The Force of Justice - Character Thread

[Sherwood]

You would be a new team, but with a base(s) of operations from which you will operate, complete with a small selection of vehicles (Of course, you can add your own specialized vehicles of your choice). Your characters will be set on 400 Character Points base, with another 100 CP from Complications, giving you a total of 500 points to make your characters.

Active Point Cap for your offensive powers will be set at 75 points at the start, with a Defense Cap of 30 points.

OCV and DCV should not be higher than 12.

The game is going to be set on the west coast of the US, in the city of San Francisco, so have the appropriate City Knowledge skills for that area.

This is a hero game, so no dark Punisher style vigilantes, please.

This is the list of Modern Everyman Skills:
Acting
Climbing
Concealment
Conversation
Deduction
Native Language (4 points’ worth, includes literacy)
Paramedics
Persuasion
One PS at 11- (a character’s job, hobby, or the like)
Shadowing
Stealth
TF: Small Motorized Ground Vehicles
AK: Home country or region 8-

Unless they specifically say so in the list, these skills are all at an 8- for free.

During the course of the story, there may be times that you are in desperate need of a power or skill that you don't have, and lack the xp for. In this occasion, I am going to allow you to go into xp debt up to 8 points. Any time you do this, all the points you get will go directly to pay back the loaned points first. Any point loans will have to be approved by me first.

Xp Tracker: 5 points

 

[Psychie]

• Attributes
• Skills, Talents and Perks
• Powers
• The Dude
• Complications
• Background

• 
  Name: Deborah Leavy
  Secret Id: Luminary
  Age: 22
  
  Attribute / Value / Cost / Roll
  Strength / 10 / 0 / 11-
  Dexterity / 18 / 16 / 13-
  Constitution / 15/25 / 5 / 12-/13-
  Intelligence / 18 / 8 / 13-
  Ego / 10 / 0 / 11-
  Presence / 10/20 / 0 / 11-/13- / Pre Attack: 2d6/4d6
  OCV / 4/7 / 5
  DCV / 5/11 / 10
  OMCV / 0 / -9
  DMCV / 3 / 0
  Physical Defense / 2/20 / 0
  Energy Defense / 2/27 / 0
  Speed / 2/6 / 0 / Phases 6, 12 / 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
  Recovery / 5/15 / 2
  Endurance / 20 / 0
  Body / 12 / 2
  Stun / 20/46 / 0
  Running / 12m / 0
  Swimming / 4m / 0
  Leaping / 4m / 0
  
  Experience Points: 0
  Spent: 0
  Unspent: 0
  Base Points: 400
  Complications: 100
  Total Points: 500
  
  Characteristic Points: 38
  Power Points: 354
  Talent Points: 9
  Perk Points: 29
  Skill Points: 70
  Total: 500
  
  Initiative: 24
  Stun Threshold: 15/25
  Perception Roll: 13-
  
  
• 
  Skills
  13- Acrobatics - 3
  13- Breakfall - 3
  13- Computer Programming - 3
  13- Criminology - 3
  13- Cryptography - 3
  13- Deduction - 3
  13- Forensic Medicine - 3
  11-/12- Interrogation - 3
  13- Navigation - 3
  13- Paramedics - 3
  15- Power Skill - 7
  13- Research; Custom Skill - 3
  13- Science Skill: Astronomy - 3
  13- Security Systems - 3
  13- Shadowing - 3
  13- Stealth - 3
  13- Tactics - 3
  13- Teamwork - 3
  +4 with a small group of attacks - 12
  
  Talents
  Lightning Reflexes (+6 Dex to act first with All Ranged Attacks) - 3
  Striking Appearance (vs. all characters) +2/+2d6 - 6
  
  Perks
  Follower: The Dude - 127 pt base - 25
  Positive Reputation - Alien Superhero, (medium sized group), 14- +2/+2d6 - 4
  
  
• 
  Powers
  END / Description / Cost
  Attack Powers
  -- / MP Energy Manipulation: Multipower, 75-point reserve, (75 Active Points); all slots Restrainable (-1/2), Only In Alternate Identity (-1/4), Requires a Skill Roll (-1/2) / 33
  7 / Energy Spike: Killing Attack - Ranged 5d6 (75 Active Points) / 3f
  7 / Standard Blast: Blast 15d6 (75 Active Points) / 3f
  7 / Cone Attack: Blast 10d6, Area of Effect (10m Cone +1/2) (75 Active Points); No Range (-1/2) / 3f
  7 / Rapid Fire: Blast 10d6, Armor Piercing (+1/4), Autofire (3 shots, +1/4) (75 Active Points) / 3f
  7 / Blinding Flare: Flash Attack 15d6 vs Sight Group / 3f
  
  Movement Powers
  -- / MP Flight: Multipower, 56-point reserve (56 Active Points); all slots Only in Alternate Identity (-1/4) Perceivable (-1/4) / 37
  2 / Flight 45m, Reduced Endurance (1/2 END; +1/4) (56 Active Points) / 4f
  5 / Flight 20m, MegaScale (1m = 100 km; +1 1/2) (50 Active Points) / 3f
  
  7 / Force Field: Resistant Protection (18 PD/25 ED) (66 Active Points); Costs Endurance (Only Costs END to Activate; -1/4), Only in Alternate Identity (-1/4) / [23 PD/30 ED When Absorption is at Full Effect] / 44
  -- / Energy Damage Reduction Resistant 25% (15 Active Points) Only in Alternate Identity (-1/4) / 12
  -- / Physical Damage Reduction Resistant 25% (15 Active Points) Only in Alternate Identity (-1/4) / 12
  2 / Light Absorption: Darkness to Sight Group 4m Radius, Personal Immunity (+1/4) (31 Active Points) No Range (-1/2) Only in Alternate Identity (-1/4) / 14
  -- / Light Absorption part 2: Absorption 10 Body (Energy, Force Field) Area of Effect (4m Radius +1/4) (12 Active Points) Linked (Light Absorption; Lesser power can only be used when Character uses greater power at full effect; -3/4) Only in Alternate Identity (-1/4) / 6
  
  -- / Survive in Space: Life Support (Eating; Character does not eat; Save in High Pressure; Safe in High Radiation; Safe in Intense Cold; Safe in Intense heat; Save in Low Pressure/Vacuum; Self-Contained Breathing; Sleeping: Character does not sleep) (25 Active Points) Only in Alternate Identity (-1/4) / 20
  
  1 / Powering Up/Instant Change: Cosmetic Transform 1d6 / 3
  
  -- / Energy Supply: Endurance Reserve (130 END, 40 REC) (61 Active Points); Only in Alternate Identity (-1/4) / 49
  
  -- / +10 CON (10 Active Points); Only in Alternate Identity (-1/4) / 8
  -- / +10 PRE (10 Active Points); Only in Alternate Identity (-1/4) / 8
  -- / +3 OCV (15 Active Points); Only in Alternate Identity (-1/4) / 12
  -- / +6 DCV (25 Active Points); Only in Alternate Identity (-1/4) / 24
  -- / +4 SPD (30 Active Points); Only in Alternate Identity (-1/4) / 32
  -- / +10 REC (10 Active Points); Only in Alternate Identity (-1/4) / 8
  -- / +26 STUN (13 Active Points); Only in Alternate Identity (-1/4) / 10
  
  
• 
  The Dude - Alien Symbiote
  10 - Dex - 0
  18 - Int - 8
  18 - Ego - 8
  3 - OCV - 0
  3 - DCV - 0
  3 - OMCV - 0
  10 - DMCV - 21
  2 - Spd - 0
  Total: 37
  
  Skills
  13- Computer Programming 3
  13- Criminology 3
  13- Cryptography 3
  13- Deduction 3
  13- Electronics 3
  13- Forensic Medicine 3
  13- KS Alien Races 3
  ---- Language: Galactic Standard, Completely Fluent 3
  13- Navigation (Air, Space) 3
  13- Paramedics 3
  13- Security Systems 3
  13- Systems Operation 3
  13- Tactics 3
  11- Teamwork 3
  13- Tracking 3
  +1 with all Non-Combat Skills 10
  
  Talents
  15- Danger Sense (Self only, Out of Combat) 22
  
  Powers
  -- Mental Defense (15 points) Usable Simultaneously (up to two other people at once +0), Recipient must stay close to the Grantor 15
  -- Mind Link, One Specific Mind (5 Active Points) No Range (-1/2) 3
  
  -- Energy Boost: Aid Stun 4d6, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (36 Active Points); Only to Aid Others (-1/2), Requires A Roll (Skill roll; -1/2) 18
  
  Complications
  5 - Distinctive Feature: Alien Mind
  15 - Hunted Frequently, As Powerful, Harshly Punish
  
  
• 
  5 - Distinctive Features - Registers as Having Two Different Minds (Easily Concealed, Always Noticed and Causes a Major Reaction, Detectable by Uncommonly Used Senses)
  10 - Distinctive Features - Glowing Purple Lady (Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable by Commonly-Used Senses)
  15 - Hunted - TBD Hunted; Frequently (As Powerful, Harshly Punish)
  15 - Psychological Complication: Code Against Killing (Common, Strong)
  15 - Psychological Complication: Overconfident (Common, Strong)
  15 - Social Complication: Secret Id, Frequently, Major
  5 - Unluck, 1d6
  10 - Vulnerability: 2x STUN from Darkness-based Attacks (Uncommon)
  
  
• 
  Deborah is an astronomy major at the local university, and up until rather recently, she has led a very normal life of a college student that is away from home. That changed while driving up the mountain road to the local observatory to begin her evening's work of charting newly discovered planets on distant stars. Little did she know that her life would change forever that night.
  
  A bright flash lit up the night sky, causing Deborah to swerve off of the road and nearly crash her car. Looking up from the exploded airbag in her face, Deb spots a glowing purple light in the air in front of her, flickering faintly. With a sudden burst of movement, the light lunges forward towards her and vanished into her body, scaring Deb half to death! Looking down at her body, she can see that the purple glow from the light was now coming out of her. A sudden rush of power filled Deb's body, making her feel amazing.
  
  As it turns out, the glowing purple light was an alien being known as a Melari. The Melari are a race of energy beings that require that they share the body of a physical being in order to survive without dissipating away into nothing. The being that this particular Melari was bonded to just died, and this one had to find a new host in order to stay alive, and it chose Deborah.
  
  Being linked to the Melari inside of her, a being she calls The Dude, grants her the ability to do astounding things. But there is a price for this power. The Dude warns her that there is a reason for his sudden appearance. There is the threat of another alien race out there, the Xaros, a hostile group of creatures that are on their way to Earth. Without the power of the Melari inside of her, Deborah would just be a idle spectator to the challenge of the impending invasion. But now, she can help to warn the Earth and fight for her world against the invaders.
  
  

 

[D. Rex]

• Attributes
• Skills and Talents
• Powers
• Arctic Base
• Complications
• Background

• 
  Name: Colt Campbell
  Moniker: The Terranaut
  Age: 26
  
  
  Attribute / Value / Cost / Roll
  
  Strength: 15/50 / 5 / 12-/19-
  Dexterity: 18/23 / 16 / 13-/14-
  Constitution: 18/28 / 8 / 13-/15-
  Intelligence: 23 / 13 / 14-
  Ego: 13 / 3 / 12-
  Presence: 15/25 / 5 / 12-/14-
  Pre Attack: 3d6/5d6
  
  OFF Combat Value (OCV): 3/8 / 0
  DEF Combat Value (DCV): 3/8 / 0
  OFF Mental Combat Value (OMCV): 3 / 0
  DEF Mental Combat Value (DMCV): 3 / 0
  
  Physical Defense(PD): 3/23 / 1
  Energy Defense(ED): 3/23 / 1
  
  Speed: 3/6 / 10
  Phases 4, 8, 12 / 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
  
  Recovery: 7/16 / 2
  Endurance: 20 / 0
  Body: 16 / 6
  Stun: 25/55 / 3
  
  Running: 12m / 0
  Swimming: 4m / 0
  Leaping: 4m / 0
  
  Attribute costs: 77
  
  
  
  Experience Points: 0
  Spent: 0
  Unspent: 0
  Base Points: 400
  Complications: 100
  Total Points: 500
  
  Characteristic Points: 75
  Power Points: 313
  Talent Points: 0
  Perk Points: 37
  Skill Points: 75
  Total: 500
  
  Initiative: 18 / 23
  Stun Threshold: 18 / 28
  Perception Roll: 14-
  
  
• 
  13-/14- Acrobatics 3
  13-/14- Breakfall 3
  14- Bugging 3
  14- Computer Programming 3
  14- Concealment 3
  12-/14- Conversation 3
  14- Criminology 3
  14- Deduction 3
  14- Demolitions 3
  14- Electronics 3
  12-/14- High Society 3
  12-/14- Interrogation 3
  14- Inventor 3
  14- Mechanics 3
  14- Navigation 3
  14- Paramedics 3
  14- Security Systems 3
  14- Shadowing 3
  13-/14- Stealth 3
  14- Tactics 3
  14- Weaponsmith 3
  -- +1 Overall Skill Level 12
  
  
  Skills:
  Everyman
  • Acting
  • Climbing
  • Concealment
  • Conversation
  • Deduction
  • Knowledge Skill (Area Knowledge of the character’s home region)
  • Language (4 CP in the character’s native language, including literacy)
  • Paramedics
  • Persuasion
  • Professional Skill (one PS at 11- for the character’s job or primary hobby)
  • Shadowing
  • Stealth
  • Transport Familiarity (Small Motorized Ground Vehicles)
  
  Talents
  
  Perks
  Money: Wealthy 6
  Positive Reputation: Wealthy Philanthropist (A large group) 11-, +2/+2d6 4
  Positive Reputation: Amazing Superhero (A medium sized group) 11-, +2/+2d6 2
  Arctic Base: (250 pt base) Distant Location, Underground: 25
  
  
• 
  Powers
  End / Description / Cost
  -- / Armor Systems - Multipower 75-point reserve (75 Active Points), all slots OIF (Battle Armor, -1/2), Only in Alternate Identity (-1/4) / 43
  3 / Synth Muscle - +35 Str, Reduced Endurance (1/2 End, +1/4) (44 Active Points) / 2F
  7 / Ice Blaster - Blast 15d6 (75 Active Points) / 4F
  7 / Ice Bonds - Entangle 7d6, 7 PD/7 ED (70 Active Points), Vulnerable (Common; To Heat; -1/2) / 3F
  7 / Ice Beam - Severe Transform 3d6+1 Partial Transform (+1/2) (75 Active Points) / 4F
  4 / Medical System: Healing BODY 4d6 (40 Active Points) / 2F
  [4cc] / Painkillers - (Total: 60 Active Cost) Damage Reduction Energy and Physical; Resistant 50%, 4 Continuing Charges lasting 5 minutes each (-0)
  
  -- / Movement Systems - Multipower 60-point reserve (60 Active Points), all slots OIF (Battle Armor, -1/2), Only in Alternate Identity (-1/4) / 34
  0 / Flight 34 meters, Useable as Swimming (+1/4), Reduced Endurance (0 End, +1/2) (59 Active Points) / 2F
  8 / Flight 15 meters, MegaScale (1 meter = 100 km; +1 1/2); (37 Active Points); Increased Endurance Cost (x2 End; -1/2) / 2F
  5 / Tunneling 10 meters through 21 PD material (52 Active Points) / 3F
  
