Mathew Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 While I loved the Kingdom of Champions book, one thing that always bothered me was that many of the characters written up were in shorthand rather than getting full character sheets. They would just say to take such-and-such a character from a previous book, and change certain things, to get the write-up. So I started doing just that, and then saving the finished sheets. So if anyone wants to add these to their KOC book, here are FULL write ups for the first couple I did. More to follow. Anyone else wanting to add some, please do. The New Knights of the Round Table p118 - The Clansman http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/CLANSMAN.pdf p121 - The Consul http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/CONSUL.pdf p122 - The Gurkha http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/GURKHA.pdf p122 - Silver Shadow http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/SILVER_S.pdf p123 - Blaine http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/BLAINE.pdf p123 - Sir David Mason http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/SIRDAVID.pdf The London Watch p124 - Doctor Goldwing http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/DRGOLDWI.pdf p127 - Sarah Gold http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/SARAHGOL.pdf p129 - Blazon - http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/BLAZON.pdf p130 - Blazon's Horse http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/BLAHORSE.pdf p130 - Yeoman http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/YOEMAN.pdf (250 point character) p131 - Repulse http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/REPULSE.pdf (250 point character) p131 - Swift Swallow http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/SWIFT_SW.pdf (250 point character) p132 - Mole http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/MOLE.pdf p132 - Partisan http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/PARTISAN.pdf (250 point character) The Nightwatch p135 - Aspen http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/ASPEN.pdf p136 - Earth Brother http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/EARTHBRO.pdf p136 - Starline http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/STARLINE.pdf p137 - Wintershade (demon form) http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/WINTERSH.pdf p137 - Wintershade (human form) http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/EDQUEEN.pdf (100 point character) p137 - WeatheRing http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/WEATHERI.pdf (250 point character) Solo Heroes p137 - Jimmy Tompion http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/JIMMYTOM.pdf p138 - The Watchmaker http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/WATCHMAK.pdf p139 - Watchmaker robot http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/WATCHBOT.pdf p139 - Chime http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/CHIME.pdf p146 - Mother Janet http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/MOJANET.pdf (150 point character) MACE p151 - The Grenadier http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/GRENADIE.pdf p151 - Aggro http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/AGGRO.pdf p152 - Sidestep http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/SIDESTEP.pdf The Shapeshifters p154 - Hag (human form) http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/HAGHUMAN.pdf The Four Winds p158 - Blizzard King (low point version) http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/BLIZKING.pdf (250 point character) p158 - Blizzard King (high point version) http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/BLIZKIN2.pdf p158 - Gale Force (low point version) http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/GALEFORC.pdf (250 point character) p158 - Gale Force (high point version) http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/GALEFOR2.pdf p158 - Monsoon (low point version) http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/MONSOON.pdf (250 point character) p158 - Monsoon (high point version) http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/MONSOON2.pdf p158 - Sandstorm (low point version) http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/SANDSTOR.pdf (250 point character) p158 - Sandstorm (high point version) http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/SANDSTOH.pdf Solo Villains p167 - Doctor Brutallus http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/DRBRUTAL.pdf (250 point character) p167 - Brutalloids http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/BRUTALLO.pdf p168 - Darkwing (low point version) http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/DARKWING.pdf (250 point character) p168 - Darkwing (high point version) http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/DARKWIN2.pdf P168 - Doctor Mantis http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/DRMANTIS.pdf (250 point character) p168 - Termech Robot http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/TERMECH.pdf STOP p175 - Stop Reaction Agent http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/STOP_REA.pdf p176 - Valerie Creigh http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/VALERIEC.pdf Project: Armour P178 - Ironmaster http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/IRONMAST.pdf Shark Squad p184 - Shark Squad Agent http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/SHARK_SQ.pdf p185 - Captain Shark - http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/CAPSHARK.pdf p186 - Monstersub - http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/MONSTERS.pdf p189 - Mile Laisseine http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/MILELAIS.pdf p197 - Lesser Fomori http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/FOMORILE.pdf Notes: Some of them have few disads, but that's how they were written. I added "DF, Detects as a mutant" to all the mutant characters. I had to guess about some powers, since some just said things like "has Force Field and flight" a didn't even say how much! The Clansman had some small mistakes in his writeup. The cost of his stats was 132, not 32. His languages should cost 4 points, not 6. His Flash Defense should cost 6 points not 7. His WF should cost 12 points, not 11. Total cost of the character is 398 points. The write-up of Doctor Goldwing fixes some messed up point values and adds the corrections from the KOC errata. Since Yeoman was incredible vague, I had to make some things up. He ended up coming out almost exactly 250 