<Luceat> Do you already have the Character sheet on hand, or do you want me to link it?
10:11 AM <•ColdGold> I can wrangle it up
10:11 AM <Luceat> Alright, cool, lemme powergen real quick
10:11 AM $pc
10:11 AM <[ATM]> ATM [Brute] [Type] Exotic effect - parahuman uses some kind of odd physics to maintain durability: high-intensity pressure, spatial deformation, repulsion, etc.
10:11 AM [Brute] [Style] Trail - power leaves tar (areas drain enemy Ath, hard to move through) in wake of movement.
10:11 AM [Brute] [Gimmick] Alexandria Package - can fly.
10:12 AM <Luceat> Huh. Okay.
10:12 AM <•ColdGold> Interesting
10:12 AM <Luceat> Immediately thought of something more Breaker-y than Brute
10:14 AM <•ColdGold> I mean I would help you again, but by the rules I can't this time :P
10:14 AM Do your thing
10:15 AM <Luceat> Breaker state, transforms into a sort of tar-like, oil-like substance, keeping human shape. Physical damage is superficial, like punching a liquid, and the substance sticks, weighing people down. In addition, you constantly drip the substance while you move, leaving entire trails of the gunk everywhere, sticking and weighing down everyone and every
10:15 AM thing it touches.
10:15 AM Not quite as Brute-y as I'd like, maybe.
10:18 AM Hmm, maybe not a Breaker state, just a changed physiology? The body is just made of the stuff, organs and all.
10:18 AM You're basically a tar-like liquid person inside a human shell.
10:19 AM <•ColdGold> Does he still look human?
10:19 AM <Luceat> Make the tar drip voluntary. And if you're cut in half or something, the tar just flows back together, creating an effective regeneration effect.
10:19 AM <•ColdGold> Oh interesting
10:20 AM <Luceat> Yeah, he has the skin of a human, but everything inside him is just made of the tar. Hard to damage.
10:20 AM <•ColdGold> So to give you tips for writing up you want to get mechanics in now. How do you want to represent durability? A guts plus, wound tier reducing, withstand bonuses, wound healing. It's all up to your imagination. Does the stickiness provide an Ath debuff, need to pulled off with an action?
10:20 AM Just examples for you
10:20 AM Power genning is something you'll come across later in the server though
10:21 AM And its good to know that you can be creative with it
10:21 AM <Pink> can they use the tar to do other things? Adhere things, climb stuff, flavor curry?
10:22 AM He could be called Secret Sauce
10:23 AM <•ColdGold> If the tar was white I'd call him Dough Boy
10:23 AM Still tempted to
10:23 AM :P
10:23 AM <Luceat> Yeah, figured. Um, let's say he has a single +1 Guts baseline, with a large resistance to cutting, piercing and bashing wounds tier (aka, moderate becomes light, light becomes negligible, etc) and a regeneration effect for cutting and piercing. Burning wounds are a weakness; he's made of tar, and that's real flammable, and he doesn't have a fire im
10:23 AM munity.
10:23 AM <Pink> Mr. Stay Puft
10:24 AM hm, make it bright green and call him Gak
10:24 AM <Luceat> The Gunk, if there's sufficient amounts of it, give a -1 Ath debuff. Affected can use an action to remove the gunk, or let it kind of drip away over a moderate period of time.
10:24 AM Let's say, 1 action to remove the buff, or 4 turns to let it drip away on its own.
10:25 AM <•ColdGold> Is it a DC action? Like a DC 3 or 4 Dex check to remove?
10:25 AM Stuff like that is good to note
10:25 AM <Luceat> Yeah, DC 3.
10:25 AM <•ColdGold> Free action?
10:25 AM Cool
10:25 AM <Luceat> DC 3 Dex, that is, should've noted.
10:25 AM <•ColdGold> Does stacking it stack the debuff, and make it harder to remove?
10:26 AM ((Also does flight give any Ath bonuses))
10:26 AM Don't mean to beat you over the head, just stuff that you'd have to think about
10:26 AM <Luceat> It stacks the debuff with sufficient amounts, like covering a limb gets -1 Ath, covering more of the body gets -2 Ath, etc etc. Can cover entire body and get a max of -4 Ath, but that's not happening often, all things considered.
10:27 AM <•ColdGold> And makes sense
10:27 AM <Luceat> If both arms are affected, the Dex roll becomes a DC 5 pass. Harder to get off without arms, y'know.
10:29 AM Flight does give an +1 Ath buff, yeah. Easier to dodge stuff with 3 dimensions to play with.
10:29 AM Am I missing anything?
10:29 AM <•ColdGold> Nothing I can think of, just a consolidated write up I'd say
10:29 AM And then I can do luck for you
10:30 AM Maybe note how fast the flight is
10:30 AM But that's not /super/ important since you're running it
10:30 AM <Luceat> Flight is about running speed, maybe a little below.
10:30 AM Not super fast.
10:30 AM <•ColdGold> Sure thing
10:30 AM <Luceat> Alright, I'll pop over to pastebin, write it a little more cleanly. Can you roll $luck in the meantime?
10:30 AM <•ColdGold> $luck
10:30 AM <[ATM]> ATM ColdGold [4/4, 3/4] [Power Perk 33]: Absorption.  The power allows the parahuman to take in physical or psychic energies of a specific type, depending on what the parahuman's power is and what it focuse son.  This manifests in a set of charges, accumulating no more than one per round, typically to a maximum of one, two, or three charges; more charges may be harder to acquire.
10:30 AM Physical energies can be absorbed by taking damage of a particular type (reducing it in severity by one step) or contact with a particular type of material or substance, such as holding and disintegrating high quality metals or wood, or holding one's hand to a fire.  Mental energies typically involve being around pain or heightened emotion.
