JLA - CU Style

[fredrik_nilsson]

Sweden is a bit slow on showing certain kind of stuff on tv, like superhero cartoons. Anyway, now the JLA cartoon has been on the Swedish Cartoon Network for a few months which has made me become quite intrested in the DC universe (Marvel is by for bigger over here).

... and now to the question.

Which JLA characters (or rather homage characters) have been given stats by Hero Games?

The matches doesn't have to be close. I just want to see how other Heor players use CU, so that I get more inspiration.

These, I've seen myself

The Flash = Kinetik
Batman = Nighthawk
Green Lantern = Metero man
Aquaman = Prince Maurus

[fredrik_nilsson]

From what I've seen this far, these are the places and characters I want help with:

Heroes

Aquaman
Batman
Green Lantern
Hawkgirl
Martian Manhunter
Superman
The demon Etrigan
The Flash
Wonder Woman

Groups

Green Lantern Corps
Justice League
The Amazons of Themyscira

Bad guys

Amazo
Aresia
Brainiac
Cheetah
Copperhead
Darkseid
Despero
Dr. Destiny
Dr. Fate
Felix Faust
Gorilla Grodd
Joker
Lex Luthor
Metamorpho
Mongul
Morgaine Le Fey
Shade
Solomon Grundy
Star Sapphire
Ultra-Humanite
Vandal Savage

Places

Gotham City
Metropolis
Smallville
Themyscira
War World

[Dr. MID-Nite]

From what I've seen this far, these are the places and characters I want help with:

Heroes

Aquaman
Batman
Green Lantern
Hawkgirl
Martian Manhunter
Superman
The demon Etrigan
The Flash
Wonder Woman

Groups

Green Lantern Corps
Justice League
The Amazons of Themyscira

Bad guys

Amazo
Aresia
Brainiac
Cheetah
Copperhead
Darkseid
Despero
Dr. Destiny
Dr. Fate
Felix Faust
Gorilla Grodd
Joker
Lex Luthor
Metamorpho
Mongul
Morgaine Le Fey
Shade
Solomon Grundy
Star Sapphire
Ultra-Humanite
Vandal Savage

Places

Gotham City
Metropolis
Smallville
Themyscira
War World

Well...among the bad guys...

Black Harlequinn makes a good Joker...
Ultra Humanite? Make Doc Silverback evil and you're done.
Shade=Shadowdragon
Felix Faust=Zoran
Grodd=Evil Doc Silverback with mental powers
Pantera(4th edition) serves as a good Cheetah fill in

That's a start....

[Agent X]

Well...among the bad guys...

Black Harlequinn makes a good Joker...
Ultra Humanite? Make Doc Silverback evil and you're done.
Shade=Shadowdragon
Felix Faust=Zoran
Grodd=Evil Doc Silverback with mental powers
Pantera(4th edition) serves as a good Cheetah fill in

That's a start....

Grodd's more like Evil Doc Silverback with superstrength and mental powers. Ultra Humanite would have some growth sfx strength.

[Dr. MID-Nite]

Grodd's more like Evil Doc Silverback with superstrength and mental powers. Ultra Humanite would have some growth sfx strength.

Ok...was using the show as a guide. Humanite grow in the comics I take it?

Rob

[JJR]

Heroes

Aquaman - Marus
Batman - Nighthawk
Green Lantern - Meteor-Man/Star*Guard
Hawkgirl - Nebula
Martian Manhunter -
Superman - Captain Patriot
The demon Etrigan -
The Flash - Kinetik
Wonder Woman -

Groups

Green Lantern Corps - Star*Guard
Justice League - Justice Squadron
The Amazons of Themyscira -

Bad guys

Amazo -
Aresia -
Brainiac -
Cheetah -
Copperhead - Any snake member of COIL
Darkseid - Skarn
Despero -
Dr. Destiny -
Dr. Fate -
Felix Faust - Zorran
Gorilla Grodd -
Joker - Black Harlequin
Lex Luthor - Franklin Stone
Metamorpho -
Mongul -
Morgaine Le Fey -
Shade -
Solomon Grundy -
Star Sapphire -
Ultra-Humanite -
Vandal Savage -

Places

Gotham City - Hudson City
Metropolis -
Smallville - Haynesville
Themyscira -
War World -

[Koshka]

Morgaine Le Fey

I don't know that much about the DC Morgaine, but the Arcane Adversaries playtest file had a villainess from Faerie. She might be close. (IIRC the "le Fay" meant Morgaine was either Fae or strongly linked to Faerie.)