points, so I went the extra mile and made him a 100+150 point character, perfect for a starting PC in a UK setting. I made sure all the members of the London Watch knew "Watch Battle Language", even if their writeup didn't mention it. I did change Starline's "Accidental Change" to a Distinctive Feature, since it was that she glows when near powerful magic... that's not an Accidental Change to me. Mother Janet is based on the older, lower powered version of the character. Blizzard King, Gale Force, Monsoon and Sandstorm lower power versions are 250 point characters. The high point versions are the ones when they are powered up. Doctor Brutallus and Doctor Mantis were fleshed out to be 250 point villains. There are two versions of Darkwing, one based on the lower cost version in the book, and the other based on the high point version from the Kingdom of Champions Errata. I just assumed that Mile was a mutant telepath, no origin was given for her powers. The Lesser Fomori were very obscure, because they are based on the writeup for Wintershade's demon form with changes, which in turn is based on the writeup for Powerhouse from the Champions book with changes. I'm starting on fleshing out half-written characters from other books, here are some others: VIPER: p35 - Frostburn http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/FROSTBUR.pdf p40 - Sinister Samurai http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/SSAMURAI.pdf Strike Force: p36 - Skyrocket http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/SKYROCKE.pdf p40 - Napalm http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/NAPALM.pdf p40 - Defender http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/DEFENDE1.pdf p40 - Ichi-Ban http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/ICHI-BAN.pdf p41 - Vixen http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/VIXEN.pdf p50 - Shelvastra http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/SHELVAST.pdf p51 - Charade http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/CHARADE.pdf p59 - Power Lord http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/POWERLOR.pdf p60 - Fire Hawk http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/FIREHAWK.pdf Many of the Strike Force writeups diodn't have any real disadvantages section, so I had to write up what I inferred from what was there. Mutants got DF. Married characters for DNPCs or "In Love with" Psych Lims. I gave Power Lord the same vulnerabilities as his father Overlord. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. Re-writing those is probably still easier than trying to create 6th ed updates to books like the original Stronghold. Doing Sonar and Radar right now and you practically have to guess at skills. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted July 25, 2010 Report Share Posted July 25, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. Thank you very much, Mathew. I appreciate your work and your generosity. I'm still using Fifth Edition in my games, so these character sheets are of more use to me personally than 6E versions would be. As would more of them (hint hint). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasha Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. Re-writing those is probably still easier than trying to create 6th ed updates to books like the original Stronghold. Doing Sonar and Radar right now and you practically have to guess at skills. In the days of Stronghold 1.0, skills beyond, Acrobatics, Detective Work, Stealth and a couple of other directly supers related skills didn't exist. We didn't get skills till Champions III shipped (I guess some skills were in Champs II) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. In the days of Stronghold 1.0' date=' skills beyond, Acrobatics, Detective Work, Stealth and a couple of other directly supers related skills didn't exist. We didn't get skills till Champions III shipped (I guess some skills were in Champs II)[/quote'] Yeah...I remember. I finished the 6th updates to Sanar and Radar(with Hero options). I more or less extrapolated what their skills might be based on their brief background descriptions. On to Insectoid....from the looks of his disads...no real Heroic option exists.....no problem. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted July 26, 2010 Report Share Posted July 26, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. Awesome Topic Mathew and thanks from a helpless GM. Respect QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted July 27, 2010 Author Report Share Posted July 27, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. p122 The Gurkha - http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/GURKHA.pdf p130 Yeoman - http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/YOEMAN.pdf I'm not good at Martial Arts rules, so if someone wants to check over these two, let me know if I missed anything. Since Yeoman was incredible vague, I had to make some things up. He ended up coming out almost exactly 250 points, so I went the extra mile and made him a 100+150 point character, perfect for a starting PC in a UK setting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted August 3, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 3, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. One more done as a 250 point character, the hero WeatheRing from page 137 of Kingdom of Champions. The original writeup just gave a vague outline of his abilities, so I fleshed it out. p137 - WeatheRing http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/WEATHERI.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted August 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 11, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. Another of the characters who didn't get a full writeup, Swift Swallow. I wrote him up again as a 250 point hero. p131 - Swift Swallow http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/SWIFT_SW.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted August 23, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. p167 - Dr. Brutallus http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/DRBRUTAL.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted August 28, 2010 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. p124 - Doctor Goldwing - http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/DRGOLDWI.pdf (The write-up of Doctor Goldwing fixes some messed up point values and adds the corrections from the KOC errata.