  -- / Power Cell - Endurance Reserve (150 End, 40 Rec) (66 Active Points) OIF (Battle Armor, -1/2), Only in Alternate Identity (-1/4) / 38
  
  4 / Force Field - Resistant Protection (10 PD/10 ED), Hardened (+1/4), Impenetrable (+1/4) (45 Active Points); Costs Endurance (-1/2) OIF (Battle Armor, -1/2), Only in Alternate Identity (-1//4) / 20
  
  -- / Reactive Armor - Resistant Protection (10 PD/10 ED/10 Mental Defense/10 Power Defense/10 Flash Defense; Hearing Group/10 Flash Defense; Sight Group) (90 Active Points) OIF (Battle Armor, -1/2), Only in Alternate Identity (-/4) / 51
  
  -- / Sealed Cockpit - Life Support (Safe in High Pressure; Safe in High Radiation; Safe in Intense Cold; Safe in Intense Heat; Safe in Low Pressure/Vacuum; Self-Contained Breathing) (19 Active Points) OIF (Battle Armor, -1/2), Only in Alternate Identity (-1/4) / 11
  
  -- / Active Sonar (Hearing Group) (15 Active Points) OIF (Battle Armor, -1/2), Only in Alternate Identity (-1/4) / 8
  
  1 / Instant Change - Cosmetic Transform 1d6 (Clothes into Battle Armor), Trigger (Activating the Trigger requires a Zero Phase Action, Trigger resets automatically, immediately after it activates, +3/4) (5 Active Points); Limited Target (Limited, -1/2), OIF (-1/2) / 2
  
  -- / +5 Dex (10 Active Points) OIF (Battle Armor, -1/2), Only in Alternate Identity (-/4) / 6
  -- / +3 Spd (30 Active Points) OIF (Battle Armor, -1/2), Only in Alternate Identity (-/4) / 17
  -- / +10 Con (10 Active Points) OIF (Battle Armor, -1/2), Only in Alternate Identity (-/4) / 6
  -- / +30 Stun (15 Active Points) OIF (Battle Armor, -1/2), Only in Alternate Identity (-/4) / 8
  -- / +5 OCV (25 Active Points) OIF (Battle Armor, -1/2), Only in Alternate Identity (-/4) / 14
  -- / +5 DCV (25 Active Points) OIF (Battle Armor, -1/2), Only in Alternate Identity (-/4) / 14
  -- / +10 Pre (10 Active Points) OIF (Battle Armor, -1/2), Only in Alternate Identity (-/4) / 6
  -- / +10 Rec (10 Active Points) OIF (Battle Armor, -1/2), Only in Alternate Identity (-/4) / 6
  
  
• 
  Size 6 - Length 32m, Width 16m, Height 16m
  Wall PD: 3
  Wall ED: 3
  Body: 4
  
  Skills
  9- Criminology
  9- Cryptography
  9- Demolitions
  9- Electronics
  9- Forensic Medicine
  9- Inventor
  9- Lockpicking
  9- Mechanics
  9- Paramedics
  9- Security Systems
  9- Weaponsmith
  +3 to all Non-Combat Skills
  
  Perks
  AI Computer (Failsafe) and three Robot Drones - 100 point base Followers
  Location: Distant; Modifier Underground
  
  
  -- / Gun Emplacements: Multipower x4
  4 / Auto Laser: Killing Attack - Ranged 3d6
  4 / Pulse Beam: Blast 9d6
  [16] / Tangler Grenade: Entangle 4d6, 4pd / 4ed
  [16] / Flashbang Grenade: Sight and Hearing Group Flash 6d6, Area of Effect 4m Radius
  [16] / Concussion Blast Grenade: Blast 7d6, Area of Effect 4m Radius
  
  -- / Power Generator: End Reserve 100 End, 20 Rec
  -- / Environmental Controls: Life Support (Safe in Intense Cold, Self-Contained Breathing)
  
  3 / Security Cameras: Clairsentience (Hearing and Sight Groups) +5 to Perception Roll, 4 Perception Points, Targeting
  
  Complications
  Requires Frequent Maintenance
  Watched by the Teranauts
  Unluck 3d6
  
  
• 
  10 - Hunted: Mole People (Less Powerful, PC is Easy to Find)
  15 - Hunted: Inferno (As Powerful, PC is easy to Find)
  10 - Floating Hunted
  20 - Physical Complication: Light Sensitive
  15 - Psych Limitation: Overconfident (Common, Strong)
  10 - Public Id
  10 - Rivalry, Professional and Romantic
  10 - Vulnerability: 2x Effect from Sight Group Flash attacks
  
  
• 
  
  Decades ago a family of scientists, the Campbells, and their brave and loyal team went on Indefinite expedition to explore the underground. Discovering whole ecosystems in giant pockets deep underneath the Earths crust. They spent their lives studying and exploring this new frontier, coming across sentient life forms, monsters, rare materials, and more. But for every wonder, there were two dangers.
  
  To explore, to protect, to discover. The Terranauts were founded. Using special suits of ever advancing technology to go where no man has gone before, and to protect the scientists, life forms, and ecosystems they discovered. As well as keeping the underground dangers from reaching the surface.
  
  A prodigal scion of the Campbell family, Colt was one such Terranaut. Growing up underground wasn't the most social of lives, but he he wouldn't have changed it for the world. That is until the fateful day that Inferno devastated their main base and escaped to the surface to inact his villainous plots.
  
  With everyone reeling, Colt was sent to the surface to combat the villain. Finally putting the villain under ice, Colt was hailed as a hero, being dubbed simply as "The Terranaut". However... he could not simply return underground. For Inferno was not the only danger rising to the surface. With Campbell Station recovering, they the Terranauts were hard pressed to to keep monsters and villains from going topside, and thus Colt was tasked with remained on the surface to keep the creatures of the depths in check.
  
  Using his genius, his training, and deep earth technology, Colt Campbell hit the hero scene running.
  
  He lives in the Antarctic, in the science facility housed at the entrance tunnel. Amd from there he responds to any threats from underground that arise.
  
  Thanks to the globe trotting nature of his exploits, and that he has often worked with other super heros and helped aid with natural disasters, Colt has become well known, having no hidden identity to hide behind.
  
  

 

[Purr]

• Description
• Attributes
• Skills and Talents
• Powers
• Complications
• Gear
• Background
• Questions
• Moments in Time
• Gear
• Inspirations
• Game Notes

• 
  (This, but instead of hair, there is a long red-orange luminescent flame that resembles hair which goes down to the backs of her knees. Small fires also cover her body like a blazing bikini.) With a happy smile with serious eyes, she waves. "Hi there, I'm Dreamy! I'll play nice if you do." (Image credit: The fantastic LAS-T.Deviantart.com!) Name: Dreamy. Among her own people, she is called Dreamy the Starborn.
  Secret ID: None. She might take on the name "Mandy" if she ever gets a civilian ID as she likes the sound of the name.
  Race: (Alien) Kairissian
  Gender: Female
  Age: 19 years
  Height: 5 feet, 10 inches. (178 cm)
  
  Physical description: An enchanting young woman in her early 20s with golden skin and a swirling fire where her long, wild hair should be (she can adjust the temperature to these fires and make them disappear completely, revealing her nudity - a state she sees as perfectly natural).
  
  Concept: Friendly and naïve cosmic traveler of the stars who has taken a serious interest in life on Earth. She has only been here for about 3 months. Heroic and capable, she is a stranger in a strange land.
  
  Reason to play: In the other games where I am RPing as a PC, both of my Characters are old in years and deep in wisdom for the most part. I want to try something on the opposite end of the scale, something new, and something that also gives a tip of the hat to one of my favorite Chris Claremont (X-men, New Mutants) Characters, Warlock. =)
  
  Hobbies: Exploring, swimsuit modeling, sports (preferably team sports), delivering "bad people" to the police.
  
  Reason to become a superhero: Because she feels it is the right thing to do. This isn't being heroic to her; this is just doing what she does naturally. People should be nice and not mean to each other. Especially her friends.
  
  Fears: The human race destroying its niceness. Everyone here becoming dark. Pollution of their planet and their morals when they could be so much more!
  
  Likes: Stargazing, sunbathing, dancing, helping people, learning human culture, being with caring people.
  Dislikes: Mean people and things, smoking, being alone for long periods, burning swimsuits on accident especially during a shoot!
  More likes: Fireproof bikinis? =)
  
  
• 
  Attribute / Value / Cost / Roll
  
  Strength: 10 / 0 / 11-
  Dexterity: 18 / 16 / 13-
  Constitution: 20 / 10 / 13-
  Intelligence: 18 / 8 / 13-
  Ego: 18 / 8 / 13-
  Presence: 15 / 5 / 12-
  Pre Attack: 3d6
  
  OFF Combat Value (OCV): 3 / 0
  DEF Combat Value (DCV): 9 / 30
  OFF Mental Combat Value (OMCV): 10 / 21
  DEF Mental Combat Value (DMCV): 6 / 6
  
  Physical Defense(PD): 25 / -2
  Energy Defense(ED): 25 / -2
  Speed: 6 / 40 / Phases 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
  
  Recovery: 15 / 11
  Endurance: 20 / 0
  Body: 10 / 0
  Stun: 40 / 10
  
  Running: 12m / 0
  Swimming: 4m / 0
  Leaping: 4m / 0
  
  Experience Points: 11
  Spent: 10
  Unspent: 1
  Base Points: 400
  Complications: 100
  XP Borrowed from the Bank of Sherwood: 0/10 (0% Interest, he said! How could I refuse?!) =)
  Total Points: 510 (none now owed to Bank of Sherwood!)
  
  Characteristic Points: 164
  Power Points: 274
  Talent Points: 0
  Perk Points: 2
  Skill Points: 54
  Total: 500
  
  Initiative: 18
  Stun Threshold: 20
  Perception Roll: 13-
  
  
• 
  Everyman Skills
  Acting
  Animal Handler
  Concealment
  Conversation
  Deduction
  Native Language
  Navigation (Air, Space)
  Persuasion
  One Professional Skill at 11- Cosmic Explorer
  
  Spoiler: Cosmic Explorer

  Sherwood sez:
  "Ok, that is a bit of a flexible skill. Anytime you would be called upon for a roll that you feel you could justify as a part of the Cosmic Explorer skillset, I'll let you make a roll on your skill. If you have skills that can add to this, I will let you make rolls on them, and every bit you succeed on, say, a Survival roll, you get bonuses to your Cosmic Explorer skill (or vice versa, depending on how you want to do it)."
  
  I sez:
  "I imagine calling for such rolls when the science of a place, atmosphere, or situation comes into play. Not just things that anyone with a space-and-science-based background might have ("News flash! Black holes are bad!"), but information that could assist with knowledge known by star-travelers who have visited many worlds.
  
  For example, our team comes across a natural-looking bridge that appears to be made of crimson-red ice where winds above it are far too powerful to fly across. Might we safely cross the expanse? Is the bridge likely to hold? I might ask if Dreamy would be able to draw up facts about physics with wind, ice, and the like to draw up some kind of reasonable solution. Plus, what's up with the red ice? Is there red ice on other moons or planetoids somewhere that might be similar to this?
  
  Also, as a cosmic explorer, let's say we come across the sand-blasted remains of a long-buried starship in an ill-omened desert. It has strange markings and a design. Might the Kairissians have come across tales of these craft, other aliens that might have shared stories, or (best yet) a first-hand encounter by a Kairissian that Dreamy may have learned from?"
  
  Shadowing
  Stealth
  Tracking
  AK: San Francisco 8- (AK = Area Knowledge)
  
  13- Acrobatics 3
  13- Breakfall 3
  13- Concealment 3
  13- Deduction 3
  13- Knowledge Skill: Alien Races 3
  -- Language: English (fluent conversation) 2
  15- Psi Control; Power Skill 7
  13- Professional Skill - Modeling 3
  13- Shadowing 3
  13- Stealth 3
  13- Survival 3
  13- Tactics 3
  13- Teamwork 3
  -- +1 Overall Skill Levels 12
  
  Talents
  Eidetic Memory
  
  Spoiler

  Cost: 5 CP
  
  Allows a character to perfectly recall any information that he deliberately memorizes. Eidetic Memory applies to all Senses; if a character can only remember particular types of sensations, it can be purchased with a 1/2 Limitation for only two senses, or a -1 Limitation for only a single sense.
  
  Striking Appearance +2/+2d6 (vs all characters)
  
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  Cost: 3 CP if versus all characters; 2 CP if only versus a specific group of characters.
  
  Special Effect: Enchanting (delightfully charming or attractive.)
  
  Allows a character's appearance to have an effect in the game, granting a bonus of +1 to Interaction Skill Rolls and +1d6 to Presence Attacks when appropriate for the character's special effect (which must be defined when purchased). Striking Appearance can be purchased to apply to all characters, or only to a certain group of characters (such as a particular species). Striking Appearance may be purchased more than once.
  
  If the character's appearance is intended to be noteworthy in a positive way (such as "beautiful" or "handsome"), then it applies to many uses of Skills like Charm, Conversation and Persuasion, and to Presence Attacks that rely on a positive reaction (such as pleas for help). If the Striking Appearance is intended to be noteworthy in a negative way (such as "ugly " or frightening"), then it applies to many uses of Skills like Interrogation, and to Presence Attacks that rely on a negative reaction (such as attempts to cause fear or disgust).
  
  Perks
  Positive Reputation: Alien Superhero (A medium sized group) 11-, +2/+2d6 / 2
  
  
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  Powers
  End / Description / Cost
  -- / Multipower; 75 Point Reserve, (75 Active Points); All Slots Require a Skill Roll (-1/2) / 50
  3 / Mental Blast 6d6, Reduced Endurance (1/2 End; +1/4) (75 Active Points) / 5f
  
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  MENTAL BLAST
  Type: Mental Power/Attack Power
  Duration: Instant
  Target: Target’s DMCV
  Range: LOS
  Costs END: Yes
  Cost: 10 Character Points for every 1d6 Mental Blast
  A character with Mental Blast can directly attack another character’s mind to cause STUN damage. Some examples of Mental Blast include pain infliction, induced sleepiness or euphoria, or harmful “mental feedback.” (The Resistance Talent provides no protection against Mental Blasts defined as pain infliction.) Each 1d6 of Mental Blast costs 10 Character Points.
  
  To use Mental Blast, the character makes an MCV Attack Roll. If he succeeds, he rolls his Mental Blast dice. The target subtracts his Mental Defense (if any) and takes the remaining damage as STUN. Mental Blasts only do STUN damage, have no effect on inanimate objects, and do no Knockback. Mental Blast costs END to use.
  
  ADVANTAGES
  Does BODY: Mental Blasts that do BODY are not Killing Damage attacks, so Mental Defense doesn’t have to be Resistant to stop the BODY damage. Mental Blasts that do BODY only work against beings with minds; they will not do BODY damage to inanimate objects such as walls or vehicles.
  
