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Pan put on a mock frown, which quickly turned into a grin again. "Well, I think its nice to see everyone. Even you." His tone was a bit sour, but more playfully so than hostile. He waved after Micah, then turned his attention to another part of the group. Particularly those that had just mentioned a race. Pan immediately set of, flying over to Veronica and Dio. "I'm in! Just tell me when and where!" It had been ages since he had a proper race, not since leaving the pixies back home to join the Lost Heroes. So racing someone here in Freedom City, and someone that was an actual living dragon? That would be awesome. He blinked once, noticing that Veronica was standing there. "Oh, hi Veronica! Thank you so much for throwing the party! And to Janus too."

Pan stepped out of the van next to Micah, giving him a huge grin as he took off from the ground. "C'mon, they won't bite!" Still, he decided to wait for him, flying next to his roommate as he approached the group. For his part, Pan was wearing a pair of dark red bathing trunks that went to just above his knees, with a dark green floral print on the left leg. Black flip flops barely held to his feet as he floated around, while he wore an open emerald green hawaii shirt with a white flower pattern, showing off his abs. If nothing else, he dressed in consistent colors. His red hair was a mess as usual. "Hello, everyone! Nice to see you all again!" His voice was full of his usual energy. It would be nice with a party and to just let loose.

Oh, Pan was late. He was very very late. But the book had just been so exciting! So many adventures to be had, so many fantastic things to do and stories they could tell! Pan had never even heard about a roleplaying game before, but now he was hooked after reading through the book a few times. He had realized too late that he had basically none of the things needed for this. Like no dice! So, he had made a run into the city and had managed to find some nice emerald green dice with white numbers. One of each, from what he understood. He wasn't quite sure what to bring, but it seemed customary to bring something to eat, so he had picked up as many bags of chips and assorted candy that he could carry along with his book, dice and character sheet. With a wide grin, Pan flew into the room, quickly apologizing. "Sorry, sorry! I know I'm late! I only realized that I didn't have any dice an hour ago!" He put the bags down and did a quick bow. "I bring offerings! I hope I did it right!" Standing up straight, he grinned his usual happy grin as he looked at the assembled group. He knew most here, but wasn't sure if he had met Adam. "I'm Pan, so nice to meet you! And sorry again for being late!" He should probably start apologizing now, but he genuinely felt bad about it, now that Adam had gone out of his way to organize this.

That didn't really work out the way Pan had hoped. His energy bands just swirled around inside Facsimile instead of actually holding him in any way. The garbled mess of voices that were Facisimile's voice made sense to him, and he couldn't hold on much longer. Whatever they did, he might end up destroying his way home. He had already decided it wasn't worth somebody's life, so instead he listened. The bald man, the odd one, he shouted about the armbands and throwing them into the vortex. So, a choice. Porpoise or Eagle, who should he go for? A quick flight over to the paralyzed Platinum Porpoise on the floor, and Pan began to try and pull the armbands off. If he succeeded, great. He would throw them straight at the vortex. If they were locked on too tightly to be moved, he would go with plan B and pull Platinum Porpoise off the floor and try throwing him into the Vortex instead.

I'll join the thread once I'm back from vacation next week so I don't hold it up. Pan sent a text that he was running late or something like that

Pan was just about to let out a victory cry, and then everything went crazy. They had it, they stopped the bad guys, and then the Facsimile guy went absolutely crazy. Pan hadn't seen anything like it ever before. He was constantly shifting, changing. There were uncountable voices, he was a blur of motion, energy leaking everywhere creating rifts all around them. Pan paused for a brief second, considering the possibilities. One of these rifts might lead him home to Neverworld, but if it were doors to other worlds like the villain had said, then it could destroy everything here. Even if he returned home, that really wouldn't be worth it. So, stop Facsimile. Contain him and stop all those random movements. Glowing bands materialized in Pan's hands again, before he threw it at Facsimile, hopefully containing his movements and the random energy pulses. "Do anyone know how to stop this?" Everyone else here had to know more about this machine and Facsimile than Pan did.

Pan's going to try to contain Facsimile and the leaking energies with his snare. Do I need an attack roll or another roll?

Pan turned to the new voice, his right hand already rising in a happy wave. It was clear that she and Danica knew each other, so Pan waited with a smile while Danica did the introductions. He made a slight bow, attempting to mimic the one that Kam had used earlier. "Hello Abby, nice to meet you." Standing up straight again, he offered his hand to shake. "I'm Pan." He decided against telling about Neverworld, he had just gone through that with the others, after all. And he still had to try reading that book.

Pan will be there to compete with Leroy for getting way too much into it. He will be a bard.

