Pulp Hero
Two-fisted thrills and adventure in the world of the Twenties and Thirties!
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I just thought that I would start a new thread to ask other fans of the Pulp genre what "pulp" or pulp style books they have been reading recently. Recently I have discovered a series of books featuring a two fisted American hero named "Hardluck" Hannigan , written by Bill Craig. The first book in the series is "Emerald Death" and already (i've read the first eighty or so pages ) we have an American adventurer in Africa in the 30's involved with a beautiful aviatrix, her adopted father (who apparently studied in Tibet alongside one "Kent Allard"), nazis with a giant airship (with its own squadron of fighters on board),and a race to find an emerald with mystical proper…
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Hey all, I'm starting a new Pulp HERO campaign in order to teach HERO System to some new players. After some preliminary planning and some brief correspondence with Steve Long, I've settled on Hudson City as the setting, and using the Carthage Club (Hudson City, p. 59) as the McGuffin to get all my players together as new adventurers. I'll eventually work them towards membership in the Empire Club, but that'll be after they've had some success as members of the Carthage Club first. I think it will be set in the 1930s, although there is a chance it may be set earlier if the players prefer it. What I'm looking for are some adventure seeds for the players'…
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Off a dingy street in the bad part of town, you can find a small office. That is, if you don't mind walking up six flights of creaking stairs. The guy inside doesn't look like your average gumshoe, even though he seems to be trying to. Under the battered fedora, inside the threadbare trenchcoat, he looks a lot more fit than you expected. Maybe an ex-boxer? No, his features are a little too perfect for that. And he never has five-o'clock shadow, even when you know he was up all night. He won't talk much about his past. The most anyone has ever heard is that he got involved with his best friend's wife, and things went really sour from there. After that he …
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Handy blog post if you need to dispose of those pesky pulp heroes: Villain’s Toolbox – a list of deadly methods for murder
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Is there map of Hudson City as it was back in the 1930s? I'm digging in to Pulp Hero and I'd love to reference a map to Hudson City. I can see there's one for Dark Champions but that's present day? Is there one for the 1930s? Thanks
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Background: Kindly old Doctor Coffin owns the Mortimer chain of funeral homes in Hollywood. But he is secretly Del Manning, Hollywood actor and the man of 500 faces who has faked his own death so that he can now act freely to solve crimes. His first few adventures follow a familiar pattern - someone is killed in Hollywood, Doctor Coffin makes himself up as the victim and terrifies the guilty into confessing. In later stories he travels to New York to battle such criminals as The Monster of Manhattan and The Chicken King. Personality: When he lived as Del Manning, he avoided the Hollywood social scene, preferring the company of ‘…
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Despite it's more modern setting, there are a number of elements in this movie that seems more Pulp than any other genre. I only found one thread when I searched on it. Ghostbusters HERO I mean seriously, a campaign about ghostbusting with the toys they were running around using just seems to scream Pulp.
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I just uploaded two character files (pdf and hdc) for Brian "Coffin" Kirk and his ever-present sidekick, Tank. Arch Whitehouse wrote these aviation pulp characters for Flying Aces magazine. Seven stories were eventually published, which you can read on the Age of Aces website: "Vulture's Vortex" from Flying Aces, v27 #3, October 1937 "Skyguns of Singapore" from Flying Aces v29 #3, June 1938 "Scourge of the Steel Eagles" from Flying Aces v30 #3, October 1938 "Clue of the Breda Brood" from Flying Aces v32 #1, April 1939 “Hawks From the Smoke” from Flying Aces v33 #1, August 1939 "Balloons For a Breda" from Flying Aces v36 #1, August 1940…
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So, I was working up some pulp characters into Hero System 6E format, and it occurred to me to wonder what other people may have done? Anybody done up Doc Savage (yes, I've seen Darren Watts' version, I want to see other people's take)? How about G-8 and his Battle Aces? Or Clickell Rush, the Gadget Man?
