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Drunva · Apr 12 '12, 10:45pm

Ok just a crunch question, thematically Blackout can absorb pure energy (electricity, fire or radiation (but not normal sunlight as that would be near limitless)) So when buying absorb energy would it be okay if I included those three as the particular attack as simply 'energy' or do I have to limit it to just one?

Cnyperos · Apr 12 '12, 10:47pm

I *think* you have to buy it multiple times for different effects.

Drunva · Apr 12 '12, 11:00pm

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I *think* you have to buy it multiple times for different effects.

So a different one for each source?

BeyondThePale · 8:53am

Name: Lou'Ki
Age: 24
Superhero Identity: The Dark Avenger
Origin Summary: Former member of the Shadowstar Clan of modern day ninja assassins. Found, left for dead by his brethren for disobeying an order to kill a child, by Myg and trained as his apprentice. He turns down the legion of superheroes after his master is killed by Radiation Roy, for whom he has become obsessed with seeking his revenge.
Category: Legacy (Karate Kid II, AKA Myg)

Player Level: 10
Starting Point Total: 150
Total Ability Points: 68
Total Power Points: 82
Total Points:

Abilities - 68

Strength: 4
Stamina: 8
Agility: 6
Dexterity: 4
Fighting: 10
Intellect: 0
Awareness: 2
Presence: 0

Offense

Initiative +8

Defense - 10

Dodge 10
Parry 8
Fortitude 10
Toughness 8
Will 8

Skills - 12

Acrobatics +16, Intimidation +6, Perception +10, Slight of Hand +6

Advantages - 18

Accurate Attack, All-out Attack, Chokehold, Defensive Attack, Fast Grab, Improved Critical (Unarmed), Improved Disarm, Improved Grab, Improved Hold, Improved Initiative, Improved Smash, Improved Trip, Instant Up, Power Attack, Startle, Takedown 2, Taunt.
• Boxing, Judo, Kung Fu, Sword-fighting, Wrestling.

Complications

Moivations and Complications

Lou'ki seeks a form of acceptance he had never before experienced, a sort of feeling of belonging which had been denied him his entire life. From his segregated up bringing to his issolated training with Myg, he experiences a longing for social acceptance...which was suppose to be the eventual ressault of his training, robbed from him by Radiation Roy (see background

Acceptance

He seeks justice for all those who have been victimized. This is an all consuming compulssion, rather than just a simple desire to see evil get what is coming to it. He can not avoid the need to avenge any severe victim of violence and wickedness he encounters, especially when concerning uintrained women or children, or more so, those he deems most unable to defend or avenge themselves.

Justice

Lou'ki feels responsible for his master's death, for not being ready to join him in the battle that ended his life. He was not ready emotionally, to use his power for a higher purpose, and without a mind tempered in nutrality and objectivity, he would only be a hinderance to Myg and the cause of the Legion of Superheroes. Which is why he ultimately turned down their request for him to join after Myg's death. He did not feel worthy at the time. He has devoted his life to restoring balance to the world and hunting down his master's murderer, feeling responsible both for continuing his master's good work, and avenging him, which he knew on a more than subconscious level, Myg would not approve of.

Responsibility

If anyone discovers his past, and the origin of his power set, they willl likely make the connection that he was once not a very good person. Being the top assassin for an infamous ninja clan, is something he had been working hard to distance himself from.

