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Re: [MM3]Sunstormers - Recruiting and OOC - Recruitment ends on Jan.22nd

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Situation in the USA and Chicago in particular

Even ten days after the eruption hit, things are tense. Facing blackouts and communication breakdowns all over the country, the President invoked the NEA and mobilised the National Guard to reestablish at least rudimentary infrastructual basics like communications, water and power as well as assist the police to quell civil unrest.
That would prove to be a bit harder than expected. Social tensions had been on the rise ever since before the 2016 election and the pandemic, the storming of the Capitol and the constant circulation of conspiracy theories from right-wing extremists had driven the wedge ever deeper.
Fortunately, the communications outages kept the various militias from organizing a full-on coup. unfortunately, it did not keep them from going off on their own sprees of sabotage and terrorism. There were bombings in Atlanta, LA, Miami and Washington and lynchings in some of the more rural parts of the country.
By the tenth, order has somewhat been restored, but there is still something simmering just under the surface. Everyone can feel that things are far from over.

Chicago has so far remained at least somewhat peaceful. Power has, as of the 10th, restored to one third of the city at a time, meaning that, right now, the inhabitants have to live with scheduled rolling blackouts. There is a significant National Guard presence in the city where they mostly support the police forces. On January 2nd, a sudden and massive fire broke out in the Chicago Water Tower, destroying the building and parts of the adjacent Pump Station as well. According to the police, arson could not be ruled out but so far, no cuprits have been identified.

At this moment, only one Sunstormer in Chicago has been publicly identified - Leah Bloom, a 40-year-old jazz musician who has exhibited the power to control wind. Her current whereabouts are unknown but she has appeared several times to assist the fire department in putting out smaller fires.
There is a rumor about a carjacking on the 5th that went wrong because the car's owner shot lightning at the would-be carjacker. No further information or material to substantiate the claim have been given, though.
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Re: [MM3]Sunstormers - Recruiting and OOC - Recruitment ends on Jan.22nd

Post by Tony Jones »

Also, looking at the below it's been pretty cold in Chicago recently. Not a problem when you've got power etc. but without it definitely an issue...

https://www.wunderground.com/history/mo ... ate/2022-1

Or there's this for more average data:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Climate_of_Chicago#Data
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Re: [MM3]Sunstormers - Recruiting and OOC - Recruitment ends on Jan.22nd

Post by pathfinderq1 »

Down to final two ideas, should have something in the next day or two.

Finalists:
- "Grace": young nurse turned low-level scrapper, firmly convinced that she doesn't have superpowers
- "Charger": College student/athlete (runner), now capable of flight.

Weather controller, solar blaster/paragon, and speedster/hyper-agile teenager relegated to the slush pile.

>For Reference/ comparison:
Grace

PL 7/ PP 135 (Unspent 0)
-HP:

Real name: Abigail Graciela Henderson
Codename/nickname/other aliases: Abby, Bee, Grace
Concept/archetype: Feral scrapper
Gender: female
Age: 21
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 145
Hair: Black (Currently pretty short, for work)
Eyes: Grey
Skin: pale caucasian


GAME STATS:
Abilities: (74 pp)
STR 3 / STA 5 / DEX 2 / AGI 7
FGT 6 / INT 4 / AWE 8 / PRE 2

Defenses: (3 pp)
Toughness: +5 (STA 5, +0pp)(+6 with Defensive Roll)
Parry: +8 (FGT 6, +2pp)
Dodge: +8 (AGI 7, +1pp)
Fortitude: +5 (STA 5, +0pp)
Will: +8 (AWE 8, +0pp)

Immunity: Disease,
Immunity (Half effect): Poison, Natural aging, Need for sleep, Starvation/thirst; Fear, Interaction effects

Offense:
Initiative: +11
Close attack: +6
Ranged attack: +3

>Specific attacks:
-Basic unarmed: +10, Dc 18 (+3)
-Unarmed (martial arts): +10; DC 19 (+4)
-Throw something: +4; DC variable (up to 18/+3)

Skills: (13 pp)
>Trained: Acrobatics +8 (1sp); Athletics +5 (2sp); Deception +3 (1sp); Insight +9 (1sp; Assessment +13); Intimidate +3 (1sp); Investigate +5 (1sp); Perception +11 (3sp); Stealth +8 (1sp); Technology +5 (1sp); Treatment +8 (4sp)

