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It/him/her, or whatever the thing was, popped right out of nowhere in front of Yuki just as she released her webline and fired another psychic strand at the corner of one of the tallest buildings in Liberty. It was one of her favorite stunts, build up speed and launch her self carelessly into the air up and over it. Problem was, 'usually' no one was up this high for her to run into. ...which was why, even with her danger sense screaming, she was stunned to the point of hesitation. "HOLY NUTBUNNIES!"

Mind if Yuki jumps in as well? Considering that the two is planned to be teammates sooner or later, it's a good way to meet.

Gah! Amazing what obvious things slip by sometimes. >>; So that's all of my concerns. When shall we start?

*Bump* Just awaiting word.

Albright works. The question I have is how she will Ic'lly know about it. That's the one hurdle that's tripping me up.

I'm all for balance. What ideas of compromise do you have in mind? Different tier? Lower Defense or Attack?

Either as a trouble stirrer, or as someone who can face more than one hero by himself. He's a mercenary, so he can be hired by anyone who needs super human muscle and or protection from/against the heroes. He's the type of villian, where you going to have to get creative to beat him. Sure, he can be beaten traditionally, but to fight him straight-up will be a long and painful process. Though to be fair, he won't be in scenario's where his goal is to beat a hero up. He'll mostly be in scenarios where he'll have a particular mission or goal and a hero gets in the way. If you never read it, read the first time Spider-man went up against the Juggernaut. On paper, Juggernaut should've wiped the floor with him, but Spider-Man out-smarted hm and defeated him usiong anymeans neccessary (though he _did_ get his butt severely kicked in the process). Does tyhat answer your question, or is there a more specific one you had in mind?

