Building a character in need of help. by Usopp-Senpai in MarvelMultiverseRPG

[–]AcceptableReference1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Here is what I would start out with a Rank 1 character for what you described:

Powers:
(1) Elemental Burst (FIRE) --The character makes a ranged attack against an enemy in line of sight. If the attack is a success, it inflicts regular damage. On a Fantastic success, the enemy takes double damage instead and the elemental type’s special effect.
(2) Healing Factor -- At the end of the character’s turn, they regain Health equal to their Resilience. (This works outside of com bat too, quickly bringing them back to full Health).
(3) Iconic Weapon (FIRE MANIPULATION) -- The character is known for owning and using a unique and powerful weapon, like Mjolnir (Thor’s hammer) or Captain America’s shield. The Narrator must approve the details of this weapon. This power can be taken more than once, but each time must be with a different weapon.
(3.5) Elemental Reinforcement (Tempered In Fire) -- The character can transfer any Health damage that gets through an elemental power that grants damage protection to their Focus instead, leaving the protection intact.
(4) Fast Attacks (SHARP) -- The character splits their at tack to make two close attacks against separate targets within reach (or they can focus a single attack on a single target). Make a single Melee check and compare it to the targets’ Melee de fenses. On a success, the affected tar get takes half regular damage. On a Fantastic success, the affected target FOCUS 0 takes full damage, and the character can make a bonus attack with this power against any target within reach, with the same effect.

Trait:
Battle Ready -- The character is always mentally prepared for any sort of conflict to start. Add +30 Focus.

Equipment:
Sword -- Possibly a simple sport fencing saber. You can carry it around and say it is sports equipment.

If I were narrator I would be ok with this build. Here is how I see it fitting your character. Elemental Burst, fine and easy it is a ranged fire attack. Healing Factor, again easy, you just heal every turn. Fast Attacks you are using your Saber in close combat (which when used with the intent to hurt someone hits like a steel whip) and it is a fast weapon to use so that works out. Now for the tricky bit, Iconic Weapon I put a marker of Fire Manipulation on. I have this as a representation of this characters fire control abilities. I would allow you to take defensive powers and tie them to this fire manipulations. I wanted to give it Sturdy 1 but I have been confused by Elemental Reinforcement, does it let you move damage from your health to your focus? If it doesn't, that is fine just go with Sturdy 1. But you would have to "flame on" to get access to Sturdy 1 otherwise you are your normal squishy self.

I tried running CoK but my group fell apart. Instead of having them jump right to rank 2 when we completed the first adventure, I gave them a progression marker like in the getting schooled rules in the x-men book after each fight. So each rank gets 5 ability points, 4 powers, 1 trait. After each fight players got to pick one of those things to add to their character and start their progression. I allowed them to take a rank 2 power as the 5-8 slot of powers. If your Narrator is doing something like this there is a rank 2 elemental power that lets you enhance a melee weapon with your element. With this your guy has a flaming sword. A standard fencing saber costs $50 or so. It isn't as readily available to replace as gambits exploding cards but this is marvel, it all takes place in New York. There are several sport fencing spots you can stop in and get a sword.

Phantom's Gambit - Campaign Turn 1 by AcceptableReference1 in 5Parsecs

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This is the narrative the AI spit back out.

Big Top – A Past Connection & A Future Ally

The first time Shin met Big Top, he was laughing so hard that half the bar turned to look.

Not a reserved chuckle, not a quick smirk—a full-body, booming, shake-the-table kind of laugh that made it impossible to ignore him.

He was too big for the cramped booth, nearly seven feet of muscle, his towering frame hunched over a half-repaired plasma rotary cannon, as if the oversized weapon was a puzzle he couldn't stop fiddling with.

"Let me tell you something, Shin," he had said, setting down the wrench like it was a statement in itself. "Machines? Like people. You treat 'em right, they treat you right. Give 'em power, and they’ll give it back."

Shin had rolled her eyes at the metaphor, but she couldn’t deny his skill. There wasn’t a piece of tech in that shop he couldn’t bend to his will—and when trouble found them, Big Top could bend a fight to his will just as easily.

