Susano Posted June 11, 2014 Report Share Posted June 11, 2014 Coming this August from BlackWyrm Games, Michael Surbrook's Larger Than Life is a guide to the world of American tall-tales. It presents more than 20 different well-known (and not so well-known) archetypes from American folklore, ranging from Blackbeard the Pirate to Nikola Tesla the Inventor. Along the way you’ll also encounter soldiers, sailors, and scouts, as well as backwoodsmen, lumberjacks, mountain men, outlaws, lawmen, emperors, and Indian chiefs.Each archetype presented in Larger Than Life is fully written up for 6th Edition HERO System. In addition, along with the primary archetype, there are biographies and descriptions of numerous secondary examples of the archetype, as well as a template designed to allow you to build your own version of the archetype. In all, there are 22 archetypes with character sheets, 2 sidekicks with character sheets, nearly 150 secondary character descriptions, templates, a timeline, and an extensive list of inspirational media. All of which is suitable for your Champions, Dark Champions, Fantasy, Pulp, and Star Hero campaigns.Here's the table of contents:COLONIAL ERAPirate: BlackbeardAnne BonnyBartholomew RobertsCharles VaneFrançois l'OlonnaisHenry “Long Ben” AverySir Henry MorganJohn “Calico Jack” RackhamMary ReadMajor Stede BonnetCaptain William KiddContinental Solider: Peter FranciscoEthan AllenFrancis MarionFriedrich Wilhelm Augustus von SteubenHenry KnoxMolly PitcherSamuel WhittemoreRiverman: Mike FinkAnnie ChristmasCherry Tree McCreerySal FinkSteamboat BillMan of Nature: Johnny AppleseedAllen Dowling NeaseAnsel Easton AdamsJohn MuirBackwoodsman: Davy CrockettDaniel BooneJim BowieRobert RogersSally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind CrockettTALL TALES ERABlue-Water Sailor: Alfred Bulltop StormalongBarnabas “Tall Barney” BealBowleg BillIchabod PaddockJohn Paul JonesOcean-Born MaryWindwagon SmithUSS ConstitutionUSS MonitorUSS EnterpriseSS Edmund FitzgeraldDSV AlvinOccupational Hero:Febold FeboldsonJohn HenryJoe MagaracGib MorganHenry “Ole Pete” PetersonJohn Luther “Casey” JonesKemp MorganMose “the Bowery B’hoy” HumphreyOld JohnSam PatchSlappy HooperLumberjack: Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue OxCal S. BunyanCherry Tree JoeCordwood PeteFebold FeboldsonJohnny KawPecos BillTony BeaverVenture SmithPaul’s Logging GangWILD WEST ERACowboy: Pecos Bill and Widow-MakerAylett C. “Strap” BucknerBowleg BillCharles GoodnightIsom DartNat LoveThomas Everett BlasingameWilliam “Will” Penn Adair RogersMountain Man: John “Liver-Eatin’” JohnsonChristopher Houston “Kit” CarsonJames Felix “Jim” BridgerJames Pierson BeckwourthJedediah Strong SmithJohn ColterOutlaw: Jesse Woodson JamesThe Dalton GangThe James-Younger GangThe Wild BunchCharles Earl BowlesHarry Alonzo LongabaughMyra Maybelle Shirley Reed StarrRobert LeRoy ParkerCalvary Officer: George Armstrong CusterJames Ewell Brown StuartJoshua Lawrence ChamberlainNathan Bedford ForrestThomas Jonathan JacksonRobert Edward LeeUlysses S. GrantIndian Chief: Sitting BullBlack ElkCrazy HorseChief JosephGeronimoPochontasSacajaweaSequoyahTecumsehLawman: James Butler “Wild Bill” HickokPatrick Floyd GarrettPhantly Roy Bean, Jr.William Barclay “Bat” MastersonWyatt EarpScout: Martha Jane “Calamity Jane” CanaryAshishishe (a.k.a. “Curly”)Christopher Houston “Kit” CarsonJohn Wallace “Captain Jack” CrawfordJames Butler “Wild Bill” HickokJohn Baker “Texas Jack” OmohundroWilliam Averill “Medicine Bill” ComstockWilliam Frederick “Buffalo Bill” CodyShootist: Billy the KidAnnie OakleyBen ThompsonJohn Henry “Doc” HollidayJohn Wesley HardinRobert Andrew Clay AllisonPOST-WAR ERANational Icon: Uncle SamBrother JonathanColumbiaLady LibertyYankee DoodleEccentric: Joshua Abraham NortonGeorge Francis TrainHenrietta Howland “Hetty” GreenJosé Julio SarriaLeathermanNikola TeslaSarah Lockwood WinchesterTrickster: StackaleeAnansiThe Arkansas TravelerBr’er RabbitCoyoteIktomoeJohn the ConquererKonsti KoponenRailroad BillRavenThe Yankee PeddlerInventor: Nikola TeslaBenjamin FranklinCharles GoodyearEli WhitneyGeorge Washington CarverSamuel Finley Breese MorseThomas Alva EdisonWalter Hunt Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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