Dr Archeville

Manhattan, Metropolis, same thing... ;)

I also agree completely. However, form the Mastermind's Manual:

You'll need a really good backstory to justify having all those different power sources -- I can't think of many characters who have powers from three sources, let alone five. Shapechanging into people would be the Morph power. Shapechanging into Animals would be the Shapeshift power (Flawed to being only able to shapeshift into animals)... unless you want to only be able to shapeshift into human-sized animals (and not actually gain any of their abilities, like claws or wings/flight), in which case that can be done with Morph, too.

How distinctive is the mask? How big is it (domino eyemask? Michael Myers full head covering?)

Well, I'm inclined to just add a Flaw "Limited: does not work on beings with no sense of smell/taste." This'd make it ineffective against most robots and basic undead... but those have Immunity (Fortitude effects) anyway, so they'd already be immune. So maybe it should just be a Drawback.

As for "having no parents" and being a "force of nature," there are two characters like that in the Freedom City setting: Doctor Manhattan and Hiroshima Shadow.

It says "normal strike or a special action," so I'd be inclined to say no. If you want to be able to use Strike with Rapid Attack, apply the Area/Radius extra to your Strike.

It gives one AP for free (Which can be used while using the other Super-Speed effects), others must be bought like any other AP.

Sorta. Sense-Dependent is a Flaw only for Perception-range powers; potential targets get a Reflex save to avoid sensing the effect (like avoid seeing the medusa).

Yes, they'd get 10pp back (and have a Con of -- [nonexistent], not 0), and also buy Immunity 30 (Fortitude effects). (If you just have a Con of --- and not the Immunity, it means you automatically fail all Fortitude save effects; by buying Immunity, you automatically make the save, showing that you are [more or less] truly immune to Fort effects.) You could possibly have an Undead that has no Con and does not have the Immunity... but that'd mean it's as vulnerable to bacteria and insects and environmental factors and so on as any other corpse, and would be little more than bones and hair in about two months.

Archevile stepped forward and looked almost as if he was going to do the German boot-heel-click, but instead bowed to Emissary. "I am Herr Doktor Viktor Heinrich Archeville, of Germany, und I haff only been in zhis city for a few months. I haff operated for some years as a zuperhero in mein homeland, mostly by meinself, but haff come here to Freedom City in zhe hopes of expanding und improving mein performance. Before zhat, I actually attended zhe HIT university in Hanover." The German resumed floating a few inches off the ground. "I am, as zhey say in America, a 'Gadgeteer', a super-scientist. I am a meister of a variety of scholarly and scientific fields, from acoustics to zoology, und am very good mit all sorts of technology. Mein Gravimetric Belt," he continued, pointing to the Kirby-esque belt around his waist, "allows me to fly, generate a protective force field capable of withstanding mortars und field artillery, und protects me from most environmental hazards; a small canister of pressurized air can even sustain me in airless environs. Zhe protective field can also be modulated," one hand moved to his waist and depressed a few buttons on the belt, causing him to fade from view, "to varp electromagnetic energies around me, rendering me invisible to visual und radio senses." By the time he'd finished talking, he was fully invisible. And just as quickly back again, "Even mitout zhe protective field, mein labcoat offers me some protection due to zhe metallic und polymer threads voven into it vhich disperse many forms of energy; it also keep me toasty varm in zhe cold German vinters. As for veaponry... I carry none. This warranted an odd look from most. "I used to carry a very potent blaster pistol, one able to shoot zhrough Sherman und Panzer tanks, but villains kept trying to steal it from me und make copies, so I chose to focus on making mein mind mein most potent veapon. Zhe most offensive thing I carry is zhis, mein elektromagnetische schraubenzieher." He withdrew a wand-like device from one of his labcoat pockets, studded with many tiny buttons and blinking lights, "Mein 'electromagnetic screwdriver,' a very versatile tool vhich can, amongst ozher zhings, hack into most computer und electronic systems."

