Omega Man

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In talks with another 2-3 new additions! After another post or two I'm gonna post something with my new guy Gigas!

~KL~

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I just have a couple of remaining points from this.

First, is it utterly necessary that I list any weakness as being lethal? I thought there was a certain measure of understanding that something that can hurt you can also kill you. Like, say for a normal person, bullets.

@Dead Cruiser

Staking you can hurt you, but it can't kill you. The sun could burn your flesh during the day and immobilize you, but if you've fed you've only gotta wait till the sun goes down. And silver... just takes you longer to heal from. There's no measure of understanding, your boy just has unlimited power and nothing listed thus far can actually kill him.

Second, I actually thought I had this written down, but I can put in a stake weakness if need be. I'd be taking another cue from World of Darkness, and a stake in his heart would not be lethal, but would paralyze him and severely stunt his regeneration until it is removed. His regeneration, however, would be hard at work slowly pushing the stake out of his heart, so it's not a permanent solution, and would keep him incapacitated for perhaps a week at most.

@Dead Cruiser

See what I mean? It wasn't in the original CS, but even still it won't put your guy down for the count which makes the whole weakness pointless. Even the Hulk has limits and weaknesses.

Third, let's be honest here. If you're hunting a vampire, a werewolf, or a vampire werewolf, in ideal conditions for them, and you've prepared none of their banes for use against them, yeah you're gonna get your ass handed to you and probably killed. Really what were you expecting by taking on a monster completely unprepared?

@Dead Cruiser

Nobody's really hunting anything supernatural, you're pretty much the first step into that whole corner of the universe. Still, 20+ powers is ridiculous with no more weaknesses than you have. If there's no compromising then the sheet won't be accepted.

~KL~

Gotham City Reborn

@The Kid Lantern You should put the map on the OP so we can find it again easily.

@t2wave

I meant to when I posted it before, just didn't get around to it the other day. It's on page 1 now of this OOC!

~KL~

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@Dead Cruiser Most of what I read looked like 'hurts him a lot' but nowhere did it say anything was lethal. A stake in the heart for example, kills vampires but listed nowhere probably because of his insane healing factor. Like I said though, @Aro is better at breaking stuff down than I am. He had more thought out ideas for trimming some of the stuff down. I like the character and don't mind him being powerful, but it seems almost limitless if it's dark outside and nobody has silver or fire readily available. I just don't want him being so powerful that he makes the rest of us look like jobbers. The sheer girth of power may seem like semantics, but too many is too many. The Co-GM had to trim my recent character's powers as well because my dude was too OP'ed...

Very interested!! Does the alien have to be a villain?

@Major Key

No, but we do have quite a few aliens now, I need to update the archetypes again as two have returned and another plant alien will be accepted soon.

~KL~

U N I V E R S A L ™ (Accepting New Players!)

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That doesn't sound like you

@Hillan

Should I put you back on the roster since @Lord Wraith has returned?

~KL~

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He's a vamp who can burn/regenerate in the sun for 12 hours without dying. That's taking a vamps MAIN weaknesses and shrugging it off like it's nothing. It said in the CS his skin and body would burn 'until the sun goes down or until his regeneration gives out' which doesn't really give somebody much to go on. @Aro is better at breaking things down so I'll let him try and work with you on a compromise. I'm wondering if a silver coffin at the bottom of the ocean is overkill or just a damnable prison.

~KL~

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No exaggeration, it's at least 20 or so. I don't mind a hybrid type of creature, but giving the character virtually every single power of werewolves and vampires with not one but TWO wolf forms is a staggering amount of power. For me, if each creature [werewolf and vamp] has 10 powers each, rather than take all 20 powers combined pick out maybe 5 from each. Speed and stealth of a vamp but strength and berserker rage of a wolf. That kinda thing. Bram Stoker's Dracula had a ton of powers and is the type of vampire you're basing the vamp side of the powers on, which is fine, its just having every one of them plus more powers is crazy powerful. Moreso than Hulk even.

MORE THAN 20 ACTUALLY

1.) immunity to age
2.) immunity to diseases
3.) immunity to poison
4.) immunity to cold temperatures
5.) immunity to mortal weaknesses
6.) superhuman strength
7.) superhuman speed
8.) heightened senses
9.) nightvision
10.) moves in complete silence
11.) communicates with animals
12.) can summon animals from a distance
13.) can possess animals
14.) instills rage in animals, werewolves, and vamps
15.) supresses rage in animals, werewolves, and vamps
16.) Vampire shapeshifting: talons and bat wings
17.) Werewolf shapeshifting: wolf and Devil Wolf
18.) Death bite
19.) Heightened instincts [wolf form]
20.) Heightened physicals [Devil Wolf form]
21.) Howling Psychological manipulation [Devil Wolf form]
* causes blind panic and terror
* causes mild amnesia
* can be carried by the beast's howl a considerable distance

The main power problems I have come from the Devil Wolf being able to induce panic and fear. Those kinda things would happen enough naturally but I don't think it needs to be a power all its own. <<< If its applied with his howl it reminds me of a move in DCU Online, which doesn't make it sounds as bad. Using a vampire's hypnosis would be something maybe in his regular form as a possible alternate...

Another thing was the weaknesses. Something has to be able to kill him. Dracula is the alpha vamp and can be killed. Werewolves can be killed. So why should being a hybrid be any different when he's already got more powers than Dracula? If they're enemies, then Fenrir should've taken Dracula and Co. down in one or two battles if he can't be killed. Especially if the feud has lasted decades. I can see now how the guy will basically be like a superpowered hunter on Supernatural, but one who frequently leaves a bit of collateral damage. He'd likely be under watch by STRIKE but still be at odds with those who view him more as a threat.

~KL~

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@Dead Cruiser The Co-GM and I are discussing the amount of powers and such and trying to come up with the best way to trim them down. We need powerful characters but from a glance it looked like 20-25 powers including two different distinct wolf forms. Still it's an interesting concept that would definitely add more superpowers to the mix...

Anybody else taking a look at this?

~KL~

Gotham City Reborn

@PirouetteOkay, are you offering Jing Yan for that part? <_<

@The Kid LanternIsn't Killer Croc a bit too high in the tier list for Zero to have defeated on his own?

@Double

Croc really only has heightened strength and durability but its still limited, additionally with teeth and claws. Ice powers could trump that all day long.

~KL~

Gotham City Reborn

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Huh.
Learned something new.

@Divine Darkness

Me too! LOL

I'd like to add a storyline to my character, and while I have a vague idea for it, I'm stuck on a few details. Basically I want Zero to have defeated a villain of his own at some point in his career, and now they're back and want revenge. The trouble I'm having is the villain itself. Should be original? A re-imagined canon villain? I have no idea and if anyone wants to shoot me a suggestion I'm all ears.

@Double

That's cool. The Calculator will have revenge on his mind with Overwatch. As for rogues I'd go cannon with somebody who's more petty than the others like Firefly. Zero has the power to immobilize somebody like Killer Croc as well...

~KL~