  7 / Mind Scan 12d6, +4 OMCV (68 Active Points) / 4f
  
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  MIND SCAN
  Type: Mental Power/Sensory Power
  Duration: Constant
  Target: Target’s DMCV
  Range: Special (see text)
  Costs END: Yes (see text)
  Cost: 5 Character Points for every 1d6
  Mind Scan; +2 Character Points for every +1 MCV with Mind Scan
  A character with this Mental Power can mentally search an area to find another mind. Each 1d6 of Mind Scan costs 5 points; +1 OMCV with Mind Scan (an Adder) costs 2 points. Mind Scan costs END to use (see below). Mind Scan is a Sense (part of the Mental Sense Group). It operates in “360 Degrees” (in the sense that it searches an entire area at once) and is a Targeting Sense for other Mental Powers (and, at EGO +20, for other attacks as well).
  
  Even though Mind Scan is a Constant Power, it doesn’t cost END to maintain. A character with Mind Scan only has to pay END when he makes an MCV Attack Roll with his Mind Scan.
  
  USING MIND SCAN
  To use Mind Scan, the character defines the area (of any size) he wishes to scan. He makes an MCV Attack Roll versus the DMCV of the target mind. However, his OMCV suffers a penalty based on the number of minds in the search area, as indicated on the Mind Scan Modifiers Table. Range
  Mind Scan doesn’t have a standard “range” per se, and is not subject to the Range Modifier — a character in New York City can, for example, Mind Scan the city of Los Angeles without suffering any Range Modifier. However, Mind Scan’s range is not actually unlimited. In general the GM should limit Mind Scan to planetary ranges — a character on Earth can Mind Scan anywhere on Earth, but not on the Moon or Mars. (In some genres, such as Science Fiction, the GM may allow Mind Scans of greater range, and characters can always MegaScale their Mind Scan to achieve greater ranges if they wish.)
  
  Number Of Minds In The Area
  The Mind Scan Modifiers are based on the number of minds in the target area. Generally this should only include minds belonging to the class the Power’s bought to affect (i.e., usually just Human minds). The GM can determine the number of minds as he sees fit given the situation, the nature of Mental Powers in the campaign, special effects, and other factors, but he should avoid interpreting the term literally, lest he make Mind Scan virtually useless.
  
  With the GM’s permission, when determining the OMCV modifier a mentalist can normally ignore the minds of sleeping individuals if he’s searching for an awake mind (and vice-versa). In this case, GMs should only count the number of awake minds in the target area. The GM can let characters make similar distinctions in what they’re searching for to decrease the OMCV modifier, provided that the differences in types of minds a mentalist uses is one he could easily determine via a casual scan. Characters should not be allowed to take advantage of this rule by claiming they’re searching for “only female minds” or the like; there should be some readily apparent extreme difference that lets them easily “sort” through the minds in the area. Nor should they be allowed to Scan for “only criminals” or “only minds with mental powers” or anything else tactically advantageous unless the GM consider it appropriate.
  

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  MIND SCAN MODIFIERS TABLE
  Number of People* / OMCV Modifier
  1 (Freelance Game Designer) 0
  10 (Small Gaming Company) -2
  100 (Theater) -4
  1,000 (Apartment Building; Gaming Convention) -6
  10,000 (Small Town) -8
  100,000 (Large Town; Super Bowl) -10
  1,000,000 (Major Metropolis) -12
  10,000,000 (State) -14
  100,000,000 (Large Country) -16
  1,000,000,000 (Continent) -18
  10,000,000,000 (Large Planet) -20
  ...and so forth
  Other Circumstances
  OMCV Modifier
  Familiar mind +1 to +5
  Unfamiliar or alien mind -1 to -5
  Strange, unique, or powerful mind +1 or more
  *: Number Of People really refers to number of minds. Generally this should only include minds belonging to the class the Power’s bought to affect (i.e., usually just Human minds), but the GM can determine the number of minds as he sees fit given the situation, the nature of Mental Powers in the
  campaign, special effects, and other factors.
  
  The location descriptions in this column are offered as helpful guidelines, but what really matters is the number of people. If a character in a Science Fiction campaign wants to Mind Scan a large planet where only 100 colonists live, use the modifier for 100 minds (-4) not the modifier for “Large Planet” (-20).

  With the GM’s permission, a mentalist can also limit the number of minds he has to sift through by limiting the “height” of his search area — for example, “I’ll only scan minds at street level,” “I’ll only scan minds in the subways,” or “I’ll only scan minds above the 10th floor on this block.” A character can even define his search area as “the corner west apartment on the fifth floor of the building on E. Madison Avenue” if he really wants to narrow down the search. (However, the GM may restrict this ability in the interest of common and dramatic sense. For example, perhaps the mentalist has to actually be looking at the building in question to search so precise an area as a single apartment, or the mentalist must have visited that location previously [or have once been in substantial mental contact with someone who has].) The mentalist must define the area he wants to Scan with some geographic reference; he can’t scan “my car” when he doesn’t know where the car is, or “the room on the other end of the phone line I’m talking on” if he doesn’t know where that room physically is.
  
  A character can use Mind Scan to determine the number of sentient minds in an area, without Scanning for any particular mind. (If the character’s Mind Scan is defined as affecting some class of minds other than Human, he counts the number of minds of that type, such as the number of Animal minds.) To do this, he declares his target area and makes a Mind Scan MCV Attack Roll against DMCV 3 (including modifiers for the number of people in the target area). If the roll succeeds, he knows how many sentient minds are in that area, plus or minus 10%. If the roll fails, the GM should give the character incorrect (possibly wildly incorrect) information about the number of minds in that area.
  
  Familiar And Unfamiliar Minds
  The character should receive a bonus (+1 to +5) if he’s searching for a familiar mind. Familiar minds include: anyone with whom he’s previously had any contact via Mind Control, Mind Link, Mind Scan, or Telepathy; persons to whom he’s emotionally close (friends, family members, and so forth); and persons with whom he has frequent association (co-workers and the like). The bonus to the MCV Attack Roll depends upon the level of familiarity: a parent, close family member, or spouse would probably be +5; a distant relative seen only once or twice a year might be +2 to +3; a former girlfriend the character hasn’t seen in years might be +1 to +3. At the GM’s option, a character might also receive a +1 or greater bonus to his MCV Attack Roll if he’s searching for a mind so unique, strange, or powerful that it “stands out” from all the minds around it (this might include the minds of other characters with Mental Powers).
  
  Conversely, a character should suffer an OMCV penalty (-1 to -5) if he’s searching for a mind that’s unfamiliar or very alien to him. Unfamiliar minds include anyone with whom he’s never had mental contact or lengthy physical association (no matter how well that person is described or how much the character knows about him) and particularly alien or bizarre minds. With the GM’s permission, a character can buy 1-point Offensive Penalty Skill Levels to counteract the penalties imposed on Mind Scan (one OPSL suffices to cover both the “number of people” and “unfamiliar minds” penalties).
  Strange, Powerful, Or Unique Minds At the GM’s option, a character might also receive a +1 or greater bonus to his MCV Attack Roll if he’s searching for a mind so unique, strange, or powerful that it “stands out” from the “mental static” of all the minds around it. Minds which might justify granting this bonus include:
  
  The minds of other mentalists, which are of course extremely powerful. The GM should make a rough calculation of how many Active Points the target character has in Mental Powers and grant the searching character a bonus of +1 OMCV per 20 Active Points. For example, the Champions Universe supervillain Menton is so mentally powerful that he stands out like a beacon to anyone searching for him with Mind Scan.
  
  A mentalist character may consciously “dampen” his powers so that he doesn’t stand out in this way. This costs END — 1 END per 10 points of EGO — and must be done constantly. If the character uses his mental powers or does anything else to attract “mental attention,” he negates the dampening effect.
  
  Particularly strange, weird, or alien minds. The GM should be stingy with this bonus and only award it to especially unusual minds; “average” unusual minds are harder to find because the mentalist is not quite sure what he’s looking for (see above). Examples of minds that would probably grant a bonus would be those of powerful demons, or any creature from a “group mind” species.
  
  The minds of beings rich in occult power, such as many wizards and undead creatures. Again, be stingy with this bonus; not every mystic character stands out this way. It’s most appropriate for really strong mystics or those specializing in spells that involve Mental Powers.
  Specific Mind Versus Type Of Mind;
  
  Scanning By Thought Patterns
  Typically, a character using Mind Scan states that he’s looking for a specific mind, even if he can’t describe the person by name: Mentalla; the President of the Galactic Senate; the orphan he gave a dollar to yesterday. But with the GM’s permission, the character can state that he’s looking for a type of mind that he can reasonably define and perceive, such as “the nearest psychic” or “the nearest child.” However, any such search automatically qualifies as searching for an “unfamiliar” mind, and the GM should also consider eliminating or reducing any bonus the character would otherwise receive for Scanning for a strange, unique, or powerful mind.
  
  Locking On
  If the MCV Attack Roll fails, the character cannot make any contact with the target. If the MCV Attack Roll succeeds, the character knows the general location and presence of the target. He declares the desired Mind Scan level and makes a standard Effect Roll using the Mind Scan Effects Table. If the Effect Roll is not enough to reach the desired level, the Mind Scan has no effect — the character cannot contact the target mentally, and doesn’t establish a “lock-on,” but the target knows someone’s mentally scanning for him. If the Effect Roll is enough to achieve the desired effect, the character has “locked on” to the target with Mind Scan. The target is entitled to make Breakout Rolls in the usual manner. Whether the Breakout Roll succeeds, the target knows someone’s searching for him with Mind Scan (even if the character with Mind Scan chooses to do nothing other than establish the
  lock-on).
  
  After a character fails a Mind Scan Effect Roll, he may make Mind Scan MCV Attack Rolls in later Phases to once again try to establish a lockon. Since he now knows the “general location and presence” of the target mind, he’s subject to the modifier two steps better on the Mind Scanning Modifiers chart (assuming the target hasn’t left the general area). A Mental Power with No Range or Limited Range cannot be used through a Mind Scan lock-on unless the target is within the power’s regular range.
  
  The Target’s Location
  A successful MCV Attack Roll with Mind Scan means the mentalist knows the “general location and presence of the target.” Typically this simply means he’s confirmed that the target mind is in the target area. However, if desired the GM can provide slightly more information expressed roughly in the terms used in the “Number Of People” column of the Mind Scan Modifiers Table — “He’s in an office building filled with people,” “He’s in a large city,” “He’s on a small planet.” The GM can add whatever qualifiers he sees fit, but a successful MCV Attack Roll shouldn’t tell the character anything that requires an Effect Roll, such as direction. But just knowing the target’s general location and presence can make subsequent Mind Scan rolls easier (see Repeated Mind Scan Rolls, below).
  
  At the “Greater Than EGO” lock-on level, the mentalist also knows the direction to the target. The GM can express this as he sees fit, such as “He’s directly ahead of you” or “He’s to the south.” At the EGO +10 lock-on level, the mentalist “can estimate the general distance to the target.” The GM should express this in terms of a relevant unit of measurement (such as feet, miles, or lightyears): “He’s about a hundred miles northwest of
  you.” The closer the roll comes to EGO +19, the more accurate the estimate should be, but never to within more than about 10% accurate at best, and usually no more than about 20% accurate. If the mentalist moves toward that location while maintaining the lock-on, whenever the GM thinks the character’s gotten close enough to be more accurate he can allow the mentalist to make an EGO Roll to pinpoint the target more precisely, though never as accurately as an EGO +20.
  
  At the EGO +20 lock-on level, the mentalist “knows the exact location of the target.” Typically the GM expresses this as a measurement and direction (“He’s 27 feet in front of you,” “He’s 512 miles to the south”). It doesn’t mean the mentalist knows the target’s address, which floor of a building he’s on, or the like (though he may know the target or the area well enough to guess at those things), but the GM might provide further information if desired: “He’s 5,315 feet to the north and he’s above street level.” However, the GM can interpret “exact location” as he sees fit based on the nature of psionic powers in the campaign, special effects, and other considerations, and provide information to the character accordingly. For example, a cyberkinetic using Mind Scan to locate a particular computer might know a precise latitude and longitude measurement of where it is. The important thing isn’t how the character receives the information, but the result of that information — he knows exactly where the target is.
  
  At the EGO +10 and +20 levels of effect, the mentalist has an accurate enough idea of the target’s location that he can, if he’s communicating with the target via Mind Link or Telepathy, give him “directions” to find the mentalist — in other words, he could “talk him in” until the two of them met. How easy this will be depends on how accurate the mentalist’s knowledge of the target’s location is. The target could talk the mentalist to him instead since (as noted below) a Mind Scan lock-on is a “two-way circuit.”
  
  Attacking Through A Lock-On
  If a Mind Scan Effect Roll is enough to allow a character to use Mental Powers on the target (i.e., EGO +10 or better), doing so requires a separate Attack Action. Thus, a character can’t mentally attack the target in the same Phase in which he establishes the lock-on (not even using a Multiple Attack). All standard rules for the Mental Power apply. For example, using Mind Control through a lock-on requires the character to have some way to communicate his orders to the target.
  
  For Mind Scan purposes, generally an AVAD power that works against Mental Defense counts as a “Mental Power,” so EGO +10 is sufficient to allow a character to attack with it through a lock-on as long as it’s not subject to the normal Range Modifier. The GM may want to vary that based on special effects, the circumstances, and so forth.
  
  Once established, a Mind Scan lock-on is a two-way circuit. If the character can mentally attack his target, his target can mentally attack him. (In this case, the character might want to shut off the Mind Scan to protect himself. Typically this is a Zero Phase Action, like deactivating any other Power. In some situations it may be a “defensive” action, and therefore the GM could allow a character to Abort to it.) If he knows where his target is, his target knows where he is. Two characters can carry on a long-distance mental duel through Mind Scan. However, having a lock-on to a target doesn’t tell the character anything about him (or vice-versa), such as his Skills, powers, personal history, motivations, or the like.
  
  If a character has a Mind Scan lock-on on a target, various circumstances may stop his use of Mind Scan. These include:
  the target succeeding with a roll to break out of the Mind Scan;
  either the target or the character entering an area where Mental Powers won’t work for some reason (such as a Darkness to Mental Sense Group field); or the character being attacked with a successful Suppress Mental Powers ability.
  
  In that case, mental contact between the character and the target is broken. In most cases this means any Mental Power or other ability used to attack the target through the Mind Scan lock-on instantly stops affecting him. However, in the case of Mental Illusions and Mind Control, the target may remain affected by them until he makes his Breakout Roll — it’s just that without any mental contact the character can’t change the orders he’s already given, feed the power END to keep it from deteriorating, or the like. (Of course, if the character somehow has Line Of Sight to the target in addition to the Mind Scan lock-on, he maintains mental contact via LOS.)
  

