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Post by WildKnight on Apr 1, 2018 11:46:05 GMT -5
No worries. I'm still trying to figure out why my Diana is so inefficiently built. So, I thought we were avoiding characters from DCEU. Are were just including the TV series or something? No, just people who have appeared on the TV series' |
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Post by WildKnight on Apr 1, 2018 11:53:43 GMT -5
Also, I'd just like to say that from my perspective, Diana only requires "neutering" if you interpret Diana through the lens of a wikipedia article that WILDLY overstates the capabilities of the character. The problem of relying on Wikipedia as your source of information about a character is that the information there, while <sometimes> factually correct, is written by people who seek out the most powerful things the characters have EVER done, and they almost universally present those as the character's baseline. When you actually take a look at the way the characters are GENERALLY portrayed, it quickly becomes evident that there is a huge difference between what a character can do when they're having their CROWNING MOMENT OF AWESOME vs. what they can do in the vast majority of their appearances.
Hulk once beat... LITERALLY EVERYONE... in Marvel. Even Doctor Strange couldn't stop him (somehow...). If we take World War Hulk as the baseline, and say any other version of Hulk is "neutered" then yes, we're always bound to be disappointed when we find out that we can't play a character who can stomp flat everything its path. If, however, we take a few steps back and realize that the Hulk has been bested in fights by numerous people who he obliterated in WWH, we start to get a slightly better picture.
Likewise... Wonder Woman HAS sometimes been presented as nearly unstoppable. She's also been taken down by the Teen Titans.
Every character is "neutered" if you can't take a few steps away from the fanboy glasses and realize that the essence of a character isn't wrapped up in the greatest deeds they've ever done.
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Post by mcr on Apr 1, 2018 14:01:01 GMT -5
Sent in a backup pitch of Cassandra Cain.
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Post by WildKnight on Apr 4, 2018 8:53:05 GMT -5
I thought it was in my House Rules somewhere, but apparently not, so just to clarify...
Equipment bought with Wealth grants a +1 Modifier. Period. There is no "higher quality" equipment, and the modifier is a flat rate no matter what kind of equipment it is. The reason for this is that while it stands to reason a sword is better than a knife and a rifle is better than a pistol (in some circumstances), one of this system's many, many, many flaws is that as Modifiers ramp up, the system becomes deeply unbalanced.
If you want a higher modifier, you can pay for the equipment with character creation stones.
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Post by Dhark on Apr 4, 2018 14:52:14 GMT -5
SHAZAM!!!
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Post by Janus on Apr 4, 2018 17:20:13 GMT -5
Am I right in assuming that the modifiers from guns count toward the max +4 free stones you can get from modifiers?
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Post by WildKnight on Apr 4, 2018 21:54:53 GMT -5
Am I right in assuming that the modifiers from guns count toward the max +4 free stones you can get from modifiers? Yes. Regardless of source, the maximum number of Modifier stones you can add to any one action/defense is 4... although (and this isn't in my house rules, and that's my bad, I haven't updated them), very limited modifiers, like for instance something protecting against a specific type of energy ("fire", for example), can be double the normal limit. |
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Post by Mephistel on Apr 5, 2018 7:19:47 GMT -5
I know I'm a bit late on this but is there a character similar to Gambit in the arrowverse?
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Post by WildKnight on Apr 5, 2018 7:52:41 GMT -5
I know I'm a bit late on this but is there a character similar to Gambit in the arrowverse? In the sense that they charge objects and blow them up? I'm not familiar with any DC characters that do that |
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Post by Mephistel on Apr 5, 2018 7:55:54 GMT -5
If not, maybe you could make a few suggestions. I don't mind playing the ''missing link'' in the team, so if you need a healer, or a support or whatever, give me a few ideas, I could twist them to my flavor and send you the concept  |
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Post by WildKnight on Apr 5, 2018 8:03:46 GMT -5
If not, maybe you could make a few suggestions. I don't mind playing the ''missing link'' in the team, so if you need a healer, or a support or whatever, give me a few ideas, I could twist them to my flavor and send you the concept Not that I'm going to approve/include every player since I don't want more than 4 or 5, but in terms of submissions, I've currently got Blue Beetle (weapons morphing/ranged combat sorta guy), Booster Gold (ranged combat, flight, force fields), one of two melee fighting concepts that are still being worked on, and a couple of speedsters. |
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Post by Mephistel on Apr 5, 2018 8:05:35 GMT -5
I see. So a healer would be a good addition then. I'll try see what I can find. I know you won't approve everyone, but do I still have a chance to send something?
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Post by WildKnight on Apr 5, 2018 8:12:04 GMT -5
I see. So a healer would be a good addition then. I'll try see what I can find. I know you won't approve everyone, but do I still have a chance to send something? You've got time. I'm more interested in putting together a top notch "cast" for this game than I am in getting it started quickly. |
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Post by Mephistel on Apr 5, 2018 8:22:53 GMT -5
That's good to know. Would Raven be an ok base to start off?
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Post by WildKnight on Apr 5, 2018 8:29:45 GMT -5
That's good to know. Would Raven be an ok base to start off? I don't see why not |
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