Re: Oubliette (Original M&M 2E Builds)
Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2017 4:50 pm
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Michuru wrote:Hey, another useless NPC!
Jamal's schtick is that if he's angry, he exudes a terrible stench. Also, he's confined to a wheelchair. For now. I suspect a certain Frenchman just might try to undo this before long...
That's either a great name for an early 90's rap group or a terrible name for a cologne.Horsenhero wrote: ↑Mon Sep 11, 2017 1:58 am Poor Jamal. Seriously. Well maybe he can hook up with Matt Meier and they can form a duo, Funk 'n' Stunk.
Michuru wrote:The Lancasters' ability is mostly a Create Object that relies on their shadow. Each of the kids takes this indifferent directions: Miles' is a Snare, Heidi just stabs things with hers. Both can also make the shadow tendrils block attacks for them. It's pretty straight-forward.
Beyond that, Heidi is a halfway normal 15-year-old girl.
Michuru81 wrote:'Phony comes into the game with a bit more skills and combat ability than most of her classmates, courtesy of growing up in a much different environment than the kids usual do. For all that she's been through, she's one of the more mentally stable NPCs. Sure, she lost her parents at a young age (who in this universe hasn't?), but now she's found them again and gets to watch them fight over her as a baby, because strife.
Michuru wrote:Characters at the NVAE with sonic powers: Terry Nelson, Tatjana Nelson, Sarah Nelson, Shelby DeGallow, Derryl Isaacson x2... Clearly we need more.
Early on in the Tabula Rasa game, one of the players approached me with one of the best backstories I've ever been handed: he wasn't from this dimension, but was a refugee escaping a world where it had long been suffering from a Groundhog's Day effect he called Infinity. He then left it up to me to do whatever I wanted, all the while baffling the other players with oddities like constantly marking his arms or making strange statements.
After our first year, I had his father show up and we had a cryptic conversation in front of the other players:
"My son has manifested powers."
"I see."
"He wants to go here. Would that... be an issue for you?"
"I don't think so."
"Do your other classmates... Do they know?"
"No. I guess they'll find out soon, huh?"
It was tons of fun. Still, for Derryl-731, I wanted a build that reflected how different he was from Derryl-333. The PC was like an instrument himself: his manipulation of sound was so precise and fine that I realized the best way to represent this version of him was to make him a hammer--just a blunt force. 731 doesn't have all of the tricks 333 has. He can't eavesdrop on someone from a block away. He can't imitate anyone. He can't evoke different sensations in a person by altering the pitch. All he can do is just scream loud.
Michuru wrote:Vestige initially was just filler--just a student at the school whose entire purpose was to fill the roster and make the school look bigger. Then the story and McGuffin both sort of decided she had a bigger role to play and she got promoted from background extra to supporting cast.
Post-Armada, one of the things I considered was how Beatrice was constantly playing the damsel in distress and was deserving of a power boost. She could have had one had Jack fed her that apple, but learning magic presents some unique opportunities for the plot as well.
Bea is the first NVAE student with a (posted) updated build. Literally all of the kids have gone through a slight evolution that represents what they went through the previous year. The goal is to get them all updated... just as soon as I can finish working on the updated biographies.
Honestly, all of the blame lies at yours and the other player's feet. You all found something in several NPCs and made them more interesting than they otherwise would have been. Honestly, were it not for McGuffin, Beatrice would be another victim of Laputa. Similarly, Arkrite made Doug more than a joke; you and Tattooedman have given Ellen depth as a character. You're the reason Juozas became more than just a bully, HH. This is a shared story, and you fantastic people are responsible for truly making this cast come to life.Horsenhero wrote: ↑Sun Sep 24, 2017 8:42 pm I love that Beatrice has gotten some development! I'm really digging the fact that some of the npc's are starting to get involved in ways that are a bit more nuanced than previously. No longer simply divided into victims/villains/furniture some of them are beginning to enter the story as complex actors and I'm glad to see Beatrice at the forefront.
Thank you! In the past, I was more keen to just replace outdated builds, but now, I'm trying more to show the evolution of them.
2E is were I am most comfortable. I have to turn to the rule book every so often, but for the most part I have the character creation parts halfway memorized. I've tried 3E a few times, and it has it's good points, but this clicks for me.