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Posted by: Sweno - 10-20-2008, 05:13 AM - Forum: General Chatter
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| Emerald Blast's build (aka I dunno, I just slotted stuff) |
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Posted by: Sofaspud - 10-20-2008, 02:09 AM - Forum: Build Advice
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Okay, I know it's time for a respec, even if just to get Hover instead of Air Superiority (and probably drop Manuevers to be able to slot Hover properly).
Here's her CURRENT build; feel free to suggest improvements. I imagine there's a bunch of 'em. 
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.4006
http://www.cohplanner.com/
Emerald Blast: Level 50 Magic Defender
Primary Power Set: Empathy
Secondary Power Set: Radiation Blast
Power Pool: Teleportation
Power Pool: Flight
Power Pool: Leadership
Ancillary Pool: Power Mastery
Hero Profile:
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Level 1: Healing Aura
(A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance: Level 42
(3) Numina's Convalescence - Endurance/Recharge: Level 42
(5) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge: Level 34
(7) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge: Level 33
(11) Healing IO: Level 50
(15) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 1: Neutrino Bolt
(A) Range IO: Level 35
(3) Defense Debuff
(21) Accuracy
(27) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50
(27) Accuracy IO: Level 50
Level 2: X-Ray Beam
(A) Accuracy IO: Level 50
(5) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
(9) Damage Increase IO: Level 50
(21) Damage Increase IO: Level 50
(50) Recharge Reduction
Level 4: Irradiate
(A) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level 50
(7) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 50
(23) Scirocco's Dervish - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
(23) Scirocco's Dervish - Chance of Damage(Lethal): Level 50
(29) Damage Increase IO: Level 50
(29) Defense Debuff
Level 6: Heal Other
(A) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance: Level 42
(9) Numina's Convalescence - Endurance/Recharge: Level 45
(11) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge: Level 42
(13) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Endurance/Recharge: Level 43
(13) Healing IO: Level 50
(15) Range IO: Level 45
Level 8: Resurrect
(A) Range IO: Level 45
(17) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
(17) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 10: Recall Friend
(A) Time & Space Manipulation - Endurance: Level 44
(25) Time & Space Manipulation - Range: Level 44
Level 12: Air Superiority
(A) Damage Increase
Level 14: Fly
(A) Freebird - +Stealth: Level 50
(19) Freebird - FlySpeed: Level 50
(19) Freebird - Endurance: Level 50
(50) Flight Speed IO: Level 50
Level 16: Proton Volley
(A) Sting of the Manticore - Accuracy/Interrupt/Range: Level 50
(31) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Endurance: Level 50
(31) Sting of the Manticore - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
(37) Sting of the Manticore - Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
(37) Sting of the Manticore - Chance of Damage(Toxic): Level 50
(39) Interrupt Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 18: Recovery Aura
(A) Performance Shifter - EndMod: Level 50
(25) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge: Level 50
(31) Performance Shifter - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 48
(33) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy: Level 37
(33) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 20: Fortitude
(A) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Recharge: Level 46
(33) Luck of the Gambler - Defense/Endurance/Recharge: Level 33
(34) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff: Level 47
(34) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge/Endurance: Level 50
(36) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - Recharge/Endurance: Level 41
(36) Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control - To Hit Buff/Recharge: Level 50
Level 22: Clear Mind
(A) Recharge Reduction
(34) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 24: Electron Haze
(A) Positron's Blast - Accuracy/Damage: Level 32
(36) Positron's Blast - Damage/Endurance: Level 23
(37) Positron's Blast - Damage/Recharge: Level 43
(39) Positron's Blast - Damage/Range: Level 40
(40) Positron's Blast - Chance of Damage(Energy): Level 50
(42) Range
Level 26: Regeneration Aura
(A) Miracle - Endurance/Recharge: Level 39
(39) Miracle - Heal/Recharge: Level 37
(40) Miracle - Heal/Endurance/Recharge: Level 40
