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CrosshairCollie

Jun 21st, '03, 01:23 PM

The subject may be a bit inaccurate, but it's as close as I can come up with. The topic/question: Have any of you ever used any of the variety of real-life pop-culture icons against your PCs? In the old Strike Force (I think), there was a loopy villain called The Producer who created robotic versions of movie characters and sent them out to cause trouble.

My own take on this was 'The Cartoonist', who had magic paintbrushes that could create anything he painted, and bring it to life ... thus, he drew cartoon characters and used them to bedevil people. Sometimes classic Looney Tunes, sometimes action cartoons.

The crowning achievement for me, though, I think would be the time I had some kids get ahold of a magical tome of summoning. They started messing with it, and summoned Golem spirits; spirits who possessed inanimate objects and brought them to life. The spirits wound up in the kids' Pokemon action figures, which sprang to life at full size.

Anybody else done stuff like that?

Balok

Jun 21st, '03, 05:23 PM

Years ago, I created "The Missile Commander", a gadgeteer obsessed with video games. He had remarkable skills at building devices -- but was literally unable to conceive of anything he hadn't seen in a video game. In his early career, his compulsion required him to build the same weaknesses into his devices as were possessed by their video game inspirations. Later, he overcame this part of his obsession.

I also created "The Director", a character based on the goofy character from EPIC, an episode of "The Avengers", a British TV series. The Director was obsessed with creating a movie about the characters.

The Sportsmen, a villain group, consisted of members like Fastball, Slapshot, Gridiron, Lucky Strike (bowling, not cigarettes) -- all former sports stars whose careers were cut short, requiring them to seek other means to keep their extravagant lifestyles going. Their leader, a shadowy figure they knew only as "Front Office", supplied them with their equipment.

Bunyip

Jun 22nd, '03, 03:29 PM

Originally posted by CrosshairCollie
The crowning achievement for me, though, I think would be the time I had some kids get ahold of a magical tome of summoning. They started messing with it, and summoned Golem spirits; spirits who possessed inanimate objects and brought them to life. The spirits wound up in the kids' Pokemon action figures, which sprang to life at full size.

Anybody else done stuff like that? [/B]

Yes, in similar vein - a child's pet terrapins, used to house minor hellions by her demonologist father. He named them Constable, Gainsborough, Turner and Stubbs..

zornwil

Jun 23rd, '03, 11:13 AM

I've had a couple that come to mind. There was the Game Show Host with his Models and the invisible Announcer with his booming voice. Then there's Bud Girl who of course is fashioned after the Budweiser ladies. Later on I thought she probably should have raelly been "bud" as in "pot" but it was too late then. So instead she spent her criminal career walking around with a keg on a rolling cart when a little baggie would have been so much easier!

Bud Girl appears to have reformed, though her mutant pheremone powers run roughshod still over mortal men, while the Game Show Host and his crew are in prison.

zornwil

Jun 23rd, '03, 11:15 AM

Oh and I don't know if this really counts but in a villainous team composed of tool/hardware-oriented villains Home Despot and Office Despot, a husband-and-wife team (respectively) used the tools of their trades to make money the illegal way - in their case working for the Kingpin. The Home Despot was killed in combat, a rarity, while Office Despot has been put in jail. I have a feeling she'll make an extra effort to break out.

death tribble

Jun 24th, '03, 04:26 AM

I had the Animator who brought comic book characters to life and then lost control of them thus Dr Doom went on to rule Latvia as Latveria did not exist.

Then there was the Game Show Host Lou Dacerous.

Crimson Arrow

Jun 24th, '03, 04:31 AM

Originaly posted by zornwill

There was the Game Show Host with his Models and the invisible Announcer with his booming voice.

I like this. It reminds me of one of my all-time favourite Judge Dredd stories, "The Gameshow Show". It was about an incredibly boring man who loved quiz shows. His one failed miserably and he vowed vengeance. He got his chance when he inherited a fortune. He invested the money in a deathtrap-ridden game show set, then he kidnapped every host from Mega City 1 and made them go through the maze, which incorporated parodies of many British quiz and game shows from the early 1990s.

I remember putting some friends' characters through a maze which ripped off, uh, paid homage to some of the traps from that show.

Did the Host and the models have any actual powers, or was it like the villains from the 60s Batman show?