>Combat skills: Ranged combat (throwing) +4 (1sp); Ranged combat (guns) +3 (0sp); Close combat (unarmed/ martial arts) +10 (4sp)

>Expertise skills: Profession (Nurse) +5; Streetwise +6 (2sp); Area knowledge (Chicago) +5 (1sp); Geek culture +5 (1sp)

>Untrained (Jack of all trades): Persuasion +2, Sleight of hand +2, Vehicles +2
>Untrained Expertise: Computers, Criminology, Instruction/ coaching, Psychology, Religion, Social work, Profession (college student)

Advantages: (24 pp)
>Base: Assessment; Benefit x1 (Ambidexterity); Defensive roll x1; Diehard; Eidetic memory; Equipment x3; Evasion x1; Great endurance; Hide in plain sight; Improved initiative x1; Improved trip; Jack of all trades; Luck x1; Move-by action; Power attack; Quick draw; Ranged attack x1; Skill mastery x2 (Athletics, Treatment); Teamwork; Throwing mastery x1; Uncanny dodge

>Campaign bonus (Free from PRE 2): Languages x2 (Native= English; +Spanish, Ukrainian)

POWERS: (21pp)
>Natural talents:
-Senses 1 (Direction sense); (1pp)
-Mental discipline: Immunity 6 (Half effect)- Fear (1), Interaction effects (5); (3pp)

>Predator evolution:
-Senses 2: Scent (acute), Tracking; (2pp)
-Senses 1: Low-light vision; (1pp)
-Senses 1: Danger sense (visual; "Situational awareness"); (1pp)
-Enhanced skill 2: Insight +4; Limited- only for Assessment; (1pp)
-Enhanced Advantage 2: Improved critical x2 (Martial arts/unarmed); Limited- only against targets that have been successfully Assessed; (1pp)
-Killer instinct: Close damage STR +1 (+4 total), unarmed attack/martial arts; (1pp)

>"Keep moving":
-Speed 1; (1pp)
-Leaping 1; (1pp)
-Quickness 1; (1pp)

>Hyper-efficient metabolism (aka "I don't have time to get sick/ be tired/ get hurt"):
-Regeneration 1; +Persistent; (2pp)
-Immunity 1: Disease; (1pp)
-Immunity 4 (Half effect): Poison, Starvation/thirst, Natural aging, need for sleep; (2pp)
-Feature 1: Recovers fatigue in one-half normal time; (1pp)(This is basically Regeneration or Quickness, specific to fatigue recovery)

>"OVERDRIVE":
-Enhanced Advantage 1: Holding back x1; (1pp)

>Future planning: Improve senses, improve mobility, add 'martial arts/ combat tricks'



BACKGROUND:
History:
Spoiler
Mark Henderson was born and raised in Hammond Indiana- the whole Hammond/Gary/Merrillville area was like a desolate wasteland in some dystopian sci-fi move, and whenever people talked about "getting out" or "going to the city" they were talking about Chicago. Mark was no exception- he worked hard in school (even if it was the Vo-Tech track) and went into the Army as soon as he could. After 4 years in the Corps of Engineers, he mustered out and moved to Chicago- some buddies from the service set him up with a Union apprenticeship and he never looked back. Two years after that, he was a Union plumber with his own van. And a wife- a nice Polish girl from the neighborhood bakery.

Their first child was born a little over two years later- a daughter who was named after both of her grandmothers. It was a tough pregnancy though, and their second (and last) child had to wait another seven years- a son this time, Mark junior. From the very beginning, Mark was completely dedicated to providing for his family- working all hours, never taking a break. He got to be friends with a pair of Ukrainian immigrants ("Bob" and "Al") who did property management work for a couple of local landlords (as well as some other more shady projects)- and the three of them worked together fairly often. Neither Bob nor Al was married (though the Ukrainian community was pretty close, so they had all kinds of "cousins"), so they spent a lot of time at the Henderson house (or out back in the garage/ workshop)- by the time Mark junior was born they were basically part of the family.

Agnes Henderson had always been, well, kind of "fragile", but her second pregnancy just made things worse- she had more and more "bad days", and more and more trouble just getting through her days. Mark noticed, but he worked so hard, and was gone so often, that it didn't really sink in- or he simply couldn't admit it. But by the time Abby was 11, she was the one who made breakfast and did the laundry- by 13, she was Mark junior's babysitter after school, and she did the grocery shopping every Saturday morning. She didn't have a lot of time for friends, except for Victor- but he didn't really count; they had been friends and playmate since they were pre-schoolers themselves.

