Ninja-Bear Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Thanks Hermit! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 They often have themes ranging from takes on "The South Will Rise again" to "I am the prophet of the Serpent God" or what have you. You realise that you owe big money to the estate of Herschel Gordon Lewis, right Hermit? "The South WILL Rise Again" is a song he wrote for his movie "Two Thousand Maniacs", while "profet of the Serpent God" sounds like a variation of Fuard Ramies from Blood Feast ("must provide a feast of human female body parts for my misidentfied Egyptian/Babylonian goddess Istar"). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Well, it looked like mad scientist was going to win, and if I had closed it up at 30 votes it would have. BUT Cunning Schemer came in just enough tie it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 7, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Okay. First, thank you for the votes. Here's what we know about our Nest Leader.. He lead a rather vanilla mostly suburbanite lifestyle until he turned to villainy. And I'm going to say he maintains the facade because it brings him a sense of the familiar to do so. He is a he, though he surely has a wife and at least one offspring (See Suburb vibe) He is a mad scientist, going where no one should, and driving to push boundaries into realms some would consider sacrosanct But he is also driven to prove himself the smartest man in any room he's in. Once challenged, he responds by building an elaborate scheme to destroy his foes like a master chess player, though sometimes perhaps he neglects the efficiency of brute force.. I'm working on the details, but in the circles of VIPER he will be known as Professor Transgressor And possibly look something like this Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Perfect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nothere Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Works for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cassandra Posted October 7, 2017 Report Share Posted October 7, 2017 Okay. First, thank you for the votes. Here's what we know about our Nest Leader.. He lead a rather vanilla mostly suburbanite lifestyle until he turned to villainy. And I'm going to say he maintains the facade because it brings him a sense of the familiar to do so. He is a he, though he surely has a wife and at least one offspring (See Suburb vibe) He is a mad scientist, going where no one should, and driving to push boundaries into realms some would consider sacrosanct But he is also driven to prove himself the smartest man in any room he's in. Once challenged, he responds by building an elaborate scheme to destroy his foes like a master chess player, though sometimes perhaps he neglects the efficiency of brute force.. I'm working on the details, but in the circles of VIPER he will be known as Professor Transgressor And possibly look something like this OMG, Dr. Daniel Jackson was working for VIPER! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 Would the wife and kids be aware of his life as a criminal? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 8, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 Would the wife and kids be aware of his life as a criminal? I'm working on that too . Frankly? I'm thinking the Wife IS his 'dragon' and possibly a part of Dragonbranch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 Can you imagine those marriage squabbles? If she’s the Dragon, perhaps she’s pushing him to be the leader? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Durzan Malakim Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 I suggest making him a Catalonian pigment scientist who dabbles in day trading because no one expects the Spanish ink position. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 Can you imagine those marriage squabbles? If she’s the Dragon, perhaps she’s pushing him to be the leader? Lady MacBeth as dragon ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted October 8, 2017 Report Share Posted October 8, 2017 Lady MacBeth as dragon ... I was thinking code name: Ballbuster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 24, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 24, 2017 Okay, more ideas for Professor Transgressor 1) His area of expertise has turned out to be the reanimation of dead tissue by use of special chemicals and electric stimulation that reactivate, rejuvenate and revive the mitochondria. It must be done within 24 hours of a death of the target. 2) Essentially, while he sighs at the term, he makes zombies. That said, his subjects do not come back as brainless minions- they are much as they were before but if anything more passionate, driven to greater urges and this can mean they're angrier than before. 3) They are also a bit stronger and more durable, but they cannot be revived a second time. They also require weekly doses of formula Osiris or they begin exhibiting symptoms akin to a junkie going without his fix 4) The VIPER Agents thus revived are, despite being more on edge, otherwise very human seeming, but heroes with infra red vision may notice they are 'cooler' by a bit. And all of their eyes have gone green. Odd that. 5) Professor Transgressor lives in a nice suburban neighborhood in campaign city. He goes bowling with Tad and the guys on Wednesday nights, and nobody in his bowling team knows he's VIPER let alone the local nest leader. They just tease him for overthinking the bowling 6) Professor Transgressor is married to a lovely (Kept her figure thanks) woman who seems very old school in that she enjoys cooking and keeping a nice house. His wife jokes that it's a good thing she can just call herself a 'foodie' instead of a throwback. That said, he mows the lawn, fixed anything broken, and handles the grill while she still takes time to visit her book club, and play bridge. 7) Most do not know that the little woman in this case is also a ruthless Dragon Branch member named Ballbuster! She didn't pick the name, but suffice to say she most would not guess that this vicious hand to hand combatant with heightened strength, speed, durability and an incredible healing factor who is almost fearless in a brawl can get into a panic if her souffle looks like it's about to fall! 8) Professor Transgressor's prior formula did not work as well, but it was study of Ballbuster's spinal fluid that allowed him to refine Formula Osiris! Without her, he'd never made the break through, it's why he often, when a patient is screaming in throes of torture, turns to his loving wife who is holding them down and calls her "my most beloved muse" . She blushes, then tells the guy on the table to "Can it" 9) Professor Transgressor was not always the Nest Leader of the area, at one time he was merely the scientific consultant. However, the last Nest Leader was such a cowardly incompetent that dozens of VIPER Agents died on his watch. It was Ballbuster who informed the Professor that he could do better, and , with those dozens of agents revived and now on his side, the Professor performed a coup, sent the evidence of the former Nest Leader's screw ups to VIPER, and was granted the right to replace him officially with Ballbuster as his Dragonbranch stationed there. 10) Despite the temptation, only a small group of the VIPER Agents are reanimated. The formula isn't ready for mass production after all. 11) The Professor and Ballbuster have two wonderful children, and , naturally, he's experimented on both ( though not with the formula) with their mother's approval. They're a VIPER family, after all. They also have a non AI but very advanced Robot Dog (Which looks like a Jack Russel Terrier) with steel rending teeth and laser eyes they lovingly call "Point 5". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Hermit, you know I was joking about Ballbuster. And you used it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted October 25, 2017 Author Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 Hermit, you know I was joking about Ballbuster. And you used it Anything you post may or may not be used against you in a court of whim. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 This got me thinking of a villain couple. Ball and Chain! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted October 25, 2017 Report Share Posted October 25, 2017 This got me thinking of a villain couple. Ball and Chain! Ok...is Ball male and Chain female? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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