Stephen King characters in HERO

[Badger]

I have watched a couple of the old Stephen King movie classics, Carrie, Misery, and the Shining this week. I was wondering if anyone had built Carrie, and that creepy hotel in the Shining for HERO. Actually Carrie would be fairly easy as she would probably be a somewhat standard normal w/o her powers. Basically I would be curious on how to build her telekinetic powers exactly (particularly her TK STR). ANyway as far as the hotel in the Shining I have no clue how to go about that.

[Champsguy]

Well, Carrie would need Indirect TK, Clairsentience, and possibly a small VPP. She did some crazy stuff in the book, like wrenching open gas lines under the street (hence the need for Clairsentience).

[paigeoliver]

Carrie might possibly have a superhuman con, but the rest of her scores should be stock normal for a 17 year old girl.

[proditor]

You want 2000 or so points in a villain? Go with the Walkin' Dude. That was one seriously scary guy.

[Twilight]

You want 2000 or so points in a villain? Go with the Walkin' Dude. That was one seriously scary guy.

Which Stephen King character was that?

[FenrisUlf]

Which Stephen King character was that?

Randall Flagg from THE STAND. He also showed up as Flagg, the King's Sorcerer, in EYE OF THE DRAGON.

Basically, Flagg is either Satan, the Anti-Christ, or simply a force of chaos that hates humanity, depending on your reading. And he has an appropriate level of power, i.e., godlike.

That, combined with a childish temper and raving ego, does make Flagg a very good villain. Though you've got to read about him to get anything like the full impact.

[Twilight]

Randall Flagg from THE STAND. He also showed up as Flagg, the King's Sorcerer, in EYE OF THE DRAGON.

Basically, Flagg is either Satan, the Anti-Christ, or simply a force of chaos that hates humanity, depending on your reading. And he has an appropriate level of power, i.e., godlike.

That, combined with a childish temper and raving ego, does make Flagg a very good villain. Though you've got to read about him to get anything like the full impact.

Ahh yes, him I know. I just haven't ever heard of him referred to as the Walkin' Dude before. Yes he would be a very nasty villain indeed though I can't see any superhero world letting him hang out amongst them unhindered for long. Not with the sort of stuff he's likely to pull. Can't imagine any Batman type character letting him get away with the stuff he pulled in EYE OF THE DRAGON and trying any tricks from THE STAND would bring all the Archmage types running.

Of course, it would be a fun story while it lasted.

[nexus]

Carrie would be pretty strong in Hero terms. She'd have a very high TK, based on ECV, invisble and indirect possibly with a mega scale range (depending of if you want to emulate her pulling up the street and snatching a meteor out of orbit literally or not). Some of her stuff you could also build as RKAs with variable sfx (tk tricks).

The girl from Firestarter would be vastly powerful as well. Her power was huge in the book and steadily growing. I believe her last line was something like "I could change the sun one day if I wanted to."

I don't know if I would build the Hotel from the Shining as a character or not. It seemed to be more a property of the location. Lots of Mental Illusions perhaps?

[Twilight]

Carrie would be pretty strong in Hero terms. She'd have a very high TK, based on ECV, invisble and indirect possibly with a mega scale range (depending of if you want to emulate her pulling up the street and snatching a meteor out of orbit literally or not). Some of her stuff you could also build as RKAs with variable sfx (tk tricks).

The girl from Firestarter would be vastly powerful as well. Her power was huge in the book and steadily growing. I believe her last line was something like "I could change the sun one day if I wanted to."

I don't know if I would build the Hotel from the Shining as a character or not. It seemed to be more a property of the location. Lots of Mental Illusions perhaps?

I seem to recall that there was one intelligence behind the powers of the Overlook Hotel, though admittedly it has been awhile since I read the book. As I recall there was some talk of the hotel manager as the bartender was trying to convince Jack Torrance to kill his family.

[nexus]

I seem to recall that there was one intelligence behind the powers of the Overlook Hotel, though admittedly it has been awhile since I read the book. As I recall there was some talk of the hotel manager as the bartender was trying to convince Jack Torrance to kill his family.

True and its been ages since I read the book, you could well be right. I'd still model most of the effects with Mental Illusions and Telepathy, perhaps from a Desolidified, Invisible "thing" with a physical limitation that ties it to the Overlook.

[Badger]

Hmm, the Flagg man would be an interesting character to create, but I would be worried he would be a wee bit too powerful at the start. A villain down the line after the characters gain some pop maybe. You'd probably have to pit planet-pushing Superman or Super SAiyan Goku against him. But back to Carrie.....so do you think her powers were steadily growing? That was my interpretation at least watching the movie (sadly I have never been able to find the book to read.)

Actually if I ever do use Carrie in a campaign. I am toying with the idea she might be an NPC ally trying to redeem herself rather than necessarily the cliche villain route.

So has anyone tried to create Randall Flagg. I'd love to get a whiff of that character sheet.

[Jeff T.]

Cujo would have head armor and the berserk disad.

[Susano]

So has anyone tried to create Randall Flagg. I'd love to get a whiff of that character sheet.

I (surprise, surprise) have a rough draft of Randall Flagg at home. He's very incomplete, however. I also have Roland, the Gunslinger, as he appeared in THE GUNSLINGER. http://surbrook.devermore.net/adapti...unslinger.html

I am intruiged by the idea of doign a write-up for Carrie and the girl from FIRESTARTER, not to mention the guy from THE DEAD ZONE.

[FenrisUlf]

[QUOTE=Badger]But back to Carrie.....so do you think her powers were steadily growing? That was my interpretation at least watching the movie (sadly I have never been able to find the book to read.)

Actually if I ever do use Carrie in a campaign. I am toying with the idea she might be an NPC ally trying to redeem herself rather than necessarily the cliche villain route. [QUOTE]

As I recall, her powers got stronger the more she used them. They also got stronger when she was emotionally distraught -- which with her life and upbringing, was a fairly frequent event.

And I believe King mentioned in Danse Macabre that Carrie was not some innocent. She was emotionally disturbed, yes, but she committed the massacre with full knowledge of what she was doing. (If you only saw the movie, then in the book she also kills several dozen people in town with exploding gas mains and by downing electrical lines.) And she enjoyed every bit of it.

As he said, pity her, but don't feel sorry for her.

[Twilight]

I (surprise, surprise) have a rough draft of Randall Flagg at home. He's very incomplete, however. I also have Roland, the Gunslinger, as he appeared in THE GUNSLINGER. http://surbrook.devermore.net/adapti...unslinger.html

I am intruiged by the idea of doign a write-up for Carrie and the girl from FIRESTARTER, not to mention the guy from THE DEAD ZONE.

Oh! Oh! Could you do a write up for the kid from the Talisman as well?

Please? Pretty Please? With sugar on top?