Then there's Bud Girl who of course is fashioned after the Budweiser ladies. Later on I thought she probably should have raelly been "bud" as in "pot" but it was too late then. So instead she spent her criminal career walking around with a keg on a rolling cart when a little baggie would have been so much easier!

I actually like the idea you went with; it's surreal.

Any chance of seeing stats (or at least a more detailed outline of the powers) for these characters?

TheEmerged

Jun 24th, '03, 12:10 PM

zornwil

Jun 24th, '03, 02:29 PM

Originally posted by Crimson Arrow
Originaly posted by zornwill

I like this. It reminds me of one of my all-time favourite Judge Dredd stories, "The Gameshow Show". It was about an incredibly boring man who loved quiz shows. His one failed miserably and he vowed vengeance. He got his chance when he inherited a fortune. He invested the money in a deathtrap-ridden game show set, then he kidnapped every host from Mega City 1 and made them go through the maze, which incorporated parodies of many British quiz and game shows from the early 1990s.

I remember putting some friends' characters through a maze which ripped off, uh, paid homage to some of the traps from that show.

Did the Host and the models have any actual powers, or was it like the villains from the 60s Batman show?

I actually like the idea you went with; it's surreal.

Any chance of seeing stats (or at least a more detailed outline of the powers) for these characters?

I read that Judge Dredd, I'm sure that's where I got the idea ultimately even if not consciously.

I'll see what I can dig up, the stats will be shakey because I don't worry much about points-balancing or any efficiency whatsoever, they're written just so I can glance at the files and run them during the game. I have considerable notes on the Game Show Host's background from my game - I'll try to dig up more and put it together, but you can see the "meat" of his and the Announcer's story in their own words if you browse through http://www.asterick.com/realschluss/x-champions/x-champions_issues/10_5_by_5_by_5_supplement_notes.htm. Also, you can see how they played out in action at http://www.asterick.com/realschluss/x-champions/x-champions_issues/02_you_bet_your_life.htm and http://www.asterick.com/realschluss/x-champions/x-champions_issues/02_you_bet_your_life_supplement_notes.htm.

levi

Jun 24th, '03, 04:44 PM

I recently came up with a game thread that involved a company that made holographic projectors for trading card games so that players could have holographic battles in the streets with their cards. Black Harlequin created a device that stabilized the holograms and put them under his control. He then used them to attack the children / teens playing the card games and eventually the heroes with their own game monsters.

Vondy

Jun 24th, '03, 04:48 PM

Night of the Living JLo's...

CrosshairCollie

Jun 24th, '03, 08:58 PM

You have scarred me for life, D-Man.

Crimson Arrow

Jun 25th, '03, 03:44 AM

Thanks for the info zornwil, although I could only get the middle link to work. I take your point about balancing; I don't see a lot of purpose in spending ages balancing points for NPCs. About the only use for that exercise is trying to make sure the villain balances the hero's level of power, but even that does not always work.

Originally posted by D-Man

Night of the Living JLo's...

I now have an unshiftable image of how those particular holograms would attack. How many dice of HA do you think it would involve? :D Would you give it Area of Effect? ;)

winterhawk

Jun 25th, '03, 01:26 PM

Originally posted by D-Man
Night of the Living JLo's...

Too...much...butt...can't...reach...utility...belt ...

Back to topic, I was in a game in which the GM had a wacky Toyman styled villain that used a Poke-Ball as a weapon...it did not conjur too-cute pocket monsters, it caused seizures, much like the show was accused of doing :p

Vondy

Jun 25th, '03, 01:30 PM

Originally posted by CrosshairCollie
You have scarred me for life, D-Man.

Glad I could help ;)

zornwil

Aug 30th, '03, 02:16 PM

Originally posted by Crimson Arrow

(stuff snipped)

Any chance of seeing stats (or at least a more detailed outline of the powers) for these characters? [/B]

Okay, finally, here's the stats that I have now. Please note these are just GM versions so they're not fully fleshed out and some rules may be broken. They should just give you an idea. Also, in my games I have Mental Defense and Supernatural Defense. I didn't tweak the HTML output to include those, but i don't think anyone cares since it's particular to my games anyway.

