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Violetta Williams was trying to fit in yet again. She was hoping to find a new target for her little gang to get her some more money. She was dressed as if she was a college girl out for a night at the casinos and clubs, in a nice black top, a pair of tight black pinstripe pants and some nice-looking boots. She couldn't decide where to start, she walked down the boardwalk, trying to look bored. She couldn't help but notice the Golden Calf. Not exactly the biggest prize on the Boardwalk, but she could easily get inside, check the place out, and not even be noticed. Plus, it's probably not a place that gets robbed very often. She just needed something to get her gang started on the big time. Letta walks through the front door, trying to case the joint without looking too suspicious. She wanders over to one of the low-ante blackjack tables, a huge smile on her face. She puts down some small money in chips, looking around for anything really unusual. She seems to be decent at not bleeding these chips away, spending as much time as she could at the table without drawing too much attention to herself. Anyone who's ever cased a building might be able to tell what she's trying to do. And, there were a few open seats that could fill up any moment now.

Alright, another set of changes: Ice Storm to Ice Blast -> Blast 10, Extra: Penetrating. Attack Bonus to 5, add Attack Focus (Ranged) 4 => +2 pp 2 pp to go into skills => 2 in each: Bluff, Diplomacy, Gather Information, Sense Motive Now, it's ready for audit again.

I was going to do that, but then I was confused. Her Area Attack, is that considered Ranged, even though it's technically Touch Range?

1) Fixed, Feats to 12, Attack down to +8 to even the points out. 2) That was something I forgot to fix. Fixed now to +8. 3) Fixed that as well, should I put numbers on my Create Ice power as well? Also, I guess I should ask the same question here. Attack Focus (Ranged), does it work automatically for Area effects, even if said Area effects are supposed to be touch-range?

Alright, so I've got a basic character, but was curious if there was anything I did that might've been a bit too inefficient with my character as posted. Thanks for any non-referee help. http://www.endlessflight.net/freedom/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=824

