JmOz Posted October 18, 2015 Report Share Posted October 18, 2015 So working on a project to go through all my Hero books and enter the characters to 6th edition. Every once in a while a bit of the character will make NO SENSE, this is a thread for us to get some joy from the weirdness of a by gone era So today I bring you one of the dumbest Susceptibilities to date. MOTOR OIL 3d6 ... yes MOTOR OIL is the Achilles heal of Fire and Ice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Comic Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 I'm thinking that the Gweenies will be giving you fits, then. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted October 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 I look at Gweenies like 5th dimensional imps, their not suppose to make sense...but MOTOR OIL...next we will have giant starfish being defeated by lime juice.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BoloOfEarth Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 Or guys with green cosmic powers being stopped by the color yellow. I was baffled and amused by the character, I believe in European Enemies, who had an Energy Blast with an Increased STUN Modifier. Was that Casca? Or the costume of the Ruler of Crime (I think from Enemies: The International File?) IIRC, he wore a white bodysuit with ruler markings up the side. Hey, at least the eyewitnesses will always get his height correct... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Walsh Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 So working on a project to go through all my Hero books and enter the characters to 6th edition. Every once in a while a bit of the character will make NO SENSE, this is a thread for us to get some joy from the weirdness of a by gone era So today I bring you one of the dumbest Susceptibilities to date. MOTOR OIL 3d6 ... yes MOTOR OIL is the Achilles heal of Fire and Ice It seems ludicrous now, in 2015. But that's because it was a joke, one that was tied to its time. Back when that supplement was written, Shell Oil was heavily advertising their "Fire & Ice Motor Oil." Yeah, not terribly funny. But it was a small chuckle at the time. http://www.icollect247.com/itempage.php?uniqueid=73040 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JmOz Posted October 19, 2015 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 Thank you for that Joe. I did not get it till now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted October 19, 2015 Report Share Posted October 19, 2015 I can live with weird obscure susceptibilities, even if they seem silly. Its just up to the GM and players to figure them out and take advantage of them. I had a guy playing a mental illusionist who would specifically tailor them to special senses that characters had (so they would only show up as IR in his mind, for example) - I love it when players are clever like that and try to work with the target's weaknesses rather than just zerg them. But yeah, rebuilding over 100 characters over the past year from previous editions to 6th I've seen a lot of oddities and head scratchers. Too often even in printed books entire characteristics or blocs of information are left off by accident (oops, no OCV listed on this guy, and that one has no Recovery score, somehow?). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dr. MID-Nite Posted October 21, 2015 Report Share Posted October 21, 2015 My take...when I rebuild them...I'm typically rebuilding them to fit into my campaign. If something doesn't make sense...I "fix" it....whatever that may entail. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted October 22, 2015 Report Share Posted October 22, 2015 I thought the motor oil would Fire and Ice's fire power exploded or perhaps burn hotter than he can control on himself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrlyn Posted November 10, 2015 Report Share Posted November 10, 2015 So working on a project to go through all my Hero books and enter the characters to 6th edition. Every once in a while a bit of the character will make NO SENSE, this is a thread for us to get some joy from the weirdness of a by gone era So today I bring you one of the dumbest Susceptibilities to date. MOTOR OIL 3d6 ... yes MOTOR OIL is the Achilles heal of Fire and Ice JmOz : Any chance you will make the Hero Designer files available for others? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Armitage Posted November 11, 2015 Report Share Posted November 11, 2015 I thought the motor oil would Fire and Ice's fire power exploded or perhaps burn hotter than he can control on himself. The updated version of Fire and Ice in "Dystopia" had a dual Susceptibility built as a single Disadvantage. He suffered pain if doused with flammable liquids while his flame powers were active and was Entangled if immersed in water while his ice powers were active. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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