Hey Zack!

Regarding Niche (this is an issue that has been plaguing me...pun intended.

I have Force Field...but its a very unique build and not projectable. Besides its one of those things that isn't so unique as a defensive power. Go for it I say. I believe Priest has Precog, so check with him. I have played Rifts games with multiple clairvoyants who all get the same crazy Visions of Doom (TM) but in Abby it might be stepping on his niche. I don't think we have a telepath yet and that is uber valuable...you can find people easily and distance isn't usually a problem...plus it sidesteps the language barier so you could be in contact with survivors all over the world.

Priest has Premonition, not Pretercog, so I don't mind.

Oops...sorry I misquoted

heh I'll take "Brooding Badboy out for vengeance" for 500 Alex.....

Hey, I can still be the Obnoxious, but Good Looking Boy, even with my Taint of 5, right? I mean, that's not an unreasonable expectation or anything, is it?

Actually, I fully expect to be the Bad Boy always in trouble with the Law, whether I wanna be or not.

And welcome on board Zack. This is just me talking, but I wouldn't worry to much about a niche, just make a character you'll enjoy playing cuz it's the personality, not the powers, that'll make 'em stand out.

Unless you got some mega-socials it is (as that wink says too).

Yours is an interesting case, halfway between monster and god.

I'll second both of that. Welcome Zack.

Thanks for the warm welcome!

With this many surly teenagers, I guess I'm going to be the nagging big sister?

welcome aboard.

I think you're actually the eldest PC so yeah you just might be the big sister...

Don't give me that! Look at you, out all night brooding, looking for trouble, worrying Mom to death! Look at her, all passed out drunk in the corner from concern!

Leaving me here to do everything while you hang with that group of no-goods! Honestly!



How's that?

Mom's dead, wife's dead, kids are dead, my men are dead.... and I'm gonna find the guy who's responsible for this mess and he's going to join them.

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Web comic to get people in the mood.

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I heard back from Drew. It turns out he was waiting for me. My characters powers are pretty much the same, but his background is now totally different. Unfortunatly last week and this week have had me utterly slammed and its been all I could do to keep up with my active games. I am fitting in little bits and pieces of chargen stuff in my free moments. Of course once all thats done, just posting is easy.

Dankes for your patience.

Alright I submitted my character. When approved I will post in the PC/NPC section.

No comments on my character???

I'm curious what your powers are. Do you really have a permanent Immolate/RippleShield/FF up all the time?

I found the total number of Aberrations abusive, but let's just see how that works out. Unless you you have some really glossy social abilities, I imagine none of the humans with the group will want to be anywhere near you. That, in turn, should influence how other novas interact with you (if they like hanging around their human followers, or just humans in general).

I imagine your character is probably mechanically very tight and lethal. RPing him should prove a challenge.

Grim, really, really grim.

I think I'll second what Ulric said.

Couple things to note.

First is most of the aberrations were bought as flaws. He is only at Taint 5.

Second is he has been slowly learning how to bring things *inside* his field. In other words he has attune 5. Not that he has tried this with a person yet...that is for a suitably dramatic moment, ie. when someone is going to die if he doesn't anyways.

Lethal? Maybe...his immolate does bashing though (more knockback...)


So...

Do you think this is the group that will finally accept him???

RE: Permanent Damaging Force Field + Poor Sense
If that's "sight" then we need to worry about you blowing holes in our defenses. It also means you're going to have a hard time getting things.

RE: Black Thumb
Dead crops, dead plants, maybe still born children or birth defects.

RE: Disturbing Voice
So... what would zombies talk like if they could talk?

RE: Adaptability
So like a zombie, you don't actually need to eat.

I think you'll hit the radar as a powerful zombie.

Um...he doesn't look anything like a zombie actually. His voice is unusual because no air gets past the force field, so its actually the force field thrumming that makes the vocalizations. I'm thinking his voice sounds eerie and deep like the Ra character from the original stargate movie. It works well with his Huge Size.

Also his poor sense is smell since he isn't breathing anymore.

Oh yeah and it sucks for any agrarian communities, but look on the bright side...he kills all the buzzing flies and mosquitos!

So do your comments mean we aren't going to be friends?

Well, he would be welcome at Fox's base, but not in the tunnels. Tight spaces + Tom's aberrations = a very bad thing. Probably have a hut custom build for him or something away from everyone else to avoid the bad consequences.

He doesnt sleep and he never even sits down! On the other hand he makes a great forager for supplies so long as they are within his attuuned weight limit...or he can attune a trailer hitch and haul trailers worth of stuff...

You and me? I think we're good. James is pretty immune to lots of things, and you might be useful outside the fort. But I don't think I'll be welcoming you home.

This works pretty well.

This doesn't. There's 20 cans of beans that you want to take with you. If you have someone else pick them up and put them in a sack, then you can just attune the sack. On your own, you'd better hope those cans are close enough to attune them with the entire shelf, because if you have to attune them one at a time that's 20q. Same comment for opening doors, sneaking around, etc. Your flaws (as I'm sure you know) are seriously painful.

Yeah I wanted him to be a rather grim example. Seemed appropriate for such a gritty world. I would suggest maybe attuning a grabbing type device for picking stuff up, but Im not sure if once its attuned it would cause damage as well...

I am considering switching my 5 dots in attune to dormancy for fitting in a tad better. Sure it may not be as pure an ideal as "untouchable" but it may be better for game integration and therefore more fun for me. Your comments made me have misgivings of fun it would truly be to play an outcast..ie not very...

Something just occurred to me: How does he attune something? He can't touch anything (it goes flying away automatically) how can he attune it (objects must be in contact to be attuned)?

I guess he could dorm down, clutch some objects (up to one man's weight) and then undorm while attuning.

Ack! What are you doing in here deviant?! (j/k...who are you playing in this game Emmie?)

If that was true then a bodymorphed nova couldnt grab anything either or desolid novas. The attunement happens simul with contact. And note that in my post above i mentioned replacing attune with dorm...so not both.

Order of operations is Attunement goes first, power interaction second. That's not stated in the books but we have many examples.

Overload, I thought you knew! I'm Priest.

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See, we have that Catholic School theme going on.

I never can keep track of who is who around here. Me, I'm just lazy enough to use the same login for just about everything.

I will be posting Tuesday. Woulda posted this weekend, but I was in Kansas.

I don't like Kansas.

Just to be clear, James is with the others by the base?

Aye

You got the part about my character needing some alteration right Drew?

Hmm. I'm not sure whether or not to put my NPC followers there with James.

I get it, Overload. No problemo.

Unless someone objects or starts talking, I think James is going to leap beyond the hoard and lead it away. As I understand it, they head for the nearest person. As big as the compound is, and as everyone is using ranged weapons, he should be able to go out there and be an obvious distraction, while everyone else still fires at them.

Hello guys - I'm about to join the game - Since Fox is taking over until Drew comes back I sent him my Background and sheet.

I'll update here as soon as things are settled, but I believe my character has already been approved. Lets have a good time

Welcome.