(40) Miracle - Heal: Level 40
(42) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 28: Cosmic Burst
(A) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage: Level 50
(42) Devastation - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
(43) Devastation - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
(43) Devastation - Chance of Hold: Level 50
Level 30: Maneuvers
(A) Kismet - Defense/Endurance: Level 30
(45) Kismet - Defense/Recharge: Level 30
(46) Kismet - Endurance/Recharge: Level 30
(46) Kismet - Defense/Endurance/Recharge: Level 30
(46) Kismet - Accuracy +6%: Level 11
Level 32: Adrenalin Boost
(A) Doctored Wounds - Heal: Level 50
(48) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
(48) Doctored Wounds - Endurance/Recharge: Level 50
(48) Doctored Wounds - Recharge: Level 50
(50) Doctored Wounds - Heal/Endurance: Level 50
Level 35: Neutron Bomb
(A) Detonation - Accuracy/Damage: Level 42
(43) Detonation - Damage/Endurance: Level 49
(45) Accuracy IO: Level 50
(45) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 45
Level 38: Atomic Blast
(A) Accuracy IO: Level 50
Level 41: Power Build Up
(A) To Hit Buff IO: Level 50
Level 44: Conserve Power
(A) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 47: Absorb Pain
(A) Healing IO: Level 50
Level 49: Temp Invulnerability
(A) Resist Damage IO: Level 50
Set Bonus Totals:
6% DamageBuff(Smashing)
6% DamageBuff(Lethal)
6% DamageBuff(Fire)
6% DamageBuff(Cold)
6% DamageBuff(Energy)
6% DamageBuff(Negative)
6% DamageBuff(Toxic)
6% DamageBuff(Psionic)
0.95% Defense(Energy)
0.95% Defense(Negative)
21% Enhancement(Heal)
22.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
18% Enhancement(Accuracy)
10% FlySpeed
133.5 HP (13.1%) HitPoints
10% JumpHeight
10% JumpSpeed
MezResist(Confused) 1.65%
MezResist(Sleep) 1.65%
MezResist(Terrorized) 2.2%
11.5% (0.19 End/sec) Recovery
84% (3.57 HP/sec) Regeneration
2.84% Resistance(Fire)
2.84% Resistance(Cold)
3.13% Resistance(Negative)
10% RunSpeed
1.5% XPDebtProtection
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Set Bonuses:
Numina's Convalescence
(Healing Aura)
12% (0.51 HP/sec) Regeneration
19.1 HP (1.88%) HitPoints
6% Enhancement(Heal)
Scirocco's Dervish
(Irradiate)
10% (0.42 HP/sec) Regeneration
3.13% Resistance(Negative)
9% Enhancement(Accuracy)
Numina's Convalescence
(Heal Other)
12% (0.51 HP/sec) Regeneration
19.1 HP (1.88%) HitPoints
6% Enhancement(Heal)
Time & Space Manipulation
(Recall Friend)
8% (0.34 HP/sec) Regeneration
Freebird
(Fly)
8% (0.34 HP/sec) Regeneration
15.3 HP (1.5%) HitPoints
Sting of the Manticore
(Proton Volley)
12% (0.51 HP/sec) Regeneration
0.95% Defense(Energy,Negative)
3% DamageBuff(All)
7.5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
Performance Shifter
(Recovery Aura)
5% JumpSpeed, 5% JumpHeight, 5% FlySpeed, 5% RunSpeed
19.1 HP (1.88%) HitPoints
2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery
Luck of the Gambler
(Fortitude)
10% (0.42 HP/sec) Regeneration
Gaussian's Synchronized Fire-Control
(Fortitude)
5% JumpSpeed, 5% JumpHeight, 5% FlySpeed, 5% RunSpeed
19.1 HP (1.88%) HitPoints
2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery
Positron's Blast
(Electron Haze)
2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery
1.58% Resistance(Fire,Cold)
9% Enhancement(Accuracy)
6.25% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
Miracle
(Regeneration Aura)
2.5% (0.04 End/sec) Recovery
19.1 HP (1.88%) HitPoints
5% Enhancement(Heal)
Devastation
(Cosmic Burst)
12% (0.51 HP/sec) Regeneration
22.9 HP (2.25%) HitPoints
3% DamageBuff(All)
Kismet
(Maneuvers)
1.5% (0.03 End/sec) Recovery
MezResist(Confused) 1.65%
1.5% XPDebtProtection
3.75% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
Doctored Wounds
(Adrenalin Boost)
MezResist(Terrorized) 2.2%
1.26% Resistance(Fire,Cold)
4% Enhancement(Heal)
5% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
Detonation
(Neutron Bomb)
MezResist(Sleep) 1.65%
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--sofaspud
--"Listening to your kid is the audio equivalent of a Salvador Dali painting, Spud." --OpMegs
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| Tales of the Legendary: Horror Stories |
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Posted by: Acyl - 10-19-2008, 06:09 PM - Forum: The Legendary
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Yesterday, as everyone probably knows, the Halloween event was activated early - starting with a full-blown zombie invasion. A bunch of us got
together to fight in Dark Astoria, which was totally awesome. Graveyards, crypts, mist of evil, and ZOMBIES FROM THE EARTH. Ankhani said that someone should
write up the whole experience in fiction form.
So I did.
