[DnD] GW URBX: 20! EVERYONE IS EXPLODE

I keep trying to put this together, but i don't have the old 4E stuff kicking around right now (i think it's on my portable hard drive somewhere, but i've got too many papers to write at the moment to go looking for it). I can't remember whether the idea i wanted to use is legitimate or not, so i'll just put down what i have for now and see where it ends up.

Name: (undecided)

Race: Elf (part dragon? Idea in my head was basically an elf with scales)

Class: ... Swordmage? (i wanna shoot magic bullets)

Weapons: Revolver for shooting, greaves for kicking

Sponsors: (also a blank. i'm terrible at this.)

Background: (will add later)


So basically i have a rough idea of what i want to do and no time to figure out how it will actually work.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

4 Dice Rolls *probability providers!

Looks like a ranger is probably actually my best bet - i'll have to drop the magic idea, but at least i'll be able to hit something. So my core attributes will be... Strength and Dexterity? I think?

Anyway, Skills rolled dice for something so i guess i will too!

Also - controllable magnetism? Or just the "oh look my bus fare is attached to my feet how fortunate" kind?

Name: Rufus Thorolfsson

Character background: Rufus was a street kid who learned a) how to use a slingshot and b) enough about anatomy to make every shot count. The thing about being magnetic is that the other kids are always coming to you for lunch money - if not because they want yours, then because if they lost theirs it probably found its way to you somehow. Except you obviously stole it, because no one (accidentally) picks up money that's not theirs.

During a brief stint with the police force, Rufus was found to be immensely good at detecting weapons on arrested criminals. He was discharged following an unfortunate incident involving a suspect who had hidden an elven-made gun in his pants. The thing about elven made guns is they're made entirely out of magically strengthened wood - except for the firing pin, for some reason. Since his discharge Rufus has been unable to find another job, and has floated around surviving off loose change (he tries not to get any from beggar's cups, but sometimes he doesn't catch it). Rufus hopes to make enough money to buy his own little plot of land in a forest, where he can finally be free of the endless clinking of coins attaching themselves to his feet.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Aww yeah. Fire bullets, Lightning bullets, all the best kinds (probably not many ice bullets, though - what's the point in shooting a guy if you're just going to numb away the pain anyway?)

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

So Pang, i'm not sure whether Rufus magnetic enough to bend bullets when he's not trying to, but chances are he'll also want to carry some kind of wood/carbon fiber composite shield or something. I might actually need to use the cover mechanic in this game for once.

Rufus' stage name will be "Overwatch". (part of me tells me that's a thing, but the other part of me tells me that that is a terrible word and should be cleansed with unending fire)

Man, i'm just thinking about all of the cool stuff a magnetic dude could do in a gunfight. Hopefully Pang lets me pull half this stuff off.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Aww yeah controllable magnetism. Remind me - one of those mutations rotates out once in a while, right? After every encounter or something?

Also, people should suggest some sponsors, because i've still got nothing on that front.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Sponsors!

Grok's Toys and Games (classic game supplies since 2532 (formerly Grok's Big Sword Company, Grok's Kitchen and Farming Equipment, and Grok's Metal Stuff))
Greenwood Gunsmiths (arms and ammunition for the modern elf)
Garcian Smiths (official armor supplier of the Usa national medieval fair)

How ya doing, buddy?

Also, how should i go about choosing elemental effects for my bullets? Just pick an element, make half the damage elemental and half normal?

FELIPE NO

Oh geez, no pressure. I don't think i'm clever enough to come up with a new one every single time (or even the first time). Not to mention the amount of food poor Rufus would have to carry around to cover various situations.

What, you don't want my bikini-clad body?

Requesting that the silverware in Rufus' inventory be magically altered to a large bag of jacks, to coincide with the toymaking sponsor. Because it's not really URBX without product placement.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

I love how the very first room has 13 minions in it... and every last one has more HP than any of us. This will be a depressingly short game.

There's nowhere I can't reach.

I'm assuming that a heal check is a standard action.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.

Two questions: first, is guard A dead? and second, what action to i need to take to heal someone? I never asked the first time i did it, just assumed it was a standard.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

That's fine, i thought it was kind of a stretch anyway. Was worth a shot, though.

I was speaking idiomatically.

Sorry Skills, power says it explodes at the end of X turns, so it'll blow up just before you get to move.

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

Well usually, the person with the higher initiative modifier goes first. But the bomb doesn't have an initiative, it's just got a set "i will explode after the cultists move" decision on it.

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Unfortunately Diss, the order you have things in now kills Rufus outright before you can fix him. Guess i'd better start coming up with a new character, though i'm not sure if i'm even capable of playing anything other than the straight man.

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Get shot once, 3 failed death saves in a row, game over. That's kind of disappointing, even though Rufus' mental stability really had him marked as an outsider from the group right from the start. Not sure if i'm capable of playing anything other than the straight man, though.

Jam it back in, in the dark.

Yeah, i apologize for my life. Make me a Corgi with a tank class that no one ever uses (ie. not fighter).

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Axelrod :shoryuken: Axelrod

I love that this is a thing.

Is there any way we can get this turned into a smiley or something that you can click on to activate the music?

How ya doing, buddy?

Wow, this isn't gonna last long. Cliff has the same amount of HP as Rufus, only a significantly lower AC. And way more reasons to get hit by things.

I am a dolphin, do you want me on your body?

Should Cliff's Line of sight not be added to the map? I'm pretty sure i should be able to see the frogs (though i doubt poor Cliff will survive long enough to get to get to whack them anyway)

I was speaking idiomatically.

How did that Dwarf hit Cliff, then run away so far without getting his shins devoured? No OAs in Gamma World?

What kind of toxic man-thing is happening now?

wak, sorry, work stress life things turn go now

FELIPE NO

just give the 2HP to Mamara, unless that turns off her regen for some reason. If it does, whoever else can use it i guess.

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my indifference towards who survives knows few bounds, seeing as i highly doubt that Cliff shall be counted among their number.

Jam it back in, in the dark.