PPQ Purple

Sundering Artifice

I am basically banking on the idea that robots won't be smart enough to figure out a proper lead on her before she ducks into some cover or zigzags the opposite way. Because that's what I figure is the power level at display here.

Sundering Artifice

Sounds like maybe the speed of an arrow give or take a bit is what you want? Seems easy enough to me

@Jade Kiyo

Basically video game circle strafe speed what ever that is. I don't want to be overpowered and am frankly not sure what the powerlevel here even is as most people have gone for such numerically accurate descriptors as "stronger than average by far".

Sundering Artifice

I get that. But bullets are faster than sound. So not light speed, but faster than sound. It’s not narrowest of end brackets but it’s a start.

@Randomness

You are thinking about this wrong. She does not have to be faster than the stuff being shot at her. She only has to be faster than the hands wielding the gun. Think circlestrafing basically.

Sundering Artifice

I was looking up speeds and such. Earth’s escape velocity is 7 miles a second. That just sounds insanely fast. 25k mph.

As a sort of measurement. Perhaps compare her speed to the speed of sound, a bullet, or light.

@Randomness

Those aren't really in the same order of magnitude that I was thinking. Like, we have a character in the game, several in fact, that have basically taken super strength. Think that but in terms of speed. She's fast enough that she can do a dramatic run at the enemy and not get shot to pieces but that's the extent of it.

Like say we run into a platoon of enemy robots with guns. Our sniper takes up a covering position and my girl charges at them zigzaging so as to not get shot throwing bombs all the way. By the time she's taken out a couple of the enemy and generally "pulled" the mob the rest of our melee troops are upon them ready to hack them apart. That sort of thing.

Dragon Ball: Shattered Worlds

I decided to cook up another thoughts only post just to give out a little bit of lore... No actions actually taken. Just thoughts and lore.

Also in case you people were wondering her species did not evolve from primates or for that matter goats. Think more... cows. Yea... So imagine cute cow horns more than anything. In fact, you can basically imagine her as that girl in KillamriX88's signature just with cute cow horns and you wouldn't be terribly far off.

Dragon Ball: Shattered Worlds

This day was getting weirder by the moment. As her new comrade? flicked her superpower on and off like a switch Mia couldn't help but watch in amazement even as her horns flickered on and off irately like a confused light bulb. Just what the hell was that? Some sort of power amplification technique no doubt. But it was different than any she'd ever seen.

Unlike her own kayoken which drew on inner reserves essentially trading endurance for a short term burst of energy this strength seem to come out of nowhere. Was it being absorbed from the environment? Mia sensed nothing change in her surroundings. So that can't be it. Could it be that the power was always there, inside of her, and that this was simply some sort of limit remover or gear change? Certainly possible.

Mia had heard of such powers before, and in her own people as well. But she had newer seen anyone actually do it. Or did she? The way the Sayans aura changed as she powered up, the way her ki flickered through the air, even her rising hair all felt so familiar. And yet hard as she might try she could conjure up no memories of ever witnessing such a thing. Or could she?

Thing was that whilst she could really not remember oddly enough the very attempt, the very act of trying to identify that familiar feeling made her feel uneasy and uncomfortable, almost as if she was trying to push through something she really shouldn't. She felt the same way when trying to remember the much of this morning actually. Just what the hell happened there? And just how were the two related? These questions needed answering eventually but not today.

Still at least the concept was not unknown to her. For long ago her master spoke of such techniques when describing the ancient warlords which once ruled her world. His words echoed in her mind still: "That way lies great power, tiz true. But you must not seek it. For there lies only misery and great evil. So stick to the purity of kayoken and forget about it."

"Odd", Mia thought to her self. "This girl didn't look evil." She didn't feel evil either. "Could the old man have been wrong?" Than again, she is a primate that walked upright and could talk so nature and reality were clearly doing something interesting when they made her. Still, if that sort of power was really possible for her to achieve she would have to be careful.

For better or worse the old man always proved right in the end...

2020 Highlights?

I joined this site which means returning to the hobby after something like a decade. Also I've been working from home for once and loving it. So much so that I have decided to only seek out such jobs in the future. Why anyone would ever prefer human contact over this is beyond me. Also I've NOT died of the plague. So that's good, I guess?

Sundering Artifice

Really really fast would need specifications. Not intense scientific sort, just a... scale to stick with, or something like that.

@AlternateMan

Basically this but I can't figure out how to put it into words that fit a character sheet.

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I am not sure how fast the flash is. But I know he can like bend space and time and crap and that's far from what I want.
I was basically thinking of a character that can dash from cover to cover avoiding a hail of bullets all cool style to get in close. And when she is close you expect such a character to draw a sword or SMG or something and just rip the enemy appart. But nope. Magnetic mine. Stick one of those suckers on the poor bots and jump away as they pop. Also like if we ever get to fight a giant robot she'd like wallrun up the thing leaving mines as she goes. :)

@PPQ Purple

Sundering Artifice

Ok, here is what I cooked up as a prototype. Sorry it took this long but the holidays and family took precedence. I still don't have a name but that always comes last to me. So don't worry.

