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Re: The Heroes of New Arcadia - RPPR Superheroes campaign - Wild Talents
« Reply #225 on: March 17, 2011, 01:18:58 AM »
also imagine candide as a 12 foot tall cloned biomechanical alien warrior with a cannon for an arm instead of a naive French youth.


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Re: The Heroes of New Arcadia - RPPR Superheroes campaign - Wild Talents
« Reply #226 on: March 17, 2011, 11:47:50 PM »
4 dead NPC allies

5 dead supervillains

2 dead PCs

3 survivors

big damn heroes

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Re: The Heroes of New Arcadia - RPPR Superheroes campaign - Wild Talents
« Reply #227 on: March 18, 2011, 12:08:52 AM »
R.I.P. Shift, R.I.P.
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Re: The Heroes of New Arcadia - RPPR Superheroes campaign - Wild Talents
« Reply #228 on: March 18, 2011, 12:46:47 AM »
R.I.P. Shift, R.I.P.

Zero-Shift: The Big Damn Hero

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Also: Hello, forums! I am Thad.
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Re: The Heroes of New Arcadia - RPPR Superheroes campaign - Wild Talents
« Reply #229 on: March 18, 2011, 12:55:33 AM »
R.I.P. Shift, R.I.P.

Zero-Shift: The Big Damn Hero

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Also: Hello, forums! I am Thad.

You, sir, are dangerously close to stealing my name... I'm watching you.

Awesome! You guys saved the city! Honor to the fallen and bonus XP for new characters! Recover their geneseed for the next generation!

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Re: The Heroes of New Arcadia - RPPR Superheroes campaign - Wild Talents
« Reply #230 on: March 18, 2011, 01:18:32 AM »
Recover their geneseed for the next generation!

I think I am embarrassed to get the reference.
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Re: The Heroes of New Arcadia - RPPR Superheroes campaign - Wild Talents
« Reply #231 on: March 18, 2011, 12:17:31 PM »
You, sir, are dangerously close to stealing my name... I'm watching you.

You can always call me Thaddeus if you're afraid the "h" alone isn't enough to keep you from getting the two of us confused.
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Re: The Heroes of New Arcadia - RPPR Superheroes campaign - Wild Talents
« Reply #232 on: March 20, 2011, 01:00:58 AM »
Ross:

I am working on my new hero, and I want him to be "off the grid". Does a 2 point intrinsic sound good to you?
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Re: The Heroes of New Arcadia - RPPR Superheroes campaign - Wild Talents
« Reply #233 on: March 20, 2011, 03:03:19 PM »
Ross:

I am working on my new hero, and I want him to be "off the grid". Does a 2 point intrinsic sound good to you?

what benefit does it give?

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Re: The Heroes of New Arcadia - RPPR Superheroes campaign - Wild Talents
« Reply #234 on: March 20, 2011, 05:42:14 PM »
There'd be no records of my hero. He'd be at best an urban legend, but there is no proof of his existence. (That is not super classified Q level top secret)
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Re: The Heroes of New Arcadia - RPPR Superheroes campaign - Wild Talents
« Reply #235 on: March 20, 2011, 05:57:32 PM »
Make it a power :D

Zeroed - Useful - Permanent - Self Only - Always on - If/Then (only applies to mundane investigation abilities) - 2 HD - 4 points

Benefit: Gobbles any attempt to learn about the character through the skills research, streetwise, any knowledge skill and so forth.  Does not affect skill use through supernatural means such as magic (scrying spells), psionic and so forth.


This power won't count against your permissions but pay the points.

A character that can make a 4x10 research or better can still learn something about you through research etc.

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Re: The Heroes of New Arcadia - RPPR Superheroes campaign - Wild Talents
« Reply #236 on: March 20, 2011, 09:14:51 PM »
::nods::
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Re: The Heroes of New Arcadia - RPPR Superheroes campaign - Wild Talents
« Reply #237 on: March 22, 2011, 09:20:25 PM »
"So I think we should name the group The New Ideal in honor of its last survivor dying to save us. You will be missed, Shift. It was an honor calling you friend."
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Re: The Heroes of New Arcadia - RPPR Superheroes campaign - Wild Talents
« Reply #238 on: March 22, 2011, 09:52:11 PM »
Considering how many of our allies we've now ostracized because of this last fight, I really think we should call ourselves 'The Outcasts'.  ;D
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Re: The Heroes of New Arcadia - RPPR Superheroes campaign - Wild Talents
« Reply #239 on: March 22, 2011, 10:34:10 PM »
The Journal of ...  Year XXXX

The Battle of the Big Wheel: I have just witnessed the most intense and most far reaching battle of the Post-Ragnarok era to date. Only 18 months ago as I saw the events of Ragnarok unfold, I wondered if the Earth would ever host such events again. Given that decades (centuries even!) of super-powered fighting skills and experience had vanished in the blink of an eye, it was of course inevitable that the amateurish skirmishes and feuds of the next generation of metahumans would pale in comparison. They lacked the verve, the bravado, the cunning of their predecessors. Worldwide, I saw hundreds of fights between newly empowered metas but most of these were simple affairs - executions more than proper fights. One fighter would have a power the other could not defend against and would be slain or crippled in a few exchanges. Rarely, did I see more complex action than that.

Except in New Arcadia, I should say.

Paragon's cadre of super soldiers were not the most efficient but they were creative and slaughtered unpowered gangsters by the hundreds and individual powered criminals by the dozens. She single-handedly prevented the rise of any global criminal syndicate to take advantage of the situation. Of course, as she was so focused on purging gangsters and taking over crime for her own plans, she did not anticipate a serious metahuman resistance. She knew the U.S government's anti-metahuman forces were overtaxed by the events in Asia and if she kept a low profile she could take them by surprise.  She did not anticipate amateur civilian metas organizing to fight her.

And what stunning results their confrontation resulted in. I can still see Aegis caving in the hybrid's skull with a single punch. The cloned alien warrior collapsing after a heavy combined barrage. Ah, it was equal to any of the Ideal's early world shaking battles - before they learned to compromise and practice detente. I wonder if they will ever understand what effects their battle had on the world. With Paragon's death, dozens of her schemes go unfulfilled and her hivemates shall certainly be thrown off by it. The mystical prophets of the world all received visions of the battle - but I wonder how it shall be interpreted. The upper echelons of the US intelligence gathering apparatus shall figure it out given the chatter of the hybrids and others. I could go on and on about it but I tire. 

I await eagerly to see how the trial of Finn/Chirop unfolds. I wonder if he will realize the sins of the father are often visited upon the son. We shall see.