We Could Be Heroes; A Sexy Superhero RP 2nd Arc Recruitment! MALES NEEDED!

[Neural Network]

I have a char I was playing in a different RP group that might be translatable to here...female though. Hopefully it's not a big deal. She'd have something along the lines of pyro- or magmakinesis I think.

[jeflint]

I have a char I was playing in a different RP group that might be translatable to here...female though. Hopefully it's not a big deal. She'd have something along the lines of pyro- or magmakinesis I think.

Hello Neural,

Well right now the cast consists of mostly females

Sasha, Maddie, Grace, Cass, Juniper, Nadra, Nikki to Dante, Arek, Kevin, Ai, Marcos when he's around and Emil.

Since we have 3 new guys potentially starting I think you should be safe to start working on your character.

I also know that Ai is a pyro so we'd have to look at the Magma to see if there's some overlap with Ai. We're trying very hard to make sure everyone's powers are unique so that there aren't any overlaps and making characters redundant. It's possible we'll have to shift you to something else to ensure there isn't any overlap.

[Neural Network]

Hello Neural,

Well right now the cast consists of mostly females

Sasha, Maddie, Grace, Cass, Juniper, Nadra, Nikki to Dante, Arek, Kevin, Ai, Marcos when he's around and Emil.

Since we have 3 new guys potentially starting I think you should be safe to start working on your character.

I also know that Ai is a pyro so we'd have to look at the Magma to see if there's some overlap with Ai. We're trying very hard to make sure everyone's powers are unique so that there aren't any overlaps and making characters redundant. It's possible we'll have to shift you to something else to ensure there isn't any overlap.

Alright, that's fine. :) Could've sworn I read through the whole list but I guess I missed the Pyro bit. I'm willing to explore other powers--maybe something like gravity manipulation (only heavier/lighter, though, no making things go sideways).

[jeflint]

Alright, that's fine. :) Could've sworn I read through the whole list but I guess I missed the Pyro bit. I'm willing to explore other powers--maybe something like gravity manipulation (only heavier/lighter, though, no making things go sideways).

That is certainly not a power that we have in our team and could be a very unique and interesting power. We'd have to naturally work out exactly how powerful it is to make sure you don't end up becoming like Graviton from Marvel Comics.

[Neural Network]

That is certainly not a power that we have in our team and could be a very unique and interesting power. We'd have to naturally work out exactly how powerful it is to make sure you don't end up becoming like Graviton from Marvel Comics.

Alright, cool. :) I'll throw down the concept now and we'll hash out as things go. :)


Alexandra Torres

Sex:  Female
Position: Student
Archetype: Some weird hybrid of goth and nerd, with maybe a dash of Alpha bitch.
Power Theme: Gravity control--Alexandra can increase or decrease the pull of gravity in an area, making it harder for people to move or exert strength, or easier. She can take extra advantage of it, avoiding some of the effects of the gravity increases while getting a little extra benefits from the decreases. She can only increase or decrease gravity by a factor of [insert number here].


(Hope she's not stepping on any archetypes <.< )

[jeflint]

Well... we have a lot of nerds. But luckily our Goth fell through. So Gothic Nerd should be OK. Ai, Cass, June, Arek and Nad are all nerds but their is a difference for each of them. So can you explain more about this Gothic Nerd that's the alpha bitch? How is she towards the other characters? Is she going to talk to others? Does she hang with anyone specifically? It's a pretty well to do school and it's a group game so we want to make sure that as both a nerd and goth you're not going to be left out of the action by being on the sidelines. :) **wags tail**

Ok... so let's start with the Maximum power you see her gravity as being and work our way back. The character I previously linked had a maximum range of 2.63 miles. Clearly that's going to be pretty far for a campaign of this power level. How much gravity could she increase this by? How little can she make the surrounding area? Do you see it focusing on just her or like a pebble on the ground? Is she unaffected by her power or is she affected as well?

What sort of drawbacks do you see with this power? How much energy? Does it require concentration to keep going?

[Neural Network]

Well... we have a lot of nerds. But luckily our Goth fell through. So Gothic Nerd should be OK. Ai, Cass, June, Arek and Nad are all nerds but their is a difference for each of them. So can you explain more about this Gothic Nerd that's the alpha bitch? How is she towards the other characters? Is she going to talk to others? Does she hang with anyone specifically? It's a pretty well to do school and it's a group game so we want to make sure that as both a nerd and goth you're not going to be left out of the action by being on the sidelines. :) **wags tail**

Indeed I can!

Her motivation in life can pretty much be summed up as "succeeding on her own terms", upending stuff like social hierarchies and abusive dynamics while doing so--it's part of why the goth aesthetic initially attracted her--she was picked on by the popular girls (mostly because she had an abrasive, direct personality and it pissed them off, but, she was also poor), so she wanted to "Beat" them by being not only the precise opposite of them, but also something they were kind of afraid of (naturally, she doesn't go for victorian styles as much, leaning more towards deathrock, cyber, etc. She does also like steampunk though because of one of the obscure interests I list below). Obviously she's not so much of an asshole as to pick fights with people who just look like them, though--if she were to meet a less weird person she'd probably be okay. She's actually into some of the "popular type" activities like planning events (in fact, especially planning events), plus student council type stuff, so that might be a way to get her to talk with those people (plus, well, powers).

Of course, she'd be quite fine with talking to any of the nerds or others--she's got her fair share of obscure interests (music, famous inventors, politics somewhat), and she'd love to link that up to theirs.

In terms of specific characters, I'll look'em over and say. :)  She'd be real interested to talk with Ai (might even know his music career, hah :p ) and would be willing to talk to whoever he talks to as well. She'd definitely like Cassandra as well.

Ok... so let's start with the Maximum power you see her gravity as being and work our way back. The character I previously linked had a maximum range of 2.63 miles. Clearly that's going to be pretty far for a campaign of this power level. How much gravity could she increase this by? How little can she make the surrounding area? Do you see it focusing on just her or like a pebble on the ground? Is she unaffected by her power or is she affected as well?

What sort of drawbacks do you see with this power? How much energy? Does it require concentration to keep going?

Yeah, 2.63 miles is higher than I was thinking. I was thinking maybe like the size of a small-to-medium sized room, rangewise, maybe able to make it 5 feet min.

It'd focus just on her, and wouldn't affect her generally (maybe let her jump higher if she lightened it). As for the size of the multiplier, maybe 2 to 3 times max and 1/6th min?

The drawback would be that keepign it up wears her out, eventually causing her to pass out (and if she did it past that point, she'd have a stroke probably).

