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I apologize for my lateness. I will be responding first thing Thursday morning.

@alderwitch, @angrydurf, @Tiff, and maybe @Avenger Assembled. Here it goes.

GM Simon Gordon's little movement actually started 25 years ago, so he claims. When the then unknown force of the Terminus invaded Earth. Millions died. All because of the Terminus. It was found later on that there were 'sleeper agents' born of the incident. Children of the Terminus. Some used their powers for good, others for evil. But Simon Gordon knew the truth. They were all lying in wait. They would call down the thunder again. It was only a matter of time. Simon found like minded folks. Some with fervent belief. And then his message began to spread. He was a leader. Over the past few months, Humans Against Terminus ERuptionS - a term that Gordon cooked up himself after people called their group 'haters' - grew in size and visibility. The HATERS went national Simon got the ear of media. Suddenly everyone knew a little bit about the Terminus. Enough to know that a scary dark invasion was bound to happen. How the public perceived it was split. Though most saw it as a tinfoil conspiracy theory, others knew such things could happen! March 17, 2018. Noon. Simon was going to educate the masses, personally. He advertised a meeting in Liberty Park. His like-minded would come, but he wanted his detractors to come. He wanted the fence sitters and unknowing to come. He would explain how the HATERS's goals and ideology. There was a small stage with a banner above it reading HATERS. No one was on there, but there was a large group of people swarmed around it. The presentation would be starting in thirty minutes.

Alright, that's enough. 3-4 seems good. Will be starting the thread tonight. If not, in the morning.

We don't like hate groups. But they're people too. So when something goes wrong - say a mad scientist sics some radioactive super tigers on the public gathering - we, as heroes, have to save them. A small upstart group named Human Against Terminus ERuptionS, is holding a rally in the park to spread their vile ideology. They believe that the recent boom of heroes is due to another incoming invasion like in 1993. They preach that these Terminus born, are the key to it. And thus are trying to get them all rounded up and thrown back into their 'home'. Not everyone, sane people at least, believes them. But some people with powers are looking to thin the herd of the hate group and stop it before it grows any bigger. Thus our scenario. Who wants to do this?

If this is still a thing, I'll put Delirium's name in. I need something to do

I forgot my password for a while. The problems of having so many. If anyone would like to have some playtime with Delirium, I'm up for it. @BlazingCoconut If you wish, we can continue our thread.

She shook her head. Technically she could take this for the pain. But it wouldn't be pleasant afterward. Well, technically anything would be better than having the entity ripping and reforming her metaphysical form it gave her. "This is aspirin, dear, not ibuprofen. Motrin. Advil," she sighed. "This weather has been hitting my system bad. Lots and lost of pain." She smiled when the young girl's attention turned towards her. Just then the water pot steamed. She went back to the cup and pot. The large dehydrated meats and noodles plumped as the hot water hit them. "I'm a physical science type, but my true love is astronomy." She let the further realization hit the girl. She had to reel her in. "I track stars and planets with equations. Like how they're going to be a 'super blue moon' in three weeks." She took her card and her ibuprofen. Popping open the bottle, she broke the seal and pulled two out. Swallowing them, she followed it up with the soup. It would take a while to kick in, but at least she'd be pain free. "Thank you," the compliment trailed off as she didn't have a name to say, "I don't think we've been introduced. I'm Valerie." She grinned prettily. If the girl knew who she was, this was the big reveal.

