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Welcome again to Heroic Expedient Response Operation: The Return of HERO: The Reckoning(no thats not the actual title), a game that I have officially restarted with slightly revised rules, a now more clearly defined setting since I put some damn work into this and an actual PLOT if you can believe that.

Spoiler: Our Beautiful Setting (click to show/hide)

THE SETTING:
The year is 20 After Turning Point. The place, Megalopolis F. Twenty years have passed since the Turning Point(duh), bringing monsters, both of human and inhuman form, into the world. It also brought into the world heroes, mundane and otherwise, to fight against them. The Heroic Union was established mere months after the Turning Point, coming together to form a solid base of operations for heroes throughout the many cities to band against the villainous and monstrous threats that endanger humanity; though some remain out of the reach of the Union, preferring their own company or a smaller group.

Giant Monster attacks are common, happening at certain intervals, and often deal heavy damage to a city or Megalopolis. Mysterious Beings are also fairly commonplace, siding with heroes, villains or sometimes neither, choosing to instead try to live peacefully.

You are but one of many heroes in the city. Whether with the Union or working independently, you are one of the many protectors of humanity. Your task is clear. The only thing left to decide is how to execute it.

Spoiler: Rules (click to show/hide)

STAT BASE:

Level: 1
XP: 0
HP: 30+(RES+Level). You gain (RES+New Level) HP every level up.
Init: 1d20+Agi
Defense: RES/2(rounded down when necessary)

Stat Points: 24/24 points to assign. The total points one may place in a single stat is 6+Level.
Physical Attack: Determines the strength of physical (i.e. swords or punches) attacks.
Agility: Determines speed and dodging skill. Used in rolling for initiative.
Special Attack: Determines the strength of non-physical (i.e guns, magic) attacks.
Fame/Infamy: Determines your relationship with the public and how much they respect you or you intimidate them.
Knowledge: Determines your knowledge of the field.
Resilience: Determines your resistance to attack. (Every RES point equates to 1 HP, every 2 RES points adds one point to your defense rating.)

LEVEL UP:
Every 100 XP garners a new level. This increases your health and your stat cap, as well as granting the character 4 points to be assigned in every stat and the potential for either two existing skills to be buffed or a new skill to be added. Every level that is a multiple of five, one may also take a new perk.

HP:
Your health marks your vitality. At 0 Health, you are rendered unconscious. Your health will drain at 1 HP initially, increasing by 1 every turn you are left unattended. If you reach -15 HP, you are dead permanently. An enemy who attacks you can hasten the process.

STUNTS:
The excellence one shows in battle has more effects than merely looking impressive. An excellently written action in battle may boost damage, increase one’s fame or infamy temporarily or even aid another person’s roll. Similarly, an excellently written crafting description may add a significant bonus to the result. All of this is dependent on the GM’s discretion.

COMBAT:
Combat is to be determined by rolling Weapon Damage Die+Relevant Attack Stat against the enemy’s Resilience. If abilities have their own die roll, that will be used in lieu of weapon damage die. Dodging is impossible, bar having an ability or piece of equipment that allows it, or the enemy’s skill allowing for a potential miss.

EQUIPMENT:
A Hero or Villain is sometimes just as defined by his clothes as he is by his acts.
A piece of equipment can either be Modifiable, allowing for one to make additions to it through crafting with knowledge, or Chosen, levelling up with the wielder at the cost of actual modifications later. A hero/villain can use both types of Equipment, however. There are three types: Armour, Weapons and Accessories, which should be entirely self-explanatory.
Unarmed attacks deal 1d5 unless otherwise specified; yes, unarmed fighters, that means you’ll have to stat up your ‘weapons’.

Damage and Defense Bonuses taken as 1d8 and 2 DEF unless otherwise specified by the GM.

Weapon Name:
Type:
Weapon Damage:
Effects:
Description:   

Armour Name:
Type:
Effects:
Defense Bonus:
Description:

Accessory Name:
Type:
Effects:
Description:

Example Equipment:

Weapon Name: Good Ol’ Fisticuffs (Level 1)
Weapon Damage: 1d10 (Physical)
Type: Chosen
Effects: Explosive: The enemy takes x2 damage if vulnerable to explosives.
Description: Your good ol’ fists. All shall fall to it in one blow.

Weapon Name: Kangarangs (Level 1)
Weapon Damage: 1d8 (Ranged)
Type: Modifiable
Effects: Sharp: 10% of bleeding damage (1d3 damage for 3 turns.)
Description: Boomerangs shaped like a kangaroo’s head. They work well for some reason.

Armour Name: Combat Skirt
Type: Modifiable
Effects: None.
Defense Bonus: 1 DEF, 2 AGI
Description: Not a dress, but a combat skirt.

Accessory: Purple Dragonfly
Type: Chosen
Effects: Flight: Allow the wearer to fly. +3 AGI in combat and 10% boost to dodging.
Description: A gem shaped like a, well, dragonfly. It’s reputed to grant its wearer the power of flight.

SKILLS/PERKS:
Skills are your Hero/Villain’s abilities, passive and active, to execute in combat. These can do anything from allowing him to stop time temporarily to giving him a minor bonus in resisting gamma rays. You start with 6 skills.