10:30 AM Charges can be spent to enhance the parahuman's primary power for one use.
10:30 AM [Life Perk 74]: Vindictae.  After suffering a loss, the character bounces back hard and with a vengeance.
10:30 AM Pick one - gain 3 rerolls to use in combat for the rematch, scrounge up $1k in temporary funds/assets to better fight back, the character gets 150% of lost rep back and causes rep loss if successful, gain additional soldiers (three points worth) for the rematch and keep them/the points if successful, or the character gets a morale boost when fighting back and retain the boost against that foe
10:30 AM for a month if successful.  The morale boost is a +1 to rolls involving emotion or leadership, and can be consumed to add +2 to a roll.
10:30 AM The Revenge perk can apply to noncombat losses or situations, unless otherwise stated, and effects can be granted to the character's gang (such as giving them morale, one of the rerolls, or collective rep) if the character has any leadership skills (Street Smarts, Command, Presentation).
10:30 AM Those interacting with the character may get the impression that they're not to be trifled with - that they're vicious, spiteful, or tenacious survivor types.  This is a mild drawback - knowing that anything that doesn't completely destroy the character may make them stronger, enemies may be more inclined to pull out the big guns.
10:31 AM <Luceat> Huh.
10:31 AM <•ColdGold> I can tie the second into the session and make them revenge focused if you'd like
10:31 AM Say he already lost to someone
10:31 AM Or it could be for a noncombat thing
10:32 AM I'll make the sheet and then see if you have anything in mind for it
10:32 AM <Luceat> That'd be nice, it's hard to integrate into a one-shot.
10:32 AM <•ColdGold> Do you wanna keep it?
10:36 AM <Luceat> Yeah sure, just see if you can tie it into the session. It's hard to pull off longer-term things like that in one-shots because you're basically only with that character for 1 session. If you don't wanna make the char revenge-based, you can reroll, but I don't have a problem with it myself.
10:36 AM <•ColdGold> Nah I'm fine with it
10:36 AM I have a general idea in mind
10:36 AM <Luceat> Alright, we're keeping it then. Cool.
10:43 AM <•ColdGold> Sounds good
10:43 AM Making the sheet while I wait btw, so no worries on that
10:45 AM <Luceat> I think this is comprehensive enough.
10:45 AM https://pastebin.com/mxJRB8GZ

10:46 AM Handful of grammar mistakes, bleh.
10:47 AM <•ColdGold> It's all good
10:47 AM They're kinda unavoidable
10:48 AM <Luceat> Hm, yeah, maybe that's a bit unfair.
10:48 AM Gimme a moment.
10:48 AM <•ColdGold> But yeah my main idea is he's an ex member of whatever the local street or color gang was when he was unpowered, he's a teen so one of the lackeys. I made his trigger his gang leaving him to bleed out from a bullet in a puddle of mud that he can't breath in or get up from. Had a falling out with them and is coming back with help and resources from one of the other factions to wreck them.
10:49 AM I'll put that on my sheet for you in the notes section too
10:49 AM Or just all over that
10:49 AM That work for a basic idea?
10:50 AM <Luceat> https://pastebin.com/r0WpnQWc

10:50 AM Yeah, that's great, actually. I've got 2 factions in mind, too.
10:51 AM That's the fixed power description. Made the "blast" give a D3 Ath roll to dodge.
10:52 AM Not hard to avoid, so timing is crucial. Helps to already have a stack or 2 of gunk on any targets.
10:53 AM <•ColdGold> For the upgrading burns I'd make it upgrade to an extra moderate burn effect or another burn wound tops
10:53 AM A crit is three mods btw
10:53 AM Will fuck anyone up
10:53 AM And most of the time it kills people
10:53 AM So it would mean if I take one moderate burn it's a lethal attack
10:53 AM <Luceat> Yeah, that sounds a bit better. Guess I underestimated Crit wounds.
10:54 AM 1 sec, changing.
10:54 AM <•ColdGold> No worries, and yeah they're a little crazy but only happen rarely
10:55 AM <Luceat> https://pastebin.com/GUBB1bn7

10:56 AM made it so any burn wound adds an extra burn wound of the same severity, added a note that this includes Crit wounds
10:56 AM 1 Crit Burn means death, almost without question.
10:56 AM Cause you'll have 2 for the price of one, basically.
10:56 AM AKA, stay away from fire.
10:57 AM <•ColdGold> Heard on that!
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10:59 AM <Luceat> I think that's about it? Not sure what else I can add to the power.
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11:02 AM <•ColdGold> https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Pkzahva5WsAHRMlEnUxXROdVHip_bXw5wTmF6_FgLYA/edit?usp=sharing
11:02 AM It looks awesome man
11:03 AM You're getting the hang of things really quickly
11:04 AM <Luceat> Hah, you actually went with Dough Boy!
11:04 AM That's hilarious.
11:04 AM <•ColdGold> Dough Boy is about that Dough, Boy
11:05 AM Its because of how I imagine his skin kind pushing in like putty when he gets hit lol
11:05 AM And he loves money
11:05 AM Plus I like it more than the gimme of a name that's Tar Pit :P
11:07 AM <Luceat> Yeah, Tar Pit sounds kind of on the nose.
11:07 AM I like Dough Boy, silly but accurate
11:07 AM <•ColdGold> We love our silly names here haha
11:07 AM <Luceat> If you want I can flavor the tar-like substance to be a different color?
11:08 AM Or just dark-greenish black.
11:08 AM <•ColdGold> I'm fine with it being whatever
11:08 AM But I had a muddy light brown color in mind for it
11:08 AM Maybe dark brown
11:08 AM <Luceat> Ah, then we'll go for that. It's not really important, honestly. Dark brown sounds fine.
