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Postby Sidious » Wed Apr 22, 2009 8:48 pm

Attractive 2 AND Crazy 15.


weird how those two always tend to go together huh?
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Postby input.jack » Thu Apr 23, 2009 11:05 am

Sidious wrote:Attractive 2 AND Crazy 15.


weird how those two always tend to go together huh?


And not always Alternate Powered, because they can often use both at the same time
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Postby input.jack » Fri Apr 24, 2009 7:13 pm

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LEX LUTHOR / Alexander Joseph Luthor (PL 10 (12))
Bodycast: Clancy Brown (bald)

Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 210

Occupation: Billionaire CEO, Mastermind
Affiliation: Villain
Base of Operations: Metropolis

Ability Scores
STR 16 (+3), DEX 15 (+2), CON 16 (+3)
INT 24 (+7), WIS 20 (+5), CHA 20 (+5)

Combat
Attack +4 (+10 Ranged, +12 Pistol), Damage +3 (unarmed), +5 (Pistol),
Defense +7 (Base 3, Dodge 4)
Grapple +7, Initiative +4

Saves
TGH +6 (Base 3, Combat Suit 3), Fort +7, Ref +5, Will +11

Skills
Bluff 10 (+15), Climb 2 (+5), Computers 6 (+13), Concentration 5 (+10), Craft: Chemical 8 (+15), Craft: Electronic 8 (+15), Craft: Mechanical 13 (+20), Diplomacy 10 (+15), Disable Device 8 (+15), Gather Information 3 (+8 ), Intimidate 5 (+10), Knowledge: Business 13 (+20), Knowledge: Civics 3 (+10), Knowledge: Current Events 3 (+10), Knowledge: Physical Sciences 8 (+15), Knowledge: Tactics 3 (+10), Knowledge: Technology 5 (+12), Language: 8 ([English], Arabic, German, Greek, Latin, Chinese (Cantonese), Chinese (Mandarin), Japanese, Spanish, Russian), Medicine 5 (+10), Notice 2 (+7), Perform: Oratory 5 (+10), Pilot 3 (+5), Sense Motive 5 (+10), Swim 2 (+5) (143/145)

Feats
Attack Focus (Pistol) 1, Attack Focus (Ranged) 6, Attractive 1, Benefit (CEO Lexcorp) 1, Benefit (Wealth) 7, Connected, Contacts, Defensive Attack, Dodge Focus 4, Eidetic Memory, Equipment 25, Fascinate (Bluff), Improved Initiative, Inspire 2, Inventor, Jack of All Trades, Leadership, Luck 3, Master Plan, Minions 30, Precise Shot, Sidekick (Bodyguard: Mercy) 15, Ultimate Effort (Master Plan),

Powers

Currently, in the DCEAU, Luthor is typically wearing a business suit. He occasionally wears a royal purple and green Lexcorp Combat Suit prototype, with a Kryptonite Laser Pistol worn in a shoulder holster.

Below are the stats for his "Mean Green" Battlesuit; the hardshell suit he will eventually develop from a combination of his Kryptonite power research and salvaged Apokolyptian technology attained through covert connections to STAR Labs.

(64) Device 16 (“Mean Green Battlesuit”; hard to remove)

BATTLESUIT; [Drawback: (-4) Normal Identity (Full-Round)]
[10] Communication 5 (radio; XT: Area –Burst [5 miles])
[12] Flight 6 (500 mph)
[20] Protection 15 (PF: Impervious 12 [Flaw: Weak Point])
[26] Radiation Control 12 (Power Feat: Accurate 1, Variable Descriptor [any kryptonite effect])
[1] AP – (24) Enhanced Strength 24 (Str 40, Dmg +15) (Derived Apokalyptian technology, powered by Kryptonite)
[10] Super-Strength 5 (heavy lift: 100 tons)


Equipment
(11) "Kryptonite Laser Pistol" Blast 5 + Feature 1 (Kryptonite powered)
(4) "Lexcorp KevLex Combat Suit" Protection 3 (Subtle)

Lex has access to all bases, weapons, and technology developed by his corporation; including military and Apokoliptian-derivative technology. WHo he has with him and what they are carrying depends on what he is up to.