Players Name: Josh Power Level: 12 Trade-Offs: -3 defense for +3 to toughness Unspent PP: 180/180 Characters Name: Rampage Alternate Identity: Dennis Donaldson (While his identity is secret, he shows no fear of it becoming public.) Height: 7'4" Weight: 590 lbs Hair: None (unable to grow hair) Eyes: Slate Grey. Description: Rampage is dressed like an extra large Black Knight. He wears shiny black armor that occasionally flicker with energy. This armor purposely fools people into thinking that Rampages 'ustoppability' is the result of the armor, when in reality it's sole purpose is to cover Rampages sole weakness: Psychic attacks. History: When project 9 escaped their clutches, the secret illuminti group of rogue scientists found themselves up the perverbial creek without even a boat. Until it was discovered that the escapee left some of her DNA behind on some broken glass. While imperfect, enough DNA was stripped to create a working data of their success. This allowed them to continue their search for the 'perfect weapon. Learning from their mistake, they made sure that this time a test subject would be properly screened. Someone with nothing to lose and everything to gain. Enter Dennis Donaldson, a paralegic who pretty much given up on life. Dennis is a former Army Major who was a secret guinea pig for a second hand super soldier project. This ended brutally, when Dennis was paralized when fighting a german equivelent during WW 2. Like so many failed black ops, the Army swept the desaster under the rug, leaving a bitter Dennis to live with the pain and embarassment. And since the project left him with a considerable resistance to aging, this was a _very_ long time. The scientists, however, proposed to Dennis with a chance to end his suffering. Using a strain of Meta (doped up with Yuki's DNA), the scientists shot up Dennis. The Meta mixed with his empowered bloodstream. His considerable strength doubled, his muscle fabric strenthend to steellike consistancy. Even his shattered spine miraculously healed. The results was beyond their dreams... but not without side effects. While his size, strength, and endurance increased 10 fold, his intelligence dipped down. The scientists could only surmise that this could be the result of Project 9's DNA being partially incompatible to that of Dennis, though more tests was needed as some scientists might think that Dennis may carry psychological damage from WW2. Unlike Project 9, Project 10's process reached completion. While far from perfect, he is their first true success. He even carries a bit more resistance to the 'psychic backlashes' that affected the other projects to this point. While he is still effected, he doesn't suffer a complete power failure from it. Eager to test out his worth, they sent Rampage out on the open market. A free agent 'trouble solver' who is hired either as hired muscle or as an exterminator or enforcer, all in hopes of gathering more raw data. Personality & Motivation: Dennis is a simple man. The Illuminati saved him from a broken spine. He owes them his new life. Being confined to a wheel chair for so long, Dennis is very impatient and antsy, often throwing himself headlong into combat without thinking. Dennis is motivated by two things, his loyalty to the Illuminati, and the thirst to push his new abilities to their limits. In his mind, there should be no one that can take him on. No one. Eventually, however, it is going to go down between him and the US goverment, especially the remnants of the illegal super soldier program of yesteryear. He is the walking evidence that could lead to life imprisonment of various big wigs. And Dennis knows this. Complications: Stats: 19pp STR: 36 (+13/+7) DEX: 10 (0) CON: 19 (+4/+0) INT: 8 (-1) WIS: 10 (0) CHA: 8 (-1) Combat: 10pp Attack +2 (Melee +10, Ranged +2) Grapple +31 Defense 12 (10 flat-footed) Init +0 Knockback -24 Saves: 12pp Toughness: +15 (+4 Con, +11 other) Fortitude: +13 [impervious](+4 Con, +9) Reflex: +1 (+0 Dex, +1) Will: +2 (+0 Wis, +2) Skills: 24r = 6pp Bluff (-1) Climb (+9) Diplomacy (-1) Disguise (-1) Gather Info (-1) Handle Animal (-1) Intimidate 14 (+15) Knowledge [streetwise] 5 (+4) Search (-1) Sense Motive 5 (+5) Swim (+9) Feats: 39pp All-out Attack Attack Focus (Melee) (8) Chokehold Connected (Illuminati) Contacts (Mercenary Contacts) Crushing Pin Dodge Focus (1) Fast Overrun Fearless Fearsome Presence 12 Improved Grapple Improved Overrun Improved Pin Inspire 1 Power Attack Startle Takedown Attack (1) Track Ultimate Effort (1) [ultimate Toughness Save] Unbalancing Strike Powers: 88pp Absorption (Physical, Effect: Boost Constitution) Growth (Extras: Action [Continuous], Flaw: Permanent, PF: Innate) [4] Attack/Def -1, Grapple +4, Stealth -4, Intimidation +2, Space 10ft, Reach 10ft, Strength +8, Con +4, Carrying Strength +5 Protection (Extra: Impervious) [10] Super-Strength (PF: Groundstrike, Countering Punch) [3] Immovable (Extra: Unstoppable) [8] Immunity (Aginig, Disease, Starvation, Thirst, Fatigue) [8] Anti-Psychic Armor (Device, Hard to Lose [10pp]) [2] -Immunity (Mental Effects) [10] Drawbacks: -5pp Knocking his helmet off/Damaging his Armor: -Power Loss (Immunity Mental Effects when subjected to critical hit) [-1] -Vulnerable (Mental effects; common, major) [-4] DC Block: ATTACKS: SAVE DC: DAMAGE TYPE: (Name of Attack) (Save DC/Type) (Type of Damage: Bruise/Injury, or other) Unarmed DC 28/Toughness Bruise Costs: Abilities (19) + Combat (10) + Saves (12) + Skills (06) + Feats (39) + Powers (94) - Drawbacks (05) = 175

Bump

I made one minor edit and that's to machine gun (I went with the 10 pp build. With the Blades, you forgot to factor in Throwing Mastery 4 (The strike 1 has the 'Thrown' extra to it) So that's 2 (strength) + 1 (strike) + 4 (Mastery) which equals the 22 DC. If I calculated that wrong, let me know.

Yes I am. I just gave it a break so that I can look on it with fresh eyes and perspective.

Gah! Sorry for the delay. Yeah, I'm still very much interested.

That's a negatory

Just putting it out there that yuki is gathering a fine collection of dust. She needs some action, especially since Question of Priorities is winding down. Any body needs a hero?

Most already know but I'm putting it in writing here, Yuki's in. Need an IC reason on how she joins up though.

