Steve Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 What other characters from the Batman Mythos could be redone in a Foxbat way? For example, in my Icons campaign, Foxbat was introduced with a sexy sidekick named Kitty, a woman who shares his looney attitudes and is a cross of Catwoman and Harley Quinn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Querysphinx Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... Foxbat isn't really evil, just insane. But of course any hero can have a looney twin. Think Bizarro. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmjalund Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... The Red Robber? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... Arguably, Champions Battlegrounds "Let's go to the Maul" had some amusing twists. Foxbatboy could be a deranged boy wonder. Foxbatgirl could fill in for Harley Quinn. In older editions, Foxbat had a gardener/butler who might stand in for Alfred if a GM wanted to take it that way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted August 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... Rep for reminding me about Foxbatboy and Foxbatgirl. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... I really need to update her to 6th Edition sometime, but if you enjoy Foxbat related things, I did once make a character called Batfox to be his nemesis. You can find a thread about her at this link HERE! She could possibly stand in for the "dark reflection" (or in this case, heroic reflection) angle Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... From http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php/72129-Foxbatmite?highlight=foxbatmite Designer's Note Batman is a serious, even grim character. Batmite exists to leaven Batman's world with a little humor and whimsy. Foxbat, by contrast, is a character often played for laughs. Foxbatmite tries to inject a little gravity and sometimes even a sense of responsibility into Foxbat's world. Foxbatmite, from the twenty fourth and a half dimension. Val Char Cost Roll Notes 23 DEX 39 14- OCV: 8/DCV: 8 33 INT 23 16- PER Roll 16- 23 EGO 26 14- ECV: 8 6 SPD 27 Phases: 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 12 Total Characteristic Cost: 115 Cost Powers END 35 Trasnsimensional Manifestation: Elemental Control, 70-point powers 28 1) Who Watches the Foxbat?: Clairsentience (Sight And Perceive into a related Groups), Increased Arc Of Perception (360 Degrees), Mobile Perception Point (can move up to 12" per Phase), Transmit, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (70 Active Points); Physical Manifestation (-1/4) 28 2) Who Listens to Foxbat?: Clairsentience (Hearing And Perceive into a related Groups), Increased Arc Of Perception (360 Degrees), Mobile Perception Point (can move up to 12" per Phase), Transmit, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (70 Active Points); Physical Manifestation (-1/4) 18 3) Where in the world is Foxbat?: Mind Scan 4d6 (Foxbat class of minds), Transdimensional (Single Dimension; +1/2), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Cumulative (48 points; +3/4), One Way Link (+1) (75 Active Points); Limited Class Of Minds Foxbat (-1), Physical Manifestation (-1/4) 31 4) Special Delivery: Extra-Dimensional Movement (Single Dimension), Position Shift, x2 Increased Weight, Usable As Teleport (+1/4), Transdimensional (Single Dimension; +1/2), Usable As Attack (+1) (82 Active Points); 4 clips of 2 Recoverable Charges (-1/2) [2 rc] 49 5) ExtraDimensionalReach: Telekinesis (15 STR), Affects Porous, Fine Manipulation, 1 Recoverable Continuing Fuel Charge lasting 5 Minutes (+0), Indirect ( +1/4), Transdimensional (Single Dimension; +1/2), Affects Desolidified Any form of Desolidification (+1/2) (96 Active Points); Physical Manifestation (-1/4) [1 rc] 40 6) 2X Hardened on up to 60 Active Points of DEF for Manifestation: Naked Modifier: Hardened (x2; +1/2) for up to 60 Active Points, Usable By Other (+1/4), Indirect ( +1/4), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Transdimensional (Single Dimension; +1/2) (75 Active Points) 300 Clark's Law - The 24th and a half Dimension is Sufficiently Advanced: Variable Power Pool, 200 base + 100 control cost, (300 Active Points) 54 The Zornwill Effect: Healing BODY 3d6, Resurrection, Area Of Effect (One Hex; +1/2), MegaScale (1" = 10 km; +1/2), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Persistent (+1/2) (150 Active Points); IAF Zornwill Device Bulky (-1), Resurrection Only (-1/2), Limited Power Must be plausible