Extraordinary NPC Thread

[The_Tuninator]

Perhaps Mimic Abilities would be appropriate, given that description.

And thanks for the explanations.

Not a problem! Statting Buffy/Angel characters up is fun. 

I'm having a blast statting the entire gangs for both shows, the DFRPG lends itself extremely well to statting characters with rich backgrounds.

[Ranger]

Hey Tuninator,

Have you played the Buffy/Angel RPG by Eden Studios? I've been thinking of making a Revenant character, based partly on Edens version, but also D20 Modern, as well as the movie characters Crow and Jason Voorhees. I figure something like a Spirit of Vengeance.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Sanctaphrax]

Given how long it's been, I doubt The_Tuninator is still around to reply.

But if you explain what you're after a bit more thoroughly, I can maybe suggest something.

[Magicpockets]

Because I've been playing some videogames lately:

Slade Wilson (Submerged)

High Concept: Deathstroke the Terminator
Trouble: Everybody wants a piece of me
Other Aspects: A family in ruins; Nemesis of the Teen Titans; World's most exclusive assassin; Enhanced cognitive abilities; My word is my bond

Skills:
Superb: Guns, Intimidate
Great: Athletics, Fists
Good: Endurance, Scholarship
Fair: Alertness, Might, Stealth
Average: Contacts, Conviction, Discipline, Presence, Resources
Stunts:
Armed Arts (Fists): Knives, Swords and Batons
Tactical Genius (Scholarship): +2 to Scholarship declarations involving strategy or tactics
Rule with Fear (Intimidate)
Powers:
Inhuman Strength [-2]
Inhuman Speed [-2]
Inhuman Recovery [-2]
The Catch (Viral weaponry) [+1]

Item of Power: Nth Metal Armor [-1]
[+0] It is what it is: A finely crafted suit of armor made out of an extraterrestial metal. Armor:3
[+2] Rebate: A metallic full-body scalemail is pretty hard to hide.
[-4] Supernatural Toughness
[+1] The Catch: Weapons made out of Nth Metal. Any attack that bypasses armor ignores the extra stress boxes from Supernatural Toughness.


I opted to give him a statup playable at Submerged, which probably lowballed his abilities by a large margin. His abilities have varied somewhat from writer to writer, and it would be easy to justify giving him the majority of the Guns and Weapons stunts. He is basically the DC version of Kincaid.

[AstronaughtAndy]

If he already has Inhuman Toughness as one of his powers, then maybe Supernatural Toughness from the armor should only be 2 refresh?

[Magicpockets]

I've given him only Inhuman Recovery. He has a limited healing factor, but isn't tougher than the average soldier without his armor.

[Ranger]

Sanctaphrax,

Undead - basically along the lines of The Crow. A person is killed usually in a horrible way and their spirit comes back in a corporeal form for revenge. Can be a bad guy or a good guy. Other great examples, Jason Voorhees from the Friday the 13th series, even Clint Eastwood in High Plains Drifter is an example.

Kind of like an intelligent walking dead/zombie, except injuries will heal pretty much instantly. I like the write-up in the D20 Modern Menace Manual - they have usually 1 weakness specific to the Revenant - Jason Voorhees can be held dormant under Crystal Lake, The Crow can be injured via his Raven, etc).

The strike me as Spirits of Vengeance. I've been working one up, just wondering what other peoples opinion might look like.

[Sanctaphrax]

The canon way to do that would be Living Dead and some combination of Toughness, Physical Immunity, and Recovery. Plus a Catch or two, of course.

Maybe some other stuff too, I haven't seen any of those movies/shows.

There are some issues with the canon way though. Physical Immunity really isn't fairly costed and Recovery may or may not be compatible with Living Dead. The Catch is abusable.

So you might want to go with non-canon Powers like Semi-Animate or Undying and Immunity or Limitation.

[Ranger]

Thanks.

You've never seen Friday the 13th? How is that even possible? 

[Magicpockets]

Recovery may or may not be compatible with Living Dead.

There's one instance where they are compatible: (Uber) Ghouls.

You've never seen Friday the 13th? How is that even possible? 

Maybe he only watches good movies? *ducks*

[narphoenix]

Maybe he only watches good movies? *ducks*

OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOHHHHHHHHH...

[Sanctaphrax]

I'm not a big movie-watcher.

I don't think Uber-Ghouls have Living Dead in OW.