Taliesin's builds: 3E moved to sister thread

[Taliesin]

*salute* Much appreciated. I was beginning to think that maybe you had forgotten.

Just busy. Not familiar with Marvel Boy, but I'm almost done with Nico. Sometimes it just takes a little time for me to finish the builds.

[Unknown Soldier]

100% understandable. I didn't mean to come off rude, if I did.

[Taliesin]

100% understandable. I didn't mean to come off rude, if I did.

Not at all. I don't like disappointing anyone, either.

[Taliesin]

Anyone else think it weird to be able to pull a magic staff out of your body?

Nico Minoru

Power Level: 7 (89pp)

Abilities: STR: 10 (+0), DEX: 14 (+2), CON: 10 (+0), INT: 14 (+2), WIS: 14 (+2), CHA: 14 (+2)

Skills: Concentration 4 (+6), Knowledge [Arcane Lore] 4 (+6), Knowledge [Theology and Philosophy] 4 (+6), Notice 4 (+6), Perform [Wind Instruments] 4 (+6), Search 4 (+6)

Feats: Attack Focus [Melee] 2, Defensive Roll 2, Leadership, Trance

Powers:
Strike 6 (Extra: Penetrating [+1]; Power Feats: Extended Reach, Triggered [by Weapon Summoning]; 14pp)
Weapon Summoning 10 (Extra: Affects Others [+1]; Flaw: Limited Dismissal [-1], Limited to One Weapon [Staff of One; +0]; Power Feat: Immunity to Summoned Weapons; Drawback: Power Loss [if unable to speak; Uncommon, Minor]; 20pp)

Summoned Weapons:

Staff of One (20pp total)
Strike 2 (Power Feat: Mighty; 3pp)
Variable Power 6 (any one power with a magical descriptor; Flaw: Side-Effect [random effect if same spell is used more than once; -1]; Drawback: Power Loss [when unable to speak; Uncommon, Minor]; 17pp)

Combat: Attack +4 / +6 (Melee); Damage +2 (Strike) / +10 (Variable Power); Defense +6 (+3 flat-footed); Initiative +2

Saves: Toughness +2 (+0 flat-footed), Fortitude +3, Reflex +6, Will +6

Drawbacks: Normal Identity (Nico’s blood must be shed to summon staff; Common [full round], Major; -4pp)

Abilities 16 + Skills 6 (24 ranks) + Feats 6 + Powers 34 + Combat 20 + Saves 11 – Drawbacks 4 = Total 89

Complications: Prejudice (underaged)

Like the other Runaways, Nico comes out inexpensive due to her limited experience, but the potential is very apparent, such that a PL10/150pp build would be easy enough to extrapolate. With the Staff of One, Nico can cast any spell of up to 30pp, limited by her PL caps. She needs to shed her blood in order to produce the staff from her body, which takes a full round action.

Update 9/13/07 The Staff of One is now appropriately described with Weapon Summoning. Also added in a Strike power triggered when the staff pops out of her chest.

[Unknown Soldier]

That's pretty sexy. You should do the rest when you get some time off. I'm a huge Runaways fan.

[Taliesin]

I like the Runaways too, but I usually wait until the characters have a bit more source material for me to draw upon.

[Unknown Soldier]

That makes sense. Anyway, I thanks for the builds!

[Mike5000us]

Yeah, I remember that I wanted to build Goku and SSJ Goku. Well, I did put together an Excel sheet detailing what I wanted his stats to be at various points in the anime, so it's a matter of going through and actually doing the builds. I promise to go back and work on them.

Can I see this sheet or are you going to show it in one of your future Design Diaries.

[Fisdenallus]

Nico Minoru

Powers:
Device 4 “Staff of One” [Easy to Lose] (Drawback: Normal Identity [Nico’s blood must be shed to summon Staff; Common [full round], Major; -4pp]; 8pp)
Immunity 1 (Staff of One; 1pp)

Devices:

Staff of One (20pp total)
Strike 2 (Power Feat: Mighty; 3pp)
Variable Power 6 (any one power with a magical descriptor; Flaw: Side-Effect [random effect if same power is used more than once; -1]; Drawback: Power Loss [when unable to speak; Uncommon, Minor]; 17pp)

You are the man! I love the Runaways, great stuff. I recently worked on stat-ing the staff of one as well. You got to love it, what a great item.

Excellent work, I will be monitoring you from the Fiz-cave as well.

I'm still geeking out over that staff. You don't even know, you just made my day. Emoticon time.

[Beleriphon]

Nothing is pointless and the reason is because I'm the president of the great United States of America. Yeah!

Great go at! Did anybody else notice that the president outside of his mecha looks a lot like Michael Douglas, while the vice president looks suspiciously like Dennis Miller? I think the Japanese are trying to send us a message. They want Dennis Miller and Michael Douglas to fight, in giant mecha!

[Taliesin]

Yeah, I remember that I wanted to build Goku and SSJ Goku. Well, I did put together an Excel sheet detailing what I wanted his stats to be at various points in the anime, so it's a matter of going through and actually doing the builds. I promise to go back and work on them.

Can I see this sheet or are you going to show it in one of your future Design Diaries.

Maybe. I worked essentially on converting DBZ power levels from the scouters to M&M PLs, so I have an idea how powerful I want the various characters. It's just a big Excel file along with my other benchmarks.

