Dark Champions
Modern-day action-adventure, including vigilante crimefighting, military action, law enforcement, espionage, and more!
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I'm fairly new to rpg's in general (other than computer based ones, anyway), and have a friend that's been playing Champions and Dark Champions for a while, and wants to set up a game for a few of us to try. It sounds like it could be a ton of fun, and I've got some ideas for the character I'd like to create, but I wanted to get some initial advice from all of you. I'd like for it to be a sarcastic Deadpool/Bullseye (minus the insanity) type character with either superhuman aim, or just incredibly good aim,and maybe some kind of Longshot-style luck power that would give his already amazing marksmanship a boost. Any ideas on how to do that? I could also use help on a…
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I'm thinking of starting up a rip off of Wizards' Urban Arcana setting.... I assume that the Character Pack has the Package deals, right? Most others do, but I want to be sure.
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Specifically I need some pictures of thugs... I am a bit of a stickler about attaching images to the files I make in Hero Designer. I try to put a picture with each one. Normally I do a google search to find an appropriate image, but I am having no luck with this one. I want to find a generic picture of either a single street gangster or a small group of them. Artwork is probably better but even an actual photograph might work okay. If anybody has anything that they think would work please direct me to it.
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Four Brothers as a DC Campaign Premise? I just watched Four Brothers and thought that it would make one hell of a campaign starter. Basically, there is a saintly woman who takes in children. Usually she manages to find these children adoptive parents but more than a few were problematic enough that they weren’t adoptable. These children she raises by herself. Fast forward to the point where most of these hundreds of children who passed through her door have grown into adulthood. Then brutally murder her. Instant campaign with the players all tied together but capable of coming from any background. Dozens of strange contacts. Last but not least, the Characte…
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Okay, inspired by the nice touchy feely arguments about Batman in this thread, I decided to try one of my few attempts at a superheroic character. This character is completely modelled off of the Batman Begins version of Batman. I have not nearly read enough of the Batman comics to even attempt to translate that/those version(s). This is my very first try at a superhero character using 5th edition rules and my few 4th Edition Champions characters were rather generic and rarely played. Just a few notes. I realize that this character is built along the same scale as regular superheroes and not the less powerful point scales suggested by the Dark Champions supplem…
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HOLLYWOOD ACTION HERO PACKAGE The following was inspired by the film Silverado, which led me to thinking how action movie heroes all seem to have the same skill set. They are strong, quick, tough, and capable fighters, who tend to put their foes down hard. This package can be used for modern day characters, certain Pulp heroes, Wild West heroes, and even science fiction heroes. [b]Abilities Cost Ability[/b] 5 +5 STR 15 +5 DEX 6 +3 CON 6 +3 BODY 5 +1 SPD 14 [b]One Shot, One Kill:[/b] Deadly Blow (RKA +2d6; OIF (weapons of opportunity; -1/2), Only Works With Firearms (-1/2) 5 [b]Strong Right Cross:[/b] Hand Attack +2d6; Hand-To-Hand Attack (-1/2), Punches …
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You've seen the plot before, from the Scream series to old classics like Halloween and Nightmare on Elm Street: the slasher movie. Using the clique write-ups in Teen Champions, you can populate your own slasher series. But how would you tweak them to be more like teens in the slasher genre? What about adults, like parents or the police? Who would you populate a slasher movie with? And what sort of abilities would you give the slasher? For more supernatural types, Damage Reduction, Regeneration, and a vanishing Teleport are pretty standard, but what else would be good? How about those more mortal slashers?
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Check out the great Map created by Labrat that you can use to locate other Hero System players at: http://www.frappr.com/herophilesunited. Take a minute to add yourself to the map! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Note: I took a minute to update my original post to point to Labrat's original Frappr map instead of the new one I had created since there were more folks signed up in his. Keith
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Hi. My character needs to have this gun (I'm playing a Dr. Watson clone, and that's Watson's infamous "service revolver"). Does anyone have a write up for this gun? Thanks.
