Ninja-Bear Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 To me I always assumed that Street level hero was synonymous with normal human characters i.e. Batman and Punisher. U was given by a friend a trade paper back of Iron Fist and Power man awhile ago and the light bulb clicked that you can have street level heroes who are powered too. So looking up on the net, I got a small list as follows: Spiderman Daredevil Power Man Iron Fist Moon Knight Misty Knight Are there any others? Thanks (p.s. This is going to be used with DC:TAS, that might have a bearing on choices) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Green Arrow and Black Canary fit when not hanging with Green Lantern and the rest of the Justice League. To a certain degree this applies to the original membership of the New Teen Titans as well. Raven being the possible exception. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Punisher New Warriors Bludhaven's Independent Superheroes Shang Chi The Immortal Weapons of Iron Fist Green Lantern & Green Arrow - America' s Finest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Spider-Man isn't necessarily street level. It's just that that is where so much of Peter's attention has been. He doesn't go out to fight villains. He goes out to help people. The villains usually find him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Spider-Man isn't necessarily street level. It's just that that is where so much of Peter's attention has been. He doesn't go out to fight villains. He goes out to help people. The villains usually find him. Spidey vs. street level works because it scales so easily. Spidey is good enough to take on more and tougher Batman rogue level villains than Batman usually can alone (who wouldn't like to see a fight between Spidey and Bane?). Spidey in a lot of ways has a lot of the core 1938 Superman powerset with 'invulnerability' being the main omission replaced by 'spidey-sense'. He doesn't have any of the plot busting super senses (like x-ray vision) that later versions of Supes ends up with in later incarnations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted August 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Punisher New Warriors Bludhaven's Independent Superheroes Shang Chi The Immortal Weapons of Iron Fist Green Lantern & Green Arrow - America' s Finest Green Lantern? I always thought of him more cosmic. I think he would scale fine in a DC: TAS game though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted August 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Spider-Man isn't necessarily street level. It's just that that is where so much of Peter's attention has been. He doesn't go out to fight villains. He goes out to help people. The villains usually find him.That's fine. I'm looking for ideas that could be used in a powered DC: TAS game. I remember that Spidey patrols the city and fights thugs a lot. (At least in the cartoons version). I think that the 90's Spiderman cartoon would be an example of DC: TAS game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted August 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Looked up Night Thrasher from New Warriors and I like that he is an example of Power Armor working in a DC:TAS game. The book recommends that Power Armor, among other concepts, may not be appropriate I think though that the author was implying more of an Iron Man type Power Armor when he made the suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Most of the cast of the Young Justice TV show (Kid Flash and Zatanna would likely need some toning down, though) From the JLU: Booster Gold B'wana Beast Hawk and Dove Mr. Terrific (uses supertech, and is smart enough for his INT to qualify as a superpower) Vixen Gypsy Hourman Fire and Ice (might need toned down) Vibe Really, you can tone down most any superhero to fit in a street-level game ... the main thing is avoiding powers that you rarely if ever see in that kind of setting. Full Desolidification and broad-access Mental Powers are the first to spring to mind. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
csyphrett Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 A lot of Steve Ditko Characters fit into this. Static, The Mocker, The Creeper, The Missing Man. Impact's version of the Black Hood. Angel. Lobster Johnson which borders on Pulp. CES Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Greywind Posted August 21, 2013 Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Punisher New Warriors Bludhaven's Independent Superheroes Shang Chi The Immortal Weapons of Iron Fist Green Lantern & Green Arrow - America' s Finest When they did their classic run, it was GA showing GL the evil in everyday life. The evil that escapes GL's sight because he's too busy looking at the cosmic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted August 21, 2013 Author Report Share Posted August 21, 2013 Really, you can tone down most any superhero to fit in a street-level game ... the main thing is avoiding powers that you rarely if ever see in that kind of setting. Full Desolidification and broad-access Mental Powers are the first to spring to mind. In DC:TAS it mentions something similar to this with the standard depending on GM. That's why I'm asking for suggestions to get a feel for what works in a powered DC:TAS game and what would put it over into a Champions game. Definitely not cut and dry. On this note, I was thinking that Martian Manhunter could be a viable character too. I envision him as having his humanoid form as his alien form. Eliminate his shape shift and invisibility and flight. Give him a hi-tech ring to "shape shift" into his human form. Reduce his mental abilities to pulp levels. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranxerox Posted August 26, 2013 Report Share Posted August 26, 2013 What no love for Cloak and Dagger? Also, all the members of The Runaways. