Dark Champions
Modern-day action-adventure, including vigilante crimefighting, military action, law enforcement, espionage, and more!
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Has anyone done any write ups for Mortars, or for that matter Artillery? I'm going to need some soon... I'm sure I could write some up, but hey I got lots more to do, and isn't that what this forum is all about? WC
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Assuming a basic mentalism power set (Multipower with EGO attack, mental illusions, mind control, and telepathy; mental defense; and mind scan; let's say a cap of 80 active points), how many ways can you think of for somebody to acquire wealth while keeping the abilities completely secret? The most obvious method is, of course, poker - Telepathy to learn what the other players' hands are, a nudge with Mind Control to keep them from folding, and maybe even Mental Illusions of what the mentalist's (or their own) hand is. However, it's not exactly the best way to reach the ten-point level of Wealthy, especially without the Anonymity perk to avoid IRS investigations. …
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Sarcastic captions aside, the link shows photos of Liberian "militia" engaged in street combat. I thought people might find the images interesting, from a "if I ever send the PCs to the 3rd world" standpoint. http://www.funmansion.com/html/Gangsta-Hip-Hop-Urban-Combat.html
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I make body armor and tactical gear for a living. As a result, I get to test the stuff out - preferably when I'm not wearing it! Mostly, we use IMI Class-IV hard-plates (non-ceramic, but I'm not sure exactly what) with Class-III kevlar on the "exposed" parts of the vests. They work really well (in fact, we've got one that took five 7.62 X 39 API hits at five meters distance without penetration or serious impact trauma to the wearer in the work room). They exceed both IDF and US Army high powered rifle standards. The problem is, the darn things are extremely expensive. So we got to thinking, what if we use a normal old Class-IV ceramic plate? After all, they're cheap…
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As a Navy retiree I was interested to see this and thought it might apply to modern military campaigns.... Basically the US Navy is getting away from the Dungaree's of old and issueing blue and gray camo BDU's with a matching marine style cap and blue t-shirt, with silver collar rank insignia for enlisted. Navy combat type's like SEALS will get both the standard marine style BDU's in green and desert tan plus an issue of the blue and gray. Here is the link While this article is from back in 2004 it was announced yesterday that the changes had been approved.
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This is probably going to sound like a pretty dumb question, but here goes... I'm starting up Dark Champions for the first time, and I've given my players the 75 Resource Points as suggested in the book, mainly because I like the idea of capping the amount of gear they go strolling around with, and I want them to go wild designing their characters' Manhattan apartments. I understand how the Equipment part of is designed to work, but I'm fuzzy on the Vehicle/Bases part. If I give the player characters 10 Vehicle/Base Resource Points each, does that mean they have 10 points to build the actual vehicles and/or bases with, or do they have 10x5=50 points to buil…
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I received the first season for Christmas, I watched it in 2 days. I have bought Season Two and have the final episode to watch tonight. I am also a big Shield fan but The Wire has had me at my DC and HC:TUA books for a while now trying to plan a cop game. The show is phenomenal and I can't wait for Season 3 to hit the shelves in the UK. Between The Wire and The Shield there is so much material (and fine watchin') for a DC game. Need more time...
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A 250 point version of Remo, at a power level just around where he was in Books 1 to 3.
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Campaign converters, launch your Hero Designer! :-) http://www.gamingreport.com/article.php?sid=20567&mode=thread&order=0
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Gotham City, New Jersey exists in mamy realities. In this one, the Waynes had a daughter, Barbara, not a son. Additionally, they had a maid and butler to care for their mansion. Their daughter, Marie, became Barbara's maid. The two girls were best friends as they grew up. They loved watching Westerns and dressing up like cowgirls. One fateful night, they stood together and watched in shock as Barbara's parents were murdered. Later that night, with only God and Marie as witnesses, Barbara pledged her life to the fight against crime. In the years that followed, while Marie learned about caring for Wayne Manor and Barbara's clothes and appearance, Barbara tra…
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Gotham City is the county seat of Gotham County, which is the Southern half of Ocean County. Gotham Bay is Little Egg Harbor. It's about six miles from there, across the Intracoastal Waterway, to Beach Haven Inlet. The inlet is marked by Beach Haven Inlet Lighthouse. After the Coast Guard called the light unusable, the Wayne Foundation bought and repaired and renovated it. The Principal Keeper's house, with its attached tower, was then leased to the Gotham County Port Authority for $1.00 per year and the house once shared by the First and Second Assistant Keepers was leased to the Gotham County Historical Society for the same price. The Historical Society has co…
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Every bat-hero needs a secret lair. More often than not, it's some kind of Batcave. Batgirl's lair holds vehicles, a workshop, a crime lab, training facilities, a library, computer and communications gear, a trophy room, emergency equipment and supplies, and power, water, sewage, security, and ventilation systems. There also has to be places for Batgirl and her associates to change into either their costumes or whatever disguise they plan to wear. Batgirl is planning to form a team to help her protect Gotham City and request federal sanction for it. The new team members must have a method to access the Batcave that doesn't go through Barbara's house and the f…
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The Fox and Vixen are a team of cat burglars. Although they dress in black from head to toe, and knock out, bind and gag their victims before stealing valuables, security tapes have caught them in action. Their movements are graceful enough for them to be referred to as the Fred Astaire anf Ginger Rogers of cat burglars. Both are soft-spoken and polite. The Fox acts like David Niven in The Pink Panther. Vixen acts like a Southern belle. They don't kill and do as little property damage as possible. Their silenced pistols carry knockout darts. The Fox is belived to be 6 feet tall. Vixen is to be 5 foot 6 inches tall and curvy.
