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Attempt to get whatever it is on top of me off of me.

If I die, respawn on top of the paper airplane so I can admire it.

((i never complained with rolling to hit because trying to attack someone has a lot of inherent variables such as my aim and his dodging skill and the sun getting in my eyes, i complained where power functionality was concerned because how powers operate is an immutable fact, they can be strengthened or weakened but how they operate and their operational rules/limitations stay the same.
I can accept Thalsians power not working on me due to my physiology because it is a valid reason.
i don't like it but i can accept it, because there's a reason beyond "dice say no".))

Those are not actual, random variables; if you went through the exact same fight a dozen times in real life, the exact same "random" things would happen in exactly the same way.
And honestly? The reason I rolled is that I don't have any idea what would happen. Power interactions, as mentioned earlier, are a bit of a toss-up. You could argue that since no particular chunk of matter is your "real" body, the runes cannot be applied to you at all; you could argue that since you are currently inhabiting a given chunk of matter, it counts.
If you want a pseudoscientific explanation, how about that your "body" is controlled by a sort of telekinesis? That explains how every molecule in your body can be replaced on a regular basis without any kind of issue.

...Out of curiosity, would you have complained if the dice said the runes did work?

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((Personally when I read "Get stronger at set intervals" that struck me as more of a permanent power increase as I grow to understand my powers and how best to use them. Plus constantly depowering after a fight seems like a downside, which the second part (Changing powers and not knowing how they work immediately) covers to my understanding.))

That is my understanding. The way it was phrased reminded me of Skitter, who started as a minor attempted hero who could probably be beaten by Leet, Uber optional, and ended a step from godhood, due in large part to learning how to use her ability better and better.

Quick point, but you're selling her short. By the time the story started, she'd already trained a fair bit with her ability, and nearly took out Lung by herself, a cape that's significantly more deadly than Leet. I mean, I won't dispute that she becomes FAR more powerful over the course of the story… but comparing her to Leet at any point is selling her short.

1. I'm using "started out" to mean when she first got her powers, not when she first went out in costume.
2. Don't exaggerate. Taylor did not "nearly take out Lung by herself". If Lung hadn't had quite the set of powers he did, he would have been taken out...but he did. His regeneration kept him on his feet and if it wasn't for that tranquilizer that he was given he probably would have walked away without any more harm than he walked into it with (although with a lot less clothing). If the Undersiders hadn't showed up, Taylor would have thrown her life away for nothing. Really, all Taylor did to Lung was distract him and get enough brown recluse venom into his system that Lung would hate her guts.

((Yeah. At that point he was 15 feet tall with four wings, ridiculous speed and agility, and presumably regeneration to match. It felt very anticlimactic for that to go the way it did.))

((My question is why Taylor didn't think of that sooner.))
((And it wasn't "that state" that he took on Leviathan in--he was significantly larger then.))

So, I've got two ideas for a character - one would be a guest cape from the next city over, while the other would probably work better as a freshly-triggered local. I think I'll go for the first for now.
One question - If I wanted to make a 2nd-generation cape, would I have to do the random-power thing twice?

No. Why would you?

(How exactly does my power work? Do I only come back as a baseline, possibly a crippled one? or might I come back as someone with 3 arms or something? And do I get to choose? Also, what do the three numbers mean in the post that notes my trigger [3,14,6]?)

The first number was the trigger event roll. The second roll was for power disadvantages, and the third for advantages.

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And the cape you create is a completely separate thing. Did I mention that this was part of larger RP that is rather full of superhumans? Did I mention that I surpassed the character limit in the post that describes all of them?

Given all the questions, I'm going to delay the update a bit so people who asked questions have a chance to post answers. I don't want to delay it too long, though...

"The name's Isaac."
He holds out his hand.

There is a pause, then one shakes his hand, followed by the other two.

"Wait, am I a druid or a cat?"

"Druid."
"He doesn't know his own race?"
"Nah, he figures that cat-people might count as cats."

"Well, I'm the son of a god."
Isaac has a straight face.

"And I'm Asmodeus."
"I'm Hextor, incidentally."
"I'm Demogorgon."
The third one gets funny looks from the other two.

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((Wut mate. A random guy couldn't beat up Gandalf because Gandalf doesn't exist. If he did, then magic would, and he'd probably win.))

((I am basing it off the assumption that Gandalf is transported from his universe to ours, without any of the laws of our universe changing.))

((So our universe stays the same, sans the fact that inter-universe travel now exist and works perfectly? Hmm. Plus, Gandalf always has his magic powers, that's not only Canon, but also adhering to the Rule of Cool.))

((Magic cannot exist in our world. Therefore, Gandalf cannot have magic in our world.
The metaphor works this way because piecewise wouldn't let something so logic-ignoring into his game.))

((Gandalf can't have magic because Gandalf doesn't exist.))

((But if he did, and was brought into our universe, etc etc.
And if he doesn't, the premise of my statement does not exist, which makes it still true.))

A couple of them glance at Angerus, clearly confused.
"...I see? And he's a cleric?"