April 1st, 2009 Dark Origins Yuki jumps a group of men who is attempting to hide a corpse. Unfortunately, someone forgot to tell Yuki they're FBI. Now, Tarrantula is public enemy number one in Freedom City. Can she clear her name? And what's up with the weird dreams she's having?

“Rant and Rave in da house!†Gerald watched as the two kids blew the door open as if it was card board. Meta users always scared him, and only the generous cut of the profits he was entitled to kept him from rejecting this job. Still… Rant and Rave, the Bonnie and Clyde of Meta-Criminals, were quite… juvenile. As he watched Rant fire off one of his sonic blasts at a security guard, watching the elderly man slam into and slide down the wall, Gerald couldn’t help but wince behind his stocking mask. He could’ve handle the man, why did Rant even bother to be so barbaric? “Anybody else want to be a hero?†Silence engulfed the building. “Good. Now someone, ‘any’ one. Lead me and my sister to your records and your money. For every minute we wait, someone will get hurt!" Gerald watched as one of the banktellers scrambled up to Rant. “Smart man. Gerald, get the car started and running, we won’t be long.†Gerald nodded, running out without a second thought. If everything went as planned, then all he had to do was go out and speed the car around the block to the back, the rendezvous point. He slipped into the BMW, turned the key and jammed the accelerator. Nothing. “Hello good sir. Shall I fill her up, or check under the hood?†Gerald looked out the passenger window. What met his eyes caused him to stammer… *** “OH! I get it,†An hanging upside-down Yuki exclaimed, smiling underneath her mask. “…you ‘are’ a hood! Silly me.†“Lookout! It’s Spider-girl!†“REALLY!? Where!? Where!?†Yuki looked all over the place wildly, as the driver slipped out the car and ran. He didn’t go too far, a practiced shot of psychic web to his feet saw to that. “I have to apologize, I get flustered when I’m around celebrities.†Yuki dropped from her webline and onto the hood of the car. “Seriously, you can’t be alone. Who were you… Her spider-senses went nuts, and she barely leaped off the car before it became scrap, the smoke of the motor oil burning reaching her nostrils and causing her to leap again when she reached the pavement. The car exploded, sending shrapnel everywhere. Yuki was on top of the Lamppost (a different one, as her previous one collapsed due to the explosion), looking at the source of the blast… a young man who obviously is still living in the 90’s, with his shirt and jeans having holes and chains on them. The woman next to him was the same way, her boots causing a slight clink each time she tapped her toe on the manhole cover she was standing on. They both seemed to have exited from the bank, whose doors looked to have been blasted apart. Wait… that’s… “Rant and Rave?†Yuki grinned. This maybe just the thing I need. “You know you two have an APB… from the fashion Police. Apparently, 1996 wants their clothes back. I’m taking you in!†Yuki flipped off her perched, firing Web balls at Rant, the one she assumed fired that blast that ripped the car to shreds… She was right. Rant screamed, the resulting blast crumbling her Web Balls before they came near him and almost tagged her as she made a three point landing infront of him and Rave. “Why do people ignore me!†Rave screamed, as she lifted an arm and pointed at Yuki. For a second, the two images in front of Yuki’s eyes began to distort, but Yuki shook her head and leapt into the air. “Oh, I’m not ignoring you, just don’t have many insults to say about you. The way you dress is insulting enough.†Whatever she was trying to do, it was screwing up my co-ordination. Gotta keep moving… Yuki fired a glob aimed at Rave’s eyes… only for Rant to incinerate them with another blast. It was frustrating, as the man was obviously aiming for Yuki and missed her horribly. How lucky could he be!? Rave, meanwhile, was beside herself. “…y-You…†Whatever adjective that Rave attached to that pronoun in response to Yuki’s insult was missed as once again, Yuki felt her sight getting distorted, her surrounding twisting to the right at such a horrible angle… but Yuki concentrated and kept true with her leap, and sure enough, the wall of the bank was right where she remembered it. Lord knows how embarrassing it would’ve been if I was fooled… She pressed off the wall and leapt at Rave. “I’m sorry, but I’ve been called worse by better. Try again.