By high school, she was the strange girl, the odd kid out- but nobody teased her. Most of them saw what she had to do, and dreaded facing that kind of fate themselves- They ostracized her, of course, but they pitied her too. The few kids who did try to tease or torment her never did it twice- Victor always had her back- and by high school he was a very tough kid. And Abby herself... She was calm, and kind, and helpful- but if you pushed past her good side, well, you were getting a free trip to the school nurse. And even the principal knew what she did for her family, what she HAD to do- Abby wouldn't be the one to get in trouble... By sophomore year, her grandmother had moved into the Henderson household- and that added a whole new list of duties for Abby. Nana had a visiting nurse three days a week, and Abby was always there- watching, helping out, learning what to do. Just in case. By her senior year, the visiting nurse was still coming three days a week- but two of those days Abby was taking evening classes for CNA Certification.

And then COVID happened, and the world went crazy. Abby graduated from high school in June 2020, in the dark early days of the pandemic. She completed her training and state certification as a CNA (Nurse's Assistant) over the summer. By that fall, they had actually gotten Nana into a nursing home- and Abby promptly started a part-time job there. She started taking some community college courses (mostly online)- some of the courses were generally useful, and some were geared towards earning a Practical Nursing Diploma. Her grandmother died in April of 2021, and because of COVID, Abby was the only family member who could be with her at the end. It very nearly broke Abby's heart- but not quite. She had a few tough days, but then she got back to business, and dedicated herself to the job, to helping as much as her body, her mind, her spirit could bear.

Then, in the fall of 2021, just before Halloween, the Henderson family suffered their biggest loss. Mark was exposed to fentanyl while cleaning out a clogged pipe at a local apartment building (some paranoid drug abuser had flushed his carefully-wrapped stash of product, and Mark's plumbing snake punctured the wrapper)- he was dead before EMS arrived. The family as a whole survived- barely (and only with the help of Mark's friends and business partners, Bob and Al). The individual members of the family handled things rather less well, each in their own fashion. Abby, for example, threw herself into her work and her studies, taking extra shifts through the holidays so some of her co-workers could get some crucial time off.

By New Years, Abby had almost finished her Practical Nursing coursework, and is planning to take her (NCLEX-PN) certification exam in May (after her official graduation- she has one more online course and some required supervised internship time). She already has most of the skills and knowledge- and between COVID and staff attrition, she has been informally doing most of the work of an LPN for months. With the state of the healthcare field right now, nobody seems to mind- but she really wants the official degree and the formal certification; once she has those she can start to work towards a full RN status. (two or three years or so, depending on credit for work already completed).

She worked the overnight shift on New Years Eve, then a little extra because some of the morning shift staff were (predictably) late. Luckily the nursing home had half of a floor set aside for staff to crash in (between over-work and COVID quarantine, some of the staff needed options from time to time). Abby went to bed just after lunch, with a sign on the door that said "Extra Shift- just let me sleep"- she was planning on being up and back on shift for another overnight...

When she didn't turn up for her shift, someone went looking, and they found her soon enough. Her vital signs were stable , and she was already in a bed, and with everything else going on, they simply left her there (Although the Shift Supervisor RN made sure to check on her regularly). By the time she woke up, they had the generator working, and the home hadn't lost any more patients than one might expect. Abby was (thoroughly) checked out, showered, fed- and then sent back to work, where she pushed herself to help out even more than she normally would have, just so she could make up for her "little vacation". In the days since then, she has been working as much as they will let her- and the rest of the staff of the nursing home have been pushing themselves hard as well, just trying to keep the place running and their remaining residents alive. Abby has managed to go home twice since the Incident- her brother seems to be okay (and school is STILL closed) and her mother, well, isn't any worse than Abby was expecting (which is to say almost catatonic- Abby isn't sure she even realizes something has happened). Bob and Al have been keeping kind of an eye on things, on their "rounds" of the neighborhood- they even brought over a generator, and some groceries. Abby even managed to see Vic for a while, though he seems kind of confused and really really tired- he has been driving around a LOT doing errands for Bob and AL.


Complications:
-Help out/ do good (Motivation) (HAS to help; "Surface pressure"): Abby is a genuinely good-hearted person. More importantly, she has been raised to be the "Responsible One" and has a deep-seated need to help out, to take care of things. She has a very hard time saying "Not My Problem", even for things that really shouldn't be her problem. At a time when so many nurses and health care workers are burning out or stepping back, Abby is stepping, almost jumping, into that breach... At work she is glad to take extra hours to cover for a co-worker or to handle tasks outside her official responsibilities; and at home she does all kinds of extra tasks to keep things running- even casual acquaintances know they can probably ask her if they need a favor...