Drawbacks


Abilities 51, Skills 29, Feats 116, Powers 64, Combat 14, Saves 13, - Drawbacks 0 = 287

Background:
To the public at large, the name “Lex Luthor” means a (generally) benevolent industrialist; a brilliant inventor and creative genius whose company, Lexcorp, has benefited mankind in general, and his home town of Metropolis specifically. Lex Luthor is the heir to the Luthor fortune, left to him when Lex was in his early 20’s by his father Lionel, after Lionel Luthor’s untimely, accidental death. Lex rebuilt his father’s company, Luthorcorp, into the sleeker, high tech Lexcorp, acquiring numerous military contracts along the way. Lexcorp has become one of the largest corporations in the United States, through Luthor’s brilliant business tactics (and general ruthlessness).
Lex Luthor considers himself to be the most powerful man in Metropolis, and until the arrival of Superman, he was right. Luthor’s genius is driven by his ego. He has placed himself as the “face of Metropolis”, donating vast millions to charities, erecting public libraries, museums, and schools, and building hospitals using Lexcorp’s cutting-edge medical technology. Lexcorp was a provider of much of the base capital for the creation of the independent Scientific and Technical Advanced Research Laboratories (colloquially called S.T.A.R. Labs).
Lexcorp has its fingers in many, many pies, including military arms and armor, both military and civilian vehicles, as well as construction, medicine, computers, video games, and many other aspects of commercial industry. Lexcorp is a direct competitor of Wayne Enterprises, (although the two corporations have allied themselves temporarily, at least once).
While Lex does not quite have Bruce Wayne’s movie-star good looks, his demeanor and appearance always project intelligence, power, and authority, and he is know for his exquisite taste in tailored suits, wine, and beautiful women. Many people attribute the cultural acceptance of “Bald is sexy” to Lex. (Him, or that distinguished British actor who played the captain of that starship on that famous science fiction TV series). Lex Luthor regularly appears in the society columns, often attending charity events, or the opening ceremonies of public works he has helped to finance.
Lex Luthor is not universally loved, however. Occasional clips of him berating employees, Lois Lane’s expose about his tendency to hire only attractive women to fill positions that he will interact with regularly, and his repeated sexual harassment suits, as well as the three seasons of “Power Apprentice” (a TV show which revolved around contestants trying to live up to Luthor’s impossible standards for a personal assistant, and usually ending with someone getting fired) have left Luthor a somewhat tarnished celebrity in many peoples’ eyes.

What the general public does NOT know is that Lex Luthor’s benevolent public persona is a sham. Behind closed doors, Lex Luthor is a cold, calculating mastermind; a devious, shrewd power player and manipulator, willing to sacrifice anyone and anything to attain his goal: POWER. Lex intends to make Metropolis his personal empire, with himself as its absolute ruler. Lexcorp has attained a virtual monopoly on public works, power, and transportation within Metropolis. Lexcorp has access to cutting edge and even off-world technology, thanks to its under-the-table relationship with STAR Labs. Lexcorp also has some major space and defense contracts, including the development of a heavily armed and armored battlesuit capable of giving a single trained soldier firepower equivalent to that of a tank! Lexcorp was also instrumental in the development of the manned mission to Mars (although since the White Martian Invasion, they’ve played that down a bit).

Superman is well aware of Lex’s true nature, as are Daily Planet reporters Lois Lane and Clark Kent. Both have tried to tarnish Luthor’s reputation. However, Luthor is a master at eliminating any direct evidence (or witnesses) to his misdeeds, and so nothing has ever been proven. However, while the majority of Americans believe Luthor to be generally benevolent, a growing number of people are beginning to wonder: if Lex Luthor isn’t up to something…why does Superman dislike him?

:arrow: Power Girl holds a special hatred for Luthor after his appalling treatment of her while she was a "project" at Cadmus.

:arrow: Lex Luthor and Superman never met until Superman appeared in Metropolis. They have never been friends.

