clsage Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs Here's a couple of ideas for some song-based DC NPCs: Space Monkey Mafia: From the Billy Joel song "We Didn't Start The Fire"; and yes, I know that the line in the song is referring to two different things, but they go togeth- er in a weird sort of way, especially if it's for a DC/SH campaign. Cool...and stolen. -Carl- Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted October 17, 2010 Report Share Posted October 17, 2010 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs I just had a silly idea. I love been silly sometimes... What about building the character sheet of the palimdromedary himself ? Woot ! There is the song inspiring it Enjoy clyde the camel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranxerox Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs Has Lonesome George from George Thorogood's Who Do You Love been done yet? Sorry, not feeling up to looking through all 18 pages to find out for myself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opale Posted October 18, 2010 Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs Or Bad to the Bones from the same author ? I looooove this song Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted October 18, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 18, 2010 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs Has Lonesome George from George Thorogood's Who Do You Love been done yet? Sorry' date=' not feeling up to looking through all 18 pages to find out for myself.[/quote'] Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Tom 2009 Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs Cool...and stolen. -Carl- I do have to admit, though, the first time that I heard that particular line, the image that came to mind was of a chimpanzee and a gorilla dressed like the mobster char- acters from the old Looney Tunes cartoon with Bugs Bunny. Major Tom 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs I do have to admit, though, the first time that I heard that particular line, the image that came to mind was of a chimpanzee and a gorilla dressed like the mobster char- acters from the old Looney Tunes cartoon with Bugs Bunny. Major Tom 2009 But with those transparent bubble helmets with antennae.... Lucius Alexander Galactic Palindromedary Assassins Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Tom 2009 Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs clyde the camel One thing that Clyde should definitely have is enough inches of Running to outrun your average, run-of-the-mill camel (or an entire army of said camels intent upon re-enact- ing the Charge of the Rohirrim). And let's not forget to give poor Clyde enough END to fuel that Running for just long enough to get his passengers across the border, and away from the Sultan's army ( ). Major Tom 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opale Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs One of the best camel hero I ever read, was into the Pyrmaides novels from Terry Pratchett... No idea how he's called in english, but in french it was "Sale Bête" , and he was hilarious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs in english it was "You Bastard" (funny that it got translated to 'Messy Beast' in french) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Opale Posted October 19, 2010 Report Share Posted October 19, 2010 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs Yes but it's a very good translation this time, because it it very "meaningful" in french. Ty for the info. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragitsu Posted October 20, 2010 Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs Any chance of a Rick Astley song based NPC? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted October 20, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2010 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs Any chance of a Rick Astley song based NPC? So... you want to rickroll the Hero Boards? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xavier Onassiss Posted October 21, 2010 Report Share Posted October 21, 2010 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs A CHALLENGE! I considered doing this one, but I've got too many other things to work on right now, so I'm posting these lyrics here for anyone who'd like to do a character based on this song. I suspect the final result may be on par with Dr. Destroyer.... ATOM BOMB lyrics by Fluke Baby's got an atom bomb A motherf*****g atom bomb Twenty two megaton You've never seen so much fun Baby got a poison gas Baby got a heart attacks Baby got a pain on tap Baby gimme some of that Baby got a nobel prize Given for the perfect crime Baby got an alibi Baby got eight more lives Baby got a satellite Baby got second sight Baby got a master plan A foolproof master plan Baby got purple hair Baby got a secret lair Baby got an army there I ain't ever seen baby scared (Gimme some of that) (Gimme some of that) Baby got a crystal ball Baby doesn't care at all Baby's having too much fun Baby got an atom bomb Baby got a fleet at sea And a submarine called Emergency She got a motorcade She got a monorail Going coast to coast on a campaign trail Playing deck of cards in an armored car She got a kung fu star as a bodyguard She got a juju charm She got a magic spell She got a genie all three is working well She got a tv show She got a shopping mall She got a miracle, she doesn't want at all She got a monument at a great expense She got a head of state and a president She got destiny, she got supremacy She got everything from A - Z She got it all down tight, she got nothing wrong She got the whole wide world singing baby's song And here's the music video: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sidetrack Posted November 9, 2010 Report Share Posted November 9, 2010 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs The drummer boy from Dire Straits' The Man's too Strong would make a good villain. Picture an ex military leader, charismatic and persuasive to the point of mind control. Flush with misappropriated cash, a fanatical army at his command and his own compound I'm just an aging drummer boy PS Musician And in the wars I used to play Combat Skill Levels; Tactics And I've called the tune Military Rank To many a torture session Interrogation Now they say I am a war criminal Distinctive Features And I'm fading away Age Reduced CHR Father please hear my confession Social Lim: Publicly Religious I have legalised robbery Bureaucratics; Perks: Govt official, Low Justice Called it belief +PRE; Charm I have run with the money Security Systems (evading) I have hid like a thief Stealth and Concealment I have re-written history KS: History; Oratory With my armies of my crooks Followers Invented memories Persuasion; Mind Control I did burn all the books Suppress KS And I can still hear his laughter perk: connected And I can still hear his song Psych Lim Haunted The man's too big The man's too strong Hunted by The Man Well I have tried to be meek And I have tried to be mild Psych Lim: Agressive But I spat like a woman And I sulked like a child I have lived behind walls Base That have made me alone Striven for peace Which I never have known Soc Limitation: Warrior And I can still hear his laughter And I can still hear his song The man's too big The man's too strong Well the sun rose on the courtyard And they all did hear him say You always was a Judas Negative Reputation But I got you anyway You may have got your silver Perk: Wealthy But I swear upon my life Your sister gave me diamonds And I gave them to your wife Rivalry: Romantic ' Oh Father please help me For I have done wrong The man's too big The man's too strong Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AmadanNaBriona Posted December 11, 2010 Report Share Posted December 11, 2010 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs I like the way you did your line by line breakdown. I've been pondering writing up Billy and his Gigantic Robot as a learning project with my S/O, who has just started reading Fred. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs clyde the camel this reminded me of an oldie... You could do both Ahab and Clyde. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gewing Posted December 12, 2010 Report Share Posted December 12, 2010 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs one of Ray Steven's songs that I hadn't heard... Four characters, one song! sorta. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted February 20, 2011 Report Share Posted February 20, 2011 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs [ATTACH]38034[/ATTACH] I am almost surprised nobody has suggested a couple of shapeshifter/shaman characters from the Beatles Boris the Spider I am the Walrus What surprised me is that I finally did. Boris is a song by The Who' date=' and has nothing to do with a shape shifter. As for [i']I am the Walrus[/i], I'm not sure if you can do anything with that. It wasn't easy!! But nothing is too strange for Lucius Alexander! Seconded. Wouldn't touch the Walrus with a 10' pole unless you want to stat up John Lennon for some reason. As for Boris, surely that are stats for spiders in the Bestiary or something that would cover it. David Oddly enough I posted a spider here but based on "Itsy Bitsy Spider." But never mind that - on to my bizarre Champions character! [ATTACH]38034[/ATTACH] Semolina Pilchard, AKA The Eggman, AKA The Walrus Val Char Cost Roll Notes 15 STR 5 12- Lift 200.0kg; 3d6 [1] 18 DEX 16 13- OCV: 6/DCV: 5 13 CON 3 12- 9 BODY -1 18 INT 8 13- PER Roll 13- 13 EGO 3 12- ECV: 3 - 5 20 PRE 10 13- PRE Attack: 4d6 15 PD 3 Total: 15 PD (10 rPD) 15 ED 3 Total: 15 ED (10 rED) 4 SPD 20 Phases: 3, 6, 9, 12 6 REC 2 25 END 1 26 STUN 3 Total Characteristic Cost: 104 Movement: Running: 6m/12m Flight: 7m/28m Leaping: 2m/4m Swimming:12m/24m Cost Powers END 28 I am he as you are he as you are me and we are all together: Shape Shift (Sight, Hearing and Touch Groups, any shape), Imitation, Instant Change, Costs END Only To Change Shape (+1/4), Persistent (+1/4) (64 Active Points); Concentration (0 DCV; Must pass through an egg shape when changing form; -1/2), Extra Time (Full Phase, Only to Activate, -1/4), Requires A Roll (Skill roll, -1 per 20 Active Points modifier; -1/4), Man, you been a naughty boy, you let your face grow long (Failed roll means shape is "off" somehow - improbable skin color, grotesquely long face, etc; -1/4) 5 Notes: When changing form, must first revert to an egg-shape and then "hatch" forth in the new form. 29 Sitting on a cornflake: Shrinking (0.0156 m tall, 4.768E-5 kg mass, -14 PER Rolls to perceive character, +14 DCV, takes +42m KB), Costs Endurance Only To Activate (+1/4), Normal Mass (retains normal mass; +1/2) (73 Active Points); Extra Time (1 Minute, Only to Activate, -3/4), Concentration (0 DCV; -1/2), Requires A Roll (Skill roll, -1 per 20 Active Points modifier; -1/4) 6 Notes: Assumes egg shape to change size 8 See how they fly, like Lucy in the sky: Flight 7m, Position Shift, x4 Noncombat (17 Active Points); Increased Endurance Cost (x2 END; -1/2), Cannot Hover (must move at least 2m per Phase; -1/4), Only In Alternate Identity (Must take a shape with wings; -1/4) 4 7 I am the Walrus: Life Support (Expanded Breathing (underwater); Longevity: 200 Years; Safe in High Pressure) Notes: True form is a walrus-like amphibious alien from another dimension 44 I am the egg man: (Total: 50 Active Cost, 44 Real Cost) Resistant Protection (10 PD/10 ED) (Real Cost: 30) plus +10 PD (10 Active Points); Limited Power Does not work against attacks that do BODy (-1/2) (Real Cost: 7) plus +10 ED (10 Active Points); Limited Power Does not work against attacks that do BODy (-1/2) (Real Cost: 7) 11 Smoking Chokers: Change Environment (-2 to Sight Group PER Rolls, -2 to Smell/Taste Group PER Rolls, -1 to C Roll or Skill Roll, Long-Lasting 1 Minute), Personal Immunity (+1/4), Area Of Effect (6m Radius; +1/2) (33 Active Points); Increased Endurance Cost (x3 END; -1), No Range (-1/2), Limited Power Full radius underwater, half radius in air (-1/2) 9 Man you should have seen them kicking Edgar Allen Poe Maneuver OCV DCV Notes 3 Martial Throw +0 +1 3d6 +v/10, Target Falls 3 Martial Grab -1 -1 Grab Two Limbs, 25 STR for holding on 4 Martial Escape +0 +0 30 STR vs. Grabs 4 Martial Strike +0 +2 5d6 Strike Skills 3 I am the Egg Man: Power 13- 12 Expert Textpert: +1 Overall 3 Waiting for the van to come: Combat Driving 13- 3 I'm crying: Acting 13- 3 Corporation T shirt: Disguise 13- 3 Singing Hare Krishna: Mimicry 13- 3 Mr. City Policeman sitting: Criminology 13- 3 Elementary Penguin: Deduction 13- 3 Crabalocker fishwife: Streetwise 13- 3 Climbing up the Eiffel Tower: Climbing 13- 3 Yellow matter custard, dripping from a dead dog's eye: Forensic Medicine 13- 3 Sitting in an English garden, waiting for the sun: Conversation 13- 3 Pornographic priestess: Contortionist 13- 3 Don't you think The Joker laughs at you?: Interrogation 13- Notes: Usually plays "bad cop" 2 WF: Small Arms, See how they run, like pigs from a gun -1 Goo goo goo joob: Language: English (completely fluent; Has not yet mastered English to Idiomatic level) Total Powers & Skill Cost: 193 Total Cost: 297 