11:08 AM <•ColdGold> Sure works for me
11:09 AM <Pink> make it smell delightful
11:09 AM like gingerbread
11:10 AM <•ColdGold> xD
11:13 AM This character is actually pretty hype for a PC power lol
11:13 AM <Luceat> Alright, so. You used to be a part of the Beach Capers, a major gang run by a large concentration of capes, totaling to 10 B-list villains. They run a huge protection racket in the northern part of the city, claiming it as their territory. Mostly led by 2 mid-twenties brothers, Slick and Wild Ride, a Shaker/Mover that creates a zone around himself
11:13 AM <•ColdGold>  $pc power*
11:13 AM <Luceat> that reduces friction of everything inside it, making it, well, slick; and a Changer that can transform his body into mechanical contraptions, favoring cars and other land-based vehicles because of  personal preference.
11:14 AM <•ColdGold> That's a sick power
11:16 AM <Luceat> After your, ahem, falling out with that gang, you were hellbent on revenge, and approached the local independent hero team OOSOOM, creating a rough and uneasy alliance. They saw a chance to deal a major blow to their largest villain problem, considering the other villain team spends most of their time holed up in the eastern end of the city, so the
11:16 AM y agreed to help you with your revenge, coming out in full force with all 3 of their combatant team members.
11:17 AM — •ColdGold nods
11:19 AM <Luceat> ((I used those 3 yesterday, too. Quick run-down: Paragon of Power, a Brute/Shaker that absorbs electricity to become stronger, with about a 20 second interval between absorbs; Slumbering Night, a hammy anti-hero with a Master/Stranger power to create creatures out of shadows, mostly in the shape of predatory animals. They're not very strong, but th
11:19 AM ey create an aura of unease and paranoia around them, increasing in intensity with every creature in range; and Very, Very Frightening, a Mover/Breaker/Master combo that turns into a bolt of lightning, moving incredibly quickly to a location and exploding at arrival, doing a bit of damage and creating a fearing effect.))
11:20 AM <•ColdGold> Awesome I remember them yeah
11:21 AM Wasn't aware of VVF though
11:22 AM <Luceat> They're your backup. You have a vague idea of your enemies, though your information on their powers isn't all that detailed aside from the 2 bosses. You were just a mook, after all. From what you remember, there's at least 2 Brute-types, a projection based Master, a Thinker that you probably won't face, and some sort of ice-based Shaker. Plus whate
11:22 AM ver else they have, you're not sure. They tend to stay out of the limelight, as far as you know, so maybe Strangers and Masters and whatever else doesn't actually fight for themselves. You could be wrong about that.
11:23 AM <•ColdGold> Yeah makes sense. He was a Know 2 mook, so he wouldn't know much about the inner operations
11:23 AM Probably just a good place to move
11:23 AM <Luceat> ((Yeah, VVF was the girl who ran away with Beam-Me-Up in the last one-shot. Didn't see much of her, has decent synergy with Paragon.))
11:24 AM <•ColdGold> ((Oh okay yeah, I remember her))
11:24 AM <Luceat> Okay, setup complete, I think. You wanna get started?
11:24 AM <•ColdGold> Yeah I'm ready when you are
11:24 AM ColdGold → •CG|DoughBoy
11:24 AM Luceat → Luceat|GM
11:25 AM <Luceat|GM> ||||
11:28 AM |Los Playas' northern end was a shithole, even when you were working under the assholes that ran it. It was filthy, it was littered with garbage, and there were thugs and crooks everywhere. Most of the smog from the oil plants up north of the city gathered here first and foremost, so the air was toxic and harder to breathe than anywhere else in the
11:28 AM  city, which said a lot, considering the pollution that was everywhere in this hellhole.
11:30 AM It was, without a doubt, the worst part of the city, and not just because of the Capers that ran it. At one point, you called it home, to some degree. Your friends were here, your "job" was here. Until they left you to die, like you were nothing. You swore, then and there, that you'd destroy them, that you'd make them pay, and, well, here you were.
11:30 AM  You had the heroes, you had your powers, and you were gonna fucking ruin them.
11:33 AM "You okay, big guy?" Very, Very Frightening asked, her voice bland and uninterested. She didn't really care, you knew. She was just making small talk, basking in the calm before the storm. Paragon and Slumbering Night were on the other side of an alley to the east. The plan was for one group to encounter an enemy cape, and for the other two to ambu
11:33 AM sh them mid-fight soon afterward, using their little communication trick to get the timing right.||
11:33 AM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ...
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11:39 AM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold "I'm always okay." Dough Boy replies smoothly, his voice completely calm. And he is calm. To others, probably to the heroes with him this place /is/ a shit hole. It was the kind of place where you made sure your car doors were locked, or took a detour around if you knew any better. But to him, this place was like home. Not because it was a comfortable place he could relax in, but because of how familiar it was. He'd grown up in it. A place where
11:39 AM you didn't look people in the eye unless you were hard enough to get them to back down when the two of you started staring. A place where you couldn't show any weakness and poverty, crime, and addiction ran through a lot of it. He was in his element here.
11:39 AM "Are you though?" He asks, turning to her slightly, and raising an eyebrow. He glances over at the other capes taking them in and wondering the same of them. He wasn't no hero, was in it because /fuck the Beach Capers/, but he could respect someone who could put in work. Were they gonna earn his respect? He's calm through it all, because he knows that at the end of this he's going to be the one on top.
11:39 AM ||
11:44 AM ((Oops sorry just realized I did third person. Do you want me to switch to first person to match your second for the coming posts?))
