The Mad GM Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Found this link on Wired News: http://members.fortunecity.com/kainwind/archive.html Supposed to be a well researched list of the items Batman has ever pulled from his utility belt. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted December 9, 2006 Report Share Posted December 9, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt It certainly seems like the site has everything. However-- Nerve Gas Ampules (6+): name as long as your arm, developed by military during a war, concentrates powerful stimulant to right hemisphere of brain, strong dose will kill from fear in 15 seconds, Batman's will make them relive their least favorite nightmare for 30 min I don't remember this from The Dark Knight Returns. It sounds more like something the Scarecrow would have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ShadowWraithe Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt If I remember correctly, in the Batman TV series with Adam West, he even had a live goldfish in one episode. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandi Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt I don't remember this from The Dark Knight Returns. It sounds more like something the Scarecrow would have. Yeah, it's in there. He uses it to send Two-Face's guys into catatonia before disarming the bomb on the helicopter. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mister E Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt Belt Buckle: reflects sunlight off his ?highly polished? buckle to explode a vat of chemicals. As a little kid (7ish?), the Adam West show became unwatchable to me because of this incident. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaft Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt As a little kid (7ish?)' date=' the Adam West show became unwatchable to me because of this incident.[/quote'] The Adam West show needed to borrow Cato when they crossed over with the Green Hornet and then ask Bruce Lee to give their writers a sound thrashing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt So who's going to write these up? Just how big does the Bat Gadget Pool need to be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyDrug Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt Batman was also shown to use Scarecrow's toxins in the Tower of Babel storyline. He had some in the Batcave to be used against Aquaman (should he ever turn evil). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tim Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt Most of these could be built for under 30AP and 30 real. A few should only be at the 60 point level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark Rand Posted December 10, 2006 Report Share Posted December 10, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt Most of these could be built for under 30AP and 30 real. A few should only be at the 60 point level. I think a multipower, like the one in both Gadgets and Gear and Dark Champions for the gear he always carries and a VPP for the gear he occasionally carries. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Logan D. Hurricanes Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt It's missing the single greatest BatGadget of all time: The Bat Bean Bag Gun from the Superfriends cartoon! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt It's also missing that chunk of Kryptonite from the animated Justice League. "And they say I'm scary." -- Hawkgirl Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kevin Schultz Posted December 11, 2006 Report Share Posted December 11, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt "Why do you have an ice missile on your plane?" "Had to freeze the Gotham river once. Long story." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmcfarland Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt Batman utility belt should be a at least a 50 pt reserve so the devices and weapons can use the proper special effects. He should have at least a 30 PT vpp for those omni gadgets with the limitation-can only changed back at the batcave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyDrug Posted December 12, 2006 Report Share Posted December 12, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt The real Batman has some equipment that is simply higher Active Points than 50 or 30 points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt The real Batman has some equipment that is simply higher Active Points than 50 or 30 points. The real Batman? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SleepyDrug Posted December 13, 2006 Report Share Posted December 13, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt The real Batman? I realize that with some fictional characters, establishing "canon" is difficult. But in this case, we can conclude that the DC series staring Batman are canon. And many items used by Batman in the comics exceed 30 or even 50 Active Points. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shaft Posted December 14, 2006 Report Share Posted December 14, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt I realize that with some fictional characters, establishing "canon" is difficult. But in this case, we can conclude that the DC series staring Batman are canon. And many items used by Batman in the comics exceed 30 or even 50 Active Points. Items: yes. His batcomputer, his bat-vehicles, his bat-cave... But I can't think of a single item on his belt that I would need more than 50 pts to build, except possibly for area effect gas attacks (and even then, he favours sweeping attacks with multiple gas pellets that seem to only have a 1 hex area) and plastic explosives (which can still be built with penetrating and a small 1 hex area effect). The belt is an accessory that allows him to use his impressive skillset. Of course, this is just my opinion. And I haven't read every issue of Batman to confirm or deny it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted December 18, 2006 Report Share Posted December 18, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt Robin: Holy Heaving Hooters, Batman! Batman: Stand back, Robin. I'll handle this. Time for the Bat-Cologne... I build batman style utility belts as VPP Gadget Pools that can be changed as a 0 Phase Action and require a Streetwise Skill Roll ("I have just the thing for this..."). Batman has an obscene streetwise skill roll... especially Adam West Batman. Almost all of the stuff he pulls can be done with finesse on 30 AP. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestnik Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt Robin: Holy Heaving Hooters, Batman! Batman: Stand back, Robin. I'll handle this. Time for the Bat-Cologne... I build batman style utility belts as VPP Gadget Pools that can be changed as a 0 Phase Action and require a Streetwise Skill Roll ("I have just the thing for this..."). Batman has an obscene streetwise skill roll... especially Adam West Batman. That kind of thing, while cinematic, strains my suspension of disbelief. Maybe it's a fault of mine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mad GM Posted December 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt Batman utility belt should be a at least a 50 pt reserve so the devices and weapons can use the proper special effects. He should have at least a 30 PT vpp for those omni gadgets with the limitation-can only changed back at the batcave. But to simulate the fact that he always has the appropriate gadget, it should'nt be limited. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vondy Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt That kind of thing' date=' while cinematic, strains my suspension of disbelief. Maybe it's a fault of mine.[/quote'] Batman pretty much strains by suspension of disbeleif. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vestnik Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt Batman pretty much strains by suspension of disbeleif. Come to think of it I actually find it easier to believe in mutants who fire energy beams from their eyes and Norse goda who speak in pseudo-Shakespearian argot than I do in Batman. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McCoy Posted December 19, 2006 Report Share Posted December 19, 2006 Re: Batman's Utility Belt Batman pretty much strains by suspension of disbeleif. Come to think of it I actually find it easier to believe in mutants who fire energy beams from their eyes and Norse goda who speak in pseudo-Shakespearian argot than I do in Batman. Or for that matter, solar powered aliens who can move the planet with their ring finger. It's all Doc Savage, a character so larger than life theat they had to split him in two. Superman got the Fortress of Solitude, Man of Steel (vs Man of Bronze), and the incredable strength. Batman got the gadgets, fast cars, and intense training. But the reason Batman is so difficult to stat out is that he is, in his roots, a pulp chjaracter, not a superhero. I'm thempted to give Superman, Batman, and the original Captain Marvel about a 30 point cosmic VPP, "plot immunity." If they need a previously undocumented talent or skill, this is where they pull it out of. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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