Veiled Malice

Well, freedom, for one. As a superhero, you are more or less at the mercy of the GM's in your play choices. Villains, however, are in no way constrained by the same thing. You want to rob a bank? Rob that bank. You want to knock over a building because you don't like the color scheme? Paint it in bright primary colors. You want to hurl fecal matter at the Centurion statue in Riverside Park? Build a trebuchet, order a shipment of cow dung and get to it. I find it's more about planning and execution than anything else. Like I said, as a hero, you are more or less on rails. Being proactive in my activities appeals to me. I get to screw with named characters like Captain Thunder and if I pull it off right, I can do so without even being seen. Beating a guy over the head with the superstructure of a cruise liner might be fun, but getting somebody else to do it for you, manipulating the situation from behind the scenes with a few well placed words? That's gold. Being intelligent is the name of the game for me, and getting up off my ass just to fly out and beat up the villain of the week as part of some extremely black and white motivation holds little entertainment. I get enough of that at my weekly FtF game.

Sorry for poking my nose in here, but I have to agree with Shadowboxer. The target attacked with a Perception range power is automatically affected, but the effect of the power has no such benefit. For example, if I blast an overpass with my Perception range eyebeams, the debris does not atuomatically strike those underneath. Similarly, Perception range Telekinesis does not allow a character to strike someone with a wielded object. You could check with a couple other refs, but that's how I see it.

Sorry for poking my nose in here, but I have to agree with Shadowboxer. The target attacked with a Perception range power is automatically affected, but the effect of the power has no such benefit. For example, if I blast an overpass with my Perception range eyebeams, the debris does not atuomatically strike those underneath. Similarly, Perception range Telekinesis does not allow a character to strike someone with a wielded object. You could check with a couple other refs, but that's how I see it.

Sorry for poking my nose in here, but I have to agree with Shadowboxer. The target attacked with a Perception range power is automatically affected, but the effect of the power has no such benefit. For example, if I blast an overpass with my Perception range eyebeams, the debris does not atuomatically strike those underneath. Similarly, Perception range Telekinesis does not allow a character to strike someone with a wielded object. You could check with a couple other refs, but that's how I see it.

Awesome craziness. With any other character, I'd have to take you up on that. But if you sneak a peek at Nanowire's sheet, "awesome craziness" is not his style. He could pick up his step some if, say, a copter attempted a crash landing on his head, but other than that, he'll probably keep up his steady ambling gait. EDIT: Oh, and you don't have to wait to post. If you're waiting for someone to do something, then, yes, you'll have to hold off, but if you wanted to hurl a chunk of masonry at the white-haired guy's head, feel free.

Awesome craziness. With any other character, I'd have to take you up on that. But if you sneak a peek at Nanowire's sheet, "awesome craziness" is not his style. He could pick up his step some if, say, a copter attempted a crash landing on his head, but other than that, he'll probably keep up his steady ambling gait. EDIT: Oh, and you don't have to wait to post. If you're waiting for someone to do something, then, yes, you'll have to hold off, but if you wanted to hurl a chunk of masonry at the white-haired guy's head, feel free.

Awesome craziness. With any other character, I'd have to take you up on that. But if you sneak a peek at Nanowire's sheet, "awesome craziness" is not his style. He could pick up his step some if, say, a copter attempted a crash landing on his head, but other than that, he'll probably keep up his steady ambling gait. EDIT: Oh, and you don't have to wait to post. If you're waiting for someone to do something, then, yes, you'll have to hold off, but if you wanted to hurl a chunk of masonry at the white-haired guy's head, feel free.

I didn't go to Spiderman 3 expecting gold. In fact, I didn't go at all. It was on a flight back to my home state where I saw it. Like all the reviews said, it was far too busy. Three villains, one switching sides, an "evil" Parker, (who was fairly nerdy even in an evil capacity) office rivalries - all too much for one film. You could even see the poor Marvel writing poke it's ugly head in with the revisionist history on Uncle Ben's actual killer. Not the best movie, but I wasn't expecting it to be. Transformers, on the other hand, had so much hype that I half expected it to be able to cure cancer. In reality, though, it fell far short of that lofty goal, or even the more reasonable one of sustaining suspension of disbelief. The dialogue kept killing it for me. Not the human dialogue, though. For the most part, the actual on-screen actors got some good writing. (With the notable exception of John Turturro. Don't even start on his performance.) But Prime saying "my bad"? Excuse the leet speak, but WTF? And Jazz. My god, could he be any more stereotypically black? I half expected him to start break dancing - OH WAIT, HE DID! That, plus a million other little things ruined it for me. Another good example of the director missing the trees for the forest. (I know that saying is backwards, but that's what happened.) In short, I agree with EF.

