Poll: The Authority versus Scooby Doo and a small bowl of fruit [Archive]

OddHat

Mar 5th, '05, 02:15 PM

On one side, the Authority; on the other, Scooby Doo and the gang, plus a small bowl of fruit. Who would win?

nexus

Mar 5th, '05, 02:35 PM

Scooby doo and the gang. They'd never actually fight, but run and a comedic chase would ensue involving Scooby and Shaggy dressing in a ludicrous costume that the Authority fails to see threw. Then once they''ve lost their pursuers, the gang would come up a clever Rube Goldberg like trap using Scoob and Shag as bait and capture the Authority then unmasks them revealing they are actually Old Man Smithers from up on the hill.

Solomon

Mar 5th, '05, 02:54 PM

Nexus' right... if it was a Scooby Doo cartoon.

If it was an Authority comic, Scooby would be a propotype genetically engineered man-dog, bred by a Freakin' Evil Corp for use as death squads and slave labor. Scooby would have his a$$ handed to him by Midnighter - in a strictly literal sense, after Midnighter had his way with Scooby's a$$ and the bowl of fruit. The rest of Scooby's gang will be killed in panel one, except for Shaggy who would become the new Doctor.

lemming

Mar 5th, '05, 03:14 PM

And we would of gotten away with it to, if it wasn't for those damn kids.

McCoy

Mar 5th, '05, 03:55 PM

And we would of gotten away with it to, if it wasn't for those damn kids.
Language! He would of gotten away with it to, if it wasn't for those meddling kids

tkdguy

Mar 5th, '05, 04:13 PM

Do you realize the Scooby Gang have been kids for almost 40 years now? Maybe they made a pact with some dark power, in exchange for defrauding the fakes. After all, how DARE those pretenders act like the real thing? :fear:

;)

Hermit

Mar 5th, '05, 05:38 PM

Great, now I have the urge to write up the Scooby gang as Iron Age super heroes...

gewing

Mar 5th, '05, 05:54 PM

Do you realize the Scooby Gang have been kids for almost 40 years now? Maybe they made a pact with some dark power, in exchange for defrauding the fakes. After all, how DARE those pretenders act like the real thing? :fear:

;)

OOOOOOHHHHHH WICKED! REP!!!

nexus

Mar 5th, '05, 05:58 PM

Great, now I have the urge to write up the Scooby gang as Iron Age super heroes...

Do it Do it Do it

Seriously, I think you could probably pull it off in a very entertaining fashion. :)

Lightray

Mar 5th, '05, 07:39 PM

Imagine the carnage when the Scooby Gang calls in the help of Cartoon Batman & Robin, and the Harlem Globetrotters! Fruit will be thrown - and of course the Authority will be unable to defend themselves...

... they'll be too busy rending Scrappy Doo limb from limb. And although defeated, at last the Authority will win the admiration of fanboys everywhere.

Because Scrappy Doo? Is just wrong, folks.

OddHat

Mar 5th, '05, 08:29 PM

Great, now I have the urge to write up the Scooby gang as Iron Age super heroes...