[Taliesin]

You are the man! I love the Runaways, great stuff. I recently worked on stat-ing the staff of one as well. You got to love it, what a great item.

Excellent work, I will be monitoring you from the Fiz-cave as well.

I'm still geeking out over that staff. You don't even know, you just made my day. Emoticon time.

Thanks. I feel like I'm too lazy using Variable Structures so much recently, but hey, it works.

[Taliesin]

Great go at! Did anybody else notice that the president outside of his mecha looks a lot like Michael Douglas, while the vice president looks suspiciously like Dennis Miller? I think the Japanese are trying to send us a message. They want Dennis Miller and Michael Douglas to fight, in giant mecha!

I'd pay to see anyone beat up Dennis Miller. He single-handedly ruined Monday Night Football for me when he was on as guest commentator/comic relief (not that Kornheiser and Theismann are any better).

Still, not my best build, but the trailers I did see made me want to play that game now, if only for the cheesy dialogue.

[Beleriphon]

Still, not my best build, but the trailers I did see made me want to play that game now, if only for the cheesy dialogue.

Me too, and again I get to kick the crap out of Dennis Miller via proxy.

[Taliesin]

I’m starving!

Son Goku (beginning of Dragonball Z)

Power Level: 10 (195pp)

Abilities: STR: 22 (+6), DEX: 22 (+6), CON: 22 (+6), INT: 8 (-1), WIS: 18 (+4), CHA: 12 (+1)

Skills: Acrobatics 8 (+14), Climb 4 (+10), Notice 10 (+14), Sense Motive 6 (+10), Survival 8 (+12), Swim 4 (+10)

Feats: Acrobatic Bluff, Attack Focus [Melee] 4, Attack Specialization [Unarmed], Defensive Attack, Diehard, Evasion, Fearless, Improved Initiative, Luck 2, Power Attack, Uncanny Dodge [Auditory]

Powers:
Blast 12 (24pp) Kamehameha
Device 4 "Nyoibo Stick" [Easy to Lose] (12pp)
Impervious Toughness 4 (4pp)
Summon Minion 5 (Kintoun; Drawback: Power Loss [when unable to speak; Uncommon, Minor]; 9pp)
Super-Senses 7 (Detect Life 4 [mental, Ranged, Acute, Assessment], Normal Hearing [Extended], Normal Sight [Extended], Scent [Tracking]; 7pp)
Super-Speed 4 (Dodge Focus 8; 100 MPH; 20pp)
AP: Displacement (1pp) Zanzouken
Super-Strength 6 (Heavy Load: ~12 tons; 12pp)
AP: Flight 6 (500 MPH; 1pp) Bukujutsu

Devices:

Nyoibo Stick (20pp total)
Elongation 16 (16pp)
Strike 2 (Power Feats: Extended Reach, Mighty; 4pp)

Combat: Attack +8 / +12 (Melee) / +14 (Unarmed); Damage +6 (Unarmed) / +8 (Nyoibo stick) / +12 (Kamehameha); Defense +14 (+3 flat-footed); Initiative +10

Saves: Toughness +6 (+4 Impervious), Fortitude +9, Reflex +9, Will +6

Abilities 44 + Skills 10 (40 ranks) + Feats 15 + Powers 90 + Combat 28 + Saves 8 – Drawbacks 0 = 195

This is Son Goku right at the beginning of Dragonball Z. He is the most powerful fighter on Earth, but still a small fry compared to the cosmic foes he will face throughout the rest of the series. He no longer has his Saiyan tail and without it, cannot transform into an Oozaru form.

Goku has a complement of superhuman abilities, including strength and speed. He has Dodge Focus as his base power in his Super-Speed array, but can choose to use his Zanzouken to produce duplicate shadow images instead. Goku’s signature attack is his Kamehameha, but he can Power Stunt more esoteric energy attacks like Taiyouken (a visual Dazzle).

Goku can detect the ki energy of living creatures, including their approximate power levels. As an unofficial reference, I have his sentou-ryoku, or combat ability, as about 1000 at this point when fully powered. It is usually suppressed at about 400 when he is not in combat.

Though he can fly of his own volition now, Goku still has his flying cloud, Kintoun. He is able to call Kintoun to his aid verbally, making this trait more appropriately Summon Minion.

Kintoun (Minion Rank 5)
Power Level: 3 (75pp)
Abilities: STR: 10 (+0), DEX: 20 (+5), CON: -- (--), INT: 10 (+0), WIS: 14 (+2), CHA: 10 (+0)
Powers:
Flight 10 (10,000 MPH; 20pp)
Immunity 30 (Fortitude effects; 30pp)
Insubstantial 2 (Extra: Continuous [+1]; Flaw: Permanent [-1]; Power Feat: Innate; 11pp)
Super-Strength 3 (Heavy Load: 800 lbs.; Extra: Affects Corporeal [+1]; Flaw: Limited [to those of pure heart; -1]; 6pp)
Combat: Attack +0; Damage --; Defense +5 (+2 flat-footed); Initiative +5
Saves: Toughness +0, Fortitude --, Reflex +6, Will +3
Drawbacks: Disability (Mute; Very Common, Moderate; -4pp), Disability (No Hands; Very Common, Moderate; -4pp)
Abilities 4 + Skills 0 (0 ranks) + Feats 0 + Powers 67 + Combat 10 + Saves 2 - Drawbacks 8 = 75