Secret

Powers
Chi Array - Shadowstar Clan; 25 pp
Sense Attunement (Senses- Sight=Penetrates Concealment, Counters Illusion, Microscopic Vision, Dark vision, Extended 2; Mental= Direction Sense, Distance Sense, Danger Sense; Hearing= Ultrahearing, Radio; Smell= Tracking; Touch= Extended)
. . . Fantastic Leap (Leaping 8; Affects Insubstantial 2 - Can leap off of open air; Innate)
. . . Unseen form (Concealment; Visual 4, Hearing 2; Precise and Innate)
. . . Shadow Walk (Teleport 6 [1800 ft] - Accurate; Change Direction, Change Velocity, Increased Mass x4, Turnabout; Source - Shadows)
. . . Healing Trance (Healing 8 - Distracting; Innate)
. . . Palms Pressure (Enhanced Strength +5, Super Strength +7)
. . . Enlightened Step (Movement- Permeate 3, Slithering, Sure-Footed, Trackless 5 (Visual, Auditory, Olfactory, Tactile, Mental), Wall Climbing 2, Water Walking 2, Environmental Adaptation: Hot and cold, Underwater and zero gravity)
. . . Distance Strike (Ranged Damage 10; Distracting; Innate, Accurate 4)

Whenever he is killed his body burns to ashes. At sunrise, following his death, the ashes recollect into a pille, from unknown locations, and from the ashes he is reborn. This is a genetic response and not a talent or skill as most his Chi abilities are considered.

Rise of The Pheonix (Immortality 5; reacts to sunrise, -1)
Empty self (immunity 13- Chi Array powers, sleep, aging and Life Support)

Appearance / Personality / Background

Lou'ki was born the son of an american-itallian bussiness man; Sergio Avanti, and a prominant Japanese woman who was a proud member of one of the oldest families in Japanese history; Enyoku Daji. The Daji name was both revered and feared by those familiar with the old world, especially by families who carry on the traditions of feudal Japan. The Daji surname was the namesake of the man who claimed to have been the father of Ninjitsu, known only as Daji, or Shadowstar, leaving behind a legacy of ninja assassins which is said to still be the source behind the underworld powers beneath the surface of modern japan. This secret organization of assassins is known as The Shadowstar Clan, a name durrived from the favored weapon of its leader, simply known as Shadowstar. It is rumored that Shadowstar is 3,000 years old, and uses his supernatural gifts to teach his pupils the art of Ninjitsu and the manipulation of shadows. Every pupil Shadowstar takes under his command, is a direct decendant of his bloodline, living throughout countless generations and building an immortal army of assassins, since they too shared his gifts, all be it on more generalized and often miniscule scales. The women give birth to boys who grow to become eternal Soldiers of the Shadowstar Clan, since they share Shadowstar's supernatural longevity.

It was for this reason that Enyoku hid her pregnancy from her father, the infamous Shadowstar himself, and planned to flee Japan with Sergio and their son. Immediately after giving birth, Enyoku used her own gifts of teleportation to escape the collectors (a special branch of Shadow Soldiers who are particularly gifted in heightened senses and stealth, tasked with search and seizure missions). After having been drained of chi while giving birth to her son, Enyoku was severely fatigued upon her arrival in their hotel in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, where her husband was waiting for her, they had planned to leave that same night for an unknown island off the coast of florida, where Shadowstar would never find them...or so they hoped. But as fate would have it, their trip was never meant to be. She arrived in their Suite to find her husband's remains on display and her father waiting for her. Before she could say anything, though she was not likely to say much in the face of the man who was about to kill her, Shadowstar used his most formidable ability, without so much as blinking an eye, his shadow seperated itself from his body. Finally Enyoku managed to say,"You know I could darken the room and render your No Shadow Attack harmless...You are not as powerful without shadows to manipulate..." You are not as powerful without shadows to manipulate, something she had said to him once before, although in reference to his soldiers, as opposed to his actual gifts. Shadowstar sighed in response...then only offered a whisper as his soldiers, his shadows, moved out from the darkness and removed the crying infant from her arms. "But you know you would be dead before it would matter..." he whispered, as his shadow reached out across the floor and seemed to become one with hers for a moment, paralyzing her and immediatle aging her. When his shadow returned to him, she was nothing but leathery skin, white hair, and bones, which shattered the moment she hit the floor, an odd anomaly also occurred which no normal person would admit to noticing...her corpse no longer casted a shadow.