11:44 AM ((I normally run and play alot in third person lol))
11:44 AM ((But I can do first, no worries))
11:45 AM <Luceat|GM> ||"This ain't our first rodeo, big guy." She says, turning to look at you, not breaking her stride. Her grey-white mask covers her face completely, going up to cover her scalp but leaving the back of her head free, letting wavy, dirty blonde hair flow out to cover everything up to her upper back. The mask extended down over her throat, flowing seam
11:45 AM lessly into a dress of the same color, with her signature blue spark design extending from her chest, covering much of her upper body and zigzagging to the ends of her dress. Though you can't see her face, you imagine she looks amused. "We've been in this place more times than I can count, and we've come out on top nine times out of ten. We'll be f
11:45 AM ine."||
11:47 AM ((I don't mind 3rd. Might not flow into 2nd as well as 1st, but I'd rather you use what you're more comfortable with/))
11:47 AM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((Nah I'm good with whatever, I can do first))
11:47 AM <Luceat|GM> ((Also, oops I ended my thing, wasn't supposed to. Disregard the ||))
11:48 AM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((Okay gotcha))
11:51 AM <Luceat|GM> It's hard to see the other two members from here, they're a fair bit away, but Paragon notices you looking (or receives some power-style message, you don't know) and gives a hearty wave. You can see him rather easily, but Slumbering Night is either not in sight of you or just simply too dark to make out. "See? Pop is completely unafraid, as usual,
11:51 AM and Night is being an edgy twit, as usual. Don't worry about us, big guy, worry about playing your part of this little scuffle. I'd enjoy it if you weren't dead weight." Her voice is teasing, near the end."||
11:52 AM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ...
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11:58 AM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold I raise my hand up into a small two finger salute back at Paragon, and glance back at my companion as she speaks and find a little smile crossing my lips as well. The confidence was a good sign at least. Confidence warranted or not counted for something in his books at least.
11:58 AM "Well that's good to hear then, because from what I've been heard you're Very, Very Scary. So I'd /hope/ you'd be able to back that reputation up at least a little bit." I reply matching her tone. I look back out in front of me and stay focused. We were going to be the ones starting things up here so it would be good to stay vigilant.
11:58 AM "I ain't worried about nothing besides people thinking my cape name is Big Guy. The name's Dough Boy, you should use it." I add without looking back at her, keeping my tone lighthearted but kind of meaning it at the same time.
11:58 AM "Don't worry ima hold my own." I say nodding and leave it at that to focus on the task at hand. I didn't care much for small talk with people who were just doing it to fill space anyway.
11:58 AM ||
11:59 AM in my books.*
12:01 PM from what I've heard*
12:06 PM <Luceat|GM> ||"Alright, alright, Dough Boy." She snickers, can't quite finish the name with a straight face and a steady voice. "Sorry. I-" She starts to speak, but cuts off abruptly. She's gone somewhat still, and her body is suddenly tense. "Night and Pop were just jumped on. Slip-'n-Slide, Martyrdom and someone else, they aren't sure who, probably a Strange
12:06 PM r." She turns to the building separating our two groups, "We should get over there. Keep up!" Her body condenses, becoming almost blindingly bright, losing its shape to become something that isn't quite a ball of lightning. Then, she's gone, and you hear a boom from up above. You look up. She's standing on the roof of a relatively large apartment b
12:06 PM uilding, at least five stories, and she's already condensing again, moving out of sight.||
12:07 PM ((Gimme a bit. Dinner's ready, and I'm sure hungry. 15-20 min, probably.))
12:07 PM ((Super*)
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12:13 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ...
12:13 PM ((Sure take your time))
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12:20 PM <Luceat|GM> ((Alright, I'm back. Sorry about that.))
12:20 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold Its fine that she laughs at the name, I hadn't intended it to be fully serious in the first place and things like that aren't enough to really get on my nerves. I'd known older men in the neighborhood that had had stupider names though, and they'd had respect despite that. That's what I was aiming for. What mattered was that I liked the name anyway, right?
12:20 PM I'm snapped out of my thought process when I get the alert that the fighting is already going down... I take off into the sky after her but knowing I definitely can't keep up with her raw speed I aim high instead so I can keep an eye on where she's zipping off to and follow that way. I'd found in my short time with my powers and in my practice sessions that an aerial view never hurt things either.
12:20 PM ||
12:21 PM ((No worries, I also had to take care of something so it worked out))
12:23 PM <Luceat|GM> ||You rise, passing the building relatively quickly. Very, Very Frightening is at the very edge, crouched and looking down at the streets below. You move forward, stopping once you saw the streets and the fighting that's happening there.
12:28 PM "Go, my creatures! Go, put fear into their hearts and minds, show them what it means to be scared!" Slumbering Night yells, in his usual, over-the-top fashion. There's already at least four of his minions, and they're at least the size of large dogs, a snake and a cat and two hawk-like birds. You remember hearing about what sort of effect these guy
12:28 PM s have, rumors being spread around the gang. Though you had to admit his "performance" was silly and kind of funny, you knew, from the stories told, that it was just that. A performance. Slumbering Night was an actor, and the hammy anti-hero shtick was a largely successful effort to make him appear much less scary than he actually was, to the civil
12:28 PM ian populous at least. The unease and paranoia and fear set in quick.
12:34 PM Paragon of Power, in contrast, played the 'jubilant superhero' card. He laughed, hearty and powerful and silly, in its own way. That was what OOSOOM did. They acted, they performed. You were pretty sure none of them were actually like this. Slip-'n-Slide was already working, you saw. His hand was on the ground, and from his location outward the str
12:34 PM eet was freezing, turning into ice. Large spikes of ice were rising from the ground at what seemed to be random points, though they were converging on Paragon relatively quickly. Paragon laughed again, and there was a tinny, inhuman sound not dissimilar to a growl. He grew, bulging and bulking, becoming taller and stronger, and overhead the streetl
12:34 PM ights flickered and died, plunging the street into darkness. Slumbering Night's creatures grew, soaking in the shadows, now the size of the average large cat, and he was only making more and more.
