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Oct 12, 2021 6:03 am
That's a really handy guide! I'd forgotten about the various Mega Attribute splat books... primarily because they're a bit OP and unsettling.

Sanctum might be a good fit for Terrapin's "Murder Mountain" lair. I might have to shuffle some background points around for that one!
Oct 12, 2021 8:32 am
BedzoneII says:


FYI everyone, the key supplements for each of the three big archetypes of superhero characters are The New Flesh, Brainwaves, and Forceful Personalities. But be forewarned this goes down the rabbithole of increasing complexity as splat books often do, and the has the potential to make game-breaking combos. Still, it's an enjoyable read.
I did mention the splatbooks, go ahead if y'all want further reading.
Oct 12, 2021 10:39 am
PhoenixScientist says:
I think my enemy should be Gloam, or maybe a rival that blames me for something. Also should I take contacts?
I was wondering wouldn't Gloam, or even possibly Caroline Withers be a contact, rather than an enemy? After all Comet was just doing his job.

If anything, Warp (or his associates) might be the enemy instead, possibly because Comet 'stole' some of his powers? There's a sub-plot here somewhere ...
Oct 13, 2021 9:06 pm
Alright. I took contacts 2, one of the main ones I think should be Gloam/Mrs. Caroline Withers, who personally is more well connected than 2 points of contacts would buy. But it more represents how far she would go to help Jack Neon.
The other connection I have no idea yet.

Though Warp is dead, I like the idea of someone looking for revenge being my enemy?

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After that. I think I'm ready?
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Oct 13, 2021 9:12 pm
I just have a bit of detail clean-up to do before I slog into translating Terrapin into Gnome's formatted sheet. Beyond that, I think I'm good to go as well.
Oct 14, 2021 9:13 am
Looking forward to that witchdoctor.

For annex, gnome and phoenix, I've accepted your characters already.

Phoenix, leave it to me ;) , lemme set up an enemy connected to Warp in some way, using your revenge idea.
Oct 14, 2021 12:37 pm
Which origin should I go with: erupting while performing in public or erupting in private while being attacked by obsessed fan?
Oct 14, 2021 1:08 pm
I love the eruption on stage! If you're equally open to both, let's go with that!
Oct 14, 2021 2:10 pm
Let's go with both! He erupted on stage and was later attacked by an obsessed Nova fan. What about the 'experimented on by the Evil Four' part? I can forgo the obsessed fan for Reed Richards: Vivisector.
Oct 14, 2021 7:14 pm
BedzoneII, does the Mr. Nobody enhancement compensate for my aberrations, such as Sheer Hideousness? I don’t have any aberrations that make me overtly inhuman, but I was still wondering.
Oct 14, 2021 8:46 pm
Just wondering. How do we know eachother? Anyone possibly run with, or into, organised crime.
I could see a few options. Larnyx may have played at locations Jack Neon worked. Or maybe needed a safehouse and Jack did the setup?
That works for anyone actually, I could see all of you needing to find a secure place out of the way of the law.
I see a security for Gloam/Mrs. C. Withers doing whatever she needed at the moment, so he certanly could have come across any of you while he was in employ of theLavender Throne.
Oct 14, 2021 9:06 pm
I think we might all have need of a safe house, too. Seems like the easiest way to get the band together. Let's go with Larynx having sung for the nefarious types, so he's known to Comet and vice versa.
Oct 15, 2021 12:53 am
I could shuffle around a few points and take Sanctum and we could work out of Terrapin's 'Murder Mountain' abandoned amusement park.
Oct 15, 2021 1:01 am
I thought you'd never ask. :P
Oct 15, 2021 2:03 am
Gnome_Chomsky says:
BedzoneII, does the Mr. Nobody enhancement compensate for my aberrations, such as Sheer Hideousness? I don’t have any aberrations that make me overtly inhuman, but I was still wondering.
Let's treat Sheer Hideousness as the equivalent of Unearthly Beauty, which Mr Nobody can cover up.

Your Mega-Appearance is high enough for Mr Nobody to mask 5 Taint. This means your Taint and its accompanying aberrations will still peek through, but it's not as bad as when the Nobody mask drops. In fact, you'll have to use a quantum point constantly to keep up the Mr Nobody, otherwise everyone's gonna feel that 4 dot Mega-Ugliness and 8 Taint in a sanity-crushing way, all the time. (It's a bit like the problem Jomsviking's permanent QBolt suffers from).

Consider shifting some points into Dormancy? You'll need it to 'power down' the Mega-Ugliness so that you can have a regular life.


Btw, you should still get your 1 freebie dot in Appearance anyway at chargen, so go ahead and put that in.
Oct 15, 2021 2:08 am
I'm ok with the common safehouse idea, but if so, I'd like everyone who wants to use the safehouse from the very beginning to put in (at least) 1 dot in Sanctum. Borrowing an idea from other WOD games, if you do, then I'll treat the Sanctum rating as a total of all the dots invested.

Alternatively, only Terrapin has the Sanctum, but in the course of play y'all get invited to hang out at Murder Mountain.

Regarding whether your PCs know each other, I'll be starting everyone off in solo threads first, to work out any kinks, and then merge threads based on how you know each other. Or if some of you are complete strangers, then there'll be a plot moment for you to encounter each other.
Oct 15, 2021 2:14 am
BedzoneII says:
Btw, you should still get your 1 freebie dot in Appearance anyway at chargen, so go ahead and put that in.
Sheer Hideousness causes my Appearance to drop to zero (which I think is actually really funny).

Is there anything special that we should do for equipment?
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Oct 15, 2021 2:57 am
'Murder Mountain' park is part of my backstory so I'll drop the points on it. We'll just maneuver everyone to operate from there if that's what they want.
Honestly, just having someone sanity-rendingly ugly running around in a black cloak on the park grounds would be enough to get The Horror an invite. Now all he needs is a creepy, yet goofy, laugh and chase meddling kids around the park...
https://i.imgur.com/Ngewep4.gif
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Oct 15, 2021 3:01 am
I'm not able to drop any points.... for now
Oct 15, 2021 3:18 am
Gnome_Chomsky says:
BedzoneII says:
Btw, you should still get your 1 freebie dot in Appearance anyway at chargen, so go ahead and put that in.
Sheer Hideousness causes my Appearance to drop to zero (which I think is actually really funny).

Is there anything special that we should do for equipment?
Lol I missed that, probably because I'm thinking of the splatbook rules (see next post). Yes I think it's awesome too.

Don't think we need anything by way of equipment, unless your character is built around a Batman-style build. Let's treat your Resources dots as a means to explain your possible access to both quantity as well as tech-levels of equipment. Not likely to role-play needing to go to a gun shop to buy weapons, unless you're the Punisher.
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