Game Show Host

Val Characteristic Cost
10 Strength 0
15 Dexterity 15
15 Constitution 10
10 Body 0
25 Intelligence 15
25 Ego 30
35 Presence 25
16 Comeliness 3
2 Physical Defense 0
3 Energy Defense 0
8 Speed 55
5 Recovery 0
30 Endurance 0
23 Stun 0

Characteristic Rolls: STR: 11‑, DEX: 12‑, CON: 12‑, INT: 14‑, EGO: 14‑, PER: 14‑

Run: 6", Swim: 2", Jump: 2", Lift: 100kg

Cost Powers END/Roll

10 Elemental Control (10‑pt reserve)

a‑42 9d6 Mind Control; Communication: Verbal, +0; Reduced END: Zero & Persistent, +1; No Conscious Control: ‑2; Area Effect (Radius): 9" radius, +1 0

b‑8 6d6 Energy Blast; Range: 185; Versus: ED; Conditional Power: Usually, ‑¼; Reduced END: Half, +¼; No Conscious Control: ‑2 1

c‑3 4d6 Aid (Fade/turn, Max. 24); Range: 0; Affects: Single Power, +0; No Conscious Control: ‑2; adds to STUN 4

d‑10 Shape Shift (Limited Group); Game Show Hosts 4

30 Armor (10 PD/10 ED)

Cost Skills, Talents, Perks Roll

40 Follower (4, 148 pts, 0 Disad.); Number: 4, +10

3 Concealment 14‑

17 Conversation 23‑

23 Gambling 21‑

3 Inventor ???

3 Acting 16‑

7 Persuasion 18‑

3 Seduction ???

7 Sleight of Hand ???

150+ Disadvantages

25 Berserk (14‑, 8‑, Berserk); Circumstances: Uncommon, +5; When people don't participate in his game shows

25 Believes Own Hype (Very Common, Total)

OCV: 5; DCV: 5; ECV: 8; Mental Def.: 0; Phases: 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12

PD/rPD: 12/10; ED/rED: 13/10

COSTS: Char.: 153 Disadv.: 50

Powers: + 209 Base: + 150

Total: = 362 Total: = 200

zornwil

Aug 30th, '03, 02:43 PM

I can't get HTML tables to function here, really weird. So anyway here's another text version. This one is Bud Girl.

Bud Girl
Val Characteristic Cost
8 Strength ?2
8 Dexterity ?6
8 Constitution ?4
8 Body ?4
20 Intelligence 10
40 Ego 60
30 Presence 20
30 Comeliness 10
2 Physical Defense 0
2 Energy Defense 0
4 Speed 22
4 Recovery 0
16 Endurance 0
16 Stun 0

Characteristic Rolls: STR: 11?, DEX: 11?, CON: 11?, INT: 13?, EGO: 17?, PER: 13?

Run: 6", Swim: 2", Jump: 2", Lift: 76kg

Cost Powers END/Roll

30 Elemental Control (30?pt reserve)
a?30 8d6 Mind Control; Communication: Verbal, +0; Reduced END: Zero, +½ 0
b?37 3d6 Drain (Return/turn); Range: 0; Affects: All Powers of Special Effect, +2; Focus: Obvious Accessible, ?1; Reduced END: Zero, +½; Drain on INT, EGO, DEX ? but must convince to drink "Bud" first 0
c?165 12d6 Mind Control; Communication: Telepathic, +¼; Area Effect (Radius): 14" radius, +1; Reduced END: Zero & Persistent, +1; Area mind control, no one wants to harm her. 0

Cost Skills, Talents, Perks Roll
3 Acting 15?
13 Disguise 16?
3 Persuasion 15?
15 Seduction ???

150+ Disadvantages
20 None?too?bright (Very Common, Strong)
20 Coward (Common, Total)

OCV: 3; DCV: 3; ECV: 13; Mental Def.: 0; Phases: 3, 6, 9, 12
PD/rPD: 2/0; ED/rED: 2/0

COSTS: Char.: 106 Disadv.: 40

Powers: + 296 Base: + 150
Exp.: + 5
Total: = 402 Total: = 195

Trebuchet

Aug 30th, '03, 03:50 PM

Originally posted by zornwil
I can't get HTML tables to function here, really weird. So anyway here's another text version. This one is Bud Girl.

