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Aberrant: Stepping from Eden - Game proposal


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Proposal for a new game, well sort of...

Since I can't get enough Trinity players for Stepping from the light I'm going to move along the timeline to 2123 and ask for players for up to 4-5 Eden Novas to initially act as part of the first PR/liaison team allowed in Earth space. There will also be a psion team to act as escorts/guides/liaison that I hope the current Stepping players will stay on for, although I'm also happy to take on extra psions.

These are to be built on the standard rules and books, but with 60xp and a max of Taint 6 (preferably much lower). I'll also allow things from Brainwaves, ABA, and Sprockets Aberrant Compendium. Please be aware that I don't have all the books myself (notably the APG), so you may need to provide details of some powers etc.

Please use the Excel sheet and colour scheme from Blue Ninja's TransD game, I hope he doesn't mind!

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Right here...

But one side note, we *need* a warper.

The escort group of psions (of N/PC's) is made up of psions, mainly from Upeo/Starcrossed, some of whom have lived on Eden (on and off) for the last 6-10 years, so I think you can get hold of a Jumper or perhaps Ferryman if you need to. On the other hand you are quite likely to want a Warper as well.

Other issues that have come up in some discussions.

With 60NP you could get Q6 and lvl4 powers and I will allow this, as long as you can give the information to go with those powers, and since you can't start off that high normally I would need a damn good reason why you had more than a couple of dots in any lvl4 power.

2nd Gen novas do exist on Eden. The Original 36 where probably all sterile thanks to PU, but those that erupted on Eden would not be and they have been there for at least 50-60 years. However, following the rules in ABA you would need a 80NP game minimum to play an adult 2nd Gen who has gone through his apothesis. So at 60np if you wanted to play a 2nd gen it would have to be at most a teenager, probably below 16 who is still waiting/building towards his apothesis.

So Alex, any ideas of what you wanted to play...?

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The Original 36 where probably all sterile thanks to PU...

Probably not. By the time they'd left there were at least 3 Q8 novas on Earth with a level 5 power that would let them snap their fingers and undo that for everyone on the planet (or for that matter, inflict it on everyone on the planet). Q8 is scary.

Another Question: Is Eufiber around? I'd assume 'No, because of the Colony', but I thought I'd ask.

RE: Characters.

I have two that I'm toying with. A Mr. Everyone with Clone and some mega-socials and a Electro-K.

If there are already other characters around, what concepts are already out there?

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Given that some/most/all of the original 36 are still around and likely to have been Novas for 100+ years I think they probably have someone by now who has managed to either duplicate the power for Eufiber, or created a Gadget/Device that produces it. I believe they left or started leaing in 2045-'50, how does that fit in with the Q8 stuff you mentioned?

Sky has done a speedster if he sticks with what we discussed this morning (my time, very early morning his time ::biggrin )

Presumably you mean someone with Copycat and Clone for the Mr Everyone?

Electro-K - presumably Elemental Mastery as his main thing?

Either should be fine, although the Mr Everyone would probably cause consternation amongst the Earth authourities if/when they find out what he can do. Might be a potential PR problem?

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I had a fun idea for a different game I never got to see played. Im in. I'll send details. Finally Sky gets his 60 NP builds....be careful Rorx

Yeah, I can believe that it will go haywire very quickly!

But then I can always dump you into Nihon, or as an example team into Khantze Le Gu, or looking for Aberrant worlds, or chasing Doyen, or...

And I'm going to give the Psions a boost as well- BC chambers mk1 comes on line this year (mid-late 2123). Coalition Ark expected to arrive in '25-26...

Any clues as to the concept(s) for your proposed character(s)?

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Strengths? Weaknesses? Flaws?

I'd suggest not because those are probably the hardest thing in the system to get right and ST doesn't have the APG.

That's why I started to the Power Check thread so I can get some feedback on proposals that are out of my experience. I'm sure I can rely on you guys to keep each other honest ::biggrin.

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I don't usually join the games, but the idea of playing an Eden Nova is almost too good an opportunity to pass up.

A diplomatic team would probably consist of primarily human looking Novas just to help hammer home the fact that the Edenites are different from Aberrants. I was tempted by a Clone based Nova with decent all round abilities too... could get interesting!

Need to let my creative juices flow for a little bit and see what I can come up with...

JC

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Only too glad to have you aboard JC ::biggrin

Yep, hence the max Taint 6 and preferably much lower, and also the reworking of the Body Mods that Sky wanted to take into a Limited Shapeshift that is being discussed in the Power Check thread, although I've already said he can have it in the proposed form that we discussed this morning.

If the assembled mental might decides I've been too stingy/mistaken due to my lack of experience with Aberrant then I'll improve it for him, but I see no reason to make things worse than I had agreed to.

Your idea seems a reasonable one, although it might be a bit close to one ALex suggested, above?

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I'm quite interested too - when would you look to start and how frequently/when would we need to post messages?

Could start when we have 3+Novas completed and word from the psion players on whether they wish to continue with the changed game.

Given your interest in Trinity Uk would you (or anyone else for that matter) prefer to take a Nova or one of the Psion 'escorts'?

As long as you can try to post a couple of times a week and let me know if you expect to be offline for a couple of weeks or more it should be able to keep going.

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::devil My friend is a DJ for a niche subgenre of Drum and Bass calle "Darkness." He has a track with a sample, from, I think, the Prophecy, that says something similar to the effect of: Given what the Old Testament says about Angels...would you really want to meet a being like that?