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  MIND SCAN EFFECTS TABLE
  Total rolled on Mind Scan dice - Mental DEF is:
  Effect Greater than EGO Mentalist can establish Mind Link or use first level of Telepathy (communication). He also knows in which direction the target is located.
  EGO +10 Mentalist can use all Mental Powers (including most AVAD powers) on target, and can estimate the general distance to the target.
  EGO +20 Mentalist knows the exact location of the target. He can attack with all attacks. If he wishes to attack the target with a non-Mental Power, the attack must be able to reach the target, and the Range Modifier applies.
  Modifiers (can be applied at any level)
  +20 Mind Scan is undetectable by target
  2 / Telepathy 5d6 (25 Active Points); Reduced by Range (-1/4) / 1f
  
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  TELEPATHY
  Type: Mental Power
  Duration: Instant
  Target: Target’s DMCV
  Range: LOS
  Costs END: Yes
  Cost: 5 Character Points for every 1d6 of Telepathy
  A character with Telepathy can read or send thoughts. Some examples of Telepathy include classic mind-reading or ESP abilities, the ability to determine what a person is thinking by observing him closely, and some truth drugs. Each 1d6 of Telepathy costs 5 points. Telepathy costs END to use.
  
  USING TELEPATHY
  To use Telepathy, the character makes an MCV Attack Roll. If he succeeds, he declares the desired Telepathy level, makes a standard Effect Roll,
  subtracts the target’s Mental Defense (if any), and compares the result to the Telepathy Effects Table.
  
  If the Effect Roll isn’t sufficient to reach the desired level, the attack has no effect, but it does alert the target. If the Effect Roll is sufficient to achieve the
  desired effect, the character has established mental contact with the target, who may make a standard Breakout Roll. If the Breakout Roll succeeds, the Telepathy fails, but the target is aware of the attempt to read his mind. If the Breakout Roll fails, each Phase thereafter the Telepath can search for one fact, or get the answer to one question; the target will be aware of the fact that someone is reading his mind with Telepathy.
  
  A character can use Telepathy on two or more characters at once, provided he establishes the Telepathy on each one separately (e.g., uses an Attack Action to make an Attack Roll, succeeds with that roll, victim doesn’t break out, and so forth), that he pays all END costs associated with each use as appropriate, and satisfies all Limitations (if any) on the Telepathy. However, if Character A maintains Telepathy with both Character B and Character C, it creates no mental link or connection between B and C (unless the GM permits it to).
  
  A character cannot use Telepathy to alter or remove another character’s memories or Psychological Complications. Doing that requires Mind Control (for short-term effects) or Transform (for long-term or permanent effects). Telepathy is an Instant Power, so it only costs END to use in the Phase in which the character first uses it. However, at the GM’s discretion, if a character maintains Telepathic contact over a long time (such as conducting a conversation via Telepathy), he can treat Telepathy as a Constant Power for purposes of END cost (and perhaps also such things as Power Framework slot allocation).
  
  Telepathy doesn’t depend on language; a telepath may communicate and read from mind to mind regardless of whether he speaks a language in common with the person he’s mentally communicating with. However, in some cases, such as particularly odd or unusual minds, the GM might
  require a mentalist to achieve +10 points of effect to communicate clearly, despite the lack of a language barrier. In a few campaigns the GM may
  want to make Telepathy language-dependent as a way of restricting the usefulness of the Power. In that case, characters can buy a +½ Advantage, No
  Language Barrier, for their Telepathy to make it language-exclusive.
  
  TELEPATHY EFFECTS TABLE
  Total rolled on Telepathy dice - Mental DEF is: Effect
  Greater than EGO The telepath can read or send surface thoughts
  EGO +10 The telepath can read deep, hidden thoughts
  EGO +20 The telepath can read into the target’s memory
  EGO +30 The telepath can read into the target’s subconscious
  Modifiers (can be applied at any level)
  +20 Telepathy cannot be detected by target
  4 / Aid 5d6, Characteristics (+1/2) (45 Active Points) / 3f
  
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  AID
  Type: Adjustment Power
  Duration: Instant
  Target: Target’s DCV
  Range: No Range
  Costs END: Yes
  Cost: 6 Character Points for every 1d6 of Aid
  A character with Aid may increase one or more of his or someone else’s Characteristics or Powers. Some examples of Aid include a character who acts as a “living battery” to boost others’ STR and END, or an enchanted item that increases a wizard’s magical powers. A character must define what Characteristic(s) and/or Power(s) his Aid can increase when he buys it (though the Variable Effect Advantage, 6E1 142, can change this). Each 1d6 of Aid costs 6 Character Points. Aid costs END to use.
  
  USING AID
  To use Aid, the character must first succeed with an Attack Roll. (If the target’s willing to be affected by the Aid, including when the character uses his Aid on himself, the Attack Roll succeeds automatically, but the character still has to use an Attack Action.) The character then rolls the dice and counts the total, which represents the Character Points added by the Aid. The Character Points rolled apply directly to the Active Points of the Characteristic or Power being Aided. The maximum effect of the Aid, which can be achieved in one or more rolls, is the maximum that could be rolled on the dice (for example, 30 Character Points for an Aid 5d6.)
  
  Aid cannot give a character Characteristics, Powers, or Advantages he doesn’t already have (to do that, buy Transform or a Power Usable On Others). It only increases or improves Characteristics or Powers a character already has.
  
  If Aiding a Power increases its END cost, the character using the Aided Power must pay the additional END. If a character uses Aid to increase an expendable ability (such as STUN or END), any lost or used points come out of the boosted points first (see Increasing Expendable Abilities, 6E1 135).
  Example: Gigawatt has an Aid 4d6 (half to STUN, half to END). Before going into combat, he uses it on himself, gaining 10 STUN and 20 END. During the combat, Gigawatt uses 15 END and takes 8 STUN worth of damage. When the Aided Characteristics fade back down to their normal levels, Gigawatt doesn’t subtract any STUN or END from his normal starting totals — it all comes out of the enhancement he got from his Aid.
  
  Fade Rate
  The points gained from an Aid fade at the rate of 5 Active Points per Turn, even if the Aided Characteristic or Power was below its starting level. (To restore lost Characteristics or Powers permanently, use Healing, 6E1 232.) The character can extend the fade period (i.e., move it down the Time Chart) with the Delayed Return Rate Advantage (6E1 142).
  
  Example: Nighthawk is hit by a Drain STR that lowers his STR of 25 by 10, down to STR 15, with a long fade rate. The Medic uses an Aid STR 4d6 to give Nighthawk 18 points of STR, thus raising his STR from 15 to 33. At the next Post-Segment 12, Nighthawk loses 5 Character Points’ worth of STR (i.e., 5 STR), down to STR 28. On the next Post-Segment 12, Nighthawk loses 5 more Character Points’ worth of STR, down to STR 23 — the Aid cannot permanently restore his STR to its starting level; that would require Healing.
  
  OPTIONAL AID: BOOST
  As an option for Aid, GMs can allow characters to buy a slightly different form of the Power known as Boost. Boost is Aid with the Limitation Costs Endurance (to maintain; -½); it’s considered a Constant Power. This means the character has to continue to pay END every Phase to keep the Boosted Characteristic or Power at its Boosted level (doing this is an Action that takes no time). As long as the character pays END, the Boost doesn’t fade at the usual rate of 5 Character Points per Turn. Once the character stops paying END, the Character Points gained from Boost fade immediately.
  
  Boost does not keep adding and adding more Character Points every Phase automatically. The END the character pays simply maintains the points added by the first roll. To add more points, the character has to use an Attack Action, roll the dice again, and pay more END. The maximum effect for the Aid still applies.
  3 / Telekinesis, 40 Strength Reduced Endurance (1/2 End, +1/4) (75 Active Points) / 5f
  2 / Telekinesis, 10 Strength, Fine Manipulation (25 Active Points) / 2f
  
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  TELEKINESIS
  Type: Standard Power/Attack Power
  Duration: Constant
  Target: Target’s DCV
  Range: 10m x Base Points
  Costs END: Yes
  Cost: 3 Character Points for 2 points of Telekinetic STR
  A character with Telekinesis (“TK”) can manipulate objects at a distance. Some examples of Telekinesis include psychokinesis (manipulating objects with mental force), precise manipulation of gravitic (or similar) forces, and a magical spell that allows a wizard to move huge blocks of stone effortlessly. Each 2 points of Telekinetic STR costs 3 Character Points. A character cannot buy 0 or 1 STR Telekinesis; he must buy at least 2 points of
  Telekinetic STR.
  Characters normally should not buy their STR with the Power Advantage Ranged; they should buy TK instead.
  
  USING TELEKINESIS
  Except where noted otherwise, a character can use Telekinetic STR any way he could use normal STR — it can pick things up, Grab characters, “squeeze” something, throw things (the same distance a character with that amount of STR could throw the object with a “Running Throw”; see 6E2 81), or “punch” an opponent. The Encumbrance rules do not apply to characters carrying objects via Telekinesis.
  
  To use Telekinesis for any purpose, a character has to succeed with an Attack Roll to “hit” the object (meaning pick it up/Grab it/“punch” it). There’s no way for a character to move an object or person without “hitting” it first. Telekinesis costs END to use, and is subject to the Range Modifier.
  
  Moving And Manipulating Objects
  Telekinesis can move an object a number of meters per Phase equal to the number of meters the Telekinetic STR could throw the object with a Running Throw. However, there’s no action/reaction with TK, so a character can’t pick himself up with Telekinesis (or pick up an object he’s standing on and move himself that way) or grab a flying character and be dragged along. (He could, however, pick someone up and move that person as he moves, just like a person with Flight can carry an object as he flies.)
  
  Telekinesis is inherently Indirect (see 6E1 335) in some ways. In other words, while it always originates with the character, it can “touch” or pick up objects from any direction (not just on the side facing the Telekinetic character), can move objects in any direction, and so forth. It can work through
  a window or a Barrier without having to break the intervening obstacle, at no reduction in STR. However, despite its Indirect aspects, a character cannot use TK to, for example, bypass a character’s personal defenses (like a suit of armor) to attack him directly. The exact extent of what Telekinesis
  can do is always up to the GM.
  
  Base Telekinesis is inherently clumsy. The character can manipulate great force, but not with any fine control. He can flip most switches and punch some buttons, but can’t, for example, hit a single key on a keyboard, pick a lock, or do precision tasks that requires a DEX Roll. To be able to do fine work, he must buy the Fine Manipulation Adder (see below). The GM may relax this rule in noncombat situations, when the character has time and can concentrate on what he’s doing.
  
  A character cannot Grab or Punch something with Telekinesis beyond his Line Of Sight. However, once he Grabs an object he can continue to manipulate it even if it passes out of his LOS. If he moves an object behind something he cannot see through, or if he moves it beyond the range of his eyesight, his hold on the object continues (though he may have difficulty knowing where to move it or what he can do with it, of course).
  Characters who want to have “sensory feedback” with their Telekinesis, so that they know what’s happening near objects that they’re telekinetically
  manipulating beyond their LOS, should Link the appropriate form of Clairsentience to their Telekinesis.
  
  Grabs And Other Telekinetic Attacks
  A Telekinetic Grab works just like a normal Grab: it requires an Attack Roll; it imposes a -1 OCV, -2 DCV modifier on that Attack Roll; it affects two limbs; victims try to escape from the Grab using their STR (including any bonuses, such as from Martial Escape; this method applies even if the victim’s held up in the air or the like); the character can use it to Squeeze, Slam, or Throw the Grabbed person; it reduces the Grabbed person’s DCV. However, it doesn’t reduce the Telekinetic’s DCV or his OCV to attack characters other than the Grabbed character the way a normal Grab does. (See Grab, 6E2 62.)
  
  If a character uses Telekinesis to Grab and Move a character, he can perform the Move as a “free” action immediately after the Grab, instead of Squeeze, Slam, or Throw. If he wants to try to hit another character with whatever (or whoever) he’s moving, he has to wait until his next Phase, same
  as with Grabbing and Throwing one character at another — a character’s not allowed to convert the “free” action he gets with a Grab into a second
  attack against a third party. A character with Telekinesis can use it to Grab multiple people in successive Phases — one person in his first Phase, a second in his next Phase, a third in his next Phase, and so on. He’s not restricted to only using the Telekinesis on one person at a time, or to the number of persons he could Grab using his own limbs. Of course, he has to pay END for each separate use of Telekinesis. Other than Grab and “punch” (Strike), a character cannot use Telekinesis to perform any other Combat Maneuvers (though he can Haymaker his Telekinesis, or Multiple Attack with it). However, at the GM’s option, he can use it to perform any Combat Maneuver for which he’s paid Character Points, though he must have the Fine Manipulation Adder to perform maneuvers requiring finesse (such as Nerve Strike). For purposes of using them with Telekinesis, characters may “buy” Standard and Optional Combat Maneuvers for 3 Character Points each. (One exception: characters cannot use Telekinesis to perform Move Bys/Throughs.) The standard OCV and DCV modifiers for Martial Maneuvers apply when using those Maneuvers with Telekinesis, unless some more specific rule indicates otherwise. They’re also subject to any other requirements imposed by the Maneuver; for example, if the Maneuver specifies that “You Fall” when using it, then a character performing that Maneuver with Telekinesis falls down when he does so.
  
  A character can use Telekinesis to wield weapons, but unless he’s paid points for the weapon or bought the appropriate Weapon Familiarity, he suffers the standard -3 OCV penalty for Unfamiliar Weapon. The GM may also, in his discretion, impose an additional penalty (-1 OCV, typically) to represent the differences in fighting with a weapon in-hand and a weapon in-Telekinesis. The character’s Telekinetic STR he can add damage to the weapon at the same rate and in the same way as his personal STR. Characters cannot apply Combat Skill Levels bought for use with a particular weapon or weapons while wielding those weapons with Telekinesis.
  
  -- / Telekinetic Flight: Multipower, 50 Point Reserve, (50 Active Points); all Slots Require a Skill Roll (-1/2) / 33
  2 / Flight 40m, Reduced Endurance (1/2 End; +1/4) (50 Active Points) / 3f
  3 / Flight 15m MegaScale (1m = 10km, +1 1/4) (34 Active Points) / 2f
  
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  FLIGHT
  Type: Movement Power
  Duration: Constant
  Target: Self Only
  Range: Self
  Costs END: Yes
  Cost: 1 Character Point for every 1m of Flight
  A character with Flight can fly through the air, a vacuum, space, or most other three-dimensional environments (though not water or other liquids unless he buys an Advantage; see below). Some examples of Flight include wings, jetpacks, gravitic manipulation, boot rockets, and planes. Each 1m
  of Flight costs 1 Character Point. With Flight, the character can move, hover in place, gain altitude, and so forth (he still must pay a minimum of 1 END per Phase of use, even if he just hovers). Flight costs END to use.
  
  For general rules about movement in the HERO System, including Noncombat Movement and Turn Mode, see 6E1 155 and 6E2 24.
  
  -- / Mental Defense 15 Points
  
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  MENTAL DEFENSE
  Type: Special Power/Defense Power
  Duration: Persistent
  Target: Self Only
  Range: Self
  Costs END: No
  Cost: 1 Character Point for every 1 point of Mental Defense
  A character with Mental Defense is resistant to mental attacks — he can withstand some of the effects of Mental Powers (such as Mental Blast, Mind Control, or many Powers bought with Attack Versus Alternate Defense). Some examples of Mental Defense include psionic shields or extremely strong willpower.
  
  Every 1 point of Mental Defense costs 1 Character Point. All characters start with 0 Mental Defense. Mental Defense doesn’t cost END to use. Each point of Mental Defense subtracts from the total rolled on the Effect Roll for Mental Powers before those Powers are applied to the character.
  Example: Jason Starward buys 10 Character Points’ worth of Mental Defense. An alien attacks Starward with Mind Control, and gets an Effect Roll of 35. Starward subtracts his Mental Defense, leaving 25 points of effect (35-10) to compare to his EGO.
  