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cancer Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 What no love for Cloak and Dagger? Also, all the members of The Runaways. I assume you don't mean http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Runaways , but they could fit into a DC campaign too, I suppose.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ranxerox Posted August 28, 2013 Report Share Posted August 28, 2013 Hey, Joan Jett still rocks and her name could work as either a superhero name or a secret ID name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Marvel Comics' Shroud is a well-trained martial artist who can project obscuring mystic darkness, and can perceive in the dark. He pretended to be a crimelord on the rise, in order to infiltrate organized crime and destroy it from within. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigbywolfe Posted August 29, 2013 Report Share Posted August 29, 2013 Marvel Comics' Shroud is a well-trained martial artist who can project obscuring mystic darkness, and can perceive in the dark. He pretended to be a crimelord on the rise, in order to infiltrate organized crime and destroy it from within.Sounds like a cross between the radio version of the Shadow with Green Hornet's MO (pretending to be the bad guy). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Obvious Posted September 18, 2013 Report Share Posted September 18, 2013 Most of the Watchmen would fit. EDIT: Actually, thinking about it, most of the Watchmen were unpowered street-level types. The only guy with powers, per se, was definitely not street-level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchpad Posted September 20, 2013 Report Share Posted September 20, 2013 Batman Nightwing Robin Red Robin Spoiler Batgirl Black Bat Freerunner Green Arrow Black Canary Wildcat Huntress Crimebuster Guardian Static Red Hood Detective Chimp Blue Beetle Blood Syndicate Bronze Tiger Richard Dragon Deathstroke the Terminator Arsenal/Red Arrow Speedy Knight Squire Question Katana Night Thrasher Daredevil Moon Knight Werewolf by Night Shang Chi Punisher Hawkeye* Mockingbird* Spider-Man* Black Panther* Rage Cloak Dagger Shroud Deadpool* Wolverine* Captain America* Winter Soldier* Nomad Demolition Man/D-Man Iron Fist Power Man/Luke Cage White Tiger Sons of the Tiger Daughters of the Dragon Dominic Fortune Nick Fury* Union Jack Marc Hazard, Merc Various members of DP7 Justice (New Universe) Kickers, Inc. Best Tiger Savage Dragon Darkwing Daredevil (Golden Age) Black Hood Night Man Solitaire Firearm X Ghost Torch of Liberty Green Hornet The Shadow Miss Fury To name a few... * Depending on the story and who's writing them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzidemus Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 It's all about what kind of feel you want your game to have. The above lists are good examples of your staples. If you wanted to have a strong Primus and Viper feel you could always add elements in from G.I.Joe and Cobra. Don't forget about Ragman or The Creeper. Possibly Grifter. Elektra would be another good one Bullseye . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jazzidemus Posted September 26, 2013 Report Share Posted September 26, 2013 Right now I'm playing in and one of 3 rotating GM's in our Dark Champions game. We've brought over some Marvel and some DC, some Independent. I like a lot of the Enemies from Hero where the other 2 don't. but we have even taken some of the Big 4 Color Guns and brought them in line with the DC setting. The Big guns are more for Background but i like the feel of it. I feel ya Ranxerox Cloak & Dagger don't get enough credit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted October 11, 2013 Report Share Posted October 11, 2013 Superman, from the Golden Age to the George Reeves TV series, could be considered a street-level hero. Rarely--if ever--did he fight someone in the comics at his own power level, and certainly not in the series. The closest adversary I can think of to his own (Golden Age) power level were The Mechanical Monsters from the Fleischer cartoon of the same name. The fact that he was fighting normals led Frederic Werthram to label him as "Giant The Jack Killer"--but as I've said before Werthram can suck it until his gums bleed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SKJAM! Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 For Green Lantern, I'd go more for the Golden Age version--Powerful, yes, but not cosmic level, and more prone to use his fists than his ring when fighting mooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted October 13, 2013 Report Share Posted October 13, 2013 The Martian Manhunter was a street level detective in his earliest stories, although one with rather overwhelming powers, and not matched against similarly powerful characters. The Spectre spent more time fighting normal criminals than supervillains. (This also makes him look tougher). Superman's original powerset works just fine. A toned down version of his later powers (mainly his senses) would work fine too. Very few characters aren't "street level". The separation is largely artificial. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted October 16, 2013 Report Share Posted October 16, 2013 A number of examples of powered, "street-level" heroes can be found among the MLJ/Red Circle Comics line, most notably The Shield. The Comet, and Steel Sterling-- http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/a/archiecom.htm Later, when MLJ became Archie Comics, Archie and the gang became "street-level" superheroes themselves. ("I call upon the Power of my Pure Heart!") Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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