†Yuki split legged Rant’s blast, placing her palms squarely on his head and leap frogging over the stunned man, somersaulting towards Rave. She _barely_ missed Rave, with more web-balls. And that was because she saw two Raves in front of her. NUTS! I fell for her mind tricky thing. Snap out of it, Yuki! Yuki managed to see through the distortion, but by then she leapt well past Rave. Shooting a webline, she tagged another Lampost, and swung around and back towards the two. Rave had both her arms out, trying to get a bead on her. Rant was taking a deep breath and… He’s getting predictable… Yuki released the webline at the down swing, timing it to Rants blast. When he screamed, it hit nothing but the air above her rapidly descending body. But Yuki didn’t miss, as she dropped to the ground and gave his gut a good straight punch. He dropped everything, the shoulder bag… and a cell phone. He stumbled back towards his sister, who caught him. Score! I’ll just take this cellphone. Wait, why are they glowing… oh nuts. Yuki leapt straight up and barely avoided the solid yellow blast that originated from a yellow aura around the two. It struck the side of the bank. “Okay, I’m getting weird vibes here. Are you two ‘sure’ you’re just brother and sister?†Yuki fired a webline to the ground she just leapt from to cut the distance of her leap short, a maneuver that successfully feinted Rant, who fired a blast way over her head. She then pointed a finger and concentrated, firing a greenish glob at him. She hit his feet… but he fired at it with his sonic blast before the webbing had a chance to solidify. Nuts. Her vision jerked to the side again, and her stomach flipped. Yuki held it together. Alright, Rave you’re getting on my nerves! Yuki let go of the Webline and fired another to allow her to swing towards Rave, but even with her Spider-Senses kicking in, she wasn’t fast enough to avoid Rant, who got in the way and fired a blast at her. It resulted in knocking her back, ears ringing. Stop ignoring your spider-sense, bone head! It got worse. As Yuki managed to attach herself to the bank wall again, she saw that Yellow beam coming right at her. She leapt over it, the spot she was on exploding into a shower of dust and brick. “Okay, you two are getting a bit predictable here…†“So are you… what the heck!?†Yuki smiled as, in mid leap, she flipped backwards. As Physics would have it, this slowed her momentum down considerably causing her to drop straight down. She was hopping to drop ontop of Rant, but he took a step back. He predictably fired another sonic scream that she easily flipped away from. She saw Rave touch him, and again with another yellow beam… They have to touch each other… “Oi! Get a room, you two! Seriously, incest in public is not cool!†She paused. "...actually, it's not cool, PERIOD!" Yuki fired more Web-balls just as the beam went under her leap. She managed to hit Rant square on the jaw. “You really need to learn to speak when spoken too!†Yuki Spider Senses went into over drive and she turned to see that the Bank wall was crumbling. Then she was hit and her entire body felt like it was getting ripped from the inside out, flying her into the crumbling wall. The Debris collapsed ontop of her, pressing her to the ground just as she heard sirens approaching. *** “Well… looks like the Meta may be perfected. Rant and Rave succeeded in their task, and handled Spider-Girl. It was sloppy, but they may have succeeded.†Mike smiled as he listened to the other side of the conversation. All the while, he looked through his binoculars. “…no, for some reason he’s not answering his phone. He maybe waiting till they outrun the police.†… “No, the rubble hasn’t move and the police has begun digging into it.†Mike smiled in relief as he backed away. “Either she’s dead… or she’s helpless. No matter what, our problem’s solved

