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[Spidey'tilIDie]

Originally Posted by quozl

@Ronin and @Yodaking : Do you have your books? Will you be ready in a week? Do you have a preference on if you'd like to be on the superhero team or if you'd like to be a supervillain?

Does that mean we are doing two teams against each other?

[quozl]

Nah, everyone wants to be a superhero so far. However, if Yodaking still wants to be a villain, I'll work with him on the baddies y'all will be facing.

[Spidey'tilIDie]

Whew. I was cringing.

[Yodaking]

My book just arrived today so I'll be pouring over it and figuring out what I want to do with the details for my character. On the hero vs. villain decision I am very flexible and will leave that up to you to decide what kind of game you want to run. I'll run with the alien bounty hunter concept if I'm a hero, I'll create something very different if I'm a villain. Just let me know what you want me to focus my time of creating.

[quozl]

I aim to please so I'm leaving that totally up to you. Mostly it'll come down to whether you want to play in a team environment or not.

[Yodaking]

Let me look over the book a bit then and see if anything pushes me one way of the other. Since this is out first game I'm a bit inclined to just join the team and see how everything plays out before going it alone. 8 heroes is a pretty big roster, but since we are all just starting off at fairly low levels maybe that is for the best.

[Tornado]

7 Heroes and a flip phone.

[Ericth74]

Originally Posted by Tornado

7 Heroes and a flip phone.

Stuffed into a van.

[Dad_Scaper]

Whose foot is this???!!!

[IAmBatman]

They needed a superhero.
Instead, they got 7 normal ones ... and a flip phone.

[Yodaking]

Decided to go the hero route, I've developed my alien powers and equipment. Just need to roll some dice and work up the rest of the details.

[Yodaking]

Alright I'm done making my guy. I wanted him to be mid-career as an Intergalactic Bounty Hunter so I set aside 8000 XP for him to start at a higher level (7). Mostly spent the rest of the XP on alien tech gear, but I did also give him 3 minor powers based on his species. All of which help make him a successful bounty hunter. For the alien equipment XP, I think I did a fair job of pricing them based on blending different Earth similar items, powers, and various levels of flaws. Let me know if you have issue with anything. I didn't roll up HP and assign an AC for the Armor as that didn't seem right. Everything else was assigned AC and HP though.


Appearance: 6’ tall humanoid with deep purple skin, teal blue tiger like stripes, hairless, flat nose, solid black bulbs for eyes that are similar to an alligator’s eyes with the clear eye covering, pointed lobe-less ears, four fingers/toes (no pinky), double row of sharp jagged silver teeth, long thin light blue tongue similar to a snakes.

Name: Ghost
Secret Identity: Xavier Xillium
Background: Intergalactic Bounty Hunter

Ability Scores:
STR – 4 (+1), can lift up to 300 lbs / 10 (+3) lift 1 ton
DEX – 4 (+1) / 10 (+3)
CON – 4 (+1) / 10 (+3)
INT – 4 (+1)
WIS – 4 (+1)
CHA – 1 (+0)
EXP: 25,200

Level: 7 (8000 XP)
Attack Bonus: +6, +1 melee, +1 ranged
Hit Points: 37
AC: 16 (Base 10 + 1 DEX + 5 Armor)
Spd: 2 (30 feet/round, 3 miles/hour)

Natural Powers (3,000 XP total):

Ability Boost 1000 XP – Alien Physiology
For one minute (10 rounds) can increase one physical ability score (STR, DEX, CON) by 6 points. One use per 24 hours, addition uses requires super feat of CON, failed test results in d6 dam to me.
(0 of 1 uses in 24 hours, 0 of 10 rounds spent)

Comprehend Languages 1000 XP – Alien Mind
Make a Power Feat to understand any language spoken to you by a sentient being.

