Re: [ORE] Godlike black devils brigade power build

On Sun, Nov 6, 2011 at 1:25 PM, DivisMal1925 <croames80@gmail.com> wrote:

Looking at what the power can do, I would treat them as two separate powers that are linked through Attached.

I like your idea of using Containment as the base power. Now, Containment has A, D, R, U, but I don't see your "Containment" power being able to attack by itself, nor be "useful". So, instead I'd build it like Containment but with just D and R. In Godlike, powers tend to have inherent limitations. Containment, for instance, doesn't work on bullets or knives, while block only works if you can see your attacker. So, the fact that this only works on explosions isn't really worth a deduction in Godlike.

For the attack part, you would have A, R, and U. U allows you to blow holes in walls, dig trenches, etc.

The tricky part of the attack is how to decide the power level of the attack. Is the attack an exact duplicate of the explosion he withstood? Or is it like Kevin Bacon's "Sebastien Shaw" character from X-Men: First Class, who could absorb energy and redirect it in another form of energy? Let's make it easy and just assume that the attack is identical to the explosion that hit the PC. The attack's dice are just to put the attack on target. Damage is based entirely on the explosion's dice. A grenade is going to do a lot less than being ground zero from a 155mm artillery shell. (This can be pretty powerful, but of course he's going to have to be hit with an explosion first. Either that, or he'll have to walk around with a lot of satchel charges. :-) )

We'll call the combined power Catch and Release.

I added a couple of flaws I thought were interesting in order to make the power affordable. The trick with Black Devils characters is that you either have to buy them with flaws, or with limited ability or limited dice pools (which you increase later through experience).

Catch
Qualities: D, R
Extras:
  Reflexive (+2/+4/+8)
Flaws:
  Glow (-1/-2/-4) - The character's body glows when the explosion is contained, as a side effect of the power.
  Expensive (-1/-2/-4) - Costs 1 Will each time the power is used, rather than just risking 1 Will. Probably the first flaw bought off with experience.
  Loud (-1/-2/-4) - After the explosion, there's a loud popping sound as the explosion is absorbed into the PC's body and the air from the explosion rushes back to where it was. This popping sound is distinctive enough that an opponent will know something "odd" just happened.
Cost: 2/4/8

Release
Qualities: A, R, U
Flaws:
  Attached to Catch (-1/-2/-4)
  Go Last (-2/-4/-8) - No need to have the character wait until next round to attack, just force the attack to happen last on this combat round.
Cost: 1/2/4

Buy Catch as either 8d or 4hd for 16 points, and Release as 4d for 4 points. The character's power is a bit inconsistent in attacking at first. Once he gets some experience, he can buy more dice in the Release part. Or, buy other/different flaws on Catch. Replace Glow with Beacon, for instance, and every Talent in the area knows he's there. The power would only cost 1/2/4, though, as Beacon is a -2/-4/-8 flaw. Then you'd have plenty of points to buy both parts of the power at a half decent number of dice.

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