She felt it, the pain was coming back. The all too familiar pain. It started in her head and went through out her body. Opening her bottle of pain killers - she had got some of the stronger over the counter stuff, not wanting to move up to a prescription. Costs too much and leaves a trail. She was content with over the counter for now. She had no idea why she was in Lincoln. The entity lead her here for some reason. It wanted her to find injustice. It wanted her to correct the wrongs of the human race. It was very persuasive. It also made her persuasive. Also smart, and sharper of senses. All in the name of Justice. There was a convenience store up ahead. She could buy some of the weaker painkillers there. Not the ones from a real pharmacy. Those would clear the pain right up. Unless the entity was asserting it's dominance. Then nothing could save her from the pain. She hoped it wasn't that. Parking the car, she had to brave through the snow. Here was a good a place as any. rushing inside to get out of the cold as quick as she could she made it inside. There were a few people her. The owners at least. Her 'vision' was not sight. The entity saw everything for what it 'truly' was. Lckily nothing needed bashing here. She was in a light blue thick hooded fleece coat, black combat boots and an ankle length skirt for all they people in here saw. Later tonight she would quickly change into her heroic persona: Delirium. To not look suspicious, she went around the store. Picked at the magazine rack - Stargazer had an article written about her newest book, 'The Peer Deeper'. Also the latest True Stories comics. - and grabbed a cup of dehydrated soup. She even powered through and made the cup of soup before walking to the counter. "Cold night, huh?" She placed the magazines on the counter and pointed to the boiling pot of water. "Chunky Bits and," she pointed to a bottle, "bottle of ibuprofen, please?" She looked at the book the kid was reading, "nice. I'm a bit of a math and science buff myself."

DC Block and Headquarters done

The Attractive and the Fascinate are her. Just because you're not good at doesn't mean you can't do it, you're just not as good as others. Honestly, I feel you're telling me no, but wanting me to pull the trigger. If it's not permitted, please tell me. You're the guy with the power here. I'm just asking to be in your game.

Right, the roleplay part of it is that the entity is enhancing her. The Superlative Soul is the entity inside her. She's smarter, more charismatic when it's giving her that part of it. When she uses the other gifts she loses that part of it.

I don't think I do. But I'm new to this system. If it's really a problem I'd have to redo the whole thing.

You mean how it's done? It's the entity enhancing her soul. The name of the power is Superlative Soul. Though when it's time to dispense justice, she has to dig into her soul and do things to it to carry out the will of the entity.

Done.

She has 14 dex, 14 con, and 16/26 wis. that's +2, +2, and +3/+8, respectively. Spending 3, 3, and 7 should equal up to 5, 5, and 10/15, respectively.

