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~Teen Titans~ LET'S GO!

Sorry about the delay in me posting. I got up a new post for both Pulse and Robin.

~Teen Titans~ LET'S GO!

Lio smiled slightly at Alrick’s mention of looking out for Fred Flintstone. While he was trying to take the whole temporal anomaly seriously, it was seeming more and more like that it was possibly a quantum hiccup, temporal energy just spewing out into real time a little bit. That or Booster Gold was hopping between eras again.

As Alrick and is apparent cousin headed for the basement, Lio tried scanning again with his pseudo-ring, looking for any latent tachyons. However, at this point most of the energy was gone, flowing back into the quantum realm. In all likelihood this event had been small, perhaps a single person or smaller. It gave credence to Lio’s thought that it was a cosmic hiccup. The only thing that still bugged him was its proximity to Titans Tower. But then again the universe was made up of coincidences.

But Lio was snapped out of his musings by Starfire stating that Robin might be looking into said temporal event. Only for Robin to appear, grabbing the Grazer fellow and bringing him to the elevator. Lio felt a little shafted, but he then figured that Robin had planned his meeting with Grazer a long time in advance. All Lio had done was show up at the Titans front door and asking if they knew anything about the temporal event.

Sighing, before turning to Starfire, Lio said, “Actually, I will grab a snack. Cyborg had shown me last week where Beast Boy keeps his stash.”

Walking to the pantry, Lio pushed away several bottles of sauce, cans of beans, and various other preserves, until he pulled out what he was looking for. The young scientist left the pantry with a big bag of extra spicy Takis, one of his favorite junk foods. Unlike Beast Boy, Lio wouldn’t gorge on them, instead pouring them into a bowl before taking a seat at the counter.

After munching on several handfuls of the spicy snack, Lio’s Titans communicator went off. It was a request for backup, one that ended in static. While Lio didn’t recognize the voice, he assumed it was another Titan. It reminded him that he was the new guy, feeling less bad about Starfire not remembering him, as he didn’t remember this Titans.

Placing his bowl of Takis on the counter, Lio went over the coordinates again in his mind. His pseudo-ring being connected to his mind, Lio accessed the Towers Wi-Fi, searching up the coordinates and pulling up all relevant maps.

Lio then turned back to Starfire, only to see that she had left the immediate kitchen area. Before he could call out to his fellow Titan, the Tower’s speaker system came on, Robin announcing a team gathering in the main meeting room. While Lio was still learning every room of the Tower, he did at least know where the meeting room was. It wasn’t too long ago that he had been sitting in there with Robin and Green Lantern, planning out how exactly he would operate as a probationary member.

So Lio retraced his steps, taking the elevator up several floors. As the doors to the elevator opened, revealing the sprawling meeting room, Lio immediately addressed Robin.

“What’s the situation boss?”

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Dick was suspicious of the story of the girl being Alrick’s cousin from Seattle, has he had been taught never to take things at face value. But Alrick was a Titan, and as such he trusted him. Dick then acknowledged Starfire’s request to meet with him after talking to Grazer.

And speaking of Grazer, Dick could tell that he was a direct kind of person as soon as he spoke about wanting the interview right away. While most people would jump at the chance to explore the legendary Titans Tower, Grazer was straight to business. It reminded Dick of another serious hero he knew, one who wore a cape and cowl.

“If you’ll follow me then,” said Dick, “We’re going to our main meeting room.”

Dick then led the gun clad hero away from the kitchen and to the elevator. From there they traveled up three floors, the elevator doors opening to reveal a large room with a circular table and several monitors on the wall. Dick motioned for Grazer to take a seat at the nearest chair, before walking around to the other side, positioning himself directly across from Grazer.

Dick would then hit a few keys on a keyboard, causing the wall mounted screens to turn on. Images of Grazer appeared on each screen, ranging from blurry shots of him in alleyways, to standing over beaten up criminals. Dick led the images rotate for a few seconds, revealing more and more footage of Grazer.