"No! His armor protects... ah never mind..." Yuki was a step too late. Her only hope was for the Swat team to step things up and storm the place already. To this end, she leapt up in the air and began to take on the minions before they got organized, aiming to slam a foot into one of their faces.

I got it! Weapon Arsenal (Array 8): ((<===The problem was here. I never listed the overall cost. Array 8 equals 16 pp cost. Add 5 PPs for Five Alternates and it becomes 21 points. This converts into 21 ep which, along with the Clipper at 24 ep, factors into Equipment 9 in feats.)) Default :Bozo Bombs (Blast 5; Ex: Area [General], Explosion) 15pp (Max of 16 pp per AP) AP: Bozo Smoke Bomb (Dazzle 5 [one sense type: Visual]; Ex: Area, Burst) 10pp AP: Goofy Gas Bomb (Nauseate 4; Ex: Area Burst, Ranged) 16pp AP: Joke Blades (Strike 1; Feats: Thrown, Mighty) 3pp AP: Goofy Gas Bomb [Variation] (Nullify 8 [Counters All Sensory Powers]; Extra: Alternate Save [Fortitude], Duration [concentration], Flaws: Sense Dependent [smell (the gas has to be breathed in)]) 16pp (one of the extras, Alternate save, doesn't cost. So in essence I'm only paying for one extra and that is cancelled out by the flaw)

I'm in the midst of editting and I'm using Hero Lab as support. Thing is... when I enter my Equipment, it has the weapons array 21 pps (like you said). The problem is that it all calculates to 150 out of 150 with no errors. Now I do trust you, as I'm currently editing using the first method you suggested, but this is going to actually 'free up' 4 unused pp rather then use them. I'm very confused to say the least. >>;

Yikes. You learn something new every day. Alright, right now I'm not in the mood for math, so I'll edit on tuesday. Thanks for the explanation.

Edited for the most part. Nullify checks out. One of the extras (Additional Save) doesn't cost. Sense Dependent Flaw cancels out the other Extra. That makes the Nullify 16 pp (within the 16 pp limit.) On that Subject, I always thought Array was a variable where I'm able to mold the pp's into other 'settings'. In this case, Array 8 gives me 16 pp's to mold. Those settings are the weapons that Scarlet carry (With her main weapon being the exploding Bozo Bombs) I'm going to need an explanation here, as Ultimate Power on page 108 sounded that way. Did I misinterpret?

Okay, For Yuki I wish to add: Four Ranks of Attack Focus: Melee. This will push her to +10 Melee. Done by Sandman XI

Yuki couldn’t believe what she was reading. “…while the police is still in the midst of a full investigation, a full warrant for Spider-Girl’s arrest has already been processed… WHAT A LOAD OF CRAP!†Yuki tossed the newspaper in disgust. Big mistake, as the paper fluttered down from her third story perch and dozens of newspaper sections rained onto the populous below. “…oops.†Yuki was NOT having a good morning right now. A lack of sleep would do that, courtesy of a concerned mother who doesn’t know about her dual life. A mother who is always out the house without so much as an explanation, who just HAD to be in the house the morning Yuki decided to sleep in. And ironically Yuki drifted back to the very reason she was tired in the first place. The vibrant red and blue costume that now has a target on it, currently attached to the side of one of the many skyscrapers of downtown Freedom, watching the slow descent of her paper, causing her to frown. Well, that’s 35 cents down the crapper. Way to go Yuki, you could’ve bought a breakfast burrito. Her stomach growled and she lightly rubbed it. She foolishly left the house without grabbing a bite to eat. “I know, I know… let me just head over to the bank and pull out money first…†She aimed, focused, and unleashed a stream of greenish webbing from her finger tips, watching as the resulting web line caught the tip of the building off to her left. She was off and swinging just as she heard screams from below her. I don’t know what their problem is… they’re getting a free paper! This was by and far one of her favorite moments of being a teen super hero with spider powers. The air whipping in her face, the view of the city from this high up, and with her agility the whole city was her play ground. There wasn’t many places where she hasn’t climbed, swung from, or leapt off of. But as her stomach growled again, all her thoughts ceased. Her danger-sense went off. But of course. Well, it could be wors… She stopped mid-thought, as she saw smoke rising in the distance. Smoke coming from the bank she was headed for. Me and my big mouth.

Yuki took a few steps back. She wasn't accustom to deal with 'sprits' and the like. What if what this guy boasts are true... could she actually be fighting 'against' justice itself... Such mental conflict caused her to momentarily be hesitant.