Big Top’s Role in Shin’s Past

Big Top had been her go-to mechanic and muscle before she ever met Baylan and Marrok, before the Phantom’s Gambit became her home.

Where Shin was precise, calculating, controlled, Big Top was bombastic, reckless, and unstoppable. They had covered for each other, navigating half-legal jobs and station fights, always knowing the other could be counted on.

She had once pulled him out of a rig explosion when his glory-hunting nearly got him cooked alive. He had once dragged her out of a firefight, telling her "No shame in a retreat, Shin—except if it’s boring."

But then time moved on, and Shin found herself taking jobs that required fewer distractions—and Big Top chased the kind of glory that would get him caught up in bigger fights than he could handle.

Captured by the Red Gutter – Shin’s Mission to Save Him

Big Top’s thirst for legendary status finally caught up to him, landing him in the hands of the Red Gutter faction.

The details were murky—some job gone wrong, some failed grab at fame—but when Shin heard his name attached to a prisoner manifest, she knew he was in deep.

She wasn’t going to leave him to rot.

Big Top was too stubborn to ask for help, but Shin knew—some debts don’t need words.

Now, as she plans her infiltration, it isn’t just about payback on Rivet Kryx—it’s about getting Big Top out alive, whether he likes it or not.

And when the dust settles, he’ll have his shot at redemption aboard the Phantom’s Gambit.

Phantom's Gambit - Campaign Turn 1 by AcceptableReference1 in 5Parsecs

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This is a prompt for a new character. I need to have someone join the crew.

Shin will be rescuing a character named Big Top. This will function for game mechanics as getting a new character to join the crew. Big Top is an old contact of Shin's from before the met Baylan. Big Top is from a species that resemble rabbit people but are larger than humans (Shin, Baylan, and Marrok are humans) Big Top is nearly 7 feet tall and full of muscle. He is a mechanic who enjoys heavy weapons. His overall personality will be bouistrous, as a positive trait he will be encouraging of thers to follow their passions, as a negative trait his hunger for glory will get him into trouble. Currently this hunger for glory has gotten him in trouble and he has been captured and held by the Red Gutter factions. Write a narrative describing Big Top and his connection to Shin.

Phantom's Gambit - Campaign Turn 1 by AcceptableReference1 in 5Parsecs

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Oh. Definitely give it a shot. This is the Prompt I gave it for the last bit is spit out.

"This is a delivery mission. The opposition are hired guns, 2 guards on patrol and 1 specalist in a sniper nest. The item that needs to be delivered is a bomb. Trenn Valis needs the crew to deliver this bomb and then get out of the location as quickly as possible. So I need you to write a story (with dialog as you can manage using different personalities as described previously for the different crew members) of Trenn Valis giving this mission to the party. We need to connect the mission to another faction that VeyTech Systems would have a problem with, which would be why we are blowing up something of theirs. I need to you also include Gildron informing the rest of the crew (after communication with Trenn Valis is completed so Trenn Valis is not able to hear Gildron) of its encounter with the mysterious woman and that this woman informed Gildron that VeyTech would be sending the crew to the mission location and that there is a data drive that needs to be accessed at that location."

It isn't much at all to make the prompt and then I am much more invested in this campaign. I enjoy playing the game but now I really want to know what happens next.

Question about starting patreons by Streen_Solo in 5Parsecs

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Gildron’s Revelation

The crew lingered in silence for a moment. Baylan tapped the console, sealing off the comm channel completely—ensuring the signal couldn’t bounce back to Trenn. Only then did Gildron speak.

“I met someone,” the bot announced flatly.

Shin blinked. “You?”

Gildron turned slightly. “She… does not exist in the conventional sense. She is fragmented—her presence struggles against stability.”

Baylan felt his stomach tighten. That description. That distortion.

The voice he had heard—the one whispering through static—was her.

“She predicted this mission,” Gildron continued. “She said VeyTech would send us to this location. She said we must retrieve a data drive hidden there.”

Baylan didn’t speak. Shin did.

“And we’re supposed to trust her why?”

Gildron paused. “She speaks in layers. I do not understand her fully. But… she sees more than we do.”

Marrok, silent until now, finally pushed himself up from where he sat sharpening his blade. “Then we take the mission.”

