Champions: Good Idea, Bad Idea

[JmOz]

Good Idea: To allow a player to play a character based on Q from the James Bond Movies

Bad Idea: To let a player have a character based on Q from Star Trek:TNG

[Derek Hiemforth]

Good idea: To allow a player to have a character with the same abilities as Green Arrow.

Bad idea: To allow a player to have a character with the same abilities as Green Lantern.

[TechnoViking]

Good Idea: Let a player play a character based on James Bond.

Bad Idea: Let a player play a character based on James Bondage.

Mike

[aylwin13]

Good idea: To allow a player to have a wire-wielding Martial Artist named Cableguy.

Bad idea: To allow a player to have a character based on Jim Carrey's Cable Guy.

[RevHooligan]

Good idea: to let a player run a character based on Allan Quartemain from King Soloman's Mines.

Bad idea: to let a player run a character based on Allan Quartermain from General Hospital.

[TechnoViking]

Good Idea: Mind Control
Bad Idea: GM Control

Good Idea: Mental Illusions
Bad Idea: Mentel Delusions

Good Idea: STR Drain
Bad Idea: COM Drain

Good Idea: 5 SPD & 50 END
Bad Idea: 12 SPD & 12 END

Good Idea: NND (Defense: Metal Armor)
Bad Idea: NND (Defense: any form of Matter)

(For you Legion fans)
Good Idea: Charater based on Ultra Boy
Bad Idea: Character based on Bouncing Boy

Good Idea: Hunted by Bulldozer 8-
Bad Idea: Hunter by Dr. Destroyer 14-

Good Idea: The Return of Gargoyle
Bad Idea: The Return of Seeker

Good Idea: 15" Flight
Bad Idea: 15" Fall Damage

Mike

[TechnoViking]

Good Idea: UNTIL Superpower Database
Bad Idea: UNTIL Weekly Cafeteria Lunch Menu

Good Idea: The leader of VIPER is really Dr. Destroyer.
Bad Idea: The leader of VIPER is really Corba Commander.

Good Idea: Varable Power Pool
Bad Idea: Varable Disadvantage Pool

Good Idea: Converting the SuperFreinds to Champions.
Bad Idea: Converting Wendy, Marvin and Wonder Dog to Champions.

Good Idea: Using a 3d6 RKA on Mechanon.
Bad Idea: Using a 3d6 RKA on a Nun.

Good Idea: Bribing the GM with fudge.
Bad Idea: Fudging die rolls

Good Idea: Telling the GM before a game that last weeks adventure was great.
Bad Idea: Telling the GM before a game that the villian from last weeks game was a pussy, and you hope he does not bore you to death tonight.

Fantasy Hero (sorry a little bit off topic):
Good Idea: A scenerio based on "Lord of the Ring", and you get to play Gandalf.
Bad Idea: A scenerio based on "Lord of the Flies", and you get to play Piggy.

Good Idea: Steve Long
Bad Idea: Darre... Just Kidding

Mike

[Citizen Keen]

Good Idea: Playing a HERO Conversion of Robin.
Bad Idea: Playing a HERO Conversion of a robin.

[RevHooligan]

What's wrong with a COM drain? Now you're dissing the main attack of my villian, Fuglinator X.

[TheTemplar]

Good Idea: Kidnapping a PC's elderly mother for a plot hook.
Bad Idea: Kidnapping a Player's elderly mother for a plot hook.


Good Idea: Nazi Supervillains
Bad Idea: Nazi Superheroes

Good Idea: Character whose special ability is talking to Aquatic Animals
Bad Idea: Character whose special ability is talking to prostitutes


-T

[aylwin13]

Good idea: An adventure character based on Jules Verne's Capt. Nemo.

Bad idea: An adventure charcter based on Disney's fish Nemo.

[aylwin13]

Good idea: A katana-wielding ninja villian named Hari-kari.

Bad idea: A baseball game-announcing villian named Harry Caray. (No offense to any Cubs or baseball fans intended.)

[TheTemplar]

Building on Aylwin13's post:

Good Idea: Creating a Superhero based on Captain Nemo
Bad Idea: Creating a Superhero based on Captain EO

Good Idea: Naming your Super-Teams Sea Going vessel "The Nautilus"
Bad Idea: Naming your Super-Teams Sea Going vessel "The Titanic"

Good Idea: A Villain with a Lunar Based Earthquake Ray aimed at the Earth
Bad Idea: A Villain with a Lunar Based Earthquake Ray aimed at the Moon

Good Idea: Armored Powersuits powered by Stabilized Cold Fusion Micro-Reactors
Bad Idea: Armored Powersuits powered by Ray-O-Vac

-T

[rayoman]

you only need half as much d6's in Drain COM to get the same amount of effect than you do for a Drain STR.

Originally posted by RevHooligan
What's wrong with a COM drain? Now you're dissing the main attack of my villian, Fuglinator X.

[rayoman]

In an urban or Dark Champions campaign I would rather have these in reverse.

Originally posted by TheTemplar
Good Idea: Character whose special ability is talking to Aquatic Animals
Bad Idea: Character whose special ability is talking to prostitutes