-Responsibility: Abby has a job at a nursing home, and she is taking college/professional course as well, in addition to her home/family duties-if she is really lucky, sometimes she gets to sleep.... Officially, she is just a part-time Nurse's Aide- but she is always picking up extra hours, or doing work outside of her formal CNA duties. Most of her course-work is onlne (but not all of it). And with her father gone, there just isn't as much work to do at home.

-Stubborn: Abby has a stubborn streak a mile wide- she simply does not give in, she will not "just let it go". Once she makes a decision, it can be nearly impossible to change her mind. Sometimes that is good (she will never break a promise, and is dependable and reliable), but sometimes it can be a hindrance (her helpful nature may cause her to step into something, but her stubborn side won't let her back down). It is this trait, more than anything else, which powers the on again/off again nature of her relationship with Vic. She is not loudly argumentatively stubborn, but instead inclined to quietly shake her head and continue doing (and thinking) unchanged...

-Temper (Be nice- until its time to Not be nice): Abby is a generally friendly, helpful person- but underneath her calm quiet exterior she has a volcanic well of temper. Most especially, she has no tolerance for bullies or abusers- she also has a bit of trouble with the concept of "proportional retribution". Early indications seem to indicate that recent changes may have made this particular problem worse- if her temper does let go, she might have a hard time stopping the resulting violence... (The guiding image is of a tiger in a cage like a giant hamster- for the most part content to stolidly run along the wheel, but occasionally bursting into sudden anger enough to rip the wheel and the cage to pieces).

-Justice: Abby has a very strong sense of morals, but she is much more strongly focused on justice, on a sense of what is Right, than she is on the Letter of the Law. Just because somebody has a badge, or a really good lawyer, or a politician in their pocket doesn't make their wrongs right. And if somebody has to break a stupid law to survive, that doesn't make them wrong. (See also: Friends in Low Places- translating her father's diary and learning just what he and the Ukrainian Brothers have gotten into over the years is likely to be a pretty big shift for her...)

-"I don't have superpowers" (Quirk- Delusion): Abby is faster, tougher, and stronger than a normal person of her build or experience- she is even smarter, more mentally focused. more on top of things. But she isn't that strong, or that fast, or that smart- she can't lift a car, or fly, or invent some sci-fi battlesuit. She may be better than "Normal", possibly even beyond "Human", but it is very hard to see and harder to prove. Stubborn as she is, she has convinced herself that just in good shape, clever, and determined- maybe even a little bit of luck. As her abilities develop, it may become harder for her to stay convinced- but fully accepting things may take some work..



>Relationships:
Spoiler
-Mother (Agnieska 'Agnes' Henderson): Agnes was always a bit, well, "Fragile" even when she was younger. Her condition got worse after Abby was born, and MUCH worse after Mark junior- she had good days and bad days, but more bad days over the years. She was prone to listless periods of "just sitting there" interspersed with emotional outbursts- but she was always much better when her husband was around and she had few friends in the neighborhood, so no one really understand just how bad she had gotten. Except Abby (and later, Mark junior), and no one really listened to her. It was only after her mother died that her husband started to understand how far Agnes had fallen, and he wasn't really equipped to handle it very well. After her husband died a few months ago, she pretty much fell apart- there aren't any more "Good" days; she tends to just sit around the house all day, rarely speaking to anyone and doing the bare minimum needed to keep herself alive. She will watch the television if it is left on (no matter WHAT is on it) or sit there looking out the window, but that is about it. A charitable observer might simply think she has a broken heart after her husband's death, but the downward spiral has been going for a long time; maybe she could get better with some serious dedicated therapy, but maybe not- and she doesn't seem inclined to try...

-Younger brother (Mark Henderson jr, Marki): Her younger brother is in his first year of high school. For the most part, he was an active but not terribly social kid, but the traumas of the last few years have started to change him. He has begun to act out just a bit, as much as the local Catholic school will allow- he goes by "Marki" now, and has begun to shift towards a more flamboyant, "camp gay" persona. Abby has only sort-of noticed, since Marki is still pretty quiet around the house (and she is almost never there anyway). If his new identity causes him any trouble, he knows his big sister will be right there to help- in fact he is counting on it...

