Statting Up Worm Characters

[narphoenix]

That's all FP and Declarations and Precognition, way I see it.

PS: In case someone here doesn't know, there's a Worm PBP game in the works.

Yes. One I was hoping you'd get involved in.

[Hick Jr]

Quick request- Armsmaster/Defiant, Miss Militia, Marquis, Vista, Aegis, Shatterbird, Canary, Narwhal, and Glory Girl.

Most of those are probably going to be Incite Effect.

I'd put Teacher and Clockblocker in there, but you would probably need to write a Power-granting-Power for Teacher, and Clockblocker is probably unstattable.

[Sanctaphrax]

I'm going to have to turn down Vista because space-warping is a bugger to do right.

Can't do Narwhal or Marquis either, because we know little about them.

The others I can do. Might be a while before I have time though.

[Hick Jr]

I get it about Marquis, yeah. Despite getting an Interlude out him, we don't know a ton about him. Certainly not enough for a skill pyramid.


Narwhal, however, seems to just be Incite Effect (Forcefields, With Discipline)(Range, Physical, Potent, Protective, Restrictive, Mass, Selective, Persistent), Supernatural Toughness with a Catch of anything that would bypass a forcefield, and possibly one stunt adding +2 to the Weapon rating of her Incite Effect if she's bypassing the Manton effect with it, and another adding +2 to her defenses with it.

Those are just my interpretations of her powers, though. I don't know a ton about her skills or her aspects.

[Sanctaphrax]

Maybe, maybe not. No way to tell, since we've never seen her do much of anything.

[Hick Jr]

Okay, given the awesome contents of Cockroaches 28.4, the Simurgh probably deserves a stunt or something that lets her assemble machines via telekinesis. Or that was just an interesting description of a telekinetic attack.

[Sanctaphrax]

Well, she has Superb Craftsmanship and Magical Worksite. But what she did there goes beyond that...I'm not really sure how to stat her apparent ability to build supernaturally-effective devices in combat time.

A stunt letting someone attack with Craftsmanship in a really flashy way would be my normal approach, but that won't work here because her normal attack skill is better than her Craftsmanship. Really, I dunno how to model that.

[Hick Jr]

I'd just call it a fancy way of describing her doing a maneuver, possibly a multi-maneuver with her telekinesis, and then a fancy description of tagging an aspect like DEBRIS GUNS on her Weapon:10 telekinesis.


I'm rereading the archives, and man (the spoiler is spoilery),

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Every time I start to feel bad for post-interlude Bonesaw, I remember that she let Blasto dance himself to death. He died alone and in pain he couldn't express in any way, made into a children's toy.

Seriously. Bonesaw doesn't get to complain about Panacea being a jerk (Panacea is a jerk to everyone), and it's kind of horrifying that wildbow implies that she does not remember what she did to Grue. For him, it was the most traumatic event of his life which deeply scarred him and caused a second trigger event. For her, it was Tuesday.

[Sanctaphrax]

Here's a start on Miss Militia, Glory Girl, and Aegis.

I wanted to give Glory Girl a mental aura attack, but she doesn't have the Refresh. Superb Intimidation and Aura Of Influence will have to do.

Pretty happy with the Powers here, but the Aspects are probably gonna need rewording.

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Miss Militia ()

High Concept: Head Of The Brockton Bay Protectorate
Trouble Aspect: PRT Director
Other Aspects: Doesn't Sleep, Patriotic Immigrant, Remembers The Worms
Skills:
Superb: Guns
Great:
Good:
Fair:
Average:
Stunts:
Powers:
Potent Ranged Area Natural Weaponry [-4]
Total Refresh Cost:
Refresh Total:

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Glory Girl (Submerged)

High Concept: New Wave Superhero
Trouble Aspect: Lacks Self-Awareness And Restraint
Other Aspects: Panacea's Beloved Sister, Trying To Do The Right Thing, I Love Doing This
Skills:
Superb:
Great:
Good:
Fair:
Average:
Powers:
Wings [-1]
Supernatural Strength [-4]
Supernatural Speed [-4]
Limitation (Speed just give sprint bonus when flying) [+3]
Immunity (All physical stress, disappears for 3 exchanges when used) [-3]
Aura Of Influence (Creates AURA OF AWE Aspect) [-0]
Total Refresh Cost:
-9
Refresh Total:
1

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Aegis (Submerged)

High Concept: Leader Of The Brockton Bay Wards
Trouble Aspect:
Other Aspects:
Skills:
Superb: Fists, Endurance
Great: Athletics, Might
Good: Presence, Alertness
Fair: Rapport,
Average: Conviction, Discipline
Powers:
Inhuman Strength [-2]
Supernatural Recovery [-4]
Limitation (Massive blunt force trauma, like an Endbringer's body-check) [+1]
Wings [-1]
Feel No Pain [-3]
Total Refresh Cost:
-9
Refresh Total:
1

[Sanctaphrax]

Aegis and Glory Girl, both as they were when the series started.

