Foxbat? Why am I not surprised...

[steriaca]

Boy, Freedy shure moves in fast. He already is holding Champions Online's BBoard captive. I shure hope he dosen't try to ransom them back to themselves...

[Spence]

Boy, Freedy shure moves in fast. He already is holding Champions Online's BBoard captive. I shure hope he dosen't try to ransom them back to themselves...

I'm glad they kept Foxbat. He is one of my favorite nutballs :thumbup:

nutcase+goofball get it?:D

[Haerandir]

Foxbat is ubiquitous! And insidious! And other vocab words!

[Thia Halmades]

How about "delirious?"

[Log-Man]

Recrementitious!

[Haerandir]

Recrementitious!
Man, and I thought I was being obscure when I busted out 'vituperative' a while back... ;)

[Lord Liaden]

It just wouldn't be Champions without Foxbat. He's a truly unique creation. Other companies have harmless loons, but they know they're loons (Creeper, Ambush Bug); or true crazies, but they're psychopaths (Joker). There's nobody else quite like Foxbat. More than Dr. Destroyer, Mechanon, or any of the rest of the stable, IMO he's the iconic villain of the Champions Universe,

[Heroic Avatar]

He is one odd iconic villain... Half the time he wants to become your sidekick or you to become his sidekick.

(sorry about the colors in my post, tyring to see what works best on this background)

[Spence]

It just wouldn't be Champions without Foxbat. He's a truly unique creation. Other companies have harmless loons, but they know they're loons (Creeper, Ambush Bug); or true crazies, but they're psychopaths (Joker). There's nobody else quite like Foxbat. More than Dr. Destroyer, Mechanon, or any of the rest of the stable, IMO he's the iconic villain of the Champions Universe,

That is a truly rep'able statement :D

[Tim]

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Tyring?? YOu are putting it thru a trial of a Norse God???

[Tim]

And so far, Foxbat hasn't asked people to send him their unused Xps.

[Haerandir]

Actually, I think he has at least mentioned it.

Edit: Yep, here we go:

I mean, sure. You can all be my friends, as long as you keep a steady stream of experience points flowing my way. But you can't be Exoskeleton Man's friend. He lacks my super-awesome intellect and just doesn't bring the diabolical like I do.

[Celt]

I've long been resigned to being in the minority that find Foxbat annoying at best. C.L.O.W.N. too. I look forward to going epic on them.

[Spence]

I've long been resigned to being in the minority that find Foxbat annoying at best. C.L.O.W.N. too. I look forward to going epic on them.

I really enjoy using Foxbat in the right places. CLOWN was just CLOWN. I never had a use for them.

[archermoo]

I've long been resigned to being in the minority that find Foxbat annoying at best. C.L.O.W.N. too. I look forward to going epic on them.

With any luck Cryptic will agree with Steve and CLOWN will continue to have not ever existed. :)

[gamerz123]

With any luck Cryptic will agree with Steve and CLOWN will continue to have not ever existed. :)

It's all part of Foxbat's plan to get rid of his competition :D

Excellent :sneaky:

[Scott Heine]

Actually...

CLOWN might work in an MMO where (as Steve complains) the organization fails in a tabletop RPG. But they would have to be reduced to "monsters with a clownish motif that need to be defeated for experience points or whatever" instead of "plot devices that exist to humiliate the players and erode their sense of fun."

Still, I'd be really surprised to see them in there.

What I'm wondering about is PSI... Will they be in there? How in the world would mental powers work in such an MMO setting and still preserve the feel of the characters? (Personally, I would find extraordinary pleasure in running into Mind Slayer in game... Mwa ha ha ha!)

[Tim]

What I'm wondering about is PSI... Will they be in there? How in the world would mental powers work in such an MMO setting and still preserve the feel of the characters? (Personally, I would find extraordinary pleasure in running into Mind Slayer in game... Mwa ha ha ha!)

Lancer would be the *itch to fight. Full invis and long range mental blast equals ko'ed pc.

[Spence]

What I'm wondering about is PSI... Will they be in there? How in the world would mental powers work in such an MMO setting and still preserve the feel of the characters? (Personally, I would find extraordinary pleasure in running into Mind Slayer in game... Mwa ha ha ha!)

I think Mind Powers could actually be easier for some aspects. Others would be a bear.

But I do think PSI would be cool. And Mind Salyer is one of my old fav's from the day :thumbup:

[Lord Liaden]

What I'm wondering about is PSI... Will they be in there? How in the world would mental powers work in such an MMO setting and still preserve the feel of the characters? (Personally, I would find extraordinary pleasure in running into Mind Slayer in game... Mwa ha ha ha!)

If the MMO follows recent events in the Champions Universe, PSI is... uh, have you read Champions Universe: News Of The World, Scott? If not, you might give it a pass. I'd hate to see a grown avatar cry. :(

Mind Slayer should work well in the MMO, though, since most of her abilities are fairly straight-up damaging Powers with cool visual SFX.

[glenrm]

Foxbat was always a good starter villain. Obvious in his methods and underpowered. He would be great in the tutorial mission or the first mission in a newbie zone.

[Egyptoid]

Well some other ancient Champions lore also needs to be revitalized online:

Dr. McQuark, and Strike Force , and other Allston goodness.

"its not a guild-house, its a shrine"

[rjcurrie]

Well some other ancient Champions lore also needs to be revitalized online:

Dr. McQuark, and Strike Force , and other Allston goodness.

"its not a guild-house, its a shrine"


Unfortunately, the rights to those reverted to Aaron Allston quite some time ago.

[Lord Liaden]

Patrick E. Bradley did Dr. McQuark, though. He worked a mention of the Doc into his 4E Atlantis sourcebook, and a couple of articles in the pre-5E Digital Hero. So either he or Hero Games should have the rights to the character, rather than AA.

[Michael Hopcroft]

Foxbat was always a good starter villain. Obvious in his methods and underpowered. He would be great in the tutorial mission or the first mission in a newbie zone.

And he would occasionally show up as a wild card too. You'd never know quite what Foxbat was up to ideally, and he'd usually find a way to escape even certain death.

("Was flying to Mexico part of the Master Plan?" "Shut up.")

[rjcurrie]

Patrick E. Bradley did Dr. McQuark, though. He worked a mention of the Doc into his 4E Atlantis sourcebook, and a couple of articles in the pre-5E Digital Hero. So either he or Hero Games should have the rights to the character, rather than AA.

You're right, of course. I keep forgetting Patrick did McQuark because it was in the same book with The Blood which was Aaron.

[Blue]

Did't someone on the boards own Foxbatallion.com? Wonder if it's value has gone up in the wake of MMO current events ;)

[Log-Man]

Foxbat was always a good starter villain. Obvious in his methods and underpowered. He would be great in the tutorial mission or the first mission in a newbie zone.
Foxbat as tutorial teacher is an awesome idea! :thumbup:

[Michael Hopcroft]

Who foxes the Foxbat?

[i3ullseye]

Ok, they use the true single most Champions villain of all time. No, not howler... I said Villain not Vamp. But for me, until I see Foxbat in game, the jury is out. In game he needs to talk about things as if he KNOWS it is a game, and give you advice completely out of character, with game rule specifics and such.

That would rule!

[Celt]

Ok, they use the true single most Champions villain of all time. No, not howler... I said Villain not Vamp. But for me, until I see Foxbat in game, the jury is out. In game he needs to talk about things as if he KNOWS it is a game, and give you advice completely out of character, with game rule specifics and such.

That would rule!

For an accurate representation, this would absolutely have to be the case. And I'll still punch him in the face.