What Powers would Famous Characters have?
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Posted on: 2009-11-15 18:37 in Archetypes and Powers General Discussion
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Originally Posted by Ghost_Ripper
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What AT would an Angel be and what Powers whould it have? [snip] |
An angel could be many things. A list would look like:
1. A PB, controlling and blasting holy light.
2. A fire blaster, being a worker of God, carrying out His will and blasting holy fire.
3. A Fire meele toon, just the fire swords are a bible reference. (the angel who guarded the garden of eden after Adam and Eve were ran out wielded a flaming sword.)
4. For a fallen angel, a WS, or any dark power sets.
Riddick...DB/WP Brute or Scrapper
Vampire...tough call on this one, it can go so many ways.
Angel...another tough call...especially with color customization...
In fact, I was trying to decide what my new concept (half angel/Half succubus) would be to fit both of those.
I toyed with just looking like a succubus with anglic powers...but then decided I wanted both dark and light powers and ended up with a Dark/Thermal Corr. I think it's working out nicely as she sits at lvl 8 today.
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I think that you could take just about any powerset and find some version of the vampire mythos somewhere that would justify it. For the traditional Dracula style vampire a Mind Control/Storm Summoning Controller would seem the most fitting.|
Originally Posted by Ghost_Ripper
What AT would a Vampire be and what powers could you use for them? (Blade) or (Gerneral mythos Vamps)
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There are plenty of other powersets that easily fit the vampire image.
A Dark/Dark Defender or Corrupter would represent the more magically inclined servant of darkness. Similarly a Necromancer/Dark Mastermind would take this to the furthest extreme.
For melee toons you've got a few options. Again Dark/Dark would be a magically inclined vampire with a fondness for melee. A sword based set (Broadsword, Dual Blades, or Katana) gives you a fallen knight style vampire similar to the Blood Dragons from Warhammer. Martial Arts might be used to represent a more modern urbane version of the fallen knight vampire, he relies on his native strength and extreme skills to best his opponents in hand to hand but avoids carrying an obvious weapon to avoid suspicion. For a more feral, bestial vampire you could use either Super Strength or Claws depending on what sort of appearance you're going for. For defense sets Dark, Inv, SR and Regen would all fit depending on exactly what style you want to go for.
For Blasters you could go Psychic/Mental. It's a bit of a stretch since while most vampire mythos does give them psychic powers they tend to be more along the lines of influencing and controlling others rather than scrambling their brains. A Mind Control/Psychic Assault Dominator suffers from the same thematic issues.
A Warshade can also make a decent vampire thematically since their powers are already dark and revolve around drawing strength from their enemies.
If you wanted a 'World of Darkness' style modern vampire you could even do somthing like a Dual Pistols/Mental Manipulation blaster when GR comes out.
...I think he wants us to come up with our own famous characters and now just repeat his...
I'll do an easy one...
Samurai= Katana/WillPower Scrapper (I figure will power because the samurai are extremely loyal to their culture and the way of honor and will die instead of accept defeat.)
Cop= AR/Devices blaster
And one that maybe People won't think of at first...
Cupid= Trick arrow/Psychic Blast Defender
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Riddick is DB/WP
I created a DM/SR vampire-esque character (he's actually a mutant, his backstory says that he's a direct descendant of Dracula, who was also a mutant, but since no one knew what a mutant was back then, his powers were attributed to the supernatural)
BS/Shield scrapper would be one angel possibility. Archery/Fire blaster would be another.
many ways to go on that one.
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Originally Posted by Dechs Kaison See, it's gems like these that make me check Claws' post history every once in a while to make sure I haven't missed anything good lately. |
When power customization came out, I decided that an angel would probably be a hypothetical empathy/fire blast defender with everything colored white and gold. Holy fire, healing people, etc, etc.
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Vampires I would generally say go with Super Strength/Reflex or Super Strength/Regen with the flight power pool because Vampires are generally always seen as being stronger, faster and heal quicker than a normal human.
Or as people have said if you are going the magic route with a Vampire then Dark is always a good choice.
I have always gone the controlling the laws of nature and the elements in terms of my Angel characters. My character Tired Angel is a Grav/Storm controller and a Earth/Electric Dominator. Ive also got Angel's Ghost who is a Storm/Dark and Tortured Angel who is Fire/Storm. Ive also got another incarnation of Tired Angel as a Plant/Cold controller. My character Hell's Angel Uriel is a Necro/Thermal MM.
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I'm partial to doing an angel as some combination of FM/Shield, using an energy shield (not the Fire one) colored to match the Fire Sword.
Tales of Judgment. Also here, instead of that other place.
good luck D.B.B.
Ninja:
Martial Arts/Ninja Blade/Katana/Claws/Dual Blades/Broad Sword
And Ninjitsu. Or potentially Super Reflexes. Oh come on, you knew it was coming. 
For Samurai, the second can just as easily be invincibility (they wear armour, and there's a dodge component, and the unstoppable is what the name on the tin says), along with willpower. :3
Now if you're going for licensed characters, due to how some of them are, they might only exist as Architect characters where you can freely mix powersets. :3
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When I think cupid I think more Emp/Archery
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Originally Posted by Desitre
Cupid= Trick arrow/Psychic Blast Defender
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Both vampires and angels could be darn near anything, and yes with overlap. Using particular definitions might be more specific:
A Warhammer style vampire could be a Necro/Dark Mastermind, though not as tough as they are on the tabletop.