Players Name: thelazyblank Power Level: 10 (156 PPs) Unspent PPs: 6 Characters Name: Capricia Chill Alternate Identity: Violetta Tonifanni, Violetta Williams, Secret Height: 5'7" Weight: ~120 lbs Hair: Black Eyes: Green Description: Violetta Williams tends to look like she's trying to stand out, always wearing designer clothing and expensive jewelry. Body-wise, she looks like she works out, giving her an athletic, but not paper-thin look. She keeps her hair long and freely flowing, usually only tying it back for important functions. As Capricia, however, she tends to dress in mob-style pinstripe suits, mostly with skirts. She doesn't seem to realize the impracticality of this yet. History: Violetta "Letta" Williams was born into the Freedom Mob, being related to the Tonifanni family on her mother's side. Her mother, not being a huge fan of being actively involved with the Mob, decided to take her husband's name as soon as possible, trying to escape being attached to nearly every single murder investigation involving the Mob. This didn't stop Violetta from getting large amounts of gifts from the Mob at whatever opportunity they could give them. Letta grew up with lots of money, and lots of nice things, and never really cared where it came from. She was living the life of a mob princess, and didn't care. She got through school easily enough, and got a full-ride scholarship into Freedom College, even if some of the process seems to have had a sharp drop in applicants for said scholarship. Letta's college years, however, were spent mostly living the party life. Some say she spent the same amount of time partying as she did sleeping, which didn't seem to leave much room for school. She did well enough, earning a degree in Business, although not with any sort of honors. In fact, her transcript would show that she barely squeaked by. She decided that trying to do anything with her degree was out of the question, and went to her uncle, the closest actual member of the Freedom Mob that she knew. When she asked him what she could do in the Mob, he laughed right in her face. He handed her a wad of money, and told her to go out, have fun, and just get some dead-end job and get free money. Letta was so pissed off, she decided to go out with her friends, and get terribly drunk. She doesn't remember most of the rest of the night, but she woke up the next morning in her apartment, and everything seemed fine. However, she underwent a strange treatment, an offshoot of the DNAscent process, used on her as a sort of sleeper-unit. The test was supposed to see if she'd survive an inactive dosage. Instead, the formula reactivated itself inside of her system, leading her to notice that she could freeze things just by thinking about it. This led to some very strange incidents, but mostly everything seemed fine. She hid what she was doing well enough, that when she finally came out as Capricia Chill, no one knew who she was. She's been trying to start her own mafia-style business, but doesn't seem very good at subtlety or anything of that nature. So far, however, she seems to be able to run a small-time supercriminal enterprise of her own. Whether she keeps working on her own things, or decides to team up with some of the (most likely smarter) villains in Freedom City. Stats: 16pp Str: 10 (+0) Dex: 14 (+2) Con: 12 (+1) Int: 12 (+1) Wis: 12 (+1) Cha: 16 (+3) Combat: 22pp Attack: +5 (+9 Ranged) Grapple: +8 Defense: +6 (+3 flat-footed) Knockback: -8, -0 w/out Force Field Initiative: +2 Saves: 18pp Toughness: +11 (Imp 5), +1 w/out Force Field Fortitude: +8 (+1 Con, +7) Reflex: +7 (+2 Dex, +5) Will: +7 (+1 Wis, +6) Skills: 60r=15pp Bluff 12 (+15) Diplomacy 12 (+15) Gather Information 12 (+15) Knowledge (Business) 6 (+7) Knowledge (Streetwise) 8 (+9) Sense Motive 10 (+11) Feats: 16pp Attack Focus (Ranged) 4 Connected Contacts Distract (Bluff) Inspire 3 Minions 4 (5 Thugs [pg 229, main]) Taunt Well-Informed Powers: 65pp Cold Control 10 (1 mile radius; Extra: Selective Attack; PFs: 5 Alternate Powers) [35pp] AP: Blast 10 (cold; Extra: Alternate Save/Fortitude) AP: Blast 10 (ice; Extra: Penetrating) AP: Create Object 10 (ice shapes; Extra: Movable) AP: Fatigue 10 (freeze breath; Extra: Ranged) AP: Paralyze 10 (freeze beam; Extra: Ranged) Flight 3 (ice slides, 50 mph; Drawback: Can still be tripped [-1]) [5pp] Force Field 10 (ice armor; Partial Extra: Impervious 5) [15pp] Immunity 10 (cold effects) [10pp] Drawbacks: Vulnerability (to Fire, +1 to Save DC; Common, Minor; -2) DC Block Blast, Cold --- DC 25 Fort --- damage Blast, Ice --- DC 25 Toughness --- damage, penetrating 10 Fatigue --- DC 20 Fort --- fatigued Paralyze --- DC 20 Fort --- paralyzed Costs: Abilities (16) + Combat (22) + Saves (18) + Skills (15) + Feats (16) + Powers (65) - Drawbacks (02) = 150 Total Cost --- As a side note, I apologize for the writing being a little forced. I can't seem to ever get a clear train of thought anymore, and it was sort of forced through blocks in the brain.

Hmm.. Well, I'll think about this. Hopefully, I might have a character up by tomorrow, assuming all goes well. I'm going to focus on making something that's sorta not like any other villain, just to give me some early standing room as Someone Different. Which isn't just to be, um, different, just to give me something unique that only my character can do. ;)

Nice. So, can you use the Limited feat to allow the contagious area-effect Emotion Control to be used on minions and/or civilians, while having an AP version for actual combat, possibly single target and non-contageous??

I meant did you find a way for Continuous Mind Control, for example, not to be a completely butt-kicking power? I assume you didn't, because it can be pretty crazy. I've been trying to make a high-level Emotional Control character that I've been working on, and was wondering if it would work here. Mainly, she's supposed to have a Continuous Contagious Emotional Control power, that she can't fully control. But, obviously that's going to be overpowered unless heavily limited in some way. Hmm.. Would there be a good way to simulate something like this? And should I be posting this in the Character Help forum? :)

Alright, due to the current hero to villain ratio, I'm thinking I might want to make one of each, but going to start with just my PL 10 villain. Are there any powers that don't really work so well? I mean, outside of the ones listed, are Mind Control/Emotional Control characters generally not used, because the powers turn out weird in PvP type games? Or, is there really no worries? Have people figured out enough ways around them, etc? Just curious, usually I talk out my concepts, so I might be chatty here. :)

Hello! I'm new here, and I'm kinda curious as to a few things: 1) How many of the NPCs from the Freedom City book are being used? Are they only used as needed, if they are? 2) How do the villains work, generally speaking? Do the PC villains work together at times, or are they generally solo acts? 3) In the rules, it says something about not posting too often for PP benefits, but conversations seem to need that type of posting. Is this just me reading the rules too literally, or is there some other way? 4) Where's the best place to meet the other players OOCly, and make plans for the IC characters? Sorry if this isn't the right place to post all these questions, but I'm curious. Hope to think of a character soon.