Step City

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The purpose of this Baton is to get you thinking about the limits of your character's powerset, and brainstorming moves! Step City has a lot of comicbooky influences, so take inspiration from anywhere. Be as straightforward or wordy or creative as you want! Just remember to stay within the limits of your established Vibe.

Your baton doesn't need Dice Rules, nor does it require art, but if these are things you want to add, we invite you to go for it! Ask questions, brainstorm. Add moves your character is just starting to figure out, or still haven't learned yet... But make sure to check these with a moderator first. If you have a Direction in mind for their progression, brainstorm with us.

Your 'Move Set' can have five, six, ten moves! Each one should have a fun name, a little summary, and anything else relevant--is it tied to a specific dance style? Keep in mind STEP CITY is about ✨dancing✨. How long does it last?

To try and get you thinking about the ins and outs, we've worked on a Vibe Page with the basics of limits, and vocabulary.


With this Baton, you can earn 5 Street Credits.

To be eligible, your move-set will have to be clearly posted on your character's RPR. Then, post a copy of your character's move set here. We'll check it over, and award your character their five free Street Creds. You can only get this once (per character)!


There is no set 'format', but if you're looking for ideas, here's some basic setups!


If you want it! Not required, of course. Jaunty images also accepted, or any fun format--as long as it's easy to read!

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DC uses a small amount of Vibe to create a ‘Pin’ that manifests as a point of energy that gives off a faint glow. This Pin is created at DC’s center of mass. From this point, DC can spin and rotate freely in all directions as if weightless, though her center will always remain on the Pin. DC cannot move from or be physically moved from this center point without either dismissing the Pin or using Far Traveller. Other Vibe effects may be able to remove her from the Pin, but any physical force just spins her. If they impact directly on the point of the Pin, well, that’s going to hurt DC a lot.

When DC uses Far Traveller, the Pin remains behind. DC can currently maintain four Pins before the newest dismisses the oldest. A new Pin can only be dropped where DC is at the moment; it cannot be ‘cast’ to the distance.

Any motion that DC is in when the Pin is dropped is moved into the orbit of the Pin–that is, if she is falling at terminal velocity and Pins herself, the momentum will travel into a spin around the Pin’s point until the momentum fades or she slows herself, as she has complete control of her speed and direction within her Pin. She is still human, and so a sudden break in momentum in this state can still have negative effects on her body.
For a moderate amount of Vibe, DC can instantaneously teleport to any point within 30 ft of her so long as the line is not blocked by any barrier the mass of her body or larger. She does not need to be able to see this point, and can estimate a distance blind, such as behind or above her, or on her blind side. Far Traveller kills momentum on arrival with no ill effects so long as there is no barrier. However, if there is a barrier, she will impact it painfully instead of reaching the distance she intended. Should DC willingly choose to impact another person by using them as a barrier, she would injure herself as much, or more, as the person she impacted. This damage cannot be mitigated without outside assistance.

At the end of the teleport, she can choose to drop a Pin or not (still requires Vibe).

DC can only take herself and light objects, such as her clothes, weapons, and a bag of groceries, with her in Far Traveller teleports. She can use this to break out of being restrained so long as she has the available Vibe and the restraints do not meet or exceed her mass; for example, she can pass through bars or leave shackles, but could not exit a thick blanket of ice coating her.
The exception for Far Traveller’s limits come when DC Goes Home. Going Home is a recall to a previously dropped Pin. DC teleports immediately to one of her active Pins of her choice. The Pin will briefly pulse as DC hones in on it, but the teleport itself remains instantaneous. This requires less Vibe than teleporting to a new location, and is not affected by barriers. It is, however, affected by distance; DC cannot teleport to a Pin from just anywhere. The distance is extended to 40 feet for the Going Home recall, but Pins more than 50 feet away from her blink out of existence and cannot be recovered.
DC sometimes ambiently creates soft, cool-toned lights around her that fade in and out if she sits still for too long. She generally doesn't sit still very long.