  Like other Special Powers, Mental Defense is “on” at all times, unless the character chooses to turn it off.
  
  Mental Defense is not Resistant, but characters may purchase Resistant (+½) for it.
  
  -- / Life Support (Eating: Character does not eat; Safe in High Pressure; Safe in High Radiation; Safe in Intense Cold; Safe in Intense Heat; Safe in Low Pressure/Vacuum; Self-Contained Breathing; Sleeping: Character does not sleep) / 25
  
  Spoiler

  LIFE SUPPORT
  Type: Standard Power
  Duration: Persistent
  Target: Self Only
  Range: Self
  Costs END: No
  Cost: See Life Support Table
  A character with Life Support can operate in unfriendly or deadly environments without harm, and/or needs reduced resources to maintain his health and life. Examples of Life Support include gas masks, SCUBA gear, elixirs of eternal youth, and taking tiny doses of a poison to build up an immunity to its effects. The Life Support Table shows the Character Point cost for various types of Life Support.
  
  Characters who do not breathe oxygen in their natural state can define the “default environment” they can breathe in (for example, a fish, by default, “breathes underwater”). They don’t have to buy Expanded Breathing to breathe in their default environment — instead, they have to buy that form of Life Support to breathe oxygen as a human would.
  
  A character with a Safe Environment Life Support doesn’t take damage from that type of environmental condition, or from a Change Environment that creates that condition. However, he still takes damage from attacks with that special effect due to the sudden system shock. For example, a character who can survive Intense Heat can walk around in the desert without suffering any discomfort or ill effects from the heat, and can tolerate a "Heatwave” created by Change Environment without harm, but still takes damage from fire- or heat-based attacks or being dunked in lava. See Chapter Six of 6E2 for further information.
  
  Furthermore, a Safe Environment only means the character can survive the rigors of his surroundings. He cannot breathe unless he buys that form of Life Support separately. Thus, to exist safely in a Vacuum costs 12 points (10 points for Self-Contained Breathing plus 2 points for Safe Environment: Low Pressure/Vacuum).
  
  Applying Life Support to someone who’s already taken damage from something (such as Safe Environment for an environmental effect, or Immunity for a poison or alcohol) doesn’t “cure” or “reverse” that effect. It simply prevents the character from taking further damage from it.
  Total Life Support costs 35 Character Points. It includes Self Contained Breathing (10 points), Diminished Eating (3 points), Diminished Sleep (3 points), and all the Safe Environments and Immunities (19 points).
  
  3 / Mind Link, Any Willing Target, Number of Minds (x8) (30 Active Points) Extra Time (1 Minute, - 1 1/2) Requires a Skill Roll (-1/2), Costs End to Activate (-1/4) / 9
  
  Spoiler

  Type: Mental Power
  Perceivability: Imperceptible
  Duration: Persistnet
  Target: Target’s DMCV
  Range: Line Of Sight
  Costs END: Yes (normally No, but see Limitation)
  Cost: See Mind Link Table
  
  Enables mental communication between willing minds. Example include simple telepathic communication powers and "close" radio links. See Mental Powers (Champions Complete, page 48) for more information on Using Mind Link.
  
  USING MIND LINK
  After a successful MCV Attack Roll against a completely willing target (DMCV 0), the link is establish; attempts to Link with an unwilling target fail outright. A character can leave a Mind Link as a 0 Phase action (like turning off a Power).
  
  Once established, Mind Link no longer requires Line Of Sight, and is only broken when either party (or all parties, if there are more than two) wants to "hang up." Since Mind Link is Persistent, characters can drop out of the Link - even the originating character, without turning off the Power.
  
  Every character in a Mind Link can "hear" everything that's "said" to any other character in the Link. With a successful EGO Roll and a Half Phase Action, a character can talk to one character (or some characters) with the Link without the others overhearing. Like Telepathy, Mind Link doesn't suffer from a language barrier.
  
  ATTACKING THROUGH THE LINK
  Any character in a Mind Link who has a Mental Power can use it to attack any other character in the Link. Such attacks automatically hit, but making is an Attack Action. Dropping out of a Mind Link to avoid or stop an attack counts as a "defensive actions" that a character can Abort to.
  
  Mind Link is only a medium for telepathic communication; it's not a telepathic attack. A characters in any time of Mind Link doesn't have to reveal any information he doesn't want to. However, a character who successfully uses Telepathy against someone in a Mind Link can "overhear" any Mind Link communication that their target can "hear."
  
  -- / Endurance Reserve (100 End, 30 Rec) (45 Active Points) / 45
  
  Spoiler

  ENDURANCE RESERVE
  Type: Special Power
  Duration: Persistent
  Target: Self Only
  Range: Self
  Costs END: No
  Cost: 1 Character Point for every 4 END, 2 Character Point for every 3 REC
  A character with Endurance Reserve has an independent source of Endurance that provides END to run Powers. Endurance Reserve can simulate the generator and batteries of a suit of powered armor, the “mana” in a magical wand, the fuel in a jetpack, or any other ability where the energy powering the effect doesn’t come from a character’s own END. Endurance Reserve doesn’t cost any of the character’s personal END to use.
  
  To create an Endurance Reserve, a character purchases the END and REC for the Reserve. The END in an Endurance Reserve costs 1 Character Point for 4 END (or fraction thereof); the REC costs 2 Character Points for 3 REC (or fraction thereof). Think of the END as the storage capacity for the Reserve, and the REC as the recharge rate.
  
  USING ENDURANCE RESERVE
  An Endurance Reserve is “independent” of the character. Powers that draw END from an Endurance Reserve can keep doing so, and thus keep functioning, even if the character is Stunned, Knocked Out, asleep, or the like — the Reserve doesn’t lose its END in those situations. Similarly, an Endurance Reserve can keep using its REC to Recover its END even if the character is Knocked Out, can’t breathe, or the like.
  
  An Endurance Reserve normally Recovers its REC in END each Turn. You can decrease this return rate with a Limitation; see below. Endurance Reserves cannot Recover more frequently than once per Turn. However, the GM may, if he wishes, pro-rate the return of END over the course of a Turn, so that a character gets a little END back each Segment or Phase, rather than a lump sum of END during every Post-Segment 12 Recovery.
  
  A character with an Endurance Reserve must decide which powers draw energy from the Reserve, and which draw energy from his personal END. A power can normally only draw energy from one or the other — it can’t switch from one energy source to another unless it has the appropriate Advantage (see below). Characters can Push powers that get their END from an Endurance Reserve.
  
  If an Endurance Reserve doesn’t function for any reason, a character can draw no END from it. That means he can’t use any power that draws END only from the Endurance Reserve (though in some circumstances a GM might let the character run the power off his own END at a greatly increased END cost, or with other restrictions). A character cannot spend STUN in the place of Endurance Reserve END (as he can with normal END). A character can create “back-up” Endurance Reserves by purchasing this Power more than once. If a character has two or more Endurance Reserves that could supply END to the same power, the character can choose whichever one he wants to take END from every time he uses the power.
  
  Example: Defender wants to build a self-powered suit of powered armor. He decides that all of the suit’s Powers — Blast, Flight, Resistant Protection
  that costs END, and so on — are powered by an Endurance Reserve. Defender purchases a 100 END, 20 REC Reserve to serve as the suit’s main batteries. These are OAF Power Packs on the side of the suit. The total cost is ((25 + 14) / (1 + 1)) = 19 Character Points.
  
  Defender also purchases an emergency battery he can use if his other batteries are depleted or taken away. This Reserve is 50 END, 6 REC. It is part of the suit, so it is OIF. In addition, the backup REC doesn’t always work; it’s bought with an Required Roll 14-. Since the END and REC have different Limitations, the costs are computed separately. The END cost is (13/(1+½)) = 9 Character Points. The REC has the 14- Required Roll, so the cost is 4/(1+½+½)) = 2 Character Points. The cost for the back-up battery is 11 Character Points, so the total cost for both batteries is 19 + 11 = 30.
  Endurance Reserves do not have or provide Long-Term Endurance (see 6E2 132).
  
  -- / Tough Skin: Resistant Protection (8 Pd/8 Ed) / 24
  
  -- / Telekinetic Shield: Resistant Protection (15 Pd/15 Ed/15 Power Defense) (69 Active Points); Requires a Skill Roll (-1/2), Concentration to Activate (1/2 DCV; -1/4) / 39
  
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  RESISTANT PROTECTION
  Type: Standard Power/Defense Power
  Duration: Persistent
  Target: Self Only
  Range: Self
  Costs END: No
  Cost: 3 Character Points for every 2 points of Resistant Defense
  Resistant Protection provides a character with points of Resistant Defense. Examples of Resistant Protection include suits of armor, a superhero’s personal force-field, a cop’s bulletproof vest, or a spell of protection against fire. Resistant Protection is Persistent and does not cost END to use.
  
  BUYING RESISTANT PROTECTION
  Each 2 points of Resistant Defense (either PD, ED, any type of Flash Defense, Mental Defense, or Power Defense) costs 3 Character Points. (See 6E2 103 regarding Normal and Resistant Defenses.) Having a Resistant Protection doesn’t hinder any of the character’s attacks. A character must specify which types of defense his Resistant Protection provides (either PD, ED, any type of Flash Defense, Mental Defense, or Power Defense) when he buys the Resistant Protection. For example, if a character spent 21 Character Points he could have 14 PD, 0 ED Resistant Protection, or 7 PD, 7 ED Resistant
  Protection, or any other combination that totaled 14 points of PD and ED. The character cannot change this combination (unless he also buys the
  Allocatable Advantage; see below), though he can spend Experience Points to add to his existing Resistant Protection.
  
  If a character uses his Resistant Protection at less than full strength, the ratio of points in the various defenses stays the same. For example, Resistant Protection (8 PD/12 ED) used at half power provides 4 PD/6 ED. Resistant Protection provides points of Resistant Defense in addition to the character’s standard PD and ED. If a character just wants to make his standard PD and ED Resistant, he should buy the Resistant (+½) Advantage for them (see 6E1 147).
  
  RESISTANT PROTECTION THAT COSTS ENDURANCE
  Characters often buy Resistant Protection with the Limitations Costs Endurance (-½) and Perceivable (usually -0 in this case, since it’s not much of a hindrance, but the GM can increase it to -¼ if appropriate). This converts Resistant Protection into a Constant Power, creating a defensive power that has to be maintained with the character’s own personal energy. The classic superhero’s force-field is a perfect example of this, but there are many other powers you could build with it. Even though Resistant Protection that costs END is a Constant Power, a character cannot apply it to himself, again and again, to increase the protection it provides. He can only be protected by one use of his Resistant Protection at a time.
  
  -- / Cosmic Sensing: Spatial Awareness (Unusual Group) (32 Active Points); Always On (-1/2)
  
  Spoiler

  Spatial Awareness
  Cost: 32 Character Points (Detect Physical Objects [10 Character Points], Fully Penetrative, Targeting Sense, Sense; Passive).
  
  The character can perceive his surroundings without having any contact with them, and can make normal PER Rolls through materials that block ordinary perception (such as walls), though he must define a substance or phenomenon that blocks his perception. Spatial Awareness can simulate a wide variety of senses, such as “mystical awareness,” passive sonar, or molecular analysis. A character with Spatial Awareness can operate normally in total darkness or while blinded, but cannot sense fine details.
  

  Spoiler

  Sherwood is okay with the following Conversation details! =)
  
  

  Your Spatial Awareness has the same by-the-book ranges as normal vision before you start getting penalties to your Perception roll. 0-8 meters is -0, 9-16 meters is a -2, 17- 32 meters is -4, 33-64 meters is -6. Your Spatial Awareness can see through some solid objects, but for every 5 DEF that the object has, it adds an additional -2 to your roll. The prisoner transport van has a DEF of 8, so it gives you an additional -4 to any Perception roll you make through it.

  
  

  One sense can be blinded and not effect any of the others, such as a bright flashbulb going off from a nearby camera will not deafen you. Other things, like a police flashbang, affect both sight and hearing. Your Spatial Awareness is always on, and it does not require you to be blind or deaf to make it work. It can be 'flashed' though, with a mental power-based Flash attack. Then, for the duration of the Flash, you would be mentally 'blind' in that sense. A Darkness field can also be bought to work against mental powers, but that is rare.
  
  2. Yes, everything has a Defense, based on the strength of the materials they are made of. The front armor of an Abrams MBT has 20PD/30ED, a piece of heavy hardwood has 4PD/3ED, concrete walls have 6-7PD, light fiberglass has 4PD/4ED, and other stuff will fall accordingly into this kind of range. Normal glass has a very low DEF to it, so it will not block your Spatial Awareness by very much at all. On the other hand, bulletproof plexiglass will give you minuses to your rolls, depending on how thick it is.

  
  

  Not really a motion tracker, since you can sense solid, non-moving objects around you. It limits you in the fact that you cannot see color or read writing on a page, but other than that, it is a full on targeting sense that you can use to engage people with your powers.
  
  It can be 360, if you buy it that way. Right now, it is directional, just like your normal sight.

  
  

  It would be 4 more points than what the power costs you now (EDIT MINE: To buy the power so that it is omni-directional (detects in all directions).

  
  
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  10 / Distinctive Features: Alien Appearance
  15 / Hunted: Floating Hunted
  20 / Hunted: US Government, Very Frequently, More Powerful, NCI; Watching
  15 / Physical Complication: Alien Physiology (Frequently, Slightly Impairing)
  20 / Physical Complication: Does not Understand Technology (Very Frequently, Greatly Impairing)
  20 / Psychological Complication: Unfamiliar With Earth Culture (Very Common; Strong)
  
  
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  Dreamy's only possessions are her fireproof debit card she keeps tucked away inside her hair behind her head, kept there by an unobtrusive fireproof cord and sleeve she wears about her neck, and a burnt piece of her last swimsuit as she seeks the means to help Sun Top Swimwear create fireproof swimsuits that she can't ruin!
  
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  Dreamy's people are called Kairissians (pronounced "Kai-RISS-ee-ans"), friendly self-propelled star-travelers who jump from solar system to solar system by way of using the power of the stars to invigorate their own bodies for a short and very powerful period. These cosmic people are natural explorers, friendly powerful souls who genuinely mean no harm to anyone unless they are threatened - then they come together as one force and do their best to kill or drive away the threat. They are a people of stargazers and star-visitors who, long ago, achieved greatness from within and can travel the very stars with their powers alone. They see life and death as very natural things which happen all of the time. To blast something out of existence in order to spare life from future threat is just another aspect of the universe. Nothing lasts forever and if you threaten them, you definitely don't get to test the theory for another minute.
  
  While the Kairissians make use tools and collect items of interest, they have no technology or magical abilities whatsoever and many are largely ignorant of these very ideas. For long generations, the Kairissians are happy to work hard to develop themselves, each other, and help unintelligent creatures along before they go off exploring again. They have been developing their powers as a way of life for as long as any of them can remember. Having no religion, they give gratitude to the universe as a whole, seeing every black hole, every frozen comet, every birthing star, as something to be appreciated, wondered about, studied, and, if the chance is given, seen with one's own eyes and shared with others just for the sake of sharing. They largely leave other intelligent life alone in part with the hopes that they too will attain the ability to travel the stars in their own way.
  