<table border=1><tr><td bgcolor="white">Rex Danger 
<table cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td align="right">Val  </td><td>Char   </td><td>Cost</td></tr><tr><td align="right">15  </td><td>STR</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td align="right">18  </td><td>DEX</td><td>24</td></tr><tr><td align="right">13  </td><td>CON</td><td>6</td></tr><tr><td align="right">12  </td><td>BODY</td><td>4</td></tr><tr><td align="right">18  </td><td>INT</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td align="right">14  </td><td>EGO</td><td>8</td></tr><tr><td align="right">15  </td><td>PRE</td><td>5</td></tr><tr><td align="right">12  </td><td>COM</td><td>1</td></tr><tr><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td align="right">9  </td><td>PD</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td align="right">9  </td><td>ED</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td align="right">3  </td><td>SPD</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td align="right">6  </td><td>REC</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td align="right">26  </td><td>END</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td align="right">27  </td><td>STUN</td><td>0</td></tr><td></td><td> </td><td></td></tr><tr><td align="right">7"  </td><td>RUN</td><td>2</td></tr><tr><td align="right">2"  </td><td>SWIM</td><td>0</td></tr><tr><td align="right">3"  </td><td>LEAP</td><td>0</td></tr></table>Characteristics Cost: 65
 <table border="0" cellpadding="0"><tr><td align="right">Cost  </td><td>Power</td><td align="right">END</td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">422  </td><td>You Would Have Gotten Away With It Powers: Elemental Control, 844-point powers </td><td valign="top" align="right"></td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">211  </td><td>1) Skeptic Field Alpha: Suppress Magic / Supernatural / Spiritual Powers 25d6 (standard effect: 75 points), all Magic powers simultaneously (+2), Personal Immunity (+1/4), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Persistent (+1/2), Invisible Power Effects (Fully Invisible; +1), Area Of Effect (264" Radius; +1 1/2) (844 Active Points); No Range (-1/2), Always On (-1/2) </td><td valign="top" align="right">0</td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">211  </td><td>2) Skeptic Field Beta: Suppress Psionic / Psychic / Chi Powers 25d6 (standard effect: 75 points), all Psionic powers simultaneously (+2), Personal Immunity (+1/4), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Persistent (+1/2), Invisible Power Effects (Fully Invisible; +1), Area Of Effect (264" Radius; +1 1/2) (844 Active Points); No Range (-1/2), Always On (-1/2) </td><td valign="top" align="right">0</td></tr><tr><td align="right" valign="top">211  </td><td>3) Skeptic Field Gamma: Suppress Mutant / Alien / Biological Powers 25d6 (standard effect: 75 points), all Mutant powers simultaneously (+2), Personal Immunity (+1/4), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Persistent (+1/2), Invisible Power Effects (Fully Invisible; +1), Area Of Effect (264" Radius; +1 1/2) (844 Active Points); Always On (-1/2), No Range (-1/2) </td><td valign="top" align="right">0</td></tr></table>Powers Cost: 1055
 <table cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td align="right">Cost  </td><td>Martial Arts Maneuver</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3  </td><td>Jab: 1/2 Phase, +2 OCV, +1 DCV, Strike </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">4  </td><td>Block: 1/2 Phase, +2 OCV, +2 DCV, Block, Abort </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">4  </td><td>Cross: 1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, +2 DCV, 5d6 Strike </td></tr></table>Martial Arts Cost: 11
 <table cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td align="right">Cost  </td><td>Skill</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">15  </td><td>+3 with DCV [Notes: Knows How To Dodge and Weave] </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">6  </td><td>+2 with Dive For Cover, Dodge, and Block </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3  </td><td>Paramedics 13- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3  </td><td>Sleight Of Hand 13- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3  </td><td>Breakfall 13- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">2  </td><td>Computer Programming (Hacking and Computer Security) 13- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3  </td><td>Security Systems 13- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3  </td><td>Lockpicking 13- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3  </td><td>Combat Driving 13- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3  </td><td>Concealment 13- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3  </td><td>Criminology 13- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3  </td><td>Conversation 12- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3  </td><td>Deduction 13- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3  </td><td>Shadowing 13- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3  </td><td>Stealth 13- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3  </td><td>Streetwise 12- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3  </td><td>High Society 12- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">0  </td><td>Language: English (idiomatic; literate) (5 Active Points) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">2  </td><td>AK: Campaign City 11- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3  </td><td>Language: Spanish (completely fluent) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3  </td><td>Scholar </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">1  </td><td>1) KS: Boxing (2 Active Points) 11- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">2  </td><td>2) KS: Conspiracy Theories (3 Active Points) 13- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">2  </td><td>3) KS: History (3 Active Points) 13- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">2  </td><td>4) KS: Stage Magic (3 Active Points) 13- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">1  </td><td>5) KS: The Law Enforcement World (2 Active Points) 11- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">2  </td><td>6) KS: The News World (3 Active Points) 13- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">2  </td><td>7) KS: World Events (3 Active Points) 13- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3  </td><td>Jack of All Trades </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">2  </td><td>1) PS: Reporter (3 Active Points) 13- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">2  </td><td>2) PS: Research (3 Active Points) 13- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">2  </td><td>3) PS: Writer (3 Active Points) 13- </td></tr></table>Skills Cost: 94
 <table cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td align="right">Cost  </td><td>Perk</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">5  </td><td>Money: Well Off [Notes: Best Selling Author] </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">18  </td><td>Contact: Publishing World and News Organizations (Contact has access to major institutions, Contact has significant Contacts of his own, Contact has useful Skills or resources, Good relationship with Contact), Organization Contact (x3) (18 Active Points) 11- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">2  </td><td>Reputation: Entertaining Lunatic Reporter with a record of catching crooks (A medium-sized group) 8-, +2/+2d6 </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">35  </td><td>Vehicles & Bases [Notes: House, a sports car and a News Van] </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">3  </td><td>Computer Link [Notes: News Organization Sources] </td></tr></table>Perks Cost: 63
 <table cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td align="right">Cost  </td><td>Talent</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">12  </td><td>Combat Luck (6 PD/6 ED) </td></tr></table>Talents Cost: 12