I didn't go to Spiderman 3 expecting gold. In fact, I didn't go at all. It was on a flight back to my home state where I saw it. Like all the reviews said, it was far too busy. Three villains, one switching sides, an "evil" Parker, (who was fairly nerdy even in an evil capacity) office rivalries - all too much for one film. You could even see the poor Marvel writing poke it's ugly head in with the revisionist history on Uncle Ben's actual killer. Not the best movie, but I wasn't expecting it to be. Transformers, on the other hand, had so much hype that I half expected it to be able to cure cancer. In reality, though, it fell far short of that lofty goal, or even the more reasonable one of sustaining suspension of disbelief. The dialogue kept killing it for me. Not the human dialogue, though. For the most part, the actual on-screen actors got some good writing. (With the notable exception of John Turturro. Don't even start on his performance.) But Prime saying "my bad"? Excuse the leet speak, but WTF? And Jazz. My god, could he be any more stereotypically black? I half expected him to start break dancing - OH WAIT, HE DID! That, plus a million other little things ruined it for me. Another good example of the director missing the trees for the forest. (I know that saying is backwards, but that's what happened.) In short, I agree with EF.

I didn't go to Spiderman 3 expecting gold. In fact, I didn't go at all. It was on a flight back to my home state where I saw it. Like all the reviews said, it was far too busy. Three villains, one switching sides, an "evil" Parker, (who was fairly nerdy even in an evil capacity) office rivalries - all too much for one film. You could even see the poor Marvel writing poke it's ugly head in with the revisionist history on Uncle Ben's actual killer. Not the best movie, but I wasn't expecting it to be. Transformers, on the other hand, had so much hype that I half expected it to be able to cure cancer. In reality, though, it fell far short of that lofty goal, or even the more reasonable one of sustaining suspension of disbelief. The dialogue kept killing it for me. Not the human dialogue, though. For the most part, the actual on-screen actors got some good writing. (With the notable exception of John Turturro. Don't even start on his performance.) But Prime saying "my bad"? Excuse the leet speak, but WTF? And Jazz. My god, could he be any more stereotypically black? I half expected him to start break dancing - OH WAIT, HE DID! That, plus a million other little things ruined it for me. Another good example of the director missing the trees for the forest. (I know that saying is backwards, but that's what happened.) In short, I agree with EF.

Oh, just figured I'd use the posts we already have up. You know, Damien blasting the helocopter, Nanowire walking towards disaster area, etc, etc. I didn't want to hold anything up, especially as all I'm doing is moving at this point.

Oh, just figured I'd use the posts we already have up. You know, Damien blasting the helocopter, Nanowire walking towards disaster area, etc, etc. I didn't want to hold anything up, especially as all I'm doing is moving at this point.

Oh, just figured I'd use the posts we already have up. You know, Damien blasting the helocopter, Nanowire walking towards disaster area, etc, etc. I didn't want to hold anything up, especially as all I'm doing is moving at this point.

You know, there is already a villain in the M&M universe called "Gravtitar". Check out pgs 86-87 in the main book. I just thought your guys' fathers' name was pretty similar, and wanted to make you aware of it. Maybe Gravitar took your father's name and mispronounced it somehow? :D

You know, there is already a villain in the M&M universe called "Gravtitar". Check out pgs 86-87 in the main book. I just thought your guys' fathers' name was pretty similar, and wanted to make you aware of it. Maybe Gravitar took your father's name and mispronounced it somehow? :D

You know, there is already a villain in the M&M universe called "Gravtitar". Check out pgs 86-87 in the main book. I just thought your guys' fathers' name was pretty similar, and wanted to make you aware of it. Maybe Gravitar took your father's name and mispronounced it somehow? :D

Nice 'n big, I see. :)

Nice 'n big, I see. :)

Nice 'n big, I see. :)

I have it right here. Oddly enough, it's still a Will save. Maybe they think the person will be resisting the message (Love me), not the chemical itself? And it doesn't drain Will. You could get that as a Linked effect, though.

I have it right here. Oddly enough, it's still a Will save. Maybe they think the person will be resisting the message (Love me), not the chemical itself? And it doesn't drain Will. You could get that as a Linked effect, though.

I have it right here. Oddly enough, it's still a Will save. Maybe they think the person will be resisting the message (Love me), not the chemical itself? And it doesn't drain Will. You could get that as a Linked effect, though.

Ah, yeah, that makes sense. Can't imagine why I missed it. ...oh right. 2:46 in the morning. Perhaps I should go to bed.

Ah, yeah, that makes sense. Can't imagine why I missed it. ...oh right. 2:46 in the morning. Perhaps I should go to bed.

Ah, yeah, that makes sense. Can't imagine why I missed it. ...oh right. 2:46 in the morning. Perhaps I should go to bed.