[jeflint]

Indeed I can!

Her motivation in life can pretty much be summed up as "succeeding on her own terms", upending stuff like social hierarchies and abusive dynamics while doing so--it's part of why the goth aesthetic initially attracted her--she was picked on by the popular girls (mostly because she had an abrasive, direct personality and it pissed them off, but, she was also poor), so she wanted to "Beat" them by being not only the precise opposite of them, but also something they were kind of afraid of (naturally, she doesn't go for victorian styles as much, leaning more towards deathrock, cyber, etc. She does also like steampunk though because of one of the obscure interests I list below). Obviously she's not so much of an asshole as to pick fights with people who just look like them, though--if she were to meet a less weird person she'd probably be okay. She's actually into some of the "popular type" activities like planning events (in fact, especially planning events), plus student council type stuff, so that might be a way to get her to talk with those people (plus, well, powers).

Of course, she'd be quite fine with talking to any of the nerds or others--she's got her fair share of obscure interests (music, famous inventors, politics somewhat), and she'd love to link that up to theirs.

In terms of specific characters, I'll look'em over and say. :)  She'd be real interested to talk with Ai (might even know his music career, hah :p ) and would be willing to talk to whoever he talks to as well. She'd definitely like Cassandra as well.

Well that means Sasha, Grace and Maddie who are the popular cheerleaders probably aren't going to be talking with you very much. Even though Sasha and Cass are BFFs.

Ok, so what set her on this path? Was in highschool? Younger? How long has she been in this area of New York? Talking to AI and June are all well and good but Cass is one of the popular kids as well. She like my character is a Social Butterfly which tends to mean there's a certain level of popularity in them. Not that I'm trying to discourage. Just want this portion of your character thought out so we're making sure we're

Yeah, 2.63 miles is higher than I was thinking. I was thinking maybe like the size of a small-to-medium sized room, rangewise, maybe able to make it 5 feet min.

It'd focus just on her, and wouldn't affect her generally (maybe let her jump higher if she lightened it). As for the size of the multiplier, maybe 2 to 3 times max and 1/6th min?

The drawback would be that keepign it up wears her out, eventually causing her to pass out (and if she did it past that point, she'd have a stroke probably).

So the field would be lets say 15 to 20 feet for the small to medium room, and then 5 feet min. Ok is it more conentrated the smaller it gets or is it the same power the whole way through the room?

Can she say this area is lighter that area is heavier?

So she can double or triple the weight of an area. Taking Sasha for instance she's 110lbs so you can hit the area and make her up to 220 or 330lbs? Effectively crushing her with her now double or triple body weight. And then vice verse, is that correct?

What about if someone shot a bullet or threw something into that space? Would it be affected as well? Would it keep it's velocity or would that be changed?

[jeflint]

A slight correction. Cass and June are more eccentric artists than nerds.

This is an error on my part. When I say nerd I'm referring to someone who is intelligent. Not as someone who is socially awkward. I did not mean to cause any confusion by misrepresenting two of our lovely ladies.

[Zhu Que]

Hey Jan. ^_^

After some time writing out the character bio and deciding he little things, I think I've come to lean towards force field. While Reality Warping would be cool, and interesting to find all the limitations (since I find the most interesting thing bout a power is being the creation of it), I think force field might fit the character a little more.

I was thinking of how he would have a connection to his power, and his view of people (good and bad) would be likely be a defensive power, rather than one that could be used offensively. While we probably all have a wish to bend the world around us a little, I think being able to protect himself or others would be more to his personality. Thus, I think the over use of his power would be me suited to defense. So I think focusing on it would be better. :)



So, I would say that his first 'show' of his power when it pops up, it could be as simple as being able to make a small 'shield' or 'wall' between him and something coming at him. He wouldn't know how to control when it happens or sustain it yet, so it could only last a short moment until he learns more.

The end goal would be to be able to make a force field that he can expand or (if probable) place on someone. Of course time limits and concentration would be factors. Like if he were able to place the protection on someone else, he'd be left vulnerable because of needing to concentrate.

Totally up to discussing it. :)


Figure for the character bio though, I can send a short summary just to give an idea of the character.

Born in New York to to a white woman and a Korean man, Eli Ri lived there for five years before they moved to South Korea. When he was ten, his father betrayed his mother and had an affair that resulted in a second child. It was in rebellion that he started getting in trouble. Eli even ended up expelled from the expensive private school for weird concoctions in the science lab and leaving these around the school, causing damage to the school property with some of them.

His mother refused to divorce his father, but their relationship became violent. When Eli was fifteen, and his mother was hospitalized for the fourth time, he decided that it was time to take matters in his own hands. He reported his father and then contacted his mother's sister in New York, looking for help getting his mother from the situation.

At sixteen, Eli and his mother were back in New York. They had lived with his aunt for a little while, while he aimed to enter the best school in the area. This is where he found Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson High School, a school that he could try to focus in science for. He's been at "Malcolm Wheeler High" since.

How's that summary? I mean, I'm up for edits, especially since that is a three paragraph rundown of the... extensively (-.-) long bio that I have... lol.

[Neural Network]

Well that means Sasha, Grace and Maddie who are the popular cheerleaders probably aren't going to be talking with you very much. Even though Sasha and Cass are BFFs.

Sure, unless something unusual happens.

Ok, so what set her on this path? Was in highschool? Younger?

Probably late middle/early high, though even in elementary school the groundwork was being laid (some stuff with her dad, whom she saw get intimidated/possibly humiliated by his boss).

How long has she been in this area of New York?

There are a few options here. One could be she moved here last year from wherever she was before (the economy tanked and Dad had to get a new job, Dad got promoted, whatever), and another could be that she was always in the area but went through different schooling for whatever reason (I don't know if Malcom Wheeler-Nicholson is private or public, but if private she could've gotten in on scholarship, and if public some new local program for poorer students). It'd probably be better to avoid having her have gone through that system her whole life because then it might impose on your characters' traits.

[QUOTEHmmmm.  Talking to AI and June are all well and good but Cass is one of the popular kids as well. She like my character is a Social Butterfly which tends to mean there's a certain level of popularity in them.[/QUOTE]

Sure, but Cass is academically inclined too, which might be a route to talking with Alexandra (maybe by forming a study group). it could be hush-hush, or the result of Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson being less hyper about cliques, or whatever. I'm not pushing it or anything, just thinking aloud here.

Not that I'm trying to discourage. Just want this portion of your character thought out so we're making sure we're

I getcha. :)

So the field would be lets say 15 to 20 feet for the small to medium room, and then 5 feet min. Ok is it more conentrated the smaller it gets or is it the same power the whole way through the room?