Pan stopped his movements in mid-air completely as Platinum Porpoise called out to him. He would lose his home forever if that strange thing they had come to steal exploded? Wait, that thing could actually let him get home, and if they kept this up, that whole thing might explode and rob him of that? Honestly, Pan wasn't quite sure if he fully understood what was going on, but he wasn't about to be robbed of his chance to go home. His thoughts raced a hundred miles a minute. The other guy, the one that had just called out to him, he was using the power of the doorway, somehow? Is that what would caues the doorway to explode? They had to end this quick, then. Another ball of energy flickered into Pan's hand. He should throw it at the bird. Get him down for the count. Keep going. But he turned to the Porpoise instead, quickly flying down closer to him while pulling his arm back for the throw. "Shut him down! Quick!" He threw the golden ball straight at Platinum Porpoise, but the sudden panic in his voice was very different from the confidence he had shown just the moment before.

Opposing with Intimidate, so 1d20+5 = 7, ow. Forever Boy's demoralized, so -2 to attacks and checks for a turn. Move Action to fly closer to Platinum Porpoise, bringing him in reach as Pan begins to panic. Using Move-by feat to attack halfway through the movement. Attack at Platinum Porpoise with Tracker Blast: 1d20+14-2 = 15 . Pan is getting desperate to end this quickly, so spending a Hero Point to reroll. 1d20+14-2 = 2+14-2, so adding up to 12+14-2 = 24 for HP spent. DC 21 Toughness save if it hits.

Pan stiffened a bit in his seat as the headmistress began talking. Even if he had been tempted to say something, he clammed up at the mention of sitting on the benches indefinitely. Nope, he could find much better uses of his time. Still, it made him pay full attention. He liked the bit about heroes, at least. He was a hero back home, at least to some. If this was what was needed to become a hero here too, then this is what he would do. The bit about them being children stung a little bit. Pan had always been the young one, the child, the Forever Boy. So what was so bad about still being a child? Whatever the reason, he looked forward to what these changes would be. Probably not something he had been told about when he signed up for the Academy. He crossed his arms and leaned light back in his seat, his eyes fixed on the headmistress.

Having forgotten everything about even trying to stay grounded, Pan floated around Danica as she explained about her shell. He had bent his legs at the knee and pulled them up under himself, and he was slowly starting to turn around, trying to get a good look at the shell at some different angles. He grinned at Elizabeth's idea of flight, while quickly looking over Jack. Yes, he could probably pick Danica up, at least without the shell, but being thrown wouldn't be flight. Not proper flight, at least. Letting go of his legs and remembering to stop flying, Pan set down again and followed closely as Danica took them to the gym. He was a bit torn. He kind of wanted to go in and see the gym, figure out how everything works, try and fly, but if there were going to be orientation for it later, he could probably just spend the time actually having a look around the campus. His curiosity won out. "How about we have a quick look?" He stopped himself before he floated over to the door, instead taking a few quick steps and opening the door to look inside.

Gonna be on a vacation with no laptop for about a week starting Monday. Might pop up on discord or try to do the odd post by phone, but probably not a lot.

Combat Fixed Skills I honestly have no idea where that 17 comes from aside from a mistype. Fixed. Powers I had completely missed that house rule. I've taken out Magic Awareness and saving it for later, when he gets some PP. I'll buy a rank of Luck instead. All tallies should be fixed.

To be honest, I'm not quite sure what the character's power and such are at the moment, but this was an idea that popped up, but I thought I'd ask before committing myself to it. The build does something along the lines of what I was thinking, with a character being able to move up and down on the two axes.

I asked this on discord but without us ever really getting to a decision, so putting it out here. According to the manual, you can have different tradeoffs for different attacks. But what about different tradeoffs for different defenses? My thinking was a character that would have the base +5 Toughness, +5 Defense scores. Then, array that could give up to +10 Toughness or up to +10 Defense, via powers like Force Field, Protection, Enhanced Defense or something like that. It could possibly be a dynamic array, allowing the character to shift along the axis. Is that something that is allowed?

