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Getting in on the combined attack as well!

http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1350606

Freedom Eagle hits again with another full-on power attack. Barnum, Freedom Eagle is continuing to move out of the creature's reach as much as possible; he can move 5000' in a move action, after all, and he'll stay as high as necessary to avoid the attacks the monster is using. One thing he will do is keep himself between the creature and the other heroes, or at least the civilians; if it's going to hit anything, or be focused on anything, it's going to be the flying guy.

(At least, that's the plan...)

Freedom Eagle felt sick, dodging high into the air, at the sight of the giant mummy' shrugging off his attack. He managed to avoid cussing with so many other people around; after all, Freedom Eagle has been a hero to children for decades. He doesn't cuss where people can hear! Of course, the arrival of the other heroes might have limited his choice of language, but it did make his life a lot easier in some ways. "Hey, people!" he called down to the heroes on the ground, briefly whipping down to within speaking distance, "Maybe none of us can stop this alone, but we can bring it down; together! If you're with me, let's send King Tut back to the pyramid!" And with that, he disappeared again, zooming straight up into the stratosphere.

A moment later, when everyone else is launching their own offensives against the beast, he once again reappeared in a blur of speed, his fist cracking into the monster's face with a spidery sledgehammer of sound like the sands of time getting a hard right cross to the jaw!

I think I'd prefer it if the events in mini-campaigns are kept seperate, at the option of the players/GMs.

I think I'd prefer it if the events in mini-campaigns are kept seperate, at the option of the players/GMs.

I think I'd prefer it if the events in mini-campaigns are kept seperate, at the option of the players/GMs.

Just try to avoid freezing the guy engaging the mummy in the air. =D

Just try to avoid freezing the guy engaging the mummy in the air. =D

Just try to avoid freezing the guy engaging the mummy in the air. =D

Barnum said:

Freedom Eagle quickly assessed the giant monster. It must have been terribly strong to support such a massive build, but the creature was slow moving as it lumbered along the street. When Freedom Eagle soared up in front of it, however, he had its undivided attention. The creature stopped in its tracks, and then took a clumsy swing at the winged hero from what was clearly too far away to hit. As it swung its arm . . . the armed stretched out easily more than 20 feet. The nimble hero, however, easily dodged out of the way. The arm continued to swing and struck the top of the building to its left, sending brick and plaster crashing down onto the street.

"Son of a bitch. Got to hit it hard, got to..." Suddenly, all those muggers he'd caught seemed like damn little preparation for this kind of thing. There is a blur in the air, and suddenly Freedom Eagle flies away from the fighting at top speed! Before the crowd can much react, though, he comes roaring back with a crack, a blur of gold and blue as he slams his fist into the mummy's head with a sound like a cannon's discharge! He keeps going, too, nimbly pulling up from his steep dive just as his golden wings nearly brush the asphalt below, flying up high out of the monster's reach as he tries to keep its attention in the air and away from the city and people below.

((Total of 27 on a full Power Attack! http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1348244 This does a total of +11 damage, with a Toughness save of 26 required for the monster. Using Move-By Action to hit, then fly up out of the mummy's apparant grasp))

Barnum said:

Megan and Cory made their way down the street toward the Haunted House. From where they stood on Broadway, they could see the line of people forming outside the warehouse, just across 60th St. As they prepared to cross the street and get in line . . .

 

WOOOOOOOOSH!

 

From the end of the block, near 61st St., a blinding red light flashed into the dark sky, illuminating the entire block. As quickly as it appeared, the light vanished, and in its place . . . A GIANT MONSTER! The creature was several stories tall and looked to be wrapped in dense white strips of material. It was, by all appearances, a giant mummy.

 

The creature began lumbering forward, down the street toward the citizens of Freedom City. The reaction to the appearance of the creature was mixed. Some people screamed. Some stood transfixed. Some applauded and cheered, believing it to be some sort of Halloween "amusement."

 

But the creature didn't look all that amused.

"Crap!" Freedom Eagle said a very bad word, and uneasily eyed the monster before him, sussing out its posture. His time in the dojo, and under the watchful tutelage of his grandfather, gave him some idea of how to judge the intentions of an opponent, even if that opponent was one of the giant undead. The words of Freedom Eagle I came back into his mind, clear as a bell, as he studied the giant creature. If you see a mummy, punch it!

(assessing as a move action, rolled a 27 on my Sense Motive http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1342745 )

As he studied the creature, the Eagle flew up before the mummy, backing away to give it room, spreading his arms wide in an effort to get its attention. "Yeah, pay attention to the flying pretty bird...HEY! MUMMY!" He waved his arms wide, trying to draw its attention away from the crowd, looping and diving in the air.

(And a 28 on my Acrobatic Bluff!

http://invisiblecastle.com/find.py?id=1342752)

It's Modern, y'all.Though there are still several Classic harnesses running around out there, for various exciting plot device purposes.

It's Modern, y'all.Though there are still several Classic harnesses running around out there, for various exciting plot device purposes.

It's Modern, y'all.Though there are still several Classic harnesses running around out there, for various exciting plot device purposes.

