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Just goofing around when I found this name was available and decided to go with an anarchist vibe instead of something traditionally political. Anti-Social Justice Assault Rifle / Devices Blaster

I was thinking Mind/Dark Dominator would be pretty standard. You get a self-heal life-draining attack in dark plus powerful mind mojo.

What is the best vampire themed AT & powerset combo? And what are some unusual vampire concept combos?

Exactly this. Thor and all of Norse (and other) mythology is public domain. No comics company can exclusively claim trademark violation unless you copy their specific interpretation.

I just want to address one other thing since I went to bed early and missed a lot of the discussion: Someone described the jetpack flight as buying a jetpack from a vendor and you countered by saying you are buying a power from a vendor. When you take the power of flight from one of the pools, you get to decide if it is an inherent or magical ability or if it's tied to body augmentation by adding wings or if it is technological by adding a jetpack backpack (and/or boot jet) option. There's lots of customization options for the powers you choose as part of your build. The stuff that's extra is not buying a power from a vendor... or rather, it is, but the vendor is selling a power that comes from a specific source. You are buying a jetpack that provides the power of flight. Just like buying Team Teleport option gives you access to an Arachnos or Longbow flier to drop off your whole team at the next mission. Why can't they just sell the team teleport as an actual teleport option without the floating vehicle option for characters that don't want to be affiliated with the main hero or villain organization? Because teleport isn't what's being sold, that's just the effect that's tied to the visual.

I get the idea of a theme and wanting to stay true to it. I've got a number of characters that I consider to be light-based and are stuck using the Blackstaff bonus power from the P2W vendor... Why is there no Lightstaff option that does the same damage but with bright flashy effects? And those animal form travel powers are cool, but why just regular animals and no robot forms for my shapeshifting robot form to transform into? We have Ninja Run and Beast Run and Athletic Run, but why no rollerskate or ice skate options to use in place of Powerslide? Everything at the P2W Vendor is bonus... as in optional. It would be nice if there were more options, but none of it is necessary. Just take the stuff that works for you, play with it, and either don't use the stuff that doesn't fit or figure out a reason why your character would use it anyway.

How about Marvel's Man-Thing? ...with guns?

Likewise, being tech-specific does not preclude one from using magic... as Iron Man demonstrated when he briefly claimed and used the legendary Excalibur when Merlin whisked he and Dr. Doom into the future.

True story: non-tech oriented characters can still use tech. Spider-Man would be a science hero, having gained his powers through a sciencey origin with the radioactive spider bite. This has not, however, stopped him from regularly using mechanical webshooters to supplement his spider-theme, not to mention his spider-tracers... as well as occasionally resorting to other tech gadgets as needed, including a suit of armor, a Tony Stark designed body suit with extra arms and loads of tech stuff, and many more over the years And let's not forget my favorite: a dune buggy!

Is the original Storm Kick animation still in the game? You know, the one with the rapid kicks DoT style like Sands of Mu but with feet? Because I'd love to see that added back in as an optional animation for the Speed -> Flurry attack if we're talking about optional pool attack animations.

Sands of Mu and it's Dark Melee counterpart, as well as its inferior copy in the Speed pool, Flurry. "Oh, no I missed my first hit... better keep swinging and hope one of these connects." But they never do.

Some names currently available, including some storm-related ideas: Bloodstreak Brainpain Bubblestorm Corpseblaster Double Storm Drain Cleaner Dynamo Shield EM Storm Empathy Storm Firetalker Flawless One Gadget Storm Galvanic Storm Humanoid Form Icedance Kinetic-Storm Litter Lass Moon Shield Mr. Hot Wings Norse Force Pain Power Poisonstorm Power Grab Science Storm Spiny Snuggles Super-Apotheosis Tech-Storm Technology Storm Thermo-Storm Trapstorm Venom Storm White Force

Cigars come in a variety of sizes. The Gunslinger version may be a cigarette or a thin cigar. It's whatever you want it to be.

I went with a little leather and lace for Sassy Storm Storm Blast / Martial Combat Blaster

I thought Excelsiora was the cream.

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Propane Power Fiery Melee / Bio Armor Stalker Malaise in metallic black.

A joke so good they used it on Futurama. 😎

The Destined One Energy Melee / Willpower Brute

I'm saying the mints are at Grandma's house, too. Anyhow, behold... The Not So Secret Agent Assault Rifle / Martial Arts Blaster

Grandma's house, too.

Also, peppermint candy is not exclusive to Christmas.

I thought it was more of an ethics issue than a moral one.

Peppermint is good anytime of the year. Well, I am thinking about having her go vigilante for the badges, so there might be some times when she's less good.