IHA Character Creation Thread

The character has the ability to accurately and vividly recall anything they have previously encountered with their senses in a seemingly unlimited volume. The character can use Notice to make an Investigation check in regards to something they previously experienced. The normal amount of time to Investigate is still required but they do not have to actively be present at the location they are investigating as they are pulling it from memory.

The character's senses operate at a profound level of focus, allowing them to casually and sometimes unconsciously pick up up on details that, others might never have noticed. With this stunt, the character faces no increased difficulties due to a physical detail being to subtle or simply difficult to perceive. The character still must take time to analyze what they perceived. However, if they have Eidectic Memory they can do this at a later time.

High concept: Big dumb muscle of the Kaze Noir mercenary company
Trouble: Things are more beautiful when they're on fire

Power:
Super intelligence
Master Super intelligence x3
Precognition
Visions

Drawback: Power is a separate entity with goals not necessarily aligned with mine

Collateral damage effect: expected backup

Skills:
+4: Shoot
+3: Will, Notice
+2: provoke, deceive, drive
+1: fight, burglary, empathy, investigate

Power notes:
Power works like an instantly queriable super computer in X's head, giving answers to questions at the speed of thought. The power can only access information X has, though it's able to make connections X wouldn't have thought of. It can't lie, but it can give answers that encourage a particular course of action that advances its own goals. It can't respond unless queried and has absolutely no control over the body, so it ought to be motivated to at least play along with X's desires, because it can't accomplish anything at all if X stops using the power because she doesn't trust it

The character's power is not always active; instead, they need to take a moment before battle to change forms. Further this form has a particularly disturbing aesthetic as the character appears to be a Wraith/Dementor/DarkGhost causing the character to simply seem "wrong" to everyone around them on a subtle (or not so subtle), psychological level as such the character's presence while in this form is unnerving. Converting to this ghostly form requires an action, but while one is not in their wraith-form it is impossible for anyone or anything to detect that they have a power at all.

Enhancements
Flight: In addition to the standard wraith-form, the character can use their ability to fly since walking can be rather problematic at times. If this is taken the character can only fly as they have no real legs and they use Will instead of Athletics to overcome obstacles or create advantages related to flying. Like normal flight the movement can be improved upon if desired by taking further enhancements (e.g. Master Flight or Supersonic Flight -- page 36). However, this movement requires mental effort on the part of the character, as such the character does not get the free zone move that comes normally with unrestricted movement.
Ghost Sight: Ghost do not have physical senses but they still sense their environments however their environments become as intangible as they are allowing them to sense through solid objects as if they were just shadows. A side effect to this is there is no color everything is always in shades of gray.
Horrifying to Behold: Something about your appearance is so unsettling that it actually hurts people to get close to you. Anyone who attacks you using Fight takes a mild mental consequence if they do not already have one.
Obvious Target: You do not need to work hard to get someone to want you dead. You gain +2 to Provoke when attempting to make a target attack or follow you.
Skin Ride: As a ghost you can actually step inside a creature and hop a ride. If the character's form touches that of the creature the character can make a Contested Will check and if successful they step inside the creature. While riding the character passively uses the creatures senses to perceive the world. However when skin-riding any harm caused to the host also gets directed at the rider. If the rider does not defend they they are simply immediately ejected from the host. However if the rider chooses to Defend and subsequently takes Stress or Consequences this also will cause them to be immediately ejected from the creature they are riding.
Back Seat Driver: (Requires: Skin Ride) While skin riding the character and exert their Will making a contested check to cause their ride to do something or go somewhere of the riders choice. However, the ride will not do anything that would obviously cause them harm. This is a limited form of Influence (page 42).
Possession: (Requires: Back Seat Driver) The character makes a contested Will check and if successful they can completely take over the creature they are riding, subsuming the creatures persona and pushing it into hibernating or unconscious state.

Common Power Synergies
Harm: The corruption in you can suck the life force from others with but a little contact (page 39).
Phasing: When in wraith-form, the character becomes intangible and can use their normal movement Skill to move through walls and other physical barriers. Further their Intangible rating acts a bonus modifier to overcome obstacles one is passing through but it also works as a threshold that must be overcome to physical interact with objects.
Regeneration: The character is basically just a life force and as such they can use the life force of others to replenish their own (page 55).
Super Toughness: When in wraith-form, the character becomes intangible which acts like a form of armor in that physical things just simply pass harmlessly through them (page 65).