I mean, I'm thinking it should impede most of the people in its range without immediately taking them out of the fight. So like, some power loss over a distance, but not so much so as to make the range effectively lesser.

Can she say this area is lighter that area is heavier?

My thought is no. One or the other.

So she can double or triple the weight of an area. Taking Sasha for instance she's 110lbs so you can hit the area and make her up to 220 or 330lbs? Effectively crushing her with her now double or triple body weight. And then vice verse, is that correct?

Well, again, I was thinking that it'd impede people but not so much so they couldn't act or would be instakilled. 2 or 3 gs is according to wiki the limit people can endure, so maybe we could say that it's 2 or 3 at 5 ft, 1.5-2 further out. It would put serious strain but not crush.

What about if someone shot a bullet or threw something into that space? Would it be affected as well? Would it keep it's velocity or would that be changed?

I would think it would be, but not necessarily neutralized. A bullet could still hit her, just lower down and not in the head, or suchlike.

[jeflint]

@Zhu Que

Hey Jan. ^_^

After some time writing out the character bio and deciding he little things, I think I've come to lean towards force field. While Reality Warping would be cool, and interesting to find all the limitations (since I find the most interesting thing bout a power is being the creation of it), I think force field might fit the character a little more.

I was thinking of how he would have a connection to his power, and his view of people (good and bad) would be likely be a defensive power, rather than one that could be used offensively. While we probably all have a wish to bend the world around us a little, I think being able to protect himself or others would be more to his personality. Thus, I think the over use of his power would be me suited to defense. So I think focusing on it would be better. :)

Perfectly Ok, Zhu. The entire purpose of this process is to help you build what feels best for your character and to get your character as well documented/grown as possible. There will be a process after this where you get to figure out your connections to everyone in the game. :) And that can lead to some fun exploration of your personality.

So, I would say that his first 'show' of his power when it pops up, it could be as simple as being able to make a small 'shield' or 'wall' between him and something coming at him. He wouldn't know how to control when it happens or sustain it yet, so it could only last a short moment until he learns more.

The end goal would be to be able to make a force field that he can expand or (if probable) place on someone. Of course time limits and concentration would be factors. Like if he were able to place the protection on someone else, he'd be left vulnerable because of needing to concentrate.

Totally up to discussing it. :)

Ok, so how big would this first FF be? Keeping in mind at this time in game you will have had your powers about a week, maybe a bit less, depending on when everything gets sorted out. You develop your powers on the senior ski trip, which is late September early October.

How much damage can this shield block? Can it be used offensively? Can it be seen or is it invisible? Does it stop kinetic damage or does like say being hit by a car still transfer the force just none of the damage? Can it be used to stop an electrical attack? Heat? Cold? What’s the limits to what it can protect?

What is the draw backs to this power?

Figure for the character bio though, I can send a short summary just to give an idea of the character.

Born in New York to to a white woman and a Korean man, Eli Ri lived there for five years before they moved to South Korea. When he was ten, his father betrayed his mother and had an affair that resulted in a second child. It was in rebellion that he started getting in trouble. Eli even ended up expelled from the expensive private school for weird concoctions in the science lab and leaving these around the school, causing damage to the school property with some of them.

His mother refused to divorce his father, but their relationship became violent. When Eli was fifteen, and his mother was hospitalized for the fourth time, he decided that it was time to take matters in his own hands. He reported his father and then contacted his mother's sister in New York, looking for help getting his mother from the situation.

At sixteen, Eli and his mother were back in New York. They had lived with his aunt for a little while, while he aimed to enter the best school in the area. This is where he found Major Malcolm Wheeler-Nicholson High School, a school that he could try to focus in science for. He's been at "Malcolm Wheeler High" since.

How's that summary? I mean, I'm up for edits, especially since that is a three paragraph rundown of the... extensively (-.-) long bio that I have... lol.

That looks good, so you’d be getting there probably Sophomre year which means most of the folks would be there at that point for you to interact with. Naturally for just a short bio it looks good, but once we get the power worked out we’ll go over the bio in depth. :) **wags tail**


@Neural Network

Sure, unless something unusual happens.

That makes perfect sense

Probably late middle/early high, though even in elementary school the groundwork was being laid (some stuff with her dad, whom she saw get intimidated/possibly humiliated by his boss).

Ok, well that’s fair enough. :) She’s had a history of it then so that makes perfect sense.

There are a few options here. One could be she moved here last year from wherever she was before (the economy tanked and Dad had to get a new job, Dad got promoted, whatever), and another could be that she was always in the area but went through different schooling for whatever reason (I don't know if Malcom Wheeler-Nicholson is private or public, but if private she could've gotten in on scholarship, and if public some new local program for poorer students). It'd probably be better to avoid having her have gone through that system her whole life because then it might impose on your characters' traits.

Malcom Wheeler is a public school. The area is rather affluent but Sasha, Emil and Marcos are all middle class or lower so there is room for someone who’s on the low side. But then we also have a few rich kids here. Arek, Cass and the Twins. So you’re more than welcome to be of any demographic that fits your character. Being a public school, and it being the only one in the town, you’re going to be coming here. If you didn’t you’d be in a different game after all.

I mean, I'm thinking it should impede most of the people in its range without immediately taking them out of the fight. So like, some power loss over a distance, but not so much so as to make the range effectively lesser.

Ok, that makes sense to me.

My thought is no. One or the other.

Would this be something you’d visit later after “mastering” the power.

Well, again, I was thinking that it'd impede people but not so much so they couldn't act or would be instakilled. 2 or 3 gs is according to wiki the limit people can endure, so maybe we could say that it's 2 or 3 at 5 ft, 1.5-2 further out. It would put serious strain but not crush.

I’d have to break out my science calculator for something like that. But that makes more sense then what I was saying of 2 times. We know chickens can survive in 2.5g’s and at 2gs there would be strain on a person’s skeleton and the cardiovascular system in general. And if someone fell in this it would probably break a bone. Luckily we have Emil to heal our boo boos.

Would 3g’s be the max you can do even after mastery of this power?

I would think it would be, but not necessarily neutralized. A bullet could still hit her, just lower down and not in the head, or suchlike.

As I noted above a fall in 2g’s would probably break a bone so this would probably need to be thought out more frequently.

Sillier question, in Dragon Ball Z they train in advanced gravity. Could you keep the gravity high enough to turn our super solider Nad into a better and better fighter by slowly increasing the gravity and letting her train in that?