Delirium Power Level: 10 (150/151) Unspent Power Points: 1 Trade-offs: None In Brief: A stargazing author has the stars gaze back at her. Catchphrase: "Stars aligned!" Theme: Alternate Identity: Valerie Major (secret) Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts Residence: Freedom City, New Jersey Base of Operations: Occupation: Author Affiliations: Family: Description Age: 34 (born January 1984) Apparent Age: mid to late twenties Gender: Female Ethnicity: Irish-American Height: 5'7" Weight: 119 pounds Eyes: white (originally green) Hair: a mixture of red, blue, and yellow (originally blonde) Valerie has a tall and lean build with an hour glass figure. Her skin is a fair white tone. She has patches of freckles all around. Her hair is long and messy, she can never get it straight. Her eyes are star white. If you get close enough, you can see mini star fields in them. Age has treated her well as she looks about ten years younger than her age. She has a tattoo of a dream catcher under her chest, over her heart. She has several different star tattoos on her left shoulder and the top part of her arm. Her ears, tongue and right nipple are pierced. She wears conservative business clothing when out and about promoting her latest book. Though casually she wears colorful long flowing skirts, sleeveless athletic shirts, and no shoes if she can get away with it. Her costume is made of black leather. Boots, pants, belt, and chest piece. Her mask is made of morphic molecules and looks like a domino mask with no eye holes. History Ever since she was young, Valerie looked to the stars. She loved the idea of space and would longingly gaze into it at night, not knowing it was staring right back at her. She excelled in math and science, but really her joy was speaking and writing. She could have been an excellent scientist, but that's the way it goes. Besides, she enjoyed science fiction too much. There was always something in the back of her head that told her there was some truth in these fictions. During her high school years she took up a witchcraft trend that followed astrology and magic. She wanted to fit in somewhere. Not popular he was just some mousy girl with a big voice that got her in trouble. But the more she learned, the more it lined up with her thoughts about the stars. So she followed the group and wrote a small book about her learnings. Her friends pitched in ideas and made a fictionalized story out of it. The book was called 'Magical Star Kingdoms' and her (technically their) pseudonym was Starchild. It got Valerie fired up about doing it again. The next few books were basically dolled up horror stories with her learnings about astrology and and weird science. It was very lucrative. By the time she got out of high school she had enough to pay for college on her own. She majored in writing and math, simple courses she breezed through. After her bachelors' were done, she went back home. She continued her studies on her own about the stars and magic and science and stories that lined up with them. Some called her a conspiracy theorist with the mad things she learned. She didn't care. She was getting closer to the truth. But she didn't know how close she was. The being that had been watching Valerie her whole life decided to harvest its crop one fateful night. She was reading something chthonian and new what lie beneath the text. The true answers to all these folly questions. And then it hit her, full force, and consumed her mind and soul, wearing her like a husk. It wrote down everything she needed to know about her lot in life now. That she was the host of something unspeakable, unknowable entity. It charged her to bring justice, fair and balanced, to the human race. She would be the judge, jury, and executioner. The entity let go of her, filling her with her mind and soul. She knew what happened, but she was somehow different. She saw with the eyes of the entity. She called upon it's power. She felt slightly delirious after this. That's how she chose her name. Delirium. Personality and Motivation Ever since her encounter with the entity, her attitude has bumped up tenfold. What once was a mousy little girl turned into an eloquent speaker, is now someone who can talk your ears off for hours. Valerie is still herself, though the entity's ravening has made her a lot more on edge. She is paradoxically cautious and thrillseeking at the same time. She'll throw her life away for justice if it meant it. But she picks her battles. Besides that she's a nice woman. A little bit talky but not too pushy (unless it's about what she knows to be true). Her motivation is quite simple. She is the soldier of the unknown entity that's given her true purpose in life. He does take control every once in a while and she tries to be ready for it, though she regularly take pain medication for when it does happen. She does enjoy her lot. It's given her a new lease on life. Though it doesn't make it any less painful when it shows up. Powers and Tactics Her powers are derived from an entity that gives her power to smite injustice. She does not need to see with her own eyes or feel with her own skin. It's power flows from her into reality. Judging the unjust and sentencing their souls to psychic pain and torment. Valerie hold back the power when she's in control, but not so when the entity takes control. Complications Blind, kind of: In the incident, she lost her normal human sight. It's been replaced with the sight of the entity. The entity sees the world very differently than normal humans do. It shows her the injustice in everything. She's learned to parse what needs be done, but sometimes the sight gets the better of her. In control, kind of: the entity can pop in any time and use her body as a vessel to mete out justice. She does not remember these moments, but she's in constant pain when it does! Painkillers: She's on these all the time she can. taking prescribed doses like the over the counter bottle says. She just doesn't want to be caught when it takes control of her. She's dependent on the painkillers. Eccentric: She openly speaks her mind nowadays. What's on her mind depends on the time of day. She can have normal conversations, but every once in a while she'll connect dots that aren't there and go off on a rant. Famous: A double edged sword. She's written books both fiction and non-fiction and is known in the horror book circles. Fans might distract her or give her unneeded targets. Bleeding Heart: It hurts her to do some of these. But the entity deems the law is the law. Fair and balanced. Justice for all. Forbidden Lore: She's always on the hunt for some new knowledge that pertains to her expertise. These knowledges are things mankind should not know! Abilities -2 + 4 + 4 + 6 + 6 + -2 = 16P Strength 8 (-1) Dexterity 14 (+2) Constitution 14 (+2) Intelligence 16/26 (+3/+8) Wisdom 16/26 (+3/+8) Charisma 8/28 (-1/+9) Combat 8 + 8 = 16P Attack 4 Defense 4/10 (2 flat-footed) Initiative 2 Grapple 3 Knockback -5, -1 without protection Saving Throws 3 + 3 + 7 = 13P Toughness 10 (2 con, 8 protection) Fortitude 5 (2 con, 3) Reflex 5 (2 dex, 3) Will 10/15 (3/8 wis, 7) Skills 76R = 19P Bluff 0 (-1/+8, +3/+13 attractive) Diplomacy 4 (+3/+13, +7/+17 attractive) Gather Information 4 (+3/+13) Intimidate 4 (+3/+13) Knowledge (all) 0 (+3/+8) Knowledge (arcane lore) 8 (+11/+16) Knowledge (physical sciences) 8 (+11/+16) Knowledge (theology and philosophy) 8 (+11/+16) Notice 12 (+15/+20) Perform (oratory) 8 (+7/+17) Search 12 (+15/+20) Sense Motive 8 (+11/+16) Feats 23P Attractive Benefit 3 (Fame [author], Wealth 2) Connected Contacts Dodge Focus 6 Equipment 4 (20P) Eidetic Memory Fascinate (Perform [oratory]) Quick Change Ritualist Skill Mastery (Notice, Perform [oratory], Search, Sense Motive) Uncanny Dodge (mental) Well Informed Equipment 18 + 1 + 1 = 20P Base Headquarters: Stately Manor Size: Huge; Toughness: 10; Features: Communications, Computer, Concealed, Dock, Garage, Gym, Hangar, Infirmary, Laboratory, Library, Living Space, Power System, Security System, Workshop.[18] Alternate Headquarters: Skyscraper (5 stories) Size: Large; Toughness: 10; Features: Communications, Computer, Defense System, Fire Prevention System, Gym, Hangar, Infirmary, Laboratory, Library, Living Space, Power System, Security System, Workshop [1] Handcuffs [1] Powers 47 + 4 + 8 + 4 = 63P (all powers are cosmic and psychic descriptor) Cosmic Justice Array 20 (40PP array, Feats: Alternate Power 7) [47] Base Power: Enhanced Ability 40 (Superlative Soul; Intelligence 10, Wisdom 10, Charisma 20) [40/40] Alternate Power: Confuse 10 (Sanity Succumbed; Extras: Duration [Sustained, +2], Range [Perception]) [40/40] Alternate Power: ESP 10 (Senses Spread; sight, sound, Extras: Simultaneous) [40/40] Alternate Power: Fatigue 10 (Slumber Silently; Extras: Alternate Save [Will], Range [Perception, +2]) [40/40] Alternate Power: Mental Blast 10 (Scar Soul) [40/40] Alternate Power: Mind Control 10 (Subdue Sentience; Extras: Duration [Sustained]) [30/40] Alternate Power: Mind Reading 10 (Senses Stolen; Extras: Action [Move/Standard], Duration [Sustained], Sensory Link) [40/40] Alternate Power: Telekinesis 10 (Sunder Shape; Extras: Damaging, Range [Perception]) [40/40] Flight 4 (Star Skimming; 100MPH, Flaws: Platform) [4] Protection 8 (Stellar Skin) [8] Super-Senses 4 (Cosmic Vision; Mental [Accurate, Acute, Ranged]) [4] DC Block Sanity Succumbed Perception DC 20 Will Scar Soul Perception DC 25 Will Senses Stolen Perception DC 20 Will Slumber Silently Perception DC 20 Will Subdue Sentience Perception DC 20 Will Sunder Shape Perception DC 25 Toughness Totals: Abilities (16) + Combat (16) + Saving Throws (13) + Skills (19) + Feats (23) + Powers (63) = 150/151 Points