“As you can see, we’ve had our eyes on you,” stated Dick, “However, I can assure you that this wasn’t malicious. We were just interested in getting to know you. Whenever a new hero pops up in Jump City, it immediately triggers my interest. As such I’ve paid attention to your career. Your crime fighting prowess is impressive, and as such I think you’re ready for the big leagues. That is to say, would you be interested in joining the Titans?”

Dick let his words remain in the air for a while, giving Grazer a chance to digest the offer. Truthfully, Dick was unsure if Grazer even wanted to join the Titans. From the research he had done, Dick found Grazer to be a bit of a loner, perhaps unsuitable for teamwork. Yet Dick saw potential in him and felt he had no other option but to offer him a spot on the team.

However, before an answer could be said, Dick’s communicator went off, the familiar voice of Ghost coming through. Apparently he had discovered something and required back-up, only for his communicator to go off-line. This immediately triggered Dick, who had to subdue his urge to rush out of the room and to the rescue.

But he remembered that Grazer was still with him. But in Dick’s mind this presented a great opportunity to see how Grazer worked with a team, if he truly was Titans material.

“I suppose you heard all of that,” said Dick, “And I do need to respond to it. But I’m wondering if you would come along? Sort of an unofficial first Titans mission, a means for me to evaluate you. So, you coming?”

While Dick waited for a response, he pulled up the coordinates Ghost had provided on his computer. With a location in mind, Dick turned on the Tower’s speaker system.

“All Titans, report to the main meeting room. We have a situation going on involving Ghost,” boomed Dick’s voice over the speaker system.

Star Wars: The Fires of Hope - TTRPG using Fate Core

@Mistress Dizzy
Glad to have you. Are you still interested in playing a Nautolan doctor?

@rocketrobie2
Luckily Fate isn’t hard to learn. Also a Droid character would be acceptable, just noting that some game play mechanics will be different for you, like getting healed by a mechanics roll as you’re a machine.

Also it would be awesome for you and rush to work together. That would allow you guys to have a bond aspect before the game starts, if you so choose.

@rush99999
Yes they are. So the way I’m imagining it, you can either have one or two items, a companion, or an item and a companion. However if you decide not to use either the stunts or the skills, I will house rule it that you can trade it in for another point of refresh. This will make it so that you can have a very diverse character, using all of the extras, or a more powerful character that is more limited in scope.

Also, here’s the example character sheet I mentioned.

Example Character

BASIC

Name: Jib Phean
Refresh: 3
(Notes: The default refresh is three. It can be higher by one if you choose not to use all your extras budget. This affects the minimum fate points that you start a session with. Can also be spent at milestones to gain a new stunt.)
Current FP: 3
(Notes: Fate points are used to invoke aspects. Doing so allows you to get either a +2 to a roll or do a complete re-roll. Multiple invokes can be used for a single role, but a single aspect can only be invoked once per roll.)

ASPECTS

High Concept: Gran Ex-Pro Podracer
(Notes: The high concept must include your species and a few words establishing a basic character type.)
Trouble: I owe the Hutts so many Credits
(Notes: Due to a lifetime of gambling, Jib owes a substantial amount of Credits to a Hutt crime lord. This is a trouble that works as it can come up as a recurring thing, with the threat of the Hutts always looming and can be invoked for when Jib can’t stop himself from gambling.)
Origin: I just need to go fast
(Notes: Growing up on Malastare, Jib always loved podracers. From a young age he piloted them, quickly rising in the ranks. Jib then became something of a celebrity in the podracing scene.)
Spark of Rebellion: They banned my sport!
(Notes: Wishing to crack down on the black market, the Empire banned podracing as it fueled organized crime. Jib had his podracer impounded by Imperial Forces, and the podracer league shut down. Now with nothing else to live for and a hatred for the Empire, Jib decided to fight back.)
Bond: Nos Tuu always has what I need
(Notes: Another example character is Nos Tuu, a smuggler. Back when Jib was still a podracer, he knew Nos Tuu, who would always smuggle him goods, mostly paid for with gambling wins. Now that they’re both in the rebellion, Jib relies on Nos Tuu to help him out.)