Drawbacks
• No explanation needed for this one: Noticeably Corrupted.
• Aura of Corruption: Animals and folk particular sensitive are attuned to the vibes that emanate from the character even when not in Wraith-Form and they will react accordingly (e.g. Dogs bark, animals shy away dramatically, folks just dislike them for unknown reasons, etc...). Thus the character gives off: Bad Vibes.
• The character cannot affect the physical world—thus they cannot physically interact with or be physically interacted with, however, they can still be harmed via physical means. Basically this mean the cannot pick up physical objects, open doors, etc... but conversely they cannot be physically held either. Thus the character is considered: Out of Touch
• The corrupted form does not just dislike direct Sunlight; the character becomes Weakened by direct Sunlight and may take physical damage from prolonged exposure to it. Thus the character has: Sunsentivity.
• The wraith-form is so powerful that one cannot dive into it instantly; the character suffers from: Extended Transformation Sequence.
• The character's normal and super selves are not the same person—they have distinct minds and personalities that happen to share a body. They do not hate one another, but they are still: Often Arguing with Themselves.

Collateral Damage Effects
Harm: If the character does not mind killing a lot of people, they can use their corruption to suck the life force from everything in their zone. This immediately kills any nameless NPCs, while named NPCs and PCs must make a Physique roll against a Fair (+2) difficulty to avoid taking a moderate physical consequence (typically the Shivers). (Venture City Stories page 9)

Wraith-Form: The character is intangible appearing to be a black ghostly mass which everything finds to be rather unsettling or unnerving. Further being intangible means they are not easily affected by purely physical damage and that they see the world threw the lens of intangibility causing everything to appear in shades of gray and solid matter to appear like shadows (aka light to heavy fog). They move by sheer force of Will and can move through solid matter almost as easily as they move through air. Also if they contact a creature they may attempt to skin ride (step inside the creature). However the character must take an action to assume this form as it is not their natural state.

Power Breakdown
...• Intangible (Super Toughness)
...• Wraith-Form (Power Theme)
.......• Ghost Sight (Enhancement)
.......• Flight (Enhancement)
.......• Skin Ride (Enhancement)
.....• Phasing (Synergy)

Special Effects: Extra Movement, Physical Recovery
Drawback: (Out of Touch)
Collateral Damage Effect: If the character does not mind killing a lot of people, they can use their corruption to suck the life force from everything in their zone. This immediately kills any nameless NPCs, while named NPCs and PCs must make a Physique roll against a Fair (+2) difficulty to avoid taking a moderate physical consequence (typically the Shivers).

Costs: 5 Stunts
Skills: 2 Stunts
Stunts Left: 0
Refresh Left: 2

So your powers and numbers as written should look more like this:
...• Wraith-Form (Power Theme)
......• Intangible (Super Toughness)
......• Ghost Sight (Enhancement)
......• Flight (Enhancement)
......• Skin Ride (Enhancement)
......• Phasing (Synergy)

Everything is under the Super Form because you can't access your powers while not in Super Form, and that is part of the setting...you only get one Quirk. And Super Form effectively gives you a secret identity. When not transformed you are Bruce Banner, just another face in the crowd. Once you assume your Super Form all that power becomes available and you "Hulk Out"

Costs: 6 Stunts Each dot above counts as a stunt.
Skills: 2 Stunts These are the Eidetic Memory and Detailed Sensory Awareness stunts...correct? If yes, still approved.
Stunts Left: 0
Refresh Left: 1 As written you used all 6 of the Stunts granted to you for powers, and then 2 of the 3 Refresh for EM and DSA.

Your Special Effects and Collateral Damage are right out of the book so that's fine.

I think your Drawback is good to, but let's just make sure we are on the same page. Out of Touch (great title) makes me think this is part of your Phasing and the emotional detachment your character suffers while your powers are active. That is great in my opinion. So while the Super Form is active I can impose Out of Touch when you try to interact with physical objects or emotionally connect with people. This will mostly come up when you're under pressure and in key scenes, but you can role-play it as you see fit.

How does all that sound? The only thing 'wrong' was your stunt count. If you want to change something still you can. We are negotiating here. Being new to the system you seem to be getting it pretty well. It would be easier if we were talking face-to-face in real time, but your doing just fine with our limitations.

The character has the ability to anticipate all physical attacks and react to them such that the attack either completely misses them or does not land as solidly as it would have normally. The character gains Armor:2 against any purely physical damage to reflect this uncanny ability.

Power Theme : Super Martial Artist

Enhancement: Combat Precog (page 54) The character's mind can see attacks before they are even launched, thus letting them use Notice to defend against all physical attacks. Also during a conflict the character always acts before anyone who does not have some kind of precognitive ability.

Enhancement: Master Combat Precog -- (requires: Combat Precog) The character gains a +2 to Notice when defending against physical attacks.

Synergy: Pressure Points (Harm)(page 39)

Drawback: Too Many Possibilities Can Hurt (Mental Strain)

The character has the ability to anticipate all physical attacks and react to them such that the attack either completely misses them or does not land as solidly as it would have normally. The character gains Armor:2 against any purely physical damage to reflect this uncanny ability.