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Well, I've gone and done it. I've started ANOTHER game with a long-time gaming-buddy at Hero Central. I'm not sure if you'd call it Dark Champions or use the Moniker I've coined above. The premise is a normal world until the 'Defining Moment' occurs. Chernobyl is the event we've decided to use becuase of the era it occurs in and nothing more. Certain individuals alive and born after are able to use something in the changed atmosphere that gives them the stratum of paranormal powers. The campaign is a BYOGM game and only the two of us currently plan on playing. Both characters are built on 350-375 points, but we use the low-supers range of levels for Damage Classes, R…
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With the release of DC coming on us soon, and with some of us looking at the playtest version currently, I thought it might be interesting to start a thread on specifically Dark Champions campaigns some of us have run in the past, and some of the elements that made them memorable. So how 'bout it?
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... no, it's not a typo. "Unknow" is the lead character in Roberto "Magnus" Raviola's "Lo Sconosciuto", an action/espionage comic first published in 1975. I confess I'm a big fan of Magnus, an amazingly complete and versatile artist. Since this is the tenth anniversary of his death, I resolved to make some HERO conversions of his comics' characters. In case you want to know more about Magnus' work, here's a few pages with English content: Wikipedia article on Magnus Wikipedia article on "Lo Sconosciuto" CAVEAT: Since part of Magnus' work was erotic in nature, the following links might be NOT SAFE FOR WORK. A Magnus tribute Magnus Official Page …
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has anybody ever worked up stats for Anita Blake Vampire Hunter?
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THis is some guy's huge art project over at Deviant. Check it out I thought low end Card Shark operative or perhaps a look for the group without super tech.
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Has anyone else read the Sleeper series by Ed Brunbaker? I think it would make a great campaign. It would be a sort of Iron Age Champions/Dark Champions. Basically, the stories take place in the dark underbelly of the Wildstorm universe. You have characters crossing over form W.I.L.D.C.A.T.S and Team 7, but they don't usually have a direct role in events. The "hero" is a guy under deep cover as a supervillian in a VIPER-like organization. The storyline basically involves his internal struggle with the morality of his actions as he commits crimes and acts of terrorism in the interest of the greater good. Most of the supers are low to medium powered. The intern…
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There's a thread over on RPG.net where people are PhotoShop-ing up movie posters for RPGs. This simple one for DC was particularly cool. The power of good art...
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Hi all, Does anyone have an old version of DC that they would be willing to sell? Polaris
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I saw a link to this map on RPG.net. It is a map of the London Underground and rail system but all the names are anagrams. It could see some funky use in a DC game. Anagram Map
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It seems to me that Piercing should be an advantage. It modifies other attacks but when I was reading Dark Champions last night it is listed as an attack and a special power. Actually it is probably better looked at as an adder, no? Why am I not getting this? --Pete
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Pardon my ignorance, perhaps you can help me? Are the exotic rounds in Dark Champions readily available for normal people in the US.? Would they be available in a Cyberpunk type future? Is there somewhere I could get more commercial info on these bullets? Thanks in advance. Al
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Barrett has come up with a new cartridge to get around the California .50 caliber ban! The shortened the case of a .50 caliber, and necked it down to .416. It throws a two inch long, 400 grain solid brass SHARP pointed bullet with a Ballistic coefficient of above .92 at 3250 fps! Apparently it is still supersonic at something like 2500 meters. In lesser news, Apparently Armalite and DPMS are going to build AR-15s in 6.5grendel. Kel-tec, who builds one of the ultimate hideout guns in the P3AT, has just brought out a 9mm hideout, it is only .88 inches thick, and iirc weighs about 12 ounces empty.
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