Okay, no problem.

Sorry, folks, I screwed up the initiative rules a bit. One of you gets a bonus round due to a Fantastic success. The player told me, but I misunderstood.

I'll post once I have that.

Hello, I will be on vacation from tomorrow until Sunday, so I can post on Monday!

I will try to post tonight for what's necessary.

I've received the needed actions, but I'm a bit busy this morning, so I won't be able to post until afternoon.

Ok, the first half of round 1 is posted. We will do Reactions Monday when everyone is back.

Anything you've got to mitigate damage you've taken, or prevent them form attacking would be handy. not much this round, and interpose isn't a valid choice, because they're all attacking the only one that can survive Interposing.

Oops, made an error on damage from Sponge's attack. It did double damage twice, but I only doubled once. One bug is dead, Sharpie takes half as much damage as he had, previous, and the post is updated.

Sorry, folks, I'm new to the rules, too, and still learning them.

Folks, just so I'm clear that you are NOT doing a Reaction, please send me a post to your private thread telling me so.

I'm still waiting to hear from one of you for the reaction phase, but if you have no reaction, you might as well send in your round 2 actions.

Let's try and pick up the speed with combat. We have a new player in the wings waiting.

Hello everyone! Looking forward to release from medical to join you all. Something about muscles needing to keep up with bones and such… oh and trouble getting an IV in until someone brought in a drill.

In reply to Amal 'Kali' Ayad (msg # 75):

Oh, you're about 3 ranks short of needing a drill. A large bore metal needle should do the trick still.

Don't get cocky. This game makes tough skin rather hard to achieve. You can top out with X10 damage, but only +4 Health Reduction.

Although there ARE work arounds.

No reactions this round, so all I need is the Round 2 action from Fredo.

I figured that a little bit of military grade exaggeration wasn’t entirely uncalled for. Fresh, condemned superhuman is gonna feel a bit extra.

Even if the honest realization is only you’ve gone from, absolutely no chance to a slim chance of surviving contact with the enemy, that little bit of hope is a hive that desperate people are going to ride. And if you got family to live beyond whatever mess is promising to kill you, take those risks and you’re glad for it.

If not, then you are likely just looking to burn out rather than fade away.
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Round 2 is posted.

Send in Reactions if you have them, Actions for round 3 if not.

Do powers gained via the surprising power trait count towards the number of power sets that a character utilizes?

If a character has three bonus thematic powers and then goes up in rank and chooses four powers from different powers sets, do they lose their previously chosen bonus powers?
This message was last edited by the player at 19:38, Tue 21 May.

Surprising powers aren't considered part of a set. This doesn't mean you can take all your powers as Surprising. It's meant for an odd power. In your folks case Magic (mostly, others could apply). Or one that you need  a higher Rank for. When you get the right Rank, it quits being Surprising.

When you gain a Rank you don't lose powers. Period. At rank 2 you won't go from 4 of 4 plus a bonus, you'll go to 5 of 8. with 3 more allowed. You may still get 1 or two bonuses, depending on your number of sets. But if the first two new slots (of the three) are for 2 new power sets, then you've only got one slot left to spend. You can take a 3rd power set with that last slot, but not a 4th as you have no more empty power slots.

There are exceptions to this. If you're a telekinetic with Levitate, for instance, I'd let you drop levitate for Flight 1 so you can get Flight 2, but, mainly, the point is that your powers are growing, not shrinking. You shouldn't count on losing any of them.

Marshall/Shade, we still need your round 3 action (or round 2 reaction, or both)

So… until Rank 6 thematic bonuses are just borrowing from the future… if I understand it right.

I mean you COULD have thematic bonuses at Rank 5 that actually jump the curve but that is requiring 20 powers of Basic set only, to get 5 thematic bonus.

Can thematic bonus picks be spent on powers in a new set? If they are borrowing against the future it shouldn’t matter from Rank 2 to Rank 5 I think.

Not sure what you mean by Thematic Bonuses. Themes vary between characters and sometimes only make sense to the player. And Bonus powers are achieved by having fewer Sets that your Rank. Basic powers don't count as a Set.

However, Surprising Power (the trait) DOES let you get a power that has a higher minimum rank that you have achieved, yes (but you still need a prerequisite powers, so that may still be an issue). The total number of powers per rank is still a limit, but the Rank and Power Set for the Surprising power doesn't matter and doesn't count against your number of Power Sets. I will be keeping an eye on this to prevent abuse.

Also beware: some of them require Focus points to activate, and there is a maximum expenditure based on level for Focus points. Not for all powers, but for many.

I’ll type up a character progression on how I see Kali growing through the ranks and post it in private messages so as not to bother people with it. If I understand it right rank 5 and 6 are particularly weird. It may be easier to illustrate it through that growth table.

Let's hold off on the character upgrades until it's time for them, please? If I spend all my time exploring the rules with one character, I won't have a lot left to run the game.

Fair enough, sorry about the potential derailment.

Folks, please copy and paste your raw rolls into OOC.

Round 3 is posted. Please send in Round 3 Reactions/Round 4 Actions. Let's try for a 24 hour turn around. 3 days for a single round is a bit much.

I'll be out most of the morning and afternoon, so i may not be able to reply for a few hours.

I will be out without internet in a forest until Monday- if I somehow get revived, I will hang in the back and shoot, feel free to roll for me.
This message was last edited by the player at 17:23, Today.