jackalope Posted November 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters I wonder how one could create the Doctor from "Doctor Who" as a Champions character... he's on life 8 at the moment of 13 (he can regenerate 12 times' date=' remember, although he'll be on life 9 in fall 2005 when the series comes back on the air)...[/quote'] I'll let someone more familliar with the series handle his skills, but here's the regeneration: Regeneration:Healing 20 BODY, Resurrection, Persistent (+1/2), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2); 12 Charges which Never Recover (-2 1/4), Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (Completely Transforms Appearance & Personality; -2), Extra Time (Regeneration-Only) 1 Turn (Post-Segment 12) (-1 1/4), Resurrection Only (-1/2), Self Only (-1/2) Cost: 59 Man, healing is way over priced. There's no reason restoring to full health should be so crazy expensive. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shem_whistler Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters "I'm Squeezing Your Head" Guy 11- (As Pow' date=' Harshly Punish)[/quote'] I thought it was "Pinching your face" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackalope Posted November 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters I thought it was "Pinching your face" Possibly. I've seen the skit like once, five or six years ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlHazred Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters The Old Man had the I'm Crushing Your Head maneuver. In one skit, he meets a rival who has the I'm Squeezing Your Face maneuver, and the two face off... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuraiko Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters I'll let someone more familliar with the series handle his skills, but here's the regeneration: Regeneration:Healing 20 BODY, Resurrection, Persistent (+1/2), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2); 12 Charges which Never Recover (-2 1/4), Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (Completely Transforms Appearance & Personality; -2), Extra Time (Regeneration-Only) 1 Turn (Post-Segment 12) (-1 1/4), Resurrection Only (-1/2), Self Only (-1/2) Cost: 59 Man, healing is way over priced. There's no reason restoring to full health should be so crazy expensive. Yeah, that looks about right... he never just bampfs back at full health, there's always that period of disorientation... Other expensive powers would include sensitivity to crossing time fields, knowing that somehow history has been changed, intense meditational abilities (wandering the astral plane as well)... Then there are all those weird skills he's picked up over the years... fencing, first aid, numerous cultural, scientific, and area knowledges, swimming, Venusian Aikido, piloting the TARDIS (in theory at least)... And can you imagine what buying the TARDIS costs?! Cheers, Michelle aka Samuraiko Visit my thread... http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=24273 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlHazred Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters Considering the way he almost completely changes powers/personality/appearance/etc. every time he comes back, I'd make it a Summon with a Trigger. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackalope Posted November 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters And can you imagine what buying the TARDIS costs?! 115 points. Chronoportation Box, The Ultimate Vehicle, pg. 103 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuraiko Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters Ummm... don't have The Ultimate Vehicle, unfortunately. Michelle aka Samuraiko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters Veyr interesting quote. Is it DBZ canon or from a fanfic? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zornwil Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters Mean Old Man (snip) Wonderful, great choice/response! Cost Power END 7 "I'm Crushing Your Head!": Major Transform 1 point (Living Person to Dead Person, Ressurection, Zombification), Uncontrolled (+1/2), Line Of Sight (+1/2), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Continuous (+1), Invisible Power Effects, Hide effects of Power (Fully Invisible; +2); Gradual Effect (1 Year; -2 3/4), Gestures (-1/4) 0 7 +7 OCV with "I'm Crushing Your Head" 25 +5 SPD; Only For Using "I'm Crushing Your Head!" (-1) Powers Cost: 39 (snip) That's a funny build, nice construction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters Would posting links to old write-ups be considered cheating? I wrote up Duncan MacLeod and Methos from Highlander the Series a while back, as well as Frazier Crane. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Samuraiko Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters Veyr interesting quote. Is it DBZ canon or from a fanfic? Right now it's a fanfic, but I am working on a novel (yes, novel, like 408+ pages novel) that I am going to try and pitch to Viz Entertainment and Toriyama to buy. For more info, please contact your nearest retailer and ask for it. Cheers, Michelle aka Samuraiko Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackalope Posted November 25, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters Would posting links to old write-ups be considered cheating? I wrote up Duncan MacLeod and Methos from Highlander the Series a while back' date=' as well as Frazier Crane.