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This question is dealing with the rules on page 264 of Dark Champions. It is stated there that many types of explosives are considered to be Street Level equipment and most grenades are Military Level equipment. My assumption is that industrial explosives of the sort used in commercial demolitions and mining (dynamite, TNT, etc.) should probably be rated as Street Level availability. Do you think that this should include some types of plastic explosives too? Just how tightly are these sorts of explosives regulated? How stingent are the license requirements? Do you think a character with Demolitions skill and SS: Chemistry should be allowed to brew-up his own pipe-bom…
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Greetings. I was a little bored so I tried another conversion. This time, it's the unnamed F.E.A.R. operative from the recently released video game of the same name. If you are presently playing or plan on playing this video game, please don't read on. There are some serious spoilers from the game and I think that they may diminish your enjoyment of one of the greatest first-person shooters I have played. I would put this character as a "Street-level" Champions character, DC:TAS character or perhaps a high-powered Masked Vigilante character. Enjoy. F.E.A.R. Operative Background: The F.E.A.R. Operative's first mission was the elimination of Paxton Fettel, …
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WWYCD: think of the children 1 2 3
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A man had been going throught the list of the Sex Offender Registry foir your metropolis and killing anyone with multiple counts of offenses against kids. He managed to kill over 2 dozen of them before he was captured in the middle of taking down his next victim, but escaped from the station while they were trying to identify him. He has used a variety of means to kill offenders, in fact he hasn't killed in the same way twice. He has used only non-lethal weapons and tactics to avoid police and to escape. In fact, he was only captured because a police officer was wounded by friendly fire, and he didn't want any others hurt. Hours after his escape, he issued a statemen…
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Is there any human level rule for this beyond targeting them as foci? Just a -2 seems pretty easy to hit. I can just use the foci rules, but I was thinking there was something more specific for it.
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Re: What goes in your heroing kit? I open my eyes and stare at the light source, but I've been told I'm a few beans short of a burrito.
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There are a thousand and one people on the Global Frequency. A worldwide independent defense intelligence organization with a thousand and one agents, all over the world. Anyone you know might be with them. It's the world's little open secret. You could be sitting there watching the news and suddenly hear an unusual cellphone tone, and within moments you might see your neighbor leaving the house in a hurry, wearing a jacket or a shirt with the distinctive Global Frequency symbol... or, hell, your girlfriend might answer the phone, and then put on her Global Frequency badge and promise to explain later... for all you know, they have your file, and you'll be recruited…
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Wondering if anyone else had this book, and what they thought of the artwork.
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Anyone know where I can find a pic of the McMillan M89 Snoper Rifle? Thanks.
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Yet another Hero book makes its way to the Online Store in PDF form, and for only $18.99 it's a steal! Just don't let the Harbinger know what you're up to.
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I have decided to start posting the old campaign logs of my best and longest running Dark Champions campaign The Omega Campaign. The Omega Team was a group of vigilantes that operated out of Hudson City. Most of the characters were originals with the exception of Nightstick who was adapted for use by one of the player-characters and Dancer who was a permanent NPC. (Both of these characters were taken from the Hudson City Blues sourcebook). Dancer was very useful for providing info to the players and as extra firepower on those night she was needed or a player was unable to attend. I made use of many published adventures during the course of this campaign (published b…
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Just a minor question. I want to give a rifle a removable scope. If adding the scope, how would that affect it. I am thinking either CSL, or Penalty Skill level, to be added when the scope is put on to signify better aim. Or should I use a power (enhanced PER?)
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The London Daily Telegraph reports that the Pentagon really is conduting expreiments on chips that can be iomplanted in the brains of soldiers to improve their performance. This seems to me an extaordinarily unethical thing to do (what do you do when the guy musters out -- take it out?), but I am wondering what the game effect of having something like that in your head would be. Not to mention the social implciations. Once you get the surgery, do you lose the option of leaving the serivce? In effect, are you now property of the government? If not, how can you ever leave the servide given the obvious danger a guy with hyper-reactions poses to the rest of society?
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Just finished watching Unleashed w/ Jet Li, Morgan Freeman, and Bob Hoskins. Good Dark Champions fodder.
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Not sure where this question goes, but I will try here. I finally got around to watching Sin City this weekend (one of the better movies I have seen in a while, by the way). After watching I am still a little confused about the tie in of the very first part before the opening credits. Who were the 2 characters supposed to be. The one played by Josh Hartnett (?) and the woman he killed. I dont have much previous knowledge of Sin City before watching the movie. And it is perplexing me. So I was wondering if any of the more knowlegeable Sin City fandom could help out.
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As in all things, I suppose this is a matter of personal preference, but would you use hit locations in DC:TAS? Dark Champions almost requires them, but DC:TAS is the "bridge" between Dark Champions & Champions. Has anyone played in a DC:TAS game? What were the results? Did it affect the flair? Sorry for all the questions, I haven't gotten to play in a long time. :-)
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Does anyone know what pre-FREd books had the soldier and government agent packages? I know there were soldier, ranger, special forces, SEALs, etc for soldiers, as well as FBI, Secret Service, etc. for the government but I can't find them in my older Dark Champions books. Were they printed in the books, or just in the old Heromakr software? Page numbers would be extra-helpful, but I'll settle for the books.
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