Volt's Vibe is Machine Power. She can generate and store energy that she can use to power or manipulate mechanical and electronic devices. Powering and manipulating devices in this way can casue them to act in ways that their contruction might not have accounted for, but if pushed too far, things can break.

Volt's Vibe reacts best to distorted vocals. Her taste in music means that this usually takes the form of harsh, screamed vocals. Though through digital or elecrtonic modulation, she can sing in a more traditional way and gain the benefits of distortion. As her Vibe grows in charge, her voice begins to modulate itself, meaning the higher her charge, the easier it is for her to maintain it.


Volt's Vibe meshes well with bright colours, which can glow like Neon when she focusses on tasks or gets emotional.

As Volt begins to generate Vibe, her bio-electric activity begins to spike, letting her think faster. Each point of charge she has allows her to register more information and have more thoughts in a shorter span of time. Her body is still limited by it's own speed, but her reaction times are improved as well. The only limb that really benefits from this charge is her robotic arm, which can move much faster then her meat arm. As such, she can perform tasks that invlove dexterity and slight of hand more quickly and efficiently the more charge she has. This is both a curse and a blessing, as the charge in her body and speed of thought can casue great pain.

Volt's Vibe degrades slower then most others: Her stored Vibe energy dissipates entirly within 1 day, rather then 1/2 a day.

If Volt is hit by an electricity based Vibe, struck by lightning, or electrocuted by a mains or outlet power source, she gains charge. She still takes damage as normal, but can store as much energy as was put into her.


Volt can expend Vibe charge to power mechanical or electrical devices that need an energy source to work. As long as she remains within 30 feet of a device, she acts as a mains power supply to it at it's maximum voltage without breaking. If the device has a battery, the battery is fully charged. The size of the device in question determines the amount of power needed to power it. A small or handheld device requires one charge, a medium or difficult to carry device requires two charges, a large or stationary device requires three charges, a huge or vehicle sized object requires four charges, and a gigantic or structure sized object requires five charges.

If Volt uses her Vibe on a device within 30 feet of her, if that device is networked to other devices or machines, then her charge can flow through the network connection and power anything on that network as if she were within 30 feet of it. Devices, constructs, and Vibes that block electrical or digital signals (such as a Faraday Cage) can stop her charging devices over networks (but not in person), and a network connection being severed ( hard wired connections or wireless ones) also ceases the charge on the device.

Volt can cause devices to exceed their usual functions when she powers them. When charing a device, Volt can choose to push it beyond it's limits. If you do so, roll 2d6. On a 2-4 the device immediatly catastrophically fails, potentially causing harm to anyone nearby. On a 5-7, the device can push just past it's limit, but will suffer damage when charge stops going into it, causing it to need extensive repair. On an 8-10, the device pushes past it's limit and might need minor work or resetting after the current encounter. On an 11-12+ the device pushes well past it's limits, and remains undamaged.
A device pushed past it's limit either produces more of the same effect it usually would (such as an energy weapon producing more energy, jet boots producing more speed, a mechanical arm being stronger), or can warp it's structure to perform an action ajacent to its primary function (an energy weapon changing it's trajectory, jet boots causing explosions, mechanical arm becoming more tentacle like). However, warping an object always causes it to require exensive repair, no matter how far past it's lmits it can push.

Volt can attract, repulse, and amalgamate technology in a number of ways, as an extension of her ability to warp tech past it's limits. This gives her the following benefits:
. When she chooses to Push a piece of tech Past Its Limit, or Warp a piece of technology, she can choose to amalgamate other tech into it. If she does so, she gains a +1 to the roll to Push or Warp, equal to the number of equivalently sized pieces of tech that have been previously established in the scene that are amalgamated, or a flat +1 bonus from amalgamating junk or ambient tech.
. Volt can expend a number of Vibe charges as if powering a device, but instead of powering the device she repairs it. If this is used on a piece of tech that has been amalgamated, the original devices are restored to their form and condition before they were amalgamated.
. When a device or machine that is smaller then vehicle sized is being charged by Volt, as long as it remains within 30 feet of her, she can attract or repulse it. If she attracts it, it is drawn to a point on her body of her choice as if drawn to an exceptionally strong magnet. If repulsed, it is pushed up to 30 feet away from Volt, and then an additional amount of feet equal to the distance travelled (if it is pushed 15 feet away from her out to 30 feet away, then it travels an additional 15 feet.)


