OOC chat

Thread for ooc chat.

Hi everyone! Newbie here! Would I be allowed to roll for a random character, and then just scrap it and choose my own if I don't feel particularly inspired by the results?

I want to avoid scrapping a character since one of the benefits of random rolling is to come up with something unexpected. There's also the retcon step to change something you don't like. But we can handle that if it comes up. The process should be flexible enough that you will be happy with what you get :)

Hey folks! Happy to make the cut, and eager to get going.

I've got the books, so I don't have to wait for pictures. I'm guessing that you would prefer I didn't go rushing out in front of the group though, yeah?

Edit: Actually, I see that Thalanthalas has already gone all the way through. Going to try and get the character done today

I posted a thread for the background knowledge your character would have on the events related to the adventure. We will start tomorrow so please read this and have your characters finished by then.

So, I don't think I'm going to be able to have my character finished by tomorrow, I just haven't received enough support creating her and with the Holidays coming up there are other time concerns. You all would probably be better off starting without me than letting a newbie slow you down, so I'll just quietly drop out from here.

Morphling away!

...Well ok then lol. I'll get our first post up tonight.

Sentinel Comics continuity name-dropped. Woop-woop!

edit: I hope the font is alright. I didn't want to do color because I don't know who's in light or dark mode, but Revenant strikes me as a "funny word bubbles" kind of character.

I was thinking of doing a color for Cicada's inner voice. Maybe I'll use a transparent background. Maybe I'll just use a different font.

I am fine with it! There are some heathens in this game who use light mode though! I like using fonts and colors in superhero/comic style games as it meshes well with the genre/medium.

A scary thought…………

It's me. I'm the heathen.

alrighty, let us know if anything is unreadable/unbearable

Mostly I just don't like that it's dark gray instead of black, and the muted blue and red just make the whole thing look muddy and soft in a way I don't enjoy. It's not a principled stance, I use it on other platforms (like Discord) where I like the look, but light mode doesn't bug me either.

But, yeah, so far, no complaints.

the 'scene tracker' is cool! I didn't know what was a Gamers Plane feature? How does it work, and is there a way to scroll down in the scene tracker?

So, Cicada, Defensive Strike has to be used proactively. You do damage, and then you have a stack of Defense that will be applied against the next time you take damage (or, you can Defend another target, if you're so inclined.).

If you want to apply Defense to the 6 Damage you took from the Radioactivist, you're going to need to use your Reaction for the turn. Fortunately, all heroes have a default Reaction called "Hit the Deck". It triggers a Twist, but you can choose a Power or Quality and roll that die to reduce the damage you're taking from an attack.

edit2: Also, your Defensive Strike ability Defends using your Mid Die (the 6 in this case), and your Attack is the Min die (so 4). As a general rule, if an ability doesn't specify a die, you use the Mid.

edit: I'd offer some insight to Mimic, but I can't see their sheet.

Not a feature per se, it is just some coding lol. I can't remember who originally made it, maybe Adam. But yeah it's just some html to stick it on the page as a fixed position. It took some research but I figured out a way to add scroll bars so now you should be able to see everything clearly :)

For your abilities, instead of "(Close Combat) Defend using [power/quality]. Attack using your Min die." It would probably be easier to do "Defend using Close Combat. Attack using your Min die." The [power/quality] is the placeholder for you to write which one the ability is tied to.

Ah, ok, thanks. We'll say Cicada attacks, and then gets ready to defend to let everyone else exit this train car. So I'll take the damage from Radioactivist (🤔 is there a spot to keep track of our curret health?)
That is good to know!
Oh, thanks, I'll go tidy up my character sheet

D'oh! I forgot to add a current health field lol. I'll think about where to put one and update the character sheets.

Don't worry about it, I'll just remember 😁