Cosmic One Shot design thread (Star Blade posted 12/1/10)

[urbwar]

Since I don't have any art yet, I'm starting this thread to post initial designs for the characters for the one shot I'll be running in January. These designs are just a start; depending on feedback and such, I may modify them. Once I get finished characters, I'll likely post them to my regular build thread.

To start off with, here is a character heavily inspired by DC Comics Captain Comet. I present to you: Major Meteor!

Background:
Jason Stewart's parents were exposed to radiation from a meteor that had fallen to Earth. Thus, he was born with incredible mental abilities. Using these abilities, he became Major Meteor, and fought crime during the 1950's. As the cold war dragged on, and the McCarrthy hearings targeted anyone suspected of being a communist, Jason left Earth, and headed into the stars. There, his powers grew, and he became a champion to many alien races.

Major Meteor
B:3
A:3
M:5

Advantages: Celebrity
Disadvantages: Outsider
Skills: Athletics (Acrobatics), Commerce (Beaucracy), Computers (Hacking), Humanities (Foreign Cultures), Military (Command), Pilot (Control), Stealth (Shadowing)

Powers:
Mental Powers Multipower (12 pts)
Telekinesis 5 (Enhancement: Annihilation)
Telepathy 3
Mind Shield 3

Flight 5 (Enhancement: Space) (6 pts)
Force Field 3 (3 pts)
Immunity 4 (Cold, Radiation, Suffocation, Starvation) (4 pts)
Omni-Linguist (2 pts)
Omni Reader (1 pt)
Cosmic Thought 5 (5 pts)
Omnipotence 10 (10 pts)

Stats 16 + Powers 43 = 59 total

(Note: I need a good Mental Malfunction for him)

[BASHMAN]

How about guilt. While he was gone, McCarthy dragged his own parents before his tribunal. While both parents valiantly fought off his baseless accusations, they were nevertheless black-balled from their professions and broken because of it. When Meteor Man returned, his parents were not the same people whom he had left behind...

[urbwar]

That's a good one, except he hasn't been back to Earth. I never planned for him to be accused of being a communist, just that the whole concept of it was one of the reasons he left Earth.

How does he look, build wise?

[urbwar]

Centurion D'anar
B: 5
A: 3
M: 3

Advantages: Never Surrender, Security Clearance

Disadvantages: Arch-Enemy, Public ID

Skills: Commerce (Bureaucracy), Craftsmanship (Carpentry/Construction/Stonework), Humanities (Philosophy), Social Science (Law)

Powers:
Cosmic Might 10
Armor 3
Flight 5 (Enhancement: Space)
Immunity 4 (Cold, Radiation, Starvation, Suffocation)
Keen Senses (Sight)
Omniscience 10
Super Senses (Telescopic Vision)

Damaging Weakness: X2 Damage from Gravity Attacks

Mental Malfunction: Duty

Stats = 22 + Powers 35 - Weakness - 2 = 55 points total

Background: Hailing from Denovia IV, D'anar is a Centurion in the Cosmic Legion of the Rho'van Empire. A small portion of the Denovian people are gifted with great physical abilities, and use them in the service of both their people and the Rho'van Confederation. He has served in the legion faithfully for the past 5 years under the command of Star Blade, and would gladly sacrifice himself for the sake of the Confederation's citizens.

Edit: Removed the Annihilation Enhancement for Cosmic Might, as it wasn't necessary, and bumped armor by 1. Using BASHMAN's revision to Super Senses, that makes his power total 55.

[BASHMAN]

From what I can tell, his powers only add up to 34 points, not 40. (Note: I'm changing Super Senses to be 1pt for the first sense in the next update- otherwise this would be 35 pts for powers by the book, RAW).

[urbwar]

I think I know where I messed up. I counted the Annihilation enhancement at it's full 5 points, but looking through the book, you only apply 1/5 the cost to Cosmic powers, so it should only add 1 point, not 5. Is that correct?

That would make the breakdown:

Cosmic Might: 11
Flight: 6
Omniscience: 10
Immunity: 4
Armor: 2
Keen Senses: 1
Super Senses: 1 (or 2)

Which comes out to 35. Or did I get something else wrong?

As an aside: Since Annihilation is a 5 pt enhancement, can it be used for an attack power that has the variable enhancement? If not, that puts an ION Guardsman at a disadvantage in big space battles with lots of ships. It also has an effect on the character Star Blade, referenced in Centurion's background.

[BASHMAN]

It can be added to a power with Variable. Whatever attack the variable attack is, will have Annihilation added to it (if you want it on there). You could also add the Space Enhancement to the same power.

Isn't Annihilation built-in to Cosmic Might, though?

[urbwar]

It can be added to a power with Variable. Whatever attack the variable attack is, will have Annihilation added to it (if you want it on there). You could also add the Space Enhancement to the same power.