:arrow: Lex is secretly pulling the strings of Bruno Mannheim.
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Postby Libra » Sun Apr 26, 2009 11:08 am

Keep up the excellent work Input.Jack! :D
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Postby input.jack » Mon Apr 27, 2009 9:07 am

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SOLOMON GRUNDY (PL 12, 206 total pp)
Bodycast: "Toonhammered" Ted Cassidy

Height: 8'3"
Weight: 971#

Occupation: Criminal
Affiliation: Villain
Base of Operations: Mobile (occasionally Gotham City)

Ability Scores
STR 40 (+15), DEX 10 (+0), CON -- (--)
INT 6 (-2), WIS 10 (+0), CHA 8 (-1)

Combat
Attack +9, Damage +15 (unarmed)
Defense +9
Grapple +40, Initiative +0

Saves
TGH +15, Fort --, Ref +4, Will +8

Skills
--

Feats
All-Out Attack, Power Attack

Powers
(60) Absorption 15 (Energy – Healing)
(13) Growth 4 (Power Feat: Innate, Extra: Duration – Continuous [+1], Flaw: Permanent [-1])
(32) Immunity 32 (Critical Hits, Fortitude Effects)
(15) Protection 15 (Extra: Impervious [+1], Flaw: Limited – Physical only [-1])
(2) Regeneration 1 (Recovery Bonus 5 [allows Recovery Checks at +0], Recovery Rate: Resurrection 1 [1 week]; Power Feat: Reincarnation)
(28 ) Super-Strength 12 (heavy lift: 25K tons; Power Feats: Bracing, Groundstrike, Shockwave, Thunderclap)


Equipment
--

Drawbacks
--

Abilities 6, Skills 0, Feats 2, Powers 150, Combat 36, Saves 12, - Drawbacks 0 = 206

Background:
Cyrus Gold was an infamous gangster operating in Gotham City. In the 1920’s, Gold double-crossed a Cajun, and dumped his body in a dismal area south of Gotham City called “Suicide Swamp”. The man’s grandmother placed a powerful curse upon Cyrus Gold. His next big job was a bullion heist. He and his co-conspirators were successful, but once they were back at their hideout they began to haggle over the division of the loot. Gold was double-crossed and killed by his own men. They buried Gold in the swamp, content that no one would ever come looking for him. However, the swamp had mystical properties of its own, and over the span of several decades the magics intermixed, and Cyrus Gold's corpse was slowly transformed into a rotting, vegetative undead monstrosity. The soulless zombie rose from the swamp, always seeking wealth, but never knowing why. He was powerful and dim-witted, and incredibly tough. This made him useful to the criminal underworld, and soon he was committing crimes. He was given the name “Solomon Grundy” after a 19th century nursery rhyme, because all that he could remember was that he had been “born on Monday”.
Grundy clashed with the first Green Lantern (Alan Scott) in the 1950s. The two would battle each other many times. Something about Grundy rendered him resistant to the power of the ring. He has fought many heroes in his career, including the Batman.
Grundy has been seemingly destroyed on several occasions, only to rise from the swamp again in a new incarnation. Each version of Grundy has been somewhat different from the last, depending on the medium used to dispatch him. Some have been truly evil; some much less so.

"Solomon Grundy, born on a Monday, Christened on Tuesday, Married on Wednesday, Took ill on Thursday, Worse on Friday, Died on Saturday, Buried on Sunday, This is the end of Solomon Grundy"
--19th century nursery rhyme

:arrow: Solomon Grundy is your basic bruiser. With a +15 Toughness Save and an immunity to Fortitude Effects, he really doesnt need much more in the way of defenses.

:arrow: Grundy is not smart, nor particularly clever. Against most opponents he will use his base Attack and Strength. Against slow-moving opponents he will use Power Attack. Against agile opponents who he thinks cant really hurt him, he will use All Out Attack and Power Attack to drop his Defense and raise his Damage, while keeping his Attack Bonus maxxed.

:arrow: This is -a- version of Solomon Grundy; Grundy as he appears "currently". The joy of Grundy is that, if he is ever destroyed, he can come back, resurrecting in the dank depths of Suicide Swamp. And every time he does, he comes back a little different.

:arrow: Ted Cassidy is the man who played the original Lurch on the Addams Family. Solomon Grundy is MUCH broader and wider than Lurch, who was tall and lean. "Toonhammered" (in the Bodycast description) means that he looks like he has been hit on the head with a cartoon hammer and "smooshed down". ;)

:arrow: I added the element of the Cajun henchman because, under normal circumstances, 1920's Gotham City gangsters were NOT in the habit of laying Hexes on people.
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Awesome!