Sixth Sense 1000 XP – Alien Senses
Sense impending danger and cannot be surprised, +2 bonus to feats made to avoid physical dangers

Equipment (14,000 XP total):

Disco Blaster (Alien Gun) 1500 XP (flawed)
[Pistol & Shotgun mixed stats] AC: 18 HP: 3
Damage: D6+5, Attacks: 1, Rounds: 4, Range: 50 yards
Flaw(s): Requires 2 full rounds (12 sec) to recharge between ‘clips’ (double a Revolver, but no action required to recharge, just can’t be used again until recharged), Bio Metrics only allow me to use (no sharing with allies), Damage less than Shotgun, Range shorter than Pistol.
(Clip status: 4 of 4 rounds available, reload time needed: 0 of 2 rounds)

Assortment of Elemental Micro Bombs (Alien Tech) 1750 XP (flawed)
[Molotov Cocktail mixed with Power Blade Power/they are not thrown but rather fired like tiny wrist rockets] AC: 16 HP: 8
Damage: 1D6, Attacks: 1, Blast Radius: 1 foot, Firing Range: 20 feet
Elemental Effects (can only choose one per fired Mirco Bomb)
Fire: target must past feat of DEX or catch fire, suffering 1D6 damage per round (6 sec) until extinguished
Cold: target must pass feat of CON or reduce speed level by 1, can’t stack
Light: target must pass feat of DEX or be dazzled for 1 minute (10 rounds)
Electricity: target must pass feat of CON or be stunned for 1 round (6 sec)
Flaw(s): Invested in Objects, Reduced Blast Radius, Reduced Throw Range, Power Blade Base Damage Not Included
(Available Mini-Rockets: 4 of 4 Fire, 3 of 4 Cold, 4 of 4 Light, 4 of 4 Electricity)

Power Touch Baton (Attack) 1500 XP (flawed)
AC: 16 HP: 3
Requires successful melee attack
D6+1 Force Damage, can effect creatures that are insubstantial or phased
In place of damage, can cause foe to become entangled in bands of force for 1 minute (10 rounds)
Flaw: Power Invested in Object (Baton)
(Current Entanglement: 0 of 10 rounds Foe 1, 0 of 10 rounds Foe 2)

Predator Armor (Alien Tech/Materials) 5000 XP
+5 AC, full body & head covering when wearing the helmet/gloves/boots
Chamaeleon (Transformation) 1250 XP (flawed)
Can blend into surroundings, +10 bonus to feats made to hide
Flaw: Power Invested in Object (Armor)

Jet Pack/Fly (Movement) 3000 XP (flawed x2)
AC: 18 HP: 19
Can fly at speed 4 (150 feet/round, 15 miles/hour)
Flaw1: Invested in Object (Jet Pack)
Flaw2: Power Consumption, 30 minutes fly/hover time per day (3 turns/300 rounds), Recharge requires 1 hour (6 turns/600 rounds) for every 5 minutes (50 rounds) of fly time, 12 hours for total recharge, can be used while partially charged
(Fuel Consumption: 0 of 300 rounds)

Backstory:

Spoiler Alert!

Xander "the Ghost" Xillium, was an inter-galactic bounty hunter in pursuit of an escaped fugitive from the Void inter-dimensional prison named Cellulite. Cellulite was hiding on Earth with the use of a Transmutation Devise that allowed him to appear human. Once Xander finally located Cellulite, Cellulite didn't go willingly and a ferocious fight ensued that left Xander near death.

During the battle, Cellulite endangered many local human lives, including a brilliant military research scientist named Samantha Williams. She was grateful to Xander for seemingly having saved her life so she rushed Xander's broken body away to safety. Not only did she nurse him back to health, but she also knew what the Government would do to him if they found him, so she also kept him hidden from her own colleagues. The recovery took months and the two fell in love during this time. Once Xander had fully healed, he asked Samantha to leave Earth with him and travel the stars, but she did not want to leave her home. She was also convinced that the research she was doing for the government was paramount to protecting Earth from galactic threats posed by the likes of Cellulite.

While Samantha was at work, her secret research facility was attacked by a group of supervillains calling themselves Omega Pox, which included their newest member Cellulite. They were looking to make off with technology the military was working on, and Samantha was killed during that conflict. Xander vowed to stay on Earth in Samantha's memory and protect her home from the scourge of supervillains as well as other threats from outer space. Cellulite must be captured and returned to the Void, only then will he consider returning to his work across the wider galaxy.

Home Planet Info:

Spoiler Alert!

Home planet is a place we call Yheetal, it's a little bigger than your Earth and much more blue. Not because it has more water, your Earth has an abundance of that, but because the plant life is not green but blue in hue like my stripes. A lot more of what you all would call fungi covers the land, larger that your own though. Some are large enough to make a home inside of. And before you say it, yes I've already been told all about your Smurfs.