[Southern Cross]

Personally,I think that Millenium City would be a good stand-in for Metropolis.
Evil gadgeteer levels a city which is rebuilt using the most advanced technology available?
And what about the Amazons? Here is my take on the subject.....
Empyreans and humans are interfertile,but most such hybrids do NOT have superhuman abilities,with the exception of the occasional woman who possesses both sets of the Empyrean genes.(Males can still pass on one of the genes,however.)
Such women typically have immortality and superstrength (and occasionally flight),but are rarely as versatile as a true Empyrean.
(Yes that's right! In such a campaign,Cateran would have some Empyrean ancestry.)
In the times of ancient Greece,many such hybrids were born.Being oppressed by the patriachal society of the Greeks,they left to found their own country,one ruled by women.Using technology "borrowed' form their Empyrean ancestors,they managed to send their island "out of phase" with reality,thus making it inaccessible from "Man's World".

[fredrik_nilsson]

I realised that I asked "homage question" before...

http://www.herogames.com/forums/show...ghlight=homage

.. but during that thread Marvel were more on the focus than DC. Still, I found one of the guys I asked about:

Darkseid - Dr. Destroyer

I've thought a bit about the places. Could this be a close enough match?

Gotham City - Hudson City
Metropolis - Millenium City
Smallville - Haynesville

Are there any Lex Luthor homage guys in Hero Universe? SAS has Janus, so after I've ordered Reality Storm, I've at least got a starting point.

I shall re-read the AA playtest for the sorceress from Faerie.

Thanks for the help this far.

[JJR]

Franklin Stone is the president of ACI and makes a good Lex Luthor stand in. I think Skarn is closer to Darkseid. He even has the warrior children like Darkseid. Chantal from shades of black would make a good Morgaine Le Fey. I am not sure about Millennium City being Metropolis but it is as close as you can get I guess.

[Metaphysician]

The problem with most of these pairings: the CU characters are either vastly too weak/inexperienced to be good pairings, or nothing is known about them.

[fredrik_nilsson]

The problem with most of these pairings: the CU characters are either vastly too weak/inexperienced to be good pairings, or nothing is known about them.

I'm more intrested in the character concept, range of powers, or potential role in the campaign, than in the exact power level match.

I just want to get some help on how to use CU characters to emulate the comics I like. Still, the Champions Universe has been around for quite some time (in one edition or the other), so it would be fun to try using CU as a starting point instead of just copying an existing setting like DC or Marvel.

Franklin Stone is the president of ACI and makes a good Lex Luthor stand in. I think Skarn is closer to Darkseid. He even has the warrior children like Darkseid. Chantal from shades of black would make a good Morgaine Le Fey. I am not sure about Millennium City being Metropolis but it is as close as you can get I guess.

Thanks for the ideas, I shall look closer to them all.

[fredrik_nilsson]

This is what we've come up with this far:

Heroes
Aquaman = Prince Maurus
Batman = Nighthawk
Green Lantern = Meteor-Man/Star*Guard
Hawkgirl = Nebula
Martian Manhunter
Superman = Captain Patriot
The demon Etrigan
The Flash = Kinetik
Wonder Woman

Groups
Green Lantern Corps = Star*Guard
Justice League = Justice Squadron
The Amazons of Themyscira = Female Empyrean/humans hybrids

Bad guys
Amazo
Aresia
Brainiac
Cheetah = Pantera (4th edition)
Copperhead = Any snake member of COIL
Darkseid = Dr. Destroyer/Skarn
Despero
Dr. Destiny
Dr. Fate
Felix Faust = Zorran
Gorilla Grodd = Evil Doc Silverback with super-strength and mental powers
Joker = Black Harlequinn
Lex Luthor = Franklin Stone, the president of ACI
Metamorpho
Mongul
Morgaine Le Fey = The villainess from Faerie
Shade = Shadowdragon
Solomon Grundy
Star Sapphire
Ultra-Humanite = Evil Doc Silverback (with growth powers)
Vandal Savage

Places
Gotham City = Hudson City
Metropolis = Millenium City
Smallville = Haynesville
Themyscira
War World