12:39 PM "See? Not our first rodeo." Very, Very Frightening said, voice light and almost amused. Then, she was gone again, a ball of lightning rushing to the ground near Slip-'n-Slide at ridiculous speeds, exploding at impact and reforming into human shape. Slip-'n-Slide staggered a little, but not nearly enough for the amount of power Very, Very Frightenin
12:39 PM g usually packed. A little while away, Martyrdom grunted, the sound louder than it should be, and he lifted his hands at Slumbering Night. A blast of energy flew at Paragon's location, exploding like a grenade a handful of feet away. Paragon was barely fazed.||
12:41 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ...
12:48 PM Even though I'm /flying/ above it all I'm still somewhat in awe as I look down at the fight from above. I'd seen cape's fight before on certain jobs but to see it this close up and personal, to know that I'm going to be a part of it. It's sort of different. Maybe that's the unease from when I look at those minions, jeez those things are giving him the creeps. I give Paragon props for being able to keep the facade up with those things around.  At
12:48 PM first I'm tempted to move on Slip and Slide, him and Wild Ride had been overseeing the job they'd been on when he'd been left behind but Paragon and Frightening seem to have that well in hand. Keeping the squishy master safe seems like the best option for now to make sure that we completely dismantle these guys. I try for a maneuver I'd thought up, one of a few. It was funny because most people didn't look up...
12:48 PM I fly above Martyrdom and position myself directly above him while also letting the 'dough' in me ooze from me like sweat. Then once I'm in position I dive bomb at him hard with my flight aiming to crash into him to slap him into the ground to stick him to it with my power with a super body slam.
12:48 PM ||
12:50 PM <Luceat|GM> ((Would this count as Athletics or Brawn? Thinking Brawn, but not sure.))
12:50 PM ((Doesn't really matter, considering they're equal, but just making sure.))
12:52 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((It counts as Blitz which coincidentally can be rolled off either))
12:52 PM ((It looks like this))
12:52 PM $roll 2h6+1 Blitz
12:52 PM <[ATM]> ATM CG|DoughBoy "Blitz" (1) [3] +1 = 4
12:52 PM <Luceat|GM> ((What's the h6 in this scenario?))
12:52 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((I have the skill for this action))
12:53 PM ((So I add a die))
12:53 PM ((Take the higher result))
12:53 PM <Luceat|GM> ((AKA 4, gotcha))
12:53 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((Yep!))
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1:00 PM <Luceat|GM> ||He stands up to it for a moment, lifting his arms to shield his head like he was trying to catch you, but you're just strong enough to break through. He falls, the ground caving in slightly with the weight of his body. Strangely enough, the damage he sustains isn't consistent with the strength of your attack. He has a slight bruise, but nothing e
1:00 PM lse. Quickly, you stick as much tar on him as possible,  but... bits and pieces vanish, completely disappearing in the blink of an eye. There's a grunt, not far away. "What the fuck, Mart?!" You hear, the voice masculine, deep. It's coming from the other side of a car, large and stocky, and you realize it's blocking your sight of Slip-'n-Slide and
1:00 PM Very, Very Frightening, "The fuck is this shit?! It's sticky!" Nowhere near enough of the tar is on Martyrdom, even with the amount of preparation you'd done. He moves like it's barely there, lifting himself up with an annoyed snarl, trying to push you off and out. Tar leaks on him, and at least half of it is disappearing.||
1:00 PM ((Brawn vs Brawn, roll))
1:01 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold $roll 1d6+1 Brawn
1:01 PM <[ATM]> ATM CG|DoughBoy "Brawn" [2] +1 = 3
1:02 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((Generally for actions like these you'd then do an opposed roll, like yesterday))
1:02 PM ((So then Mart would roll brawn))
1:03 PM <Luceat|GM> $roll 1d6+1
1:03 PM <[ATM]> ATM Luceat|GM [4] +1 = 5
1:03 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((So I lose))
1:03 PM ((Attackers win ties, something else to keep in mind))
1:03 PM <Luceat|GM> ((Yeah, it's why you won the blitz roll.))
1:04 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((Gotcha))
1:09 PM <Luceat|GM> ||He succeeds, pushing you out, grabbing hold of your sides and almost throwing you into the side of the large car nearby with the force. You hit it with an audible thud, though you barely feel anything. "What the hell?" He growls, staring at you, then back at the small amount of tar covering him. "Annoying." He stomps toward you, the steps heavy a
1:09 PM nd slightly intimidating, and lifts his hand up to the height of your head. A ball of energy, blue-ish white in color, pops into place in his palm. His black-and-red mask doesn't cover his mouth, and you see the grin on his lips. "Payback." The ball explodes, and you see some of your own tar flying out of it.||
1:09 PM ((Dodge or just take it?))
1:09 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold $roll 1d6+1 Evade
1:09 PM <[ATM]> ATM CG|DoughBoy "Evade" [5] +1 = 6
1:12 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((So then they'd do an attack roll I guess))
1:12 PM ((Unless they have a -1 to hit, and can't possibly roll a 6))
1:12 PM ((Is generally how it works))
1:13 PM ((Unless you're just rolling with a DC system))
1:14 PM <Luceat|GM> ||You move up, your flight carrying you just out range of the small-ish explosion, though the force rocks the car you were just standing in  front of. Your tar explodes from it, covering the car in dark brown spots. You throw yourself up and over, flight turning the maneuver into something kind of like a superhuman back flip, and you land on the ot
1:14 PM her side. Behind you, Paragon and Very, Very Frightening are having a tough time covering the ice-ridden ground, spikes jutting out over the battlefield, and there's a hazy shape hounding Slumbering Night's creatures, making a tingling, ringing sound that seems vaguely like laughing as it dodges their attacks, unafraid. A moment later, Martyrdom wa
1:14 PM lks around the car, snarling.||
1:14 PM ((Yeah, it was impossible to roll a 6 for him
1:15 PM his grenades are weird, they don't always hit what he wants them to hit, and even if he hits what he wants to hit they don't always do any damage.))
