JmOz Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 We know the guy, keeps files on all his villains, and his friends, and the guy he saw on the street last Tuesday. Has plans to take each one down, etc...Joins/founds a team of heroes so they have someone who can take them down (because one hero is not enough)... Trying to figure out what would be in the files, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkonduty Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 Known strengths (ie: Powers and skills.) Known weaknesses. Eg: actual Vulnerabilities and Susceptibilities but also psych lims. that can be exploited, such as habits, obsessions, other patterns of behaviour. Basically - Complications. I'd hope that, as a hero, they wouldn't exploit DNPCs but I guess some versions of Batman would. Known associates. It's much easier to find someone if you know where to look. Also you may overhear confidences shared if you are surveilling (not a real word) them. Then there's the actual plans. The hero will list ways in which to leverage the weaknesses and negate the strengths. Then add some creepy stalker pics that Batman, er I mean Plan Guy, has taken of the hero at private times. Lord Liaden and Tom Cowan 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted December 18, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 You know that a couple wheel chair bound "heroes" did this as well... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 Known hangouts whether a favorite church, bar, or his Tuesday night bowling league. Known organizations: Masons, Lions Club, Elks, KKK, whatever. Place of residence. Known paths of travel if the person is foolish enough to be repetitive in his habits. Whether the person has tradecraft: does he know how to spot a tail, does he know how to lose a tail, does he use dead drops, etc. Any special skills: computers, forgery, martial arts, driving, piloting, etc. Known vehicles (personal sedan, wife's minivan, large truck from his day job, the boss's M1-Abrams tank from his night job, etc.) Any Area Knowledge he's known to have so you can stop him from getting to a place where he might find an advantage or know where he might go if he's on the run. (Hometown, college town, vacation spots, places his parents took him when he was a kid.) Anyone known to owe him favors. DNPC's. Things you'd find from a background search: military/national guard, college, debt/loans, marriage, divorces, police record, security clearance, immigration status. Things you might find from breaking into his house and snooping around. Fancy cooking stuff might indicate he's a gourmet. Music collection. Cutting edge computer stuff vs old crap. Browser history. Passwords if he's dumb enough to write them down and leave them beside the computer. Treadmill, weights, or other exercise equipment. Trophies. Books indicating his interests. Medications. Home office or not. Slob or not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted December 18, 2020 Report Share Posted December 18, 2020 1 hour ago, drunkonduty said: surveilling (not a real word) The word actually is surveying, but since we tend to associate that specifically with assigning artificial boundaries to parcels of land, we as a culture invent all kinds of "sort of words" for it instead. "Surveilling" is surprisingly common in usage. And it's _much_ more legitimized (if only through constant repetition) than "survizal." Yeah; there's a story there, but it's not much good if you don't know the guy. drunkonduty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJoe3 Posted December 19, 2020 Report Share Posted December 19, 2020 3 hours ago, drunkonduty said: Known weaknesses. Eg: actual Vulnerabilities and Susceptibilities but also psych lims. that can be exploited, such as habits, obsessions, other patterns of behaviour. Basically - Complications. I'd hope that, as a hero, they wouldn't exploit DNPCs but I guess some versions of Batman would. The flip side is that if a villain is manipulating the hero by threatening his DNPC, then protecting the DNPC is the easiest way to end the manipulation. drunkonduty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 19, 2020 Report Share Posted December 19, 2020 Hermit, Scott Ruggels and Amorkca 2 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
drunkonduty Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 On 12/19/2020 at 9:01 AM, JmOz said: You know that a couple wheel chair bound "heroes" did this as well... I did not. So... Professor X? Another thought for things to include in the files: Oddly personal comments. eg: "Wears too much antiperspirant." "Fond of classical music. Why?" "Eats a lot of donuts." "Did they know what they wanted when they got that haircut?" BoloOfEarth 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted December 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 11 hours ago, drunkonduty said: I did not. So... Professor X? Another thought for things to include in the files: Oddly personal comments. eg: "Wears too much antiperspirant." "Fond of classical music. Why?" "Eats a lot of donuts." "Did they know what they wanted when they got that haircut?" Professor Xavier and Charles Niles (The Chief from Doom Patrol)...I would not be surprised if Oracle had some to, but don't know of any story where she used the info... drunkonduty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 "The Chief" from the Doom Patrol is Niles Caulder. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted December 21, 2020 Author Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 18 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said: "The Chief" from the Doom Patrol is Niles Caulder. Yah, that's what I get for posting when I am half asleep. combined the names of X and the chief... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archer Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 24 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said: "The Chief" from the Doom Patrol is Niles Caulder. I thought Niles was Frasier's brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted December 21, 2020 Report Share Posted December 21, 2020 They're both in states of deNiles. drunkonduty 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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