I've altered the details, embellished a lot, omitted some actual lines of dialogue while using others wholescale. Apologies to Foxboy, I didn't use Emi
Arizona because she only arrived towards the end. Frenetic Sublimation gets almost no characterisation here, I'm afraid, because he didn't actually say
much in the real log and I know absolutely nothing else about the guy. I'm sorry, Sweno. Hope what I fudged works. =(
I've started this new thread in the hopes that during this Halloween period, other folks will add their own Halloween stories or mini-ficlets. Think of
this as similar to the Snippets thread - but I didn't wanna clutter that one because this is, after all, rather seasonal and more specific. =D
With acknowledgements to Ankhani, Valles, OpMegs and Sweno, I present what is hopefully just the first:
Tales of the Legendary: Horror Stories
"Raise the Dead"
"...so that's when Gaussian comes in," Syndesis said, slyly, "complain' that the break room smells o' disinfectant."
Net Sabre almost missed a step, her armoured figure stumbling as she emerged from the catacomb exit. "You did not...you didn't tell
him?"
Syndesis placed a hand over her chest as she led the way out, adopting a look of pious innocence. "Wha,
who me? Naaawww..."
A loud snort came from behind the two. Brightsky shook her head as she followed her teammates, floating over
the stone steps. Behind the flying heroine came the lumbering form of Emet, the big golem mounting the stairs with great care.
Frenetic Sublimation was the last to emerge from the underground tunnels. He paused as he crossed the
threshold, holding up a hand. "Okay," he asked, "everyone present, accounted for? No serious injuries?"
Turning round, Net Sabre glanced at each of the team members, silently running a quick scan on her hardsuit
sensors. Checking vital signs. After a moment, she gave a nod, her helmet bobbing. "Looks like."
"Alright," Fren replied. With a practised gesture, he produced a communicator from his own armour,
withdrawing it from an external compartment. The device came to life, a blue hologram flaring in the air in front of him - a slowly rotating wireframe of the
Legendary insignia. "Calling it in. Let's head back to base."
Brightsky made a face. "Good," she stated, with heartfelt emphasis, "I hate Dark
Astoria."
"Aw, c'mon, kid," Syndesis ribbed, elbowing the flying girl as she passed. She had to reach
high to manage that, but did it all the same.
While the group made their way from the catacombs to the graveyard above, Syndesis continued:
"What's not to like? Sure, the neighbourhood's low on amenities and it's a bit of a commute, but yer can't beat the property
prices."
They picked their way through the cemetery, and Syndesis kept talking. The others stared at her in disbelief,
but she didn't let that deter her. As they passed by an overgrown crypt, Syndesis pointed to the entrance, encrusted with moss and vegetation. "See?
Lotsa space, classic architecture, just needs a little renovation. In the current housin' market, yer need ta---"
"Syn," protested a female voice, coming from Emet. To an uninitiated observer, it would
have sounded strange from the massive golem. But by now the members of the Legendary and Riot Force were used to it. "Who would want to live in Dark
Astoria?"
Whatever method of transmission Amberlee used to project her voice out of her golem, it distorted her words
somewhat - but the tone came through strong enough that her consternation was clear.
Fren shrugged, as they passed by a row of headstones. He lifted a hand, pointing to the crumbling stonework.
"Dead people?"
"Exactly," Brightsky hissed. She shivered, pulling her leather jacket tighter around her body.
"This place is creepy."
Net Sabre turned her helmet to and fro, taking in the graves and mausoleums. "Aw, c'mon," she
chirped, "it's not so bad!"
Fren paused, mid-step, his boots sinking into the damp ground. He arched an eyebrow, looking sceptical.
"Yeah, exactly," Syn replied, "yea, I mean, sure, the climate's a little gloomy, but
really, in Paragon City, weather ain't 'xactly the bigges---"
Syn trailed off, blinking, She looked up, lifting the tanker goggles from her face. Pushing them up to her
forehead, she squinted at the sky, peering hard through the haze. "Heeey, that's funny."
"What is it," Amberlee said, through Emet. "I don't..."
The big golem ground to a halt, as its operator went speechless.
The group of heroes was silent for a while.
Then, as if on cue, a low moan reached everyone's ears.
Syndesis dropped into a fighting stance, her boots scraping against the earth as she spread her feet.
"Red sky at night," she muttered, "a zombie's delight..."
"I'm picking up motion," Net Sabre reported, as she punched her sensors to maximum gain,
"but no heat sources."
"Don't sense any minds," Amberlee's voice came from the golem's unmoving visage. While
the golem had no expression, Amberlee was a telepath - her voice and the accompanying undercurrent of emotion made clear her sense of alarm. "But
that's..."
"CONTACT," Fren shouted, as he took to the air, igniting his gauntlets. Lifting his hands, he sent
a wave of flame blasting into the mist. The sudden illumination burst like a flare, casting the mist-shrouded graveyard into stark relief...and revealing the
shambling figures closing in on the group.
Brightsky twitched as a creature covered in rags leapt out at her. Acting purely on instinct, she spun,
kicking. Her heel smashed the skull at the jawbone. Gaping empty eye sockets peered back at her as the twitching corpse fell to the ground.
"What the hell," Brightsky managed, her own eyes widening.
