Taliesin's builds: 3E moved to sister thread

[Taliesin]

Sorry to bother, Taliesin, but I was wondering if you could help me with a character I'm making. I already have it statted out, and I was just needing someone better at this than me to look over it. If you're too busy, or just flat out don't want to I'll fully understand.

No problem, just create a new topic or PM it to me.

[kerianvalentine]

That's what I get for reading things at 1:00 A.M. after a long day of work. Sorry about that, so you did. I read it as "Improved Critical 4" for some reason.

[dwellerofthedeep]

Great V. I'm really digging the art you used for two-face as well, he also seems far more interesting than some other builds I've seen of him (With just the tommy gun).

[JoshuaDunlow]

As always Taliesin, your write ups rock. Specially all the Heralds of Galactus.

[Taliesin]

That's what I get for reading things at 1:00 A.M. after a long day of work. Sorry about that, so you did. I read it as "Improved Critical 4" for some reason.

No prob. I shouldn't have been up that late, myself, either.

[Taliesin]

Great V. I'm really digging the art you used for two-face as well, he also seems far more interesting than some other builds I've seen of him (With just the tommy gun).

Too many of Batman's villains started out gimmicky, but at least it gives them some personality. I did want to drive home those aspects of Two-Face that set him apart from the other crazies in Arkham.

[Taliesin]

As always Taliesin, your write ups rock. Specially all the Heralds of Galactus.

Thanks for dropping in. Those Heralds were a pain to stat out. Glad you liked them.

[Mindforge]

I didn't notice Spawn anywhere in here... I was just looking to see how you dealt with the earlier ideas of the degrading powers. (The first @ 30 issues or so).

I just started playing and I just kind of ran through and looked how you set up some of the DAP's and stuff.

[Taliesin]

I didn't notice Spawn anywhere in here... I was just looking to see how you dealt with the earlier ideas of the degrading powers. (The first @ 30 issues or so).

I just started playing and I just kind of ran through and looked how you set up some of the DAP's and stuff.

I started working on a Spawn build per a request a week or so back but haven't finished it.

The magical abilities set to the counter would be a Variable Structure with a Fades Flaw.

[Taliesin]

MILF! MILF! MILF!

Catwoman (Selina Kyle)

Power Level: 9 (148pp)

Abilities: STR: 14 (+2), DEX: 20 (+5), CON: 14 (+2), INT: 16 (+3), WIS: 16 (+3), CHA: 18 (+4)

Skills: Acrobatics 14 (+19), Bluff 6 (+10), Climb 12 (+14), Disable Device 14 (+17), Disguise 4 (+8), Escape Artist 12 (+17), Gather Information 8 (+12), Handle Animal 8 (+12), Knowledge [Streetwise] 12 (+15), Knowledge [Technology] 4 (+7), Notice 8 (+11), Search 8 (+11), Sense Motive 8 (+11), Sleight of Hand 12 (+17), Stealth 14 (+19)

Feats: Acrobatic Bluff, Animal Empathy, Attack Focus [Melee] 4, Attractive 2, Defensive Roll 2, Distract (Bluff), Dodge Focus 6, Elusive Target, Equipment 4, Evasion, Improved Initiative, Move-By Action, Quick Draw, Sneak Attack, Taunt

Equipment: (20ep, 3ep open)

Cat o’ nine tails (7ep): as Whip plus Super-Movement 1 (Swinging)

Costume (10ep)
Camouflage (Urban), Flash goggles, Night Vision Goggles, Strike 2 (Power Feats: Improved Critical, Mighty), Super-Movement 1 (Climbing), Super-Senses 1 (Infravision)

Combat: Attack +8 / +12 (Melee); Damage +2 (Unarmed or Whip) / +4 (Claws, 19-20 Crit) // +2 (Sneak Attack); Defense +14 (+4 flat-footed); Initiative +9

Saves: Toughness +4 (+2 flat-footed), Fortitude +5, Reflex +11, Will +6

Abilities 40 + Skills 36 (144 ranks) + Feats 28 + Powers 0 + Combat 32 + Saves 12 – Drawbacks 0 = 148

Complications: Responsibility (Helena Kyle, Gotham’s East End), Secret (true identity)

Like most of Batman’s allies and rogues gallery, Catwoman has a wealth of skills and feats, as befits the world’s greatest cat burglar. Batman literally has his hands full with this woman. She is more agile than the Dark Knight and though she won’t be running circles around him, she does have a slight edge maneuvering and with interaction skills, especially since Batman seldom seems to resist.

