Just wondering when we will see the updated character sheets? Does anybody know?

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Shawn has taken extensive training in martial arts before his powers and especially now with them ...trying to improve his efficiency as a street vigilante.  The lightning seems to have improved his reaction/reflex time and Shawn's martial skills have far outstripped what he used to be capable of.  Shawn is now ambidextrous.  His Tae Kwon Do - instructor Master Youn Pi Choy has noticed and suspects something has dramatically changed in Shawn.

Dependent NPC's:  Shawn loves his sister... perhaps too much.  He is over protective of Sarah and she rebels against all authority - making it particularly hard on Shawn.  Shawn became a hero to protect his sister from those who would harm her or street kids like her.  Shawn would tear down heaven and smash hell to protect Sarah.  His father... Shawn remembers a time when he was a child when his father was all the things a good father should be... then mom, Carla ‘Holman’ Wests, died{Cancer}... and his father never adjusted to it - lost his badge in the same year.  He knows his father was once a good man... and does not hate him... despite how violent their relationship has turned over the years... he pity's his father and accepts the occasional back-hand to the face knowing dad is hurting inside and doesn't know how to deal with it.  It's not a healthy situation for any of them... but his father refuses to get help.  So Shawn shoulders the responsibility bearing his bruises knowing he must for Sarah.

Ah...LOVE!:  Shawn is in love with the supervillianess... KALI {Shenna Grey, Age 20, WT: 130, HT: 5'8";  Powers: Heightened Expertise: Martial Arts, Special Weapon: Power-chucks, Heightened Defense; Carries Katana and 6 Shuriken}.  She knows Shawn loves her and has used it to her advantage in many of their encounters... but she is not entirely sure if those feelings are not mutual.  She knows she can get over on him... she knows he will not hurt her and will not likely try too hard to stop her from getting away should he run across her involved in a theft her modus-opporandi.  She is an art/artifact martial artist thief.

It all started... when Shawn met her at martial arts tournament, it was a distraction she used to entertain herself while she was in town awaiting an auction that was taking place for some warrior-priestess Egyptian artifacts she planned to steal in Empire City.  They ended up spotting each other during the tournament and Shawn thought she was pretty and obviously highly skilled and he asked her out for lunch with him and his Master - Youn Pi Choy.  She had also seen his fighting prowess and was amused by the young handsome Thunderbolt in his secret ID - Shawn West and agreed.  Well Shawn's master Choy saw that he was the third wheel soon enough during the lunch and found an excuse to leave.  Shawn and Sheena spent the rest of the day together finding they had a lot in common and spent the night together.  For the next few days they saw each other on and off again - Sheena had originally no intention of staying in Empire City longer than it took for her to make her heist and leave but Shawn was a charming distraction.

As fate would have it the night she choose to make the heist Thunderbolt was out following up some street rumors that some big underworld dealers were in town for a art sale on a heist that was going down.  Thunderbolt was present for Kali’s attempted heist and the two battled furiously through the museum.  Thunderbolt …as usual was resistant to throw lightning at a woman martial artist and fought her Katana to Katana trying to subdue her.  Kali realized she could hardly deal with his magnetic control abilities and changed tactics. She caught Thunderbolt off guard with a power blast from her power-chucks that breached his armor and burned his side in reaction his electric body triggered and burned her hands when he parried her Power-chucks with his conductive katana.  The power blast started a fire and knocked a heavy pillar on top of a security guard pinning him and endangering him with burning to death.  Thunderbolt chose to let her go and save the guard.  Her parting words were, “That’s what you get tough guy for hurting a woman!”

Thunderbolt retorted back, “You’d be surprised what you could survive!”

Kali lost her opportunity to steal the objects that evening as with Thunderbolt’s interference the Museum beefed up their security so she decided to steal the objects at the auction right after the sale where there would be a lot of cover she could use to make good her escape by causing a panic.

As it turns out it was a black tie kind of gala fund raiser for charity all the sales going to various relief charities.  Again as fate would have it Shawn’s master Youn Pi Choy was friends with one of the Asian art collectors and bidders for the Egyptian artifacts.  Shawn was pretty sure Kali would try again for the objects and learned his master would be attending the art sale with his friend Cuong Dinh and convinced his master to take him to the party and auction.