  So how did Dreamy come to Earth? Well, Dreamy was lazily soaring through the cosmos one year when she came across a strange, floating metal device. It looked lonely and so was she, so curiously, she inspected and collected the craft. With the help of her fellow Kairissians, she followed the instructions inside and listened to the golden disc and in doing so, came upon a whole new form of life! Plus, there was a welcome here... to the planet Earth! When the Kairissians were finished with the device, they replaced it as it was when they found it and returned it to the exact vector it would have been on had the Kairissians not disturbed it. The device, of course, was Earth's Voyager One spacecraft launched in 1977!
  
  
  Spoiler: Johnny B. Good

  "Johnny B. Good" by Chuck Berry (with Bruce Springsteen!)
  
  
  
  Dreamy was not always known as Dreamy, but simply as "the third daughter of Echo the Starlight and Charger the Starseeker." It is the way of the Kairissians for their young to decide their own names, find their own destinies, and reach out into the universe in their own way. There is no peer pressure of any kind among them as they treasure each other's company, desire the very best for each other, and work toward those goals.
  
  With her fellow travelers' blessings and using the powerful secrets of her people, Dreamy flew to Earth and began singing Chuck Berry's "Johnny B. Good" to everyone she found there when she at last landed on Californian shores. Dreamy's appearance marked her as not of this world, or at the very least, a highly-altered humanoid similar to the humans she had discovered. There on Long Beach, California, one of the human ladies who had watched her fly up onto the beach took one look at her eyes and without a second thought stood up and remarked, "Oh, honey! You are just dreamy!"
  
  "I am... Dreamy?"
  
  "Yes, you sure are!"
  
  "Why, thank you! I am Dreamy!" And ever since that day, Dreamy has called herself Dreamy the Starborn.
  
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  Questions to Ask when you create a Character. Taking20 questions.
  
  1. Is this Character a hero? Yes. In her heart, she does what is right naturally regardless of reward or lack of it. Doing heroic things is its own reward.
  
  2. Who are her parents? Her mother is Echo the Starlight, a real sweetheart of a lady who loves to cultivate flowers and assist animal life on the Kairissian planets. Her father is Charger the Starseeker, a great explorer who loves finding new planets to inhabit and looking deep inside those worlds while their mysteries of the universe, one by one. Together, they like to help unintelligent life find safe home-grounds with the means to survive and succeed without further Kairissian assistance. This is the way they show their genuine love of the life the cosmos has created.
  
  3. Why is Dreamy an adventurer? As cosmic travelers and explorers, it is the way of her people to be adventurous; she's just the first one to make it to Earth! Plus, Dreamy gets a great deal of personal satisfaction and joy from helping the helpless in the same way her mother and father assist unintelligent life all over the universe.
  
  4. What are her immediate goals? Learn about humans and how to help them with their problems. Learn more about their culture, especially modeling, sports, and music. Continue helping the needy charities she donates her money to. Teach niceness, help nice people, and totally destroy mean people (these are very strong and very typical Kairissian values). Mean people are those whom she believes will harm others and whose destructive impulses and courses cannot be altered. Killing comes as naturally to her as any animal in the wild. If she is to not kill, it will have to come from people she respects and trusts who have a better solution than the complete eradication of the would-be mean creatures.
  
  5. Is Dreamy religious? No. The Kairissians have no concept of religion, but instead a growing interest in learning about this wondrous universe and a reasonable appreciation for everything in it. Facts and reason must be provided; Kairissians see blind faith as folly waiting to happen (though they do not think less of other peoples who do follow their own ways).
  
  6. Is Dreamy merciful? Depends on the situation. She has to be convinced the threat is no longer a threat, short or long-term, and there is a more reasonable solution than permanently erasing the threat. Dreamy knows exactly what she is doing when she chooses to take a life and it causes her no joy and no pain - there is only the satisfaction that the threat will harm and kill no more. If approached with the "killing those evildoers makes us just as bad as them," Dreamy would ask about soldiery. "Your Carbonite (human) soldiers kill and you praise and thank them for their service. Soldiers slay people; it is their purpose. To destroy threats to their people. How is a soldier's destroying of a threat different than me doing the same thing for the same purpose? Why do soldiers not act as you say?" However... Dreamy is quite naive. At this stage in her life, if the target of mercy seems to give an honest apology, she'll likely believe it the first time. But not the second (if they kill again). Then their life is forfeit.
  
  
  6 Things to do for new characters per Great GM Live (Cody).
  
  1.Make a detailed physical description. Add physical descriptors. Dreamy is incredibly beautiful and holds herself as one not at all vain about it. Her skin is often pleasantly warm to the touch, but her hair and the fire that forms her "bikini" are real fire and can burn things unless she focuses herself on changing their temperatures. Her eyes are the kind people get lost in, for the beauty is on the surface, but as a cosmic explorer, it seems some of the secrets of the very universe lie just under the surface of those twin sapphire eyes.
  
  2. Mannerisms. Dreamy is cordial to all she meets. She never uses profanity (has no concept of good or bad words). As a very curious individual, she often goes straight to the source of her curiosity either asking questions or trying to figure out something on her own. She is baffled by machines and sometimes wonders if they too are living things. She is a good listener and often tilts her head when she is wondering about something. A natural model, she often takes on poses that are camera-friendly without being aware of it.
  
  3. World view. How do they view other people in the world? Dreamy would like to believe in the goodness in all creatures, but there is no such thing except for her own people. She is wise enough to understand that there are "bad people" in the world and while she would love to change them into good people, her world is so far black-and-white, and if she thinks someone is likely to hurt someone else, the answer is to remove them from existence. She has not yet learned this is "wrong" in human terms, but is likely to be open to the concept if it is brought to her.
  
  4. Pain points. What are the points your Character refuses to participate in? Anything that is inherently dishonest unless there is no other practical way. Not doing something about a scene of injustice when one has the power to. Taking something that does not belong to her.
  
  5. Desires. Dreamy wants to help people even if it means risking herself to do so. She wants to make more money to help more needy charities. She would like to join a team of like-minded individuals as she prefers the company of others.
  
  6. Fears and Phobias. Dreamy really isn't scared of anything, including her own death. Hers are a pragmatic and sensible people who accept death and loss as well as life. As such, she has never cried except in joy. When she finally makes non-Kairissian friends, she will have the fear of losing them to ends that they do not wish to meet (like enemies trying to kill them and old age). She is not afraid for her sake, but for others.
  
  
  6 Questions to create an excellent backstory by Cody Great GM Live
  
  1. Where was the Character born? While humanity had its eyes on Mars, Dreamy was quietly and joyfully born 19 years ago on Europa, one of Jupiter's icy and beautiful moons. Her people call the moon, "Shining Rim" and the great gas giant that orbits it, "Unblinking Red Eye." Her parents decided the view was beautiful and the time was right, so why not?
  
  2. Who are Dreamy's parents? (Answered above) Are they alive? Yes and quite active in what they do.
  
  3. What was Dreamy doing prior to joining the game? Trying to figure humans out. Why they slowly drift off into sleep (Dreamy doesn't know about sleep yet, not even in creatures her mother tends on their own planets. Her mother hadn't taught Dreamy about sleep before Dreamy discovered Voyager 1). Doing modeling shoots for the Sun Top Swimwear company and doing Public Service Announcements in the San Francisco Bay Area promoting kindness and togetherness. Fighting crime with the SFPD once she understood there was a crime in progress.
  
  4. Why did Dreamy leave her parents? Because she found Voyager 1 and they gave permission for her to visit Earth. As her carefree people like to say, "Why not?" Worse comes to worse, Dreamy leaves and returns to her people and shares her experiences with the Carbonites (preferably with a Sun Top bikini or three!).
  
  5. What did Dreamy leave behind? Her entire people, their planets, her Kairissian friends (also explorers), and everything she knew. Earth is the first planet she has ever visited that contains intelligent life besides the worlds she and her people inhabit.
  
  6. What does Dreamy want? To put more into the universe than she takes. To help people be nicer to each other and destroy (at least at this point in her life) those intelligent creatures who refuse to be nice will harm others (she understands hunting; she does not understand murder). To someday return to her people with all kinds of tales and trinkets of what she learned during her exploration of Sol's third planet, Earth.
  
  As far as her immediate goals are concerned, she would like to become a Starchild (effectively, a Kairissian who has earned and spent experience points - a step above Starborn which is the lowest of "ranks" among her people). She would also like to see who these Force of Justice people are and if there is a place for her among them should they prove worthy of companionship.
  
• 
  "Moments in Time" are scenes that have played out in my mind that say much about Dreamy shortly after she arrives on Earth.
  
  Dreamy's Public Service Announcement in the San Francisco Bay Area
  
  Spoiler

  (Text outside of quotation marks depict the scenes and actions that take place during the PSA.)
  
  "People should be nice to each other." Dreamy with the needy charity of special needs kids, laughing, playing, taking one carefully into her arms, flying over San Francisco and over the Golden Gate Bridge together. Lots of smiles and laughter.
  
  "Mean people think only of themselves..." Shows a mean-looking thug with a gun up an old man's nose. The dear old man is shaking his head, looks very frightened, and has his arms up as the thug rifles through the old man's pockets. The old man is clearly helpless to prevent this and falls down on the street.
  
  "...but nice people think of everyone!"
  
  A young person waves up in the sky in alarm and points at the thug and old man. Dreamy sees, changes course, and flies down out of the sky. The thug sees Dreamy and points his pistol at her as she lands. There is a camera shot from his viewpoint, his sight picture, and the pistol's sights with Dreamy right in the middle, but the sights are wavering.
  
  Dreamy goes from a happy-smiling face to an uncertain frown with pleading eyes. "Please stop that! Don't you realize you could hurt someone? Don't you realize you're hurting yourself?" The thug's pistol lowers. Nearby police sirens are heard along with the sight of flashing red-and-blue lights. The thug turns to run but Dreamy has flown ahead and over him, barring his way. "Won't you give the old one what is his?" The thug looks at the wallet and then his pistol. The police arrive and get out of their squad cars. Eyes open and pistols in their holsters, they assess the situation. Then they see the thug put his pistol down and begin helping the old man back to his feet. "Now say you're sorry!"
  
  "I'm really sorry, sir," the thug looks the old man in the eyes then hangs his head low. The thug puts his hands behind his head. He is trembling and breathing hard in fear. Then Dreamy floats up to the thug and holds out her arms as if offering a big hug. His arms lower and they embrace. She gives him the biggest, warmest, most-heartfelt hug a person can share with another. The thug, realizing what a mess he has made of himself, looks just awful and afraid, but the longer Dreamy hugs him, the more his fears seem to subside.
  
  The police call someone over the radio. In moments, another car appears and a man who looks like to be a civil servant comes forth, ready to help. Dreamy escorts the thug to the authorities and tells the thug, "You've done wrong, but these people will help you do right. It won't be easy or soon, but you can do it! When in doubt, try to be nice!"
  
  The thug turns to the old man whom he has wronged. The old man nods along with Dreamy. The old man doesn't look angry. The young person who got Dreamy's attention runs up and hugs her. Dreamy hugs the old man and youngster and nods her thanks to the police and civil servant and especially the thug.
  
  To the camera, she says, "This is based on a true story, but not every situation is going to wind up like this one. But if you're nice to begin with, there won't have to be situations like this! The next time life is challenging..." then everyone in the cast shouts together, "...try to be nice, San Francisco!!"
  
  The American flag, the Californian flag, and the symbol for the city of San Francisco appear on the screen. The announcement ends.
  
  Dreamy's Sun Top Swimswear Commercial #1
  
  Spoiler

  The scene begins on a sign with "Long Beach, California" on it over a bright, sunny day on the beach. Folks are sunbathing, dancing, walking together, and clearly getting along. "People should be nice to each other." Dreamy narrates in a confident v
  
  "If you want to be nice... it helps to look nice." Attention-getting body shots of Dreamy in various bikinis along with facial shots of her smiling to music.
  
  "Looking nice can help you feel nice... and no one makes me feel nicer than Sun Top Swimwear!" A big smile from Dreamy holding a little wooden sign with the Sun Top Swimwear logo which is a big sun on a horizon with the silhouettes of a man and a woman standing together wearing trunks and a bikini. They appear to be holding hands and looking up and pointing at the sun together. It is both a friendly and peaceful image promoting togetherness through nature.
  
  "Sun Top Swimwear! We make the best swimwear in the world - and every other world!" Dreamy laughs gaily, her long red hair bursts into flame, she lifts off from the beach kicking up sand and water, and gracefully flies out over the water into a beautiful sunset. Finally, she points up with one hand while reaching out with her free hand as if she is holding someone's hand - the picture of her merges into the Sun Top Swimwear logo.
  
  Dreamy's Sun Top Swimswear Commercial #2
  
  Spoiler

  The scene begins in front of a nice tall home with a big leafy tree in front of it. Parked in front of the house is a Fire Fighters' truck and a ladder up the tree. A little girl with her big brother and parents are huddled near the truck. The little girl is crying and looking up at the tree. Up on the ladder, a big, burly fire fighter is reaching for the cutest kitten anyone has ever seen. The baby kitten has a blue collar and veterinarian tags around his furry little neck and is haplessly mewing from a far-off branch. It is enough to make one wonder how something that small and fuzzy climbed up that high.
  
  Speaking as a narrator, Dreamy's voice comes on. "Think of the heroes in your life. They don't always wear capes or have superpowers. They don't get to do commercials. Only their friends and family even know their names." The fire fighter reaches out for the kitten who seems paralyzed with fear. "But that doesn't make them any less heroic."
  
  There is a sudden cracking sound as the branch the ladder is leaning on begins to give way. There are looks of surprise and alarm from the kitten, the family, the fire fighters, and the now-falling fire fighter in the tree. Then, there is a fiery whoosh and the fire fighter stops falling.
  
  "But heroes need inspiration too!" Pan to a shot of Dreamy, hovering in mid-air, holding the ladder and the branch, one in each hand, allowing the fire fighter to continue his work.
  
  "When people see something they like, their spirits fly!" The fire fighter sees Dreamy, her golden skin clad only in a bright blue Sun Top Swimwear bikini that matches her eyes. He not only looks grateful for the save, he looks like he likes what he sees very much, and the seeing emboldens him to greater efforts.
  
  "And when your spirit is high, you can do incredible things!" Then the kitten takes one wrong step toward the fire fighter and falls. The fire fighter notices and without hesitation, reaches out with his gloved hand. The furry little fuzz-face lands in his steady hand instead of taking the treacherous fall out of the tree to the far ground below. The fire fighter gives a big sigh of relief. The family cheers.
  
  The scene switches to the ground and the fire truck. The little girl is cuddling the kitten, hugging the fire fighters who are surrounded by a very grateful family and a happy little kitten face. Beside them off to one side, Dreamy smiles and looks to the camera.
  