[/quote'] Feel free. I was actually thinking about doing Frasier the other day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters Cool. Here are the threads: Duncan MacLeod (and other immortals) http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11867 Dr. Frazier Crane http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?t=11226 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted November 25, 2004 Report Share Posted November 25, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters There were a few episodes with Magnum having some kind of second sight, and iirc a possible reincarnation from his great grandfather... I'm probably dating myself with this one' date=' but I'd kinda like to see some write-ups of the characters from Magnum, P.I. Wish I remembered more of the details of the show, but (much like Firefly and Buffy) the main characters were virtually a set of PCs. No elements of the fantastic in the show to speak of, but it was a pretty entertaining show nevertheless.[/quote'] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters There were a few episodes with Magnum having some kind of second sight' date=' and iirc a possible reincarnation from his great grandfather...[/quote'] And isn't there some sort of idea that the entire series was some sort of near-death experience while he was in Vietnam? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters And isn't there some sort of idea that the entire series was some sort of near-death experience while he was in Vietnam? I don't think so. He had a near-death experience on one of his cases, and he encountered some friends and enemies he had made in Vietnam. But he did have a daughter from a brief relationship and ended up with her at the series finale. I don't recall him having the second sight or being a reincarnation of his great-grandfather. The real question, of course, is whether Higgins and Robin Masters are really the same person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlHazred Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters I don't recall him having the second sight It's what he called "the little voice in the back of my mind." In a number of shows, it almost seems to be a supernatural power akin to Danger Sense. The real question, of course, is whether Higgins and Robin Masters are really the same person. I believe the writer made mention in an interview that he was, but I can't find the reference. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters Wasn't there an episode where he "saw" the death of a friend who was in Scotland or Ireland at the time? Maybe he just had visions of the previous Thomas Magnum who had a relationship with a Hawaiian Princess.... It has been a long time. DAMNIT I wish they would do a Magnum revisited!!!! I don't think so. He had a near-death experience on one of his cases, and he encountered some friends and enemies he had made in Vietnam. But he did have a daughter from a brief relationship and ended up with her at the series finale. I don't recall him having the second sight or being a reincarnation of his great-grandfather. The real question, of course, is whether Higgins and Robin Masters are really the same person. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tkdguy Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters I must have missed those episodes or forgotten them. I enjoyed the show when it was in reruns, but I wasn't a die-hard fan. The Higgins = Masters theory was put out by Magnum. Higgins always denied it. On the last episode, when Magnum said he was going to leave, Higgins said he was Robin Masters, then he claimed he was lying during Rick's wedding. As for the little voice, that could just be Magnum's intuition, aka his gut feeling, which he had long since learned to trust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Byers Posted November 26, 2004 Report Share Posted November 26, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters The real question' date=' of course, is whether Higgins and Robin Masters are really the same person.[/quote'] I think they did try to pull this one in the last season of the show (possibly the show's finale). But didn't Magnum and Robin Masters serve together in Vietnam -- or am I completely misremembering? I thought that was why Robin was letting Magnum stay at his house in Hawaii: they were old war buddies. And you did hear Robin's voice periodically on the speaker phone as well. If Magnum and Robin served together in Vietnam, then Higgins couldn't possibly be Robin Masters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlHazred Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters Robin Masters hired Magnum to be security. I don't think they ever went into detail on why; the reason I think this is I remember seeing some fanfic about it, and I'd think if there was a canonical reason, fans would stay clear. (Or am I deluding myself?) Anyway, now I want to see Magnum statted out. I wonder if he's in the GNBoRH? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Andrew Byers Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters Anyway' date=' now [i']I[/i] want to see Magnum statted out. I wonder if he's in the GNBoRH? Alas, I just checked GNBoRH, and while it's a great site, it doesn't appear to have a write-up for Magum. (With the exception of Buffy and Charmed, its TV section is a little lacking. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackalope Posted November 27, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters What is the GNBoRH? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted November 27, 2004 Report Share Posted November 27, 2004 Re: Favorite Television Characters What is the GNBoRH? Great Net Book of Real Heroes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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