1:15 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((Gotcha gotcha.))
1:15 PM ((Seems like you have it well in hand then, don't mind me))
1:15 PM ...
1:16 PM <Luceat|GM> ((Nah, I should've rolled anyway))
1:19 PM ((By the way, just for flavor, Martyrdom throwing you would have normally dealt a Light Bash, but you downgraded it to a Negligible Bash, so I didn't feel like it was important enough to mention.))
1:20 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold Heart still pumping from the last near miss, and still gathering my bearings from having being flipped from the offensive to the defensive in such a quick amount of time I have very little time to think as I act. All I know is a direct fight with Martyrdom could work but it might be slow, and it would leave the others unhelped in the meantime. I delay him by shaking a slough of my tar down onto the ground below me in Martyrdom's path. Enough that
1:20 PM he'll have to take the time to leap over it or trudge through it. Then satisfied I turn and focus my attention on the hazy shape. I raise a fist forward and /charge/ towards them aiming to slam them into one of Slumbering Night's minions and stick them to it.
1:20 PM ((To clarify making a slick on the floor, then blitzing the hazy shape and using my pip 2 Blitz skill to push up to 5' per point of success))
1:20 PM ||
1:21 PM <Luceat|GM> ...
1:21 PM ((Roll Brawn vs Brawn, first))
1:21 PM ((Forgot, lol))
1:21 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold $roll 1d6+1 Brawn
1:21 PM <[ATM]> ATM CG|DoughBoy "Brawn" [5] +1 = 6
1:22 PM <Luceat|GM> $roll 1d3-1 Brawn
1:22 PM <[ATM]> ATM Luceat|GM "Brawn" [2] -1 = 1
1:22 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((Did you mean d3 for that? xD))
1:22 PM <Luceat|GM> ((No, I didn't lol))
1:22 PM $roll 1d6-1 Brawn
1:22 PM <[ATM]> ATM Luceat|GM "Brawn" [4] -1 = 3
1:22 PM <Luceat|GM> ((Weird, why did I type 1d3
1:22 PM oh well))
1:23 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((Haha no worries))
1:23 PM <Luceat|GM> $roll 1d3 Athletics Martyrdom
1:23 PM <[ATM]> ATM Luceat|GM "Athletics Martyrdom" [1]  = 1
1:23 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((:P))
1:23 PM <Luceat|GM> ...
1:24 PM ((Oh, wait, roll Ath))
1:24 PM ((There's ice covering the floor, it's slippery))
1:24 PM ((You need a 3 to not slip))
1:25 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((He flies though))
1:25 PM <Luceat|GM> ((OH YEAH THAT'S RIGHT WOOPS))
1:25 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((kek))
1:25 PM <Luceat|GM> ((Also, just realized))
1:25 PM $roll 1d6 Athletics Martyrdom
1:25 PM <[ATM]> ATM Luceat|GM "Athletics Martyrdom" [1]  = 1
1:25 PM <Luceat|GM> ((I mean it's still a 1 but I rolled 1d3 last time))
1:25 PM ((for some reason))
1:26 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((Lol nice, the bot wants him to slip))
1:26 PM <Luceat|GM> ...
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1:29 PM <Luceat|GM> ||You spread a layer of tar over the ground, in the vague direction of Martyrdom, before  turning and rushing towards the hazy shape, flying just over the ice-y floor. From the corner of your eye, you see Martyrdom accidentally step into the tar. A bit of it disappears, but there's enough of it there that he sticks to the ground, not being able to
1:29 PM jump away. The man snarls, louder this time, and then grunts a little more. A scorch mark appears on his right side, somewhat large, and soon afterward there's a decent sized bruise on bare shoulders. That's what he gets, going into cape fights with no shirt.
1:33 PM Your charge reaches the hazy shape, and there's a weird resistance, like you're not really pushing a solid. It's simultaneously like it's a person and some form of mist-like air person. It's weird, but it's not really that effective, so you succeed in pushing it  with little to no effort. Lighter than a person should be, too. It hits the side of on
1:33 PM e of Slumbering Night's wolf creatures, and you throw a bit of tar at him, hoping to stick him to the beast. It doesn't even graze him, sticking to the wolf instead. Suddenly, there's this overwhelming urge to hit him. He's at fault for all of this, right? He's the one that's making it all so much more difficult than it has to be. You should hit hi
1:33 PM m, first, get him out of here, bash him into the ground.||
1:33 PM ((Roll Wits))
1:34 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold $roll 1d6 Wits
1:34 PM <[ATM]> ATM CG|DoughBoy "Wits" [6]  = 6
1:34 PM <Luceat|GM> ((Good. Roll succeeded))
1:35 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((Also if that's to resist the minion stuff against morale penalties and stuff is normally Willpower which is Guts, but its fine if its Wits based for the power just as a heads up))
1:35 PM <Luceat|GM> ||You blink, and suddenly your mind clears again. That was... odd.||
1:36 PM ((It wasn't for the minions))
1:36 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((Also for that skill Brawn roll up there I'd have rolled the 2h6+1 With my Blitz modifier, but no worries just to keep you updated for the future))
1:36 PM ((Heard on that))
1:36 PM ...
1:37 PM ((To clarify the brief mental effect to beat him to the ground was about the hazy cape, or the wolf?))
1:37 PM <Luceat|GM> ((Night can kind of, sort of, selectively focus the unease effect on certain people. It's still THERE for the rest, but it's a lot less powerful. In return, the unease gets stronger on the focused person))
1:37 PM ((It was the hazy cape))
1:38 PM ((Probably shouldn't say any more))
1:38 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((Okay))
1:42 PM <Luceat|GM> ((Oh, and btw, Martyrdom has a stack of Ath debuff from the tar now.))