  "Do you want to lift spirits and do incredible things? No one makes it happen like Sun Top Swimwear! Available to heroes and everyone everywhere!" With a twirl of her flaming hair, she turns to the fire fighters. "So do you always rescue helpless felines?"
  
  "Well, to be honest, miss," the fire fighter who caught the kitten replies, "most of the time, we put out fires!" The fire fighters, water hose in hand, smile knowingly to the fire-covered Dreamy, and the little girl grins and turns on the water. There is a long and playful shriek of surprise out of cringing Dreamy as the camera goes into slow-motion with her being soaked from head to toe, along with many tasteful shots of her in her now-wet bikini. Much of the camera-time is spent showing off the bikini, including the company logo on the tag, followed by the smiles and laughter of the family and the fire fighters.
  
  Dripping Dreamy with her fire-red hair winks at the camera and poses as clouds of steam continue to rise rapidly from her gold-skinned body. "Sun Top Swimwear!" she says. Then everyone shouts together, "Making spirits high!!" The Sun Top Swimwear logo appears and the commercial ends.
• 
  Oversized "Chase Naysh" hoodie. Light grey, X-large (roomy), with purple text.
  Burnt Sun Top bikini.
  Fireproof neck pouch (kept behind her neck under her hair).
  Debit card.
  
• 
  Music
  
  Spoiler: Starchild

  "Starchild" by Level 42
  
  Lyrics:
  When I was an infant in my mother's arms
  I would watch the starlight in her face
  'Cause I was reaching out to understand the cosmic charm
  I am just a starchild born in space
  
  Way up high above the sky
  All that beauty passes by
  Whole worlds still unknown
  And out beyond the blue
  There's a place for people too
  It's time for us to go
  
  I have seen the sun shine bright in paradise
  I have been there, I have seen it
  
  Way up high above the sky
  All that beauty passes by
  Whole worlds still unknown
  And out beyond the blue
  There's a place for people too
  It's time for us to go
  
  We have time
  (In my dreams)
  Time and space
  While we're young
  (Floating free)
  We can chase
  To the stars
  
  Searching for the magic in the universe
  Guided by the stars that light my way
  I have seen the sun shine bright in paradise
  I am just a starchild born in space
  
  If you want to go with me I'll take you there
  I've been shown the secrets face to face
  I have seen the sun shine bright in paradise
  I am just a starchild born in space
  
  
  
  Spoiler: Song of Scatland

  "Song of Scatland" by Scatman John! What a terrific guy! What terrific lyrics! Besides, if the hateless and caring Kairissians had a theme song, it would be much like this. =)
  
  
  
  
  Spoiler: Follow Your Bliss

  "Follow Your Bliss" - by the B52s. An intoxicating instrumental, this is the song that goes through my mind when Dreamy is giving someone one of her hugs. =)
  
  
  
  
  Spoiler: Cranekiss

  "I know you feel me burn up - just like the heat of the sun" - I dig the song and I can see Dreamy moving to it, flying, both physically and with her soul. =)
  "Tamaryn - Cranekiss (Official Video)"
  
  
  
  
  Spoiler: Halcyon On + On

  It's just a beautiful song. =)
  "Halcyon On + On" by Orbital
  
  
  
  
  Spoiler: The Poetry of Reality

  "The Poetry of Realitiy" by melodysheep
  
  If you're scientifically literate
  the world looks very different to you
  and that understanding empowers you
  
  I think science changes the way your mind works
  to think a little more deeply about things
  
  We can do science
  and with it
  we can improve our lives
  
  
  
  Spoiler: We are Star Dust

  "We are Star Dust" by melodysheep
  
  We are part of this universe
  We are in this universe
  The universe exists within us
  
  
  
  Spoiler: Hypnotize Me

  "Hypnotize Me" by Wang Chung
  
  Just shine your light in my eyes
  and hypnotize me love
  
  
  
  Spoiler: Say Something

  "Kylie Minogue - Say Something (feat.The House Gospel Choir) (INFINITE DISCO)"
  
  
  Partial lyrics
  I can't help thinkin' 'bout 'cha
  I'm always thinkin' 'bout 'cha
  
  S-S-S-Say something, say something
  Tell me how you're feeling
  
  'Cause love is love it never ends
  Can we all be as one again?
  
  
• 
  Remember Spatial Awareness does not provide the ability to "discern colors or read text" (per Sherwood in Conversation).
  
  
  Spoiler: Basic HERO Rules per Sherwood on 24 Feb 2021

  Here's the link.
  
  Ok, we are getting closer to our start, so I want to take a quick moment to give everyone a rundown on the dice in Hero System. Hopefully I don't botch my roll.
  
  All skill and to-hit rolls are done on 3d6, and you want to roll as low as possible. A natural 3 is a critical, and is automatically a successful action/attack. On an attack roll, it does max damage for the dice of the attack. Conversely, a 18 is a auto failure, no matter how many bonuses your character has.
  
  On a to-hit roll, the base target is 11-, plus your OCV / OMCV minus the target's DCV / DMCV. Lets give an example using two of your own characters: Luminary and Lady Justice. If Luminary were to level off her Standard Blast at LJ, her OCV with levels comes out to 11 OCV, giving a 22 or less to hit. Lady Justice is not going to just stand there and take it, though. When keeping mobile and trying not to be hit, her DCV is a base of 8, giving Luminary a 16- to hit.
  
  (Dannigan note here. I pointed out that 22 -8 = 16 and Sherwood agreed that his math had oopsed. So just drop the example by 2. =) )
  
  But LJ has two Overall Skill Levels she hasn't used, and many of her martial arts maneuvers add to her DCV on the phase that she uses them. Putting her levels into DCV, that drops Luminary's chance to hit to just a 14-. We're not done yet, folks! Lets say that LJ used her Martial Strike on this phase. That maneuver grants her another +2 to her DCV, making the final roll a 12-. Just over a 50% chance to hit.
  
  The final DCV modifier is to Abort your next Action and Dodge. A normal Dodge gives you +3 DCV vs. all attacks until your next Action. But Lady Justice has Martial Dodge! That gives a +5 to her DCV! So long as you have not acted on that phase you can dodge. An example of that would be Lady Justice has a six Speed, so she goes on Phases 2, 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12. If she is attacked by a mook on Phase 5 and she really doesn't want to be hit for some reason, she can Abort her action on 6 to Dodge and get that +5 to her DCV, which will last for her until her action on Phase 8.
  
  Now, Area of Effect attacks don't have to hit the person, just the spot that they are standing/flying. Using old 5th edition jargon, you would aim for the hex that they are in, and the DCV of the hex is 3. But for those with AoE attacks, you can see that they don't do as much damage as the raw, single target strike, and there may be times that you don't want to risk hitting either your team mates or innocent civilians.
  
  But lets say that Luminary does tag Lady Justice with her Standard Blast. She then rolls 15d6 for damage. On a Normal attack (that means not a Killing Attack) you count Stun and Body like this: the Grand Total of the die roll is your Stun. For shits and giggles, lets say it comes out to 53. That is the total Stun of the attack, and since it is an Energy Attack, that is applied to LJ's ED of 35, doing 18 Stun past her defenses. Body Damage is calculated this way: For every '1' on the die, you take zero Body. A 2 through 5 on the die does one Body, and finally, a 6 does 2 Body. On an average roll for Luminary's Standard Blast, she will do 15 Body, one per die. Looking at LJ's ED of 35, none of the Body gets through.
  
  The next step is to check this damage against Lady Justice's Constitution score. If the Stun damage past her defense is more than her Con, she is Stunned and is at 1/2 DCV until her next action and has to use her Action to clear her head to regain her composure. Lucky for our heroine, she has a Con of 25 so Luminary's 18 Stun does not Stun her.
  
  Now we have Killing Attacks. They are the more lethal damage, doing more Body than the Normal Blast. Looking at Luminary once more, her Energy Spike does 5d6 Killing. Lets assume that she hit, and needs to roll damage. Roll the five dice, and the total is the Body done. Lets assume that the total on the 5d6 is 20. We now need to roll 1d3 for the Stun multiplier. Obviously, on this attack that will be either a 1, 2, or 3. This is the number that you multiply the Body of the Killing Attack to get your total Stun damage, giving a potential of 20, 40 or 60 Stun applied to LJ's Defenses.
  
  For Mental Attacks like Mind Blast, the to hit uses OMCV to hit the DMCV of your target. If you hit, the Mind Blast rolls the dice and the total is applied to the Mental Defense (if any). What is left over is straight Stun damage. Considering that many heroes and NPCs do not buy up their Mental Defense at all shows you just how nasty this can be, which is why the Mind Blast is twice the Character Points per die as the regular ol' Blast attack.
  
  If the person taking the damage has a power called Damage Reduction, whatever damage that gets past the Defenses is then reduced by the percentage of the Damage Reduction. Looking at Luminary, she has 25% DR vs Energy and Physical Attacks, and Teranaut has 50% DR vs PD and ED attacks. If Luminary takes 18 Stun, her Damage Reduction drops that down to only 14. Teranaut with his 50% reduction drops the total to just 9.
  
  There is also Damage Negation. This power is currently only used by Nisha, and it works like this: it reduces the number of Damage Classes (a DC is 1d6 of Normal damage and 1/3 of a Killing strike) by one per 5 CP spent. Nisha has 20 points of DN going on, so she drops a Normal Attack by 2d6 before it hits her PD or ED.

 

[Silanon]

Still work in progress, see the background for example - figured you might want to take a glimpse at it either way. Thanks, Sherwood !

• Attributes
• Skills and Talents
• Powers
• Complications
• Background

• 
  Name: Nisha Lewis
  Secret Id: Dawn
  
  For an inspirational picture, check out this one by ThiagoPaladino, and note the lingering shadows around her. Stumbled across this yesterday by accident, and it just seems to fit.
  
  

  Demon Hunter by thiagopaladino on DeviantArt

  www.deviantart.com
  
  
  Attribute / Value / Cost / Roll
  
  Strength: 10 / 0 / 11-
  Dexterity: 13 / 6 / 12-
  Constitution: 15 / 5 / 12-
  Intelligence: 23 / 23 / 14-
  Ego: 18 / 8 / 13-
  Presence: 10 / 0 / 11-
  Pre Attack: 2d6
  
  OFF Combat Value (OCV): 8 / 25
  DEF Combat Value (DCV): 8 / 25
  OFF Mental Combat Value (OMCV): 3 / 0
  DEF Mental Combat Value (DMCV): 6 / 9
  
  Physical Defense(PD): 2/23 / 0
  Energy Defense(ED): 2/23 / 0
  Speed: 3/6 / 10 / Phases 4, 8, 12 / 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12
  
  Recovery: 15 / 11
  Endurance: 20 / 0
  Body: 12 / 2
  Stun: 46 / 13
  
  Running: 12m / 0
  Swimming: 4m / 0
  Leaping: 4m / 0
  
  Experience Points: 0
  Spent: 0
  Unspent: 0
  Base Points: 400
  Complications: 100
  Total Points: 500
  
  Characteristic Points: 127
  Power Points: 229
  Talent Points: 55
  Perk Points: 9
  Skill Points: 78
  Total: 500
  
  Initiative: 18
  Stun Threshold: 15
  Perception Roll: 14-
  
  
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  Cramming 5
  14- Concealment 3
  14- Criminology 3
  14- Cryptography 3
  14- Deduction 3
  14- Forensic Medicine 3
  14- Knowledge Skill: Demons and Monsters 2
  14- Knowledge Skill: Arcana and the Occult 2
  14- Knowledge Skill: San Francisco 2
  14- Knowledge Skill: European Mythology 2
  14- Knowledge Skill: European History 2
  -- Language: Latin (fluent conversation) 1
  -- Language: Old Greek (fluent conversation) 1
  -- Language: Old Persian (fluent conversation) 1
  -- Language: Old Russian (fluent conversation) 1
  -- Language: Hebrew (fluent conversation) 1
  14- Paramedics 3
  14- Power Skill 3
  14- Research 3
  14- Shadowing 3
  12- Stealth 3
  14- Tactics 3
  12- Teamwork 3
  -- +2 Overall Skill Levels 24
  
  Everyone skills:
  Acting
  Climbing
  Concealment
  Conversation
  Deduction
  Native Language (4 points’ worth, includes literacy)
  Paramedics
  Persuasion
  One PS at 11- Translator of old tongues
  Shadowing
  Stealth
  TF: Small Motorized Ground Vehicles
  AK: Home country or region 8-
  
  Talents
  Combat Luck (+9 Pd/+9 Ed) / 18
  Danger Sense (Self Only, Out of Combat) 14- / 20
  Eidetic Memory / 5
  Lightning Reflexes (+5 Dex to act first with All Actions) / 5
  Lightsleep / 3
  Speed Reading (x10) / 4
  
  Perks
  Anonymity / 3
  Scholar / 3
  Linguist / 3
  
  Equipment :
  Oversized "Chase Naysh" hoodie. Light grey, X-large (roomy), with purple text.
  
• 
  Powers
  End / Description / Cost
  -- / Multipower; 75 Point Reserve, (75 Active Points); All Slots OIF (-1/2), Require a Skill Roll (-1/2), Incantations (-1/4), Gestures (-1/4) / 30
  7 / Full Strength Blast: Blast 15d6 (75 Active Points) / 3f
  3 / Low Endurance Blast: Blast 10d6, Armor Piercing (+1/4), Reduced Endurance (1/2 End; +1/4) (75 Active Points) / 3f
  7 / Area of Effect Blast: Blast 10d6, Area of Effect (4m Radius; +1/4), Armor Piercing (+1/4) (75 Active Points) / 3f
  [8] / Killing Blast: Killing Attack - Ranged 5d6 (75 Active Points); 8 Charges (-1/2) / 3f
  [8] / Force Bonds: Entangle 7d6, 7 Pd/7 Ed (70 Active Points); 8 Charges (-1/2) / 2f
  [8cc) / Blackout: Darkness Field: Darkness to Sight and Hearing Groups 8m Radius, Personal Immunity (+1/4) (56 Active Points), 8 Continuing Charges lasting 1 Turn each (-0) / 2f
  
  -- / Movement Powers: Multipower, 55 Point Reserve, (55 Active Points); all Slots OIF 9-1/2), Require a Skill Roll (-1/2) / 27
  5 / Short Range Teleport: Teleportation 55 meters (55 Active Points) / 3f
  5 / Long Range Teleport: Teleportation 9m, x8 Increased Mass, MegaScale (1m = 10km; +1 1/4) (54 Active Points) / 3f
  4 / Mystic Flight: Flight 45m (45 Active Points) / 2f
  
  -- / Fixed Teleportation Location (5 Locations) (to be specified) / 5
  -- / Floating Teleportation Location (2 Locations) / 10
  
  -- / Iron Will: Mental Defense 15 Points
  5 / Mystic Force Field: Resistant Defense (12 Pd/12 Ed/12 Power Defense) (54 Active Points) OIF (-1/2); Costs Endurance (-1/2) / 27
  -- / Protective Armor: Damage Negation (-2 DCs Physical, -2 DCs Energy) (20 Active Points) OIF (-1/2) / 13
  
  -- / Iron Will: Life Support (Eating: Character only has to eat once per week; Sleeping: Character only has to sleep 8 hours per week) / 2
  
  -- / Endurance Reserve (120 End, 30 Rec) (50 Active Points) OIF (-1/2) / 33
  
  -- / Just Lucky I Guess: Luck 5d6 / 25
  -- / Celerity: +3 Speed (30 Active Points) OIF (-1/2) / 20
  
  
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  20 / Dependent NPC: Your Cousin Linda, Frequently (Normal; Unaware of Character's adventuring career)
  15 / Distinctive Features: Mystic Aura (Not Concealable; Always Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable by Uncommonly-Used Senses)
  15 / Hunted: Floating Hunted
  15 / Hunted: Hunter for the Book
  10 / Negative Reputation: YOU have the Book, Frequently (Extreme, Known to Only a Small Group)
  10 / Psychological Complication: Paranoid (Common; Moderate)
  5 / Rivalry - Mystical Rival Andrew Cummings
  10 / Social Complication: Awkward in Social Situations, Frequently, Minor
  
  
• 
  WIP
  
  Some background:
  
  Greetings, Sphinx.
  