Postby Ultraman69 » Mon Apr 27, 2009 3:41 pm

Dude these write-ups are AWESOME! You have given me a few ideas that I may incorporate into AlphaWorld. I have been reading the "future" DC/Kingdom Come, etc. and may shift things in that direction. I like how the tone is darker. Keep up the good work. I am not sure if I will make it to Indy this year. I just found out we have a launch rehearsal that week. Keep it up! Talk at you and the guys later.
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Postby input.jack » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:04 am

Sorry we wont see you at GenCon, but good luck on the launch!

And Im really glad you like how this is going :)
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Postby input.jack » Tue Apr 28, 2009 2:04 am

From the DC Earth Alpha Universe campaign

PC's are Wonder Woman, Power Girl, and the Flash
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Martian Manhunter has taken a leave of absence, and called in the Atom as his replacement.

Atom: Oh, and you must be Hawkgirl :)

Hawkgirl: *Looks sidelong at her wing* Obviously.

Wonder Woman: *whispers to Hawkgirl, making "feathers" with her hands by her ears* Its the hat ;)

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GM: So theres a tourist taking a picture of the "scenic overlook" in Central City...

Flash (OOC): I zip in, throw a "peace sign", and zip out, so fast he wont realize what happened until one of his friends says "Hey! You got a picture of the Flash!" "No I didnt, I...hey!" :D

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Wonder Woman *Deflecting blaster fire with her bracers*: You know, it didnt work the first two dozen times you shot at me...but I admire your determination!

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Power Girl (OOC): Starro is still "flat tentacled", right?

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Power Girl's costume gets shredded in front by a grabby pair of Starro Probes, and in back by blaster fire. Some "drones" (people with Starro Probes on their faces, controlling their minds) shoot at the Flash, making him have to duck.

Flash: Hey! Dude! I was having a FANTASY here! :tsk:

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Starro blasts Power Girl, who resists the blast with minimal damage, but it shreds her tattered costume clean off of her

Flash: Wow...I love her...I want to marry her...Im....saying all this out loud...but at least shes over there...where she cant hear me...except that she has super-hearing...and Im still talking. Why am I still talking?!?

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Flash attacks Starro with a flurry of autofire punches and kicks, yelling his kiai's

Flash: Hai! Hai! Hai! Ho! Hai! Ow! Oww! Oww! Barnacles!


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The Leaguers discover that Starros plan was to take over the planet, and have the inhabitants build a telepathic control amplifier relay, to let him take over other star systems

Flash: Huh...Ambitious little cephalopod!
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Postby catsi563 » Tue Apr 28, 2009 10:53 am

ROFLMAO :lol:
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Postby Tattooedman » Tue Apr 28, 2009 11:28 am

catsi563 wrote:ROFLMAO :lol:


Ditto! :lol:

Good stuff! I've been reading through this thread on & off, it's got some very good ideas in it, nice work.
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Postby catsi563 » Tue Apr 28, 2009 12:42 pm

those quotes were so flash like i can even hear Michael Rosenbaums voice delivering them. :D
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Postby input.jack » Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:00 pm

catsi563 wrote:those quotes were so flash like i can even hear Michael Rosenbaums voice delivering them. :D


The Flash is played by Prodigy Duck, who really has grasped the essence of the character! :)
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Postby input.jack » Tue Apr 28, 2009 1:06 pm

Galactic Guidebook 1: Languages

In the DCEAU, there is a great deal of interstellar travel. While most starfaring species (or "Races") are capable of travelling vast distances, the Milky Way galaxy is still broken up into about five "quadrants" (yes, I know "quad" means "four"...work with me here).

Each of these regions has its own version of a "Galactic Standard" language. For ease of reference, I have named these Galactic Standard A, B, C, D, and E. Most starfarers will know the G Standard of their region. Some Races living along "border areas" will know two, or even three of these languages.

Most Green Lanterns rely on the Comprehend power of the ring. But dedicated Green Lanterns will know the G Standard of their area, and maybe one other. Members of the Green Lantern High Guard may know all five!