 <table cellpadding="0" border="0"><tr><td align="right">Val  </td><td>Disadvantages</td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">25  </td><td>Psychological Limitation: There are no such things as Magic, Aliens or Super Powers (Very Common, Total) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">20  </td><td>Psychological Limitation: A Vast Conspiracy is trying to Fool Us All (Very Common, Strong) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">15  </td><td>Psychological Limitation: I Will Spread The Truth (Common, Strong) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">15  </td><td>Social Limitation: If his powers were discovered, Rex would be hunted by every criminal organization and government on Earth (Occasionally, Severe) </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">10  </td><td>Reputation: Crusading Fringe Journalist and Crime Buster, 11- </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">10  </td><td>Physical Limitation: Halucinates a Rational Explanation for Everything (Frequently, Slightly Impairing) [Notes: Faced with evidence of the Supernatural, Rex will "see" flaws in the film, hidden devices, trap doors, special effects tricks, and other proof that the situation is not as it seems. The fact that such evidence is always gone when he points it out to others just proves the power of the Conspiracy.] </td></tr><tr><td valign="top" align="right">55  </td><td>Scooby Doobie Bonus </td></tr></table>Disadvantage Points: 150
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Cost Summary:
Base Points:1150
Disadvantage Points: 150

Total Experience Available: 0

Total Character Cost: 1300
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<table width="100%" valign="top"><tr valign="top"><td>Height: 1.80 m</td><td>Hair: Brown</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td>Weight: 100.00 kg</td><td>Eyes: Brown</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td colspan=2>Appearance: Tall, slim man in his early forties with a worn yet handsome face, a friendly smile, and a wild look in his eye. Usually wears jeans and a loose sweater that has seen better days.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td colspan=2>Personality: Rex is charming and friendly when dealing with normal people, but becomes deeply suspicious when dealing with supers. At best he thinks of them as well meaning lunatics, and he treats most as liars, fools, or tools of the Conspiracy. Rex has seen more than one Super leap to his death to prove he could fly, or get shot to pieces while boasting of his invulnerability; he knows that many of these masked madmen really do believe that they have powers. It must be some form of brainwashing … Rex has no idea that he is (arguably) one of Earth’s most powerful Supers, and would mock the suggestion.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td colspan=2>Quote:“Yes, of course you’re a God. Now please, get away from the ledge, and let’s take a nice, safe elevator ride, and you can tell me all about it.” “He would have gotten away with it if it hadn’t been for us nosy kids.”</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td colspan=2>Background: Rex Danger: Ace freelance reporter, best selling author, journalist, conspiracy theorist, and quite possibly the world’s most powerful Super. It all started in 1969 with a gang of college kids wandering the country in their groovy Mystery Van. Dobie Gilman was the leader of the group then, a football hero whose dreams of becoming a cop would be derailed by a life long battle with addiction. Nicole Jape was a journalism student, and Heather South was a pre-med student with a desperate crush on Dobie and a talent for recreational pharmacology second to none. And Rex? Rex was a wreck, a journalism student who’d eat, smoke, or swallow anything for a thrill. From a strict religious background, Rex sought freedom in that summer trip, and planned to open his mind even if he needed to use a crowbar. That summer was insane, on every level. The gang, stoned out of their minds and driven