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 Fusion Reagent Expulsion Device, F.R.E.D. (Work in Progress) http://orokos.com/dnd4e/sheets/7177 A mad Tiefling scientist created wonders in her secluded den; semi-sentient creations littered the floor around her, performing minor duties as instructed. She had many constructs around her, such as the Biotic Utility and Harvesting Device (“BUHD”), the Propulsion Assistant Device (“PAD”, or Paddy), and, unfortunately for her, the highly experimental Fusion Reagent Expulsion Device (“FRED”) Intended mainly as a power source, the Tiefling created FRED while infusing him with (what she hoped) was an inexhaustible source of heat and energy: the near unreachable Infernal Planes, via the Infernal Combustion Engine (ICE). In that, she attained partial success: although it was… unreliable, her creation was able to produce a reaction that produced great heat through effort. As an interesting side-effect, the device also produced a level of shielding from extreme reactions, though this, too, had drawbacks, as the shielding sometimes took time to switch from project to project. All was going well, until one day, F.R.E.D. was heating up an unstable crystalline energy reserve, when he was jostled from behind by Paddy. Unfortunately, this sparked a secondary reaction: namely, an explosion. Centered on the Giant Magic Crystal Battery. That was currently full of infernal power. Boom. F.R.E.D., of particularly sturdy make, managed to survive, but his ICE was damaged, preventing him from utilizing his infernal powers. F.R.E.D. was smarter than he appeared, however, and is working on restoring the engine to its full capacity (which might take, oh, 10 levels). F.R.E.D. traveled for a time, not really running into civilization (I mean, come on, you find a town randomly when you’ve lived all your life in, basically, a cave), until he came across a small group of Eladrin. After some initial awkwardness and sword waving, F.R.E.D. managed to convince the group that he meant them no harm. He told them he had lost everything, and was just trying to make the best of things, which resonated with the Vekeshi. F.R.E.D. told them his tale, and asked for help in learning what the world… well, was. Obviously, these Eladrin were Vekeshi, because that’s how narratives work. They taught him that the laboratory accident wasn’t just a tragedy, but a new beginning. They helped him discover the entities that he had contact with via his malfunctioning ICE. They even taught him a bit of magic, here and there. And throughout his travels, F.R.E.D. came to see things their way more than just a little. Still, time passed, and F.R.E.D. parted ways with the group, but he certainly had a soft spot for them. They dropped him off near Risur, where he immediately stuck out like a sore thumb. But, sooner or later, if you’re big enough, someone will ask you to do some enforcement. Fortunately, it was a member of the RHC, rather than, say, Some Criminal. He’s still a bit clueless at time, socially, but he’s picking up things quickly. Still, better for him to work on a team. A solo investigator type he is not. Theme: Vekeshi Mystic. I'm not sure how to get it in the character builder. Gharbad the Weak fucked around with this message at 21:31 on Sep 1, 2014 |
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SPECIAL STUFF FOR F.R.E.D. The package turns out to be a mechanical arm, with I.C.E. interface ports and a magnetic sheath that holds a long shard of unknown crystal. Someone has carefully tied a decorative gift ribbon around it. The crystal has a sharp edge and exceptional hardness, and hums with energy when plugged into F.R.E.D.'s systems. F.R.E.D. finds he can use it to counter close-quarters attacks, or project forceful blasts of thought at a distance. Psycho-Thaumic Pylon Level 4 Arms Slot--840 gp Weapon: Rapier(Light Blade, +3 proficiency, 1d8 damage) Critical: +1d8 damage Special: Only a Faulkner Construct may use this item. Enhancement: +1 to attack and damage rolls Properties: The Pylon is a component item, and requires five minutes to attach to your arm before it becomes usable. Once attached, the pylon crystal may be deployed or retracted as a minor action. While deployed, it occupies one of your hands and may be used as a weapon or implement. The Pylon cannot be disarmed, nor can it be removed completely unless you are willing or unconscious. When a creature under your Warlock's Curse makes a melee attack against you, deal damage to the creature equal to your enhancement bonus. Power(At-Will): Standard Action. As the warlock's Eyes of the Vestige power, except that you may choose a creature within 5 squares of the target to receive your Warlock's Curse or Curse damage, and you gain a +1 bonus to your Warlock's Curse damage for the attack. Canary in a Coal Mine Level 3 Neck Slot--680gp Enhancement: +1 Fortitude, Reflex, and Will Property: You gain a +5 bonus to all defenses until the end of your first turn in an encounter, as well as any surprise round. Daily Power(Minor Action): You gain a fly speed equal to your speed until the end of your next turn. Really Pants posted:We'll just have to settle for theme stuff in the combat blocks, once the game is started. I'm not as familiar with Dragon Magazine stuff, but yeah, good call. I'll switch it over. potatocubed posted:Presenting Unit 9, warforged fighter. Warforged buddies~ Gharbad the Weak fucked around with this message at 01:06 on Oct 11, 2015 |
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Sep 1, 2014 20:28
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Is there a feat like Melee Training but for, like, grenades?