"ZOMBIES," Syndesis yelled, as she blocked a swipe from another hunched-over attacker. Her reflexes
kicked into high gear, a cocktail of substances more potent than simple adrenaline hitting her enhanced body and forcing it into overdrive. Syn's
counterpunch struck hard enough that the sound of breaking bone echoed over the melee like a gunshot - but that wasn't enough to stop the thing from
moving.
Emet moved to assist, but never got there - the golem's movement stopped, then ceased entirely, as the
ground broke beneath its feet. Skeletal hands emerged from the earth, wrapping round Emet's legs...even as more zombies came out from the darkness,
swarming the big stone golem, burying it beneath a wall of bone and rotting flesh.
Net Sabre brought her hardsuit's weapons and propulsion systems to life, the latter giving her a sharp
boost of unnatural speed - which was immediately necessary, as her threat indicator shrieked alarm. She just barely managed to dodge one of the undead as it
came right at her. Her systems had no trouble tagging the bodies as hostiles now, but there were so many that her HUD was having trouble
designating targets.
She could keep track of her teammates, though, and those indicators told her that one was in
trouble...
Frenetic Sublimation dropped from the sky, struggling with the upper half of a zombie ... the corpse was
burnt and blackened, and missing everything below the waist, but what was left was still moving, and coming dangerously close to choking the life out of the
flying hero.
Net blasted it off him with a double-pulse of energy from her hardsuit weapons, jetted over, intending to
help him to his feet...only to give a sharp yelp as Fren quickly pulled her down, a second before a hulking undead thing would have taken the little red
Sabre's head off, swiping at her from behind.
A scream rose over the melee - Brightsky's voice, climbing up an octave:
"WHO THE HELL MANAGED TO RAISE THIS MANY UNDEAD?!"
"I don't know what's going on," Frenetic answered, as he and Net separated. Moving to cover
the hardsuited woman's back, Fren filled his hands with fire again, the ambient temperature spiking several degrees. "But," he added, "this
is better than Halloween."
"Mass production zombies," Syndesis quipped, as she grabbed one of the shambling figures by the
head, driving it down into the earth with as much force as she could muster. Chips of bone sprayed into the air. "Model T Corpse."
One of the undead grabbed Brightsky by the leg. The zombie's arm started to disintegrate as it made
contact with the heroine's gravity field, ruined muscle peeling off from bone. But it didn't stop the creature...at least until Brightsky let loose
with a focused high-pressure blast, turning the zombie into a rapidly expanding cloud of rotting debris.
Bits of gore splattered against Syndesis' face, catching her as she turned at just the wrong moment.
Instead of flinching, though, Syn threw her head back and laughed wildly...before accelerating into a blur, her leather coat flapping behind her.
The nearest zombie just fell apart as Syn went straight through it, ignoring the explosion
of necrotic flesh. The collision left the speedster's hair in disarray and her clothes a dripping mess, but that just seemed to amuse her all the more.
"Good call, kid! No need for restraint 'ere," Syn cackled, "the DEAD CAN'T SUE! TIME
TO GO WIIIIILD!"
From her position above the melee, Brightsky stared, open-mouthed. "You are completely
INSANE!"
Net Sabre tilted her helmet in a way that made it clear she was grinning beneath the faceplate. She gave a
lilting laugh. "My kind of insane!"
Brightsky unleashed another pressure wave, unwilling to get any closer than necessary to the undead things.
"The DEAD should STAY that way!"
Synchronising her attacks with Frenetic's blasts of flame, Net Sabre let loose a volley of precisely
calculated energy bolts, the air crackling with ionization. Artificial lightning struck again and again as her hardsuit's weapons went to maximum output.
"That's why," Net retorted, "we're sendin' 'em back that way. HARD!"
And then the thunder stopped, as Net's weaponry depleted their charge. The overstressed capacitors went
into refresh mode, smoke curling from the Sabre's gauntlets. The armoured heroine shook her head, looking ruefully at what her systems were telling her.
"Aww...my kingdom for a shotgun and a chainsaw..."
"Make do, kiddo," Syndesis shot back, as she swung a battered weeping angel statue like a baseball
bat, sending a hapless zombie flying.
Frenetic opened his mouth to reply, but whatever he intended to say, it never emerged. Instead he frowned,
sweeping the area with a concerned gaze. "Hey...where's our tank? Is Emet okay?"
Almost as one, the heroes looked at the other end of the graveyard...where the hulking figure of Emet was
stomping through the mist, a writhing horde of skeletal figures hanging off the golem's broad shoulders, trying, and failing, to swarm the stone construct.
And above it all, Amberlee's voice came from the golem in an inarticulate keening wail.
A grave burst open in Emet's path, a fresh corpse crawling up from beneath the ground. But it didn't
get very far before its ascending skull was met by a giant descending stone foot.