Example Skills:
Puppet Sword: Stabs through an opponent with a sword wielded as if on a puppet string. Does 1d10 damage. (Phys)
I Am Invincible: Your overconfidence manages to aid your ability to take actual hits. Damage from ranged attacks is reduced by 10%. (Passive)
Burst Laser: Blasts through an opponent with a searing laser, dealing 1d8 damage and having a 10% chance of a burn. (Special)
Power Charge: Amplifies the power of the next physical attack by the user by 1.4x.
No Really, I AM Invincible: Negates all damage done to you during a turn. One-turn cooldown. (Defensive)
I Summon Thee: Summons one’s servant to battle. Cannot be used again until the servant is defeated. (Summon)
Henshin Form: Transforms the user into a different form with the same stats and the appearance of a heroic, masked warrior. They have a different moveset in this form. (Transform)

Your Perks grant powerful passive boons, from a new, unique ability, to a large bonus that change your character and help to further distinguish them from others. You start with 3 perks.

Example Perks:
100 Squats, 100 Pushups, 10 Kilometer Runs: Your intense training grants you immense strength. Your physical attacks deal x1.5 more damage.
Heaven-Piercing Destiny: Your will is unmatched by any, and your drive to pierce the heavens unrivalled. When under 50% health, you gain x2 to all damage for three turns.
Beautiful Hero: As befitting of a hero, you are the fairest of them all. 1.5x Fame while dealing with groups of people.
Protector of Men: Your prowess in military feats is unmatched by any other hero. When commanding other heroes/villains, your Fame/2 is added to their attack stats while rolling.
Link to Another World: This perk gives the character access to the action ‘I Summon Thee’, allowing them to summon a creature.
Sentai: You have the ability to transform into a heroic masked warrior. Grants the ability Henshin Form, allowing them to access a different form with the same stats and different skills.

SUMMONS:
Some heroes rely on their magic or their wargear to fight for them. As such, summons can be utilised. All summons require a perk and appropriate action to utilise. One can choose from four types of summons:

-Partner: The summon you bring is your partner in battle. Although weaker than you, the summon can nonetheless fight with you. This summon must start with 20 points. These summons cannot have perks.
-Protector: You are far weaker than anything you can bring to bear, but these powerful summons you field are capable of fighting for you. In exchange for having halved starting points on your character, your summon may start with 24 points. These summons start with 1 perk.
-Swarm: You rely on outnumbering your enemies with force you bring to bear. You may start out with 2 summons, each only having 16 points to assign for stats. The more summons you add to this, your summons lose 2 points to assign in their stat pools. They may also only carry 2 skills and lack perks regardless of number.
-Other: Or perhaps your template is different? This is up to GM discretion.

Partners and Swarm-type summons can only level up if the action to summon them has been levelled up. Protectors can level up with the wielder. Partner- and Swarm-type summons get 2 stat points per level, while Protector-type summons get the full 4.

FLAWS:
All good heroes and villains have Flaws, allowing them to take an extra perk in exchange for suffering from an unfortunate complication. You can take up to 2 Flaws.

Example Flaws:
Robotic Structure: Your circuitry is more fragile than expected. You take x2 damage from lightning-based and magnetism-based attacks.
Sadist: You take pleasure in an enemy’s pain, and hate it when they are not suffering from your attacks. If an enemy negates your damage, the damage of your next attack is halved.
Unsung Hero: You are probably the most heroic man in the world- if anyone cared to listen to you. -50% to Fame/Infamy checks.
Your Worst Enemy: All good heroes need a worthy opponent. Unfortunately, you met someone who took that a little too far. 10% chance of your nemesis being present at any given encounter you participate in.

Spoiler: The Character Sheet (click to show/hide)

Name:
Age:
Race:
Gender/Sex:
Description:

Perks:

Complications:

Equipment:

Stats:


Level: 1
XP: 0
HP: 30+[RES + Level]
Init: 1d20+AGI
Defense: RES/2

Stats: 24 Points to assign. The total points one may place in a single stat is 6+Level.
Physical Attack:
Resilience:
Special Attack:
Fame/Infamy:
Agility:
Knowledge:


Skills: You may have six skills, not  counting your Basic Attack and Defense skills, which are unmodifiable.
Basic Attack
Basic Defense

Other:

Spoiler: An Actual Summon Template (click to show/hide)

SUMMON TEMPLATE:
Name:
Age:
Type:
Race:
Gender/Sex:
Description:

Equipment:

Stats:


Level: 1
XP: 0
HP: 30+[RES + Level]
Init: 1d20+AGI
Defense: RES/2

Stats: (Depends on the type of summon)
Physical Attack:
Resilience:
Special Attack:
Fame/Infamy:
Agility:
Knowledge:

Skills: The number of skills you may take depends on the type of summon, not  counting your Basic Attack and Defense skills, which are unmodifiable.
Basic Attack
Basic Defense

Other:

Spoiler: The Same Example Character, Altered Slightly (click to show/hide)

Name: The bastard lovechild of Aigis, Mega Man, Penny and Astro Boy Astra
Age: Physically 20, Chronologically 3
Race: Robot
Gender/Sex: Considers self female
Description: A feminine chassis, covered with ceramic plates that resist bullet rounds. Her arms and legs are covered with the same plates, allowing for lighter and faster movement. Her face, however, appears human, with faux-human skin; the intention must have been to keep the rest of her armour hidden under clothing or stealth fields.

Perks:
Bulletproof- 25% less damage from bullets.
No Strings on Me- Immune to mind control effects.
Robot- Immune to toxins, radiation and burning.
Adaptive Programming- If an attack does less than 50% of damage before damage reduction, Astra’s next attack deals x2 damage.
Quick Fix- At 0 HP, her health drain increases every other turn instead of every turn.

Complications:
Robotic Circuitry- x2 damage from magnetism- and electricity-based attacks.
Naive- 50% penalty to Fame/Infamy checks.

Equipment:
Weapon Name: Marionette Swords
Weapon Damage: 1d8 (Physical)
Type: Chosen
Effects: None.
Description: A pair of swords, controlled by marionette strings from your back. Onlookers think they’ve seen this somewhere before.