More traditional types, Nosferatu style, could be a Dark Melee/Dark Armour, as a Scrapper, Tanker or Brute depending on preference.
Warshades are basically vampire alien symbiotes.
And because we're all thinking it: Twilight vamps are Super Strength/Invuln with the Speed power pool and classic power effects.
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Originally Posted by spiritfox
When I think cupid I think more Emp/Archery
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I was trying to set up a format of list what you think one is, then comment on one or a few of the others you want to comment on, then so on and so forth. Like mine was:
Vampire (Blade) = Kat/SR or Kat/WP w/max def to make him harder to hit to represent dodge speed
Angel = Tank/Scrapper/PB= Tanks-Inv, Shield (elemtal), WP, FA; Secondary WM/BAxe/SS/FM. . . etc.
Riddick= Brute DB (Knives)/ WP or SR
Next person puts there Ideas of what I put, then puts their own:
Like Poster88 writes I think Angels would be this or that. . .listing powers
Poster88 writes I think Mega Man would have these powers (??????) then the next person commetns on mine or his and puts there own down...etc. etc.
Isn't anyone intrested in doing this? It'll be fun to get a perspective of what others think a potential omage character should be translated into the COX-Verse.
Fine I'll start another one:
Keeping with the theme of the martial arts pack and the chinese weapons,
Flying Sword: Dual blades, Chinese Jian weapons / SR
Broken Sword: Broad Sword, Chinese Broadsword / SR
Lol. . . I guess I'm going to have to give up on this thread. Geez, the forums aren't as fun as I remeber them to be?!?
This thing has been done many, many times before and most people have lost interest.
Let's see how you people would build these costumed characters:
Word Girl
The Butcher
Lady Redundant Woman
Chuck the Evil Sandwich Making Guy
(Yes I have kids who enjoy PBS)
OK seriously...
Darth Vader
I don't see a way to do anything with melee weapons to represent a light sabre. I've actually created a tongue-in-cheek Anakin (pre-fall from grace) as a Dark Miasma/Electric Blast Defender.
I've also considered going with Gravity Control for the levitate/flinging of objects.
Would be cool to have a power to repel enemies with the wave of a hand too... mental manipulation has one i suppose. Hrm.
I've seen quite a few "Dark" scrappers, defenders, corruptors, mm's, and stalkers with customized "blood red" powers. Its a very chilling effect IMHO.
My favorite choices for vampire toons are:
Necro/Dark Master Mind (If you've ever read the Laura Caxton Series by David Wellington, these fit right in. Vamps with their rotting "half-dead" servants).
Dark Melee/Regen Scrappers and Stalkers
Dark/Dark Corruptors and Defenders
My level 50 Dominators:
Madame Mindbender 50 Mind/Energy
Fly Agaric 50 Plant/Thorn
Nate Nitro 50 Fire/Psi
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I often thought of Dark for Vampire type effetcts since it steals life and gives it to you, i.e. like vampirism. I also thought of the Idea of using Electric, as sort of an energy vampire, that steals your endurance. |
Originally Posted by RiverOcean
I've seen quite a few "Dark" scrappers, defenders, corruptors, mm's, and stalkers with customized "blood red" powers. Its a very chilling effect IMHO.
My favorite choices for vampire toons are: Necro/Dark Master Mind (If you've ever read the Laura Caxton Series by David Wellington, these fit right in. Vamps with their rotting "half-dead" servants). Dark Melee/Regen Scrappers and Stalkers Dark/Dark Corruptors and Defenders |
what powers would batman have blueside (and for the dark knight redside)
for blueside ma/wp scrapper
redside ma/ninja stalker but dont know
Helge corr lvl 50 rad/cold
Helge2 corr lvl 50 ice/rad
Techbothelge MM lvl 50 robo/dark
Helge Mauz def lvl 50 emp/ele
illuhelge troller lvl 50 illu/rad
Wiederbelebter helge nk lvl 50 bs/reg
Maennerschreack nightwidow lvl 44
Quantenjaeger ws lvl 3
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Vanguard Broadsword or Katana, done.
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Originally Posted by Majek
OK seriously...
Darth Vader I don't see a way to do anything with melee weapons to represent a light sabre. I've actually created a tongue-in-cheek Anakin (pre-fall from grace) as a Dark Miasma/Electric Blast Defender. I've also considered going with Gravity Control for the levitate/flinging of objects. Would be cool to have a power to repel enemies with the wave of a hand too... mental manipulation has one i suppose. Hrm. |
I wanted to start a thread here where people could offer up a character from any media and convert them to COX. I'll start.
What AT would Riddick be and what Powers would he have?
What AT would a Vampire be and what powers could you use for them? (Blade) or (Gerneral mythos Vamps)
What AT would an Angel be and what Powers whould it have?
My Ideas on Riddick Dual Blades/WP or DB/SR Brute...defintely GR prospect.
Blade type Vamp Kat/Regen, Kat/WP or Kat/Inv. scrapper. Kat/WP Brute. Kat/Inv. Brute