300+ Disadvantages 250 Base Points 10 Distinctive Features: If the sun don't come you get a tan from standing in the English rain (Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses; Normal form is bizarre to Humans, and even when in Human shape, is often - not quite right) 15 Hunted: Pretty little policemen in a row Very Frequently (As Pow; NCI; Limited Geographical Area; PC has a Public ID or is otherwise very easy to find; Watching) 5 Rivalry: Professional (See how they smile, like pigs in a sty; Rival is As Powerful; Seek to Outdo, Embarrass, or Humiliate Rival; Rival Aware of Rivalry; Rivalry with other detectives) 10 Boy, you been a naughty girl, you let your knickers down: Shapechanging, including possible gender switching; confusion about true gender or if it even HAS gender; plus natural form has TENTACLES. , Infrequently (Extreme: "Refugee from a hentai manga") 0 Stupid bloody Tuesday: Ruby Tuesday Frequently (As powerful as the PC; Useful Noncombat Position or Skills (assigned partner)) 10 They are the Egg Men: Misses home dimension and own people (Uncommon; Strong) Total Disadvantage Points: 300 Background/History: Semolina Pilchard was a law enforcement officer in a largely aquatic world in another dimension. When he (she? it?) became stranded in Britain, she (he? it?) was first granted asylum as a refugee because no one knew how to send it (she? he?) home, and then eventually was allowed to work as a police officer again - partly because Scotland Yard was anxious to acquire "superpowered" officers to deal with the rising rate of "exotic" crimes. Personality/Motivation: According to the consulting xenopsychologist assigned to Detective Pilchard: Mr. Pilchard shares many traits with the typical Human who goes into detective work. Also, his original culture was spacefaring, or in contact with spacefaring civilizations, accustoming him to other life forms, including some rather like Humans. These factors bode well for his adjustment to his new situation. Further, he credits his relative serenity and acceptance of circumstances to some religion or philosophy that seems to bear an affinity for our Eastern traditions, and speaks sometimes of an underlying identity or unity of all beings. We may confuse or irritate him at times but his fundamental attitude is tolerant of difference. But there can be no doubt that he misses his own kind and would return home if he could. Quote: I am the Egg Man. Powers/Tactics: Detective Pilchard's ability to change shape and size, and to travel by air and water, makes her a living "bug." Part of the friction between Pilchard and her partner Tuesday is Pilchard's impatience with the necessity of getting a warrant before sneaking into some place to search or to eavesdrop. As a combatant, however, she is underpowered for her point level. Campaign Use: At 250 base points plus 50 pts in Complications, The Walrus is very close to the standards for a "low powered" superhero. How it came to be in a superhero version of England is deliberately left vague so as to enable players to create a backstory in keeping with their campaigns. Appearance: Natural form is a walrus like alien, long bodied, with large flippers, and tentacles sprouting from under the flippers that split near the end to form four fingered "hands." The song "I am the Walrus" is by the Beatles. The character of Detective Semolina Pilchard and this character sheet is by Lucius Alexander Copyright Palindromedary Enterprises Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted March 3, 2011 Report Share Posted March 3, 2011 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs A CHALLENGE! I considered doing this one, but I've got too many other things to work on right now, so I'm posting these lyrics here for anyone who'd like to do a character based on this song. I suspect the final result may be on par with Dr. Destroyer.... ATOM BOMB lyrics by Fluke Baby's got an atom bomb But what I want to know is...if she's got her own army and navy, space based assets, and weapons of mass destruction... who is this guy who gets away with calling her "baby" and how is he so incredibly badass - or does he just have the world's biggest pair of stones?!? Lucius Alexander The palindromedary says if she's got a miracle she doesn't want at all, does she mind if we take it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs Yo-yo-yo-yo Yoda Val Char Cost Roll Notes 5 STR -5 10- Lift 