Weapon Name: Ultra Blaster
Weapon Damage: 1d8 (Special)
Type: Modifiable
Effects: Energy: Robotic opponents take halved damage from this, organics take x1.2 damage from this weapon.
Description: A mounted blaster on Astra’s left arm.
   
Armour Name: Combat Skirt
Type: Modifiable
Effects: None.
Defense Bonus: 1 RES, 2 AGI
Description: Not a dress, but a combat skirt. It looks nice on her.

Accessory: Rear Mounted Thruster
Type: Chosen
Effects: Flight- Allows the wearer to fly.
Description: A thruster. You do not want to know where this is installed.

Stats:


Level: 1
XP: 0
HP: 38
Init: 1d20+7
Defense: 4

Stats: 24 Points to assign. The total points one may place in a single stat is 6+Level.
Physical Attack: 6
Resilience: 6
Special Attack: 4
Fame/Infamy: 0
Agility: 6
Knowledge: 2

Skills: You may have six skills, not  counting your Basic Attack and Defense skills, which are unmodifiable.
Basic Attack
Basic Defense

Puppet Strings: Damages and stuns an opponent for one turn using her Marionette Swords. 1 turn cooldown. (Physical)
Spin Attack: Spin for 1 turn, deflecting all attacks against Astra at the attacker. However, Astra is unable to move next turn and is completely vulnerable to all attacks. (Physical)
Charge: Charges up a blast with her Ultra Blaster. Every turn she charges, she deals an extra x.2 damage with her next Ultra Blaster attack, but takes x.2 more damage until she attacks.
Jet Boots: 25% to dodging. Passive.
Guts Knuckle: Slams into an enemy with a powerful blow, dealing x2 damage with a single punch. 2 turn cooldown.
Phobos Mode: Boosts her stats for three turns, doubling her Phys. Attack, Spe. Attack and Agility, as well as granting her attacks x1.5 damage. These stats are reduced to 0 after the duration for two turns. 2 turn cooldown not including the ‘afterburn’.

Other:

Again, props go to IamanElfCollaborator who helped me out with a lot of this shit and also made the example character.

[BlitzDungeoneer]

Character Listing
Oliver Sloane - IamanElfCollaborator

Amber - Sentient Bowtie

Cress Rutherland - AbstractTraitorHero

Sera Cromwell - Twinwolf

Caroline Fitzsimmons - TheBiggerFish

Dave - kj1225

Literally Unlimited Minions - Shadestyle

Mary Red - Powder Miner

Fang of the Wilds - Bluexdog

Jet - Sosoku234

Tobias Trussardi - Sl4cker

[BlitzDungeoneer]

Reserved

[BlitzDungeoneer]

And one last Reserved

thank you, and have a pleasant posting day

[Twinwolf]

PTW
Primary character, work in progress.

Spoiler: Sera (click to show/hide)

Name: Sera Cromwell. She has a few Superhero names; Iron Maiden for her normal self, and Armored Rider Gaia for her Rider form. She usually introduces herself by her real name, those close to her tending to be able to take care of themselves.
Age: 20
Race: Human. Cyborg if you consider them separate.
Gender/Sex: Female/Female. Her injuries thankfully didn’t include the important areas.
Description: A taller woman with shoulder-length, neat black hair. She has blue eyes and glasses. In regards to features, she’s what one would call attractive, certainly. She generally wears hoodies and jeans, although occasionally has skirts with shorts underneath to prevent people from looking… there. More generally, clothing that can hide her cybernetics, which include both arms, her right leg, and a decent portion of her back. She also has her Rider Belt.

When on the job, she removes the majority of her civilian clothes as she activates her built-in armor, one made of a tough yet flexible metal that is silver in color.

And finally, in her Armored Rider Gaia form, she has a brown helmet with green eye-slits covering her head, and her golden body armor is replaced with more earthen tones, although it is still a similar and equally tough metal. A green scarf protects the neck. The belt now includes a Card Reader, for Arcana-based attacks, and has the symbol of a golden chariot on it.

Perks:
Armored Rider: Seras is an Armored Rider, and that implies certain things, cybernetics or no. 200% bonus to resisting mental conditions, and her health drain while unconcious is halved. She gains the unique action “Henshin”, a move that transforms her into her Armored Rider Gaia form, gaining a new set of skills.

Cybernetics: Technically, they’re more bionics, but everyone calls them cybernetics because of (Hollywood equivalent). She’s stronger than any normal human- and unlike most (Hollywood equivalent) cyborgs, she actually has the appropriate secondary enhancements to not rip her own arms off. 1.5x Physical Damage.

Growing Strength: Sera is getting used to her various modifications, learning how to use them to their fullest extent. +1 Physical Attack and Resilience per level.

Resistant Body: The secondary modifications mentioned earlier have made her, in general, tougher than a normal human. She takes 0.8 times the damage from all sources but Pure Damage. 

Complications:
Logical Weakness: Basically being part machine, electricity and magnetism is quite damaging to Sera. She takes double damage from electricity and magnetism as they screw with her cybernetics.

Equipment:
Weapon Name: Rider Arms - Glaive Visor
Type: Chosen
Weapon Damage: 1d8 (Physical)
Effects:
   Intrinsic: This weapon is tied to Sera, and cannot be taken unwillingly.
   Piercing: 10% of damage is dealt as pure damage.
Description: A long glaive, the end made of the same metal as Sera’s armor and the rider suit. Collapsable, so as to fit inside the storage compartment in her leg.

