Pulp Hero
Two-fisted thrills and adventure in the world of the Twenties and Thirties!
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I could swear I started a thread like this, but I can't seem to find it anywhere. Anyway... My next campaign for my regular Saturday group will most likely be Pulp Hero. I think I managed to convince the majority of the soundness of the game, and the few naysayers will either have to suck it up, or find another group (which is acceptable to me - no one should play something they don't want to play, but I've been hankering to run Pulp Hero for a year, since my last Pulp game died). Anyway, it's going to be Vigilance League II (Electric Boogaloo - or maybe not). I'll be having only Pulp Heroes (the Golden Age supers didn't work out too well, they ended up dominati…
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Or, how to convert New Age nonsense into the next super-weapon! http://www.quantumbalancing.com/projects.htm
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I don't know how session write-ups are received here, especially at this level of detail, but "Johnny's" synopses are so cool (and in character) I just had to share. If asked to cease and desist I will. A while back I asked about write-ups for the boys. This is the result. The Exploits, Enterprises and Experiences of DOC's BOYS Ham, Monk, Renny, Long Tom and Johnny (as witnessed by your faithful correspondent, Dr. W.H. "Johnny" Littlejohn) CHAPTER ONE Our peregrinations took us to the untracked and uncharted Amazon Jungle in pursuit of the legendary Sacred Golden Chain of the Incan Emporer Koosko. The successful aquisition of this relic sparked …
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Howdy, In Pulp hero there are a couple of characters with weird skill groups; I am referring to Dr Emil Locke (p397) and Dr Jennings Petrie (p401). They both have some skills listed so: 3 Traveler 1 1) AK: Africa 11- 1 2) AK: China 11- 1 3) AK: Europe 11- 1 4) AK: India 11- .. .. .. 1 18) CuK: South/Central American Indians Culture 11- (Dr Petrie has similar, except it's named Scientist, has a base cost of 3, and costs 2 per "slot" which gives him a 13- roll) This looks, to me, like it's an Elemental Control, except: a) it's not identfied as such it has skills not powers in it c) the slots have less base points than the b…
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Check it out: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,185546,00.html Serendipitally (is that a word? ), this dovetails quite well with something Rob Hudson and I came up with for Thrilling Places.
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Okay, a bit late period, but its something you can have fun with. GEPANZERTER GEHENDER TRÄGER LÄUFER (Runner) [b]Val CHA Cost Notes[/b] 4 SIZE 20 2.5" x 1.25"; -4" KB; -2 DCV 49 STR 19 Lift 22 tons; 9 1/2d6 HTH Damage 12 DEX 6 OCV: 4/DCV: 4 10 BODY 0 11 DEF 27 2 SPD 0 Phases: 6, 12 [b]Total Characteristics Cost: 72 Movement:[/b] Ground: 16"/32" Swimming: 0"/0" [b]Cost Abilities and Equipment Propulsion Systems[/b] 4 [b]Two-Legged Walker:[/b] Extra Limbs (2 legs); Limited Manipulation (-1/4) 20 [b]Two-Legged Walking Military Vehicle:[/b] Ground Movement +10" (16" total); 1 Continuing Fuel Charge (easily-obtained fuel; 6 hours; -0) -2 [b]Ground…
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This may be a little too late-period for Pulp, but... http://www.cnn.com/2006/AUTOS/funonwheels/01/17/scottsdale_concept_auctions/index.html Barrett-Jackson is auctioning off a number of concept cars from the 40s and 50s in Scottsdale, AZ. They are fantastic examples of Art Deco automobile styling, worthy of being inspirations for Pulp Hero vehicles. I especially like the GM Futureliner Bus, which would make an interesting group vehicle for a particularly political villain or hero. I'm sure a lot of gadgeteer Pulp Heroes would drive a high tech sports car like the Pontiac Bonneville Special. Mainly, I think this is a great site for the images! It's tough fi…
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Also good for steampunk and Victorian-era action. For true fun, check out the "Victorian Science Fiction" links! https://www.tin-soldier.com/colonial.htm
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Check out this Lego set. Does it scream out for a pulp advanture or what?
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In November 1922, Howard Carter told the world, "I see wonderful things". Since then, no tombs have been found in Egypt's Valley of Kings. For decades, it has been the considered opinion of scientists there are no more tombs to be found in the Valley of Kings. New tombs, new pharaohs, have been relegated to fiction. Until NOW! At last, a new tomb in the Valley of Kings! OK, it looks like they're just some retainers of a pharaoh, maybe some sarcophagi rescued from raided tombs. Still, if this tomb exists, maybe others do.... ...Others found by your pulp adventurers whilst tracking Nazi mystics looking for the True Crown Of Upper And Lower Egypt, with its ability …
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I've found some interesting pulp fiction links. I post them here, in case someone else find them as interesting as I did. http://pulpgen.com/pulp/index.html http://www.mammothpulp.com
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Hi Folks: Just a quick note to mention that the Friends of Justice section of the supersquadamerica.com web site has been updated. Each character now has a brief background and the PDF character sheets have been updated. Rod Currie
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Dastardly villains for your Pulp Hero adventures can now be purchased in the Online Store. w00t!