Emet STOMPED on the zombie, driving it back into the earth with excessive force.
Letting out a low whistle, Syndesis paused in her own mayhem long enough to observe: "Amber has gone
bye-bye, Egon,"
Without missing a beat, Net Sabre completed the quote. "What have you got left?"
Instead of replying, Frenetic Sublimation set his jaw, eyes narrowing. Clenching his fists, he sent massive
lines of fire in all directions, retina-searing flame scorching cleanly through the mist - sweeping around his fellow heroes with unerring accuracy. The
inferno burnt the remaining zombies down in the space of a single heartbeat, reducing dozens of them to charred bone and ash.
"Ok," Net Sabre said, "that'd do."
Syndesis helped Frenetic to stay upright as the man took deep and heavy breaths. Heat shimmered around him in
visible atmosphere-distorting waves, his suit hot to the touch.
Overhead, Brightsky hovered, warily, watching the cemetery for any remaining signs of unlife.
Silence.
With a grinding sound, Emet turned its head, blank golem eyes regarding everyone. The big figure gave a final
shudder, then grew still. Amber's voice broke the sudden quiet. The telepath sounded shaky: "Everyone okay? No one here bitten?"
Frenetic grimaced. "You think this is contagious?"
Syndesis rubbed the back of her scalp. "Ehhh, hope not. Don't think my insurance covers
it."
"We're fine," Brightsky said, as she settled back down, rejoining the group. Wrinkling her
nose, she stared at her costume. "Though I could really, really use a shower."
Fren sighed, as he surveyed the graveyard, now littered with motionless corpses. Not exactly the prettiest of
pictures. "Any idea what that was?"
Net Sabre cocked her head to one side, listening to something only she could here. Then she tapped her helmet
with one raised finger. "I'm getting PPD transmissions on my radio. These things hit city-wide...network's in an uproar. Coordination
plans..."
The armoured heroine's face was hidden, but her body language revealed surprise. "They had an
anti-zombie invasion plan? Huh."
Syndesis rolled her eyes. "This is Paragon. Wouldn't be surprised if the PPD has a secret plan ta
deal with Atlas comin' alive and goin' bowling wit' his globe."
"MAGI can't pinpoint the cause," Net continued, "but they say it's still around. They
can't guarantee this won't happen again."
Everyone blanched. Except Syndesis, who had an entirely different reaction. Her lips pulled back in a wide
and predatory grin. "Daaaamn, better pack the shotguns, boyo. Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition."
Closing Note:
The punchline that this story opens with is a real tale of mine; I figure Vanguard locker room nonsense has to be somethin' like my own experiences in the
uniformed service. This fragment does not end with Nene singing 'Thriller' - but that was technically an entirely different fight sequence, and I
figure that's best left to OpMegs to describe, if he so chooses. =D I apologise if Syndesis gets all the smartass lines, but as my own character, it was
obviously easier for me to use her to frame the piece rather than any of the others.
-- Acyl
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Posted by: Black Aeronaut - 10-19-2008, 05:41 PM - Forum: Fenspace
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Okay, so I figured that I might as well do my own portal page for the wiki, because while I have pretty much only one whole story to my credit, I do have lots of other stuff to link up. So, have a look at let me know what you think.
====== The Roughriders Portal ======
Out-of-story, the Roughriders is the primary faction of [[wiki:user:blackaeronaut|Benjamin Rhodes].
In-story, the Roughriders is a group of AIs, Sammies, Mecha Pilots, Fighter Jocks, and Engineers that do not know the meaning of fear. Any one of them is guaranteed to make you crap your pants if they can catch you unawares.
===== Roughriders Pages =====
==== Stories ====
//Season 0 - Early Years//
* [[fiction eason-0:Gina and The Bullet Boy Express] – Meet Benjamin Rhodes, an enterprising wavetech engineer who’s bored to tears with his life. He gets a little more than what he bargained for when he waved an old Jetta.
//Season 1 - For Great Justice!//
* [[fictioneason-1:Convention Thread GO!] – Benjamin gets shanghaied at the SOS-Con, among other fun activites.
* [[fictioneason-1 ort Phobos Invitational] – Benjamin, Gina, Jess, and company kick ass, take names, and generally tear it up at the Invitational.
//Season 2 - The Universe Is Calling//
* Keeping Up With the Joneses – (Currently in Outline) After Benjamin’s mother visits 36 Atalante, she decides its high time the rest of the family got in on the action. LOOK OUT BEN!
==== Characters ====
//The Prime Movers – Those who make the Roughriders go://
* [[chars:Benjamin Rhodes] – Master and Commander of all Roughriders. Asteroid racer extraordinair. Bold visionary and revolutionary. Flier of the Fifth Flag of Texas.
* [[chars:Regina Langely] – Benjamin's faithful AI partner. Don't call her Asuka unless you have a death wish. Not even Benjamin does that.