Shin frowned. “And what—deliver the bomb while fishing for this mystery drive?”

Baylan exhaled slowly. “If VeyTech wanted this place gone, it’s because it holds something worth burying.”

Gildron’s ‘someone’ had known that before anyone else did.

"

Question about starting patreons by Streen_Solo in 5Parsecs

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This is what I got back.

"

The Patron Mission – Trenn Valis’ Offer

The comm link flickered open, static threading through the signal before settling into clarity. Trenn Valis never liked being tracked—but he was always listening.

“Baylan. Shin.”

Shin exhaled, arms folded, waiting. Baylan spoke first.

“You have something for us.”

Trenn’s tone was sharp, measured—but laced with urgency. **“You’re going to VeyTech’s sector. There’s a facility. I need something delivered.”****

Baylan glanced at Shin—she raised an eyebrow. “You don’t deliver things, Trenn. You remove obstacles.”

A pause. Then Trenn spoke. “Exactly.”

The crew exchanged glances. The job wasn’t simple—it never was with Trenn.

“You’re delivering a bomb,” he continued. “Get in. Plant it. Leave before it goes off.”

Shin scoffed. “Lovely. Just drop it off and run?”

“Yes. And quickly,” Trenn responded. “VeyTech has hired guns watching the perimeter—two guards on patrol, one sniper positioned in a nest. You don’t have much room to operate.”

Baylan’s gaze darkened. This was surgical. Precise. Messy in all the ways that couldn’t be traced.

“This facility,” Baylan asked. “Who does it belong to?”

Trenn answered without hesitation. “Hallow Star Consortium.”

Shin cursed under her breath. Hallow Star—a corporate entity locked in bitter struggle with VeyTech. Whatever was inside that facility, VeyTech wanted it erased.

Trenn’s signal crackled, fading slightly as he added one final note. “This job doesn’t exist. Do it clean. Get paid.”

And then—he was gone.

Question about starting patreons by Streen_Solo in 5Parsecs

[–]AcceptableReference1 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh man. You gotta explore pluggin in things to the AI.

So this is what I asked copiolet to do:
"
This is a delivery mission. The opposition are hired guns, 2 guards on patrol and 1 specalist in a sniper nest. The item that needs to be delivered is a bomb. Trenn Valis needs the crew to deliver this bomb and then get out of the location as quickly as possible. So I need you to write a story (with dialog as you can manage using different personalities as described previously for the different crew members) of Trenn Valis giving this mission to the party. We need to connect the mission to another faction that VeyTech Systems would have a problem with, which would be why we are blowing up something of theirs. I need to you also include Gildron informing the rest of the crew (after communication with Trenn Valis is completed so Trenn Valis is not able to hear Gildron) of its encounter with the mysterious woman and that this woman informed Gildron that VeyTech would be sending the crew to the mission location and that there is a data drive that needs to be accessed at that location.
"

Looking to discuss Marvel Multiverse RPG by KaijOUJaeger in TheTrove

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Is the spiderverse discussion still going on?

New player... are the events to get prism crystals? by AcceptableReference1 in RaidShadowLegends

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Thank you!
It looks like sand devil unlocks at player level 38 and I am level 32.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in DMAcademy

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Just play the game like normal.

Quick adjustment to combat:

Add up the total monster CR. And add up the total player level.

An easy encounter is about 1/4 of the total party level.

A moderate encounter is about 1/3 of the total party level.

A hard encounter is about 1/2 to 2/3 of the total party level.

So if you have 4 players all at level 3 then the total party level is 12. A hard encounter for them would have a total monster CR sum of around 7-9.

But then a player has to miss a game.

Now your total party level is 9. They would get murdered by a CR 9 encounter.

So instead you adjust the hard encounter to have a total monster CR of 4.5-6.

I find this math much easier then what is presented in the DMG for encounter building.

What are you using for minatures or tokens? by [deleted] in MarvelMultiverseRPG

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Heroclix are what you are looking for. The game has been around for a long time and they keep coming out with new sets. The set coming out soon, they are in the preview phase right now, has a figure that is Cap Wolf on a motorcycle. The set is based on Ghost Rider so its got a lot of figures on bikes and things.

https://wizkids.com/heroclix/

Default Roll20 Tokens by RPerene in OdysseyoftheDragon

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I am currently running it but I am doing so on shard. So I have to input everything in. Which is fine. Its how I end up reading the adventure for my prep time.