Weapon Name: Rider Arms - Machine Gun Visor
Type: Chosen
Weapon Damage: 1d8 Special
Effects:
   Rapid Fire: Strikes twice, missing on a roll of 1.
   Intrinsic: This weapon is tied to Sera, and cannot be taken unwillingly.
   Rider Exclusive: Only accessible in Rider form.
Description: A large machine gun that functions as the Gaia suit’s ranged option.

Armor Name: Cybernetic Armor
Type: Chosen
Effects:
   Intrinsic: It’s literally built into Sera. Good luck getting rid of it.
   Normal Form Exclusive: Only accessible in normal form.
Defense Bonus: 2 RES, 1 Phys. Attack
Description: Steel colored armor that both protects Sera and boosts her strength.

Armor Name: Rider Wear: Gaia Armor
Type: Chosen
Effects:
   Resistant: 25% Resistance to Radiation, Burning, Acids and Small Arms Fire.
   Rider Exclusive: Only accessible in Rider form.
Defense Bonus: +2 RES, +1 Physical Attack
Description: Described in the Armored Rider form section of Sera's description.

Accessory Name: Armored Rider System
Type: Chosen
Effects: Adaptive: Increases Physical Attack and Resilience by 1 every 2 levels.
Bonus: 1 PHYS. ATK, 1 RES [Total: 1 PHYS. ATK, 1 RES]
Description: The Armored Rider System increases the power of the wearer the longer they wear the Arcana belts, allowing the wearer to adapt to ever-increasingly stronger opponents.

Accessory Name: Rider Belt [Gaia Variant]
Type: Chosen
Effects:
   Henshin Enabler: Anyone who uses this belt with Sera's permission gains the skill Henshin, allowing them to use the Armored Rider Gaia suit and certain skills related to it.
   Durability Booster: Aid's the users durability, adding +10 HP, +1 per 2 levels.
Description: A green and brown belt with the symbol of the Chariot arcana on it.

Stats:

Level: 1
XP: 0
HP: 48
Init: 1d20+3
Defense: 3

Stats: 24 Points
Physical Attack: 7 (9)
Resilience: 7 (10)
Special Attack: 4
Fame/Infamy: 2
Agility: 3
Knowledge: 1

Skills:
(Italics is Normal form, Bold is Rider form, Bold Italics is both.)
Basic Attack - Slash or Shoot (Phys or Ranged)
Basic Defense - Guard

Piercing Strike: A strike to the weak spots of the opponent's armor, dealing 25% of the damage again as Pure Damage. If the enemy is guarding, the pure damage is negated but so is the guard. Active.
Arcana Strength: Rapid Assault: A series of rapid blows; Sera does one additional attack. Active.

Charge Strike: Sera prepares to strike an enemy weakness, calculated by the Armored Rider System, dealing 3x damage on the next attack. Three turn cooldown.
Arcana Tower: Aggravate: Sera isn't sure how it works either, but this ability forces an enemy to attack only Sera for two turns. A multi-target attack will prompt a counter that is a basic attack that deals pure damage.

Reactive Armor: When hit, add level times two to RES for two turns.
Arcana Empress: Retaliate: Sera, upon taking a hit, responds in kind, attacking the first enemy to hit her on her turn. Passive.

Arcana Chariot: Rider Assault: Sera tries to bring an end to the fight using her weapons and her Final Trigger, using both the strength of her cybernetics and the Rider Suit to deal [[Selected Weapon Die+Total Relevant Stat]x3] in Pure damage. Rider Assaults can only be executed after 5 turns and every other 5 turns afterwards.

Disable Limiter:/Arcana Emperor: Awaken Sera removes the power limiter on her cybernetics, in an attempt to end the fight quickly. In Rider form, this activates Awaken mode, with the same effects. Double attack stats and Resilience for three turns, and negate the next attack against her. Then, halve all stats but Fame/Infamy and Knowledge the turn after. Only useable each five turns.

Rend: Sera attacks in such a way that damages an opponent's armor, or at least leaves them far more open to attack. Reduce the enemy's RES by Sera's Special Attack plus her level. Does not stack, lasts 3 turns. Active.

Perk Skills:
Henshin!: Sera switches to Rider Form, gaining access to different skills.
Summon Terra: Sera summons Terra, the Gaia suit's motorcycle, giving her 10% Dodge chance and +5 Init for 3 turns. 3 turn cooldown. ((I'm assuming that I can't have this be better than Oliver's even though the First Gen suits are supposed to have better bikes than the prototypes.))

Other:
Sera was a normal person until a few years ago. She worked for the Union, one of the non-superpowered employees who worked in the dispatch center, where incidents are reported and if necessary a Hero is called to the scene. This was her life until one day, she was taken hostage by a group of villains who had been cornered in the building she just happened to be in. They threatened her (and the other hostages) life if they tried anything. And while they were making demands, she clubbed the leader with a chair. The distraction caused by trying to subdue her allowed one of the Heroes outside- one of the Armored Riders- to enter and capture them all. But, in their rage, the villains had mortally wounded Sera and had been torturing her up until the rider entered. It was… not pretty. The rider brought her to the only person he thought could help.

Sera was, by almost all definitions, beyond saving. And she would have been, had the doctor she was brought to been anyone else; it was already a small miracle she was still breathing when she arrived. But Doctor Toshiba was better than that.

The next morning, Sera woke up. She was… changed, but alive. As she adjusted, she decided something; she wouldn't let this second chance go to waste. In addition to the natural benefits of her new enhancements, Sera asked Toshiba for one of the Rider belts, to help people. He gave her one of the new "First Generation" belts, specifically the Gaia belt.