-Victor (Vic, or Vx, like the gas): He is somehow related to the Ukrainian brothers (cousin or something? It seems to vary depending on who is asking, and when). Vic and Abby grew up together and have been best friends as long as either of them can remember- he has been her on-and-off serial boyfriend for about 5 years now. Even when they are "off", either one of them would do pretty much anything for the other- they have a long-standing mutual promise to not lie or keep secrets between them. Vic is pretty sweet, and much tougher than he looks, but he is, well, kind of dumb, an amiable doofus. He was never going to go to college, but he might join the Army- for now he has some kind of apprenticeship with the Ukrainian brothers; theoretically he is learning to be a general handyman type, but most of the time he acts as a driver and "The guy who lifts heavy things".

-"The Ukrainian Brothers" ("Bob" and "Al"- not their real names, but how everybody knows them) Mark Henderson's "business partners", handymen and property management guys for some local landlords (at least on the surface). In reality, they actually own a number of apartments and rental houses and also have their fingers in a number of other enterprises, some of which are of dubious legality (and some of which are outright criminal in nature, linked to local Ukrainian organized crime). They have been close friends of the family for as long as Abby can remember (and may, possibly, be future sources for Connections).

-Father (Mark Henderson; deceased): Mark was a little overweight, and he was still working as hard as he ever had, but his death was still a surprise, a "tragic accident". Once he got married, Mark worked himself to the bone to provide for his family- that was the best way he knew to prove that he loved them. He was out working almost all the time- late nights, weekends, family events- he would head out whenever the job required it, even once he had his own shop and a partnership with the Ukrainian brothers. In the end, it was that relentless drive to do the job, to make sure that he was providing for his family, that got him killed. Some guy in one of the apartment buildings Mark was contracted to service got a little paranoid and flushed a bunch of drugs- which managed to clog the pipes. The guy knew what he had flushed, and so did the Very Serious People that he had worked for, but they didn't tell Mark- they just told him the pipes were clogged. So when he went to the basement and tried to snake out the drain, he spiked a bag of fetanyl and got a faceful of powder. He was dead before EMS arrived, two days before Halloween 2021. This is the loss that nearly broke their family, and none of them have really fully come to terms with it- Abby, Marki, and Agnes have all started to process it in their own very different ways.
He left behind a diary, which Abby has only recently discovered in his office- most of it is innocuous stuff, but a reasonable portion of it seems to be in some kind of code...

-Maternal grandmother ("Nana": deceased): Graciela Polodorski immigrated from Poland just after World War 2, and settled in Chicago (like so many others). Her husband died before Abby was born, but Nana was feisty and lived on her own for years- she finally moved in with her daughter's family about four years ago. This is, in fact, what started Abby on the path that led her to Nursing- she was the one most involved in caring for her grandmother while she lived there. Throughout high school, Abby had barely any spare time- just enough for her schoolwork, and nothing left over for a social life or the sort of meaningful extracurricular activities that lead to a good college. But she did it anyway- and her grandmother was generally appreciative and thankful (as long as she was able to, anyway). Her condition began to seriously decline in early 2020, but the spread of COVID made it impossible to get her into a proper nursing home until that fall (when there were, sadly, plenty of beds open)- she died in April of 2021. Because of ongoing health restrictions, Abby was the only family member who was with her- and that was only because she was working part-time at the nursing home. In the aftermath of this loss, Abby rededicated herself to her 'career', and formally announced that she was putting off college plans (at least until "All Of This" was over).

-Home: The Henderson house is a fairly sizable two-story affair in a working-class residential neighborhood. There is a garage out back, mostly converted into a workshop, with a small apartment/ office upstairs. Even before her father died, Abby was pretty much living there in a half-hearted attempt at COVID quarantine from her job- but since Mark died she has basically been living there full time. She hasn't had time to sort through all of her father's stuff, either in the "office" or in the workshop, and his van and tools have been sitting idle.
Description: Abby is a bit taller than average with a lean, well-toned athletic build- she is whipcord over steel, not bulky muscle. She is fairly pale, both naturally and due to lack of sunlight. She has black hair (currently cut in a short tousled cap, though she wore it shoulder length in high school) and dark grey eyes. She seems to wear a set of medical scrubs as a second skin, no matter where she is, but she wears a pair of battered, well-broken-in combat boots unless she is at work. While she is a generally friendly, helpful person, she is not bubbly or upbeat or extroverted- she is instead rather quiet and peaceful; she seems to be an island of calm in whatever situation she finds herself (until something goes wrong, and she has to jump into action). For the most part she is quiet and fairly introverted- she doesn't have a lot of spare time for recreation or socializing. When she does have some free time, she likes to work out a bit (staying in good condition is important for her self-confidence as well as her career) and mayeb, just maybe catch a movie or binge-watch some guilty pleasure shows (she low-key loves superhero movies and shows, especially the Netflix MCU stuff).

