assault Posted November 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 Good guy. Hence "a heroic cyborg and a heroic mentalist". I've been neglecting this project due to "other stuff", but I'm about to take another look at it. For the mentalist at least, I'm going to sketch out some character builds to see what is possible. She might need some kind of focus to be viable, since she has to buy the same stuff everyone else has, plus a high Ego and Mental Defence. That will help shape her character concept a bit more, which will help with naming her. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted November 20, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2013 I haven't allocated them enough points for them to be Aphrodite and the Love Machine. I'm tempted. I was sketching out characters yesterday. I could, I suppose, make Black Opal the mentalist, and create a different Energy Blaster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted November 25, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 After much vacillation, the mentalist is: Zakanda of Skull Island. She's a psychic Jungle Girl, loosely based on Kazanda. She might have a talisman of some description, or I might be able to crunch her points without it. I still need the cyborg. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Psi-Borg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hyper-Man Posted November 25, 2013 Report Share Posted November 25, 2013 Tin Man and Scarecrow from Oz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakboy6117 Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 how about riffing on Australia's current mining boom with BAUXITE (the ore used to make aluminium and Australia is the world largest producer) for the cyborg. How about a aboriginal mentalist DREAMTIME. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McManus Posted November 26, 2013 Report Share Posted November 26, 2013 Heroic cyborg: Metal Case Heroic mentalist: Mental Grace Lucius Alexander The palindromedary is chewing it over Or Hardcase and Headcase? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Or Hardcase and Headcase? Hardcastle and McCormick? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
McManus Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Hardcastle and McCormick? McMillian and Wife? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Tin Man and Scarecrow from Oz Thought about "Tinman" for teh Cyborg too. "He wants to have a (human) heart (again)". Just declare that all his cyborg parts made it nessesary to repalce his heart with something artificial. Maybe a generator of some sort. He might just cling to his original life using his original name (the press might still give him a Nickname). In Full Metal Alchemist the main Characters are the Edwards Brothers. One has artifical leg and arm, the other is a soul bound to a suite of armor. The walking armor just goes by Alphonse (or 'Al' for short - his real name), the more normal brother of the two goes by "Full Metal Alchemist". Not many Cyborgs I can think of right now in the Source material: Cyborg Metallo Cyborg Superman Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted November 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Robotman (Commander) Steel - before the John Henry Irons version Also a bunch of Marvel cyborgs, none of whom really float my boat. Roy Harper, the former Speedy/Arsenal/Red Arrow, has a prosthetic arm in some versions, which could easily become a cybernetic one. In fact it was in the Young Justice animated series, and he adopted the name Arsenal because of this, IIRC. (There was also a load of nonsense about a clone of him and blah blah blah). Anyway, I'm considering that kind of thing, although I might just resort to a generic supername like, say, Dynamo. Or I might reconsider my entire project. I'm still likely to end up with a cyborg and a mentalist though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted November 27, 2013 Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Anyway, I'm considering that kind of thing, although I might just resort to a generic supername like, say, Dynamo. I wouldn't call Dynamo a generic name--Len Brown was one of the best THUNDER Agents ever-- http://majorspoilers.com/2009/12/06/hero-history-dynamo/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted November 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 I'd forgotten about that character. On the other hand, I've been using the name on and off since the 80s, so I'm not bothered by some else having used it first. Hmm. Thinking about the T.H.U.N.D.E.R. Agents, Iron Maiden would be an interesting name for a cyborg. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted November 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 I have been considering going back to square one. I think I will now. There will be four characters in my group. Brick Energy Blaster Mentalist Martial Artist 2 will be male. 2 will be female. 1 will not be white. 1 will not be heterosexual. 1 will have a significant physical disability (although powers will substantially compensate for this). None of these will overlap, so those are three separate characters. The other member will be white, heterosexual able bodied, and male. Character designs will be simple and able to be built on very low point totals. They can then be expanded to arbitrary levels. Iron Maiden is the first character. Female Disability (cyborg) Brick Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted November 27, 2013 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2013 Other characters: ??? Male Gay Mentalist Black Opal or Flying Fox Female Not White (Indigenous Australian?) Energy Blaster or Martial Artist Problem: Black Opal is black. ??? Male White Hetero Able-bodied Martial Artist or Energy Blaster Alternative: Speedster instead of Martial Artist. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted December 4, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 4, 2013 Getting back to this. Provisionally, and unless I come up with something better, the Mentalist will be called Neuroman. It's bland, but serviceable. Kind of like my character design for him. Now I've still got to sort out what I am doing with the other characters. I might revert to my original selection, and go with Flying Fox, Black Opal *and* Captain Mercury. With that settled, I'll start on their disads and fluff text. Coming soon. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wcw43921 Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Provisionally, and unless I come up with something better, the Mentalist will be called Neuroman. It's bland, but serviceable. Kind of like my character design for him. I've heard worse. Has a sort of retro-SF ring to it. Perhaps he could be a long-time veteran of superheroics, and a founder of the current group. Hope that helps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
assault Posted December 5, 2013 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 I'm thinking of partly basing him on Alan Turing, perhaps with a bit of Albert Hofmann. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Burrito Boy Posted December 5, 2013 Report Share Posted December 5, 2013 Has a sort of retro-SF ring to it. You're right. Reminds me of Neuromancer by William Gibson. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted December 8, 2013 Report Share Posted December 8, 2013 Give the cyborg a Roman Centurion motif. Call him New Roman Sir. Lucius Alexander I'm going to call a palindromedary Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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