Why is Accurate on her "Armlet of the Butterfly Gods"? It gives no benefit, since all the powers it grants are Perception range ones, so there's no attack roll. Per the , Summon is not allowed as an AP of another power, and the maximum PL of a summoned critter is half the summoning character's PL (so PL 3 in this case). What does "Extra: Range [Magic] " under "Rafflesia Scent AP: Nauseate (2pp/Rank) Rank 6" mean? And since it has "Flaw: Sense-Dependent (scent) (-1)" under it, do you mean it to be Perception range?

Why do you say that? Chazal has not been approved, by any Judge/Referee on this board.

That was you? Ha! That explains the odd deja vu feeling I get whenever 'talking' to you I'm not forgetting anything, just pointing out that "a rose by any other name would be just as deadly." That whole "actions speak louder than words" thing. And why would they think "and useless by day" (which he isn't) be the first thing to go through people's minds? Why not "he uses darkness itself as a weapon to kill"? Or "he's as unstoppable as the night"? (Besides, we're dealing with Comic Book Nazis, not Real Nazis, so applying Real Nazi Though Processes is akin to applying Real Police Thought Processes to all Superheroes: it doesn't work.) Out of curiosity, what do you think the Nazis would call Meinhoff if not "Nacht-Krieger"?

Not as far as I can tell. *continues playing on the old man's lawn*

"He vas reportedly killed in 1965," he says as he flies down the hallway towards the Emissary, "in an accident in his South American laboratory." He said the word as lab-BOR-a-tree, as any Old World Mad Scientist would. "Ve never saw a body, but even if zhe report vas false, he vould be von hundred und twelve years old by now, so surely zhe Grim Reaper vould haff paid him a visit by now."

Very awesome!

Silence! *continues shining the Cosmicaurs Signal into the cloudy night sky*

Depends. How old are ya?

Sadly, it is mere coincidence, as at this time I can only devote my brain to GMing one game ("The Creeping Killer(s)" one I'm running in Hanover).

No, looks like you've got everything, so it'd seem Sustained Enhanced Str should be a Drawback, not a full Flaw, since it'd come up so rarely. Ha, so it does! My bad! And, again, I'm not seeing how reducing the duration to Sustained is enough of a limit to warrant a full Flaw. Oh, I fully understand the in-character reason, but just because there's a good descriptive reason for something doesn't mean it should automatically be allowed in a game (as my experiences with a certain Munchkin player on another board taught me). Reply hazy. Ask again later. You're still increasing it to Perception range, getting the benefit of not making an attack roll & higher damage, just voluntarily keeping it at the same range as your other melee attacks. It can't get a Flaw for having the range brought down to Touch (as it's already Touch), and since Corrosion is really two linked effects (Damage + Drain Toughness), you actually have to buy both parts up to Perception range if you want (which is why Disintegration costs 2 pp/rank more than Corrosion). EDIT: Or just flip the trade-off for that one attack -- +10 to hit, +10 damage (I'm a believer in allowing trade-offs to be done on a per-attack basis). It's German for "Night Warrior," and given how many heroes he's killed, he could be called Princess Sunnymuffin and he'd still scare the poop out of most folks. ;)

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Non-Ranged Ara effects are tricky that way. You can use it against a target even if the target's not within melee range, but since it's touch range the target has to be someone in melee range. You could almost say that you shouldn't make an attack roll, it's just a Reflex save (followed by a Damage save) for the folks in the area when you activate the power... but I'm almost certain there's some unbalancing factor in doing it that way that I'm not seeing.

Yes! Know that I am the one you seek! I am the one born to rule, destined to conquer! Let those who fear me follow me. Let those who oppose me die! For I am Archeville, and this I command! *ahem* I am honored and grateful for the opportunity I've been given here, and will strive to do my best. I do have a caveat, though: this coming up week is my last week of classes, and the following Monday is my final exam. This is for the last class I need to finally earn my BA, so my presence here will dip a bit as I study my butt off for it.