Okay I'm steady working on the RP and I think I'll kick the Aberrant connection as a thing and use it as a metric for power; we don't use dice so the use of such mechanics would be useless
I was hoping for some input on this but as there was none so I have used my position as Benevolent Dictator to make the decisions
Sounds good. Also, had no idea you were fishing for input, but, here:
I have been a part of a game or two where dice rolling was a part of the mechanics, however all of the RNG was handled by the GM, for the sake of consistency and neutrality. He made it fairly simple on himself I believe. Also helped to make things more fluid, and like most PbP gaming, rather than devolving situations that called for it into short, brief, one line encounters.
Other games have just done as you are doing, using a set of rules as a framework, and comparison aid more than anything.
Str. Is the physical power of an individual, their ability to lift objects, cause damage, and resolve leaps and jumps...details I love them. Additional levels are 4-Deadlift 165kg 5-Deadlift 240kg
= Deadlift 100kg
Dex. measures agility and hand eye coordination. It helps determine how fast you can run, your chance to hit a target and other matters of speed, grace, and control Additional levels are 4-Juggle knives with ease 5-Olympic
= Natural Athletic potential (You get picked first in pickup games and make the high school first string)
Sta. Indicates your health, tolerance to pain, how long you can physically exert yourself, and how well you take a punch an such. Additional levels are 4-Marathon front runner 5-You can shrug off a heavyweight punch
= You seldom get sick, heal quickly and can finish a marathon with full effort
Mental
Per. Is your awareness of your surroundings, how difficult you are to sneak up on, how easy you spot the hidden, and covers all your senses Additional levels are 4-You notice flaws most miss/ you could cut diamonds 5-People call you Sherlock
= You are able to see the deer 200 yards away 20/20 vision and all that
Int. Measures your raw mental processes as a character such as memory, reasoning and gives you a chance to ask me the GM the solution to problems of those natureAdditional levels are Additional levels are 4-IQ 160 5-IQ 180+
= IQ 130
Wits is how quickly you adapt to situations, your ability to keep your cool while it all goes to hell, and gives me the ability to point out common sense mistakes you might be about to make as a character (This doesn’t mean you have to follow the advice) Additional levels are 4-You always have a comeback 5-You react almost before the other guy acts
= You keep your cool in a Firefight
Social
App; Does this need explanation? Additional levels are 4-You’re a model or should be 5-Your picture is found almost everywhere, TMZ camps out for you
= You turn heads
Man. Is your ability to influence others. This is the attribute of interrogators, journalist, conmen, and cult leaders.Additional levels are Additional levels are 4-Politicians envy your skill with a crowd 5-Machiavelli
= You'd make a good lawyer or top salesman
Cha. Is your charm, your force of will, how likeable they are Additional levels are 4-Even enemies respect you 5-You could lead the nation
= You’re the life of the party
Mega Attribute Teaser
Mega-Strength Level 1 = Stupendous, Olympic weightlifters stare in awe as you deadlift 1 ton Level 2 = Amazing, When your car breaks down you can carry it home on a shoulder (Deadlift 10 tons) Level 3 = Incredible, you can toss cars (Deadlift 25 tons)
Mega-strength enhancements Crush = this is the ability to focus your strength in a Bearhug, Punch, or Kick to max it’s damage Shockwave = Stomping, punching or striking the ground causes a shockwave to strike every target in Mega-Str X 10 meters stunning them and knocking them off their feet if they have no Mega Counter such as Sta vs stun and Dex to remain on their feet. Leap = Allows you to leap 100 meters for each dot of mega strength and survive most falls no matter the height. Thunderclap = Less destructive and non lethal shockwave.
Mega-Dexterity Level 1 = Stupendous, You can juggle knives in Zero-G with your feet and stand a chance at dodging bullets Level 2 = Amazing, Bruce Lee and Jet Lee blink trying to see your punches Level 3 = Incredible, When you run by someone they see a blur
Mega-dexterity enhancements Accuracy = You are a legend in the art of ranged attacks Enhanced movement = You can cover 100 meters for each level each movement phase (meaning 100 meters every 3 seconds for level 1 and 200 meters for level 2 and so on) Fast Tasks = Halves time doing things like mechanics, knit a sweater, build, clean and assemble for each level Flexibility = You are an escape artist, contortionist, spooky sexy creature. Physical Prodigy = Sports, Dancing, and related skills are where you out shine anyone else except others with this enhancement at higher levels Catfooted = You are the Ninja of ninja when it come to stealth, you walk on eggs without leaving a trace of making a sound (Levels in Dex help you oppose a Gamma with Mega-Perception) Rapid Strike = This is your extra attacks 1+ 1 for level 1 (2 attacks) 1+ 2 for level 2 (3 attacks) 2+ 3 for level 3 (5 attacks)
Mega-Stamina Level 0 = Normal Gamma metabolism is greater than a baseline, healing rates are doubled, a marathon is a short jog, and life spans up 150 years possible as far as science can tell Level 1 = Stupendous, You can go over a week without sleep, your healing rate is tripled, and withstand the average baseline punches with ease Level 2 = Amazing, Torturers despair of breaking you, your healing rate is quadrupled, and you never seem to get sick. Level 3 = Incredible, You can run a mega marathon (500 K) then party like a rockstar at the victory dance, your healing rate is 5 times a baseline, and your potential lifespan is estimated at 180 years.