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Glory Girl (Submerged)

High Concept: New Wave Superhero
Trouble Aspect: Kind Of A Dumb Thug
Other Aspects: Panacea's Beloved Sister, Trying To Do The Right Thing, I Love Being Super, Gallant's Sometimes Girl
Skills:
Superb: Intimidation
Great: Fists, Athletics, Might
Good: Endurance, Presence, Conviction
Fair: Resources, Contacts, Alertness
Average: Empathy, Rapport, Deceit
Powers:
Wings [-1]
Supernatural Strength [-4]
Supernatural Speed [-4]
Limitation (Speed just give sprint bonus when flying) [+3]
Immunity (Instead of taking physical stress, lose this Power for 3 exchanges) [-3]
Aura Of Influence (Creates AURA OF AWE Aspect) [-0]
Total Refresh Cost:
-9
Refresh Total:
1

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Aegis (Submerged)

High Concept: Leader Of The Brockton Bay Wards
Other Aspects: Hyper-Redundant Physiology, Protective Leader
Skills:
Superb: Fists, Endurance
Great: Athletics, Might
Good: Presence, Alertness
Fair: Rapport, Discipline, Contacts
Average: Conviction, Intimidation, Empathy, Deceit, Investigation
Powers:
Inhuman Strength [-2]
Supernatural Recovery [-4]
Limitation (Massive blunt force trauma, like an Endbringer's body-check) [+1]
Wings [-1]
Feel No Pain [-3]
Total Refresh Cost:
-9
Refresh Total:
1

[Sanctaphrax]

Miss Militia and Canary.

I had some trouble with Canary's skills, since she doesn't really have many. Socially she's fine but not impressive. The Birdcage ensured that she doesn't have money or connections. She's not a fighter, and physically she's nothing special. Obviously she's a skilled singer, though. And I figure living in the Birdcage will toughen you up mentally, so Discipline is her second skill.

Miss Militia would have had more combat stunts near the start of the story, but she's a PRT Director now so most of her job is administration. I doubt she fights much these days.

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Miss Militia (Submerged)

High Concept: Head Of The Brockton Bay Protectorate
Trouble Aspect: PRT Director
Other Aspects: Doesn't Sleep, Patriotic Immigrant, Remembers The Worms, Friends With Chevalier And Defiant
Skills:
Superb: Guns
Great: Contacts, Resources, Discipline
Good: Presence, Conviction, Endurance
Fair: Athletics, Intimidation, Empathy
Average: Rapport, Alertness, Investigation
Stunts:
Suppressive Fire (Guns): Use Guns to defend against physical attacks while shooting.
PRT Connections (Contacts): +2 to Contacts within the PRT and Protectorate.
In Charge (Contacts): Use Contacts to
PRT Gear (Resources): +2 to Resources for superhero gear.
Powers:
Potent Ranged Area Natural Weaponry [-4]
Total Refresh Cost:
-8
Refresh Total:
2

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Canary (Feet In The Water)

High Concept: Parahuman Singer
Trouble Aspect: Bird In A Cage
Other Aspects: Cauldron Customer, Out Of My Depth, Too Much Of What I Wanted, I'm Not The Simurgh
Skills:
Great: Performance
Good: Discipline
Fair: Rapport, Deceit, Presence
Average: Conviction, Endurance, Scholarship, Empathy, Athletics, Alertness, Investigation
Stunts:
Power-Assisted Singing Voice (Performance): +2 to sing. Doesn't affect Incite Effect, because that would be unfair.
Powers:
Incite Potent Mass Mental Effect At Range [-5] (Mind-controlling voice)
Limitation [+1] (Must be able to speak, targets must be able to hear and understand.)
Total Refresh Cost:
-5
Refresh Total:
1

[Hick Jr]

I might have given Canary full Enthrallment, considering how worried some people seem to be about her power.

Also, upon a reread, the Number Man is apparently a pretty competent gunman. A stunt letting him use Scholarship with the +2 bonus from Numerical Prodigy to attack with ranged weapons might be in order.


Also, because this might end up being relevant for a game, Numerical Prodigy is as expensive as Evocation because not only does it throw down some fairly large bonuses, that last +2 is pretty broadly applicable?

[Sanctaphrax]

I haven't seen any reason to believe that Canary is capable of enslaving people.

The Number Man should indeed be good with guns, and if his stats weren't so old they would reflect that. But that stunt would be very overpowered.

And yes, Numerical Prodigy is expensive because it gives lots of bonuses. Some are large and some are broad.

[narphoenix]

I haven't seen any reason to believe that Canary is capable of enslaving people.

She's powerful enough to be able to it on accident. It's then entire reason she was imprisoned, remember? (Heh, the Canary is in the Birdcage).

[Sanctaphrax]

She didn't enslave him, she just made him hurt himself. Which is within the range of take-out effects I'd let her have with Incite Effect.

And I beat you to the pun. Look at her Trouble.