Mister Miracle

[Rev. Pee Kitty]

If this has been covered in one of the DCA supplements, sorry, but I only have the MM3e core books right now.

How would you build Mr. Miracle's "greatest escape artist" ability? I was just rereading JLA: World War III, where he effortlessly bypasses all of the Watchtower's defenses -- getting past lasers, unlocking sealed doors, avoiding snares, etc. Obviously high active defenses, but what else would you need?

[Monolith]

A lot of that could simply be done with the existing skills and a ton of hero points. Hero points for rerolls that always guarantee you a minimum of 11 and others for edit scene to get around impossible obstacles.

[Flying Cobra]

Luck, Lots of Sleight of Hand and Technology and Acrobatics, Ultimate Effort, Second Chance and Skill Mastery. Stealth helps some, too.

[Shock]

I'd go with Immunity 5 (Entrapment).

[Rev. Pee Kitty]

I'd go with Immunity 5 (Entrapment).

Wait, can you do that? That's more of a situation than a hazard; "entrapment" doesn't necessarily allow a resistance roll. Also, that seems like it opens things up for some weird, Nobilis-style effects: "My character has Immunity (Being Wet), so you physically cannot throw me in the water, sorry!"

[Shock]

5 ranks: alteration effects, sensory Affliction effects,
emotion effects, entrapment (grabbing, snares, or
bonds), fatigue effects, interaction skills, or a particu-
lar Damage effect or descriptor (such as bullets, cold,
electricity, falling, fire, magic, radiation, sonic, etc.)

I got it right from the DCA book. As for Immunity(being wet)? No it wouldn't keep you from being thrown in the water. You just wouldn't get wet.

Presumably, the water would get you instead.

[JetstreamGW]

5 ranks: alteration effects, sensory Affliction effects,
emotion effects, entrapment (grabbing, snares, or
bonds), fatigue effects, interaction skills, or a particu-
lar Damage effect or descriptor (such as bullets, cold,
electricity, falling, fire, magic, radiation, sonic, etc.)

I got it right from the DCA book. As for Immunity(being wet)? No it wouldn't keep you from being thrown in the water. You just wouldn't get wet.

Presumably, the water would get you instead.

Nobody knows, Particle Man

[JDRook]

The official DCA build of Mister Miracle has everything Flying Cobra mentioned, including a Sleight of Hand skill at +22 (max for PL12). They specifically point out in his write-up that with Ultimate Effort (Sleight of Hand) he can hit a DC42 roll with a hero point, and generally DC40 is considered an "impossible" feat. He also has an AE on his Multi-Cube:

Sonic Beam: Ranged Transform 8 (Open Locks and Seals)

which I think is a little cheesy but as a 32p AE it doesn't seem unreasonable.

[JDRook]

I'd go with Immunity 5 (Entrapment).

If I used this, I'd at least make it Sustained so that you'd have to use some kind of action to get from entrapped to not. Your character could still get incap'd and tied up, but could easily escape any bonds (free action) once they woke up.

Or go the other way for full-on comedy and combine it with a double-Subtle Insidious Reaction Teleport that goes off when you're completely bound. Then when they've tied you up, locked you in a trunk and thrown you off a pier, you walk up behind them with a camera and take a picture of their dropping jaws.

[HeroicSacrifice]

One of my players suggested a variation on the Favored Environment advantage: Favored Circumstance. Same mechanics as the original advantage, but it can be applied to defensive rolls or "offensive" rolls when in the right circumstances. The player took Favored Circumstance: Protecting the Innocent, so he got the benefit when doing so, whether that meant disarming the villain's fiendish deathtraps or fighting the villain's fiendish henchmen (who were attacking innocent civilians) If he were fighting random thugs trying to rob a bank or trying to escape from a deathtrap himself, he would not. It's easy to see how a build of Mister Miracle could have something like this but for generic escaping. (eg, he gets the bonus when trying to free himself from restraints, but not on checks to disarm bombs or free other people from restraints.)

[King Snarf]

One of my players suggested a variation on the Favored Environment advantage: Favored Circumstance. Same mechanics as the original advantage, but it can be applied to defensive rolls or "offensive" rolls when in the right circumstances. The player took Favored Circumstance: Protecting the Innocent, so he got the benefit when doing so, whether that meant disarming the villain's fiendish deathtraps or fighting the villain's fiendish henchmen (who were attacking innocent civilians) If he were fighting random thugs trying to rob a bank or trying to escape from a deathtrap himself, he would not. It's easy to see how a build of Mister Miracle could have something like this but for generic escaping. (eg, he gets the bonus when trying to free himself from restraints, but not on checks to disarm bombs or free other people from restraints.)

Actually, that is semi-official, at least as far as 2e goes; there's a Favored Circumstance Feat in Warriors and Warlocks. Shouldn't be too hard to carry over to 3e.

[IronSledge]

I'd go with Immunity 5 (Entrapment).

If I used this, I'd at least make it Sustained so that you'd have to use some kind of action to get from entrapped to not. Your character could still get incap'd and tied up, but could easily escape any bonds (free action) once they woke up.

I'll be darned if I can find the actual post, but I remember someone around here suggested what I thought was a really elegant solution, Immunity (Entrapment) Sustained, Limited to Half Effect. It's possible to tie him up, but he's almost certain to get out of the bonds very quickly.

[JDRook]

I think that was Shadowchaser here.

[IronSledge]

I think that was Shadowchaser here.

Yup, that's the one. Your search fu is stronger than mine!