Long story short (before I post the big text) I took a look at the team and we have one sniper, three melee girls one of which is more tanky, a short-mid range shooter and what appears to be a healer. So I figure I can slot my character into the distraction/AOE/support role. Stuff like deploying smoke, blowing enemies up, setting things on fire, blowing enemies up, fixing things, blowing things up, intellectually understanding the robot menace and blowing it up etc. but also like if the team needs someone to help with analyzing the situation as almost everyone shied away from INT.

Prototype

Name: [must think of one]
Age: 20
Gender: female
Appearance:
A girl of medium height and not terribly athletic in build with long golden brown hair typically tied off in a bun. Both in combat and out she prefers wearing long sleeves, a skirt that reaches just up to her knee and socks that reach up as far as her thighs as well as gloves all made out of a decently fireproof material. When asked why she'll only remark that you only need to set your self on fire that many times before you switch from cotton.

In combat this combination is augmented by an utility belt with a holster on one sides and stuff, mostly bombs hanging off the other as well as a small backpack where she keeps all the bottled fun. Also ballistic goggles because getting burning shrapnel in the eyes is not fun the first time round.

Personality:
Growing up sheltered without many friends or any siblings and with parents who were often absent she hasn't really developed very good social skills. This along with her at times single minded obsession with her work leaves her looking like she is distant and uncaring. And her somewhat morbid sense of humor doesn't help unless you are into that sort of thing.

This of course is not true. Her relative isolation as a child means she does in fact want to care for others and will, if given the opportunity develop an almost sisterly bond with her comrades. Unfortunately for everyone involved she is not likely to know how to express her emotions. And even if she did she wouldn't think that she should. What would after all be the point of doing so?

On a more personal note she is excited about science, magic and explosives and will talk about them for hours if you ask but that's about it and take every opportunity to examine devices or similar that peak her interest. So if anyone has an interest in anything related like weapons, magic, the nature of the machine threat or just seeing the world burn she can relate to that. Also knitting.
 
Backstory:
She grew up as the children of scientists working for the government. Growing up her parents newer talked much about their work and worked to keep her sheltered from both it and the war. As much as anyone can be on the later at least. They also tried to keep her speed powers hidden. Unfortunately whilst you can keep a girl out of war you can't get war out of a girl.

As a small child she already enjoyed playing with explosives. Firecrackers of course were the start, also fire and fireworks when and if she could get her hands on them which was fortunately for everyone rare. At first this seemed like just an innocent if odd hobby for a child to have. But as the years moved on her interests too grew and expanded. And soon what little friends she had abandoned her fearful perhaps of her growing obsession with destruction or perhaps simply unwilling to follow her into the inevitable trouble that came with piling increasingly stacks of them together.

In an effort to keep her out of serious trouble her parents introduced her to science whilst in elementary school. Unfortunately this had the opposite effect. For whilst she took to the subject of science and magic with gusto if they intended this to be a path to a peaceful life of government work and unethical experiments far away from the front lines nothing could be further from what they got.

Still for a while it seemed to be paying off. For one thing she didn't become a domestic terrorist or pyromaniac, she didn't end up in prison, and year after year she graduated top of her class. And after she graduated highschool her parents already had a job lined up for her in their lab.

What followed was a period of boring calm. She worked with her parents for about two years. But a life of technomagicall research and unethical experiments just wasn't for her. There was simply too much paperwork and too little excitement in it. So one day she took the plunge and volunteered for the Sunderer force using her long hidden speed powers as an excuse.

These days she can be found in her quarters mixing up new and exciting prototypes and on the battlefield zipping about like a madwoman plying with her homemade toys. For once in her life feeling like she found her place. For once, feeling truly alive.

Powers:
- Can run really, really fast.

- Knows enough about technology and magic to serve as the teams technical side as well as cook up weird and wonderful explosives ranging from bombs, magnetic bombs, shaped charges, bombs that freeze, melt, rain fire etc. on stuff. If there is a job to do there is a way to do it whilst blowing something up. [GM approval required I take it.]
 
Equipment:
- Magnetic boots of her own design that let her climb metal walls (or giant robots).

- Bombs in both the explosive and specialized variety. Think smoke bombs and general utility stuff like that to support the team.

- A machine pistol firing wolfram flachettes. Good at going through armor but short ranged and doing limited damage.

- A radio earpiece that lets her communicate with the rest of the team.

- Occasionally carries various types of grenade launcher. But only if the mission calls for it as they aren't her thing. Bombs just aren't as fun if you aren't up close and personal when they blow up.

Also feel free to reject me if you feel she does not fit in. I tried my best but am worried that I missed the mark severely.

Dragon Ball: Shattered Worlds

Do us a favor and don't die. Like, seriously. Don't die. Dying is quite bad form. And it would make us sad.