Once she was sufficiently used to the cybernetics and the suit, she began her work as a Hero for the Union- many Riders were independent, but she'd always worked for the Union.

Backup character, just in case.

Spoiler: Nicole Black (click to show/hide)

Name: Nicole Black. She has not been with the Union long enough to be assigned a super hero name.
Age: 20
Race: Human. Arguably.
Gender/Sex: Female/Female
Description:
Nicole is a woman of average height with long and curly black hair with gold streaks, and silver eyes. She generally goes for comfortable and... admittedly less than modest clothing when out of combat, and... actually pretty much the same in combat. In regards to features and certain other... assets, she is rather attractive.

Perks:
Strength in Numbers: Nicole’s specialty is group combat. When with at least two other heroes, she adds a number equal to her level to all stats.

Supernaturally Fit: Nicole is stronger than any normal human being, due to her innate supernatural power. 1.5 times the physical damage.

Regeneration: Nicole heals fast, regaining 10% HP per turn.

Super Toughness: Nicole is also supernaturally tough. At least against physical damage. 25% less damage from physical attacks and immunity to poison.

Complications:
The Logical Weakness: Hard to fly when you're being constantly blown back, isn't it? When hit by a wind-based attack, the effects of the Dark Wings are nulled for the turn and the next.

Equipment:

Weapon Name: Magic Daggers
Type: Chosen
Weapon Damage: 1d8 (Physical)
Effects: Strikes twice, but the individual attacks miss if they roll a one.
Description: Two identical knives of a black metal, glowing with supernatural power. A friend made them.

Armour Name: Natural Barrier
Type: Chosen
Effects: 25% resistance to small arms and fire. Can not be removed.
Defense Bonus: +2 Res, +1 Physical attack
Description: Nicole’s innate power manifests at almost all times as a barrier to damage, especially projectile weaponry and flame. Since this is a part of her, it can’t be removed.

Accessory Name: Dark Wings
Type: Chosen
Effects:
Part of the Body: These are physical parts of Nicole’s body, and can’t be removed.
Flight: They are wings. What do you think they do? +3 Agility in combat, and 10% boost to dodging, and the ability to fly.
Description: Dark colored wings sprouting from Nicole’s back. She can fold them up, because otherwise doors would be difficult. While they should be too small to allow flight, they are magic, so that doesn’t really apply. 

Stats:
Level: 1
XP: 0
HP: 37
Init: 1d20+9
Defense: 3

Stats: The total points one may place in a single stat is 6+Level.

Physical Attack: 7 (
Resilience: 5 (7)
Special Attack: 3
Fame/Infamy: 3
Agility: 5(
Knowledge: 1

Skills: You may have six skills, not  counting your Basic Attack and Defense skills, which are unmodifiable.

Rend: Nicole imbues her weapon with magic before the strike, rending the opponent's armor. In addition to standard damage, the opponent loses Resistance equivalent to Nicole’s Special Attack plus her level for three turns.

Weapon Damage: Nicole intentionally hits the opponent’s weapon, breaking, cracking, or otherwise damaging it through her magic. Subtract Nicole’s Special Attack plus level from the enemy’s damage rolls for three turns.

Flurry: Nicole attacks several times in quick succession. Add 1 to the number of attacks she does this round, to a maximum of 4.

Precision Strike: Nicole aims for the weakest spot she can find. Only one attack, but if it hits it does 2.5 times the damage. If it rolls 3 or lower, it misses.

Hit and Run: Nicole attacks, then gets out of the way as quickly as possible. +10% chance to evade the next attack targeting her.

Mutual Aid: Passive. When attacking the same target as an ally, add half of their damage roll to Nicole’s. Can only receive the bonus from one ally. If there are 2 allies, take the lowest roll. If there are three or more, take the second lowest.

Basic Attack
Basic Defense

Other:
Nicole was an odd child. As are most people who were born the day of the Turning Point. While she began life relatively normal, she was always a bit different than the other kids. She never got sick, wounds had a tendency to heal much faster than they should, and she was far more athletic than kids three years older. Odd, but not overly strange. Until puberty hit, that is. In addition to the normal… developments, her bone structure began to change; she was growing wings. Her parents had always known there was something strange about her; it’d be difficult to believe she was normal, given her date of birth. They were supportive. Other people... varied. There were quite a few people who bullied her because she was different. And likewise a few people who thought it was cool and became her close friends. At age 18, Nicole graduated and began to work as a hero; she had the powers, may as well use them for good. She didn’t join the union until 20, though; she wanted to have some field experience before she officially registered.

[IamanElfCollaborator]

Spoiler: Still a ripoff (click to show/hide)

Name: Oliver Sloane / Armored Rider Joker / Monochrome Rider
Age: 24
Race: Human
Gender/Sex: Cis/Male
Description: A thin young man, at a height of 5'10'', with brown hair and grey eyes. Often wears office attire on his job as a private detective, with a fedora for style. It makes him look silly, but he chooses to wear it anyway because it's a comfortable hat. They have an obsession with the idea of 'hard-boiled' detectives but are often far too friendly to pull off being 'hardboiled'. Around their waist is an Armored Rider belt, in black and white, with the symbol of the Fool Arcana, a stylized jester's mask, embossed on the buckle. A silver holster is at the side of the belt, where the Prototype Gun Visor is kept, allowing him to access it even in human form.

Armored Rider Form: Similar in design to Armored Rider Aeon/Argent Gale’s armor, they have an undersuit of white flexible material. A black chestplate with a stylized fool's mask embossed into it, representing the Fool Arcana, is mounted upon it with a whole plate protecting their back and two black pauldrons on their shoulders. Their helmet consists of an entire plate covering the whole face and two red holes for the eyes, with two antennae mounted on the center of the top of the helmet. A silver scarf protects the neck, wrapped tightly around it.