Initiative: 1d20+9 = 13

Dialog on this in PM - TA So, running Forever Boy through Herolab showed me a mistake about his Blast power, and then there's the DC Block being wrong for Toughness related effects. Since Homing is a Power Feat and not a Power Extra, please update the Alternate Power: Blast in the Tricks Array to this: Alternate Power: Blast 8 (Tracker Blast; Feats: Accurate 1, Homing) {18/20} That's a different tradeoff than Pan's usual, so if it should be added under tradeoffs, then please add this where appropriate: (+2 Attack, -2 Damage: Tracker Blast) And another section to his attack stats: +12 Tracker Blast (+5 Base, +5 Attack Focus [Ranged], +2 Accurate) I've updated Unarmed and Tracker Blast to be the proper 15+Str / 15+Level instead of forgetting the Str mod for Unarmed and doing 10+Level for Tracker Blast. Updated Tricks Array based on PMs, as well as updated trade-offs, attack bonuses and DC Block: Trade-Offs: (Tracker Blast) +2 Attack / -2 DC, (Stun Burst, Fireworks) +4 Attack / - 4 DC, +5 Defense / -5 Toughness Attack: +5 Melee, +10 Ranged (+5 Base, +5 Attack Focus [Ranged]), +12 Tracker Blast (+5 Base, +5 Attack Focus [Ranged], +2 Accurate), +14 Stun Burst, Fireworks (+5 Base, +5 Attack Focus [Ranged], +4 Accurate) Tricks Array 10 (20 PP Array; Feats: Alternate Power 4) 24PP] (light, chi, trained) Base Power: Stun 6 (Stun Burst; Extras: Ranged; Feats: Accurate 2) {20/20} Alternate Power: Blast 8 (Tracker Blast; Extras: Homing; Feats: Accurate 1) {20/20} Alternate Power: Confuse 6 (Mind Wave ; Extras: Area, Selective, Subtle 2) {20/20} (mental) Alternate Power: Dazzle 6 (Fireworks, affects visual and auditory senses; Feats: Accurate 2) {20/20} Alternate Power: Snare 10 (Binding Bands) {20/20} (kinetic, light) DC Block ATTACK RANGE SAVE EFFECT Unarmed Touch DC 17 Toughness Damage Stun Burst Ranged DC 16 Fortitude Dazed/Stun/Unconscious Tracker Blast Ranged DC 23 Toughness Damage Fireworks Ranged DC 16 Reflex Auditory/Visual Senses Useless Binding Bands Ranged DC 20 Reflex Entangled/Bound Mind Wave Ranged DC 16 Will Confused

"It is pretty great to fly, yes." Pan almost beamed with pride. He was understating the feeling, really. He loved flying, and he was doing everything he could to stay rooted to the ground right now. He was brought out of the thoughts when he saw Elizabeth's finger bounce off Danica, and then a tortoise shell appeared around her. Pan stared with open mouth a the design that appeared on it, quickly memorizing them. Golden starbust patterns everywhere. It was amazing. For some reason, it just made him feel safe. Then it disappeared. He hadn't even noticed that he had started floating, flying up on the right side of Danica and leaving a shimmering golden trail that quickly faded behind him. "That was awesome!" He kind of wanted to try poking her to bring it up again, but he stopped himself. "That was a tortoise shell, right? I've seen them before, but I've never seen one with a pattern like that!"

The headmistress stepped up on the stage, and Pan could almost feel the atmosphere change in the assembly room. It wasn't all at once, it was gradual, but still, it was there. He grinned back at Selena. Oh, he would look forward to hearing what she could come up with, even if he had to focus for now. "I'll hold you to that." He gave a quick wink to Judy and Lulu before turning to face the stage. He had noticed the others getting out notebooks and things to write with. He hadn't thought about actually having to write down notes for the assembly. He wondered if he would get behind from that, but otherwise he'd just wing it. That had worked out so far, at least.

Pan looked back at the bullet that was now lying on the ground, with little winged bullets flying around it. This was so weird. He wanted to respond to Lucy, but no sense in giving his position away yet, as he started floating through the golden mists he had created. Get closer, but not too close. He had no idea what they would be able to do if he got up close, after all. Still, it was the perfect time for him to do his little Mind Wave trick. A smile played over his lips as he targeted the two toons. Confuse them, maybe hope they start squabbling a bit amongst themselves. That would work well.

Well, Pan is going to use Confuse from his Tricks array on the toons. Will DC 16 save to avoid being confused. And he's slowly moving closer.

A story called Peter Pan? There were stories that could be about him in this world? All of Danica's comments just hit spot on. Never-Never Land was too close to Neverworld. Captain Hook and the Hooked Man. And he did indeed lead a band of pirates that pillaged the entire world, if they had the chance. And Tinkerbell? Pan knew a pixie named Tinker. It had been one of the pixies that had helped him out as he grew up. It had had followed him to the Lost Heroes and was there when they managed to summon the Crocodile. He wondered where it had gone. Pan was knocked from his shock when he finally managed to notice Jack's presence. He was, quite frankly, way too tall. Looking up, Pan blinked for a second before regaining his composure, the smile returning to his face. He would have to look into this Peter Pan, but not now. Now he had to return to reality for a moment. "Ah, hello Jack. I am not quite sure what I will be doing once I finish here at the Academy, to be honest. I'm kind of here to learn about this world and figure all that out. Nice to meet you, my friend." He turned back to Danica. "Sorry for my brief... moment. The gym sounds interesting. I think I would like to try that aerial course at some point."

Ashley did not like talking about their home. Noted. Pan's eyes turned serious for a moment as he looked at her, giving her a slight nod, before he turned back to Judy, Lulu and Selena with a wide grin on his lips. "I'm afraid I don't know what ninjas are. We had pixies, sea monsters, giant birds. I fought a giant squid at one point. That was fun." He liked what he heard about Alabama and Puerto Rico, though, even if he couldn't place how the historical details fit. "That I would have liked to see!" he responded to the story about the magician that turned himself into a girl. He had joined Claremont both to have a place to be and get some direction in this world, but so far, all the stories he had heard here made it out to be a wonderful place. "Do you have any other stories like that? I would love to hear some more."