Point Accounting: Abilities 74pp; +Defenses 3pp; +Skills 13pp; +Advantages 24pp; +Powers 21pp= 135/ 135pp
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Re: [MM3]Sunstormers - Recruiting and OOC - Recruitment ends on Jan.22nd

Post by kenmadragon »

pathfinderq1 wrote: Wed Jan 19, 2022 1:08 am Down to final two ideas, should have something in the next day or two.

Finalists:
- "Grace": young nurse turned low-level scrapper, firmly convinced that she doesn't have superpowers
- "Charger": College student/athlete (runner), now capable of flight.

Weather controller, solar blaster/paragon, and speedster/hyper-agile teenager relegated to the slush pile.
Personally, I'd recommend "Grace" as none of the other submissions thus far have any medical backgrounds (the closest is Helen, who has Treatment skill-ranks, but is a police-officer by trade) but we do have two other college-student types in Karima and Ralph... and Sunny too, if you count "about a year or two out of college" as being close enough to that age-group.

Actually, that does give me the idea of making Jan 10th Sunny's birthday, which would be a neat way to start him off - it's his birthday, he's had powers for a week and the campaign would start the very day he enters a new year of life: a year that will prove to be very different from the drudgery and apathy of life in the pandemic that was his previous year.



Also, on the idea of "doesn't know she has superpowers" - jmucchiello : Given Deborah is a social media guru and probably the most social-network-savvy character submission thus far, wouldn't Deborah know she has powers by the time the game starts, one week after everyone in a coma after the Sunstorm woke up?

Like, the game'll start on Jan 10th, but Deborah would have woken up the 3rd after a coma, people would be talking world-round (in areas where the internet is still functional, at least), #BlackSuperman would have started trending on the 5th... there's at least 5 days since the emergence of reports about superpowered-people on social media by campaign-start, and the dots are not terribly difficult to connect I imagine. So, wouldn't Deborah know that she has powers by that point? Or is it that she doesn't know about the telepathic powers, just the telekinetic ones?
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Re: [MM3]Sunstormers - Recruiting and OOC - Recruitment ends on Jan.22nd

Post by Shadow13 »

Alright here is my back story as I finish out my ninja build. Got some nice ideas on complications for this guy.

Concept: Urban Ninja
Code Name: None
Real Name: Wade Aaron Richardson
Age: 26 Hair: Brown Eyes: Green
Ht: 5 9 Wt: 175

Military Service: US Marine
MOS Recon
Rank Sgt

Nickname: Joker, War Dog
Job: Scout/Communications/Smart ass

Quote: Look just because you just figured out recently what the business end of a gun is don’t mean you are some sort of bad ass. Do me a favor either drop the gun or grab a few more of your friends because you and what you have right now is a waste of my time.

Back Story:

Wade comes from a normal family. Wade excelled at what he put his mind to. He was decent at sports, at his studies and his hobby was reading comics, science fiction and fantasy stories in general. Wade just don’t care for bullies and unknown to them he worked construction with his dad so he may not look big, but he was wiry when it came to natural strength.

Wade decided to challenge himself, so he went to a Vocational degree in electronic repair before he graduated High School. Wade was then recruited into the Marines after high school. During this time, he was able to pick up a few extra duties such as a Hand to Hand Combat Instructor paired with Primary Marksman Instructor. He furthered his training by being certified by the NRA as a weapons instructor, then completed training hand to hand in Krav Maga. He crossed trained in Kick Boxing.

At some point Wade was challenged by his Plt Commander to take the Recon Indoc which he was able to pass. His Platoon Commander was returning to Force Recon and wanted Wade who now was a Cpl in his team. After a year Wade was able to enter Force Recon as a Sgt fully trained and ready to operate when and where he was needed with MARSOC.

Then the eventual happened and a after a few missions he was wounded in the line of duty. During physical therapy due to his injuries there seemed to be no hope of a full recovery for him. He was medically discharged from the Marines. He decided to attend school and get a degree. During his time at school there was an event that triggered an awakening of power in him.