While there dressed in a suit and tie Shawn met Sheena also dressed in a slinky red dress and matching long arm gloves.  At first they thought it was fortunate coincidence.  As the gala spun up Sheena dragged Shawn to the dance floor for a final dance figuring she would have plenty of time before the auction was over to get her goods.  Shawn took her hand in his and she flinched from her covered burns from his electric body at the same time she wrapped an arm around his waist to pull him close – right on the spot her power-chucks had scored a hit with her power blast he also flinched. 

Sheena commented, “Ouch! Gentle tough guy I burned my hand cooking breakfast!”

Shawn replied, “Ehh! Go easy yourself tigress… I pulled a muscle in the gym this morning…”

Smiling Sheena commented, “Awe, poor baby!  That’s what you get tough guy for hurting a woman!”

Not missing a beat Shawn retorted before he realized what he was saying, “Well sweety - you’d be surprized what you could survive~!!!”

It was at that moment they both looked each other in the eyes…shocked and suddenly realizing who each other was!

In a very poignant moment Sheena said, “Can we finish our dance darling before we start fighting?”

Shawn was too shocked to say anything other, “Uh… ok honey.”

They held each other close unsure what to do and not really wanting to fight…

But the decision was taken from them as apparently the local mob in the city had their own plan for a heist as armed masked men in suits stormed the gala with guns and began robbing everyone and taking the art themselves by force!

Shawn and Sheena looked each other in the eyes and parted each to get into their costume to deal with the attacking thugs.

Shortly Thunderbolt and Kali tore into the thugs each for their own reasons but still they fought side by side not wanting to think about what would happen once the thugs were subdued.

As fate would have it they got separated in the fight and each had to deal with the thugs in their own way.
When the fight was over Thunderbolt was seeing to the innocent bystanders getting them safely away.

Thunderbolt and Kali meat one last time as he re-entered the museum to make sure he got all the thugs.  Kali had a collected a piece or two of art she was stealing and Thunderbolt confronted her, “Don’t do this Sheena!”

She smiled,”Do what Shawn?  The museum already has the cash for this from the auction… I’m just turning it over to a new owner… for a not-so-small 'finder's fee'!”

Shawn felt his heart breaking, “Don’t make me do this… what about … us?”

She paused, “Don’t worry lover… I’ll be in touch!”

Sheena blew him a kiss and winked then slipped through a sky light and made good her escape in the confusion… 

Shawn didn’t have the heart to stop her.


Regular Life:  Shawn works as a mechanic at “Tony’s Cycles & Scooter Repair”... he dreamed of someday racing the Motocross Racing circuit professionally.  He owns his own finely tuned dirt-bike that he races the occasional amateur heats he can afford to enter... hoping to get a sponsor's attention. 

Then... he became a vigilante... things seem so different now... he is not entirely sure what to do with his dreams anymore.

Possessions:
Suzuki Hayabusa GSX1300R – Racing Cycle
Suzuki 2007 RM250 Dirt Bike Racer

Dude you need to get a blog or something 

Curious have you worked how a kid that work's at "Tony's' can afford and acquire all that stuff?

He's very detailled and stealing the stuff from the crooks explains the armory, but those bikes and especially hi-tech sensor material in the armor must require a patron of some kind?

I've seen you post that pic before somewhere and it still looks cool. That sucker need colorized Rog.

Cool, I have to admit I lost track some where after "very fine conductive non-ferrous metal weave is woven into the inside of the armor". Sounds like you and a gadgeteer would make an interesting duo. 

Hope things workout that Doug and I (John), can join you all soon. 

im an impartial observer, but (with all due Lulz and smileys) you certainly have a shload of swords n guns n redundant gear for an Energy Blaster. I mean, honestly, theres so much equipment that it looks like a RIFTS character sheet lol

heh! wasnt trying to "pigeonhole" him... but thats his primary offensive superpower. A weapon or two or even three is fine, but this seems excessive, especially considering the REST of his equipment, which doesnt really fit his teen background.

Ranger wrote on May 30^th, 2012 at 4:56pm:


Here's an excerpt from the PROTECTORS Blog..."Gathering of Warriors"..