Bud Girl
Val Characteristic Cost
8 Strength ?2
8 Dexterity ?6
8 Constitution ?4
8 Body ?4
20 Intelligence 10
40 Ego....

Great idea, Zornwill. I picture a chick that looks suspiciously like Starlord's avatar...

Mmmmm... Bouncy... :D

assault

Aug 30th, '03, 05:45 PM

Originally posted by CrosshairCollie
In the old Strike Force (I think), there was a loopy villain called The Producer who created robotic versions of movie characters and sent them out to cause trouble.

Personally, I see Teleios as being something of a cross between Malachite and the Producer. Both Teleios and the Producer are more or less totally insane critter builders. (Geneticists, incidentally, rather than robot builders.)

The main difference is the nature of the insanity. Teleios is more like Malachite in this respect.

If you could talk him out of some of his more dangerous experiments, the Producer would be a very useful ally.

Alan

Twilight

Aug 30th, '03, 06:18 PM

An interesting post to be sure. It's given me an idea for a villain. An as yet unnamed fellow who can summon monsters and villains from videocassettes and DVDs. He could be a comedic villain or an exceptionally scary one depending upon what movies he has at anyone time. Any ideas on how I could build such a character?

OddHat

Aug 30th, '03, 06:31 PM

Originally posted by Twilight
An interesting post to be sure. It's given me an idea for a villain. An as yet unnamed fellow who can summon monsters and villains from videocassettes and DVDs. He could be a comedic villain or an exceptionally scary one depending upon what movies he has at anyone time. Any ideas on how I could build such a character?

Shouldn't be too tough. VPP for summons only, requires easily replaceable expendable focus (assuming the DVD is destroyed by use), maybe bulky if the DVD or video must be played (but not if he can play it on a hand held DVD player), maybe extra time, gestures and concentration depending on how long he has to play the tape and or fiddle with the player.

A few levels with EG0 vs EGO contests will let him build more powerful summons on fewer points in the VPP, as he'll be able to drop "amicable." Not that important for an NPC though.

Twilight

Aug 30th, '03, 06:38 PM

Originally posted by OddHat
Shouldn't be too tough. VPP for summons only, requires easily replaceable expendable focus (assuming the DVD is destroyed by use), maybe bulky if the DVD or video must be played (but not if he can play it on a hand held DVD player), maybe extra time, gestures and concentration depending on how long he has to play the tape and or fiddle with the player.

A few levels with EG0 vs EGO contests will let him build more powerful summons on fewer points in the VPP, as he'll be able to drop "amicable." Not that important for an NPC though.

Honestly, hadn't thought about wether the DVD or videocassette would be destroyed by use. Considering the movies he picks are reasonably easy to find, is it really that much of a limitation?

Anyway, thanks for your help. I'm looking forward to players reactions for when I sic Darth Vader on em. :D

Confusinator

Aug 30th, '03, 06:39 PM

I had plans to bring Christopher Walken in as a powerful telepath villian. He was going to be introduced as the spokesman for the corporation that was the front for my main evil Dr. Doom type villian.

Unfortunately, I moved, and haven't gotten into a Champs game since.

zornwil

Aug 30th, '03, 11:36 PM

Originally posted by Confusinator
I had plans to bring Christopher Walken in as a powerful telepath villian. He was going to be introduced as the spokesman for the corporation that was the front for my main evil Dr. Doom type villian.

Unfortunately, I moved, and haven't gotten into a Champs game since.

Fantastic idea.

OddHat

Aug 31st, '03, 02:16 AM

Originally posted by Twilight
Honestly, hadn't thought about wether the DVD or videocassette would be destroyed by use. Considering the movies he picks are reasonably easy to find, is it really that much of a limitation?

Nope, at most it's worth another -1/4. That's where "easily replaceable" comes in. The main value of the limit is that it keeps him from sending an endless stream of Godzillas or Jasons against the party.

Incidently, have you ever read Woody Allen's "The Kugelmass Episode"? Magician builds a machine that allows the protagonist to enter books; works fine, however every copy of that book is altered to show exactly what the protagonist did. In a lighter campaign, that would make an interesting side effect for the villain's power (maybe limited to video tapes and DVDs in the campaign city).

"Kid Miracle, we must find out who kidnapped the mayor!"