Personality and Motivation Ever since her encounter with the entity, her attitude has bumped up tenfold. What once was a mousy little girl turned into an eloquent speaker, is now someone who can talk your ears off for hours. Valerie is still herself, though the entity's ravening has made her a lot more on edge. She is paradoxically cautious and thrillseeking at the same time. She'll throw her life away for justice if it meant it. But she picks her battles. Besides that she's a nice woman. A little bit talky but not too pushy (unless it's about what she knows to be true). Her motivation is quite simple. She is the soldier of the unknown entity that's given her true purpose in life. He does take control every once in a while and she tries to be ready for it, though she regularly take pain medication for when it does happen. She does enjoy her lot. It's given her a new lease on life. Though it doesn't make it any less painful when it shows up. Powers and Tactics Her powers are derived from an entity that gives her power to smite injustice. She does not need to see with her own eyes or feel with her own skin. It's power flows from her into reality. Judging the unjust and sentencing their souls to psychic pain and torment. Valerie hold back the power when she's in control, but not so when the entity takes control. Complications Blind, kind of: In the incident, she lost her normal human sight. It's been replaced with the sight of the entity. The entity sees the world very differently than normal humans do. It shows her the injustice in everything. She's learned to parse what needs be done, but sometimes the sight gets the better of her. In control, kind of: the entity can pop in any time and use her body as a vessel to mete out justice. She does not remember these moments, but she's in constant pain when it does! Painkillers: She's on these all the time she can. taking prescribed doses like the over the counter bottle says. She just doesn't want to be caught when it takes control of her. She's dependent on the painkillers. Eccentric: She openly speaks her mind nowadays. What's on her mind depends on the time of day. She can have normal conversations, but every once in a while she'll connect dots that aren't there and go off on a rant. Famous: A double edged sword. She's written books both fiction and non-fiction and is known in the horror book circles. Fans might distract her or give her unneeded targets. Bleeding Heart: It hurts her to do some of these. But the entity deems the law is the law. Fair and balanced. Justice for all. Forbidden Lore: She's always on the hunt for some new knowledge that pertains to her expertise. These knowledges are things mankind should not know!

