Taliesin's 3E Builds: Moonstone, Binary, Rulk, Wasp, Shang

[DesertGhost]

I'm in two leagues and have drafted in one already. I ended up picking last and did okay but too many high-risk high-reward guys for my comfort. An early QB run meant I missed out on Manning at 1.10/2.1 and had to take SJax and Mendenhall, then another QB run meant I had to take Rivers at 3.10 or else settle for McNabb in 5/6, but I also got Fitz at 4.1 (I know, risky). My Bears sleeper is Forte and I've got their D also.

I've got a pretty good customizable projection that I use in conjunction with dynamic value-based drafting.

Stop speaking Spanish!

[Shadowchaser]

Sounds more like Greek to me.

[Bolek]

I'm in two leagues and have drafted in one already. I ended up picking last and did okay but too many high-risk high-reward guys for my comfort. An early QB run meant I missed out on Manning at 1.10/2.1 and had to take SJax and Mendenhall, then another QB run meant I had to take Rivers at 3.10 or else settle for McNabb in 5/6, but I also got Fitz at 4.1 (I know, risky). My Bears sleeper is Forte and I've got their D also.

I've got a pretty good customizable projection that I use in conjunction with dynamic value-based drafting.

Man, I have a draft this weekend and I am NOT prepared. Do you guys have any websites or resources to recommend on such short notice?

[Taliesin]

I'm in two leagues and have drafted in one already. I ended up picking last and did okay but too many high-risk high-reward guys for my comfort. An early QB run meant I missed out on Manning at 1.10/2.1 and had to take SJax and Mendenhall, then another QB run meant I had to take Rivers at 3.10 or else settle for McNabb in 5/6, but I also got Fitz at 4.1 (I know, risky). My Bears sleeper is Forte and I've got their D also.

I've got a pretty good customizable projection that I use in conjunction with dynamic value-based drafting.

Man, I have a draft this weekend and I am NOT prepared. Do you guys have any websites or resources to recommend on such short notice?

Try footballguys.com or footballoutsiders.com if you're the analytical sort.

[Taliesin]

Storm
PL11

Abilities
Strength 1, Stamina 3, Agility 4, Dexterity 4, Fighting 7, Intellect 2, Awareness 4, Presence 3

Powers
Weather Control: Array (33 points)

Extreme Weather: Environment 11 (Intense Cold, Impede Movement, Visibility), Dynamic • 34 points
• Air Control: Burst Area Move Object 11, Dynamic • 2 points
• Fog: Visual Concealment Attack, Burst Area (x5), Selective, Dynamic • 2 points
• Lightning Bolt: Ranged Damage 13, Burst Area on 4 ranks, Indirect 3 (any point downwards), Dynamic • 2 points
• Tornado: Burst Area Ranged Damage 11, Dynamic • 2 points
• Wind Riding: Flight 7 (250 MPH), Affects Others, Burst Area, Ranged, Dynamic • 2 points

Weather Prediction: Senses 4 (Precognition), Simultaneous, Limited to Weather • 4 points
Weather Resistant: Immunity 10 (Weather effects) • 10 points

Advantages
Attractive, Benefit (Queen of Wakanda), Connected, Defensive Roll 4, Favored Environment (Airborne), Inspire, Languages 3 (Japanese, Russian, Shi’ar, Wakandan; base: English), Leadership, Ranged Attack 5, Teamwork

Skills
Athletics 6 (+7), Expertise: Streetwise 4 (+6), Perception 6 (+10), Persuasion 10 (+13), Sleight of Hand 6 (+10), Stealth 8 (+12), Vehicles 4 (+8)

Offense
Initiative +4
Lightning Bolt +9, Ranged, Damage 13 (Burst Area Damage 4)
Tornado, Burst Area, Ranged, Damage 11
Unarmed +7, Close, Damage 1

Defense
Dodge 11, Parry 11
Toughness 7 / 3*, Fortitude 8, Will 12
*Without Defensive Roll bonus

Power Points
Abilities 56 + Powers 58 + Advantages 19 + Skills 22 + Defenses 24 = Total 179

Complications
Accident: Storm’s mood may trigger her Weather Control.
Claustrophobia: Storm has a fear of enclosed places.
Prejudice: Mutant.
Relationship: Storm is the wife of Black Panther.
Responsibility: As Queen of Wakanda.

Real Name: Ororo Munroe

Design Notes: Weather controllers are both easier and harder. Note that mix-and-match environments as they existed in 2E are not in 3E. It was basically a mini-dynamic array, and you can recreate it if you want that kind of build. There isn’t a Progression feat in 3E for reducing areas, and it looks as if Selective is required to control the size of an area effect—in Storm’s case, this allows her to blanket a smaller area with fog if she wants to.