* [[chars:Jessica Langely] – Rei Ayanami lookalike who can be in one-hundred-one places at any given moment. Unlike Evangelion's Rei, she is cheerful, well adjusted, and always up for a good time.
//The Family – You Don't Mess With Family://
* [[chars:Katelyn Jones] – Mother of Benjamin and the rest of The Brood. Elder Neo-Hippy of the Wave, Not Really a Pagan, Chief Gardener, Chief of NASA/Roughriders Operations, Overseer of the Menu, Grand Chocoholic, and Master of Holistic Medicine.
* [[chars:William Jones] – Mundane computer technician turned on to the Wave and making business machines for Fenspace and wave-friendly Mundanes.
* [[chars:Reggy Jones|Reggy 'Radmobile' Jones] – The First of Benjamin's Younger Brothers, aka the Brood. Metalhead, Mecha-freak, Master of the Megas, Grand Chow Hound, Lord of Sound Systems That Make You Crap Your Pants, and Master of Overkill.
* [[chars:Jimmy Jones] – The Second of the Brood. Sneaky Bastard No. 1, Stalker in the Night, Wielder of Nimble Fingers, Assistant to the Master of Holistic Medicine.
* [[chars:Robby Jones] – Third of the Brood. Master Bolt Turner, Fixer of Everything in General, and Follower of the Wielder of the Divine Hammer, Skuld the Ravenhaired.
* [[chars:Carl Jones] – Fourth of the Brood. Sneaky Bastard No. 2, Stalker in the Shadows, Master of Ancient Ninja Whoop-ass, Field Assistant to the Master of Holistic Medicine.
* [[chars:Mackenzie Jones] – Fifth of the Brood. Lord of Monsters, Master and Commander of the Monster Rancher Corps, and All Round Cool Kat.
* [[chars:Jeremiah Jones] – Sixth of the Brood. The Seventh Son born on the Seventh Day of the Seventh Month, Hogwarts Head-Boy, and Master of the General Practice of Magicking.
//The NASA-Fen://
* [[chars:Erica Heath] – Somewhat reluctant leader of the gang. Social Maven gifted with an eidetic memory.
* [[chars:Jerome Tishmin] – Spark and Second in command. Can come off as obnoxious and paranoid, but a cool guy otherwise.
* [[chars:John Cavette] – Biochemist and Naga boy at large.
* [[chars:Emily Harjo] – Earth sciences major and a dead ringer for Angela from Gargoyles.
* [[chars:Meka Sibbit] – Physics major whose biomod gave him physical characteristics of a shark.
* [[chars:Lilo Sibbit] – Specializes in handwavium-animated constructs.
* [[chars:Stitch] – Yes, like the blue fuzzball from the movie. You may now run.
//Other Important People://
* [[chars:Brownwyne Foulkes] – Ace Fezig pilot and one of the few Roughriders to actually have a 'Dane pilot's license.
* [[chars:Sailor Atalante] – Named Senshi assigned to 36 Atalante by Her Royal Highness, Queen Serenity I and leader of the Roughriders' Sammies.
* [[chars:Zephram Cochrane] – The grouchy, yet thoroughly likable, AI that assists with engineering duties on 36 Atalante.
* [[chars:Ruri] – Don't let the bored expression on this Majordomo AI's face fool you, she's really happy to be here.
==== Ships ====
By Class and Order of Construction
//Automobile Types://
* SC //[[ships:Bullet Boy Express] – Benjamin's first major Wave-job and Gina's first 'body'. It is still used for their asteroid races, even after Operation: Great Justice.
* SC //[[ships:Little White Neon] – Jessica Ayanami's personal vehicle.
* SC //[[ships:Super Beast] – Waved 1980's model Dodge Ram 350 Fifteen Passenger Van, the personal vehicle used by Benjamin's family. It's a mini-bus with some serious attitude.
//Blackbird Class://
* SS //[[ships:Magnificent Midnight] – The Original Wavetech Blackbird. She is fast, flighty, and deadly when pissed.
* SS //[[Ships:Blackbird Class|Century Falcon] – The First of the Mass Produced Blackbirds. The Warsies were miffed at first, until they saw how fast she was. Carrier for Alpha Wing of Those Daring Young Men in their Jaunty Jalopies.
* SS//[[ships:Blackbird Class|Thunder Road] – Second of the Mass Production series. Rumors of strange forcefield technology is vastly exaggerated. Carrier for Bravo Wing of Those Daring Young Men in their Jaunty Jalopies.
* SS//[[ships:Blackbird Class|Black Betty] – Third of the Mass Production series. Seems to have a thing for Kar Kulture and Betty Boop. Carrier for Charlie Wing of Those Daring Young Men in their Jaunty Jalopies.