... and yes I'd love to have it colorized... but my artist is... finicky.

"Shawn came into work... late. As usual, after the cycle shop had closed for the day, around about 6PM. Shawn had arrived at 7PM, Tony as usual left him a nasty little message...

[Hey Kid! Ya killing me you know that right?!? Work schedules are NOT negotiable! Don't know how you get all the stuff done after the shop is closed without anyone else around to help but you really burning my balls on this!!! If you was not so good youse be looking for a new job! Anyways... you gots two 'Honda' cylinder jobs and a head gasket that needs replacing, a 'Goldwing' that needs a complete drive-train rebuild and three fuel pumps that need rebuild. You know the drill - do your miracle and keep your job! Now be into work tomorrow on time!!!]

Shawn smiled, the usual message...

Checking around in the shop Shawn made sure the workshop's doors and windows were all secure, windows covered and no outside observation possible. Even scanned around with his radar sense and lightning control for any operating tracers or electronic surveillance devices... just to be sure.

Shawn takes off his leather racing jacket draping it over his 'pride and joy', a silver and maroon Suzuki Hayabusa GSX1300R as he moves over to the work-order board looking over the workload that would take three mechanics at least two day to complete. He sighs and smiles... "Tony is testing me again."

Moving around the shop Shawn gathers the parts and tools he ...would need for the job lubricants and tolerance measure rules for the various repairs jobs.

All the parts gathered, the mechanics manuals open, and the machine before him he's ready to begin.

Shawn looks over at the Workshop CD player and gestures electric control turning it on , and ACDC's 'Back in Black' begins pounding out its music getting him into the mood ...

Stretching out his magnetic will parts and tool s begin to levitate ad move in a graceful dance of precision control and purpose. The parts and machines float in the air lofted by his powers in a order pattern like aerial ballet. Like a explosion diagram in motion the machines and parts float and move to Shawn's directed will as he works far faster than any human mechanic could EVER compete with. He does not need tools.. bolts and screws simply move of their own volition driven by his magnetic will floating in perfect precision in step with the rock music blaring in the background. Oilcans and lubricant is applied and parts that are not ferrous are moved with levitated pliers into position and locked down. Shawn is precise in his applied pressure setting tolerances and torque all by 'feel'. This is not work... its art!"

SWEET! x2

I just found this pic, and think it'd work great for Diesel.

Hammer wrote on Jun 6^th, 2012 at 5:19pm:


Well he did catch a helicopter that fell out of the sky (with a few lbs. of carrying cap. left to spare).

OK gents, the template for the new character sheet is posted (the first post in this topic). I've played around with the stat lay out. Basic characteristics (STR, END, etc.) are listed in a box, with three boxes following them. The first box is for the actual score; the second is for the stat's hit mod; and the final box is where any skill/save bonus is listed. I'll post an example of a filled out sheet in a bit, so you can get a better idea. Until then, look it over, and let me know what you think.

dsumner wrote on Jun 4^th, 2012 at 2:23am:


...I don't know.  I'm still a fan of the original Diesel pic.  The Original Pic always put me in the mind of that late 80's early 90's Marvel art style I love so much.  Just Saiyan...

I think it is very clean and organized, just the thing a GM's needs for quick referencing. 

OK gents, I did up Cougar's character, the Machinist in the new format. The primary question I'm getting is for an explanation of the stat block. If you look at it, you'll see the stat (STR, END, AGL, etc.) with three blocks horizontal to it. The first block lists the character's raw score. In this case a 15. The next block lists the Hit Point Modifier, a 1.8, the third block lists the skill modifier, for the revised skill system I'm implementing, (I'll post it in a bit). Hopefully I'm not confusing anyone. If I am, please let me know.

I stole them from d20.

Ranger wrote on Jun 11^th, 2012 at 10:29pm:



No worries. Hopefully the PDF of the revised skills system will explain it to you.

sweet portrait!

thunderbolt- a few thots. 1st off, a 1 lb IRON discus is going to be about the size of your shuriken. A wooden or composite discus w a metal edge would still be like 5lbs minimum. (i threw discus four years varsity. only sport i was worth a shit at.)