Tech Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 For tonight's Champions game, I'm using a villain from "Enemies for Hire" - Thunderhead. However, I decided for fun to change him to be the hero Thunderhead from the movie "The Incredibles." What happened is the missile that nabbed his cape and supposedly yanked him to his doom didn't actually kill him. He recovered and now is a supervillain trying to get some money so he can retire. Oh... and he doesn't wear a cape anymore. I think this will be way more fun than the background for this guy in the sourcebook. bluesguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 23, 2018 Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 I had to look up Thunderhead. "The Flying Cozzolinos," oy. He's a pretty standard low-powered flying brick with a couple of minor gimmicks. If you think you can do something interesting with him, more power to you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted March 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 23, 2018 8 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said: I had to look up Thunderhead. "The Flying Cozzolinos," oy. He's a pretty standard low-powered flying brick with a couple of minor gimmicks. If you think you can do something interesting with him, more power to you. Having him being THE Thunderhead (who used to be a hero from The Incredibles... and not too bright... and something of a klutz) will be more fun than any of his powers might be. Of course, his background is totally changed, with his powers enhanced. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 I’m going to have to look him up now! ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 The concepts behind that team are just... well, you'll see for yourself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted March 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 I don't use them as a team; Thunderhead is GM'd solo, modified, and the hero (now villain) from the movie. I've modified alot of the villains in that book: some are just weird to be played or too weak. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 28, 2018 Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 Yeah, "weak or weird" is a good description for the Flying Cozzolinos build-wise. But their backgrounds and motivations are often odd, and frankly, don't seem well thought-out. Take Luigi Cozzolino, aka Nightwraith. Having gotten involved with the Italian mob, he impressed his boss enough to have him trained in "the Assassin's Way, an obscure Italian martial arts." The Assassin's Way apparently includes stealth techniques, a bare-handed HKA, and the ability to animate one's own shadow to move independently and fight. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted March 28, 2018 Author Report Share Posted March 28, 2018 No worse than some of the earliest supervillain history write-ups, and certainly better than European Enemies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 They weren’t supposed to be strong Tech. They were supoosed to fill in between agent and a “true” supervillain. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 Btw I was planning on using Cold Drake in a game of mine. A rogue Viper scientist, plenty of hooks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted March 29, 2018 Report Share Posted March 29, 2018 You know it might be a neat thread to see people opinions on what makes a good character. I know my criteria is very different from everyone else. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted March 30, 2018 Report Share Posted March 30, 2018 In Enemies for Hire, I thought the the advice of Game mechanic, role play and story teller was nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted April 8, 2018 Report Share Posted April 8, 2018 LL I have more of an issue with Stormfront limitations than of Thunderhead. Only in storms -0, that’s useless! Only in atmosphere -1/4. Egads! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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