* SS//[[ships:Blackbird Class|Chillin' The Most] – Fourth of the Mass Production series. Loves Jazz and if you listen carefully you can always hear it playing in her vicinity. Carrier for Delta Wing of Those Daring Young Men in their Jaunty Jalopies.
* SS//[[ships:Blackbird Class|Kharma Police] – Fifth of the Mass Production series. She refuses to attack any target unless it deserves it. Carrier for Echo Wing of Those Daring Young Men in their Jaunty Jalopies.
//Peacemaker Class://
* SS//[[shipseacemaker Class|Tough Love] – Flown by the Sammies and Captained by Sailor Atalante.
* SS//[[shipseacemaker Class|GaoGaiGar] – Flown by the GGG Forces and Captained by Shinji Kusenagi.
* SS//[[shipseacemaker Class|Punisher] – Flown by the Roughriders' Supers contingent and Captained by Malo Fuerte.
* SS//[[shipseacemaker Class|Hard Rock] – Flown by the United Order of Rockers and Captained by Jack Aerosmith.
==== Gazetteer Pages ====
* The [[gazetteer:factions:The Roughriders] - Faction history and general information.
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| Smouldering Decay |
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Posted by: Sweno - 10-19-2008, 10:53 AM - Forum: Build Advice
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This matches the final result of Decay at level 50, and I think I have the slot/power levels correct, but without doing a lot of Ouro missions I can't be
sure.
I'm reasonably happy with her currently, I normaly play at Rugged and have no problems holding/stunning the groups and bosses I run across. Only if
something stuns me do things get dicey, but more recently I have learned to send the imps in for the first strike.
One thing I'm sure of: More Recovery is needed. I can't have all 6 of my toggles running (Fire Shield, Acrobatics, Hotfeet, Choking Cloud, Radiation
Infection, and Enervating Field) running at the same time without slowly losing end. And forget about attacking if I have all of them going. Running with all
my toggles active is not that uncommon if I am going up against a EB or AV, or just a large group of tough enemies (The Cim caves ring a bell here).
Any other tweaks to increase the hold/stun times would be welcome. I know that there are some purple sets in my future (next piece I'm looking at is
another Ragnarok for Fire ball), but such things will take time.
More health/regen or more defense/resistances would be welcome, as that increases my survivability when I play the role of the tank. But this isn't a high
priority
Cost is not much of an issue, more expensive merely means it will take longer.
(EDIT: posted this last night and forgot to check that ezboard didn't munge the formating)
Hero Plan by Mids' Hero Designer 1.4006
http://www.cohplanner.com/
Smouldering Decay: Level 50 Science Controller
Primary Power Set: Fire Control
Secondary Power Set: Radiation Emission
Power Pool: Leaping
Power Pool: Fitness
Power Pool: Teleportation
Ancillary Pool: Fire Mastery
Hero Profile:
Level 1: Char - (A) Neuronic Shutdown - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 30
- (3) Neuronic Shutdown - Endurance/Hold: Level 30
- (5) Neuronic Shutdown - Hold/Range: Level 30
- (27) Neuronic Shutdown - Accuracy/Hold/Recharge: Level 30
- (34) Neuronic Shutdown - Chance of Damage(Psionic): Level 30
Level 1: Radiant Aura- (A) Miracle - Heal/Endurance/Recharge: Level 40
- (3) Miracle - Heal: Level 40
- (9) Numina's Convalescence - Heal/Recharge: Level 47
- (15) Healing IO: Level 45
- (27) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 45
- (40) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 45
Level 2: Fire Cages- (A) Immobilisation Duration IO: Level 45
- (5) Immobilisation Duration IO: Level 45
- (9) Immobilisation Duration IO: Level 45
- (15) Accuracy IO: Level 45
- (34) Accuracy IO: Level 45
Level 4: Radiation Infection- (A) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff: Level 39
- (17) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge: Level
38
- (37) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Recharge/Endurance: Level
36
- (37) Dark Watcher's Despair - To Hit Debuff/Endurance: Level
39
- (37) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 45
Level 6: Accelerate Metabolism- (A) Performance Shifter - EndMod: Level 39
- (7) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Recharge: Level 34
- (7) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy/Recharge: Level 29
- (13) Performance Shifter - EndMod/Accuracy: Level 40
- (19) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 45
- (48) Endurance Modification IO: Level 45
Level 8: Jump Kick- (A) Accuracy IO: Level 45
Level 10: Hot Feet- (A) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50
- (11) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50
- (11) Scirocco's Dervish - Damage/Endurance: Level 44
- (13) Scirocco's Dervish - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
- (19) Scirocco's Dervish - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level