Selina’s not overwhelming in combat, but she’s practically guaranteed the extra +2 damage from Sneak Attack, and she certainly knows her way with her claws and whip. That doesn’t change the fact that she’s not supposed to get embroiled in melee and should be using her skills to avoid confrontation whenever possible.

An update to DC's contender for favorite comic MILF. Catwoman's just too much fun in a low- to mid-level campaign. She's not much of a physical threat, but she's a hellcat, nonetheless.

[Wordmaker]

Gotta love Selina.

[Taliesin]

Gotta love Selina.

Anyone who loves Batman should understand the allure of Catwoman.

[Taliesin]

52-card Pickup? What’s that? Darn, fooled again…

Booster Gold
Michael Jon Carter

Power Level: 10 (150pp)

Abilities: STR: 16 [30] (+10), DEX: 14 (+2), CON: 16 (+3), INT: 12 (+1), WIS: 10 (+0), CHA: 16 (+3)

Skills: Acrobatics 8 (+10), Bluff 12 (+15), Computers 4 (+5), Disable Device 4 (+5), Gather Information 12 (+15), Knowledge [Business] 4 (+5), Knowledge [Popular Culture] 8 (+9), Knowledge [Technology] 4 (+5), Pilot 4 (+6), Search 4 (+5)

Feats: Beginner’s Luck, Contacts, Improved Initiative, Luck, Minions 8 (Skeets, rank 8), Taunt, Well-Informed

Powers:
Device 5 [Legion Flight Ring] (Hard to Lose; 20pp)
Device 10 [Booster Gold Suit] (Hard to Lose; 40pp)

Devices:

Legion Flight Ring (25pp total)
Communication 16 (Flaw: Limited [to wearers of Legion Flight Rings; -3]; 4pp)
Flight 6 (500 MPH; 12pp)
Immunity 9 (Life Support; 9pp)

Booster Gold Suit (60pp total)
Blast 10 (20pp)
Enhanced Strength 14 (14pp)
Enhanced Feats 2 (Attack Focus [Ranged] 2; 2pp)
Force Field 10 (10pp)
Super-Senses 6 (Normal Sight [Extended]; Normal Hearing [Extended], Infravision, Microscopic Vision 1 [dust-sized], Radio, Time Sense; 6pp)
Super-Strength 4 (Heavy Load: 12 tons; 8pp)

Combat: Attack +8 / +10 (Ranged); Damage +10 (Unarmed) / +10 (Blast); Defense +7 (+4 flat-footed); Initiative +6

Saves: Toughness +3 [+13], Fortitude +6, Reflex +6, Will +3

Drawbacks: Normal Identity (Michael Jon Carter; Common [full round], Major; -4pp)

Abilities 24 + Skills 16 (64 ranks) + Feats 14 + Powers 60 + Combat 30 + Saves 10 – Drawbacks 4 = Total 150

Complications: Obsession (fame and wealth), Reputation (gloryhound and sell-out), Secret (of 52 and the Multiverse)

Booster Gold is a pretty capable and athletic normal who uses his knowledge of the future to scam people and his appropriation of future technology to become a superhero. His outfit consists of a Legion Flight Ring and a version of Brainiac 5’s force field belt, among other items.

Skeets is once-again Booster’s trusty minion and a vast resource of current events and all-around knowledge, although his knowledge of future events appears to be flawed at this point, and Unreliable. His Library feature functions exactly as the Headquarters feature of the same name, allowing him to take 20 on Knowledge checks but requiring an hour for the research (which Skeets’s Quickness drops to less than a minute—six rounds, in fact). Though he possesses no hands, per se, Skeets has functional tools allowing for precise manipulation as needed—to repair Booster’s armor, administer first aid, or to access computers.