[Neural Network]

@Neural Network
That makes perfect sense

Ok, well that’s fair enough. :) She’s had a history of it then so that makes perfect sense.

Malcom Wheeler is a public school. The area is rather affluent but Sasha, Emil and Marcos are all middle class or lower so there is room for someone who’s on the low side. But then we also have a few rich kids here. Arek, Cass and the Twins. So you’re more than welcome to be of any demographic that fits your character. Being a public school, and it being the only one in the town, you’re going to be coming here. If you didn’t you’d be in a different game after all.

Okay, cool. :) So the moved in last year thing is fine?

Would this be something you’d visit later after “mastering” the power.

Sure, it's a possibility.

I’d have to break out my science calculator for something like that. But that makes more sense then what I was saying of 2 times. We know chickens can survive in 2.5g’s and at 2gs there would be strain on a person’s skeleton and the cardiovascular system in general. And if someone fell in this it would probably break a bone. Luckily we have Emil to heal our boo boos.

Indeed.

*makes mental note to read Emil's bio*

Would 3g’s be the max you can do even after mastery of this power?

Assuming we're staying relatively low-powered, yeah. If we start approaching Marvel or DC levels I reserve the right to raise the limit.

As I noted above a fall in 2g’s would probably break a bone so this would probably need to be thought out more frequently.

Hmmm. Alright. It'd depend on the circumstances a bit, but for common situations like bullets I can try and specify as needed.

Sillier question, in Dragon Ball Z they train in advanced gravity. Could you keep the gravity high enough to turn our super solider Nad into a better and better fighter by slowly increasing the gravity and letting her train in that?

Yes.

[Zhu Que]

@Zhu Que
Perfectly Ok, Zhu. The entire purpose of this process is to help you build what feels best for your character and to get your character as well documented/grown as possible. There will be a process after this where you get to figure out your connections to everyone in the game. :) And that can lead to some fun exploration of your personality.

Can't wait for figuring out his connections. :)

Ok, so how big would this first FF be? Keeping in mind at this time in game you will have had your powers about a week, maybe a bit less, depending on when everything gets sorted out. You develop your powers on the senior ski trip, which is late September early October.

How much damage can this shield block? Can it be used offensively? Can it be seen or is it invisible? Does it stop kinetic damage or does like say being hit by a car still transfer the force just none of the damage? Can it be used to stop an electrical attack? Heat? Cold? What’s the limits to what it can protect?

What is the draw backs to this power?

So, I figure to start (like day one of powers) would have been maybe a hand sized shield, enough to block away something projected at him. Kinda imagined the scene where people are talking and a ball from other students playing a sport comes at them and he blocks it, but his block would be a little Force Field on his hand. I mean I probably imagined this cause I watch too much anime and this nearly happens in most 'school life' animes... lol.

So, at a week of having his powers... I'd think he's probably able to make a small shield, like the size of a buckler or so,or wall his height but it takes a lot of concentration, so he's looking at maybe a minute at most. Given that it takes constant concentration, a minute can be a long time to be only blocked from one angle.

For damage that the shield can block, I have a little bit that I'm working on with a friend who does a lot of power creation with D&D characters, just to get an idea before I just spout random things here, lol, but I'll hopefully have that ready to put here in an hour or so.

I'm thinking not really an offensive power. Like he can't use it to throw attacks back at people, but maybe once he gets better at concentrating and doing things, he might be able to use it to slam somebody back away from his body. Not too set on this decision yet, if you have ideas.

I'm thinking invisible except when something hits it, almost like seeing the ripples of force shimmering along the length of the force field but no real view of it directly. On the example of hit by a car, it would transfer force but not damage, so like, if he's hit by a car going 20mph or more, he'll be pushed or thrown back, but the damage would be absorbed by the field. Early on, it'd probably destroy the shield, and since he'd only be able to protect one angel to start with, he could still end up with road rash or gashes from whatever the other side of his body hits.

Thinking electricity that hits the FF would probably knock his concentration, since electricity technically has no 'force' unless one part is positively charged and one is negatively or grounded. It would probably travel around the shield and jump to him, as it only protects one part of him. Like if he could do all around his body, the electricity wouldn't really have an 'in' to bounce to his body. If that makes sense? Same with temperature, I'm thinking. Willing to go more into thought process on dealing with elements for this if we need to.

Limits... I'm thinking mostly that attacks that have physical forms are more likely to be what he can protect against. I was thinking about the mental aspect of it. Say someone can do mind reading or mind control, or something of the sort... I'd have to figure out with you GMs about that, since I was thinking he's kind of lost in concentration of keeping the field up, would that make him more vulnerable or less susceptible to someone's mind abilities? Would it be more reliant on the other person's abilities to capture his mind from his concentration?

Draw backs? Easy... It is based on his concentration. Most basic draw back is that he could get caught blind-sided while trying to keep a FF going. If he tries to force how long he can hold it, he'd get headaches and migraines depending on how long he holds it. Also, I figure that once I get a better idea of the amount of damage it can defend, the leftover that the FF doesn't stop would obviously go directly at him (or whoever he is defending), but I'm also debating on the affect it would have on his own body/mind, since the FF is probably a direct manifestation of his concentration.

Again, all open to discussion, because I don't want there to be issues later. :)

That looks good, so you’d be getting there probably Sophomre year which means most of the folks would be there at that point for you to interact with. Naturally for just a short bio it looks good, but once we get the power worked out we’ll go over the bio in depth. :) **wags tail**

Yay, can't wait to getting to working on the bio and other character sheet info. :)

[jeflint]

@Neurl Network

Okay, cool. :) So the moved in last year thing is fine?

Yep, that’s perfectly fine. You have to be a senior and Emil joined junior year so that’s a perfectly acceptable time to join. :)

Assuming we're staying relatively low-powered, yeah. If we start approaching Marvel or DC levels I reserve the right to raise the limit.

We’re supposed to be low powered/street level heroes. Which leaves some wiggle room since Spidey is technically a street level hero. But you can say Cloak & Dagger, Misty Knight, Dare Devil, Moon Knight, the New Warriors early one. On the DC side The Question, Technically Batman and his crew, The Creeper and a few others. Sadly street level is kinda hard to pin down exactly. The idea is that we can be beaten but we can beat up some hoodliums.

Hmmm. Alright. It'd depend on the circumstances a bit, but for common situations like bullets I can try and specify as needed.

