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Re: Pulp Lovecraft Well it looks like it's not on DVD at this time. It was released on Video Cassette about ten years ago though.

Re: Pulp Lovecraft I'm torn on this. On one hand, it looks like something I would be bored with. On the other, it's so odd, I feel the need to know what else happens.

Re: The Pretender I know the story concept would not work well being taken straight out of the series, but a majority of the character could. A lot of it can be put in a game, such as the hunted, sense of justice, and code versus killing. Instead of a vpp, I think it would be the cramming skill, though with the option that at the end of the adventure, he can put some experience points in it to be able to use the skill some later on. Instead of being an individual adventure, he could be used as a spy, going into a place where the others need to, and getting advance information and scouting out. He could also be a "what do you need?" character. Whenever the group needs a certain type of specialist for a mission, they let him know, and he fills it. But seeing as it's more about how to make it, I guess no one has ever actually tried to create or play a Pretender character

Alright, so I used to watch The Pretender on tv, and recently bought the third season, so the show is a bit on my mind, and after trying to make a pulp version for the Pulperize It thread, I've been thinking about him in game terms. Has anyone created a game version of him, or a similar type character to play out? I mean, it does seem like an interesting concept to play, and could be lots of fun. Any additional thoughts on the matter? Played the concept, have unique ideas on the concept, let's hear about it.

Re: A campaign idea I dreamed up Villain? Hey, you could expand this to a pc character "hero?" if you wanted. A so called superhero finds himself being sued and having financial troubles, so in desperation, he creates a supervillain costume and persona, which he uses to rob banks and steal money. When he gets sued, uses money he stole to pay it off, then steals more. Just imagine how mad people would be when they find out what he's doing, especially the other superheroes he's worked with.

Re: A campaign idea I dreamed up The villains fought each other. With no heroes in the way, it left the world open for the conquering. Problem is, they all wanted it, so they have to fight each other. Tends to destroy a lot of equipment, and since both are villains, neither really has anything holding them back from killing each other. (This is of course ignoring the obvious point that despite being illegal, there would still be people in costume fighting crime. Just being a lot more difficult)

Re: How Do You Handle Machine-Class Mental Powers? Actually CrosshairCollie is right. The machine has to have something that can be used as a mind, in order for the character to use his powers on it. If it doesn't have something that can be considered a mind, then he can't affect it.

Re: How Do You Handle Machine-Class Mental Powers? Well, you could use the machines intelligence score, which the main book says their supposed to have to be able to perform programs. Or you could have it be that they have to overcome some of the programs, like firewalls or anti-hacking programs. He basically is mentally hacking it in a way.

Re: Fantasy Art Thread I'm afraid I lost the original of this at the moment, so I can't attach and thumbnail. http://d.furaffinity.net/art/desertmutt/1153790305.desertmutt_marissa.jpg An old character of mine. One I might resurrect and if I start to draw again, will recreate. That's a giant hammer she's wielding by the way.

Re: Pulparize It! If you think that the mere mention of my saying Radio was all I would change, then I'm afraid you are mistaken. Jarod would be kidnapped before or during World War I, growing up in isolation, where his skills would be tested and start to be used. While being told that what he was working on was to help create radio programs for civilian entertainment, it is not actually true. While some of what Jarod works on does get used for such programs as Superman and the Shadow, more of his work is of a military or business application. Among his work would be working on strategies of attack for the allies, new weaponry, and trying to figure out the cause of the assassination as well as why. Jarod is able to foretell the depression, giving the people who have kidnapped him the chance to sell their stock before it crashes and save their money. During the depression, his abilities are used to try and come up with ways to help the economy recover. During a reading of numerous newspaper articles, he reads of Hitler in Germany and tries to warn of the pending reich. Although warned, no one does anything, believing that the actions of Germany starting a new war will help the U.S economy. With some mysterious help, Jarod finally escapes, just in time for the bombing of Pearl Harbor. Blaming himself for part of the events of what led up to World War II and the deaths at the Harbor, Jarod now tries to set things right. Unknowingly, he accidentally left something behind. In his work area are forgotten notes and parts of a story where a villain attempts to create an "Atomic Bomb," which will eventually find their way to the U.S. Government and a scientist named Albert Einstein. Meanwhile, Jarod is trying to find the family he lost all those years ago as well. He believes he's out there, he just doesn't know anything about them. It has been so long, he can't even remember their names. As he travels, he finds small bits of things in the world that he missed during his containment, which he finds quite intersting (If anyone knows any toys or such that came out in such time, all the better. I unfortunately do not)

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...

Pulptender And so, as I was looking at my DVDs, it suddenly came to me. The Pretender:king:: A young man, known only as Jarod, was kidnapped from his parents when he was a child. He was taken because of his genius IQ and ability to take on the personality and aspects of a person and say and do what the person could or should. Believing his abilities were being used to help write the stories for various radio programs, Jarod finds out that what he is doing is actually being used in actual events. Jarod managed to escape, though how is not entirely known. Now he travels the country, trying to set right some problems that he can while trying to find his lost family. The people who kidnapped him are not happy with his escape however. Jarod is now also on being hunted so that he can be recaptured and returned to continue his work. (On a side note, you have to admit that the cramming skill is absolutely perfect for a character like this )

Re: The fall of your character Maybe I can give a better example and get people a little more inspired. I unfortunately don't have a champion character I can actually use (I'm the one who plans on running the game and am just finishing up reading the core book before even creating characters for the players), so I'm going use a character I played the past two weeks who happens to be a sorcerer. Now my current plan is to have him learn to make constructs and various other items. So if he gets killed, let it be as he tries to get one last key ingredient for his amazing construct. However, the last time I played, I got two critical failures on two separate attacks, I took ten, then got knocked out by the enemy:mad:. So most likely, the character is going to die from a critical failure on my part, followed by a critical success by the gm for the npc

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Okay. Can't remember character's names, so will just be using Initials. D&D game. I was GMing. Little bit of background. J: Swashbuckler. About it. K: Rogue. Has a family that creates potions. Now the quotes K: I go to a tavern since they tend to have live rabbits for food some times K's Character: Do you have any live rabbits? Npc: Yes *Chopping sound* ...Sorry, fresh out. Me: Fine. To get the story moving again, you got the live rabbit. K: I use my easter potion on it. *Proceeds to describe the effects* J's character: This goblin is pretty smart. K: (Desert) is pretty good at playing a stupid goblin.

Re: Pulparize It! Woo. Actual historical reference This gets interesting