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted September 1, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 1, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. P168 - Doctor Mantis http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/DRMANTIS.pdf Done as a 250 point villain like Doctor Brutallus. How come I could just see these guys arguing at a mad scientist convention on the best use of minions or death traps for heroes? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted September 5, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 5, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. p158 - Gale Force http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/GALEFORC.pdf P178 - Ironmaster http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/IRONMAST.pdf Gale Force is written as her low powered version, and a 250 point villain. Ironmaster was without ANY disadvantages, so I added a couple based on his description. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted September 11, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 11, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. p135 - Aspen http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/ASPEN.pdf p146 - Mother Janet http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/MOJANET.pdf p158 - Monsoon http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/MONSOON.pdf p158 - Sandstorm http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/SANDSTOR.pdf Note: Mother Janet is based on the older, lower powered version of the character. Monsoon and Sandstorm are also the lower power versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted September 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 14, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. p137 - Wintershade (demon form) http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/WINTERSH.pdf p137 - Wintershade (human form) http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/EDQUEEN.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted September 17, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 17, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. p132 - Mole http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/MOLE.pdf p151 - Aggro http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/AGGRO.pdf p152 - Sidestep http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/SIDESTEP.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haven Walkur Posted September 18, 2010 Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. "Generous 5th Ed gamer Rep" for you. Thank-you so much for sharing your updates/character builds; I much prefer FREd to 6th Ed'n, and I know what a chore writing up (or tweaking) large numbers of Champions characters is. By the bye, I never much cared for KoC; I'm British-born, and the character concepts (all but a few) seemed generally dull and unconvincing, the background "colour" very superficial and clichéd. But that doesn't mean I don't appreciate your work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted September 18, 2010 Report Share Posted September 18, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. Haven my dear, Champions is full of Cliches. I like the idea of expanding the Kingdom of Champions. When a group of us were running Champions none of us had patriots or anything related to the Empire/Commonwealth and we were all Brits born and bred. So this was interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. KoC's version of Nuada of the Silver Hand remains my personal all-time favorite published Champions NPC hero. I'm fond of mythology (including mythic revisionism), tragic heroes, and powerful supers, and he wraps those all up in a stylish package. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Haven Walkur Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. Haven my dear, Champions is full of Cliches. I like the idea of expanding the Kingdom of Champions.... Darling daddy Death Tribble...please don't be cross with your Tribblette progeny ;-) Oh, I understand the glorious clichés of the superheroic source material, and to roleplay in the superheroic world, I think one has to at least entertain a fondness for the hoary comic-book traditions, clichés and more-than-occasional silliness (remember, I'm a big fan of the original Legion of Super-Heroes), if not outright delight in 'em. Howeeeever...something about KoC as a gaming supplement really aggravated me. Granted, there may be worse offenders out there in terms of unappealingly dull characters and superficial backgrounds, but KoC is the one that affronts me most. I don't like KoC stylistically, and I don't like the content. Perhaps it's my disappointment in what I consider a very poor effort to present my favourite nation's super-community that makes me judge KoC so harshly? Obviously there's some disagreement as to the precise degree of KoC's offenses....[wink] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted September 19, 2010 Report Share Posted September 19, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. At least KoC wasn't European Enemies. Just sayin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted September 26, 2010 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. p139 - Chime http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/CHIME.pdf p158 - Blizzard King http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/BLIZKING.pdf p167 - Brutalloids http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/BRUTALLO.pdf Blizzard King is based on his low power version. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. The Gurkha wouldn't be wielding duel machetes, he would be wielding a kukri. It's their traditional weapon. Otherwise, I like the write-up. Berserk when honour challenged sounds very appropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted October 3, 2010 Report Share Posted October 3, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. KoC's version of Nuada of the Silver Hand remains my personal all-time favorite published Champions NPC hero. I'm fond of mythology (including mythic revisionism)' date=' tragic heroes, and powerful supers, and he wraps those all up in a stylish package. [/quote'] Actually...Nuada would be a good choice to include in Mythic Hero...hope Steve is reading.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted October 4, 2010 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2010 Re: Kingdom of Champions expanded character sheets. p185 - Captain Shark - http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/CAPSHARK.pdf p186 - Monstersub - http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/PDFs/MONSTERS.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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