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Anyone have an idea for a basic system for designing tanks for Hero system, specifically World War 2 tanks and vehicles? Stuff like Horse Power = STRength Tonnage = BODY Cannon = Damage and penetration (advantages: armor piercing, piercing etc.) Armor Thickness = DEFense You catch the drift...I'm looking to translate real world stats into Hero equivalents thus making possible to use any vehicle in a game. Otherwise I could use a stat block for a Sherman or a Panzer IV so I could scour my war game -library and convert armor statistics and stuff into DEF values and gun penetration and damage. I'm creating a system for …
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Was thinking of getting motivated to run a Pulp campaign and was wondering what good Pulp films are out there to watch. This is what I've come up with so far: 1. Raiders of the Lost Ark 2. Temple of Doom 3. The Last Crusade 4. King Kong (2005) 5. The Mummy (1999) 6. The Mummy Returns (2001) I left kingdom of the Crystal Skull out intentionally since it takes place in the 50's but it still might fit because of the story. I know there are more Pulp films out there. I googled pulp movies but the only thing that comes up is Quentin Tarentino's very unpulp movie.
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Pulp Comix
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I haven't been able.to read these yet - given the content though. I had one for a Red Panda book as well, can't find it.
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They were two of the most notorious criminals of the 1930s, so I was wondering if anyone had ever written them up in the Hero System for a Pulp-era game? Would they be above-average in ability, or were they just lucky?
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While attempting to drift off to sleep last night, I was thinking about the concept of more HPAs devoted to expanding, or offering something for, specific Pulp archetypes. One idea that I had was to expand on the Wild Man archetype by offering multiple Package Deals based on the character's native environment. Thus, a jungle-based Wild Man would be a little different from one who lives in the Arctic, or on a desert island, or whatever. That's a good start, but it seems like it might be a bit thin. I suppose I could add some character sheets for Faithful Animal Companions, but that seems like "fluff" to me when it would probably be easier to just create a Faithful Ani…
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at the risk of overlooking the obvious what IS the 'code of the hero'?
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Was given permission by Steve Long on Facebook to post this. It's not fancy. It should fit pretty well on a 3x5 card or at least some card stock. Mainly did this so I could put mine up somewhere safe and not loose it.
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In PULP HEROES Volume I: The Raven and the Midnight Brigade, it lists powers for the Raven e.g. Alchemical Dusts. Where can I find an explanation of how these powers work? Thanks
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I don't have the Pulp Hero book, but I was wondering whether it would have stuff/character powers for a colonial America game based in the FIW period? I have this idea for a mixed fantasy and historical game based on my reading of the Crucible of War book by Fred Anderson. It covers the Seven Years War from the American perspective and gives tremendous setting materials for a game to be based on it. I don't know what style to run the game in yet, but I'm fascinated by the period, and the concept of Wilderness War. Maybe I'll throw in some werewolves and goblins.
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I lost my Decoder ring from when I originally ordered Pulp Hero. Can someone post it here or in pm please? My little orphan Annie depends on it! And olvatine!
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https://worldradiohistory.com/Electrical_Experimenter.htm Edited by Hugo Gernsback
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Hi everyone - running a Justice Inc. (Pulp Hero for the new school) campaign called the Odyssey League on Roll20. Looking for a floorplan/tile map/interior of a DC-2 or DC-3 I can use for a scenario. I've got basic line drawings already I can move tokens around on but using a nice colour map or line drawing with some added details would be ideal. If anyone has spotted on before please let me know. Thanks in advance for your time.
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Re-reading these this weekend. Nice mix of things here including Nick & Nora (don't forget Asta!). Takes place post-WWI in England. And love the covers, very nicely done.
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So I created a new public club (hopefully wont get a take down notice/change the name notice from the HERO group) called the Adventurers Club(link). The idea is, it's a place where people can post about their heroes and other things PC character related. While I originally thought of the club for superheroes, any hero should be welcome. There are forum categories for people selling, showing off, or requesting artwork("Press, paparazzi, and fan clubs for the heroes") and Social activities ("At The Bar") like best hero design contests, best costume contest, best backstory contest, meetups at conventions, open gaming invites, etc. For use in a campa…
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I came across some in-period guidelines about handling sex/nudity. Editorial guidelines from Spicy Detective magazine, 1935
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