"The A team did it."

"What the heck are you talking about?"

"Seriously! I was watching my old A Team tapes and I saw the whole thing! Look..."

Trebuchet

Aug 31st, '03, 04:22 AM

Originally posted by Twilight
Anyway, thanks for your help. I'm looking forward to players reactions for when I sic Darth Vader on em. :D I did something similar in my game about six years ago. A 12 year old Israeli boy, the nephew of one of our PCs, had developed the mutant ability to create "real" images when he was asleep. When he suddenly lapsed into a coma, his powers kicked into high gear. The team knew there was a problem when they had to fight Darth Vader (complete with real working Light Saber™) and Christopher Reeves as Superman, who were guarding the boy's hospital room. More fun later ensued with giant robots (Mighty Morphin Power Rangers) which rampaged through Jerusalem. ( I still rue that this adventure took place before the Powerpuff Girls came out. Go Buttercup!)

The team finally figured out what was going on when they went to visit the PCs sister at home and saw the video tapes of his favorite movies. It turned out the boy had a brain tumor which was affecting his powers. Fortunately one of the other PCs was a brilliant surgeon...

I didn't bother to actually build the kid; he was just a plot device. I did have to build the opponents, though. One thing I did to keep the summoned characters from being too powerful was to only allow them to manifest within a short radius from the boy. They were getting their collective butts kicked by Superman until they passed beyond this radius (I think it was 100 hexes) and he dissolved.

I'd recommend you only allow characters from movies and TV or your bad guy will be using Star Trek phasers and Colonial Vipers from Battlestar Galactica. As a twist, perhaps he can only use them in their designated role (Superman is good, Darth Vader is evil). As another possible option, perhaps the summoned bad guys have their own agendas...
:D

Hugh Neilson

Aug 31st, '03, 07:44 AM

Originally posted by Trebuchet
I'd recommend you only allow characters from movies and TV or your bad guy will be using Star Trek phasers and Colonial Vipers from Battlestar Galactica. As a twist, perhaps he can only use them in their designated role (Superman is good, Darth Vader is evil). As another possible option, perhaps the summoned bad guys have their own agendas...
:D

This seems a good reason for Summon which requires EGO control rolls. Once the character wins, or alternatively finishes his "tasks", he lapses into his Movie persona. You could even give the Summoned beings bonuses (or penalties) to the extent the desired tasks contradict (or conform with) their psychological limits.

And if one or two work out really well, maybe they just don't discorporate at the end of the adventure...

Argus

Aug 31st, '03, 09:16 AM

Originally posted by CrosshairCollie
The subject may be a bit inaccurate, but it's as close as I can come up with. The topic/question: Have any of you ever used any of the variety of real-life pop-culture icons against your PCs? In the old Strike Force (I think), there was a loopy villain called The Producer who created robotic versions of movie characters and sent them out to cause trouble.

My own take on this was 'The Cartoonist', who had magic paintbrushes that could create anything he painted, and bring it to life ... thus, he drew cartoon characters and used them to bedevil people. Sometimes classic Looney Tunes, sometimes action cartoons.

The crowning achievement for me, though, I think would be the time I had some kids get ahold of a magical tome of summoning. They started messing with it, and summoned Golem spirits; spirits who possessed inanimate objects and brought them to life. The spirits wound up in the kids' Pokemon action figures, which sprang to life at full size.

Anybody else done stuff like that?

In one game I ran the heroes worked for the UN and were considered the best of the best.
The Global Guardians, (this was before the Web site by the same name,) and there was a television superhero duo called Adventure Boy and Danger Girl.

On their television show the World Guards, were a recurring helpless superhero team that kept coming to AB and DG for help.

The players hated them more then almost any villain they faught.

It was fun.

A.

Enforcer84

Aug 31st, '03, 07:51 PM

How bout a five man villain group based on a boy band?

The tough one (brick or tough ma)
The cute one (Mentalist)
The Shy one (skulker/gadegeteer)
The (hmmm I don't know what the titles are... I'm pretty happy about that actually)
lets call him the Talented one (Martial Artist)
The Funny one (Blaster)

call them Mayhem Boyz or somthin...
I feel unclean now;)

zornwil

Aug 31st, '03, 09:29 PM

Stray Cat

Sep 1st, '03, 06:57 AM

Sounds like Roadkill will hafta pay the Mayhem Boyz a visit...