Mega-stamina enhancements Adaptability = This enhancement allows you to survive most adverse environmental conditions hostile to baseline. Short periods in space (20 minutes per level of mega-stamina) you can go without food, sleep or other necessities of life for weeks (1 month per level of mega-stamina) Durability = You are tough as nails and can shrug off damage from kinetic attacks (Small arms fire, and cancel 1 level of mega-strength for each level of mega-stamina) Hardbody = This allows you to take hits from energy attacks and heavy weapons ( At mega-stamina 1 you can take a direct hit from a 50 cal, level 2 a 20mm or a level 2 Gamma energy attack) Regeneration = This enhancement allows you to regenerate damage, even lost limbs at level 1 as long as it is your only action basically doubling your healing rate, at level 2 your heal is 4 Xs faster and at level 3 you can heal moderate wounds even in combat your healing rate 8 Xs.
Mega-Perception Level 1 = Stupendous, You remember the license-plates of all the cars that pass by your vision, what everyone was wearing in the bleachers of the ball game and so on. Level 2 = Amazing, With forensics training you’d put any detective to shame Level 3 = Incredible, You are a living lie-detector able to tell who is lying by body language.
Mega-perception enhancements Analytic Taste/Touch = With this enhancement you can taste any food or object and give a description that would put the finest scientific equipment to shame, and your sense of touch allows you to read objects by just running your fingertips across it along with being able to sense on your skin the slightest air current. Blindfighting = You can operate in total darkness as if you had a well lit area the only flaw is you can’t see colors or details. Bloodhound = This is a track by scent as the animal named Electromagnetic Vision = This allows the Gamma to see in the Ultraviolet, Infrared spectrums as well as magnify distant objects (Xs 10 level 1, Xs 100 level 2, Xs 1,000 level 3) High-End Electromagnetic Scan = this allows the Gamma to see through objects of various densities (Perception + Mega Perception lvls Xs 20 meters) Hyperenhanced Hearing = You can hear and transmit sounds too high-pitched to be audible (Dog whistles, radio waves or security devices that use ultrasonics. Sonar, Infra/Ultrasonics, and Radio scan which allows you to pick up radio, tv, and cellular and transmit sound only)
Mega-Intelligence Level 1 = Stupendous, Advanced Calculus is something you do in your sleep Level 2 = Amazing, Geniuses envy you Level 3 = Incredible, A college full of professors is unable to keep up with you
Mega-intelligence enhancements Eidetic memory = You never forget anything (You may have to stop and think about it but you will remember it) Linguistic Genius = Gamma with this talent can carry on a conversation anywhere even if they’ve never heard the local dialect which would require at most an hour for them to pick up. Prodigy = This allows the Gamma to choose an Intellectual profession at which they excel
Mega-Wits Level 1 = Stupendous, Even with bullets whizzing past your head you are cool calm and collected Level 2 = Amazing, You are the life of the party Level 3 = Incredible, Nothing surprises you and even if they do you don’t show it.
Mega-wits enhancements Enhanced initiative = You act first in most situations unless countered by someone with higher initiative Multitasking = You are the man/woman for the job if it needs doing fast and is complicated. Natural Empath = You can tell how someone is feeling Quickness = Similar to enhanced initiative and multitasking this enhancement allows multiple physical actions
Mega-Appearance Level 1 = Stupendous, Miss or Mister America is plain standing next to you. Level 2 = Amazing, A face that can launch a 100 ships Level 3 = Incredible, Okay at least 500 ships
Mega-appearance enhancements Appearance Alteration = this allows the Gamma the ability to make small changes to their appearance so they can take on the local ideal of beauty Awe-Inspiring = The Gamma’s appearance gives rise to awe, admiration or worship Copycat = This enhancement allows the Gamma to take on the outward appearance of others even the opposite gender though only cosmetic. Mr. Nobody = This allows those with Mega-appearance to appear normal and unremarkable
Mega-Manipulation Level 1 = Stupendous, The best baseline Conmen regard your skill with reverence Level 2 = Amazing, Even Lawyer can’t twist facts and persuade people as well as you can. Level 3 = Incredible, Many people would follow you to the ends of the earthe if you asked them to
Mega-manipulation enhancements Persuader = You can talk most baseline into changing their minds or doing what you ask Trickster = Think expert salesman/con man/politician The Voice = Those with this talent can use the sound of their voice to control one person as if hypnotized and also sing so beautifully they can make people feel the emotions they wish them to.