Freedom Eagle circles the streets a few times, waving to the crowd and enjoying the moment. Despite Richard's real joy in the pleasure of being a superhero, he's keeping an eye out for lost kids, muggers, or anything else unsavory going on in the streets below. The name and the colors meant more than just distributing free candy; they stood for truth, justice, and flying!

Freedom Eagle

"Look, mommy!" Little Susie Smith stuck her finger up at the dark sky. Her mother was accustomed to not paying very close attention to Susie's outbursts. As was typical for a child of only six, the outbursts far were too numerous for that. "Look! Look! Look!" Little Susie jerked against her mothers arm, but her mother kept her death grip on her child's hand.

"What is it--" But before Ms. Smith could finish she caught a glimpse of the motion up in the sky. "Look at that!" she exclaimed, far louder than she intended. The crowd that was pressed around her, enjoying the festival, all looked up with her just in time to see Freedom Eagle land on the roof of a nearby building.

"Look, mommy! He's waving at me!" Little Susie was beside herself with glee.

The rest of the crowd waved and cheered. The denizens of Freedom City were, of course, very familiar with their native heroes, but they rarely saw them up close and in person . . . and usually when the citizens of Freedom City did catch sight of a hero . . . it was time to run for their lives; a deadly and evil villain usually wasn't far behind.

Surely that wouldn't happen tonight.

Feeling about ten feet tall at the admiration of the crowd, Freedom Eagle neatly leapt off the rooftop and began a "strafing" run, throwing carefully wrapped bags of candy down to the crowd below. "Happy Halloween, everybody!" comes his voice from high above as he soars above the streets, bringing candy to everyone who's keeping an eye out. It's a wonderful moment for him, reminiscent of his grandfather's stories about V-J Day and the glories of the Golden Age. It takes a palpable effort to remind himself that being a superhero isn't all fun and games. This isn't his first time out; he's run into some bad men in this job. All that aside, it is pretty fun.

"I know, I know, it sucks." Richard O'Connor carefully balanced his cell phone against one ear, listening to the complaints of his unhappy girlfriend. Rose had lost the draw of straws at work, and been stuck working the evening shift in the clean room at Lonely Point. "I promise to save you candy, and take lots of pictures. We'll find a cool late night party once all the kids are asleep tonight, and do our own tricking and treating." When he'd finished the conversation and soothed his unhappy girlfriend, Richard very carefully tucked the cellphone away and looked down at Freedom City, some thousand feet beneath his feet. The Freedom Eagle was in the sky tonight.

"Okay, just do what Grandpa would do. Smile and wave at the kids, throw some candy, punch any Nazis you see, and shake hands with anyone wearing a Freedom Eagle costume. Yeah, that'll work..." He circled a few more times, riding the plentiful updrafts from the city below, before he swooped down, lower and lower, over the Haunted Block Party that he and Rose had planned to attend before her work had cropped up. Richard O'Connor was spending the evening at home tonight.

But the Freedom Eagle was on patrol. He waved to the crowd below as he reached rooftop level, a geninue superhero out for the evening's festivities. Now, if he could just figure out a way to throw the candy without clocking any little kids...

So, the harness is a large, cumbersome device that he has to get out (briefcase?) and put on, but because of the new tech, he can put it on very quickly? Sounds good to me.

Yes, this sounds quite likely. The harness is somewhere around the Batman Beyond batsuit on the "I am a costume _and_ a power!" scale. It's not as incredibly bulky as a true battlesuit, but you can't carry it around in your pocket either.

Yay! Am I good to go?

So, the harness is a large, cumbersome device that he has to get out (briefcase?) and put on, but because of the new tech, he can put it on very quickly? Sounds good to me.

Yes, this sounds quite likely. The harness is somewhere around the Batman Beyond batsuit on the "I am a costume _and_ a power!" scale. It's not as incredibly bulky as a true battlesuit, but you can't carry it around in your pocket either.

Yay! Am I good to go?

So, the harness is a large, cumbersome device that he has to get out (briefcase?) and put on, but because of the new tech, he can put it on very quickly? Sounds good to me.

Yes, this sounds quite likely. The harness is somewhere around the Batman Beyond batsuit on the "I am a costume _and_ a power!" scale. It's not as incredibly bulky as a true battlesuit, but you can't carry it around in your pocket either.

Yay! Am I good to go?

Two questions:

1. Concerning "Super-Strength 4 (Heavy Load 1.25 tons; Flaws; Limited-only while flying)", could you explain why your Super Strength doesn't work when you aren't flying? This could be important during game play, because it could help define what "only while flying" means. For example, could you activate your flight, hover stationary, a half-inch off the ground and then use your Super Strength like any normal hero with Super Strength who didn't take this limitation (while grappling, breaking things, etc.), or do you actually have to be flying, i.e. moving up, down, or across at a reasonable flight speed to use it? The former probably isn't much of a limitation. It's probably a complication ("Super Strength doesn't work when Flight power is inoperable"). If you actually have to be in the air flying and the power only helps you lift stuff with your flight momentum (and not break things or grapple) then that probably is worth a 1 point flaw.