Lou'ki was raised in the Shadowstar Clan, believing that his mother was killed by an american gang and his father was the reason for her death. He was weak and corrupt, and his actions lead to her falling victim to a dishonorable death, being shot in the back by a semi-automatic weapon. The clan shunned technological weapons, relying completely upon their supernatural gifts and skills in martial combat, to deliver an honorable death to even the most dishonerable targets.

It was Shadowstar's hope that Lou'ki would be the one to take his place, and grant him an honorable death so that he may finally be at peace. But the only way for this to happen, is to fall victim to his own No Shadow Attack...an ability which had never been passed on to his descendants to date. But never before had there been a more promising pupil than Lou'ki. He was Shadowstar's equal in everything, or atleast would be after mastering his gifts and the art of Ninjitsu. He was possessed of every ability which belonged to Shadowstar...every ability except, as fate would have it, the one ability which could allow him to finally know the true death. This did not mean that Lou'ki was unable to defeat him, and likely take the clan by force one day when he was strong enough...Shadowstar could not be permanently killed, but he could be defeated and imprisoned indefinately...something he had experience a very long time ago at the hands of his brother.

So, as a preemptive strike, Shadowstar arranged for Lou'ki to share the fate of his mother, but he did not want him to die without knowing the truth...that she died at his hand, she was denied an honorable death in the same way he would soon be. The two had taken to seclusion as they often did, within the mountains, to discuss the future of the clan. Lou'ki still believed he would be taking Shadowstar's place as leader of the clan...so needless to say, it came as quite a shock when the truth of his mother and father's death was revealed, only to discover that he was already a victim of the No Shadow Attack. Unlike his mother, when he died his body combusted and burned to ashes...Something that Shadowstar had never seen before...but something he would have to contemplate over, for a very long time.

The next day, at sunrise, the ashes of Lou'ki found their way to America, where they collected in a pile and he was able to reform himself, rising from the ashes as the sun rised in the east, his homeland.

Now, reborn in a foreign land, with the skills of an ninja and the power of a killer, he had to choose his path...to return to Japan and kill his Grandfather, or to discover what he could in the homeland of his Father and possibly return with some knowledge as to how to permanantly despose of Shadowstar and his clan of murders...his family...

He remained in America, after discovering the existance of its superheroes, those he had believed were myths America used to enhance their fear grip over the rest of the world, am illusion which most technologically deprived (Considered uneducated in that respect) people believed around the world. So he remained in america hoping to learn what he could about changing his life style choices...to become a hero before he could defeat a villian...

He was eventually taken on as Myg's (The second incarnation of the karate kid) secret apprentice, and trained in the art of self discipline. When Myg is killed by radiation roy, the Legion of superheroes seek him out to take his master's place, but he refuses and disappears from the world for nearly a decade. He had joined a monestary in tibet, hoping to finish his training there...upon his return he takes on a new appearance, a dark avenger persona who stalked the criminals of the night...often compared to Batman in that respect, by those who become aware of his exploits. He is obsessed with hunting down Radiation Roy and seeing to it that he is properly punished for his crimes, but he is conflicted as to how he would accomplish this...would he hand him over to the authorities and hope the judicial system sees that justice is served...or serve it himself...The only vow Myg demanded of him before offering to show him how to destroy Shadowstar, was to never again kill another living being. With his spirit heavy with his desire for revenge on both sides of this world, and determined to keep his promise to his master...A man he had only known a few months, but was more a brother to him than any one he had ever known...Lou'ki became a wandering vigillante, a hero of no particular homeland, of no particular people, and of no particular creed...He defended those who were helpless and saught to restore balance as it is taken from the world by the forces of evil. This is his true purpose in this world, his revenge must always remain secondary at most...or he would have lost everythying inside of him, which seperated him from his tainted bloodline.

Rennick · Apr 12 '12, 11:51pm

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Originally Posted by Drunva

Ok just a crunch question, thematically Blackout can absorb pure energy (electricity, fire or radiation (but not normal sunlight as that would be near limitless)) So when buying absorb energy would it be okay if I included those three as the particular attack as simply 'energy' or do I have to limit it to just one?