reason why person is not "really dead" or machine/object/structure not "really totally destroyed." (-1/4) Notes: This power allows any character or object within 5 km of the Zornwill Device to miraculously escape death or destruction, provided that any of the players can come up with a plausible explanation. The car you thought was totalled? Just a little body work, replace the windows, and it will run again! Things like "Okay, the character's dead, but his identical twin comes to town to avenge him!" are cheap and cliched, so if allowed at all they should probably only be used once (after all, how many twins can one person have?) "I wasn't brain-dead yet, and the paramedics revived me" works too, maybe more than once, but the more often a rationale is used, the less plausible it will sound. The fact that it will not restore the character to "perfect health" is quite deliberate. In many cases, the character WILL be heavily damaged and need time (or help) to heal up; even in cases where the SFX is something like "That was an imposter; I am the REAL Super Tabby!" the time it would take for the BODy to heal represents the time before the player will be permitted to make such a revelation and resume playing the character 45 You will take me seriously now: +45 PRE Notes: Sometimes necessary to get Foxbat to listen 39 Summon Plot Exposition: Retrocognitive Clairsentience (Sight Group And Normal Hearing), Tracking, Usable By Other (+1/4), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Area Of Effect (9" Radius; +1) (137 Active Points); Retrocognition Only (-1), No Conscious Control (Only Effects cannot be controlled; Only to review and explain the plot up to the present point ; -1), Physical Manifestation (-1/4), Visible (-1/4) 50 Foreshadowing: Precognitive Clairsentience (Sight Group And Normal Hearing), Tracking, Usable By Other (+1/4), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Area Of Effect (9" Radius; +1) (137 Active Points); Precognition Only (-1), Vague and Unclear, only Foreshadows events (-1/2), Visible (-1/4) 20 Summon Plot Complication: Luck 6d6 (30 Active Points); Side Effects (If Luck Fails, roll 6d6 Unluck; -1/2) 33 Imperial Stormtrooper School of Marksmanship: Change Environment 1" radius, -4 OCV, MegaScale (1" = 1 km; +1/4), Personal Immunity (+1/4), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Transdimensional (Single Dimension; +1/2) (50 Active Points); No Range (-1/2) Talents 3 Absolute Time Sense 3 Bump Of Direction 20 Universal Translator 16- Skills 5 Interdimensional Power Skill: Fast Draw 15- 3 Concealment 16- 3 Stealth 14- 3 Shadowing 16- 3 Sleight Of Hand 14- 3 Lockpicking 14- 3 Mimicry 16- 3 Ventriloquism 16- 3 Disguise 16- 3 Tactics 16- 3 Deduction 16- 3 Analyze: Master Plan 16- 2 Navigation (Dimensional) 16- 3 Acting 9- 3 Conversation 9- 3 Persuasion 9- 3 Oratory 9- 24 +3 with all non-combat Skills 10 +2 with PRE based skills 5 Cramming 5 Cramming 3 Scholar 2 1) KS: Foxbat (3 Active Points) 16- 2 2) KS: The Foxbat Dimension (3 Active Points) 16- 2 3) KS: Trickster Mythology and Folklore (3 Active Points) 16- 2 4) KS: Interdimensional Lore (3 Active Points) 16- Total Powers & Skill Cost: 870 Total Cost: 985 200+ Disadvantages Total Disadvantage Points: 985 Background/History: A powerful creature from another plane of existence, the being normally known as Foxbatmite has taken an interest in Foxbat. Most observers are puzzled as to why, but Foxbat himself of course takes it for granted that he is the most fascinating character in the Champions Universe. Personality/Motivation: Wherever it comes from, Foxbatmite obviously regards Foxbat as supremely important, to the point that it consistently refers to “Foxbat's World” or “The Foxbat Dimension” or “The Foxbat Zone” to differentiate the campaign reality from the “Twenty Fourth and a Half Dimension” that Foxbatmite calls home. It seems to regard itself sometimes as Foxbat's disciple and sometimes as his mentor, and alternates between praising Foxbat's insanity as brilliance and excoriating him as stupid or careless. Although strongly approving of Foxbat's sense of fun, playfulness, and humor, Foxbatmite itself seldom laughs and almost always speaks with great earnestness. Quote: (About Foxbat): "You mock him, yet the sages of Foxbat's World have said 'If it were not laughed at, it would not be the Way.' He has seen the truth of his world more deeply than anyone - and that knowledge makes him free." (To Foxbat): "Long the way I have come to help you, Fred. I was a Seeker, but I have found