Cat

Originally posted by Enforcer84
How bout a five man villain group based on a boy band?

The tough one (brick or tough ma)
The cute one (Mentalist)
The Shy one (skulker/gadegeteer)
The (hmmm I don't know what the titles are... I'm pretty happy about that actually)
lets call him the Talented one (Martial Artist)
The Funny one (Blaster)

call them Mayhem Boyz or somthin...
I feel unclean now;)

badger3k

Sep 1st, '03, 07:21 AM

Originally posted by zornwil
As well you should, as I now feel sick. And I thought that the Batman and Get Smart TV shows with the go-go dancing were scary!

You don't like the Batusi?

How about 2 supervillains who looked good who were frontmen for two powerful villains who didn't look good. The good looking ones had no powers themselves...

Argus

Sep 1st, '03, 12:22 PM

I actually have rolling around in the back of my head a group based on Dodge Car Names.

Talon
Avenger
Ram
Neon
Viper
Durango

What do think?

A.

bcholmes

Sep 1st, '03, 01:58 PM

Originally posted by CrosshairCollie
The topic/question: Have any of you ever used any of the variety of real-life pop-culture icons against your PCs?

I used the Presleybots out of one of the Gold Rush Games modules, once. Gave them to Foxbat (he held a downtown shopping mall hostage and demanded that Graceland be moved to Toronto for its own safety).

Kolava

Sep 1st, '03, 02:32 PM

If someone could build me a 400 point Kool-aid man, I'd be forever in thier debt.

"Oh Yeeaahhh":D

Enforcer84

Sep 1st, '03, 10:56 PM

Originally posted by Argus
I actually have rolling around in the back of my head a group based on Dodge Car Names.

Talon
Avenger
Ram
Neon
Viper
Durango

What do think?

A.

Aside from Durango. I've done it. They were sponsored by General Motors. I had Shadow & Prowler rather than Durango.

GenreFiend

Sep 2nd, '03, 03:03 AM

The closest I've ever down was a Japanese guy called The Animaster. He could bring anything from animation to life and make it do his bidding. His favorite was Robotech Veritech Fighters. Never bothered with stats for him, as he was just a plot device and the only real threat was his creations. I did give his power the limits that he must be watching something when he brought it to life, and the creations dissapeared after they were defeated. If I was running him right now, I would take the opportunity to sic Stitch on my hapless PCs.

Superskrull

Sep 2nd, '03, 04:02 AM

Originally posted by Enforcer84
How bout a five man villain group based on a boy band?

The tough one (brick or tough ma)
The cute one (Mentalist)
The Shy one (skulker/gadegeteer)
The (hmmm I don't know what the titles are... I'm pretty happy about that actually)
lets call him the Talented one (Martial Artist)
The Funny one (Blaster)

call them Mayhem Boyz or somthin...
I feel unclean now;)

It terrifies me that this has already been done and in a Stan Lee-associated production. I take it you never heard of the Backstreet Project? It was a mercifully brief one-shot magazine & series of online flash toons. I was working magazines at a bookstore at the time and had the distinct pleasure of returning like 80% of the suckers.

On a disturbingly related note, my current campaign features a villain/rampaging monstrosity originally dubbed Bagman and later christened Hideous II. This physical powerhouse now smashes heroes rather than doing the singing and dancing that Justin Timberlake is known for in real life.
Be it madness or just a warped sense of humor, I had the idea to have the hapless performer and his then-paramour Britney Spears transformed by the "fatal car wreck" they had allegedly suffered a few years ago with Spears a near-amnesiac and Timberlake now a hideously scarred psycho stalking her across the country. To add to the confusion, there seem to be doubles of Spears and Timberlake still performing as if nothing is wrong.
I'd imagine the recent spit-swap between Spears and Madonna should make Hideous II livid with destructive rage.
Hmm, and it's my turn to run on Saturday...

Crimson Arrow

Sep 2nd, '03, 04:35 AM

Originally posted by Enforcer84
How bout a five man villain group based on a boy band?
SNIP

lets call him the Talented one (Martial Artist)

Some mistake here. I thought you were talking about boy bands.

What about...