[Bolek]

Nice Storm build. I am really digging the X-Men so keep'em coming. I used your Wolverine build this last weekend and it was a lot of fun. His amazing Perception skill was quite useful in tracking down an urban killer. I have a quick question if you don't mind. Why did you go with Regeneration 12? It seems that anything besides a rank in a multiple of 5 gets a bit confusing when trying to determine how often it kicks in.

[Taliesin]

Nice Storm build. I am really digging the X-Men so keep'em coming. I used your Wolverine build this last weekend and it was a lot of fun. His amazing Perception skill was quite useful in tracking down an urban killer. I have a quick question if you don't mind. Why did you go with Regeneration 12? It seems that anything besides a rank in a multiple of 5 gets a bit confusing when trying to determine how often it kicks in.

It's actually not too bad with ranks 2, 5, or 10, since they are all factors of 10. For ranks over 10, it's the same with 12, 15, and 20, since you just add an extra condition on top of the 1/round for 10. So Regen 12 is once per round but twice at rounds 5 and 10.

[Jabroniville]

Design Notes: Weather controllers are both easier and harder. Note that mix-and-match environments as they existed in 2E are not in 3E. It was basically a mini-dynamic array, and you can recreate it if you want that kind of build. There isn’t a Progression feat in 3E for reducing areas, and it looks as if Selective is required to control the size of an area effect—in Storm’s case, this allows her to blanket a smaller area with fog if she wants to.

I figure that "Dimished Range" can work just as well for Area Effects as standard reduced-range Ranged attacks. It just shrinks back the area one size category. It's not entirely Rules As Written, but I think it's a fair cost.

[Taliesin]

Design Notes: Weather controllers are both easier and harder. Note that mix-and-match environments as they existed in 2E are not in 3E. It was basically a mini-dynamic array, and you can recreate it if you want that kind of build. There isn’t a Progression feat in 3E for reducing areas, and it looks as if Selective is required to control the size of an area effect—in Storm’s case, this allows her to blanket a smaller area with fog if she wants to.

I figure that "Dimished Range" can work just as well for Area Effects as standard reduced-range Ranged attacks. It just shrinks back the area one size category. It's not entirely Rules As Written, but I think it's a fair cost.

Diminished Range is a flaw that restricts your ranged effects, well, range.

What Progression did in 2E was allow you to control the size of your area effect, not simply restrict it.

Storm has the Burst Area bought 5 times so she can cover a 500-ft radius with fog, but she also has the option of reducing the radius if she wishes.

[UnkindMirror]

• Fog: Visual Concealment Attack, Burst Area (x5), Selective, Dynamic • 2 points

Is Concealment Attack exempt from the clause that Attack effects come with a Resistance check?
If not, what's Fog resisted by?

The target gets a resistance check, determined when the effect is made into an attack. Generally Dodge or Will is the most appropriate. A successful check negates the effect.

2e Obscure didn't grant a save, and I get that's what this is going for here, but Concealment's Attack Extra doesn't say anything about this either way.

[prodigyduck]

Love the Storm build.

My only add would be to give her the Complication (Quirk: nudist). Of course, Marvel has not been keeping with that part of her personality since the 80s, so it's understandible if folks have forgotten (or succumbed to the parents groups).

[Libra]

Wait, what?

I'll just be with the back catalogue ... browsing. Yes, browsing through that back catalogue. . .

(Keep up the terribly good work Taliesin).

[Invictus]

It's true, Libra. Back in the old days, Ororo was nekkid inside her own room all the time. And a minimalist in regard to attire the rest of the time. Up until that idiotic mohawk phase, any way.

Taliesin, I don't know who else you've got set to show us, but I notice the Hulk, Doc Strange, and the Surfer done already, and I'm an old-time Defenders fan. So you must know who I'm wondering about.

Imperius Rex!

[hero4hire]

Storm was actually semi-nude in her very first appearence. I also remember her sunbathing once and complaining that she was forced to wear "absurd scraps of cloth" that was a bikini.

[Taliesin]

• Fog: Visual Concealment Attack, Burst Area (x5), Selective, Dynamic • 2 points

Is Concealment Attack exempt from the clause that Attack effects come with a Resistance check?
If not, what's Fog resisted by?

The target gets a resistance check, determined when the effect is made into an attack. Generally Dodge or Will is the most appropriate. A successful check negates the effect.

2e Obscure didn't grant a save, and I get that's what this is going for here, but Concealment's Attack Extra doesn't say anything about this either way.

By default there isn't any, but I think by the letter of the rules, you can make it resisted by Dodge for Fog and perhaps Will for some other concealment effects. For Fog, I think Dodge makes sense, because the target would basically be trying to disperse the fog around himself. I wonder if this is an oversight or intentional omission, considering that you'd generally be at a disadvantage if you try to resist a Burst Area Concealment.