says drive, one says fly, and the other, who would have to be carried, seems non-committal. So what's it going to be? I'm ready to advance the story, but this is an important detail.

[Phantom Genius]

Either of you could fly Lisa there. I don't think she weighs a lot in her normal form.

[BananaPhone]

Maybe buy a hammock so they could both fly together and carry Lisa between them? :smalltongue:

[Phantom Genius]

IC page has a new post.

[Phantom Genius]

Well, AGR, no one is telling you NOT to open it... What's your strength?

[MutantDragon]

Incredible (36).

[Phantom Genius]

That's more than enough. It opens easily and there's a ladder leading down.

[Phantom Genius]

Safe to assume Lisa and Bolt are following AGR?

[Phantom Genius]

New post finally up. Sorry, busy with work, but have a break for a few weeks.

[MutantDragon]

Scared computer noises

[paradox26]

Sorry, I forgot to post IC until now. I just posted.

[Phantom Genius]

Lisa followed Bolt and AGR down the hall after they all went down the ladder. :smallsmile:

[MutantDragon]

Spooky. :smallsmile:

I do have a few questions:
1. Are there any security cameras AGR can patch into to see what's breaking in?
2. Are there any other security systems I should be aware of?
3. Is the base's location/existence a secret? I.e. could any villains look it up and swing on by, or would they need to have acquired the information through some mysterious means? And, more immediately important, would I be revealing some secret if I called the cops here at some point?
4. Final question. It is my understanding I only have access to the one drone. Is that accurate?

[Phantom Genius]

Spooky. :smallsmile:

I do have a few questions:
1. Are there any security cameras AGR can patch into to see what's breaking in?
2. Are there any other security systems I should be aware of?
3. Is the base's location/existence a secret? I.e. could any villains look it up and swing on by, or would they need to have acquired the information through some mysterious means? And, more immediately important, would I be revealing some secret if I called the cops here at some point?
4. Final question. It is my understanding I only have access to the one drone. Is that accurate?


Spooky is good.
1. I'm sure you would. AGR is a genius-level computer and superhero. You saw a black van with tinted windows and masked men approaching the reinforced security door with a battering ram and a can of spray paint that they quickly use on the door camera. They can't seem to reach the rooftop camera.
2. None that I can think of.
3. It is a secret. A perceptive street cop might have figured it out, but the world doesn't know about it. The villains probably used some sort of hacker virus. The cops would respond to a break-in in progress regardless of who "lived" there.
4. Yes. I think that's how we both visualized it.

[MutantDragon]

Heads up, I won't be able to respond to anything until ~ Saturday due to my college finals. Still here, though. :smallbiggrin:

[BananaPhone]

Best of luck with your finals mate!

[MutantDragon]

Thanks! Luckily everything went well and I should be posting again in a few minutes.

[Phantom Genius]

How does Lisa respond to Bolt? Does that change when they notice the light disappear from above as the hatch closes on its own?

MD, did you see the reply? Hope you crushed the exams.

[MutantDragon]

How does Lisa respond to Bolt? Does that change when they notice the light disappear from above as the hatch closes on its own?

MD, did you see the reply? Hope you crushed the exams.

Sorry, didn't catch the reply. And I did do well on my exams. Thank you for asking!

If asked for a name, AGR uses the name of his human ally from when he escaped AIM, Robert Jackson, betting on his willingness to go with the story if anyone tries to track down the caller later. When asked if the suspects are armed, AGR says that they are definitively armed with a small bettering ram and cans of spray paint, but he is unable to confirm the existence of other weapons. Nevertheless, he stresses that these individuals appear to have planned this out ahead of time and have a high chance of carrying other weapons.

[BananaPhone]

Merry Christmas guys, I hope you all had a great Chrissie!

[paradox26]

Merry Christmas to all who celebrate it.

[Phantom Genius]

Same to you!

Lisa, it's your turn.

[MutantDragon]

Merry belated Christmas, folks!

[Phantom Genius]

Happy New Year! Everybody gets an action.

[BananaPhone]

Posting today. Apologies for the wait!

[BananaPhone]

Sorry about taking that extra time, these forums have been really janky recently, I didn't even see the notification, I'm glad I manually checked.

[Phantom Genius]

No problem. MutantDragon, did you have a response?

[Phantom Genius]

I'm gonna post for AGR if we don't hear from MD this weekend. Hopefully he's ok.

[BananaPhone]

Hopefully. I think the recent server problems over the past few weeks have driven a bunch of people away.

[paradox26]

Agreed. I am on the verge of closing down all of the games I run, just because the forums are too unstable.

[Phantom Genius]

Agreed. I am on the verge of closing down all of the games I run, just because the forums are too unstable.

Please don't. Paizo has a pretty stable forum if you need it.

[Phantom Genius]

I posted for MD. Hope all three of you can reply. :biggrin:

[MutantDragon]

I posted for MD. Hope all three of you can reply. :biggrin:

Ah, missed the last post. My bad. I should be able to post this weekend.

[Phantom Genius]

Ah, missed the last post. My bad. I should be able to post this weekend.

Great, you can answer Fury and/or provide her with more details.

[Phantom Genius]

MutantDragon? Can you put in a response?

[BananaPhone]

I think Paradox has left the forums too, sadly.

[Phantom Genius]

I'm hoping they will both be back, so I kept the story moving forward with a new post.

[Phantom Genius]

Bolt and AGR scoop up Lisa as before and fly as quickly as possible back toward DC. AGR gives a play-by-play of the events at the "secret hideout" as they fly.

"Multiple people have entered the headquarters. MPD is on the scene, but are receiving instructions to fall back despite being fired upon. Now they are being told to return to base, but they are hesitating because no one else has arrived to secure the situation. Lisa, if they leave, the thieves will take everything and possibly I will fall from the sky. What should we do?"

You are still 30 minutes away.

[Phantom Genius]

That should have gone in IC. Oops. Please reply there if appropriate.