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TOR JOHNSON [b]Val CHA Cost Roll Notes[/b] 25 STR 20 14- Lift 800 kg; 5d6 HTH Damage 12 DEX 4 11- OCV: 4/DCV: 34 18 CON 16 13- 14 BODY 8 12- 8 INT -2 11- PER Roll 11- 8 EGO -4 11- ECV: 3 20 PRE 10 13- PRE Attack: 4d6 7 COM -2 11- 8 PD 3 Total: 8 PD (1 rPD) 7 ED 3 Total: 7 ED (1 rED) 3 SPD 8 Phases: 4, 8, 12 9 REC 0 36 END 0 36 STUN 0 [b]Total Characteristics Cost: 64 Movement:[/b] Running: 6"/12" Swimming: 2"/4" [b]Cost Powers & Skills[/b] 2 [b]Frightening Appearance:[/b] +5 PRE, Only To Make Fear-Based Presence Attacks (-1) 10 [b]High Pain Threshold:[/b] Physical Damage Reduction, Resistant, 1/4; Stun Only (-1/2) 1 [b]High Pain Threshold:[/b]…
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The headline says it all: 'Lost world' may be Earth's last http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1565276.htm No dinosaurs or giants apes though. Just think, newly discovered lost worlds and Egyptian tombs... What a great time to play a pulp game.
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Just came across a nifty space-pulp webcomic. Kinda reminds me of Flash Gordon or Adam Strange. Very cool. http://atomicpulp.supernaturalcrime.com/strips_pages/strips_pages_POPX/popx_menu.html --- Hacksaw
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Slow if you need names fast, but fun: http://www.blogthings.com/1920snamegenerator/
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Crabfu Steamtoys. From my underground cyberpunk connections I dragged this out of the dark corners for all your Pulpish needs set in the late 19th Century. At least until the Victorian Hero forum get set up when that sourcebook is written this was the closest things. Consider it resources for ideas on how real steam powered things might work.
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Whoot! Pulp Maps! By Steve Long http://herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29655 Case Closed aka Detective Conan by Michael Hopcroft http://herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=17601 [Pulp] resource request by grufflehead http://herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29858 Pulp Hero Cometh by Super Squirrel http://herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=28469 Pulp Hero by phydaux http://herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=27382 Pulp Hero Resource by fredrik_nilsson http://herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=29153 Art for my Friends of Justice Pulp Hero Convention Game by rjcurrie http://herogames.com/forums/showthread…
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Oh wow... a Pulp-era webcomic of a masked crimefighter! http://www.captainspectre.com/ Based on the most current webcomic (which mentions Clark, Kent, Red, Dick, Britt, and Kato), it features not only an original character (Captain Spectre) but multiple Pulp-era crimefighters.
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Just finished reading both books and they are two very different books indeed. One is by the newly emerging master of action books, Matthew Reilly. The guy writes action movies that happen to be in book form. Intruiging and ridiculous, they are still a ton of fun. The other is a very serious attempt to combine all of the latest data gathered by archeologists in North, Central and South America to get a true idea of what the Americas looked like before the Europeans arrived. I can't recommend this one highly enough. Anyway, on to the basic ideas in these suckers: Both books should provide a GM with tons of ideas for ongoing adventures in the Indi…
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While we've already done a nice list of pulp reading material in this forum, I'd like to approach this from the angle of introducing a neophyte to the genre. If you wanted to show an interested new player what the pulp genre is all about, what five books and/or short stories would you suggest? These need not be fiction, although I'm sure most will be. (Please, no novelizations of modern pulp films such as Indiana Jones!) What would your list include?
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A friend loaned me this, I didn't even know it existed! After the dreck that followed the fun original, it was a great surprise. Set in iirc 1889, it is a little early for true pulp, but it has a lot of fun stuff. Let's just say that it could EASILY be a monster hunting adventure. Oh, and how can any gamer NOT like a movie with a PUNT GUN in it?? :eg:
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This may have been posted before (perhaps in one of QM's "Resources" posts), but in case it hasn't I thought I'd bring it to Herodom's attention. While looking for cool Pulp miniatures for my PH campaign, I came across this useful page, which sort of "catalogs" other pages/lines of figures appropriate for Pulp games: http://wk.frothersunite.com/sc/pulp/Pulpsc.htm
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Someone has started a Pulp One Shots (The Flood of 1927) thread on RPG.net. This idea started me thinking about a Christian Slater movie, Hard Rain, and I posted some ideas there... here's my post: A good flood is the proper stage for some awesome pulp action! Just to give you some ideas, you should look at the movie Hard Rain (with Christian Slater, Morgan Freeman, Minnie Driver), which can give you some good ideas for staging combats and action. You've got: A crew of bad guys who stage a armored car robbery during the worst storm of the century Heros caught in the middle of the storm, raging bad guys, and people needing saving... An armored car f…
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