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killking72:
I don't really need aspects, but I'd like to see how you'd make basically a modern day van helsing who's working for the super top secret government paranormal agency and compare it to mine.
Quantus:
--- Quote from: PirateJack on June 12, 2015, 10:42:31 PM ---Only after they've been fighting for a while or have been forced to burn Aluminium, which would be much better covered by compels than powers.
Also, I did think about putting Tin as a Supernatural Sense power, but then I figured that since it gives a boost to senses in an active way, it'd be better off as Incite Effect so that the player could apply aspects to himself, which he could then use to boost rolls or perhaps Invoke for Effect to gain a relevant power for a scene.
It's also important to note that Allomancers can both burn and flare their metals. Burning is a slow, but less powerful method of using the Investiture inherent in the metals. Flaring uses the metal up quicker, but also gives the power a significant boost, which I see as creating a Flaring X aspect, which is basically opens it up for compels.
Honestly, if I had to use a system for Allomancy it would be Fate, but everything would be done through aspects rather than attacks and the likes. Allomancy can do direct damage, but a lot of the time there are multiple effects that go hand in hand with them. Take steel for instance; you can use it to push any enemy that is wearing metal away from you, but at the same time you are pushed as well, with weight and allomantic power determining how far you go (this comes up in the mini-sequel, where the main character can adjust his weight as well as burn steel, so that he can weigh hundreds of kilograms and use that weight to brace himself for his steel pushes).
Allomancers would go through a lot of fate points; many more than Wizards, I think, since they'd be up against Steel Inquisitors, which have their own set of powerful abilities.
EDIT: Also, Tin doesn't really give you any extra senses. It just boosts the ones you have to ridiculous levels.
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Any thoughts into how you'd tie in the Feruchemy interactions?
Sanctaphrax:
--- Quote from: killking72 on June 13, 2015, 07:05:37 AM ---I don't really need aspects, but I'd like to see how you'd make basically a modern day van helsing who's working for the super top secret government paranormal agency and compare it to mine.
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What do you mean by a "modern day van helsing"?
I haven't read Dracula, I know little about the guy.
Anyway...
Here's the summoner, the empowered bartitsu fighter, and the SWAT agent.
(click to show/hide)Wulan Liong (Up To Your Waist)
As far as Wulan is concerned, being a spellcaster should be just like being a mathematician. It should be just another job. That's why she started the first magical corporation in Indonesia. She started out summoning things for anyone who could pay, and then branched out to hire a few other weak spellcasters to use their abilities for pay.
Unfortunately for Wulan, the market economy doesn't really work on the spooky side of things. Many customers will happily kill you instead of paying, and many of the people who you want to hire are just not mentally stable. Plus there's no law enforcement to protect her life or the sanctity of her contracts. And hardly anyone knows or cares at all about how businesses work.
Really, it's a testament to Wulan's intelligence and will that she's rich and not dead.
High Concept: Summoner CEO
Trouble Aspect: Scary Customers And Crazy Employees
Other Aspects: Stupid Masquerade, Noncombatant, The Only Competent Businessperson Around Here
Skills:
Great: Lore, Resources
Good: Discipline, Contacts
Fair: Empathy, Scholarship, Intimidation
Average: Presence, Conviction, Rapport, Scholarship, Alertness
Stunts:
I Sign Your Paychecks! (Resources): Use Resources to lead or intimidate employees.
Shrewd Businesswoman (Resources): Use Resources to look good to customers, negotiate with them, and convince them to pay for things.
Powers:
Ritual (Summoning and Binding) [-2]
Magic:
Foci: tome (+2 summoning and binding control)
Total Refresh Cost:
-4
Refresh Total:
3
(click to show/hide)Lawrence Peterson (Up To Your Waist)
Lawrence's father was a deadbeat. And an ogre. Neither trait endears him to his son, who would dearly like to be left alone to live the life of a poor biology graduate student. But that's not happening.
Mostly to defend himself against his father's constant and often violent attempts to make him Choose fae-hood, Lawrence has embraced his ogre-ish strength become an expert in Bartitsu. Particularly the grappling parts. He's not so fond of the stick-fighting moves, though, since he tends to break any stick he tries to swing.
High Concept: Ogre Scion
Trouble Aspect: Leave Me Alone, Dad!
Other Aspects: Bartitsu Expert, Biology Student, Constantly Broke
Skills:
Great: Scholarship, Might
Good: Fists, Endurance
Fair: Lore, Athletics, Intimidation
Average: Conviction, Discipline, Presence, Alertness, Weapons
Stunts:
Biologist (Scholarship): +1 to Scholarship for biology, additional +1 for insect biology.
