Koshka Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 I was thinking about doing a team of villains for my golden age game with a pirate theme. The heroes are in a coastal area, so it fits. So far, I've got: Corsair (team leader) Cutlass (either a weaponsmaster or a martial artist/fencing) Pieces Of Eight (duplicator) I'm having trouble deciding what Corsair's powers/skills should be. At first I thought about updating Privateer from 4th edition GAC. Unfortunately, I've got three female characters in a five-hero team, and Privateer's psych lims are going to be a bit too limiting -- especially since one of the females is one of the bricks. Most of Pieces of Eight's points will be going into the Duplication, but what else should he be able to do? Just some minor combat skills and an obscene Teamwork roll, or is there something more creative out there waiting to be thought of? Also, any other ideas for villains who would fit in this team? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Supreme Serpent Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed I'm working from the assumption that this is a fairly lighthearted game. Mr. Terrific, not the Spider. Blackbeard - stretching on his beard. Can be used to grab, entangle, toss heroes about. Jolly Roger (if the game has hit the 1940's, use him as team leader/general skill guy and Corsair as a flyer, like the plane of the same name) "Arr" - large, not too bright brick. Very limited vocabulary. Useful for the team leader to say things like, "Arr, toss them overboard." Bilge - stinky Hydroman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
austenandrews Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed Golden Age guys shouldn't have one-word names - he should be The Corsair or Captain Corsair. Either he needs to be Errol Flynn (Swinging, Acrobatics, mad sword skillz) or Blackbeard (huge, strong, fearsome, mad sword skillz). Or since you seem to have an expert swordsman in the Crimson Cutlass, maybe he could use a pair of flintlock pistols instead. The Quartermaster - Maybe an inventor? How about a Press Gang? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatwyrm Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed Here are a few ideas. Some are better than others. Corsair - One of the defininitions I found was a fast pirate ship. Maybe a speedster would work? Captain Kid - 8 year old evil genius. Dresses like a pirate just to fit in. This is the only team that accepts him/her. Maybe a gadgeteer. Plunder - Steals or Drains powers from others, like Rogue in X-men. Flying Dutchman - Well, he flies. And he's a pirate. (edit) Pieces of Eight - Instead of just Duplication, maybe you could merge it with Multiform and make her alternate form 8 smaller versions of herself with Shrinking. Not sure how much rule-bending would be required for that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Corven_Ren Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed How about Yard-Arm (Stretching Powers) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShinDangaioh Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed Captain Eyepatch with a variety of vision based powers based in his eyepatch along with a laser. Polly the Parrot. Annoying mascot of the team that has perfect recall and is used as a spy to get safe combinations Sargasso the Sea Monster Tosses seaweed that entagles a foe and then makes them invisible while they are entangled. (How can you free your friends, when you don't know where they are?) Pegleg Pete. Superlead. While leading over an opponent, he can fire a blast of energy out of his peg leg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed Crossbones: A Skeletal Phantom pirate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatwyrm Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed Crossbones: A Skeletal Phantom pirate? Makes me think of the skeleton guy from Killer Instinct. Cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed The Twins, Flotsam and Jetsam Cannonball Scallywag Black Powder Keelhaul Booty (She be a fine pirate whench) Privateer, a pirate-for-hire Ballast (Think Brotherhood's "Blob", only he floats) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fbdaury Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed Armada- stretching or classic brick powers. Press Gang- Mind Control with no range, one command-"Join Us", thus allowing him/her to subvert the enemy to their side. Should have a few of them with actual underwater abilities as well, both to match the theme and for better escape/movement possibilities in a coastal setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed Makes me think of the skeleton guy from Killer Instinct. Cool. Yeah, that's who I was picturing. He could have this old rusted cutlass that's impossibly sharp and cuts threw just about anything (inorganic since this is Golden Age) and a jewel set in his eye socket (under an eyepatch) that can turn the weak into members of his ghastly crew!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lemming Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed Sea Dog Davy Jones with his Magical Locker Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted April 6, 2005 Report Share Posted April 6, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed Chippy, the ship's carpenter. you laugh at him until he disassembles your base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Knight Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed I designed a character called Billy Bones (from Treasure Island). A pirate obsessed with booty... so much so that when he died, he cursed his treasure that if it ever went missing he'd come back for it. And he did... Enter, Undead Pirate Captain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchpad Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed Commodore ... the leader Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed Commodore ... the leader Blast....beat me to it. I actually had a character with this name. Rob Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Champsguy Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed A pirate obsessed with booty... . So, he's a butt pirate, then? or maybe Arrgh, Jennifer Lopez will be mine! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storn Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed This guy... Kap'n Kraken. Art by yours truly... published in Foes of Freedom from Green Ronin. http://www.stornc.rpggallery.com/images/artfiles/CaptKrakenLoRes.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed This guy... Kap'n Kraken. Art by yours truly... published in Foes of Freedom from Green Ronin. http://www.stornc.rpggallery.com/images/artfiles/CaptKrakenLoRes.jpg How'd you get Thrakazog to pose in such foppish clothes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Koshka Posted April 7, 2005 Author Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed Lots of good ideas here, thanks everyone One of my PCs has Mind Control, and is convinced it's completely useless at a 45 point cap -- mind you, so far every single time she's used it she's deliberately tried to override Strong Psych Lims . I may have to do Press Gang just to show her how to use the power. Supreme Serpent, you're right, it's a more lighthearted game. It's early 1939, but I could probably bump development of the Corsair up a bit. Jolly Roger might make a better name for the team leader anyway. Given that the player who spent the entire "War Of The Worlds" invasion arc trying to steal a Martian Tripod (from either the Martians or the US government, he didn't care) left due to time conflicts, it should be safe to give most of the pirates a magic item to allow water breathing and improved swimming. "Mermaid" just doesn't cut it as a pirate name, IMO. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed As far as underwater "amphibian" pirates- how about Moby Dick, Shark, Barracuda, Manta (lame Legion of Doom reference), etc. (basically any sea creature that is "sinister") Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Magmarock Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed This guy... Kap'n Kraken. Art by yours truly... published in Foes of Freedom from Green Ronin. http://www.stornc.rpggallery.com/images/artfiles/CaptKrakenLoRes.jpg That would be a great Illithid villain for a D20 steam-punk campaign. Or even just a sea-faring campaign set in Greyhawk. Mags PS: I want that miniature! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed Man o' War- power armor guy Anchor- could be another brick, or maybe a cyborg/android one Shanghai-kung fu expert pirate (AKA the baddest man in all of Geekdom ) The Ancient Mariner- even a pirate crew could use an immortal wizard type Back to the amphibian idea- "Moby" Dick and "Manta" Ray. Mutant twin brothers with gills (like Kevin Costner in that pitiful movie Waterworld) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gojira Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed Captain Merrill Stubing Doctor Adam Bricker Yeoman-Purser Burl 'Gopher' Smith Bartender Isaac Washington Cruise Director Julie McCoy Vicki Stubing It's the cast of the Love Boat! Make them undead, and ph34r. :p :p :p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greatwyrm Posted April 7, 2005 Report Share Posted April 7, 2005 Re: Pirate-Theme Villains Needed It's the cast of the Love Boat! It wouldn't be complete unless you had Charo in every third episode. What would that be, Hunted 8- ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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