as far as saving i'm not sure what program are you using? adobe reader won't save but the basic version of foxit will

hmm, I am using Adobe Reader, but it allows saving of the other fillable worksheets in this thread, so I just thought I would mention it.

well i made one that isn't quite as printer friendly as the other pdf but i like it http://www.mediafire.com/?kzmnutbjkgo

That looks pretty good. Couple things, I noticed you can't save it and on the second page you can't type text into the Character and Player boxes. All and all, very nice.

Wow, very awesome work CableRouter, that looks fantastic.

Nice on the Michael Westen, Fiona and Sam would also make good examples of Pure Mortals that can hold there own. Sam with his Seal training and Contacts, and Fiona putting holes in everything or making it go boom... the three of them really show what Pure Mortals can do when they put their minds to it.

Ok, been a while, but I think I've put together a custom power that works nicely, but first I'm going to cover the reasons I think a new power is justified.

1) I don't like the idea of locking down Physical Immunity. Since, unlike Immortals, they don't have a weakness to their death immunity, I don't see any harm in an Undying character taking a Physical Immunity of whatever type would normally be allowed by the group.

2) Wording it as a catch gets confusing since you have to describe the exceptions to the power instead of as its effects. In other words, "You are immune to death" is easier to understand then "Physical Immunity doesn't apply to anything except death", at least when it is more complex then those simple examples.

3) There are other particulars I think fit well with the template and they need their own power any way, so it don't hurt to move the no-death effect to that power.

Anyway, that said, here is the power I came up with.

Deathless [-2]

Note: The result of extreme measures that could cause total destruction of the character (for example, immersion in a star) should be decided during character creation if they are applicable to the story.

Effects:

Endless Life: Drowning, starvation, gun-shots, stabbing, explosions, fire, etc, the cause doesn't matter, you are so full of life-force that death can not touch you; however, if your brain is in a shape to process input, you'll get to feel every agonizing moment of it. You take stress and consequences normally, though no "death" result is ever possible. This essence of life resides in a specific organ of the body (generally head or heart) decided on at creation time. Without any upgrades to this ability, the character can only control pieces of their body when they are connected to this organ. For example, if the life-essence was centered in the head and the head was removed, the eyes and mouth would still be controllable, but the body would not.

Parts of a Whole [-2]: Increasing the refresh cost of this ability by 2 will allow severed body parts to be controlled independently, hands can still grab, eyes can still see, legs can still kick, etc. All actions performed by the body parts not connected to the specified essence center receive a -1 penalty if they are visible to the character and at least -2 if not. If a new body part is regenerated to replace the old one, then all connection to the previous part is lost.

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My question, does the upgrade cost of -2 sound right?


I also have a third effect I'm working on, but I can't figure out what type of benefit it should get. This is what I have so far.

The thematics...
Pain Don't Hurt: Living through death a handfull of times really puts pain into perspective.

Here is what I've been thinking about for the rest...

a) Gain +3 on any roll to resist or overcome physical pain.

or

b) Receive 2 additional Mild (umm.. Mental or Physical?) Consequence.

or

c) You get 2 additional (again.. Mental or Physical?) Stress boxes.


As you can see, I'm not sure if the "resistance to pain" should model around Mental or Physical. As for the numbers in any of those, they were just of the top of my head.

Any advice on the mechanics of how to implement "getting use to the pain after living though damage that would kill everyone else"?

Jeckel, I think as long as nothing you put up tells people how to play the game it should be safe. I'm sure they've probably looked at your page already since you've mentioned it a few times in this, the official forum, and they've yet to say anything.

I agree and thanks for the encouragement.

Not An Easy Target. You are quick on your feet, and hard to hit, add a +1 to your athletics rolls when dodging attacks.

Should this give a +2 since it is applied to a single trapping of Athletics or is it only +1 because its a defense trapping?

Been away from stunts for a bit now, working mostly on characters, but I'm back to compiling stunts together. Will prob pop up with a few for tweaking suggestions at some point, but for now I'm doing the easy, obviously balanced ones first. I must say, there are some really good ones all over the thread, much props to everyone.

Seeing as the books have shipped and at least one of the people in my group should have theirs within a week or so, I went ahead and made the descriptions of canon stunts visible on the stunts page. I also made the canon stunts' text dark red so it is easy to tell them from the fan created ones.

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