Well there’s always the possibility of a gun or hurled object like a knife so we should think about it sooner rather than later. Normally with gravity things are constant until acted on by an outside force. So I could see that a bullet might be considerably more dangerous since it travels faster and with the advancement of gravity it might drop more but it’s certainly going to hurt a heck of a lot more when it hits. A Knife same thing but because it’s human powered it would have a faster drop off I would think.

Yes.

Can you walk us through this? Would you be constantly asking the person you’re training if it’s enough? Or would you feel when they’ve “adjusted”?


@Zhu Que

So, I figure to start (like day one of powers) would have been maybe a hand sized shield, enough to block away something projected at him. Kinda imagined the scene where people are talking and a ball from other students playing a sport comes at them and he blocks it, but his block would be a little Force Field on his hand. I mean I probably imagined this cause I watch too much anime and this nearly happens in most 'school life' animes... lol.

So, at a week of having his powers... I'd think he's probably able to make a small shield, like the size of a buckler or so,or wall his height but it takes a lot of concentration, so he's looking at maybe a minute at most. Given that it takes constant concentration, a minute can be a long time to be only blocked from one angle.

For damage that the shield can block, I have a little bit that I'm working on with a friend who does a lot of power creation with D&D characters, just to get an idea before I just spout random things here, lol, but I'll hopefully have that ready to put here in an hour or so.

I'm thinking not really an offensive power. Like he can't use it to throw attacks back at people, but maybe once he gets better at concentrating and doing things, he might be able to use it to slam somebody back away from his body. Not too set on this decision yet, if you have ideas.

I'm thinking invisible except when something hits it, almost like seeing the ripples of force shimmering along the length of the force field but no real view of it directly. On the example of hit by a car, it would transfer force but not damage, so like, if he's hit by a car going 20mph or more, he'll be pushed or thrown back, but the damage would be absorbed by the field. Early on, it'd probably destroy the shield, and since he'd only be able to protect one angel to start with, he could still end up with road rash or gashes from whatever the other side of his body hits.

Thinking electricity that hits the FF would probably knock his concentration, since electricity technically has no 'force' unless one part is positively charged and one is negatively or grounded. It would probably travel around the shield and jump to him, as it only protects one part of him. Like if he could do all around his body, the electricity wouldn't really have an 'in' to bounce to his body. If that makes sense? Same with temperature, I'm thinking. Willing to go more into thought process on dealing with elements for this if we need to.

Limits... I'm thinking mostly that attacks that have physical forms are more likely to be what he can protect against. I was thinking about the mental aspect of it. Say someone can do mind reading or mind control, or something of the sort... I'd have to figure out with you GMs about that, since I was thinking he's kind of lost in concentration of keeping the field up, would that make him more vulnerable or less susceptible to someone's mind abilities? Would it be more reliant on the other person's abilities to capture his mind from his concentration?

Draw backs? Easy... It is based on his concentration. Most basic draw back is that he could get caught blind-sided while trying to keep a FF going. If he tries to force how long he can hold it, he'd get headaches and migraines depending on how long he holds it. Also, I figure that once I get a better idea of the amount of damage it can defend, the leftover that the FF doesn't stop would obviously go directly at him (or whoever he is defending), but I'm also debating on the affect it would have on his own body/mind, since the FF is probably a direct manifestation of his concentration.

Again, all open to discussion, because I don't want there to be issues later. :)

How much concentration would this use up? Would it be a matter of when he gets practiced enough he can pop it and think about other things? How long can he hold the smaller size? Can he eventually make a force field like a sphere around him or would be limited to like skin tight field? If it’s a bubble eventually can he let air in or stop it from coming in? Thereby sealing in poison gas attack?

When the shield is in his “hand” does he lose that hand for other tasks involved manual dexterity or is it like it’s on his wrist? Does the shield hamper movement in anyway?

You said it transfers the kinetic energy could he potentially use that as a travel power? Like he grabs onto the back of a card and shields his feet and now he has a sorta skateboard?

I can see him using the shield like Captain America or U.S. Solider does. Where he can shield bash with it as well as do defensive. But this raises the question since Cap can throw his shield and it boomerangs around and stuff can your character toss the shield and have it come back?

Can the shield be used to brace walls? What about holding things aloft? Could it be used to catch someone who is falling?

[Neural Network]

@Neurl Network
Yep, that’s perfectly fine. You have to be a senior and Emil joined junior year so that’s a perfectly acceptable time to join. :)

Thanks. :)

We’re supposed to be low powered/street level heroes. Which leaves some wiggle room since Spidey is technically a street level hero. But you can say Cloak & Dagger, Misty Knight, Dare Devil, Moon Knight, the New Warriors early one. On the DC side The Question, Technically Batman and his crew, The Creeper and a few others. Sadly street level is kinda hard to pin down exactly. The idea is that we can be beaten but we can beat up some hoodliums.

Hmmm. So maybe like, brief spikes of higher G-levels towards the highest levels of power, but they take a lot out of her. Possibly more pinpoint targeting.

Well there’s always the possibility of a gun or hurled object like a knife so we should think about it sooner rather than later. Normally with gravity things are constant until acted on by an outside force. So I could see that a bullet might be considerably more dangerous since it travels faster and with the advancement of gravity it might drop more but it’s certainly going to hurt a heck of a lot more when it hits. A Knife same thing but because it’s human powered it would have a faster drop off I would think.

Sure, bullet might hurt more. I'm not sure how much that's saying given how much it hurts already, but I could see it making maybe a bigger hole. However, the velocity that the bullet might gain by the extra downward gravity is still probably nothing compared to the velocity of the bullet (plus it's going in a different direction). If someone drops a bullet on you, even from the distance your typical shooter would be, it's not gonna hurt a lot. Even if you multiplied that by 2 or 3, it still wouldn't hurt a lot, I don't think.

I'll eyeball the math just in case.

Bullets move at a velocity of hundreds to thousands of meters per second. Using the higher estimate of 20 feet for the area of the power gets 6.096 meters, and the velocity added by gravity is 9.81 m/s^2. A bullet, acted on by increased gravity or no, is clearing 20 feet in 1/20th of a second even at the low end of the range of speeds wiki listed (120 m/s). I.e. even increased, gravity is adding a couple m/s to the velocity overall--mere fractions of the bullet speed, I doubt enough to increase the damage much.

This also means I don't get any protection from bullets via my power though, so that's a minus.

(EDIT: Wait I'm a dumbass. This isn't even a velocity problem because velocity is only in one direction anyway. Don't think it matters though. )

I'll figure out stuff for knives, flailing down of arms, etc in a sec.