by Dobie’s urge to play detective and Rex’s budding journalistic instincts, solved over a dozen minor crimes in the Midwest, making the police of several states look like fools. In the process they encountered cultists, crooks, self proclaimed mystics, even a few Super Villains. Every time, every single time, it turned out that the “magic” and “super powers” they encountered were nothing more than sleight of hand and technological trickery. Then came the Thing in the House. A deformed freak, it terrorized the gang past the edge of sanity, capturing them one by one, until it came to Rex. It cornered him, he screamed … and it vanished. Rex searched the room, and found a rigged projector and sound equipment! It had been a fake! He tried to tell the others, but their minds had broken. None of them would ever be the same. When the police investigated the scene, they found no projectors or sound equipment. That’s when Rex first understood the power of the Conspiracy. Rex got off drugs and re-committed himself to journalism. He was good, one of the best. He uncovered frauds, solved mysteries the police couldn’t handle, and won a trunk full of awards. He also learned how to box, and turned his long, lanky frame into a tower of lean muscle. Despite a lifetime of effort, he has yet to break the Super-Conspiracy. Now in his early forties, Rex continues to fight the good fight, writing book after book and even sometimes managing to get a TV special as he debunks the lie of Super Humanity. Rex knows that maniacs like Doctor Destroyer have access to incredible technology, and that some so-called Super Heroes are good men and women trying to serve their fellow citizens. He just can’t understand why they claim to have “powers”, or why so many of his fellow journalists seem ready to swallow the lies. Still, Rex loves a mystery, and he’ll never stop searching. He owes it to the gang.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td colspan=2>Powers/Tactics: Any form of non-technologically based power under 75 active points will simply fail within around half a kilometer of Rex, unless Rex or the user of the power are under full cover (for purposes of Rex’s Suppress, non technological Force Walls and Entangles do not count as cover even if opaque). Powers over 75 active points will lose 75 points of effect. This power is fully invisible, and Rex has no idea that he has it. Even Superhuman characteristics are affected. If threatened with physical violence, Rex is a big, well muscled man and a trained boxer. He is also blessed with quick reflexes. He will try to talk his way out of trouble, but is not adverse to backing talk with a good right hook.</td></tr><tr valign="top"><td colspan=2>Campaign Use: Rex makes an absurdly annoying foil for a Super group; just having him show up at a crime in progress is enough to cripple most Supers, both heroes and villains. Only gadget using Supers and Martial Artists are unaffected, and even they may find any mystic abilities or inhumanly high characteristics (any stat over 20 or SPD over 4 unless the character has NCM) nullified. More than one villainous plot has fallen to pieces because Rex happened to be taking a picture, and more than one hero has been severely injured trying to prove his Powers to Rex. Plot Seed: Rex decides to “debunk” the team. How can they fight crime when their powers keep mysteriously failing? Plot Seed: Viper suspects the existence of an incredible Power Nullifying Super in the city. The heroes suspect that Rex may be the Null. Can they stop Viper from getting their hands on Rex? Do they want to?</td></tr></table>
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Hermit

Mar 5th, '05, 09:40 PM

Regarding "Rex Danger"

:eek:

I sit humbled.

:hail:

tkdguy

Mar 5th, '05, 10:06 PM

Didn't someone post a link to a Scooby Doo/Cthulu story a couple of years back?

lemming

Mar 5th, '05, 10:30 PM

Language! He would of gotten away with it to, if it wasn't for those meddling kids
Well, I had to update it a little?

btw Oddhat, I had a Pulp Hero named Rex Danger. nice job.