50.0kg; 1d6 18 DEX 16 13- OCV: 6/DCV: 9 13 CON 3 12- 18 INT 8 13- PER Roll 13- 18 EGO 8 13- ECV: 6 - 6 20 PRE 10 13- PRE Attack: 4d6 6 OCV 15 9 DCV 10 6 OMCV 9 6 DMCV 9 4 SPD 20 Phases: 3, 6, 9, 12 15 PD 3 Total: 15 PD (10 rPD) 15 ED 3 Total: 15 ED (10 rED) 4 REC 0 20 END 0 10 BODY 0 20 STUN 0 Total Characteristic Cost: 103 Movement: Running: 8m/16m Leaping: 2m/4m Swimming: 2m/4m Cost Powers END 2 "Met him in a swamp": Survival (Where it bubbles all the time like a giant carbonated soda) 13- 31 "The Little Runt": (Total: 56 Active Cost, 31 Real Cost) +4 DCV (20 Active Points); Perceivable (-½) (Real Cost: 13) plus Change Environment (-4 to Hearing Group PER Rolls, -4 to Sight Group PER Rolls), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +½) (36 Active Points); No Range (-½), Self Only (-½) (Real Cost: 18) 0 3 "I know Darth Vader's got you really annoyed, but remember if you kill him then you'll be unemployed": Persuasion 13- 3 Power: Farce Powers 13- 55 The Farce is with me: Resistant Protection (10 PD/10 ED/10 Mental Defense) (Protect Carried Items) 0 50 "Go to Yoda and he'll show you the Farce": Multipower, 50-point reserve 3f 1) "I can't understand how he can lift me in the air just by raising his hand": Telekinesis (28 STR) (42 Active Points); Gestures (-¼) 4 3f 2) "I can't understand how he can lift me in the air just by raising his hand": Telekinesis (20 STR), Fine Manipulation (40 Active Points); Gestures (-¼) 4 3f 3) " I can't understand how he can lift me in the air just by raising his hand": Telekinesis (22 STR), Reduced Endurance (½ END; +¼) (41 Active Points); Gestures (-¼) 1 46 "If you start to go astray let the Farce be your guide": Precognitive Clairsentience (Sight And Hearing Groups), No Range Modifier (+½), MegaScale (1m = 100 lightyears; +4 ¾) (312 Active Points); Extra Time (1 Hour, Only to Activate, Character May Take No Other Actions, -1 ¾), Concentration, Must Concentrate throughout use of Constant Power (0 DCV; Character is totally unaware of nearby events; -1 ½), No Conscious Control (Only Effects cannot be controlled; -1), Precognition/Retrocognition Only (-1), Blackout (-½) 31 29 "I know that I'll be coming back some day": Regeneration (1 BODY per Day), Can Heal Limbs, Resurrection 0 5 "The long term contract I had to sign says I'll be making these movies til the end of time": Life Support (Longevity: Immortal) 0 Total Powers & Skill Cost: 233 Total Cost: 336 400+ Matching Complications 325 Base Points 15 "Look, stay away from the darker side" Psychological Complication: Committed to the Lighter Side of the Farce (Common; Strong) 15 "The little runt sitting there on a log" Distinctive Features: "Looks like a muppet but he's wrinkled and green" (Not Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses) 10 "In a raspy voice he said 'Yoda'" Distinctive Features: looks like a muppet and talks like Charlie Chan (Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses) Total Complications Points: 336 We must thank George Lucas for the original character of Yoda, as well as for getting Carrie Fisher into that outfit, for which we can never thank him enough. We must thank Weird Al Yankovic for his song "Yoda" set to the tune of the song "Lola" by the Kinks. For this character sheet, you can blame me Lucius Alexander Palindromedary Enterprises Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Tom 2009 Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs Worry about it do not, blame you for it we will most happily do. Major Tom 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Major Tom 2009 Posted September 29, 2011 Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs So... you want to rickroll the Hero Boards? You go find a tree...I'll bring the rope. Major Tom 2009 The AntiRickroller Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted September 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted September 29, 2011 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs For this character sheet, you can blame me Lucius Alexander Palindromedary Enterprises HD File? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted October 2, 2011 Report Share Posted October 2, 2011 Re: Susano's Song-Based DC NPCs HD File? I don't seem to have it. I could enter it again I suppose Lucius Alexander The palindromedary must have eaten it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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