Okay, so assuming someone holds their hand up over Alexandra (without her using powers) and lets it drop, the force they'd generate is based on the mass of the hand times the acceleration by gravity. According to this, the hand makes up 0.575% of a human's body weight, which in an athletic U.S. human is around 200 pounds. 0.6% of 200 is I think 1.2 pounds, which is I think 2.64 kilograms. A kilogram is like a tenth of a Newton, so 2.64 kg becomes 26.4 N. I'm not sure what the acceleration would be, but I'll round up the gravitational constant and assume 1 second for 264 Newtons of force added. Multiplied by 3 you get 792 (600+180+12) Newtons. A boxer's punch is 5,000 Newtons, and 3,300 has a 25% of cracking a rib. If you doubled the amount of force because someone might use a two-fisted "haymaker" you'd get 1,584 Newtons, so a little under half that--a one-eighth chance of cracking rib if we're assuming it's linear odds. Someone with big hands might do more damage, as well.

So, making a ton of assumptions I don't think are correct, punches thrown the right way would do a noticeable amount more damage. Given that most people punch out, and not down, though, I don't think it'd matter for most punches (in the case of uppercuts the
damage would be lower actually). I think it'd be similar for knives, though again, once you stab someone, stabbing them a little deeper isn't that much worse (unless it's in the head), and this would only apply to downward stabs anyway. Tackles would probably do serious damage, and the increases would change to decreases when she lowers gravity.

Also, I thought of this just now, haymakers might also take longer to do because of the increased weight of the arms, and would have to be done quickly due to lower blood flow.

Can you walk us through this? Would you be constantly asking the person you’re training if it’s enough? Or would you feel when they’ve “adjusted”?

I think she'd have to ask. She might not even be able to do it at first, over- or underdoing it before she figures out how to control it fully. Besides that, it's pretty much just a situation where the guy sits or squats or whatever, and she asks "Are you ready?", at which point he will say yes if he is, and "harder" if he wants her to go harder ("softer" if he wants her to go softer, etc.). I apologize if that's a little bare-bones but I can't think of any other variables.

[Bernardo Hoagie]

@jeflint

Ive thought of the type of bully Taylor is. He's a Social Darwinist, who fully believes in the ideal of "survival of the fittest" and he divides people into two groups. Wolves and Sheep. Taylor attempts to "help" the sheep by pushing them around and making their days miserable, in his attempt to get them to toughen up and turn into wolves. As for other wolves, he divides them into 2 other groups, Allies and Enemies. Everything's all well and good if they're Allies, but if they're Enemies, then he tries his absolute best to one up them and best them at what they do. Taylor is not afraid to play dirty, either, and he will use any cheap trick he can to best his opponent. After all, all that matters is "survival of the fittest".

As for his power, I've thought on it a bit, and here is a better description for it

Evil Eye: a power that turns the eye into something hellish, with blood red cornea, yellow iris, and a lizard slitted pupil.

It's active range is 50 feet, and it has two effects:
1. It senses adrenaline within its radius
- Cannot zone in on a specific trail of adrenaline.
- Adrenaline trails can be disrupted by outside sources, like wind or bodies passing through the trail

2. If he focuses on a target, it causes the target to become stressed, the stress increases exponentially, until death by heart attack.
- Stress has five stages: Mild, Moderate, Severe, Extreme, and Death
- Stress bar ranges from 0-100, and with every interval of 20, the stage of stress advances.
- For every round Taylor stares at a target, the stress bar increases exponentially.
- If only staring at target, stress bar increases by 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17, and 19 points per round
- If staring into target's eyes, stress bar increases 4,12,20,28, and 36 points per round
- If Taylor's sight is disrupted, then point gain is reset to beginning value
- Target's sticks for 2 rounds, then decreases by 9,27, and 64 points per round.

Weaknesses:
- Reflective surfaces cause Taylor to gain stress
- Evil Eye effect greatly diminished when staring through shadow, and can't penetrate black/dark grey surfaces/materials.
- must see target to take effect, range limited to 50 feet.
- Due to eye's appearance and inability to deactivate power, must wear sunglasses/pitch black contacts to look at others without effects.
- Evil Eye does not work on Psychopaths or others lacking fear/stress response.

[PentheWonderful]

I'm fine with only changing his eyes. It is more of what I was actually thinking from the start. The rest was just a thought that came to me as I was writing my reply.

Excellent!

So, tell me about the extent of his enhances; how sharp would his senses become? Give me specifics, would he be able to see in the dark? Would he be able to squeeze through small spaces as cats do? Would he have increased reaction speed? How sharp would his hearing and smelling become and what are the drawbacks?

[Zhu Que]

@Zhu Que
How much concentration would this use up? Would it be a matter of when he gets practiced enough he can pop it and think about other things?

I'm thinking that definitely at the start, that in an 'aah!' shock moment, he can kind of throw it up, but for it to last past that instant reaction, it requires all of his concentration. I figure that even as he gets more use to his power and learns more, it still requires a great deal of his concentration. Probably limit him to speaking, and simple thoughts and movements, anything more complicated or that requires complex thought makes it harder to hold the FF, like easier to break the FF. Thoughts?

How long can he hold the smaller size?

The smaller shield... I'm thinking that at the start it is only short bursts, something like under a half minute, as her gets better, up to a couple of minutes. Still working on that finite detail. My friend has been busy and hadn't gotten back yet, so looks like I'm going to be tiptoeing through the finite until we've dealt with the kinks.

Can he eventually make a force field like a sphere around him or would be limited to like skin tight field?

I was actually discussing this with my spouse a little bit ago. He asked the same question, if it was directly on my character's skin. I'm figuring that since it would be more effective for protecting partners if it is around him, not just his body. I think the bigger power of it would be being able to make a full sphere that way he, or possibly another, would be protected all around. I was thinking the FF might not be big enough for many people, but maybe two okay and three tight, or whatever we hash out and decide works out okay without being too over-powered.

If it’s a bubble eventually can he let air in or stop it from coming in? Thereby sealing in poison gas attack?

I was thinking about this, but came across the worry of air tight leading to the problem of over powered, if he could trap someone and make it so they run out of clean oxygen and suffocate. The limitation to that though still is that it requires his concentration. The bigger or more full sphere would take more concetration, and to hold it longer and longer would also require undisturbed concentration. Was thinking if he's able to place his FF on someone else, it leaves him more vulnerable, and thus he'd have to worry about being attacked while attempting to suffocate someone. Plus scientifically, you do the equation of area for a spherical object, the possible mass of oxygen, plus if someone is holding their breath or controlled breathing, it takes way to long to actually suffocate someone. The effect on him would be more likely to cause problems or put him a harmful position way before he could actually harm someone through suffocation and thus would not be a viable course of action. So overall, I think I lean towards being able to control the let of air, if my reasoning was sufficiant enough to make it not as likely an over-powered thing.