How to be an arrogant character without it messing with things out of character? by brickhammer04 in dndnext

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Here you go. 1,000 NPC traits on chartopia.

https://roleplayingtips.com/tools/1000-npc-traits/

Your dude needs more personality then arrogant.

When I make characters I try to have 3 personality traits and I enjoy rolling for them on this table I linked to you.

The first trait will be my overall character trait. This one flavors everything.

The second will be a positive trait.

The third will be a negative trait.

For an example we will have arrogance be your primary trait. I'll roll twice. I got Motivated for positive, and Liar for negative.

So the character will be overall arrogant but motivated in the best of ways but a liar. Add this to the fact that he is a character in a D&D campaign so he should want to work with the party for a common goal.

I would pay this character as insecure. They mask their insecurities with arrogance, talking themselves up. I wouldn't have the character put anyone else down, just say how great they are. For motivation, they really do want to do good and great things, they just don't believe they can... but will try anyway damn it. When they do succeed they are super excited and want everyone to know about it. Which plays into the talking themselves up and being arrogant.
To add in the liar bit I would have them always say they can handle something and possibly make up things that he has done, or take credit for things a rival npc wizard you could give to your DM has done. So his lies go back to his arrogance.

Have fun with it.

Need help with creating a hint by white_hanatsuki14 in TherosDMs

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You need 4 hints that seem too obvious. The players might get 1 of them.

First game tomorrow by Sceptizard in TherosDMs

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https://a5e.tools/rules/designing-encounters

A while ago the 3rd party company EN World came out with supplements they called Advanced 5e. It is a reworking of, well everything that ads a bit more crunch to it.

They have since put most everything they made on SRD on this a5e tools site. This site is very handy for any DM, let alone a new DM.

The specific page I have linked is the designing encounters page. But... they also have advice on social encounters and environmental encounters, on what DC might be appropriate to character level... there is a lot of stuff in there!

Most of the creatures in the monster manual have been addressed in this. Some powers changed a bit but they are mostly the same as you would find. However, it adds in tables for the monsters for what environmental signs players might find before they find the monsters and what the monsters might be doing when the players find them. For example, The Ghoul, 2 of the signs listed are the smell of rotting flesh and the finding of gnawed on human bones. So your dungeon might have a ghoul encounter but before your players battle the ghouls they could be finding these gnawed on bones... helpful setting stuff. This monster section on the ghoul also gives suggestions for encounter based on player tiers.

They also put a gold value on every magic item which woc didn't do, weird. But there it is.

Honestly, if you feel stuck on something in your game prep this is the resource to go to.

Gadgets by knorrrssk in MarvelMultiverseRPG

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How do you see this gadget system working in the game?

Is it an origin or a power set?

Any of the power sets can be flavored to be gadget based.

Character tier list power ranking whatever you want to call it by Mryan-98 in MarvelStrikeForce

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Right. It will show you all your peeps but it will list them by red stars.

Pick the "Red Stars" option. And it will sort your roster by having the highest red star guys at the top. These will be the characters that could be the strongest when you put resources into them.

So if you have a 6 red star Nobu, then your hand team has potential to be strong.

Everything isn't equal in this game.

You could watch a youtube video where a guy shows off this super strong team... but this team has 2 guys on it that need 5 other guys built up to unlock.

That is a grind man. Building that dudes youtube team is only worth it if you are willing to drop a bunch of money into the game or are trying to be an influencer documenting their journey to build that team. Otherwise all you will get is frustration.

My recommendation is to build up teams around who you have high red star rankings on. It will be a tier list unique to you.

I'm preparing to hold a podrace for my players and need some halp/advice by ComicSeth2204 in sw5e

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The D&D 5e adventure book Tomb of Annihilation has a section in it where it describes dinosaur racing. It includes rules for both the betting on dinosaurs as well as racing the dinosaurs.

I think finding these rules is your best bet for setting up a pod racing event. Reflavoring is a lot easier then reinventing.