Galactic Standard A is the language most often spoken by starfarers of the region including the Sol system. (Thats us on Earth, for those following along at home ;) ) Galactic Standard A is also spoken by the inhabitants of the Vega Nebula, such as the Tamaraneans, the Citadelians, the Scythrons, and so forth.
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STARFIRE / Princess Koriand'r (PL 10, 154 total pp)
Bodycast: Jessica Alba (with Tamaranean makeover)

Height: 5' 7"
Weight: 135#

Occupation: Adventuress, Model
Affiliation: Independant (formerly Teen Titans)
Base of Operations: Star City (Tinseltown)

Ability Scores
STR 25 (10) (+7 /+0), DEX 20 (+5), CON 16 (+3)
INT 14 (+2), WIS 16 (+3), CHA 20 (+5)

Combat
Attack +6 (+10 Starbolts), Damage +7 (unarmed), +10 (Starbolts)
Defense +12 (Base 8, Dodge 4)
Grapple +13, Initiative +9

Saves
TGH +8 (Base 3, Prot 4, Costume 1), Fort +6, Ref +12, Will +6

Skills
Acrobatics 10 (+15), Concentration 5 (+8 ), Craft: Artistic 2 (+5), Diplomacy 2 (+7), Intimidate 3 (+8 ), Knowledge: Civics 8 (+10), Knowledge: Tactics 3 (+5), Languages 4 ([Tamaranian], Citadellian, English, Galactic Standard A, Okaaran), Medicine 2 (+5), Notice 3 (+6), Perform: Acting 2 (+7), Perform: Dance 5 (+10), Perform: Oratory 3 (+8 ), Perform: Singing 1 (+6), Profession: Fashion Model 9 (+12)

Feats
All-Out Attack, Attractive 2, Benefit (Tamaranian Royalty), Benefit (Wealth) 2, Defensive Attack, Dodge Focus 4, Equipment 1, Fascinate (Perform), Improved Initiative, Inspire 1, Jack of All Trades, Luck 2, Move-By Action, Power Attack, Precise Shot

Powers
(22) “Star-Bolts” Blast 10 (PF: Accurate 2 [+4 to Attack], Dynamic)
(2) DAP – [15] Enhanced Strength 15
(2) DAP – [20] Flight 10 (10,000 mph)
(3) Immunity 3 (Aging, Disease, Sustenance)
(5) Mental Duplication 1 (Xt: No Save [+2]; [Drawback: Requires direct skin-to-skin contact to initiate; -1 pp] LINKED: Telepathy 1 ([Flaw: No Range])
(4) Protection 4
(5) Super Senses 5 (Danger Sense, Dark Vision 2, Direction Sense, Ultra-Hearing)

Equipment
(1) Commlink
(2) “Tamaranian Chainmail Bikini”: Protection 1 (PF: Subtle)

Drawbacks
--

Complications
Power Loss – Immunity (Sustenance), Blast, and Protection if cut off from UV radiation for over 24 hours

Abilities 36, Skills 13, Feats 20, Powers 44, Combat 28, Saves 13, - Drawbacks 1 = 154

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Background:
Koriand’r is a Princess of the planet Tamaran. She was in line to rule the planet as Queen. Her older sister, Komand’r, developed a disease in infancy that robbed her of the ability to fly. (All Tamaraneans can absorb solar energy, and can channel it to fly or emit soft light). Because of Tamaranean religious beliefs, this also robbed Komand’r of her right to the throne, because a Tamaranean being unable to fly is seen as a “curse of X’hal” by their people.

Tamaraneans believe in the tenets of peace, but also believe that the best way to maintain peace is to be capable of defending oneself. The region of space surrounding Tamaran, known as the Vega Nebula, is full of aggressive and hostile species. As children, Komand’r and Koriand’r were sent to the Warlords of Okaara, for training in fighting skills. During a sparring exercise, Komand’r’s jealousy drove her to try to murder her little sister. She was detained, and expelled. Komand’r swore vengeance on Koriand’r for the shame of the incident.

Komand’r ran to the Tamaraneans enemies, the Citadel. She provided them with detailed information about Tamaran’s defensse, and the Citadelians were able to storm the planet. Tamaran’s King Myand’r made a deal with the leader of the Citadel forces, and turned Koriand’r over to the Citadel’s tender mercies as “tribute” to ensure peace.