  Maybe this is the first time you hear that name. Maybe you've gotten used to it already. In the latter case, bear with me for a moment. The last few owners of this book have made it a habit to record their own insights in the back of this book; from this day, I will do the same until the book moves on. It's convenient that there's always an empty page remaining, waiting to be filled; much better than needing a whole library to hold on to that knowledge. Libraries can be burnt down. This book, on the other hand, must always remain safe. Never tell anyone about it. Never show off. It attracts greedy bastards like dog shit attracts flies. Don't bother trying to get rid of it, either. You knowing about it will be enough for others to silence you forever. Don't try to destroy it. The book itself prevents most disasters, and you'll quickly find the things inside need to be preserved once you begin reading. That, Sphinx, is your only duty, now. Preserve the book. And when you cannot keep it safe for longer, pass it on to someone worthy without leaving a trace. Any trace. You'll understand.
  
  In the last centuries, people have made it a tradition to begin their texts with a personal note of some sort. We try to remain faceless for most of our lives, but I found it helpful that the previous authors were people, too. So let me try to continue that tradition.
  
  My name's Nisha Lewis, or Dawn. If you heard of me, I messed up or came a long way. As of now, I reside in San Francisco, who knows for how long. People are after me, and it might be safer to leave. In fact, maybe I should be going right now. But there've been changes, opportunities...
  Before the previous Sphinx chose me, I was a translator. If you read this, you'll have some experience with old tongues yourself. Please excuse my Old Persian, it's a little rusty. Still, I figured it''d be best to not have any common man stumble across these secrets. The others did the same, after all. You might have many questions. You'll find answers later. Let me try to describe what has helped me take the first hurdle.
  
  From the very beginning, people have feared the unknown. A mind that thinks farther ahead than the next meal will inevitably wonder what lies ahead - and whether something is lurking there that it is completely unprepared for. So naturally, from the beginning of time, people have feared the shadows, and the darkness. What lies beyond our vision, out of reach for our senses, has been a source of constant worry. Children don't fear the darkness underneath their beds for no reason. As we grow up, we mostly learn to ignore the fear. Pragmatism takes over, declaring things impossible and thus irrelevant even though this is a world where we hear about the impossible every single day. Humans are stupid like that. So become aware of the hidden threats once more. Of those who lurk in the shadows. Of those who hide in plain sight. And, most importantly, fear the shadows themselves. Fear what they can do. Darkness can sniff out a mind, bind the mightiest fighter, and reach any place. This book contains rituals to gain some control, and redirect their efforts. It's an incredible power. It comes at a cost not worth the effort unless you make it count. So use it, but fear what you might become. Act so that others might benefit, not yourself. Or you might become what people have indeed feared from the very beginning. A lurking monster that noone can be prepared for, instead of the gentle curtains of night that let unaware people dream in peace.
  
  Sphinx means that you're the latter, not the former. Some meant to be the former, but ultimately failed. Maybe the book has a thing or two to say about its owner. I mean, it has infinite pages, so it's possible. There's always been one, and there'll always be one until we're no longer needed. Maybe one day, there'll be no evil lurking anywhere, and the shadows won't have to move to reveal its presence. One can dream.
  
  Oh, you might be hesitant to believe any of this. That'd be natural, at least. Check out the prices for chalk, candles, and a bit of ink. It'll be less than the price of seven skipped meals, and certainly worth being awake since last friday and still as lively as ever. Trust me, it's worth it from a financial standpoint, if nothing else. And since you're already dead for reading this, you might as well give prolonging your life a shot, right?
  
  Notes near the end of the Book of Theben, an ancient tome bound in old, brown leather. This part is in Old Persian, handwritten and seemingly the first entry by Nisha Dawn. The date in the upper right corner suggests that it was written just a few weeks ago.
  
  
  Some appearance and description of magic:
  
  Listen, mate, it wasn't like that. No flashy entrance, grand speech, or anything. In one moment, I think it's totally over - three guys, and one has a bloody gun, too. So I hunker down behind that pillar, basically waiting for them to search the wrong place so I can maybe get a decent shot - and then I suddenly see that movement to my right. Holy shit, I think - well, not thinking, really - this ain't good. So, whatever's there basically has me with my pants down, no cover, no nothing. So nerves be damned, I give it hell, and I think I hit something, but the other three turn right at me and one shouts and - bloody hell, the mag's empty, and there ain't enough time to do nothing now. Life was over, man, I tell you. And then there's suddenly that freak. Like, there's shooting, and shouting, and that woman just walks up behind those three bastards and begins speaking in - I don't know, not English, that's bloody damn sure. And - I don't know, you haven't seen anything like that. She wore this long, black overcoat, and there were these weird symbols all over it and some of them were - I don't know, what's the opposite of glowing? Like, they ate the light. And there was this chain wrapped around her one arm, and the other moved and there wasn't anything in that gloved hand but there was still some black smoke coming out and forming these weird symbols. And her eyes - I don't know, she was too far away, and wore this mask, or scarf or - whatever, it covered most of her face, but hell - she was pissed, I saw that from there.
  
  And so two dumb-asses don't know what the heck is up, but the one with the gun feels smart and pulls the trigger, and - suddenly there's no woman, just this wavering mass of smoke or - shadows. Like she dropped a smoke bomb only that she didn't have one. And that idiot continues to shoot even though he doesn't see shit, and suddenly something comes right back at him. Some kind of ball of this shadowy mass, with a tail behind it like a comet. Pretty slow, but he doesn't know what the heck is up, and that thing just hits his chest and kind of explodes in all directions and wriggles all around him until he can't really move any more. And so one of the others gets the jitters and runs, but there's a second one of these balls but that one's quicker and doesn't explode but just - kinda hits him and he tumbles over. Leaves one guy, and that one doesn't take his eyes away from that cloud, and sort of stumbles in my direction. So I don't know what overcomes me, I kind of see my opening and I come out from behind the pillar and run straight at him and he turns, panicked, and I just see that he has a knife, and then the world's just black. Like, I see nothing, and hear nothing, and I think shit, that's it, this time for real, and I ask myself why there's no pain, because there isn't. And - I don't know, I just stumble, and my foot hits something, so I trip, but I don't fall because someone grabs me and I feel this iron chain pressed against my chest and gasp, and then it's suddenly bright daylight again and she's right there in front of me, eyeing me as if I might do something real stupid.
  
  Like, those eyes. They were bright and some kind of grey, but there was a shadow in them, and they looked - restless, haunted. Full of life, but like she'd seen too much. And so she kind of pushed me back a little, and pulls off that hood of hers and there's just this straggly dark-brown hair, but with some grey in there, and the symbols on the coat look just like someone tried to design the next big thing but got it wrong. Like, without that mask, she could've just been some random girl. Like, she was probably half my weight, a bit smaller than most... it could've been anyone, if not for that chain, and those eyes. Like she'd walked through hell and back, and knew she'd make a second trip despite what she'd seen. The third guy was right there, next to me on the floor, don't know how she got there quicker than I did. If she did. Anyway, then George comes, and shouts, and two other folks, and I see that the one who had the gun wiggled free and take care of him, and when I'm done with that she's just - gone. A few words that I didn't understand, that's all. No sign of her, no shadows, no nothing. And so the guys ask me how the hell I did that, and I tell them I don't know. Like, what should I have told them? Right. So now they gave me this fancy medal, and it really should've been hers.
  
  Description by officer Steve O'Connell, to his friend.
  

 

[QuickSmasherEXE]

Initial Points: 400+100
Points Remaining: 8 (I will save these for later)

• Persona
• Characteristics (275)
• Powers (133)
• Skills (36)
• Perks and Talents (54)
• Complications
• Quotations from the President

• 
  Name: Miles Crawford
  "Secret" ID: Chaser
  Twitch.tv Account: Slacking65
  Age: 25
  Sex: "Whenever you like bae. Aw, wait, I'm not supposed to do that. Sorry, can't."
  Height: 6'1
  Weight: 200 lbs ("Almost all muscle!")
  
  Once a marketing major planning to take over his dad's used car dealership, a lot of things changed for Miles Crawford when an unusual nitrogen-related accident imbued him with super speed. It became clear to Miles what he had to do- find a way to profit from being a superhero. This was unsurprisingly pretty easy, but Miles showed initiative and forward thinking in his approach. Seeing the big changes the internet would bring, he took to social media to spread his name, and his focus on new media has lead to him not getting along well with the established superhero magazines. He has his own website where you can buy merchandise, a YouTube channel with 780K subscribers, and livestreams on the same Twitch account he had when he was 13. Under the moniker "Chaser," Miles built a polarizing reputation. Some people see him as an attention seeking wannabe and general disgrace to the profession, while others think he's still a superhero and that he's even a pretty cool guy who gives a lot to charity. Even if he brags about it in a monetized video. At the very least he stops crimes.
  
  He and his fans sometimes refer to him as "the President of Chase Naysh."
  
  Miles is determined to get onto Forbe's "40 by 40" despite every superhero ethics board in the country saying he shouldn't be. Los Angeles is his actual home town, but San Francisco isn't that far away for him. He's a fan of Kanye West and Calvin Coolidge. He's also been diagnosed with Anti-Social Personality Disorder. This is something you can find out about him pretty easily on Google. His particular form means can't feel bad for other people and he doesn't feel all that good about doing the right thing. Since he can't "feel" morals he has to approach them as a code of conduct or set of rules which he holds himself to. Doing good comes from a mix of enlightened self interest and doing it because Jesus would tell him to. Not having ethical intuition can sometimes save him from falacious thinking, but usually its an inconvenience.
  
• 
  

  Stat	Value	Roll	Cost
  Strength	15	12-	5
  Dexterity	35	16-	50
  Constitution	20	13-	10
  Intelligence	10	11-	0
  Ego	25	14-	15
  Presence	25	14-	15
  Recovery	30	-	26
  Endurance	60	-	8
  Body	20	-	10
  Stun	40	-	10

  Stat	Value	Cost
  OCV	8	25
  DCV	10	35
  OMCV	0	-9
  DMCV	6	9
  PD	10/25	8
  ED	10/25	8
  Running	12m	0
  Swimming	4m	0
  Leaping	4m	0
  Speed	8	60

  
  
• 
  Multipower: "Flight"
  
  • Reserve: 75
    • Disadvantages:
      • Only in Contact with a Surface, -0.25
      • Cannot Hover, -0.5
    • Cost: 75 / 1.75 = 42
  • Power 1: Flight
    • Base: 60
    • Advantages:
      • Reduced Endurance (Half END), +0.25
    • Cost: 60 * (1.25/1.75) / 10 = 4f
  • Power 2: Flight
    • Base: 50
    • Advantages:
      • Megascale (1 m -> 100 km), +1.5
    • Cost: 50 * (1.5 / 1.75) / 10 = 4f
  • Total Cost: 50
  Leaping:
  
  • Base: 20
  • Limitations:
    • Linked to Flight
      • Lesser power is Linked to greater power, -0.5
      • Greater power is in use most of the time, +0.25
  • Cost: 16
  Damage Reduction:
  
  • Base: 40
    • 50% Physical, +20
    • 50% Energy, +20
  • Limitations:
    • Requires a Roll (Breakfall), -0.5
  • Cost: 40 / 1.5 = 26
  Mental Defense:
  
  • Base / Cost: 10 CP
  Regeneration:
  
  • Base: 16
    • 1 Body per 1 turn, +16
  • Cost: 16
  Martial Arts
  
  • Maneuvers:
    • Martial Disarm (4): ½ Phase; -1 OCV; -1 DCV; Disarm, +10 STR to Disarm roll
    • Martial Dodge (5): ½ Phase; no OCV; +5 DCV; Dodge, Affects All Attacks, Abort
    • Martial Throw (3): ½ Phase; +0 OCV; +1 DCV; STR +v/10, Target Falls
    • Passing Strike (5): ½ Phase; +1 OCV; +0 DCV; STR + v/10 Strike, Full Move
    • Passing Throw (5): ½ Phase, +0 OCV, +0 DCV, +2d6 +v/10 FMove, Target Falls
    • Leg Sweep (3): ½ Phase; +2 OCV; -1 DCV; STR +1d6 Strike, Target Falls
  • Total: 25
• 
  Everyman Skills:
  
  • Climbing
  • Concealment
  • Deduction
  • Native Language (English)
  • Paramedics
  • PS at 11- (Social Media Influencer)
  • Shadowing
  • Stealth
  • TF: Small Motorized Ground Vehicles
  • AK: Home country or region 8-
  Acquired Skills:
  

  Skill	Bonus	Roll	Cost
  Acrobatics	-	16-	3
  Acting	+2	16-	7
  Breakfall	-	16-	3
  Bribery	-	14-	3
  Conversation	-	14-	3
  Interrogation	-	14-	3
  Power	+1	v	5
  Persuasion	-	14-	3
  Sleight of Hand	-	16-	3

• 
  Perks:
  
  • Positive Reputation +1 (4), known by a large group
  • Money (6)
  Talents:
  
  • Combat Luck +4 (30)
  • Eidetic Memory (5), from GoPro
  • Resistance +2 (3)
  • Speed Reading (4 CP)
  • Striking Appearance (2 CP), to his fans
• 
  Dependent Non-Player Characters, Mother Irene and Father Owen (15)
  
  • Normal, +5
  • Appears Infrequently, +5
  • Group DNPC x2, +5
  Negative Reputation (15)
  
  • Very Frequently, +15
  Vulnerability, Flattery (10)
  
  • Common, +10
  Psychological Complication, Showoff (20)
  
  • Very Common, +15
  • Strong, +5
  Psychological Complication, Competitive / Jealous (10)
  
  • Common, +10
  • Moderate, +0
  Social Complication, Always on Camera (20)
  
  • Very Common, +15
  • Major Restriction, +5
  Social Complication, Diagnosed with Anti-Social Personality Disorder (10)
  
  • Infrequently, +5
  • Major Restrictions, +5
• 
  "You might not always want to do the right thing. There's plenty of times I don't want to, but you gotta do it anyway. It's just part of the grind."
  
  "Anyway, that's all I got you today Chase Naysh, be sure to slap that sub, smash that like, and comment down below. I love reading all your comments and hearing what you think, even from the haters, y'all know who you are. I still love ya. Anyway, this is your boy Miles, out!"