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mutants and Masterminds Hero's Handbook

You take the energy from a particular type of attack,
chosen when you take this power, and use it to enhance
one of your traits.

your best bet would be choose one energy type as your main one, and then use alternate effects rules for the others. It will save you some PP, but you can only absorb one kind of energy at a time.

Hera · 4:46pm

Life Lass

Player Level: 10
Starting Point Total: 150
Total Ability Points: 30
Total Skill Points: 16
Total Advantage Points: 7
Total Power Points: 56
Total Defense Points: 41
Total Points: 150

Abilities

Strength: 1
Stamina: 0
Agility: 2
Dexterity: 0
Fighting: 2
Intellect: 6
Awareness: 2
Presence: 2

Offense

Initiative 2

Defense

Dodge 12
Parry 15
Fortitude 10
Toughness 5/0*
Will 10

Skills

Expertise: History 8
Expertise: Science 8
Treatment 10
Athletics 4
Acrobatics 4

Advantages

Skill Mastery: Treatment
Well-Informed
Defense Roll 5

Complications

Somi is from the 31st century, and though she is immensely knowledgeable about history, knowledge isn't experience--and she's very much out of place in the here and now. She is prone to think of her presence in 21st century as an extended "field trip" rather than her "real life."

Out of Time

As one of the few temporal immigrants around today, Somi is known worldwide and is regularly asked to make media appearances and to help out modern-day scientists with understanding future history and technological advancements. However, she is under strict orders from the Lalloran government to reveal no such things, lest the proper flow of history be disrupted.

Fame

Fate and happenstance have made Somi a metahuman, but she doesn't have quite the heart of a hero, at least not yet. She does what she does in service of her world and her family.

Duty

Powers
Animation 10 (Perception range; summons animated object; limited: available objects)

Multiple Minions 3
Active
Mental Link

Lalloran Ring (Dynamic Alternate Effect)

Time Travel 1 (limited: 31st century; flaw: uncontrolled)
Comprehend: Languages 3 (speaks, understands, and reads all languages)

Super Identity: Life Lass
Real Name: Somi Gan
Age: 16
Origin: Somi is one of the "Heroes of Lallor," five super-powered teenagers in the 31st century. They live in a human colony on the planet Lallor, and they are renowned throughout the galaxy for their epic heroism, greater even than their rivals, the Legion of Super-Heroes.

Or, rather, they will be, once they're done with their training.

You see, the elders of Lallor aren't too keen about these five kids with amazing powers running around and calling themselves heroes. But rather than oppose them, the elders have attempted to contain the threat, by promising to formally recognize the Heroes as official defenders of the planet--but there's a catch! Before the Heroes can operate under governmental sanction, the elders have required each presumptive Hero to travel to different historical era known for its heroism in order to receive proper training and prove themselves as crime-fighters. (Frankly, they have every hope the kids will never come back.) Tal Nahii, Gas Girl, was sent to the 1940s to fight in World War 2. Sev Tcheru, Evolvo Lad, was sent to Camelot to apprentice under Merlin the magician. Ilshu Nor, Beast Boy, is defending a primitive Mongolian village against Vandal Savage and his troop of Huns. Ord Quelu, Duplicate Boy, is in the 28th century, trying to stem the latest expansion of the evil Queen Bee's intergalactic empire.

And Somi Gan, Life Lass, is in 21st-century America. She isn't sure why, but some major event must be around the corner, and it is her mission to rise to the challenge.

Somi has been in our era for only a few weeks. She has avoided using her powers superfluously, but twice events have conspired to bring her into the fray against super-criminals. The second time, in a struggle against Superman's rogue the Puzzler, Somi met the Big Blue Boy Scout himself. Clark already knew Somi from his time with the Legion as a teenager, but Somi herself has yet to meet him in her home timeline. Nevertheless, Superman pledged to find a good place for Life Lass in the 21st-century super-human community, to help make her the heroine he knows she one day will be.