When the shield is in his “hand” does he lose that hand for other tasks involved manual dexterity or is it like it’s on his wrist? Does the shield hamper movement in anyway?

I would say that while it isn't directly on his skin, it would still limit his use of his hand. As in he needs, in the beginning to 'control' it's direction with his hand. I would say it does hamper movement in the sense that he can't run around recklessly, and he does have to be facing and 'directing' with one hand, so it isn't like he could use some tool or weapon that requires two hands with strong dexerity. The part about weapons or items is like in the case of him protecting someone and needing to defend himself, makes it difficult if you're mind and hand are busy.

You said it transfers the kinetic energy could he potentially use that as a travel power? Like he grabs onto the back of a card and shields his feet and now he has a sorta skateboard?

I would say no. On the fact that it would take more split concentration for the act of grabbing and holding onto the car, as well as actively directing the shield to his feet. I am more than content with him just getting to the point of walking with the FF active. If this was a more powerful based game, then for travel, maybe, but at lower levels, no not really worried about travel powers.

I can see him using the shield like Captain America or U.S. Solider does. Where he can shield bash with it as well as do defensive. But this raises the question since Cap can throw his shield and it boomerangs around and stuff can your character toss the shield and have it come back?

I was thinking similar to Capt. for the shield bash, but no, I would not think he can throw it and it returns to him. He would have to drop the FF and bring it back up again, which would be draining. I'd say that if he could somehow throw it to say, bounce an attack away from an ally, that would be cool, but then he'd have to lose it and spend more concentration to create another FF.

Can the shield be used to brace walls? What about holding things aloft? Could it be used to catch someone who is falling?

I would say that it would only be able to brace or hold things for as long as he can with-hold the power, which would be determined by concentration and the risk of suffering draw backs. Which is something that I'll definitely have to work on grinding out the timing versus concentration versus negative side effects thing.

As for catching someone who is falling, I would say it may be possible, but might not be the best for him. I mean, overall we have the situation of Superman catching Lois Lane from falling. The man of steel would have more likely caused just as much harm as hitting the ground. I mean, the opposing velocities, the shock and force of their bodies impacting, she probably would have died if based on the science of such a traumatic catch. I would say that for the FF, though, it may over all be safer than someone hitting the concrete or hard rocky ground, but them hitting bushes or something, he'd have to make the decision if it would be more beneficial to everybody. Though if we determine the damage levels the FF can take at what size and concentration and whatever, and determine the damage a falling body might cause, if he is willing to risk damaging himself, he could pop a FF up and when they hit it, he could risk self damage to try and slow their fall. Again, totally up to adjusting.


So this took longer than I thought it might, I went to my parents to be closer to my doctor for tomorrow's appointment, so now I've got kitties distracting me every few sentences...

OMG I thought I just lost everything because I'm getting used to the keyboard on the tablet instead of the laptop, and accidently hit the touch pad mouse and went back a page. I freaked out until I hit forward and everything was still here. *dies*

[jeflint]

@Bernardo Hoagie

I’ve thought of the type of bully Taylor is. He's a Social Darwinist, who fully believes in the ideal of "survival of the fittest" and he divides people into two groups. Wolves and Sheep. Taylor attempts to "help" the sheep by pushing them around and making their days miserable, in his attempt to get them to toughen up and turn into wolves. As for other wolves, he divides them into 2 other groups, Allies and Enemies. Everything's all well and good if they're Allies, but if they're Enemies, then he tries his absolute best to one up them and best them at what they do. Taylor is not afraid to play dirty, either, and he will use any cheap trick he can to best his opponent. After all, all that matters is "survival of the fittest".

Ok… I see that survival of the fittest would be a cool mentality but this reads to me like a text book example of extreme bullying. Which means he’s going to probably be in trouble with just about all the teachers if he’s not subtle about it. Nothing I read above makes me think he’s very subtle about his bullying and intimidation tactics. Remember the goal of the game is to be at least on good terms with most of the characters and if he’s at odds with the other players he’s going to be left out of activities.

While I appreciate the bully I think we might wanna tinker with this a bit. Take a look at the new Flash Tompson in Spider-man. He’s a dick but to everyone that’s not Parker and his buddy he’s cool with. So his target list is very small. And Flash and Parker are both academic rivals in this case since they’re on some sorta brain game competition.

Just trying to make sure everyone has fun and nothing is fun if you’re kept outta the group for playing your character like a jerk and no one wants to interact with him. I think he’s got potential and like I said we don’t have a bully in the school that I’m aware of.

Evil Eye: a power that turns the eye into something hellish, with blood red cornea, yellow iris, and a lizard slitted pupil.

It's active range is 50 feet, and it has two effects:
1. It senses adrenaline within its radius
- Cannot zone in on a specific trail of adrenaline.
- Adrenaline trails can be disrupted by outside sources, like wind or bodies passing through the trail

Does it work for any creature’s adrenaline trail? Or only human?

2. If he focuses on a target, it causes the target to become stressed, the stress increases exponentially, until death by heart attack.
- Stress has five stages: Mild, Moderate, Severe, Extreme, and Death
- Stress bar ranges from 0-100, and with every interval of 20, the stage of stress advances.
- For every round Taylor stares at a target, the stress bar increases exponentially.
- If only staring at target, stress bar increases by 1,3,5,7,9,11,13,15,17, and 19 points per round
- If staring into target's eyes, stress bar increases 4,12,20,28, and 36 points per round
- If Taylor's sight is disrupted, then point gain is reset to beginning value
- Target's sticks for 2 rounds, then decreases by 9,27, and 64 points per round.

Ok… Death is probably a bit too much. A Power that can kill by staring is well… that’s frightening. We might wanna rethink that Death Part.

As someone with a lot of phobias, stresses and panic attacks I can tell you that it really feels like you’ll die and it’s not pleasant at all. But there are a lot of effects it can have on the body. It would be my suggestion to review that and go from there. Because the chest pain from what feels like a heart attack can and would send most people to the hospital.

I don’t know if I fully follow the stress bar increasing. How long does it take to go from none to mild? Time in minutes please. How long to go from Moderate to Extreme? Cause it makes it seem like he could kill someone by staring at them in the back of the head during a class and that’s certainly not something we want if we can avoid it.