Mega-Charisma Level 1 = Stupendous, Even your enemies find you likeable Level 2 = Amazing, You could emerge from a mud pit and still be considered elegant Level 3 = Incredible, Nothing ruffles your feathers, even the most trying of circumstances can’t affect your charm.
Mega-charisma enhancements Commanding Presence = You are a natural leader and people want to follow your orders Dreadful Mien = With a glance you can cow most Baselines Soothe = When you focus on calming people anyone in range (Charisma + Mega-Charisma x 10 meters) become calm
Background perks Economic status: (This costs costs background points and is under resources)
Backgrounds Allies Close friends, people you can turn to. Attunement Ability to affect the things you carry with your powers. With no Attunement, a character who bursts into flame is going to burn away anything he's wearing at the time. Higher ratings in Attunement allow the character to affect more, up to rating 5 where you can affect another person. Backing This is your standing in some organization, such as the military, or police. higher ratings indicate a great deal of power and respect in that organization. Cipher This is how well hidden you are when you want to be. With this background, you are a difficult person to track down. You leave no paper trail, there are no photographs taken. Investigators come up empty-handed. Contacts For each point in this background you have 1 major contact you can go to for information. In addition, this background also represents a general pool of lesser contacts to who you can reach out. Dormancy Using this trait allows a Gamma to "dorm down", turning all his/her powers off. This makes them more difficult to detect (the rating is used to oppose detection). Eufiber This represents how much of the rare Eufiber you have. Each rating will allow your eufiber costume to store one Quantum Point and act as one level of armor, even though it's only cloth-thin. Followers This represents normal humans who follow the PC for one reason or another. Influence This is the PC's pull and status in society. Levels of this background can make the character a famous (or infamous) movie star, media icon, or a politician. Mentor You have a teacher or guide who can show you the ropes, make connections for you, and in general be anything from a "big brother" or "grand master sensei", depending on the rating you take. Resources This is the PC’s income. If you don't have any points in this background, you are homeless and broke. One point is a basic job and a small apartment. Two makes you comfortable, three affluent, four wealthy, and five amazingly rich.
How does one get Mega-Attributes? Is it simply spending points that go past level 5 on the attributes?
Edit: Also how many points do we get? Is it the same way the core rule book state in which you get your primary, secondary, and tertiary attribute sets?
And sorry for asking so many questions, but do we get the standard 7 points for background stuff?
How does one get Mega-Attributes? Is it simply spending points that go past level 5 on the attributes? All Baseline stats start at 3 each
Edit: Also how many points do we get? Is it the same way the core rule book state in which you get your primary, secondary, and tertiary attribute sets?
I'm using the RP Corebook as a sort of guideline
And sorry for asking so many questions, but do we get the standard 7 points for background stuff?
Name: Candy Wilson Callsign: Huntress Age: 22 between 15 and 35 years old Sex: Female This can be the character’s choosing Physical Description:
Height: 5’ 9”
Weight: 127
Hair color: Brown
Eye color: Brown
Tattoo / Scars: None
Other:
Attributes
Physical Tertiary 3 pts Strength: Dexterity: 2+1=3 cost 3 GP (Enhancements = Catfooted 3 GP pts) Stamina: 1 Mental Primary 7 pts Perception: 3 (Enhancements =Bloodhound 3 GP pts) (Enhancements = Blindfighting 3 GP pts) Intelligence: 2 Wits: 2 (Enhancements = Enhanced Initiative lvl 1 3 GP pts) Social Secondary 5 pts Appearance: 3 Manipulation: Charisma: 2
15 total GP spent in Mega-Attributes and Enhancements
Gama PowerI reserve the right to limit powers in lvl or to NPC only or raise the cost but never worry I see it as only a last resort Intangibility= lvl 3 costs 9 GP Teleport= lvl 2 costs 6 GP
Background perks Economic status: (This costs costs background points and is under resources) lvl 3 cost 3 background points Attunement lvl 4 cost 4 background points