34
- (40) Scirocco's Dervish - Chance of Damage(Lethal): Level
34
Level 12: Hurdle
Level 14: Enervating Field- (A) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 45
- (17) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 45
Level 16: Super Jump- (A) Unbounded Leap - Jumping: Level 40
- (34) Unbounded Leap - +Stealth: Level 40
Level 18: Health- (A) Healing IO: Level 45
- (23) Healing IO: Level 45
- (48) Healing IO: Level 45
Level 20: Stamina- (A) Endurance Modification IO: Level 45
- (21) Endurance Modification IO: Level 45
- (21) Performance Shifter - Chance for +End: Level 33
Level 22: Flashfire- (A) Stupefy - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 40
- (23) Stupefy - Endurance/Stun: Level 41
- (36) Stupefy - Accuracy/Endurance: Level 41
- (36) Stupefy - Stun/Range: Level 43
- (40) Stupefy - Accuracy/Stun/Recharge: Level 43
- (42) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 24: Cinders- (A) Hold Duration IO: Level 45
- (25) Hold Duration IO: Level 45
- (25) Accuracy IO: Level 45
- (36) Accuracy IO: Level 45
- (42) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 45
- (42) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 45
Level 26: Lingering Radiation- (A) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Slow: Level 50
- (31) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Endurance: Level 50
- (43) Tempered Readiness - Range/Slow: Level 50
- (43) Tempered Readiness - Endurance/Recharge/Slow: Level 50
- (50) Tempered Readiness - Accuracy/Damage/Slow: Level 50
Level 28: Choking Cloud- (A) Neuronic Shutdown - Accuracy/Recharge: Level 30
- (29) Neuronic Shutdown - Endurance/Hold: Level 30
- (29) Neuronic Shutdown - Hold/Range: Level 30
- (31) Neuronic Shutdown - Accuracy/Hold/Recharge: Level 30
- (31) Neuronic Shutdown - Chance of Damage(Psionic): Level 30
- (48) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 50
Level 30: Acrobatics- (A) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 45
Level 32: Fire Imps- (A) Blood Mandate - Accuracy/Damage: Level 41
- (33) Blood Mandate - Damage: Level 40
- (33) Brilliant Leadership - Accuracy/Damage: Level 40
- (33) Brilliant Leadership - Accuracy/Damage/Endurance: Level
40
- (43) Damage Increase IO: Level 40
Level 35: Mutation- (A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 45
Level 38: EM Pulse- (A) Accuracy IO: Level 45
- (39) Accuracy IO: Level 45
- (39) Hold Duration IO: Level 45
- (39) Hold Duration IO: Level 45
- (46) Hold Duration IO: Level 45
- (46) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 45
Level 41: Fire Ball- (A) Damage Increase IO: Level 50
- (45) Damage Increase IO: Level 50
- (45) Accuracy IO: Level 50
- (50) Ragnarok - Damage/Recharge: Level 50
- (50) Accuracy IO: Level 50
Level 44: Fire Shield- (A) Resist Damage IO: Level 45
- (45) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 45
- (46) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 45
Level 47: Consume- (A) Recharge Reduction IO: Level 45
Level 49: Recall Friend- (A) Endurance Reduction IO: Level 45
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Level 1: Brawl- (A) Accuracy IO: Level 45
Level 1: Sprint- (A) Run Speed IO: Level 45
Level 2: Rest
Level 1: Containment
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Set Bonus Totals:- 0.9% Max End
- 1.5% Enhancement(JumpHeight)
- 15% Enhancement(RechargeTime)
- 3% Enhancement(Stun)
- 1.5% Enhancement(JumpSpeed)
- 23% Enhancement(Accuracy)
- 1.5% Enhancement(RunSpeed)
- 1.5% Enhancement(FlySpeed)
- 4% Enhancement(Held)
- 5% FlySpeed
- 83.9 HP (8.25%) HitPoints
- 9% JumpHeight
- 9% JumpSpeed
- MezResist(Immobilize) 4.4%
- 13% (0.22 End/sec) Recovery
- 14% (0.59 HP/sec) Regeneration
- 3.13% Resistance(Negative)
- 5% RunSpeed
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"so listen up boy, or pornography starring your mother will be the second worst thing to happen to you today"
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Posted by: robkelk - 10-19-2008, 02:28 AM - Forum: General Chatter
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Well, a proto-FAQ... Apparently, Robert A. Heinlein once got so busy answering fan mail that he didn't have time to write paying work. He didn't want to ignore the fans, so he came up with a list of the most frequently asked questions, answered them, and typed the list of answers (without the questions) into a form letter. Then he sent copies of the form letter with the appropriate boxes checked off to the fans.
More http://kk.org/ct2/2008/09/heinleins-fan ... lution.php]here, including a scan of the form letter itself.
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Rob Kelk
"Governments have no right to question the loyalty of those who oppose
them. Adversaries remain citizens of the same state, common subjects of
the same sovereign, servants of the same law."
- Michael Ignatieff, addressing Stanford University in 2012
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