Awaken Mode: The pauldrons, chestplate and helmet change, as the pauldrons extend over the arms and slightly beyond, the chestplate changes to accomodate a tower behind the fool's mask and the helmet gains a third spoke on the antennae, resembling a crown. The boots and gloves change to appear more armoured, and the scarf transforms into a small cloak.

Perks:
Consummate Detective: Oliver is a skilled detective, having been an avid detective since youth. +20 to Perception rolls and detecting ambushes, as well as detecting evidence.

Put A Good Word In: Oliver's name is famous due to his work as a private detective. x1.5 Fame/Infamy when negotiating.

Determination of the Rider: Their inability to give up in battle is part of their identity. 200% bonus to resisting mental effects, and their health drain when unconscious is halved. Also grants the Unique Skill Henshin! in human form and Summon Bike when in Armored Rider form.

Deadeye: Oliver, as with any good hardboiled detective, is a good shot with his gun, whether it be a revolver or the Prototype Gun Visor. Even when enemies have passive or active dodge chance or his attack has a chance to miss, Oliver has a 10% chance to land his attack.

Flaws:
Greenhorn: Fame/Infamy rolls take a 50% penalty when not negotiating.

Equipment:
Weapon Name: Rider Arms: Melee Arms
Weapon Damage: 1d8 (Physical)
Type: Chosen
Effects: -Intrinsic: These are tied to Oliver and cannot be disarmed.
Description: Their hands and feet, perfectly good weapons. Especially when coated in armour.

Weapon Name: Rider Arms: Prototype Gun Visor
Weapon Damage: 1d8 (Ranged)
Type: Chosen
Effects: -Intrinsic: These are tied to Oliver and cannot be disarmed.
Description: A sleek, simple handgun-like weapon that shoots bursts of magnetically boosted metal. It can be scanned with cards to use the effects of Trigger cards with it, including the Final Trigger. This uses Agility for damage calculations.

Armour Name: Rider Wear: Joker Armour
Type: Chosen
Effects: Resistant: 25% Resistance to Radiation, Burning, Acids and Small Arms Fire.
-Intrinsic: The armour is very resistant to damage. Only Oliver can wear it.
Defense Bonus: 2 RES, 1 AGI
Description: See description.

Accessory Name: Armored Rider System
Type: Chosen
Effects: Adaptive: Increases Physical Attack and Agility by 1 every 2 levels.
-Rider Exclusive: Oliver only has access to this in Rider Joker Form.
Bonus: 1 PHYS. ATK, 1 AGI [Total: 1 PHYS. ATK, 1 AGI]
Description: The Armored Rider System increases the power of the wearer the longer they wear the Arcana belts, allowing the wearer to adapt to ever-increasingly stronger opponents.

Accessory Name: Arcana System Belt [Joker Variant]
Type: Chosen
Effects: -Henshin Enabler: Enables his ability to use the skill Henshin!. Anyone who wears this belt with Oliver's permission will have access to the skill and can transform into Armored Rider Joker, but lacks access to certain skills.
-Durability Increaser: +10 HP (+1 per 2 levels: 0 HP bonus).
Description: The same belt Oliver wears to transform into Armored Rider Joker. Appearance is described in the Joker Form description.

Stats:

Level: 1
XP: 0
HP: 35 [45]
Init: 1d20+7
Defense: 4 [6]

Stats: 24 Points to assign. The total points one may place in a single stat is 6+Level.
Physical Attack: 6 [7]
Resilience: 4
Special Attack: 2
Fame/Infamy: 3
Agility: 5 [7]
Knowledge: 5

Skills: You may have six skills, not  counting your Basic Attack and Defense skills, which are unmodifiable.
Basic Attack: Strike for base damage.
Basic Defense: Uses his arms to protect himself for (Defense x 2).

Analyse: Oliver analyses an opponent, detecting a weakness and making his next attack against it deal x3 damage. Three turn cooldown. (Level 1)
- Rider Joker Form: Arcana Strength: Forceful Burst: Oliver's strike is boosted in power. Add 50% of the damage of the attack and add it on as additional damage.
- Awaken Mode: Forceful Burst's additional damage is Pure damage.

Pragmatist: Oliver, having been raised with two future brawlers, learned quickly to get in on a fight. +5 to INIT when untransformed. Passive. (Level 1)
- Rider Joker Form: Arcana Justice: Kinetic Drain: Oliver uses the energy of his next attack to heal damage to himself, returning 15% of the damage dealt by this attack as healing. One turn cooldown.
- Awaken Mode: Kinetic Drain heals 20%.

Rider Joker Form: Arcana Moon: Moonlight Divide: This attack deals 25% additional damage as Pure damage, ignoring RES. If the enemy attempts to defend against this attack (whether by shielding, healing or etc), the defense action fails and the attack deals normal damage. (Level 1)
- Awaken Mode: The attack ignores even invulnerability, dealing the normal damage this attack deals.

Rider Joker Form: Arcana Death: Dampening Field: Projects a minor field around the armour that repulses attacks. For the next turn, all offensive actions targeting Oliver are repulsed bar those that pierce defenses. Two turn cooldown. (Level 1)
- Awaken Mode: Dampening Field negates all offensive actions towards Oliver, even Pure damage and abilities that pierce all other defenses.

Rider Joker Form: Arcana Fool: Rider Beat: Oliver attempts an final blow using his weapons and his Final Trigger, dealing [[Selected Weapon Die+Total Relevant Stat]x3] in Pure damage. Rider Beats can only be executed after 5 turns and every other 5 turns afterwards.
- Awaken Mode: Rider Beats add 5% of the target's health to damage calculations.

