Son of Zeus

[jackfraser]

Hey guys one of my players are looking to make a son of zeus character and i just wanted to get some opinions on the idea I plan for creating him.

Were playing with 8 refresh so I was thinking of recommending something like this:

Inhuman Strength -2
Channelling -2 (he likes the idea of throwing bolts of zeus like lightning around and I figured this was the best way of doing it)
Inhuman speed -2
Emissary of power -1


Really I want opinions on whether the lightning is best represented by channelling or by something else. Sponsored magic seems like another possible way if doing it but obviously costs a lot more refresh.

Opinions? 

[Magicpockets]

Breath Weapon could also be easily reflavored into Lightning bolts, and as a thrown weapon, it actually benefits from Strength powers. That said, I'd probably swap Speed for Toughness.

[jackfraser]

That's a good point about breath weapons, I hadn't thought of that so cheers .

With the toughness perk what do you think would be a good catch for the son of a god? I'm stumped except for maybe other gods

[Magicpockets]

Possible  Catches:
Excessive Force [+0] (kinda lame, but when you've got the points to spare it is pretty cool)
Holy [+2] (as in: other gods and the implements of their power can hurt you)
Magic [+2] (Spellcasters get a shot at beating a god)
God-Slaying Relics [+1] (aka the McGuffin sword of killing gods)

[PatchR]

Something dipped in the river Styx, an Achilles heel sort of spot, Centaur Blood, Nemean Animal Fangs...  all interesting greek-flavored weaknesses. Also could involve the blood of a Titan or that certain divine magics just bypass toughness as part of /their/ powers. I could see having Medusa's gaze being a super powered "breath" weapon of sorts that ignores toughness.

[Mr. Death]

Breath Weapon could also be easily reflavored into Lightning bolts, and as a thrown weapon, it actually benefits from Strength powers. That said, I'd probably swap Speed for Toughness.

Where does it say Breath Weapon benefits from the Strength powers?

[dplanken]

I think he means when you look at the powers as a thrown weapon (YS 162; Skills affected: Weapons (this is treated as a thrown weapon), it benefits from the strength bonus.
YS 183, Hammer Blows: With attacks that depend on muscular Force (Fists, Thrown weapons, etc), you are at +2 to dmg.

[Troy]

If you stick with Channeling (Air), you can do thunder and lightning. Or do Channeling (Thunderstorms) and do all sorts of thunderstorm related attacks, blocks and maneuvers.

[Sanctaphrax]

Where does it say Breath Weapon benefits from the Strength powers?

I don't know if it ever explicitly says that it does, but it seems like a pretty reasonable assumption. Breath Weapon is similar to a thrown weapon (in fact, it can literally be an endless supply of thrown weapons) and those benefit from Strength.

Besides, if Breath Weapon doesn't benefit from Strength then dragon breath is weapon 2. Which is just lame.

There's no balance problem with making it benefit from Strength, since it's kinda weak.

[PatchR]

Somehow I don't think Dragons (t he real kind) take a measly -2 Refresh version of Breath.

[Mr. Death]

I've always thought Dragonfire would be a sponsored magic, personally.

[Sanctaphrax]

Breath Weapon is actually named after dragonbreath, IIRC. And (again, IIRC) it's the only canon way to create a non-spell ranged attack from your unarmed body. It would be deeply weird for Dragons not to have it.

Of course, they'll also have Sponsored Magic and other such things.

[Magicpockets]

Somehow I don't think Dragons (t he real kind) take a measly -2 Refresh version of Breath.

Chances are, they'll even have a certain -1 Refresh Power called Claws

[Ghsdkgb]

Chances are, they'll even have a certain -1 Refresh Power called Claws

and with Breath Weapon also benefiting from Strength, I let players buy Claws at -0 if they already have Breath Weapon, since it provides no added benefit at that point.

[Sanctaphrax]

I just use Natural Weaponry. It's easy and flexible.