Isn't Annihilation built-in to Cosmic Might, though?

Ok, cool. I was worried about that for the ION Guard character I want to design. Especially since their special attack is only 4, but I see you don't need it at 5 to have the enhancement.

And yes, CM does have it built it. I misread the description while doing this. I was doing it at work, and the lighting where I'm at isn't as good as it could be, so my mistake. I'll correct that in the writeup. Plus I goofed when I calculated that in. It would b e 15 if that enhancement was needed, not 10.

[urbwar]

S'lar, ION Guardsman

B: 2
A: 3
M: 4

Advantages: Contacts, Versatile
Note: All ION Guardsmen have Mentor for free

Disadvantages: Public ID, Susceptible (Intense Cold)

Skills: Athletics (climbing), Deception (Detect Deception), Escapology (Contortion), Investigation (Questioning), Outdoor (Tracking), (Moving Silently), Streetwise (Gather Information)

Powers:

ION Fist Powers:

Energy Sheath: Armor 2 LINKED with
Immunity 2 (Radiation, Suffocation)
[Limitation: No Effect vs. Magic] 4pts

Flight 4 (20 Squares) 4pts

Conjuration 5 [Limitation: All things made
of golden energy] 4pts

Omnipotence 10 (Mimics 2 levels in any
powers or enhancements) [Limit: No Effect
vs. Magic] 8pts

Combat Multi-Power 6pts
Golden Energy Attack: Special Attack 4
[Enhancement: Variable; Limit: No effect
vs. Magic]

Force Field 4 [Enhancement: Varable;
Limit: No Effect vs. Magic]

Telekinesis 5 [Limit: No Effect vs. Magic]
25pts

S'avok racial powers

Scaly Skin: Armor 1 (2 pts)
Heat Immunity: Immunity 1 (Heat) (1pt)
Large Size: Size 1 (1 pt)

Manipulation Multipower (3 pts)
Push 2
Telekinesis 2

Mental Malfunction: Duty
Stats = 18 + Powers = 32 = 50 points total

Background: S'Lar hails from the planet S'avok II, an arid, desert world that also has lush Oasis's and craggy mountains. His people are similar to Asian Dragons, but have no limbs save their tails. They developed low level TK powers to compensate for the lack of limbs, and built a high tech society on their world. S'Lar was a peace officer on his world, until chosen to wield an ION Fist. He now uses his new found powers to not only protect his home world, but all the worlds in his sector of space.

[BASHMAN]

At first I thought "what's the point of his inherint TK2 if he gets TK5 w/ the Fist?" Then I realized- up against magical bad-guys who will ASSUME he can't TK them- that would be a nice little trick to have up one's sleeve (oh wait, he doesn't have sleeves...)

[urbwar]

At first I thought "what's the point of his inherint TK2 if he gets TK5 w/ the Fist?" Then I realized- up against magical bad-guys who will ASSUME he can't TK them- that would be a nice little trick to have up one's sleeve (oh wait, he doesn't have sleeves...)

I wasn't even thinking about that, to be honest. I just thought the idea of a race of snake like aliens who developed low level tk to make up for not having arms was kind of cool. I totally forgot the ION Fist also gives TK. Of course, you're right, it does help when encountering magic using foes though

[urbwar]

Star Blade

B: 2
A: 5
M: 3

Advantages: Leadership, Security Clearance

Disadvantages: Public ID, Rogue's Gallery

Skills: Athletics (Acrobatics/climbing/Running), Commerce (Bureaucracy),Military (Command/Tactics), Pilot (Evasion), Stealth (Shadowing)

Powers:
Rho'van Racial Powers

Healing 2 (2 pts)
Super Senses (Infrared Vision) (1pt)

Star Blade Powers

Blade Attack: Special Attack 5 (No Range, Enhancement: Variable) (6pts)
Blade Deflection: Deflect 2 (2pts)
Move like a Comet: Cosmic Grace 10

Cosmic Legion Uniform

Armor 2 (2 pts)
Flight 3 (Enhancement: Space) (4 pts)
Immunity 3 (Cold, Radiation, Suffocation) (3 pts)

Mental Malfunction: Duty
Stats = 20 + Powers = 30 = 50 points total

Background: Star Blade is a member of the Rho'van race, the ruling people of the Rho'van Empire. She was born with superhuman dexterity, thus making her eligible to wield the Star Blade, an ancient artifact given to her people by one of the Ancients of the Universe.

Trained from a young age to use this powerful weapon, she was initiated into the Cosmic Legion, the elite protectors of the empire. She slowly rose through the ranks until she became one of it's most trusted officers. When the odds are dire, Star Blade's Triad is the one sent in to deal with the situation.

[urbwar]

Little update: The game has been approved, and Kris should be getting me sketches later today. haven't finished the last character yet, but will be soon. Might have sheets to post next week