Rider Joker Form: Awakening: Arcana Tower: Oliver's armour temporarily increases in power as he transforms into Awaken Mode, increasing both attack stats and Agility by x2, reducing incoming damage to 90% and adding effects to his attacks. However, this can only be accessed every 5 turns, lasts for 3 turns and halves all of his stats except Fame and Knowledge for one turn afterwards due to fatigue.

Unique Skill: Henshin!: Transforms Oliver into the Armored Rider Joker. [Imparted upon any wearer of the Rider Belt.]
 - Rider Joker Form: Unique Skill: Summon Bike: Oliver summons his Joker Bike, giving him a +5 to INIT rolls and granting him a 10% chance to dodge attacks while on the bike. The bike will disappear after three turns and can be summoned again after three turns. Oliver needs to wait three turns to activate this skill.

Other: -They have a particular rivalry with their younger brothers, Nick and Jack Sloane, who also have Armored Rider belts of their own as Armored Riders Sol and Luna.
-Oliver has been an avid detective for years, ever since falling in love with detective fiction as a kid. He especially idolised the hardboiled types and so always tried to be like them; however, he was always far too emotional to be anything like them. Regardless, he tried to work as a detective and eventually, after years of trying, got himself as a partner to another, older private investigator, the late Joe Stone, owner of the Stone Agency.

After several cases together, he eventually found an ad by a Doctor Toshiba, looking for test subjects. At the time, Oliver needed money, as the Stone Investigation Agency hadn't taken many cases and thus his pocket was rather empty. Of course, he assumed that Doctor Toshiba, a famed roboticist, was merely looking for a test operator of one of his new robots. It was more than that, however, as that fateful day seven years ago was in fact the day when Toshiba had finished working on what were to become the Armored Rider belts.

He and another prospective subject, Tatsuya Hino -himself a robotics student at the time- were tasked with testing out the first generation of belts, later known as the Luna and Sol belts. Toshiba eventually used his findings and, with Tatsuya's assistance, produced the Joker belt, a belt halfway between the Luna and Sol belts and the First Generation Belts, most famously utilised by Tatsuya himself as Armored Rider Flamma (codenamed 'Aurum Inferno') and the mysterious Rider Argent Gale. However, when tests on the Joker belt were starting, a Mysterious Being attacked the laboratory, threatening Doctor Toshiba and Tatsuya. Oliver took the untested belt and wore it, transforming into Armored Rider Joker for the first time and defeating the Mysterious Being, saving the lives of both men. As a reward for his bravery, the good doctor, after finishing testing on the Joker belt, decided that the belt was best in Oliver's hands and so gave it to him.

Ever since, the detective- now running the agency as the Sloane Detective Agency- has worked with both normal members of the public and the Heroic Union in solving cases of both supernatural and mundane natures, using his powers as Armored Rider Joker to defend people. He was most significantly involved in a hostage situation a few years ago, involving Heroic Union personnel being held hostage at a dispatch center, where, happening to be passing by while solving a case, he entered the building and subdued the villains, saving the lives of everyone present.
Affiliation: Independent.

WIP

[Shadestyle]

Spoiler: Literally Unlimited Minions (click to show/hide)

Name: "Literally Unlimited Minions"
Age: He keeps saying his age is immeasurable, but he is only 56 according to the records.
Race: He keeps saying "Summoner" but the records say "human"
Gender/Sex: Again, he says summoner, but he is biologically male.
Description:  A fantastic being in a robe/tuxedo of humble purple, he claims to be the most powerful summoner in existence, and in a way, he is, as he has trained for years to enhance his techniques, or rather, one technique, the very first spell he ever obtained, "Summon Bitty Slime".

Perks:

Years of training: his immense near mentally defecting focus allows him to apply all of his power and resources to one particular task, summoning.  Certain objects, spells or skills may spontaniously improve his "Summon Bitty Slime" Spell.

Max-min'd: his devotion to his art allows him to ignore level caps when leveling up one particular skill, which can only be guessed at.

Slime specialist: through no fault of his own, his summoning has branched off into the study of slimes, -solely for improving his summoning of course- he gains +50% to his stats when studying, fighting, or crafting with sentient slimes.

Puzzle Awareness: Using his summoning skill so often has improved his spacial and tactile reasoning. At will, he gets a roll to figure something about the situation that may be pertinent to his skillset if the problem is puzzling in nature.

Flaws: 

Forbidden School: The Summoner is forbidden from learning direct spells involving energy, the creation of Raw fire, Lightning and Ice are forever lost to him, though loopholes may exist.

Equipment:

Weapon Name: Slime attuned Staff+1
Type: Chosen
Weapon Damage: 1d4
Effects: +1 summons per spell cast
Description: This slimy stick holds a hidden power, and grows in blorblyness with it's wielder.

Armour Name: Summoner's Robes
Type: Modifiable
Effects: +1 SpAtk when summoning.
Defense Bonus: None
Description: A robe practically interwoven with years of talismans and curio, this robe's inherent magic improves it's Caster's summons in every way.

Accessory: Bitty Slime King's Seal.
Type: Chosen
Effects: Protection from Bitty Slime: The user cannot be harmed or impeded by Bitty Slimes, at will they can pass through them as though they were Air, and Dispel them with a thought.
Description: A pendant from the lord of Bitty Slimes, it protects a summoner from being overtaken by his summons.