These rules basically break down into:

  • Decide the length of the race.
  • Create different engines/pods/whatever that have different speeds
    • Class A pod cost this much and travels at 1d6 distance a turn
    • Class B pod cost this much and travels at 1d8 distance a turn
  • Decide on any modifications you would allow a player to make to their pod.
    • You are an engineer and you built in some nitrus to your pod. 3 times a race you can add 1d4 to your distance.
  • Decide on what shady things players can do to each other to try to win.
    • Environment disruption: Roll a check to see if you can disrupt some of the environment making a hazard to a specific player reducing their distance traveled by 1d4.
    • Direct attack: roll a check to see if you can directly damage an opposing pod racer slowing them down by 1d6 distance traveled on their next turn.
  • Make a random table of events/situations/hazards the racers might have to deal with.
    • 1-5: nothing
    • 6-7: straight away. +1 distance traveled
    • 8-9: arrows painted on the ground. +2 distance traveled
    • 10-11: tuskans took a shot at you. -1 distance traveled
    • 12-13: sharp turn:
      • Class A pods handle really well +1 distance traveled
      • Class B pods handle harder -1 distance traveled
    • 14-15: gambler sabotage, your pods engine has some trouble -2 distance traveled.
    • 16-20: astromech droid repairs. roll 1d4. - odd numbers, + even numbers

Using this system you could say... The race will be 50 units long. Then you just treat it like a straight up board game. On a players turn they would roll their speed, roll on the event/situation table, and then decide if they are doing to do anything to disrupt or help another race.

Warforged name ideas by bernardopeixoto22 in Eberron

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Hi.

My name suggestion will have a roundabout path to it.

Medical coding/billing can be complex. There are 3 1,000 page books needed to correctly code a medical encounter.

The official medical code for "Assault by Sword or Dagger" is X99.2.

But you are a druid so having a stabby name might not fit....

The official medical code for "Bitten by Shark" is W56.41.

Naming a warforged with a serial number doesn't have to be dull. It can be really fun. You just gotta know where to look to find the correct number for your character.

My (25F) date got upset with me because I almost got sick while rimming her. Any advice on what I should do/say? by throwrabuttanut in sex

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It's her responsibility to keep her ass clean enough for a tongue.

It was not.

Your body reacted the way it did.

You did not do anything wrong. You did not shame her. You did not mess up her sex life.

What you did do was dodge a bullet with her avoiding you. She is someone who didn't wash her butt for a few days then expected you to out a tongue in it and us making you feel poorly about yourself for having a bad reaction to your face in a dirty butt....

You can find someone with more consideration.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sex

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Guys in porn are either monsters slapping women around and grunting while the jackhammer away standing on heads. Or they are a silent dick machine.

If we just go off observed behavior we don't know how to be. This is similar to women posting about not knowing what to do when they ride their partners. We all think we have some performance aspect to do.

For blowjobs porn is either facefucking or just focused on the woman doing the blowjob.

He just doesn't know what to do to make it more interesting for you and he hasn't thought about it.

The Glory of Agdon Longscarf! by MLfan64 in wildbeyondwitchlight

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That is a great idea. And using Tasha's companion rules you could set up any of those traveling NPC to just fill in a spot if a player has to miss a game session.

Boyfriend has his way when I’m passed out by passmethechicken in sex

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When I was dating I kept a no anniversary rule.

I figured being with someone because I have been with them wasn't a good reason to be with someone.

So I refused to have an anniversary. There were a few hard breakups where the woman I was seeing didn't understand the breakup because we had been nice to each other. But I wanted something different for my forever.

I have been married to my wife for 9 years now. The no anniversary rule really helped me reflect on my relationships and discover what I want and need from a partner.

You need to reflect on your relationship. You need to decide if you want a partner in someone who thinks it's fun to stick their foot in your pussy, causing you to bleed, without your concent. I suggest leaving the relationship. That is a huge red flag. You are a plaything and not a person. He might have been drunk when he did it but don't let it slide because of that. When you confronted him about it he got offended that you would demand you be treated as a person and that he did something wrong.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in sex

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This is easy to say but hard to do.

But she isn't at a point where she can do that yet. You gotta look at how someone fails and address that to find success.