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ways and means:
Name: Nero
High Concept: Composite of the Dead
Trouble: A millions minds rage.
Creation of War, Enemy of Authority, Eternal Hatred, No ones Servant, Bound twice never again
Powers
Consumption Curve [-2] - Enemies who you take out can be consumed and there powers memories and skills can be used. Eating an enemy causes a free recovery period once per scene and anything a consumed enemy knows Nero now knows.
Modular Abilities [-50]
True Shape Shifting [-4]
True Mind Shifting [-4]: You can change your mind and skills as will being a composite entity.
Physical and Mental Immunity [-16]
Catch: +0 True Love
Skills:
100 skill points. Cap Legendary
Description
Nero was the creation of War when millions of people were killed in the slaughter fields of the first world war the areas became saturated with shadows and ghosts and these echoes grew thicker and thicker to the point that the attained a life of there own. One ghost may not be powerful but millions united in rage and sorrow slowly congealed into a being of great power a primordial a power not seen in the world since the old ones Nero. Nero feeds on war the chemicals, the bodies and most importantly the emotions. Being a composite of many men's ghosts, nightmares and despairs Nero does not need skills anything one of the ghost that are part of him could do he can do.
Sanctaphrax:
@w+m: Who's Nero? What's his skill cap? And what is he going to spend 48 power points on?
Also, I don't understand Consumption Curve. What does it offer that Blood Drinker does not?
@wyvern: Solid. Should work nicely.
Some stunts and such look a bit sketchy, but it really does not matter.
She's actually surprisingly similar in some ways to Lepid's father. I may decide that there is a connection there.
I think you overestimate the Summer Lady and the Eldest Gruff. Austris seems to be in their ballpark, roughly speaking.
Hm. With the number of powerful Summer fey running around in EtA, I may need to decide definitively what Titania's inner circle consists of.
She has 77 skill points, which is rather a lot. I may reduce her skills a little when I use her.
Good job balancing her against the PCs.
The tag for Searing Vortex isn't necessary. It totally should be, but it probably isn't.
ways and means:
Consumption Curve with all of the other powers allows Nero to basically become anyone he consumes, personality, memories, powers and all.
Nero is in my increasingly deviating from DF universe the ultimate god of War who has consumed most of the other gods on earth, Odin etc and is a power akin to the old ones. He is meant to be Arch Angel powerful and because of his ability to consume anything that gets in his way could become much more powerful.
Oh he is also a stated plot device in that he can have any power he want and any skill he wants up to ludicrous levels and is utterly impossible to negotiate with a giant primordial wrecking ball.
Sanctaphrax:
2 refresh probably isn't enough for that.
I approve of the effort to stat a plot device, but I'm not sure this works. This game really doesn't support a godly power level, although it probably could with a little bit of tweaking.
wyvern:
--- Quote from: Sanctaphrax on August 21, 2011, 06:25:23 PM ---@wyvern: Solid. Should work nicely.
Good job balancing her against the PCs.
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Thanks!
--- Quote from: Sanctaphrax on August 21, 2011, 06:25:23 PM ---Some stunts and such look a bit sketchy, but it really does not matter.
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That's because some of the "stunts" are actually custom powers - specifically fae tongue and lady of the searing edge. The latter is there as a sort of a half-of-inhuman-strength thing; she really needed a higher weapon rating, but didn't deserve to have an actual strength power. It's one of those works-in-context things that I wouldn't allow a PC to take on top of strength powers or other weapon rating boosts. (That's also why I didn't give her the dual-wielding stunt; the searing edge power covers the same niche and they really shouldn't be able to stack.)
--- Quote from: Sanctaphrax on August 21, 2011, 06:25:23 PM ---She's actually surprisingly similar in some ways to Lepid's father. I may decide that there is a connection there.
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You're welcome to add whatever connections you like; that sounds like a great option for filling in the aspect I left blank.
--- Quote from: Sanctaphrax on August 21, 2011, 06:25:23 PM ---I think you overestimate the Summer Lady and the Eldest Gruff. Austris seems to be in their ballpark, roughly speaking.
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Perhaps. But Eldest Gruff casually one-shot a combat-oriented denarian. Austris... could probably kill one with a fire spell, but it'd cost her most of her consequences and probably some sponsor debt to boot; she'd need quite a bit more power to be able to do that casually. Still, I could see her being behind them by a mere 10-ish refresh spent on evocation / thaumaturgy / refinement, if that's how you choose to stat those NPCs.
Hm. If you wanted to scale her down without trivializing encounters with her, you might consider giving her a few particularly competent minions (other than Johann). Then again, she'll need minions anyway if she's going to pose a credible conflict for the party in any sort of more-than-one-at-a-time situation...
--- Quote from: Sanctaphrax on August 21, 2011, 06:25:23 PM ---She has 77 skill points, which is rather a lot. I may reduce her skills a little when I use her.
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Yes, lots of skill points; I just picked numbers that looked right without paying much attention to the total. I'd actually considered making a second pass through to drop some of those down and take stunts instead - to give her a bit more focus and less general ability - but, er, decided that was more work than I felt like doing at the time.
--- Quote from: Sanctaphrax on August 21, 2011, 06:25:23 PM ---The tag for Searing Vortex isn't necessary. It totally should be, but it probably isn't.
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Searing Vortex is a grapple. A grapple should require a tag, imo, even if it's being done with magic. If it doesn't, then World In Flames should probably be replaced with something else (perhaps a generic fire attack spell); the only reason I gave her that rote is to make sure she can use Searing Vortex. Because, well, burning tornado; that's just such an awesome visual effect; had to make sure she'd be able to use it.
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