Powers:
Supernatural Strength [-4]
Supernatural Toughness [-4]
The Catch (cold iron) [+3]
Total Refresh Cost:
-6
Refresh Total:
1
(click to show/hide)Sarah Rosenthal (Submerged)
Sarah doesn't look tough. She's short, thin, and friendly-looking. People are often surprised to discover that she's on a SWAT team. But there's more to her than anyone knows.
Two years ago, during a drug bust, Sarah came across a weird black blob. When she got close to it, it leaped onto her and enveloped her body. She fell unconscious for a few seconds, and woke up hearing a voice in her head. The voice explained that it was a symbiotic entity, that it would protect and strengthen her, and that she should not under any circumstances tell anyone about it.
Sarah probably should've told someone, but the thing was very convincing. So she kept it a secret, let it lead her into the world of magic, and followed its suggestion to kill vampires and other monsters. She still doesn't know what it is, what it wants, or why it chose to merge with her, but it's saved her life on the job and off of it so she's not asking too many questions.
Most of the time, the symbiote looks like a big black blob of light-eating goo. When Sarah merges with it, it covers her body like a suit. It covers her eyes, which would blind her if it didn't share its senses with her. And sometimes, when she's not fast enough, it moves for her. But its main purpose is to make Sarah tougher. While merged, Sarah is almost completely bulletproof.
Anyone with a good magical library could probably do some research and figure out what the symbiote is (which I'm leaving undefined). Someone who did that research would also realize that the thing is very vulnerable to salt.
High Concept: Symbiote-Possessed SWAT Agent
Trouble Aspect: Keeping Secrets
Other Aspects: Tiny And Unassuming, This Thing's Uncomfortably Mysterious, The Sneakiest Cop In Town, Having Power Is Awesome
Skills:
Superb: Guns
Great: Athletics, Deceit, Stealth
Good: Alertness, Endurance, Presence
Fair: Fists, Discipline, Empathy
Average: Investigation, Conviction, Intimidation
Stunts:
Lucky Shot (Guns): Guns attacks inflict +1 stress for every + on the dice.
Secretive (Deceit): +2 to Deceit when covering up something secret.
Powers:
Item of Power (Symbiote) [+2]
Cloak of Shadows [-1]
Inhuman Speed [-2]
Supernatural Toughness [-4]
The Catch (Salt) [+3]
Total Refresh Cost:
-4
Refresh Total:
6
To do:
Joel from the last of us.
Jonathan Goldsmith, The Most Interesting Man in the World
Kirei Kotomine from Fate Zero
Trafalgar Law from One Piece
An experienced Harry Dresden
The Rag Lady
Nanoha Takamichi from Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
Shirou Emiya from Fate Stay Night
A modern day van helsing who's working for the super top secret government paranormal agency
Taran:
--- Quote ---Lucky Shot (Guns): Guns attacks inflict +1 stress for every + on the dice
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This is a fun stunt. I like it. combine it with a luck power :)
S1C0:
Thank you for your wonderful idea, i agree with Taren lucky shot is awesome, however, I was thinking of a more tankish type of swat agent more in leu of a shield wielding surveillance drone using traditional ex army ranger..... i know other concepts are in your Que so whenever you can i would greatly appreciate a new writeup.. here are a few "facts" about Him ;)
He was bonded with the symbiote at a very early age the bonding process was so intense that it gave poor Jacob(his name) a massive heart attack, because the host was too young and the bonding so traumatic for both of them the symbiote had to 'simplify' itself to survive, forgetting Its own past and losing much if not all of its powers, it has taken almost ten years of slowly growing to the point of true sentience... it has only very recently been trying to actively shape its host.
Jacob has exceptionally high discipline and presence making him an excellent soldier and a true leader. From his days in the army he also has a ton of contacts both in and out of the military. The drone is more or less a copy of Guilty Spark from HALO, just without the AI. the powers the symbiote gift the host at the start are more supportive in nature rather than offensive... if you would make multiple stages of progression in the Symbiot's effect on Jacob over different levels of power i would be much obliged.... i like the stunt strategist (presence) for a starter stunt in his lowest tier on up... one plot point i have is after his first encounter with the supernatural would he will in his next milestone be severely hospitalized holding back some otherworldly enemy so that his friends and allies may escape... i was thinking of playing him in a hospital bed at an army base helping his friends trough his drone as a whistler Esq support type role, while in the hospital he will learn about the advanced tech of the military in regards to his drone and useful equipment after that phase that is when the symbiote shall reveal itself and offer more power(he may have some but he really doesn't know about it till this point)
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