Weaknesses:
- Reflective surfaces cause Taylor to gain stress
- Evil Eye effect greatly diminished when staring through shadow, and can't penetrate black/dark grey surfaces/materials.
- must see target to take effect, range limited to 50 feet.
- Due to eye's appearance and inability to deactivate power, must wear sunglasses/pitch black contacts to look at others without effects.
- Evil Eye does not work on Psychopaths or others lacking fear/stress response.

Would he ever get the ability to control his evil eye? Later in the game would he be able to activate it through his shades?

I think we’re on to a really good start but we have a bit more fine tuning to do before I turn you over to Boss and Pen. :)

@Zhu Que

Ok, Zhu I’ve read over all of what you’ve said and I agree with most of this. What I’d like you to do is write it up the way we’ve discussed so far so we can see if there’s anything else that needs to be addressed. The only question I have right now is that does the shield, if he’s bracing a wall, give him the ability to hold said wall? Since in theory he doesn’t get any strength boosts or anything.

[Bernardo Hoagie]

Yep, definitely needs fine tuning, but I assume that's why this first stage of character creation is here. I'll probably steal this idea for any games I run, I like it quite a bit.

So basically, we need to tune down the bullying, and downscale the power. I think the power will be easier, so let's work on that first.

I think showing adrenaline trails of animals would be too much. His tracking ability is hard enough to use as is, I think that would make it unusable.

Got it, no death stare, and I can also be subjective about the stare's power, it just follows three rules:
It has a range of 50 feet, he must have line of sight, and he has to focus on a target.
It starts off weak, and gets more powerful the longer he stares.
The stare is more powerful with eye contact.

So as long as you are quick on your feet, he can't focus on you. That means he can't use his power on you as well while you're being evasive, and it being weak at the beginning means you'll barely feel it. Also, causing people to become stressed has some unpredictable consequences, so he may just screw himself over or get himself shot if he stresses someone out too much.

As for control over his power, he will never overcome his weaknesses. He'll learn to master it, but he won't ever be able to turn it off or overpower shadows and the color black.

[jeflint]

You sorta mentioned how the powers might read to different people so let's follow that strand a bit... for instance Sasha stresses about tests and failing at school and the like while she's cool headed and strong in the face of challenges in sports. Or in the case of Dante and Cass who are a bit more controlled in their emotions and can set aside the feelings of stress in critical moments. How does his power work or influence in that case?

[Bernardo Hoagie]

Probably a greater tolerance to stress, and the ability to think through it, even if it's really beginning to make you overwhelmed and panicked. Stress can begin to spawn negative thoughts, so his stare make you your own worst enemy. It's not brainwashing, though, it's just overloading you and making you extremely uncomfortable.

[Elf]

Excellent!

So, tell me about the extent of his enhances; how sharp would his senses become? Give me specifics, would he be able to see in the dark? Would he be able to squeeze through small spaces as cats do? Would he have increased reaction speed? How sharp would his hearing and smelling become and what are the drawbacks?

We'll tackle the squeezing through small openings first. He cannot collapse his shoulders or rib cage so he would definitely not be able to squeeze through a round opening too small for his shoulders. How ever in the case of bars or such if he can get his head through he will be able to get his whole body through. Like Halle Berry as Catwoman escaped from her jail cell.

Feline vision: Definitely has night vision (can see in the dark) normal sight would better than 20/20 like about 20/10. His visual spectrum would extend into the infrared and ultraviolet, not fully into either, but enough for him to see heat sources and for the outdoor night to be no darker than twilight to him.

Feline hearing: He would be able hear low volume sounds that would be inaudible to the normal human ear. He would be sensitive to frequencies both above and below the normal range for hearing. He could hear a whisper from across a large room, or the heart beat of others around. He will also be able to hear a dog whistle and some ultrasonic security systems. On the other end he will be able hear infrasonic sounds as well, like the sounds the Earth makes before an Earthquake or what Damn might make before it breaks.

Feline olfactory (smell): His olfactory sense will be far more acute than a humans. He will be able to identify individuals by their unique scent and track by scent. He will be able to find drugs or explosives by their scent.

Feline agility: Actually do his extensive training in the martial arts I really don't see a whole lot of improvement in his reaction speed or over all grace.  The only noticeable difference I can think of at this time would be the innate ability to right himself during a fall. He would land on all fours just like a cat.

Feline strength: He would be able to jump approximately 3x times his own height straight up. Going for distance he would double that distance and with a running start could increase that distance by several more yards. This, of course, would also mean that his punches and kicks could have a lot more force in them. He would be able to dead lift between 800 to 1000 pounds.

Drawbacks:
Sight: Sudden bright light will daze and blind him. Flashing lights especially in different colors will confuse and disorientate him badly. He won't be activating his sight in a night club. At first he will not recognize the different things he sees in infrared or ultraviolet he will have to learn what these new things are.

Hearing: Loud noises will have much the same affect on him and his hearing as the light does on his eyes. He will also be more affected by auditory based powers, they will affect him quicker and hit him harder. It is also going to take him time to learn to filter out excess noise to hear just what he wants to hear. This is a skill not an innate ability.

Smell: Again especially strong aromas will cause him great discomfort and render the sense useless for a time. Also he will have to learn to filter the different scents. Again a skill not an innate ability. A major drawback though is any scent intended to cause a mental or physical response will affect him more. Nerve gas will no greater affect on him as the scent is how it works. Pheromones on the hand will. They cause both mind and body to react to the scent, for most humans this is entirely subconscious as they don't realize the scent is there. He can smell it and even if he does not know what it is, it is going to hit him both subconsciously and consciously. So a girl ovulating walks past him, his body and mind will almost instantly go into mating mode.

[Zhu Que]

@Zhu Que

Ok, Zhu I’ve read over all of what you’ve said and I agree with most of this. What I’d like you to do is write it up the way we’ve discussed so far so we can see if there’s anything else that needs to be addressed. The aonly question I have right now is that does the shield, if he’s bracing a wall, give him the ability to hold said wall? Since in theory he doesn’t get any strength boosts or anything.

Will do. I am going to the doctor right now, so I will have to do that when I get back.

About holding the wall, I think that the only way it would be 'holding' is more that it is just really preventing it from falling on him. More likely the scene would be like, he throws up the FF quickly to stop stuff from dropping on him, and he has to use that short moment he's got control on it to back away from the danger. I'd think that trying to boost the FF enough to have a 'hold' the wall from falling or whatever, would most likely result in an extreme migraine, or worse depending on what is the decided damage scale for his FF and his draw backs.

Speaking of the fortitude of the FF and draw backs, I will be working on that more today.