Hermit Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Re: Hancock's STR The Train will be in Albequrque in two hours if not stopped... oh sorry, school flashback. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 Re: Hancock's STR Hancock, as something of a Superman homage, should probably have a few Brick tricks to represent comic book physics Superhuman strength. Megascale throwing and Casual Effectiveness have already been mentioned. Maybe a Transform based on improvisational strength use (like "sharpening" the lamp hood). You could build "Your heads going up his his ***" with an...unusual Entangle/NND combo or variant the Big Wrap up... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted September 3, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 3, 2008 Re: Hancock's STR Here's my initial draft of the character: John Hancock Val Char Cost Roll Notes 85 STR 75 26- Lift 3.3ktons; 17d6 [8] 15 DEX 15 12- OCV: 5/DCV: 5 40 CON 60 17- 20 BODY 20 13- 10 INT 0 11- PER Roll 11- 12 EGO 4 11- ECV: 4 13 PRE 3 12- PRE Attack: 2 1/2d6 14 COM 2 12- 40 PD 23 Total: 40 PD (40 rPD) 40 ED 32 Total: 40 ED (40 rED) 4 SPD 15 Phases: 3, 6, 9, 12 25 REC 0 80 END 0 85 STUN 2 Total Characteristic Cost: 251 Movement: Running: 6"/12" Flight: 30"/240" Leaping: 17"/34" Swimming: 2"/4" Cost Powers END 40 Apparently Indestructable: Damage Resistance (40 PD/40 ED) 122 Unaided Flight: Flight 30", x8 Noncombat, Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (Side Effect only affects the environment near the character; damage to local surface on takeoff and landing; +0), Combat Acceleration/Deceleration (+1/4), No Gravity Penalty (+1/2) 12 7 Good As New In A Few Hours: Healing 1 BODY, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Persistent (+1/2); Extra Time (Regeneration-Only) 1 Turn (Post-Segment 12) (-1 1/4), Self Only (-1/2) 15 Fingernals Can Cut Glass: HKA 1/2d6 (1d6+1 w/STR), Penetrating (+1/2) 1 16 Even A Train DIdn't Budge Him: Knockback Resistance -8" 5 3,000 Years Old: LS (Longevity: Immortal) 14 Painted The Moon: LS (Safe in Intense Cold; Safe in Low Pressure/Vacuum; Self-Contained Breathing) 13 Swats A Rocket Aside: Missile Deflection (Any Ranged Attack), Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (Side Effect only affects the environment near the character; the deflected item has to land somewhere!; +0); Only Works Against Large Projectiles (rocks, missiles, rockets, and so on; -1/2) Skills 10 "Your Head Is Going Up His A$$": +2 with HTH Combat 8 "Where'd He Go?": +4 with Move-By Grab 2 Animal Handler (Raptors) 12- Total Powers & Skill Cost: 252 Total Cost: 503 200+ Disadvantages 20 Enraged: if called an a$$shole (Common), go 11-, recover 11- 5 Money: Poor 10 Physical Limitation: Feels The Damage His Designated Pair Feels (Infrequently, Greatly Impairing) 15 Physical Limitation: Loses His Superhuman Powers After Extended Contact With His Designated Pairing (Infrequently, Fully Impairing) 20 Psychological Limitation: Anti-Social (basically, he's an a$$hole) (Very Common, Strong) 20 Reputation: destructive crime-'fighter', 14- (Extreme) 213 Experience Points Total Disadvantage Points: 503 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hagadorn Posted September 5, 2008 Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Re: Hancock's STR Hehe.... Just when my players wer getting complacent... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted September 5, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2008 Re: Hancock's STR I'm going to stick with Bloodstone's and leave this as is. Actually, I can't even find the HD file now, which is annoying. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Re: Hancock's STR Would a Telekinesis based construct designed to hold objects together when Hancock is touching them so he could do things like swing that gangster's hummer around by the bumper and hurl Walter by his tail without injuring him (that way at least) be merited or just handwave it as Comic book physics applies to him if not the rest of the world? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sgt_Pedro Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Re: Hancock's STR Would a Telekinesis based construct designed to hold objects together when Hancock is touching them so he could do things like swing that gangster's hummer around by the bumper and hurl Walter by his tail without injuring him (that way at least) be merited or just handwave it as Comic book physics applies to him if not the rest of the world? Comic book physics ftw. Otherwise every Brick that tried to pick up something larger than a truck would just break right through it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Re: Hancock's STR Usually, I agree but I bring it up for Hancock since the setting seems to be fairly "realistic" with the exception of him and certain other elements not a totally superheroic setting. But it's a pretty light movie in many ways so that could be thinking too hard about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted September 19, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Re: Hancock's STR Would a Telekinesis based construct designed to hold objects together when Hancock is touching them so he could do things like swing that gangster's hummer around by the bumper and hurl Walter by his tail without injuring him (that way at least) be merited or just handwave it as Comic book physics applies to him if not the rest of the world? I've seen this used before. Reed said Richards that Gladiator had some sort of telekinetic field allowing him to pick up the Baxter Building and not have it break. And one version of Superboy had 'tactile telekinesis' to let him do power stunts and not destroy things he was manipulating. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Re: Hancock's STR I've seen this used before. Reed said Richards that Gladiator had some sort of telekinetic field allowing him to pick up the Baxter Building and not have it break. And one version of Superboy had 'tactile telekinesis' to let him do power stunts and not destroy things he was manipulating. Those were a couple of the example I was thinking about. In a regular super setting I wouldn't worry about it but I thought it could be appropriate for a situation where a superhuman character was functioning in the otherwise "real world" like Hancock. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodstone Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Re: Hancock's STR I'd say your over thinking this one... He shoved one mans head up another man's ass without killing either of the parties involved. He threw a little boy over a mile straight up and then caught him without inflicting any damage... well, other than psychological... In any event, lifting a car without it breaking under it's own weight... really not a big deal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Re: Hancock's STR I'd say your over thinking this one... He shoved one mans head up another man's ass without killing either of the parties involved. That you build as an Entangle. In any event, lifting a car without it breaking under it's own weight... really not a big deal and slinging it around by the bumper and impaling it through the engine block on a building or hurling Walter by the tail without ripping him in two. It's just a thought. You really don't see enough to tell if physics act "special" for him or if it's just a factor on the world but I thought I would toss it up as a possibility. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodstone Posted September 19, 2008 Report Share Posted September 19, 2008 Re: Hancock's STR That you build as an Entangle. Actually I did, as a rather deranged and really gross thought experiment... decided not to post that one Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Princedarkstorm Posted September 21, 2008 Report Share Posted September 21, 2008 Re: Hancock's STR I would go with a STR 120 with a level of megascale for throwing . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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