Stats:

Level: 1
XP: 0
HP: 38
Init:
Defense: 3

Stats: 28 Points to assign. The total points one may place in a single stat is 6+Level.
Physical Attack: 0
Resilience: 7
Special Attack: 7
Fame/Infamy: 1
Agility: 6
Knowledge: 7


Skills: You may have six skills, not  counting your Basic Attack and Defense skills, which are unmodifiable.
Basic Attack: Splat; Smack a fool with something slimy.
Basic Defense: Spat; The fool smacked something slimy instead. redirect damage to a nearby summon.

Summon Bitty Slime: Summon a Bitty Slime Hoard with (Special Attack)d6 HP, 1dSlime Number damage, and 0 in every stat, the summons last for 6 Hours. If used while a summon is out, add (Special Attack)d6 HP, and 1dSlime Number damage to the Hoard's stats.

Metamagic, Doubled Spell: All spells cast with this metamagic invoked are 33% (Rounding up) weaker, but cast twice, takes 1 turn to invoke this metamagic, and it lasts 3 turns.

Metamagic, Solid Spell: All numbers on a spell with this metamagic invoked are changed to 1, the spell is cased as a solid crystalline sphere which must be shattered for it to activate takes 1 turn to invoke this metamagic, and it lasts 3 turns.

Metamagic, Beam: All spells cast with this metamagic invoked are fired in a beam, and inexplicably push targets away based on it's strength takes 1 turn to invoke this metamagic, and it lasts 6 turns.

Enchant: Use a spell to enhance an object with it for 1d6 hours

Sticky Slimes: Summoned Slimes can stick together, forming an amalgamate that while no smarter, stronger, or better at anything, stick together rather well.  Slimes can also stick to certain surfaces.

Spoiler: Bitty Slime Hoard (click to show/hide)

Name: Bitty Slime Hoard
Age: 0-1
Type:-Other: Hoard, the user uses an absurd number of useless minions when summoning, Summon Stats capped at 1 point, but every use of the summon skill adds stats to the Hoard, there can only be one hoard out at a time.
Race: Bitty Slime
Gender/Sex: Neutral
Description: Bitty Slimes are tiny  creatures, about the size of a basketball, they are one of the smallest and weakest, but also the most pleantiful, they are also incomparably stupid, slightly more than Lemmings or Pikmin.

Level: 1
HP: 1
Init: 0
Defense: 0

Physical Attack: 1
Resilience: 0
Special Attack: 0
Fame/Infamy: 0
Agility: 0
Knowledge: 0

Basic Attack: Blorble; The slime rams into a foe, dealing 1dSlimes damage.
Basic Defense: Take it; The Slime has a very poor self-preservation, and will try to get in the way of things.  Each slime has a small chance to get in the way of an attack or debuff, 1% Chance per slime in the hoard.

[Adragis]

ptw

[Twinwolf]

So I'm probably going to play Nicole again

Unless someone wants to do the other half of the twins I was originally going to do

[Adragis]

Hmm. Who were the twins?

[kj1225]

Spoiler: Dave returns! (click to show/hide)

Name:  Dave/ Shard
Age:  28
Race:  Megacity E resident. However he keeps making progressively more rediculous claims about where he's from.
Gender/Sex:  Male
Description:  A completely normal, if attractive male. When on the job, he covers his face with a mask of shards, though each time the mosaic it forms changes.

Perks:  Forgetable face:  He's moderately attractive to the point that even friends lose him in the crowd. People have a hard time tracking him down. +Fame modifier to Stealth rolls.
Creative take downs:  Gains 2 points of fame/infamy per level.
Fly my pretties! When using SA attacks, enemies have -4 RES

Complications:  Nice guy:  Can't intimidate people at all. It's his face I swear. Unable to make infamy tests

Equipment:
Armour Name:  Shard Plate
Type: Modifiable
Defense Bonus: +2 RES
Description: A set of plate armor made from various shards of things. It's surprisingly bullet proof.

Stats:


Level: 1
XP: 0
HP: 38
Init: 1d20+5
Defense: 4.5

Stats: 24 Points to assign. The total points one may place in a single stat is 6+Level.
Physical Attack: 4
Resilience: 7 +2
Special Attack: 4
Fame/Infamy:  1
Agility: 4
Knowledge: 4


Skills: You may have six skills, not  counting your Basic Attack and Defense skills, which are unmodifiable.
Shard Shield: Passive, Dave takes Half damage from the first attack to hit him per turn.
Gather shards:  Calls together shards of... everything really, glass, metal, and rock are the most common. (Increases damage of next attack by 1.6x)
Shard attack: Shape of drill:  Deals 1d8 damage plus SA and ignores 10% Res
Shard attack: Shape of hammer: Deals 2d6 damage+SA
Shard crafting:  Crafts single use items from shards like grenades
Shard hand: Deals 1d6 damage and immobilizes 2 targets for 2 turns. 3 turn cool down.
Basic Attack
Basic Defense

Other:

[Twinwolf]

USEC was the other one; I was playing the "Physical and Debuffs" girl, he played "Magic and Buffs" guy. You can see mine from this post, the one that isn't Nicole.

There was also going to be a Red Oni, Blue Oni thing going on personality-wise.

[Powder Miner]

Hmm, is there a "youth wing" of the Heroic Union, like Young Justice in DC, or the Wards in Worm?

[BlitzDungeoneer]

Hmm, is there a "youth wing" of the Heroic Union, like Young Justice in DC, or the Wards in Worm?

Sure, although I'm leaning more towards the 'Young Justice' (from what little I know about it) way than the Wards way.

course i dont know much about how YJ operates but it seems like its more appropriate for this particular setting

[Powder Miner]

Mind making up a name for it for me for backstory, or would you mind if I did so?
My character's going to be 16 or 17, you see.