1:42 PM ((Thought I'd inform you, if it wasn't clear from the text))
1:42 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold And hitting the hazy cape I realize that fighting with /them/ is going to be even more of a waste of time than Martyrdom considering I can't even do damage to them, and from the looks of things, it's looking like Martyrdom is taking damage for his teammates too which is interesting in itself but a detriment to his teammates. I'm almost tempted to try and heave the hazy cape away from the fight, but I remember the weird sensation after going
1:42 PM through it. Maybe that's what they did. Probably better not to touch them too much.
1:42 PM Already having the wolf sticky and nearby I scoop it up and I switch targets back to Martyrdom aiming to swing the minion into him and stick it to him instead like a dough covered living wolf flail.
1:43 PM "Aggh" I grunt with the motion, like a martial artist letting out a noise with their hit.
1:43 PM ||
1:44 PM detriment to my teammates*
1:44 PM <Luceat|GM> ((Hmm, would that be Dex or Ath?))
1:44 PM ((I mean he's throwing something, sounds like Dex, but... well it's a wolf man))
1:44 PM ((Kind of big))
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1:45 PM <Luceat|GM> ((Nvm, that's Ath))
1:45 PM ((Roll Ath))
1:45 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((I'm not throwing him, picking him up and smacking it into him. So Ath yeah.))
1:45 PM ((Up to you if you wanna take my bonus away for carrying something))
1:45 PM <Luceat|GM> ((Yeah, that's about right, roll 1d6, no bonus))
1:45 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold $roll 1d6+1 Blitz, no bonus
1:45 PM <[ATM]> ATM CG|DoughBoy "Blitz, no bonus" [6] +1 = 7
1:45 PM <Luceat|GM> ((Wolf bro is kinda heavy))
1:46 PM $roll 1d6-1
1:46 PM <[ATM]> ATM Luceat|GM [2] -1 = 1
1:46 PM <Luceat|GM> ((Yeah, 7 vs 1, lol))
1:50 PM ||The sticky wolf hits Martyrdom square in the torso, half of the tar covering it disappearing to, presumably, Slip-'n-Slide. The Impact is reduced, too, but the wolf is still heavy enough to do some damage, and there was enough tar to make an impact as well.  Martyrdom grunts, snarling in anger. "Fuck you." He says, glaring at you. "Stupid, shitty
1:50 PM  tar fucker." His hands glow, both of them, and balls of crackling energy sit in both palms, dripping with your tar. He holds them up, growls one last time, and detonates them.||
1:51 PM ((Dodge, or take it?))
1:53 PM FaustAsleep → FaustAndAbout
1:53 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold $roll 1d6+1 Evade
1:53 PM <[ATM]> ATM CG|DoughBoy "Evade" [2] +1 = 3
1:53 PM <Luceat|GM> $roll 1d6-3
1:53 PM <[ATM]> ATM Luceat|GM [6] -3 = 3
1:53 PM <Luceat|GM> ((WOW
1:53 PM OK))
1:53 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((Lmao nice))
1:54 PM FaustAndAbout → GottaGoFaust
1:55 PM <Luceat|GM> ||The blast rocks you, the force at least double his earlier grenade, and it sparks, like there's lightning inside. Tar drips off of it, but that's not the bad part. The bad part is that it's finally acting like an ACTUAL grenade, and you were just hit by two of them at point-blank range. If it weren't for your... weird body, you'd probably be dead
1:55 PM . Holy damn.||
1:55 PM $moderate wound
1:55 PM <[ATM]> ATM Card 'moderate wound' (or 'moderate' with name 'wound') missing.
1:55 PM <Luceat|GM> ((oops))
1:55 PM $moderate bash
1:55 PM <[ATM]> ATM [Torso] [Any 1] Demolished: If struck body part is unarmored, target suffers both type-specific consequences noted below.
1:55 PM [Torso] [Any 1] Internally Injured: -1 to the two lowest of the following: Brawn, Athletics, or Guts.  If equal, apply in that order (Brawn first…)
1:55 PM [Torso] [Any 1] Broken Rib: PAIN, torso.
1:55 PM <Luceat|GM> $light shock
1:55 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold $lesser shock
1:55 PM <[ATM]> ATM [Leg] [Any 1] Disoriented: -2 to Wits checks.  If recently shocked, wounded is effectively blinded and deafened for one round.
1:56 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((So I have no internals to injure so I ignore that effect lol))
1:56 PM ((But I have a -2 to wits now))
1:56 PM <Luceat|GM> ((Yup.))
1:56 PM ((And a moderate wound, but you're still far off from that being a real big deal.))
1:56 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((Yep yep))
1:57 PM <Luceat|GM> ((Too bad it's bash, though. Cut or Pierce would've been healed))
1:57 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((Yeah, coulda been worse though))
1:57 PM ((You were done right?))
1:57 PM ...
1:57 PM <Luceat|GM> ((yup))
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2:02 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold Oh shit!
2:02 PM "Fuck!" I spit, as I find myself reeling and scrambling on the icy floor trying to find purchase. It takes me a second to realize that I don't need to and that I can fly myself off of the ground.  I do so floating myself back into the air, and shaking myself off thankful for the way my body is changed now though it's weird to think about not having proper bones and all that most of the time. I shake myself off and smooth the creases and dents in
2:02 PM my body from the impact out.
2:02 PM Even on my feet though I still can't hear or see shit, and that's /bad/ in the middle of a fight. I have to do something, and though its something I've never done before I feel something in me. An energy or a power I've never really felt before just begging to be unleashed.