Ugly One No Girl Ever Likes (maybe he's the tough one)
Good Dancer (he might be your martial artist)
The One on Booze and/or Drugs (? but possibly highly resisitant to pain and/or common sense)
The Colossally Arrogant One Who Thinks He's God's Gift (hey guys, form a queue)

Bitter, me? ;)

Crimson Arrow

Sep 2nd, '03, 04:38 AM

Thanks for letting us see those characters, zornwil.

Some interesting ideas there.

zornwil

Sep 2nd, '03, 06:17 AM

Originally posted by Crimson Arrow
Thanks for letting us see those characters, zornwil.

Some interesting ideas there.

Thanks, sorry it took so long.

CrosshairCollie

Sep 2nd, '03, 03:31 PM

Originally posted by GenreFiend
The closest I've ever down was a Japanese guy called The Animaster. He could bring anything from animation to life and make it do his bidding. His favorite was Robotech Veritech Fighters. Never bothered with stats for him, as he was just a plot device and the only real threat was his creations. I did give his power the limits that he must be watching something when he brought it to life, and the creations dissapeared after they were defeated. If I was running him right now, I would take the opportunity to sic Stitch on my hapless PCs.

That's pretty much what I was thinking ... and the other suggestion someone had of bringing anything found on video or DVD to life (fear ... VIDEOMAN!). "Well, your opposition now consists of a comic book geek, six Klingons, John Wayne, and Vegeta."

Agent X

Sep 2nd, '03, 03:33 PM

Originally posted by Superskrull
It terrifies me that this has already been done and in a Stan Lee-associated production. I take it you never heard of the Backstreet Project? It was a mercifully brief one-shot magazine & series of online flash toons. I was working magazines at a bookstore at the time and had the distinct pleasure of returning like 80% of the suckers.

On a disturbingly related note, my current campaign features a villain/rampaging monstrosity originally dubbed Bagman and later christened Hideous II. This physical powerhouse now smashes heroes rather than doing the singing and dancing that Justin Timberlake is known for in real life.
Be it madness or just a warped sense of humor, I had the idea to have the hapless performer and his then-paramour Britney Spears transformed by the "fatal car wreck" they had allegedly suffered a few years ago with Spears a near-amnesiac and Timberlake now a hideously scarred psycho stalking her across the country. To add to the confusion, there seem to be doubles of Spears and Timberlake still performing as if nothing is wrong.
I'd imagine the recent spit-swap between Spears and Madonna should make Hideous II livid with destructive rage.
Hmm, and it's my turn to run on Saturday... Oooh, you're just evil to us sometimes.:p

Argus

Sep 2nd, '03, 04:33 PM

Originally posted by Enforcer84
Aside from Durango. I've done it. They were sponsored by General Motors. I had Shadow & Prowler rather than Durango.

You should post them.
That way I don't have to build them.

A.

Enforcer84

Sep 2nd, '03, 04:36 PM

That is the coolest idea...Ever!

Any plans on looking into the mystery of the doubles who are performing?

Stray Cat

Sep 2nd, '03, 04:49 PM

Actually, yes. Our team, the Regulators, has had a full plate ever since we picked up Britney and Bagman (hehehe I love that name!). Dunno what SS has planned for us this week, but eventually we'll get back to it!

Cat

Originally posted by Enforcer84
That is the coolest idea...Ever!

Any plans on looking into the mystery of the doubles who are performing?

Superskrull

Sep 4th, '03, 05:58 AM

Originally posted by Stray Cat
Actually, yes. Our team, the Regulators, has had a full plate ever since we picked up Britney and Bagman (hehehe I love that name!). Dunno what SS has planned for us this week, but eventually we'll get back to it!

Cat

Fortunately, I did get around to telling me what I'm planning, and I was able to work with what I came up with, but I'm a little slow at times in getting back to me and often have to fake stuff for a while til the players get distracted by something shiny. Sentinel is currently tracking illegal security tape vidclips of Hideous II dancing to the latest Timberlake cuts being shared on file swapping servers while Colossus is trying to break into show biz. Meanwhile, Ebon Knight is hunting transdimensional baddies and nobody has yet to get back to researching more on those crack-dealing robots encountered a few months ago. Man, I love having a dozen plot threads running riot and watching the players scratch their heads in confusion.