Mostly I just want everyone's concepts to work well together and also to remember Alex that you can be scary with powers so long as you look good on camera... ::happy

What is it with you and Bodymorphs anyways??? ::tongue Is this one going to have Disin too???

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Alex, he doesn't have an account here yet but the other morning in chat, one of the first players to sign on told Rorx and I he was going with an Angel type character, just a heads up. Felt I should Mench.

And yeah hard to pick a character....

Although from my, admittedly vague, recollection he wasn't going for the winged look...?

He has now applied for his account and JC said he'd keep an eye out for it. Cheers JC.

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What is it with you and Bodymorphs anyways???
I thought about dropping it entirely... with this number of points it's as much a disadvantage as an advantage, and I'm not looking at many dots... but it would establish a theme and that's probably a good thing. Without it I've got just a bunch of unconnected dots. Or I might come up with a different theme. :Shrug:

At the moment I have 10 nova points that I need to find a home for. I have offensive, defense, mobility, willpower, and skills. So this would be 'misc- lets do something for/with the baselines'.

Healing and EM: Electricity? Weather manip? EM: Earth (although that'd require a theme change)?

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Hello Rorx ... and everyone :)

No formal concept to unveil yet, but I am in for Eden Nova goodness.

I will have something in a few days.

I'm up for it too, Trinity is my first love and Aberrant close second so I'm happy to play a Psion or Abbie - whatever fits best with the group.

Unfortunatley I'm away on business now until Tuesday night (BST) so I won't be able to post ideas/respond to mails until then.

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Im a nova-phile first and foremost but i would love a moxed group of Psion and Nova PCs if others have the love for psions.

That's what I'm hoping for. I've posted in the original Stepping topic to ask the psion players to stay on board for this, but no responce yet.

If I have to I'll npc a few with you, but I'd rather have PC's for it.

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I suppose i should mention that I let go of my speedster concept in exchange for a flying brick. I assume you are going to go for Mega Str 6 and with Clone that is a lot of whoop ass. I however would have Q6 only Mega Str 3 but alot of soak.

Not sure of that steps on each others toes or not since it sounds like you are going for the heavy (and yet again, the healer...) ::indifferent

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My guy is only a flier because he needs something to prevent him from falling through the floor (Density Increase). Personality more than power is what steps on people's toes.

RE: Healing

I don't have regen, I need *some* reason why the baseline authorities would want me around, and more importantly, why they'd let me roam around in public. Although not a true soak machine Aries has a high enough soak that I'm willing to change it... but it seems like a good match.

Background:

"Aries" (Thor Carpenter), is the result of a one night stand between a baseline and a god (or so his mother claimed). Zeus has claimed Aries can't be his son, and no one has stepped up to claim this as true but whatever. Aries figured out how to channel his avatar shortly after his mother died. It would appear that all his powers are some flavor of Time Control, but he doesn't actually have Temporal Manipulation.

One of the gods more involved with baselines, Aries frequently chooses lovers from among his followers, and loves to show off his Strength and other powers. Aries also likes to fight and there's very little of that on Eden.

Nature: Probably Gallant... possibly Bravo.

Minor Powers:

Aries always knows when it's time to fight (Intuition: Very minor precog)

Aries doesn't have to eat or breath (Adaptability: Standard God power)

Aries can Heal (Healing: Temporal Editing)

Medium Powers:

Aries can summon "The Army of Aries" (Clone: Temporal Copies)

Aries is very hard to injure or effect (Invulnerability: Slightly out of temporal phase)

Aries can fly (Flight: He say that he's strong enough that he can overcome gravity).

Major Powers:

Aries can assume his aspect, drastically increasing his strength and durability (Density Increase). While in his full avatar aspect *nothing* can move him against his will and *nothing* can stop him (or so he claims). He is invincibly strong, possibly the strongest of all the gods (although Strength isn't a powerful power).

(All this assumes ST accepts the character and I haven't written, much less submitted him).

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Alex, fine with the power set but background rewording.

Eden does not consider Nova as gods, this is not like Greek world in TransD. They are however greatly respected, act as judges, and when necessary executioners, but they do not make laws up on the spot. Although some may have active groups of followers most are simply followed in the media like RL celebs and/or N!

Hope that helps? I'll try to get time to write more on Eden soon.

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The book with the most info on the Eden Novas is Stellar Frontiers.

Resources and Contacts would pretty much be useless for the main part. Followers would represent the baseline population of Eden, but not much use away from there.

Attunement, Node and Dormancy would probably go well with Edenites, but not high on my priorities list personally.

Status (as an Eden Ambassador) is good, as is Allies (Upeo). These are the prime ones for me, but Cipher might be good if you are a 1st Gen Nova from Earth, or simply showing a low profile on Eden.

JC

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Hmm... I don't know off hand so I'll ask; Does anyone know which Trinity books have Eden info?

Stellar Frontier is the main source.

Backgrounds: Nova std ones are all available. Most others would be initially only related to Eden, but there may be some action/scenes there as well as other places. You will effectively have some base level of Resources and Influence (big news item) most places as well for free.

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Beat me to it JC! :biggrin

Eufiber is also available.

Status(Eden)

Allies(UN) or (Starcrossed) are also possible.

These are ones that immediately spring to mind in addition to those JC mentioned. With more time/effort I may be able to think of others that may be relevant.

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RE: Healing

I don't have regen, I need *some* reason why the baseline authorities would want me around,

I dont think its like that. We are an ambassadorial team so thats why we are on Earth.

Also as an amusing aside, and not that we should be PvP by any means, but Ricochet could probably "bounce" Ares pretty well in terms of moving him from a spot... ::tongue

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