Power Theme : Super Martial Artist

1 - Enhancement: Combat Precog (page 54) The character's mind can see attacks before they are even launched, thus letting them use Notice to defend against all physical attacks. Also during a conflict the character always acts before anyone who does not have some kind of precognitive ability.
1 - Enhancement: Master Combat Precog -- (requires: Combat Precog) The character gains a +2 to Notice when defending against physical attacks.
1 - Synergy: Necrotic Touch (Harm)(page 39) I could make it a psychic knife...
1 - Enhancement: Piercing Damage: Your ability ignores the target’s Armor rating. Additionally, you do not have to maintain skin contact for your power to work; you can cause harm through multiple layers of clothing.
1 - Ravage: Instead of decaying flesh, you can use your ability to weaken metal. Every metallic object in the scene—including handcuffs, deadbolts, and weapons—either falls apart or becomes so fragile that a single hit will shatter it.
1 - Synergy: Basic Super Toughness: You gain Armor:2 against any purely physical damage.
Drawback: Can’t Turn it Off - Despite your best attempts to keep it in check, your power is always active in small ways: pencils rot in your hand, and food spoils when you touch it.
Drawback: Too Many Possibilities Can Hurt (Mental Strain)

Trustworthy Face: Something about Lotte just exudes the kind of aura that people feel comfortable around. (Perhaps not so double-edged, but lemme know).
Night Owl:As her job(s) took place largely in the depths of night, Lotte is no stranger to the late shift or the dark, for that matter. She's really not a morning person, however.
Metropolitan: Lotte's a city girl, at home in the sprawling streets and ever-present bustle. She can navigate easily, find the best spots to find particular people, but she isn't a fan of the 'tranquility' of nature.

Energy absorption - You have some options for fluff here but I would suggest it be purely kinetic energy. You absorb hits from punches, bullets, baseball bats, the ground approaching really fast (might be a fun way to charge quickly!), and become all around stronger. But stuff like fire, or electricity, would be too hard to absorb effectively. Or else, you could be purely electricity, or pure fire, or energy as defined in the book. Up to you. But when I picture the character I picture him or her shrugging off punches and jumping off buildings to hero pose and super charge.

-- Capacitance x 3 - Petition to be able to take this multiple times, to store up more energy. It doesn't seem like this would be unbalancing, and fits the flavor of a character who stores up energy to unleash it as a big attack later
-- Master energy absorption
-- Super toughness

Special effects (Pick two):
Physical recovery: You're extra resilient to physical damage
Area attack: Discharge your energy in a big burst all around you
Forced movement: You punch and they go flying
Extra action: Maybe having extra energy lets you move a bit faster too

Drawback: Must be Discharged Violently: The stored energy needs to be released in bursts, it can't be trickled away slowly. If lots of energy is stored up, discharging it could be destructive to whatever you target; picture smashing a car, putting cracks in the ground, destabilizing your house. Keeping energy stored for longer than a scene is dangerous; if you don't discharge it into something you don't care about, it may discharge itself into something you do. For the most part you try to discharge it into things that can take it... sometimes you're wrong

Collateral damage effect:
Bulletproof: You can, at will, shrug off any amount of physical stress from a single source—bullets simply bounce off your chest, uselessly. However, the damage is reflected into your environment; bullets gotta go somewhere, after all. You have a limited ability to alter the trajectory of incoming attacks, rather than just absorb them, but not enough control to send it exactly where you want


As far as what the power does, my treatment was just to make it so when you're charged, you don't exactly gain supernatural powers, you just do ordinary things much better. When charged, you can move really quickly, punch really hard, jump really high, or lift heavier things, but you don't get the ability to shoot lasers or anything (take the energy blast power if you want to change that). How it plays in practice is you get attacked, use energy absorption+capacitance, and then when you make a skill roll like fight against the enemy, you can use your boost to hit them back harder. Keep getting hit and you'll keep charging your capacitance boosts. The more you get hit in a round, the more punishment you'll be able to dish out on your turn

High Concept Aspect : Outcast Nerdy Football Player
As a fairly good linebacker he is viewed by the nerds as a jock, but being more interested in books and grades than cars and such he is considered a nerd by jocks. Not able to fit in with the socialites there was just no place that he seemed to fit within the world he lived.

Trouble Aspect : Who am I, What am I
Obsessive puzzler solver there is a deep internal question, one that he carried with him form the other world -- Who am I -- which has been compounded by what he now can do that makes him ask -- What am I

Aspect: Obsessive Puzzle Solver
Solving puzzles had become a means of dealing with being an outcast. Intensely occupy the mind and you do not have time to think about your social issues. This of course seems to have almost taken on a life of its own in this new world.

Aspect: Pulp Hero Idealist
Besides puzzle he loved reading pulp fiction and comic books -- stories of heroes who were always trying to make the world a better place to live. Sure sometimes their methods were not always understood by the common folk but is part of what set them apart form them and above them maybe. Sherlock Holmes, Doc Savage, the Shadow, Batman, and many others were individuals he dreamed of being.

Aspect: Competitive Strategy Gamer
These are just a different kind of puzzle. A puzzle with many more elements that could dynamically change on the fly. Further one was often pitted against others making the experience more exciting and the solving that much more satisfying.