Delirium Power Level: 10 (150/150) Unspent Power Points: 0 Trade-offs: None In Brief: A stargazing author has the stars gaze back at her. Catchphrase: "Stars aligned!" Theme: Alternate Identity: Valerie Major (secret) Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts Residence: Freedom City, New Jersey Base of Operations: Occupation: Author Affiliations: Family: Description Age: 34 (born January 1984) Apparent Age: mid to late twenties Gender: Female Ethnicity: Irish-American Height: 5'7" Weight: 119 pounds Eyes: white (originally green) Hair: a mixture of red, blue, and yellow (originally blonde) Valerie has a tall and lean build with an hour glass figure. Her skin is a fair white tone. She has patches of freckles all around. Her hair is long and messy, she can never get it straight. Her eyes are star white. If you get close enough, you can see mini star fields in them. Age has treated her well as she looks about ten years younger than her age. She has a tattoo of a dream catcher under her chest, over her heart. She has several different star tattoos on her left shoulder and the top part of her arm. Her ears, tongue and right nipple are pierced. She wears conservative business clothing when out and about promoting her latest book. Though casually she wears colorful long flowing skirts, sleeveless athletic shirts, and no shoes if she can get away with it. Her costume is made of black leather. Boots, pants, belt, and chest piece. Her mask is made of morphic molecules and looks like a domino mask with no eye holes. History Ever since she was young, Valerie looked to the stars. She loved the idea of space and would longingly gaze into it at night, not knowing it was staring right back at her. She excelled in math and science, but really her joy was speaking and writing. She could have been an excellent scientist, but that's the way it goes. Besides, she enjoyed science fiction too much. There was always something in the back of her head that told her there was some truth in these fictions. During her high school years she took up a witchcraft trend that followed astrology and magic. She wanted to fit in somewhere. Not popular he was just some mousy girl with a big voice that got her in trouble. But the more she learned, the more it lined up with her thoughts about the stars. So she followed the group and wrote a small book about her learnings. Her friends pitched in ideas and made a fictionalized story out of it. The book was called 'Magical Star Kingdoms' and her (technically their) pseudonym was Starchild. It got Valerie fired up about doing it again. The next few books were basically dolled up horror stories with her learnings about astrology and and weird science. It was very lucrative. By the time she got out of high school she had enough to pay for college on her own. She majored in writing and math, simple courses she breezed through. After her bachelors' were done, she went back home. She continued her studies on her own about the stars and magic and science and stories that lined up with them. Some called her a conspiracy theorist with the mad things she learned. She didn't care. She was getting closer to the truth. But she didn't know how close she was. The being that had been watching Valerie her whole life decided to harvest its crop one fateful night. She was reading something chthonian and new what lie beneath the text. The true answers to all these folly questions. And then it hit her, full force, and consumed her mind and soul, wearing her like a husk. It wrote down everything she needed to know about her lot in life now. That she was the host of something unspeakable, unknowable entity. It charged her to bring justice, fair and balanced, to the human race. She would be the judge, jury, and executioner. The entity let go of her, filling her with her mind and soul. She knew what happened, but she was somehow different. She saw with the eyes of the entity. She called upon it's power. She felt slightly delirious after this. That's how she chose her name. Delirium.