About Me: I'm Hera, I'm 23, totally new to MnM, but a huge super-hero comics fan. Not too crazy about the new DCU, so I like the fact that your game will let me play around with old DCU continuity a little. Life Lass is a pre-existing character, a minor Legion of Super-Heroes supporting character--minor enough that I will have to supply her actual personality. This application tries to take advantage of the fact that she is a "future" character, so Somi in the game is actually Somi at the very beginning of her career, even before her first canon appearance in Adventure Comics #324. The way I imagine her is a quiet, bookish type--very science-oriented and not necessarily suited to heroics. But her destiny is to become one of the most important heroines in the 31st century, so she presses towards that goal whether she wants to or not.

Khakhan · Apr 13 '12, 12:42am

Seeing as Manhunter and Ardent are both Shapeshifters, is Variable allowed Rennick? Variable, not just the Shapeshifting power listed in Hero Lab.

Andraia · Apr 13 '12, 1:07am

Okay, I kind of love Life Lass XD .

But yeah. At home and working on my modified background again. Popping out for some volunteer work in a bit, but I should have the revised version up sometime this evening.

scarletsorcerer · Apr 13 '12, 1:14am

Karl von Ranen / Slice

Player Level: 10
Starting Point Total: 150.
Total Ability Points: 68.
Total Skill Points: 32 (64 ranks).
Total Advantages Points: 30.
Total Defences Points: 20.
Total Power Points: 0.
Total Points: 150.

Abilities

Strength: 1.
Stamina: 4.
Agility: 6.
Dexterity: 6.
Fighting: 6.
Intellect: 3.
Awareness: 6.
Presence: 2.

Offense

Initiative: +14
Unarmed: +6 (+1 Damage, DC 16)
Claws: +14 (+2 Damage, DC 17, crit 19-20)
Whip: +8 (+2 Damage, DC 17)

Defense

Dodge:

+5 vs. area attacks

10.
Parry: 14.
Fortitude: 9.
Toughness:

4 + Defensive Roll 1

5.
Will: 8.

Skills

Acrobatics: 8 (+14)
Athletics: 7 (+8)
Close Combat (Claws): 8 (+14)
Close Combat (Whip): 2 (+8)
Deception: 7 (+9)
Expertise (Crime): 7 (+10)
Insight: 3 (+9)
Intimidation: 0 (+2)
Investigation: 7 (+10)
Perception: 4 (+10)
Ranged Combat: 0 (+6)
Sleight of Hand: 2 (+8)
Stealth: 6 (+12)
Technology: 2 (+5)
Treatment 0 (+3)
Vehicles: 0 (+6)

Advantages

take up to -5 on effect of attack for same bonus to attack roll

Accurate Attack,

use acrobatics instead of deception when feinting

Agile Feint,

study a target to gain information on their capabilities

Assessment,

gain bonuses to deceive or persuade those who are attracted

Attractive (1),

well off

Benefit (Wealth) (1),

cause opponent to hesitate in combat

Daze (Deception) (1),

take penalty of up to -5 to attack in order to add to active defences

Defensive Attack,

add bonus to toughness

Defensive Attack (1),

+5 bonus to recall information and against memory altering effects

Eidetic Memory,

gain 5 equipment points per rank

Equipment (3),

+5 bonus to dodge vs. area attacks

Evasion (2),

use dexterity instead of strength for grabs; not vulnerable while grabbing

Grabbing Finesse,

critical on rolls of 19-20

Improved Critical (Claws),

gain +2 to active defences on the defend action

Improved Defence,

make and maintain grabs with one arm; perform actions with free arm

Improved Grab,

-5 to escape grab attacks made by me

Improved Hold,

+4 initiative per rank of advantage

Improved Initiative (2),

no penalty to trip attacks; opponents do not get to make a trip attack

Improved Trip,

ignore circumstance penalty without proper tools; only -2 with no tools

Improvised Tools,

can go from prone to standing as a free action with no need to roll

Instant Up,

speak and understand additional languages – Afrikaans and English

Languages (1),

re-roll a die like a use of a hero point a number of times equal to the ranks in this advantage

Luck (1),

move before and after standard action if total distance isn’t greater than speed

Move-by Action,

no penalty for being prone; opponents gain no advantages

Prone Fighting,

draw weapon as a free action

Quick Draw,

re-roll failed checks in this circumstance and use better of the two rolls

Second Chance (falling),

after defeating a minion, extra attack as free action against adjacent minion

Takedown,

not vulnerable when surprised or caught off guard

Uncanny Dodge.