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Sep 1, 2014 21:49
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"I make a basic melee attack with the grenade."
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Sep 1, 2014 21:58
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pre:F.R.E.D. HP(Temps): 31/31(--) AC: 19 P.Insight: 11 Surges(Value):11/11(7) Fort: 15 P.Perception: 11 Initiative: +0 Reflex: 15 Action Point: 1 Speed: 6 Will: 15 Vision: Normal At-Wills Encounters Dailies Sword Burst [ ] Warforged Resolve [ ] Armor of Agathys Eldritch Strike [ ] Clarion Call [ ] Aegis of Shielding [ ] Hands of Retrib. Current Status: -- Conditional Modifiers: +2 to saves vs ongoing damage. -5 to attack friendlies in bursts/blasts Deva: noted as highly religious. Seems a bit... not arrogant, what's the word... well, sure of herself, to say the least. Seems to know about practical applications of magic. Perhaps I could convince her to help with the I.C.E.? Note to self: do not make fun of religion around her. Hawthorn: Pixie: noted as capricious and unpredictable. Is he wearing a trench-coat? Anyway, he seems a bit dour. It could be some kind of be-grumpy game, but I seriously doubt it. Still, a connection to the Unseen! I would almost think my Eladrin comrades put him here on purpose. A home away from home. Cryss Portman: Human: noted as adaptable and unpredictable, but in a "good" way. She's from the city guard, so I expect she'll be upfront and honest! Seems reasonably social; I should probably think of her reactions to people as appropriate to our position. Unit 9: Doesn't appear to be a strictly academic build, but perhaps a philosopher? Doesn't seem as... intelligent as the creations I am used to, though this is my first encounter with my kind, outside my old residence. Perhaps he is simply studying the simpler aspects of language? It is best not to judge, for our kind is certainly clever. His single-mindedness is odd, but perhaps his philosophical curiosity is simply fascinated by concepts of justice? I will continue to monitor. What conclusions he must come to! Bran Owain: Elf: Noted as flighty and haughty. My creator certainly held a low opinion of them. Warranted? His "gun", as it is, is an interesting creation, but I don't see it overtaking the sword. Still, dedicated ranged specialists might find such a thing useful, though it certainly throws stealth to the wind. Not that I'm very stealthy myself, mind you! Still, this person may be a forward thinker, for adapting to such technology. Perhaps his mechanical expertise could be helpful with the I.C.E.?
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Sep 9, 2014 18:38
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We have two warlocky classes. Do curses overwrite each other, or could an enemy be cursed by two different people at the same time?
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Sep 10, 2014 00:40
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It really won't matter until Paragon. I know that warlocks do bonus damage with warlock abilities to anyone cursed, I'm just thinking of Paragon when I pick up an actual pact boon. I'll pick up Accursed Coordination when I can.
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Sep 10, 2014 01:12
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Do we assume that PCs who know something through a knowledge check will tip off the other PCs, or do we need to go "F.R.E.D. tells everyone about the potential threat"?
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Sep 10, 2014 03:18
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(Trying to let the Actual Talker take the lead in the talking to the two dudes)
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Sep 11, 2014 05:23
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Do we have the authority to detain people for the duration of the party on suspicion alone? Because I don't think F.R.E.D. is going to let any of the three suspicious and possibly armed men walk towards the happenings.
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Sep 11, 2014 19:53
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Oh boy! Well, I'm not sure how much prestige I have, but even if it was 2 it'd get'm in a "few hours", and we don't have that kind of time
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Sep 11, 2014 20:26
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Oh! Well, in that case, let me change a thing.
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Sep 11, 2014 20:41
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ROLLING ARCANA, WHO EATS MUSIC?! edit: also good luck cryss try not to get the boy killed
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Sep 11, 2014 23:43
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Y'alls really uptight about pat downs. You wouldn't last in the TSA.
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Sep 12, 2014 00:34
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"So, Duchess, how's that industrial revolution working for you? I heard a lot of people died under your command, care to comment? Oh, your lady in waiting is probably an elven assassin so try not to be in the same room as her"
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Sep 14, 2014 23:10
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Netharia Faulkner. She was a recluse genius who dabbled in trying to reach the infernal realm. I always saw her as not particularly well known after she REALLY went off the edge. She was an engineer of some degree before she went off the deep end, but her private studies were decidedly private, and attempts to get in her cave were met with violence. So people may know her as a really good engineer, and a couple people really into engineering and arcana might know her as bat poo poo crazy
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Sep 15, 2014 22:22
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oh man when do we get to the steam engine man
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Sep 15, 2014 22:40
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FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT FIGHT
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Sep 20, 2014 22:27
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Okie dokie.
