Ninja-Bear Posted January 25, 2023 Report Share Posted January 25, 2023 Wasn’t the example for Susceptibility Green Argonite for the Centurion? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
starblaze Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 On 1/22/2023 at 6:10 PM, Hugh Neilson said: I'm flashing back to Marvel's New Universe, where the White Event caused superpowers. But we had Justice, a warrior from another dimension (who eventually turned out to be under mental power deception by an enemy, and was really a real-world cop before the White Event). He was a little crazy. The White Event happened when he was pumped up full of psycho-active drugs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted January 30, 2023 Report Share Posted January 30, 2023 Quote I'm flashing back to Marvel's New Universe, where the White Event caused superpowers Its kind of weird because Star Brand got his powers from an alien (?? maybe not? maybe time-traveling him?) then the white event was caused by Star Brand trying to bleed off some of his power into an inanimate object and nuking Pittsburg in the process. So basically he was the source of all superpowers in the world. Except where did he get his from? I liked a lot of the New Universe, and think it should have been maintained but once Shooter was fired, they dropped the entire project. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DShomshak Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 23 hours ago, Christopher R Taylor said: Its kind of weird because Star Brand got his powers from an alien (?? maybe not? maybe time-traveling him?) then the white event was caused by Star Brand trying to bleed off some of his power into an inanimate object and nuking Pittsburg in the process. So basically he was the source of all superpowers in the world. Except where did he get his from? I liked a lot of the New Universe, and think it should have been maintained but once Shooter was fired, they dropped the entire project. IIRC the White Event and nuking Pittsburgh -- the "Black Event" -- were separate events, though Star Brand caused both. And yes, time travel was involved, so the Star Brand did not (at that point) have a definable origin: it existed in a time loop. Later, the MU hero Quasar acquired the Star Brand, replacing his quantum armband thingies. I don't know what happened to the Star Brand after Quasar's title was cancelled, though I'm sure I could look it up on Wikipedia. I haven't thought about this stuff in decades. Dean Shomshak Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 The Star Brand was eventually sealed away in it's own Earth by The Living Tribunal. DShomshak 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 It made the guy who got part of its power into someone more powerful than Superman, so yeah its way too powerful for anyone, anywhere. Makes you wonder where the heck it came from and what it is, really. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted January 31, 2023 Report Share Posted January 31, 2023 1 hour ago, steriaca said: The Star Brand was eventually sealed away in it's own Earth by The Living Tribunal. So you see, that is one way to limit a power source, which brings us right back on topic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 3 hours ago, Duke Bushido said: So you see, that is one way to limit a power source, which brings us right back on topic. Well, having it removed by a cosmic being of eminence power does solve mistakes the game master has made in allowing certain power sets in... Players might cry about that, but hey, YOUR CHARACTER was the one who attracted the being's attention. Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Star-Brand was part of that "absolute power" kick that Jim Shooter was on for a while, along with the Beyonder. I had the same issue with the Beyonder as I did with Michael Moorcock's "End of Time" characters. People whining about how meaningless their lives are when they literally can do anything and want for nothing. That became boring and irritating very quickly. OTOH a practically omnipotent being can be one of those "switch-flipping" events that brings on superpowers. It just decides to do that to a race and planet to see what would happen, or perhaps for some hidden purpose. Interactions with that being subsequently should be very intermittent at most, but would probably become the ending story arc for a campaign. Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
steriaca Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 Imagine that God is simply a bunch of people sitting at a table in a basement chucking cubes and telling stories... Eyrie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 If Einstein's brain was still intact, that would cause it to explode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted February 1, 2023 Report Share Posted February 1, 2023 6 hours ago, Lord Liaden said: . It just decides to do that to a race and planet to see what would happen, Vargr. Vargr is what happens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opal Posted February 2, 2023 Report Share Posted February 2, 2023 On 2/1/2023 at 8:14 AM, Lord Liaden said: People whining about how meaningless their lives are when they literally can do anything and want for nothing. I should not in any way liken that to a living generation of Americans... Ok, on topic, what if an origin-story event or factor did focus on just one generation. Like a drug or environmental contaminant or mystic conjunction. So it's Teen Supers & superpowers are a disruptive wildcard, initially, after 20 years supers are well-established part of society, etc... ...another 40 and it's "OK, Super" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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