Koriand’r endured six years of torture and humiliation at the hands of her deranged sister, who was regarded as a Citadel “ally”. While en route from Komand’r’s favorite vacation world back to Citadel space, their star yacht was assaulted by warriors in the employ of a group of cruel, reptilian Scythrons. The Scythrons wanted them for experimentation. The Scythrons were investigating the physiology of every species they could lay their claws on, to try to cure a bio-plague that they had inflicted upon themselves decades earlier, which was unraveling Scythron DNA. During the course of their sadistic experiments upon the two sisters, they accidentally imbued them with the power to convert solar energy into powerful energy blasts. Koriand’r managed to escape, and freed her sister, who attacked her and overpowered her. Komand’r stole a shuttle, and fled back to Citadel space. Koriand’r was recaptured, and spent another few weeks in captivity before she was able to seduce one of the guards, and escape. Koriand’r slipped away in a small shuttle, and managed to make planetfall on an out-of-the-way planet called Earth.

There she befriended the Teen Titans, and especially Robin I (Dick Grayson), whom she learned English from thru a kiss. She joined him and his friends in forming the New Teen Titans, and took the name Starfire. She spent several years in Bay City with them, embarking on many adventures. Along the way she and Dick Grayson struck up a romance, although it was marred by cultural differences in what a “serious relationship” meant. The Teen Titans disbanded after a few years, and she has since begun a career as a model and celebrity. Kory is regarded as extremely physically attractive, even by the standards of superheroes! Her recent pictorial in PLAYPEN has been wildly popular! However, her modeling career has led to her traveling quite a lot, and this has caused some strain on her relationship with Dick.

Kory is a very sensual creature, reveling in what pleasures she can attain. She also has a very no-nonsense, straightforward attitude. Many people have commented that, for a trained warrior who has undergone many hardships, Kory is remarkably nice. She does occasionally have misunderstandings and seems weird, due to her alien heritage and different upbringing. She has learned that American culture has far more taboos than her own, including some silly thing about having to wear clothes all the time when youre in public. (Silly Earthers!)


:arrow: This incarnation of Starfire is based upon how she seemed to me, when she first appeared in the New Teen Titans. Back then, she was shorter than Dick Grayson (her HAIR was taller), was not as strong as Cyborg, and much preferred ranged combat to hand to hand. Her Okaaran warrior training gets her a base Attack Bonus of +6; the equivalent of a SWAT Cop. Not bad for a Princess!

:arrow: I added the Mental Duplication and “Touch Telepathy” because a natural power to absorb only languages through skin contact is…um…dumb. I felt that there should be a more broad-use Power which that is one facet of. This way it seems more like a mental power that a mildly telepathic species might reasonably develop, and is something that might also explain why Kory is such a fantastic girlfriend ;)

:arrow: The Psions have been replaced by the Scythrons. I have always hated that a non-psionic race was named the Psions. That’s like naming a race that cant fly the Flyers.

:arrow: I have read extensively about the Vegan system….and I don’t like it. The Malthusians, who became the Oans, experimented on lizards who became the Psions (despite not having any Psionic powers), who in turn experimented on other life forms because they wanted to know where they came from, creating 20 of the 22 life forms around the Vega system, but every time they discover the truth about themselves they go into denial and bury the evidence…..forget it! The idea of a single star having 22 inhabited worlds is moderately interesting. What Marv Wolfman did with that idea is just…silly, in my opinion. So Im tossing it, for now. It strikes me like the “revelation” that Anakin Skywalker “built” C-3P0; unnecessary and totally ridiculous, belittling both elements of the story. I see no need for the Oans to have created the Psions. Maybe Wolfman thought it was a way to explain why the Green Lantern Corps allows the horrible atrocities the Vegans commit on each other to continue uninterrupted, because the Oans have forbidden them from interfering….but that makes the Oans clearly the bad guys. So Ive decided that the area is the Vega Nebula, and there is something about its particular mixture of space dust and gasses that renders Oan power rings practically inert.

:arrow: Kory speaks “Galactic Standard A”. With as much interstellar travel as occurs in the DC universe, it seems reasonable to me that there would be “trade languages” for the Milky Way galaxy. Most galactic inhabitants only speak one or two of them, but Green Lanterns (and especially the High Guard) might know as many as all five Galactic Standards, noted as “A,B,C,D, and E” for convenience. Galactic Standard A is the language most commonly spoken in the region of space near Earth, and in the Vegan Nebula.
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Postby Bladewind » Tue Apr 28, 2009 5:58 pm

I really like that use of Mental Duplication. I think it captures the concept of Kory's ability to learn languages extremely well.

And your Body Casting for these characters is also an amazing idea.
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