The event happened and Wade was granted abilities that healed and enhanced his body. Wade seems to have unusual luck. Over the past few days, he has managed to get both the left and right media mad at hi not to mention the cops and national guard. Beat up a few drugs dealers and a sheriff deputy an law enforcement is mad at you. Disarm protestors and national guard during a riot and people are blogging angry tweets about you.

While Heroes from movies, comics and other sources were coming over to this world but there was a difference between a work of fiction and what is reality.

Wade Richderson - PL 8

Strength 3, Stamina 2, Agility 1, Dexterity 1, Fighting 2, Intellect 0, Awareness 1, Presence 0

Advantages
Accurate Attack, Assessment, Chokehold, Close Attack 4, Defensive Attack, Defensive Roll 6, Improved Initiative, Move-by Action, Power Attack, Prone Fighting, Ranged Attack 5, Seize Initiative, Takedown 2

Skills
Acrobatics 6 (+7), Athletics 10 (+13), Expertise: Comic, Fantasy nd Scince Fiction 4 (+4), Expertise: Military 10 (+10), Insight 8 (+9), Perception 7 (+8), Stealth 5 (+6)

Powers
Array 1
Blast: Damage 8 (DC 23; Accurate: +2, Increased Range: ranged; Diminished Range 2)
Healing: Healing 4 (Energizing, Stabilize; Custom: to self)
Kientic Strikes: Strength-based Damage 7 (DC 25; Dangerous)
Shockwave: Burst Area Affliction 8 (1st degree: Dazed and Vulnerable, 2nd degree: Stunned and Prone, Resisted by: Dodge, Overcome by Fortitude, DC 18; Burst Area: 30 feet radius sphere, DC 18, Extra Condition; Limited: Targets on the ground, Limited Degree)
Combat Awarness (Advantages: Defensive Roll 6, Improved Initiative, Seize Initiative)
Enhanced Trait: Enhanced Trait 8 (Traits: Dodge +4 (+8), Parry +4 (+8))
Senses: Senses 1 (Danger Sense: Mental)
Concealment: Concealment 2 (Sense - Sight; Blending)
Movement: Movement 1 (Wall-crawling 1: -1 speed rank)
Teleport: Teleport 1 (60 feet in a move action, carrying 50 lbs.; Change Direction, Change Velocity)

Offense
Initiative +5
Blast: Damage 8, +8 (DC 23)
Grab, +6 (DC Spec 13)
Kientic Strikes: Strength-based Damage 7, +6 (DC 25)
Shockwave: Burst Area Affliction 8 (DC Fort/Will 18)
Throw, +6 (DC 18)
Unarmed, +6 (DC 18)

Complications
Flashbacks: Combat Vet
Motivation: Doing Good: Help those in need.
Motivation: Patriotism: Oath to protect enemies foreign and domestic
Motivation: Thrills: I have superpowers
Reputation: The media questions his actions due to personal bias.

Languages
Native Language

Defense
Dodge 8/4, Parry 8/4, Fortitude 6, Toughness 8/2, Will 6

Power Points
Abilities 20 + Powers 43 + Advantages 18 + Skills 25 (50 ranks) + Defenses 14 = 120


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She could be suffering a form of hysterical denial its not entirely uncommon. the person basically just willfully ignores a painful event or trauma and goes out of their way to deny the offending event or problem ie the powers explaining anything away as adrenaline or bad luck

they usually go this way till theyre able to confront the reality head on and accept whats happened to them. this is most common seen in people who have a life all built and are scared of it all coming apart
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So here's the result of me playing around to see what you can get for PL9, 105 points. Not bad. Useful in a scrap, but not what you'd call very versatile...

Power Level 9, 105 points

Character Concept: Lightning generator.

ABILITIES
Strength -1, Stamina 12, Agility 0, Dexterity 0,
Fighting 0, Intellect 0, Awareness 6, Presence -1
Total: 32 points

SKILLS
Expertise: Art 10 (+10), Perception 4 (+10), Technology 4 (+4)
Total: 9 points

ADVANTAGES
Accurate Attack, Power Attack
Total: 2 points

POWERS
Electrical Absorption (6 points)
Immunity: Electrical Effects, Limited: Half Effect Only
Regeneration - 2, Source: Electricity

Sense Electricity (6 points)
Senses - 6 (Detect Electricity, Ranged, Radius, Acute, Accurate)