SKILLS

Superb +5:
Great +4: Transport
Good +3: Mechanics, Deception
Fair +2: Blast, Will, Notice
Average +1: Athletics, Vigor, Lore, Investigation
Basic +0: Everything Else
(Notes: This is the array of skills you start with. You can increase skills as you play, but it takes a long time to do so. Also when increasing skill levels, it must maintain a pyramid shape, meaning that the skill rank below another must have equal or more skills in it.)

EXTRAS

DRN-71
Aspects: Customized, Loyal Pit Droid
Skills: +4 Mechanics, +2 Transport
Stunts: Built in Toolkit: You may declare that you have the right tool for a repair. When you do an overcome roll using said tool, if you succeed with style, you can add a bonus boost.
(Notes: This is a basic example of a companion. He uses one aspect, one stunt, and all six skill points. Also I’m capping a companion’s skill rating a +4, same as a starting character.)

Podracer Toolkit
Aspects: High Quality Corellian made Toolkit
Stunts: Just About Every Tool I could ever need: Once per scene, you make declare that you have the right tool for a repair. Gain +2 to a Mechanics to Overcome a repair.
(Notes: This is an example special item. It uses one aspect and one stunt.)

STUNTS

Focus: Gain a +2 Bonus to Will roles to create an advantage on yourself.
(Notes: This is a stunt listed in the Star Wars hack. Using pre-made stunts is definitely fine, especially if you are new to Fate.)

Customization Expert: You may use Transport instead of Mechanics to Create an Advantage of customizing a vehicle.
(Notes: This is a simple, use a skill for another skill role stunt. They’re a good way of sharpening your character’s focus.)

Dangerous Driving: If in a vehicle, you may roll Transport to make an attack roll on another vehicle.
(Notes: Another skill for a skill stunt. This one fits thematically as Jib was a dangerous driver back when he piloted podracers.)

STRESS

Physical: (1) (2) (3)
[Notes: Jib gets a bonus stress box for having a +1 in Vigor, the equivalent skill of Physique in the core book.]
Mental: (1) (2) (3)
(Notes: Jib also gets a bonus stress box for having a +2 in Will.)

CONSEQUENCES

2:
4:
6:
(Notes: Unlike stress boxes, consequences aren’t separated by physical and mental.)

If anyone has any more questions about character creation, please let me know.

Teen Titans: Sidekicks Unite

@CaptainManbeard
Glad you like my ideas! With the mention of Superman being thought dead in Steel’s backstory, I was purposely keeping in vague as I assumed the whole Death of Superman story didn’t happen in this continuity. But I do like the story idea you came up with.

As for who I’m deciding on playing, as long as we are allowed more than one character, I would probably go with the Ray and Steel. They’re both characters I’ve never played before, and I think that they’re obscure enough that no other player would want to play them, as I’ve seen people play Static and Speedy before.

But yeah I’m really interested in this and will start looking for face claims for Steel and the Ray.

D-Day: Lost World

@Kuro
Thanks for letting me know. Real life definitely takes precedence. Hopefully I’ll get to RP with you another time.

Looking to try out 1x1 - Many plots within

Bumping the thread.

Star Wars: The Fires of Hope - TTRPG using Fate Core

@rush99999
Yeah, sorry about not being clear. I may have been adding things from the Fate System Toolkit book, as its been awhile since I read it or the core rules and thus forget what is specifically in each book. Anyways I was planning to change up how a player creates their starting aspects. Basically I’m keeping the High Concept and Trouble as is, but I’m changing up the other three aspects to be origin, spark of rebellion, and bonds.

As for how extras work, the two aspects mentioned there are for creating a special item or companion that is separate from your character. For example, if you were playing Luke Skywalker, you could make an extra R2-D2. For R2 his aspects would be something like Reliable Astromech and Treasured Friend.

Hopefully that clears up some confusion. I’m planning to write up an example character sheet to show what it looks like. Expect that in a day or two.