Well, the listed archetype does get a bonus from using the Super-Strength to grapple, but only while flying. Since the harness is described as anti-gravity in nature, I think it's likely that the daka-crystal power source is an all-or-nothing affair. Enough anti-gravity power lets the Eagle fly _and_ lets him lift heavy objects, but he can't lift those objects if he isn't actually flying. Let's say he can't use his super-strength without using simultaneously using at least one rank of flight.

So while Freedom Eagle might be able to lift a small car, he'd have to do it by flying into it at speed (not a nice way to treat Grandpa's design!) instead of merely lifting it from ground level.

(It's a bit like Ultimate Power's suggested use of flight as an enhancement to super-strength, but used in a different way.)

2. How do you change into your super identity (that takes less than 3 seconds)? And how can you be prevented from changing into your super identity?

Well, walking around in the full Freedom Eagle regalia all the time would look a little suspicious. =D The anti-gravity harness isn't as bulky and cumbersome as a full battlesuit, so snapping it on is a free action as opposed to a full-round action. It's _not_ a flaw that the original Freedom Eagle had, interestingly, but you have to pay a price for those upgrades to speed and strength...

Two questions:

1. Concerning "Super-Strength 4 (Heavy Load 1.25 tons; Flaws; Limited-only while flying)", could you explain why your Super Strength doesn't work when you aren't flying? This could be important during game play, because it could help define what "only while flying" means. For example, could you activate your flight, hover stationary, a half-inch off the ground and then use your Super Strength like any normal hero with Super Strength who didn't take this limitation (while grappling, breaking things, etc.), or do you actually have to be flying, i.e. moving up, down, or across at a reasonable flight speed to use it? The former probably isn't much of a limitation. It's probably a complication ("Super Strength doesn't work when Flight power is inoperable"). If you actually have to be in the air flying and the power only helps you lift stuff with your flight momentum (and not break things or grapple) then that probably is worth a 1 point flaw.

Well, the listed archetype does get a bonus from using the Super-Strength to grapple, but only while flying. Since the harness is described as anti-gravity in nature, I think it's likely that the daka-crystal power source is an all-or-nothing affair. Enough anti-gravity power lets the Eagle fly _and_ lets him lift heavy objects, but he can't lift those objects if he isn't actually flying. Let's say he can't use his super-strength without using simultaneously using at least one rank of flight.

So while Freedom Eagle might be able to lift a small car, he'd have to do it by flying into it at speed (not a nice way to treat Grandpa's design!) instead of merely lifting it from ground level.

(It's a bit like Ultimate Power's suggested use of flight as an enhancement to super-strength, but used in a different way.)

2. How do you change into your super identity (that takes less than 3 seconds)? And how can you be prevented from changing into your super identity?

Well, walking around in the full Freedom Eagle regalia all the time would look a little suspicious. =D The anti-gravity harness isn't as bulky and cumbersome as a full battlesuit, so snapping it on is a free action as opposed to a full-round action. It's _not_ a flaw that the original Freedom Eagle had, interestingly, but you have to pay a price for those upgrades to speed and strength...

Two questions:

1. Concerning "Super-Strength 4 (Heavy Load 1.25 tons; Flaws; Limited-only while flying)", could you explain why your Super Strength doesn't work when you aren't flying? This could be important during game play, because it could help define what "only while flying" means. For example, could you activate your flight, hover stationary, a half-inch off the ground and then use your Super Strength like any normal hero with Super Strength who didn't take this limitation (while grappling, breaking things, etc.), or do you actually have to be flying, i.e. moving up, down, or across at a reasonable flight speed to use it? The former probably isn't much of a limitation. It's probably a complication ("Super Strength doesn't work when Flight power is inoperable"). If you actually have to be in the air flying and the power only helps you lift stuff with your flight momentum (and not break things or grapple) then that probably is worth a 1 point flaw.

Well, the listed archetype does get a bonus from using the Super-Strength to grapple, but only while flying. Since the harness is described as anti-gravity in nature, I think it's likely that the daka-crystal power source is an all-or-nothing affair. Enough anti-gravity power lets the Eagle fly _and_ lets him lift heavy objects, but he can't lift those objects if he isn't actually flying. Let's say he can't use his super-strength without using simultaneously using at least one rank of flight.

So while Freedom Eagle might be able to lift a small car, he'd have to do it by flying into it at speed (not a nice way to treat Grandpa's design!) instead of merely lifting it from ground level.

(It's a bit like Ultimate Power's suggested use of flight as an enhancement to super-strength, but used in a different way.)

2. How do you change into your super identity (that takes less than 3 seconds)? And how can you be prevented from changing into your super identity?

Well, walking around in the full Freedom Eagle regalia all the time would look a little suspicious. =D The anti-gravity harness isn't as bulky and cumbersome as a full battlesuit, so snapping it on is a free action as opposed to a full-round action. It's _not_ a flaw that the original Freedom Eagle had, interestingly, but you have to pay a price for those upgrades to speed and strength...

Awesome! I'll post as soon as someone vets my character sheet.

Awesome! I'll post as soon as someone vets my character sheet.

Awesome! I'll post as soon as someone vets my character sheet.