Lord Liaden Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 The "Best Champions Product" thread had reminded me of the first edition of the VIPER sourcebook, to me one of the best developed and most useful of the 4E books; but of course with the new VIPER a great deal of that book is no longer germain. Then it occurred to me that much of how the old VIPER was structured would serve as a good model for using ARGENT in a Champions Universe campaign: the corporation-like divisions, the Advisory Council resembling a board of directors, the selling of local franchises and advanced technology to criminals, the emphasis on cutting-edge research and development. Even the ultimate leadership of the old VIPER would be very appropriate to a corporate-inspired, high-tech based crime cartel. The franchises would be less like terrorist cells, and more vendors of ARGENT tech to other criminal and terrorist groups, receiving a commission on each sale. The franchises could also be laboratories using ARGENT resources to research new technology, turning over the fruits of their research to ARGENT in exchange for a percentage of the profits. Just thought I'd throw that at the wall and see if it sticks. Any other thoughts? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Well, I don't have the latest VIPER book yet (Though I hear great things) so I can't really compare yet.... but if the 5th Ed is more terrorist like, making ARGENT more business like is definitely a good way to make the two stand out from each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheEmerged Posted September 17, 2003 Report Share Posted September 17, 2003 Personally I'm modelling the VIPER / ARGENT / IHA balance sortof on Starcraft -- with VIPER as the Zerg, ARGENT as the Protoss, and the IHA as the Terrans. That's an oversimplification, obviously, but so far it's working. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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