2:02 PM "The name's Dough Boy, bitch. And honestly, nah. Fuck you!" I retort, blasting back and letting the energy in me loose as I rapidly fly up into the air as high as I can to avoid counter attack or another fucking explosion like that because god damn.
2:02 PM ||
2:03 PM ((Using my absorption ability, and flying up!))
2:04 PM <Luceat|GM> ((To be clear, you flew up BEFORE using your charge?))
2:04 PM ((Or after?))
2:04 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((Charge first, then fly up))
2:04 PM <Luceat|GM> ((OK))
2:04 PM $lesser bash
2:04 PM <[ATM]> ATM [Leg] [Part] Tripped: Knocked to the ground.  This lesser wound goes away at start of next turn.
2:04 PM <Luceat|GM> $roll 1d6-4
2:04 PM <[ATM]> ATM Luceat|GM [6] -4 = 2
2:09 PM <Luceat|GM> ||Martyrdom was close enough that your blast hits him with its force. He falls, knocked over, his free leg sliding on the ice-y floor, losing traction. Even before he receives the full brunt of the tar blast, he's fallen inside the layer of tar you'd left on the ground earlier. He's covered, almost head to toe, even as bits and pieces of the tar on
2:09 PM  the ground and the tar from your blast disappears. There's no way he's getting out, and any movement he makes just sends more and more tar to his teammate. "What the- Mart! What's happening?!" You turn to look at the ongoing fight between Slip-'n-Slide and OOSOOM. Paragon and Very, Very Frightening are both kneeling, injured and bleeding slightly,
2:09 PM  but generally in tact. Slip-'n'-Slide, meanwhile, is clawing at spots of tar that have just appeared on his body, clawing at his legs and lower body.
2:13 PM "Well, that was annoying." You hear. Slumbering Night walks up, for once not being dramatic. He's brushing imaginary dirt and filth off his robes, flanked by two of his creatures, while the rest of them hang back. The hazy shape from before is hounding him, but he's steadfastedly ignoring it. Nothing it's doing does any damage, and there's no react
2:13 PM ion from him even as the shape punching and tugs at him. "Hazy guy is a Stranger. If you hit him, you get blasted with anger for him. A taunting effect, traps you in a loop where the taunt makes you more likely to hit him.  Finally got out of it. Just ignore him."||
2:14 PM ((That... was a lining up of literally perfect, simultaneous scenarios
2:15 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ...
2:15 PM ((Yeah things all came together pretty smoothly here so far))
2:16 PM <Luceat|GM> Bash trips Martyr, gets him to 4 stack tar state, so now he's at 0 Ath and trapped. His power sends more and more taunt to Slip-'n-Slide, covers him in tar, makes it easy for Paragon and VVF to beat him, finally. AND Night FINALLY passes his Wits check to get out of Hazy cape 's power))
2:16 PM ((tar*))
2:20 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold I shake my head blinking away the rest of the disorientation from taking the explosion, and look over at Night. Watching the whispy fuck hitting him have no effect at all is actually kind of funny, and though my body still aches a little from the damage I realize I'd come through the other side of this pretty much okay. It'll suck that I'll have to heal this off at regular speeds. I spit in Martyrdom's direction, motherfucker.
2:20 PM "Y'all didn't care bout my name before when you should've, but I bet y'all know my name now. Now it's too late." I shake my head at the whispy cape again.
2:20 PM "Fuck you think you're doing dumbass. Go run off and tell your Wild Ride how much of a fuck up you are, or keep being useless doesn't matter to me." I shrug and give Night an approving nod before I take off over towards Slip and Slide. I land in front of him still hovering a few feet off the floor so I don't slip.
2:20 PM I just stare him down wordlessly waiting for him to speak first but ready to fully dough him into submission if he tries shit.
2:20 PM ||
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2:26 PM <Luceat|GM> ||"OOSOOM have a new guy, huh? What're you called, then? Tar Man? Sticky Shit?" Slip-'n-Slide snarls, irritated. "Alright, Tar Shit, haul me off to prison, go be a 'hero'. I'll be out of there in a week. Tops. You're wasting your time." There's a snort. Very, Very Frightening stands up straight, looks at him.  She looks sort of amused. "You're at t
2:26 PM hree strikes, bud." She says, and you can just imagine her grin. "Plus you've killed before. At least six murders, one of which was a cape. Can you get out of the Birdcage in a week?"
2:27 PM ||
2:27 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ...
2:30 PM "I ain't OOSOOM, but I AM awesome. And I ain't no hero, I'm just about the dough, boy Don't get it twisted." I say to him coldly, floating closer until I'm only inches from him, as I shake my head. I gesture a thumb back at Very, Very Frightening.
2:30 PM "And you heard her, I made sure you was gonna go in for a long time after this shit, bitch." I give him a nasty smile.
2:31 PM "The name's Dough Boy, mother fucker. If you get your one phone call tell your pussy ass brother he should learn to treat his employees better in the future. You never know when they might become a boss." And with that I wind my fist back and cock him straight in the face as hard as I can, dough in hand to cover him the rest of the way.
2:31 PM ||
2:32 PM <Luceat|GM> ((No roll, no way to miss him, no way for him to block. You wanna wrap this up, or?))
2:33 PM ((Also nice OOSOOM pun))
2:33 PM <•CG|DoughBoy> ColdGold ((Yeah I'm good there. Seems like a good stopping point for me))
2:33 PM ((And haha thanks man))
2:33 PM ((Nice clean oneshot))
2:33 PM ((Some cool stuff happened in it that affects your setting too))
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2:34 PM <Luceat|GM> ((Aye, it did. Beach Capers lost a boss, OOSOOM has a bunch of info on two of their members. They took a huge hit))
2:34 PM ((Alright, wrapping up))
2:34 PM ||||
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