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Sep 21, 2014 22:02
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I actually sent a PM to mister Nine that if he could get the door open, I'll get the rod with my temp HP buff. I've got two other sources of little bits of temp hp anyway, I can take a hit.
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Sep 25, 2014 06:48
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Uh oh, I don't think I can make it inside the engine this round.
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Sep 25, 2014 15:41
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Please get that furnace open my athletics is terrible~
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Sep 26, 2014 00:37
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Ok, so, assuming that the furnace is opened, I need two movement actions to get IN the furnace. And I, like, dive back out of the furnace, or kick the rod out, or anything like that? If I have to spend two turns in the furnace and nearly die, ok, but I just kinda want to know how I can get that rod out.
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Sep 26, 2014 02:47
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Is there a way to (assuming Nine gets the furnace open) go in, grab the rod, and leave, using only a standard and move action? Otherwise, I'm planning on going in, minor action kicking it, then an if/then if (rod is out) { standardAction GetOutOfFurnace(); } else if (rod is caught by an enemy) { chaaaarge(); } else if (rod is not kicked out) { standardAction PickUpRod(); SetNextRoundTo(burning); } else {post twice}
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Sep 27, 2014 21:13
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Awesome, sounds like a plan.
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Sep 27, 2014 21:42
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Uh, potatocubed, you sure you don't want to instead delay your turn so my aura auto-kills the imps, setting you free instantly giving you a full round to do whatever?
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Sep 28, 2014 00:43
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I don't know him. Doesn't he hang out on synirc #redhandofdoom though?
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Sep 28, 2014 18:22
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Can you show me an example of a configuration? Just any one will do, I'm just a little confused. If there's 12 marks, then the psionic energy could be routed to both Aleph In and Output 4, right? Unless you meant Alpeh In (and any output BUT 4) or Output 4 (and any input BUT aleph)
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Sep 28, 2014 21:42
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Psionic output 1 isn't blacked out. Otherwise, that's better than what I drew up.
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Sep 29, 2014 15:51
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Really Pants posted:
Faulkner was mad BEFORE F.R.E.D. was created, and the creation of his Infernal Combustion Engine was a sign of that madness. Piercing the way to the infernal realms just isn't something sane people do. F.R.E.D. doesn't know what drove her to it. He did learn some of her theories, though, mainly centered around the idea that infernal energies were actually the source of ALL energy, and that by ripping open pathways to the infernal realm, an inexhaustible source of power could be found to usher in an age of technological wonder. Of course, he also thought she was being spied upon by birds and that pictures could steal her soul, so it's all with a grain of salt. As for the Vekeshi Mystics (other than the ones who initiated him), it's kinda like watching a video of a squirrel surfing: you're pretty sure that squirrel didn't plan on getting on that surfboard, and even if he did, that squirrel wouldn't have succeeded without a LOT of help. Sort of a passing interest, but not immediate respect.
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Oct 3, 2014 23:36
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If requisitioned items are refunded at 100%, F.R.E.D.'ll take leather armor of Aegis Expansion +1.
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Oct 4, 2014 18:43
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Updated my sheet, but I couldn't find a magic weapon with a 1d8 critical. I'll just have to remember it. I just put in a magic rapier +1. http://orokos.com/dnd4e/sheets/7177
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Oct 5, 2014 03:02
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When it's F.R.E.D.s turn, can he just walk along the bottom?
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Oct 10, 2014 23:11
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Cool, I'm skipping the swim checks and just walking, then.
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Oct 10, 2014 23:29
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Really Pants posted:
Everyone's up. Anyone want to do a combat diplomacy attempt? edit: at worst, we could knock him out, obviously Gharbad the Weak fucked around with this message at 01:01 on Oct 15, 2014 |
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Oct 14, 2014 23:55
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Am I allowed to act to try to catch the falling guy? I did literally just go. Edit: Though, it'd be super useful if I had a pet air elemental to catch the guy.
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Oct 17, 2014 23:49
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Well, what I WANT to do is have the air elemental swoop up and nab him, but if I had to, I could do a jumping nonlethal eldritch strike and slide him unto land, and just take the falling damage myself.
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Oct 18, 2014 02:36
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I think everyone was desperately hoping someone else would come up with a brilliant plan.
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Oct 28, 2014 21:23
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Has he been posting elsewhere? If he has, then he's left. If he's not, then he's probably ON THE RUN FROM THE LAW Edit: Yeah, he's been posting. Gharbad the Weak fucked around with this message at 03:28 on Nov 1, 2014 |
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Hey Really Pants, I'm doing a thing that I'm not 100% sure I can do, because the map confuses me slightly. But I'm trying to chuck a dude over an edge, and I'm starting from K1 which I assume is ok? Anyway, let me know if I have to redo my turn. Edit: I really hope I don't, because I like chuckin' dudes the hell off of ledges Gharbad the Weak fucked around with this message at 01:57 on Nov 6, 2014 |
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