Complications
Motivation:

Karl has a somewhat less than clean past. He has put much of it behind him, but he is aware that he can’t expect instant trust and understanding. If something is worth obtaining, it is worth working hard for – gaining acceptance and respect among his fellow heroes is more than a worthy goal for Karl.

Acceptance.

Although he lived a life of crime previously, Karl has found that doing good is infinitely more satisfying. It fills a void in his life that he had no idea how to manage. Karl knows that doing good is what he should have been doing all along. That doesn’t mean he has given up crime altogether, or even that his views have changed much, but his motivation is for good now. For example he might still be willing to kill, but only to protect others.

Doing Good.

Karl must make restitution for some of the worst things he has done. That might take a long time, but he is committed to doing so. He also feels very strongly that it is his duty to use the skills he has to shield the innocent from danger – whether a super-villain or an ordinary mugger.

Responsibility.

Adrenaline is a very addictive thing, and Karl has it bad. He needs the rush. He can get it by doing good, but he can’t live life without it.

Thrills.

Other Complications:

Karl keeps his civilian and hero (and previously his criminal) identities secret. Nobody knows that the famous cat burglar turned hero Slice is actually Karl von Renen.

Identity.

Crime and criminals hold a fascination for Karl. He has extensively studied previous cat burglars (including his father and Catwoman). If he were ever to catch one, he’d be more likely to ask questions and gush like a fanboy than take them down.

Obsession.

Those who are aware of Karl’s criminal past – just a few of the Teen Titans and the Justice League – sometimes scorn him for it. While his philosophy and attitude towards self-improvement and redemption may be admirable, his past can’t be forgotten.

Prejudice (criminal).

Karl is bisexual, and this has caused problems for him in the past. Whether from straight people accusing him of going through a phase, gay people insisting he is actually gay, and just general misunderstandings, he has found it a little difficult. Therefore he tends to keep all relationships – with men and woman – under wraps.

Prejudice (sexuality).

Karl’s relationship with his father is complicated, to say the least. There are a number of issues with abandonment and betrayal on Karl’s side. Thomas is less than pleased about his son joining a real hero organisation – it puts them potentially at odds, should they ever cross paths.

Relationship (Thomas Blake).

Karl and his father often competed in terms of skills and abilities. Each often tried to prove who was the better thief – challenging each other to pull off difficult capers, to perform hard tricks, to take on handicaps during jobs to prove who was better. They each have their strengths, and each is still convinced that they are better.

Rivalry (Thomas Blake).

The woman who asked Blake to "get rid" of Karl. She tried to make Thomas give up his relationship with Karl. She succeded for a while. And Karl has no doubt that if he ever encounters her, she'll want him dead. So he does his best to avoid any and all contact with her.

Rivalry (Cheshire).

Equipment

“Catsuit”
- “Claws”: Strength-Damage +1 (Feats: Split) (2ep)
- Movement 1 (Wall-Crawling) (2ep)

“Cat Burglars Tools”
- Night Vision Goggles (1ep)
- Parabolic Microphone (1ep)
- Binoculars (1ep)
- GPS (1ep)

Whip: Strength-Damage +1 (Feats: Reach 3, Chokehold, Improved Disarm) (6ep) -- (7ep)
- AE: Movement 1 (Swinging) (2ep)

Sephirothsword117 · Apr 13 '12, 1:14am

Quick question: What's the maximum rank we can buy for a single power? I seem to keep missing it in the book though I'm certain it's in there somewhere.