Just imagine that the hair is all sorts of different colors and the mask covers her eyes! Abilities -2 + 4 + 4 + 6 + 6 + -2 = 16P Strength 8 (-1) Dexterity 14 (+2) Constitution 14 (+2) Intelligence 16/26 (+3/+8) Wisdom 16/26 (+3/+8) Charisma 8/28 (-1/+9) Combat 8 + 8 = 16P Attack 4 Defense 4/10 (2 flat-footed) Initiative 2 Grapple 3 Knockback -5 Saving Throws 3 + 3 + 7 = 13P Toughness 10 (2 con, 8 protection) Fortitude 5 (2 con, 3) Reflex 5 (2 dex, 3) Will 10/15 (3/8 wis, 7) Skills 76R = 19P Bluff 0 (-1/+8, +3/+13 attractive) Diplomacy 4 (+3/+13, +7/+17 attractive) Gather Information 4 (+3/+13) Intimidate 4 (+3/+13) Knowledge (arcane lore) 8 (+11/+16) Knowledge (physical sciences) 8 (+11/+16) Knowledge (theology and philosophy) 8 (+11/+16) Notice 12 (+15/+20) Perform (oratory) 8 (+7/+17) Search 12 (+15/+20) Sense Motive 8 (+11/+16) Feats 23P Attractive Benefit 3 (Fame [author], Wealth 2) Connected Contacts Dodge Focus 6 Equipment 6 Stately Manor [18] Skyscraper (5 floors) [1] Masterwork Sports Car [9] Masterwork Handcuffs [2] Fascinate (Perform) Quick Change Ritualist Uncanny Dodge (mental) Well Informed Powers 47 + 4 + 8 + 4 = 63P (all powers are cosmic and psychic descriptor) Cosmic Justice Array 20 (40PP array, Feats: Alternate Power 7) [47] Base Power: Enhanced Ability 40 (Superlative Soul; Intelligence 10, Wisdom 10, Charisma 20) [40/40] Alternate Power: Confuse 10 (Sanity Succumbed; Duration [Sustained, +2], Range [Perception]) [40/40] Alternate Power: ESP 10 (Senses Spread; sight, sound, Extras: Simultaneous) [40/40] Alternate Power: Fatigue 10 (Slumber Silently; Extras: Range [Perception, +2]) [40/40] Alternate Power: Mental Blast 10 (Scar Soul) [40/40] Alternate Power: Mind Control 10 (Subdue Sentience; Extras: Duration [Sustained]) [30/40] Alternate Power: Mind Reading 10 (Senses Stolen; Extras: Action [Move/Standard], Duration [Sustained], Sensory Link) [40/40] Alternate Power: Telekinesis 10 (Sunder Shape; Extras: Damaging, Range [Perception]) [40/40] Flight 4 (Stellar Slide; 100MPH, Flaws: Platform) [4] Protection 8 (Stellar Shield) [8] Super-Senses 4 (Cosmic Vision; Mental [Accurate, Acute, Ranged]) [4] Totals: Abilities (16) + Combat (16) + Saving Throws (13) + Skills (19) + Feats (23) + Powers (63) = 150 Points