Skeets (Minion Rank 8)

Power Level: 8 (120pp)

Abilities: STR: 10 [1] (-5), DEX: 18 (+4), CON: -- (--), INT: 18 (+4), WIS: 10 (+0), CHA: 10 (+5)

Skills: Computers 8 (+12), Craft [Electronic] 8 (+12), Disable Device 8 (+12), Knowledge [Current Events] 8 (+12), Knowledge [Technology] 8 (+12), Medicine 4 (+4), Search 4 (+8)

Feats: Eidetic Memory

Powers:
Blast 10 (Power Feat: Accurate; 21pp)
Datalink 2 (2pp)
AP: Quickness 6 (x100; Flaw: Limited [perusing Library; -2]; 1pp)
Features 2 (Library [as for Headquarters, take 20 on Knowledge checks], Temporal Inertia; 2pp)
Flight 4 (100 MPH; 8pp)
Immunity 30 (all Fortitude effects; 30pp)
Protection 10 (10pp)
Shrinking 12 (Extra: Continuous [+1]; Flaw: Permanent [-1]; Power Feat: Innate; 13pp)
Super-Senses 4 (Precognition; Flaw: Unreliable [-1]; 2pp)

Combat: Attack +0 [+4] / +2 [+6] (Blast); Damage +10 (Unarmed); Defense +0 [+4] (+0 flat-footed); Initiative +4

Saves: Toughness +10 [+7], Fortitude --, Reflex +8, Will +4

Drawbacks: Vulnerable (magnetic attacks; Uncommon, Major; -3pp)

Abilities 6 + Skills 14 (56 ranks) + Feats 1 + Powers 93 + Combat 0 + Saves 8 – Drawbacks 3 = Total 120

Update 2/13/09 Quick brushing up to include this in the Gold/Blue bromance thread. The result is a cleaner and more iconic build.

[Mindforge]

I looked at your Thor and I think it is great but then I looked at the combat you played out. I was curious what references you used to create Thor. I noticed that you never added the Odinforce. I think the belt should use Boost and then fatigue him afterward like it does in some of the comics.

Odinforce would probably best be shown as a Boost (all traits) X power.

I did like the balance you brought and was curious what Thor you were using. I am not putting the build down, I was just curious if it is an early Thor, the dual Thor or the Thor that beat Those Who Sit Above in Shadow.

[Taliesin]

I looked at your Thor and I think it is great but then I looked at the combat you played out. I was curious what references you used to create Thor. I noticed that you never added the Odinforce. I think the belt should use Boost and then fatigue him afterward like it does in some of the comics.

Odinforce would probably best be shown as a Boost (all traits) X power.

I did like the balance you brought and was curious what Thor you were using. I am not putting the build down, I was just curious if it is an early Thor, the dual Thor or the Thor that beat Those Who Sit Above in Shadow.

I've made updates to Thor since the battle. I generally try to stat out the most recent version of the character if I can. For Thor, I used a combination of the OHOTMU and recent comics.

I've never made an Odinforce Thor...first, because it wasn't the current Thor at the time that I statted him (the then-current Thor was dead) and the now-current Thor doesn't have the Odinforce. If I were to stat out the Odinforce, it would probably be a rank 20+ array. Boost (all traits) wouldn't let Thor acquire traits that he doesn't already possess. The ways that Thor most often uses the Odinforce are limited enough that I can use an array for most of the uses and power stunts for the rest. I don't think it's an X-trait, but it's at least a rank 20 effect by my metrics.

For the belt, Boost doesn't work in this situation, either. Thor gets the extra Strength as long as he wears the belt; it doesn't ebb and flow. That's not Boost; that's Enhanced Strength on a Hard to Lose Device.

Also, I already included the weakness that affects Thor after he removes the belt. It's a Weakness Drawback that causes him to lose Strength.

In general, I find Boost to be less than ideal to describe certain powers and certain those that the characters possess all the time. Personally, I find there are better ways to express powers than Boost most of the time, especially in M&M.