Array: Electrical Attacks (29 points)
1) Damage - 12, Ranged, Accurate - 3 [Lightning Bolt]
2) Damage - 9, Ranged, Cloud Area [Ball Lightning]
3) Affliction - 12, Ranged, Accurate - 3 [Taser Bolt]

Array: Electrical Movement (9 points)
1) Flight - 4 (30 mph)
2) Teleport - 3, Extended Only (16 km), Increased Mass - 5 (1600 lb), Medium: Electrical Conductors

Total: 50 points

DEFENCES
Dodge +6, Parry +6, Fortitude +12, Toughness +12, Will +6
Total: 12 points

OFFENCE
Initiative +0
Unarmed +0, Close, Damage 0, Critical 20; DC 15 Toughness Check
Lightning Bolt +6, Ranged, Damage 12, Critical 20; DC 27 Toughness Check
Ball Lightning +6, Ranged Cloud, Damage 9, Critical -; DC 24 Toughness Check
Taser Bolt +6, Ranged, Affliction 12, Critical 20; DC 22 Fortitude Check

COMPLICATIONS
Who knows!

POWER POINT TOTALS
Abilities 32 + Skills 9 + Advantages 2 + Powers 50 + Defences 12 = 105
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And similar, only a brick...

Power Level 9, 105 points

Character Concept: Brick.

ABILITIES
Strength 12, Stamina 12, Agility 0, Dexterity 0,
Fighting 0, Intellect 0, Awareness 6, Presence 0
Total: 60 points

SKILLS
Close Combat: Unarmed 6 (+6), Expertise: Art 10 (+10), Perception 4 (+10), Ranged Combat: Thrown 6 (+6), Technology 4 (+4)
Total: 15 points

ADVANTAGES
Accurate Attack, All Out Attack, Diehard, Great Endurance, Improvised Weapon - 1, Power Attack
Total: 6 points

POWERS
Toughness (1 point)
Impervious Toughness - 1

Array: Strength Attacks (2 points)
1) Power 1
2) Power 2

Strong Legs (9 points)
Leaping - 9 (1 km)

Total: 12 points

DEFENCES
Dodge +6, Parry +6, Fortitude +12, Toughness +12, Will +6
Total: 12 points

OFFENCE
Initiative +0
Unarmed +6, Close, Damage 12, Critical 20; DC 27 Toughness Check
Thrown +6, Ranged, Damage 12, Critical 20; DC 27 Toughness Check

COMPLICATIONS
Prejudice: Inhuman appearance; perhaps rocky like the Thing or some sort of scaled crocodile-person.

POWER POINT TOTALS
Abilities 60 + Skills 15 + Advantages 6 + Powers 12 + Defences 12 = 105
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Your lightning generator could be the guy mentioned in the rumor about the failed carjacking :)
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Could be! Feel free to use them if you want!
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Shadow13 wrote: Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:54 am
While Heroes from movies, comics and other sources were coming over to this world but there was a difference between a work of fiction and what is reality.
He sounds a bit like a saner Deadpool. Would love to see a build.

Not sure about the last sentence, though. This is explicitly not the Merge universe. People are gaining powers, but nothing from fictional universes is transferring over.
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Getting pretty close to done, but a bit hindered by my oh-so-slow typing.

Submissions close on Saturday (the 22nd)- can it be later in the day, rather than early in the morning?
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Yeah, sure.
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Well, short of a superhero-alias, I think Sunny's submission is pretty much done. Maybe a few minor edits here and there to descriptions and fluff-details and the like.

Let me know if anyone had any ideas on how to better work the character into the setting, or just in general, to better tie all the characters together in the wake of their shared background with the Sunstorm and its after-effects in Chicago. I'm always open to suggestions!
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Neo-Paladin wrote: Thu Jan 20, 2022 9:55 am
Shadow13 wrote: Wed Jan 19, 2022 5:54 am
While Heroes from movies, comics and other sources were coming over to this world but there was a difference between a work of fiction and what is reality.
He sounds a bit like a saner Deadpool. Would love to see a build.

Not sure about the last sentence, though. This is explicitly not the Merge universe. People are gaining powers, but nothing from fictional universes is transferring over.
Well I was using the background from the merge character I submitted. So the guy can teleport, blend in shadows with a quick dirty blast array. Trying to link how he is evolving due to gaining powers. Plus working on the complication the curse he has with media like Spider Man with JJ trying to ruin his life in the comics with the whole tag line menace or hero.
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