you, O Sacred Clown." (About Foxbat, while looking the player characters up and down): “Yes, he thinks he lives in a comic book. Have you looked in a mirror lately and thought about what gives him that impression?” Powers/Tactics: The “real” Foxbatmite is probably permanently inaccessible. What the characters will encounter will be the physical manifestation of the powers Foxbatmite uses to project its consciousness into a three dimensional reality. This manifestation has 20 DEF that is twice Hardened, a BOD of 6, and OCV and DCV of 8. Whether called magic or technology, Foxbatmite also has access to a bewildering variety of Powers from the 24th and a half dimension, often in the form of devices miraculously produced from the Foxbatmite Utility Belt. Campaign Use: Deus ex Machina to bail Foxbat out when he's in danger, or perversely derail Foxbat's latest "Master Plan" if Foxbatmite disapproves of the direction it's taking. Appearance: Yoda in a Foxbat costume. This is not the real being of course, but who can describe something that exists in twenty four and a half dimensions? But the projection of this entity's consciousness into "The Foxbat Dimension" resembles a foxbatmuppet. Adventure Seeds: Where in the world is Foxbat? Foxbatmite comes to the characters for help. Foxbat is missing! Normally Foxbatmite can find always find Foxbat, but not now. Has he left the planet? The dimension? Or have sinister forces captured him, forces that can even block the perceptive powers of Foxbatmite? Foxbat must not fail! Foxbatmite uses the Foreshadowing power to reveal a disastrous potential future to the player characters. This is what awaits the world – unless Foxbat's current Master Plan succeeds. Is Foxbatmite, self confessed student of tricks and tricksters, trying to fool the heroes into not interfering? If the extradimensional imp is to be believed, should the heroes play along – or try to stop Foxbat anyway and then try to overcome the foreseen catastrophes? Foxbat must be stopped! Foxbatmite confesses to a serious miscalculation. Not only has the 'mite allowed Foxbat to acquire an artifact (“It's hung around his neck, you can't miss it”) that neutralizes Foxbatmite's own Powers (A massive Personal Immunity Naked Advantage, on a Focus, if you want to write it up) but also one that enhances his own abilities over time (“That one looks like a lollipop, if lollipops were made of sunbeams and rainbows.”) Worse yet, the latter is making Foxbat more powerful every day. “That kind of power is not good for him, it will ruin the Master Plan!” Can the heroes stop a Foxbat who is gaining all the powers of twenty four and a half dimensions – before it's too late? Lucius Alexander Pandimensional Palindromedary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... Let's see ... Mr. Freeze could have a gun that shoots ice cream and ice cream toppings. The Penguin could be a penguin. No super powers, just this penguin. Guys like Calendar Man and the Mad Matter are already kind of in that goofy vein ... Poison Ivy could have literal poison ivy powers ... she can't control plants, she just touches you and makes you itch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted August 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... Rep to Lucius for Foxbatmite. The Foxbat Family is growing larger. I suppose there could be a Foxbatdog too, or maybe it would be a Foxbatcat. Taking all the Silver Age Batman and TV series fun and re-imagining it as part of a "Foxbat Family" could make for an entire campaign subplot. So far Foxbat just has Kitty, but I could easily grow his group of followers with suggestions from this thread. Since Icons gain their powers from their costumes, I could give him access to extra costumes for Foxbatgirl, Foxbatboy and others. Kitty is already wearing one. I wonder what a heroic version of the Joker could be like. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted August 28, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... Let's see ... Mr. Freeze could have a gun that shoots ice cream and ice cream toppings. The Penguin could be a penguin. No super powers, just this penguin. Guys like Calendar Man and the Mad Matter are already kind of in that goofy vein ... Poison Ivy could have literal poison ivy powers ... she can't control plants, she just touches you and makes you itch. Rep for the Penguin and Poison Ivy suggestions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... Let's see ... Mr. Freeze could have a gun that shoots ice cream and ice cream toppings. The Penguin could be a penguin. No super powers, just this penguin. Guys like Calendar Man and the Mad Matter are already kind of in that goofy vein ... Poison Ivy could have literal poison ivy powers ... she can't control plants, she just touches you and makes you itch. Rep for the Penguin and Poison Ivy suggestions. ok -- I just envisioned the Penguins from Madagascar fighting Foxbat... My brain itches now... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted August 28, 2011 Report Share Posted August 28, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... Rep to Lucius for Foxbatmite. The Foxbat Family is growing larger. I suppose there could be a Foxbatdog too, or maybe it would be a Foxbatcat. Taking all the Silver Age Batman and TV series fun and re-imagining it as part of a "Foxbat Family" could make for an entire campaign subplot. So far Foxbat just has Kitty, but I could easily grow his group of followers with suggestions from this thread. Since Icons gain their powers from their costumes, I could give him access to extra costumes for Foxbatgirl, Foxbatboy and others. Kitty is already wearing one. I wonder what a heroic version of the Joker could be like. Slapstick? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slapstick_%28comics%29 Anyway, inspired by another thread, I'm working on creating the Foxbat Five, to mirror my PC team, the (new) Fabulous Five. So far, the plan is to have Foxbat hangout with four hot superbabes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... Rep to Lucius for Foxbatmite. The Foxbat Family is growing larger. I suppose there could be a Foxbatdog too, or maybe it would be a Foxbatcat. Taking all the Silver Age Batman and TV series fun and re-imagining it as part of a "Foxbat Family" could make for an entire campaign subplot. So far Foxbat just has Kitty, but I could easily grow his group of followers with suggestions from this thread. Since Icons gain their powers from their costumes, I could give him access to extra costumes for Foxbatgirl, Foxbatboy and others. Kitty is already wearing one. I wonder what a heroic version of the Joker could be like. The "Create a Hero Theme Team" thread recently spawned a team of clowns. This was my contribution: Kushali appears as a Sacred Clown of the Pueblo Indians, typically wearing only a loincloth and with a body decorated in alternating black and white stripes. He can mimic the power of anyone else in combat, usually announced with the phrase "Look at you!" just before mocking the villain by exhibing a clownish version of their power or using their power in a clownish way. Against a typical big destructive brick, for instance, Kushali would begin "Look at you!" then stomp around waving his arms and roaring like a rampaging dinosaur, usually taunting the brick into charging - and meeting the charge, making it a Mutual Move Through. Against a villainous martial artist, Kushali would shout "Look at you!" then do some acrobatic but comically exagerrated moves based on those the villain uses, and if the martial artist attacks, Kushali will deftly sidestep and trip. Against a mentalist using Mind Control, Kushali will raise his hands and wiggle his fingers, and strings will appear over the mentalist connected to his limbs, forcing the mentalist to dance while Kushali (who can mimic voices easily as well) cackles "Dance, puppet, dance!" Villain uses nets or webs to Entangle - Kushali will tie them up with silly string. Sometimes, Kushali will cause someone's powers to fail in amusing ways. Against a flying powered suit, Kushali may say "Look at you!" then leap into the air and swoop around in a loop de loop, saying "I've got this wonderful armor that lets me fly! Those clowns on the ground can't touch me! But wait a minute....did I remember to top off the fuel tanks before coming here? Oh no!" Kushali dives, and rolls out of it harmlessly with Breakfall...but the hapless armored villain may not be so lucky. Besides the villains, Kushali also sometimes mimics the powers of the other Clowns, but again usually in ways that make fun of them. If imitating Chuckles' bag of tricks for example, he reaches behind himself and under his loincloth, apparently pulling something out of his Lucius Alexander Palindromedary! I was going to say palindromedary. Uh. That doesn't make sense. uh.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... ok -- I just envisioned the Penguins from Madagascar fighting Foxbat... My brain itches now... Hey, I'd pay $8.50 to see that in the theaters! Repped, of course. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... I do have to admit, I always thought of Foxbat as being what you'd get if Batman and Joker had a baby. You know, when I think about that sentence too much my eyes want to run away. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted August 29, 2011 Author Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... Slapstick? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slapstick_%28comics%29 Anyway, inspired by another thread, I'm working on creating the Foxbat Five, to mirror my PC team, the (new) Fabulous Five. So far, the plan is to have Foxbat hangout with four hot superbabes. Why would four hot superbabes hang out with him? Would he be able to restrain his lechery long enough to get any villainy done? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shadowsoul Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... A little off topic. But this guy is the real 'evil Batman'. Can't say that the story appealed to me, however. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... Why would four hot superbabes hang out with him? He said they were hot, not smart. That said, I created a Foxbat Five in my campaign world. (Why five? Because that's one more than the Fantastic Four, so obviously Foxbat's crew is even better.) Other than Freddie, the other members are Exo-Skeleton Man, Harmonious Fist, and Dot, with the final position a "floater" that changed every now and then when the whim struck me. For most of last campaign, that member was Garble, a mentalist who can scramble a target's mind, senses, or ability to control powers. Foxbat was the only person who could understand what the heck Garble was saying most of the time. And I added Hermit's Batfox to my campaign world as well. She isn't part of the Foxbat Five, instead acting as sometimes-ally, sometimes-foe of Freddy and company. I think I'll have to add Foxbatmite to the cast in my next Champions campaign. I ran an adventure once where Foxbat was going to kidnap Adam West and Burt Ward at a shopping mall opening, for which the Foxbat Five all dressed as villains from the 1960s TV show. That was a real hoot, especially when the heroes (completely independent of the villains) decided to dress as the exact same villains to foil Foxbat once they figured out his goal. I was particularly proud of Foxbat's Costumeatron (used to put Adam West and Burt Ward into their proper costumes, and to try and put one of the male heroes into the Batgirl costume) and the Photonic-Optical Waveform (POW) generator, used to project visual representations of various sound effects. Sorry for waxing nostalgic. Please carry on. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... Why would four hot superbabes hang out with him? Would he be able to restrain his lechery long enough to get any villainy done? That's half the fun of it. It's more or less a PR stunt and a way for Foxbat to feed his ego. And, hey, so long as they're bringing in enough money to make putting up with Foxbat worth the effort ... though I have every intention of them kicking him out at some point, preferably deserting him at the worst possible moment ... like when facing down the PC team in a revenge grudge match. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... I think I'll have to add Foxbatmite to the cast in my next Champions campaign. : Lucius Alexander The palindromedary says "Yay!" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bloodstone Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... Why would four hot superbabes hang out with him? Perk - Money: Wealthy (10 pts) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted August 29, 2011 Report Share Posted August 29, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... He said they were hot' date=' not [u']smart[/u]. That, too. Alternately, they're all smarter than he is and they're using him for ... something. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mattingly Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... Photonic-Optical Waveform (POW) generator' date=' used to project visual representations of various sound effects.[/quote'] I need one of these. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted August 30, 2011 Report Share Posted August 30, 2011 Re: If Foxbat is like an evil Batman... Foxbat is many things, but I would not call him evil. Lucius Alexander Then again, some people call the palindromedary evil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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