Trouble at the Vatican. (Your help/suggestions?)
By
Fire_Wa11,
Posted on: 2005-05-10 09:13 in Roleplaying
Interesting...
It would seem that the defender psychic secondary would be appropriate. I am not fully familiar with all of the powers in that line, but I believe there are several that sleep, immobilize, or stun.
"Shut up Mr. Burton, you are not brought upon this world to get it!" - Lo Pan
@MadGremlin
Mad Gremlin,
You're right. The problem was simple. TheCardinal is not a kinetic/energy defender but a kinetic/psyhic defender. I will re-roll him and *sigh* keep a positive attitude about it! Thank you very much.
Re-rolled him from 8 up to 6 yesterday. Wow, Psionic Lance is a pretty bad-a** power. Not bad for an old man.
I may have screwed up and I'm counting on your creativity/knowledge of the game to rescue my 2nd alt, TheCardinal on Virtue, a Level 8 kinetic defender with energy blast (2ndary). Here is some background:
My first alt is TheExorcist. A young, former featherweight champ turned priest because boxing had damaged his hearing/torn ligaments. Long story short, The Exorcist is a natural controller who gets his grav/ff from G-d. Eventually, he will be manipulated into working for man -- specifically -- the Vatican.
That leads me to TheCardinal. My 2nd alt. (Main is unrelated to this story line.) TheCardinal is to TheExorcist what Cancer Man is to Moulder. A shadowy background figure. Literally, the top official at the Paragon ARchidiocese who was born a very powerful mutant (which betrays his weak and feeble appearance.) What took me down this path was just some creative writign I was playing around with on my friends' message board here:
http://discussion.thedarwin.com/cgi-...num=1112810475
And here is my dilemma with any of your suggestions on character build/creative direction to stay true to character, etc. very appreciated:
It is my own fault. From the storyline, TheCardinal has the ability to create deafening noises (Psychic Shriek). But, the story also implies it weakens its targets (Kinetic). So, rather than making TheCardinal a mind controller (Psychic Shriek), I made him a kinetic defender just to try a new archetype. (what I mean by fault.) But it would seem that a kinetic defender will never have access to Psychic Shriek. I am looking for a creative way to solve this. Two options I can come up with are:
1) TheCardinal is so powerful, but also so self-itnerested and political, that he has many abilities (archetypes) he could draw from. He is a kinetic defender so as not to get his hands too dirty because that is the power set he takes to the streets. (If he is hitting the streets, you can bet he is doing a favor for some senator or a powerful figure that will help him anyway; no, TheExorcist has heroic tendencies. TheCardinal, does not.)
2) I could select fear and say that TheCardinal is converting kinetic energy into horrifying sounds, screams or voices. Actually, that sounds pretty cool, but I have two characters planned for COV that will have fear.
So, I guess my questions would be. 1) Am I missing a power that is closer to Psychic Shriek that a kinetic defender has access to? 2) Am I wrong in stating that a kinetic defender CANNOT ever pick Psychic Shriek. 3) Any other suggestions on the creative direction to keep The Cardinal true to his character of being able to use kinetic energy to defend OR control?
Also, please feel free to checkout the storyline so far I posted above. I am excited about a tough guy character like the exorcist who ironically is the Vatican's ears, eyes and fists on the mean streets of Paragon. If a location did explode overnight with aliens, portal technology, magic relics, etc., you can bet this world's longest surviving instittuions would have some boots on the ground to ensure their preservation. COH rules!