Great Beyond Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 So I was brainstorming characters - not nessassarly to play, but just to flex the creative muscle, and I came up with a winner (or at least I think so) - a character (bad guy or good - I havent decided yet) that derives his powers from Guitar Hero. He'd carry a huge badass guitar, all the powers require dex rolls to get right, gestures and so on. I tired to think of what songs might do what power. Like, for example, the Dragonforce song would be the main attack - an explosive, constant atomic bomb of an energy blast, befiting the mad crazy skill needed to play the song. Here's what I've got so far: Through The Fire And Flames: Energy Blast 15d6, Double Knockback (+3/4), Area Of Effect (13" Radius; +1) (206 Active Points); Requires A DEX Roll (-1), OAF (-1), Required Hands Two-Handed (-1/2) The Devil Went Down To Georgia: Hearing Group Flash 15d6, Area Of Effect (5" Radius; +1) (90 Active Points); OAF (-1), Requires A DEX Roll (-1), Required Hands Two-Handed (-1/2) Still Alive: Healing BODY 8d6 (80 Active Points); OAF (-1), Requires A DEX Roll (-1), Required Hands Two-Handed (-1/2) Stairway to Heaven: Teleportation 4", MegaScale (1" = 100 km; +3/4), Can Be Scaled Down 1" = 1km (+1/4) (16 Active Points), Required Hands Two-Handed (-1/2) Cold as Ice: Entangle 10d6, 10 DEF (100 Active Points); Requires A DEX Roll (-1), Required Hands Two-Handed (-1/2), IIF (-1/4) Hard Rock: Armor (20 PD/20 ED), Hardened (+1/4) (75 Active Points); IIF (-1/4) Obivously I'm not sticking with songs just from Rock Band or Guitar Hero, so if the title lends itself to a power (say, the Beatles' Happiness is a Warm Gun as a single target EB or something), I'll throw it on the pile. And of course I havent thought out any of the other attributes, skills or anything - just the concept of the power set. So - silly? A fine concept? Anyone got "Oh, how could you forget about song X? That would make the perfect energy blast" or whatever. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Certified Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero Anyone got "Oh, how could you forget about song X? Now I'm feeling Zombiefied - Alien Sex Fiend Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fiducia Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero You could use the Tom Morello guitar battle song (of which name I can't find right now) to force a confusion effect sort of like a psi attack on the hearing group. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StGrimblefig Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero Sounds kind of like the "Valhallen" character from the Justice Friends cartoons, except that he didn't use specific songs. How about: Smoke on the Water (Deep Purple): Darkness. The Weapon (Rush): Ego attack ("the things that they fear, are a weapon to be used against them") Radar Love (Golden Earring): some sort of detect, or maybe Danger Sense. Jump (Van Halen): Leaping Wish You Were Here (Pink Floyd): Teleport, usable on others, only to transport someone else to your location I would use Iron Man (Black Sabbath?) for the armor, myself, but that's just a personal preference. That brings up a question: Are the powers only 'on' while he is playing the relevant song? That would mean that he could have armor OR an attack, but not both at the same time. Or does he only have to play the song to turn on the power, and it stays on (if it is a continuous power) after that? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomer Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero Sounds like my Mutant Master of Sound, Heavy Metal.....he used a guitar as a focus for his Sonic blast......of course he didn't need it, but he used it for effect. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero Eruption (Van Halen): 10d6 EB (or 3d6+1 RKA), Explosion (+1/2), Indirect (Always from below, +1/4) (88 Active Points); OAF (-1), Requires A DEX Roll (-1), Required Hands Two-Handed (-1/2) - 25 Real Points Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted May 9, 2008 Report Share Posted May 9, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero Guitar Hero (The Stone Age) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=huNZDknadRc LOL QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Impudite Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero Who can forget the powers of the rock band Foreigner: Hot Blooded: EB 4d6, NND (defense is Life Support [intense Heat] or not having a circulatory system; +1) Double Vision: Mental Illusions 12d6; Set Effect (seeing double; -1) Head Games: Cosmetic Transform 6d6 (person's head into one of a number of popular board games), Improved Results (a wide selection of board games; +1/4); Limited Target (sentient being's head; -1/4) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Fyre Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero You need to make sure you have a Hunted by SONY on 8- unless you have some contract with them already. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Certified Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero You need to make sure you have a Hunted by SONY on 8- unless you have some contract with them already. Shouldn't that be the RIAA 14-? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchpad Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero Barracuda: 1d6 RKA Area Final Countdown: 8d6 Explosion Money For Nothing: Transform (Random Target to Gold) Welcome to My Nightmare: Mental Illusion 8d6 Brain Stew: 5d6 Mental Blast Continuous Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero TROGDOOOOOOR!!! change environment: Burninate 8d6 Megascale: countryside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero Shouldn't that be the RIAA 14-? And harshly Punish. Probably a couple of good Metallica songs that would work. But, drawing a blank for some reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchpad Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero And harshly Punish. Probably a couple of good Metallica songs that would work. But, drawing a blank for some reason. You Mean ... Master of Puppets: Mind Control Enter Sandman: Ego Blast Ride the Lightning: +SPD, E-Blast Fuel: +END/END Battery The Thing That Should Not Be: Summon (Nasty Monster) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StGrimblefig Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero Who can forget the powers of the rock band Foreigner: Hot Blooded: EB 4d6, NND (defense is Life Support [intense Heat] or not having a circulatory system; +1) Double Vision: Mental Illusions 12d6; Set Effect (seeing double; -1) Head Games: Cosmetic Transform 6d6 (person's head into one of a number of popular board games), Improved Results (a wide selection of board games; +1/4); Limited Target (sentient being's head; -1/4) Yeah, but for those you have a different focus: 1982 Tour belt buckle. Assuming you can get it from the Mooninites. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Certified Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero Barracuda: 1d6 RKA Area Final Countdown: 8d6 Explosion Money For Nothing: Transform (Random Target to Gold) Welcome to My Nightmare: Mental Illusion 8d6 Brain Stew: 5d6 Mental Blast Continuous Final Countdown... Shouldn't that be a Flash verses Hearing, Mental and Good Taste? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BNakagawa Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero Money For Nothing: Transform (Random Target to Gold) This should be a cosmetic transform: Low poly untextured models. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted May 10, 2008 Report Share Posted May 10, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero You Mean ... Master of Puppets: Mind Control Enter Sandman: Ego Blast Ride the Lightning: +SPD, E-Blast Fuel: +END/END Battery The Thing That Should Not Be: Summon (Nasty Monster) Thanks, man. I was thinking of the first 2 in particular. My mind wasnt working like it should last night. (it does that sometimes if I work too hard at work on fridays ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
boomer Posted May 12, 2008 Report Share Posted May 12, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero TROGDOOOOOOR!!! change environment: Burninate 8d6 Megascale: countryside. But only if Peasants present....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marcus Impudite Posted May 12, 2008 Report Share Posted May 12, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero Yeah, but for those you have a different focus: 1982 Tour belt buckle. Assuming you can get it from the Mooninites. Actually, Carl was the last person to have the belt buckle in his possession. What he did with it, we'll probably never know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Weapon Posted May 13, 2008 Report Share Posted May 13, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero Tribute by Tenacious D http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/tenaciousd/tribute.html Mental defence 30, Power defence 30, only versus demonic attacks (stops them eating your soul amoung other things), Mental Transform 8d6AP (Demon to Demon who must leave here to get away from song) obviously all of this is RSR. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cannon_Fodder Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero I was thinking of doing a Guitar Hero Bard ever since Blizzard hit us with there 4/1 joke http://www.worldofwarcraft.com/wrath/features/bard/bardclass.xml Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Egyptoid Posted May 24, 2008 Report Share Posted May 24, 2008 Re: The Guitar Hero Summoning: Go Go Godzilla ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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