Avalon

The sights and sounds before him brings The Vestige memories of times long gone. This seems to invigorate the ancient one. Now this is a battle! It does me good to be in another of this magnitude... He takes a few steps before sending another thought. Now is the time for them to have a taste of a true battle... Setting his mind on battles during his previous life, The Vestige begins to gather an impossible amount of mana from the surrounding environment. In moments it reaches a critical point and searing hot winds begin to whirl around him. These winds burn and slice through anyone and anything within it as it begins to encompass the entire canyon and several miles surrounding it. Nothing is spared, except for The Vestige and his companions.

Stunting a perception area effect then. :D

I need to check my notes on this but I figure that you would hit him. He's currently stunned as it were.

Sorry. I've been a bit busy as of late. Updating now. edit: Bendigeidfran, did Aristodemus attack or not? I'm getting a feeling of the latter from your post but I want to be sure.

Sorry about that. Been a bit busy. Would you guys mind if I attempt to wipe them all out now?

Like what Quote and Geez3r said, I'm fine if The Vestige never really succeeds in a meaningful way. As long as my actions serve to heighten the heroic nature of the heroes I'm fine with that. As for my first two examples, I was trying to focus more on having those just be situations. It would be up to the heroes if things go as planned or they save the people or themselves. As I said earlier: In short, villains (especially arch-enemies) should serve as a foil to the heroes so that they shine all the brighter after having faced difficult and sometimes overwhelming odds and staring into something of their darker selves.

To be fair, heroes are defined by their villains. God-like heroes like Superman wouldn't last very long if all they had to face were things that would pose no threat (real or perceived) to them. But let Superman face off against one of his arch-nemesis like Darkseid or Braniac who plan to destroy the Earth or convert it to another hell and we can see what really makes a hero thus. I think a quote made by Zoom in the first issue of the Sinestro Corps War would sum up what I'm trying to convey:

Since we're trying to come up with a code for villains to adhere to, I think it is best if we have some concrete examples of the extremes of what villains can do here. Which of the following examples be ok in this forum? [*:18v88v1d]Joker's stunt in the Dark Knight movie where he has two ferries decide on the fate of the other to test their humanity [*:18v88v1d]Zoom's (Hunter Zolomon) attempts to make heroes stronger by having them face personal tragedies [*:18v88v1d]A villain's attempts to destroy the world if humanity doesn't rise above itself

No prob Q. You would have probably done great. In other news, can I ask a ref to GM this adventure of mine? The other guy in this adventure is supposedly a major canon figure so I was hoping to have one of you guys do this so I don't do anything that contradicts his personality or canon.

Wow. I got one more pp than expected...

The Vestige: 47

Moments after receiving the message from Malice, the generator succumbs to the forces of time and erosion and quickly crumbles into dust. "Everything is done here on my end, Malice. Proceeding to the next checkpoint." And with that, The Vestige drops out of sight only to appear at his destination in less than a second.

I'll be continuing this thread this weekend.

Bendigeidfran, can you clarify what you are actually doing? Are you doing a normal attack augmented with power attack?

1) The Vestige 2) The Vestige meets with someone who he knows from the past. (Details will be PM'ed to interested GM) 3) No one else since this is meant to be a private meeting between The Vestige and the other guy 4) Closed 5) Flexible if possible. I can't account for RL. I want to use this story as a way to flesh out my char. 6) Only a handful. He hasn't been out much

August 12, 2009: Night settles in Freedom City as Aristodemus, Captain Knievel, Dark Star, Malice and The Exile fall asleep and find themselves in another place... (Dreams of a Forgotten Age)

The Vestige: A Meeting of Ancients Assault on Precinct 13 Dreams of a Forgotten Age GM'ing Go for Broken Non-canon The Trial of Captain Knievel

The Vestige tries to avoid the numerous metal blades but they are faster. Several of the blades strike him but they fail to pierce his armor. "Very well then. No more words. Let our skills speak for us." The Obsidian Blade forming in his hands, The Vestige moves to strike at the Fey Lord as his earlier blast veers around to strike Dalkaresh at the same time. Unfortunately, both sword and magical blast hit the same ephemeral double.

Look's like Invisible Castle is down on my end of things.

I'll probably be unavailable from Sunday to Thursday next week. Exam time.

Happy B-day dude. :D

...and the verdict has been rendered. You can't kill the monster Bedingdiefran. You can only make it unconscious. Btw, I still need to know the Save DC you'll be using for that attack.

So what's the verdict on that Doc? Kill or no Kill?

You know that we can't do killings here unless for a really important story reason right? What's the DC for that move? I assume that it's the same as your unarmed +3?

You can beat her quote! I know you can. Anyways, there's also the STAR squad for him to play with.