@rocketrobie2
We definitely still have room. Glad to see another person interested in this. I’m wondering if you have any character concept in mind? Also if you’re not familiar with Fate Core, please view the resources listed in the opening post.

Teen Titans: Sidekicks Unite

@CaptainManbeard
So I find the lore for this really interesting, being a take on DC I haven’t seen before. As such I would love to participate, already having several character ideas in my head.

Character Ideas

• Virgil Hawkins aka Static, sidekick to Black Lightning. Rather than using his Young Justice origin, I would be going with his classic origin of being gassed with an unknown chemical while avoiding a gang shootout. Initially operating alone out of Dakota City, the Justice League would insist on him being trained properly, being assigned to Black Lightning because of their similar powers. Static would be 17, having served as a hero for about a year.
• Roy Harper aka Speedy (or Arsenal, I haven’t decided yet), sidekick to Green Arrow. This is a character I’ve played before but also having an interest in trying again. Roy would’ve been an archery expert, the best in the country for his age group, when he decided to force himself into being Green Arrow’s sidekick. However years of fighting crime caused Roy to spiral, experimenting with drugs and getting the teenage assassin Cheshire pregnant. Green Arrow is just about done with Roy’s crap, giving him one more chance. Roy would be 18, having been a hero for a few years and expecting his daughter’s birth within the month.
• Raymond Terrill aka the Ray, sidekick to this father, the Golden Age Ray. Born the surprise son of an elderly man, Raymond would be told that he cannot be exposed to direct sunlight or he would die. So he lived sequestered in his home. That was until the super-villains known as the Fourth Reich attacked the Terrill family home. They were targeting former members of the Justice Society, revealing that Raymond’s father Langford was in fact the Ray. The younger Terrill would then be exposed to light, activating his meta-gene, allowing him to shoot bursts of light at the Neo-Nazis. After fighting them off, Terrill senior would come clean, about his past as the Ray and that he was trying to protect his son, by making him not know he has powers. While mad about this, Raymond Terrill would forgive it as long as his father trained him to become the next Ray. Raymond is about 16 currently and has a very little experience as a hero.
• Natasha Irons aka Steel, sidekick to her uncle, the original Steel. Natasha is the niece of John Henry Irons, an inventor who took up the mantle of Steel during a brief period in which Superman was thought dead. Upon Superman’s return, Steel was ready to retire only for him to be approached about joining the Justice League. Natasha was aware of her uncle’s secret identity, and wanted to be just like him. So she ended up building her own power armor and went to fight crime. However, this wouldn’t go well as she needed to be rescued by her uncle. Seeing the determination in Natasha’s eyes, John Henry would take her under his wing, preparing her to be a hero. Natasha is 17 and has been working with her uncle as a second Steel for about a year now.

Let me know if any of those don’t make sense or won’t fit the setting. I would also love to hear from other people about which of the four characters is the most interesting or you would like to interact with.

Jo's Search for an RP Partner

@Jo March
Great to see that you’re interested! I’m going to PM you so that we can continue fleshing out the story.

Star Wars: The Fires of Hope - TTRPG using Fate Core

@rush99999
Yes, I couldn’t help myself. I really want to run this game.

@Abashi76
So I actually forgot to add a line about the initial role of the player characters, which I’m going to edit the first post to add. Anyways, your characters will be people who have a reason to hate the Empire and are thus trying to join the Rebellion. Prior to the start of the RP, they’ve made some kind of contact with a Rebel recruiter who is going to meet them in person on the planet Pythis. Character concept wise I’m pretty open, though I’m hesitant to include Jedi. However, other Force using traditions could be a better fit, whether that be some kind of mystic, or even something like a Witch of Dathomir. Also I’m pretty open on player species, allowing custom creations, as long as they fit in the Galactic Civil War era and aren’t too overpowered. Hopefully that clears that up for you. Also you would be creating original characters, but all you really need to write up is their Fate Core character sheet, which can be found at the end of the PDF rulebook linked above. Let me know if you have any other questions.