Because of how easy it is for Volt to gather and maintain charge, she has to be careful with how much she stores. If Volt charges herself or is charged by her Remote Charge ability beyond their Vibe max, she takes damage. One charge over is minor damage, like a heavy static shock. Two charges over is mild damage, like a light burn. Three charges over is moderate damage, like a momentary blackout and slightly heavier burn. Four charges over is heavy damage, such as burning bad enough to scar and a major shock to the nervous system. Five charges over is near fatal damage, such as small expolsions, majorly disfiguring burns, and unconciousness.

The more charge Volt builds, the more distorted her voice becomes. This means it is easer for her to build charge over a short amount of time. However, the more distorted her vocie becomes, the harder it is on her throat. After a throwdown, depedning on the intensity, Volt might not be able to throw down again for hours, to weeks afterwards.

Because Volt's Vibe specifically targets technology, if any tech is unavailable or unusable around her, her Vibe looses all efficacy.

Oleander needs to sing and dance to activate her Vibe, but can produce small effects with individual singing or dancing.
When singing without dancing, Ollie can create a small, temporary ‘bubble’ of reduced gravity. This is only a few feet in diameter and lasts only a second or two before it ‘pops’ and disappears.
When dancing without singing, Ollie can conversely create small, temporary bubbles of increased gravity. This is just as small and temporary as the reduced gravity bubbles.
With the combination of the two performance styles, Oleander gains fine control over gravity and can cause objects other than the earth to gain their own gravitational pull.
Oleander can choose an object, or person, which levitates off the ground and gains a gravitational field independent of the Earth. This target then pulls other smaller objects into a circular orbit around them. This is more difficult to do on people than on organic objects, as people can resist the pull. Oleander is able to designate themself as the target. If Oleander is the target, she can apply either Weight Training or Space Walk to herself as well, allowing her to root herself to the ground or move, as she prefers. Oleander uses fine control of gravity on the Satellites to increase orbit speed of the surrounding objects until they are able to be flung out of orbit as high speed projectiles. Her aim is not the best, but it's getting better.
Oleander can designate a 10 foot diameter circular area to reduce gravity, causing objects within to lose momentum, to start to float, and to become lighter. The circle is marked by a silver shimmering line around its perimeter. Anything within this circle is affected, including Oleander. It can be used to someone's advantage to avoid a painful impact, or throw off an attacker by slowing them and messing with gravity to, again, reduce impact. Oleander can reduce the gravity of a particular object or person, allowing them to float. This does not affect other objects around the designated target. The affected, if a person, can control their movement much like if they were on the moon or similar low-gravity environments. Oleander, when targeting herself, has more minute control and can use this to 'fly' or hover within about ten feet off the ground.
Like the Moon Bounce in reverse, Ollie can designate a ten foot diameter circle where gravity is increased. This causes all objects and persons within the area to be pulled down towards the ground, whatever is beneath them as everything attempts to 'flatten' under the increased weight. Any target within the area is affected, including Oleander. Oleander can increase the gravity of a particular object or person, causing them to become anchored to the ground or crushed towards it. She has much finer control of this when targeting herself.
Oleander always has black sclera and silver, pupilless eyes that mimic the current moon phase.

When using her Vibe, Ollie's hair starts to take on a galaxy effect, shifting into the hues of nebulas. With enough Vibe, all her bodily fluids--blood, spit, tears, etc--become like liquid silver starlight.
Oleander has a suspicion that her ability to increase gravity is more pronounced, or stronger, during full and new moon phases. Conversely, her ability to lessen gravity is strongest during the first and third quarter moon phases.