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Re: Super Heroes on TV (Bravo) Good point.

Re: Super Heroes on TV (Bravo) Looks like it could be a decent little series, if they don't dissolve into camp.

Re: What are his powers...? I had thoughts of the old "3-D" man who, if I remember my history, was the theoretical progenitor of Triathalon of the not-too-long-ago Avengers. Either that or a Dr. Spectrum knock-off.

Re: A Thread for Random Musings I called in sick today because I just didn't feel like going to work. I hardly ever do that, but I've done it more in the last year than probably the last five. That can't be a good sign.

Re: Musings on Random Musings And counting (we hope). Rock on, good sir.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "Your honor, ladies and gentlemen of the jury. My client is innocent. We will prove that beyond a shadow of a doubt. But first, a singalong!"

Re: Superhero school rules "The Intimates" have an interesting take on it, as well. It's a limited series, and it's on #5 of 6, but it's a good read.

Re: A Thread for Random Musings Forty-eight hours until I deliver my first eulogy. Not looking forward to it.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Mike Tyson. What? Since Hermit slipped one in before I got mine in... NT: When clowns go bad.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Thankfully.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat And so it finally came out, after months of therapy, that little Jimmy had seen his Papa and Nana frolicking about the may pole on that hot summer's night, naked for all the world to see except for flowers woven in their hair...all their hair. NT: Bad epitaphs.

Re: Hunted Q, or can this Opposites work? I respectfully disagree. Almost by definition some villains are going to be more of a threat to other heroes. Let's say Mental Man is hunted by Psycho Killer. Their mental abilities put them on equal footing, and they could duke it out mentally for hours or days with no upper hand being achieved. However, Brickman Bob has no mental defenses whatsoever. If he could ever lay a pinkie on Psycho Killer he'd squash the malicious mental malcontent in a milisecond, but PK always seems to mind control him, ego blast him, or leave him looped up in mental illusions. No points are added or subtracted from Mental Man's Hunted disad simply because one of his teammates is particularly vulnerable to Psycho Killer. The same theory applies here, I'm thinking. It's a plot device. At most it should be a custom disad or something: "Powers do not affect Hero X" for 5 pts or something. In the overall scheme of things the two supers cancelling each other out will have (or should have) little effect on the campaign. It's a PC plot device. Anyway, them's my twin coppers on the matter.

Re: Musings on Random Musings Damn straight. Check out Roy Rogers for some cool bluesy slide guitar (not that Roy Rogers...he's dead; this guy is slightly more alive).

Re: Deathstroke Check out this thread for some conversions of the mighty "Deathstroke".

Re: Deathstroke I hope so. We'd be hear all year discussion Slade Wilson.

Re: Hunted Q, or can this Opposites work? I think it's a good concept, and one that has been used before. I wish I could remember the hero/villain opposites where this was the case, but Cyclops' and Havok's powers don't work on each other, either. I agree that this really isn't worth any points, unless the hero is hunting the villain full time, or the villain is hunting the hero full time. It's not going to come up enough to make it worth any points. In regards to fairness against the other PCs, why is this an issue? The villain is near useless against the hero in question and vice versa. It's not like it's Dr. D, right? So no worries. It's just a campaign plot, nothing more.

Re: Red Stars: campaign I know you're not asking for this per se, but I would definitely consider a relatively simple introductory campaign. Don't go for epic scale, and try not to emulate the previous GM. Do a short campaign that maybe introduces a new antagonist, but have a definite ending. Then, at the end of the adventure, talk to the group about what was liked and disliked about the campaign. I've been in your position before, and while everything turned out well in the end, my initial mistakes caused some turmoil for a while. Cheat. I don't make up NPC stats unless I need them. I might note COM and PRE scores initially, just for description purposes, but I don't put actual numbers until I need them. As for villains, unless I intend to use a villain over and over again I'll take a pregenerated villain and give him a different name, different special effect (maybe), and so on. Minor tweaking of powers/stats to fit my needs, and whatever personality I so desire. Again, though, this is only for throw-aaway encounters. I make recurring NPCs/Villains the same way I make my own PCs. "TPK"?

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat ...you wake up to your cat sitting on your chest, and he says--in a distinct James-Earl-Jones-ish voice--"Dude, we need to talk."

Re: X Men Colossus and his Osmium Form

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Wedgies for Justice!

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat He's had success going up the middle so far, but when he tried to go around the back he was stopped by a tight end.

Re: Gadget Modeling Question Keep it simple. Go with disads. Susceptibility: 1d6 END Drain / Turn when powers not regulated Susceptibility: 1d6 Stun / Turn when powers not regulated

Re: Challenge Build: Unshredder The character "Monk" did this two seasons ago on the show of the same name, and he did it by himself in a relatively short amount of time. About two weeks ago on the new show "Eyes" they used interns to sort a trash bag full of shredded documents, then scanned them into the computer and sorted appropriately. It took hours only. I don't think it should be as inaccessible as some of y'all think. A decent skill roll would do, but you'd have to allow for extra time depending on how many pages were shredded and/or scanned.

Re: Musings on Random Musings No worries. I made Jello puddin' Didn't even know I had it...

Re: A Thread for Random Musings I'm (still) out of ice cream, I don't wanna go to work tomorrow, I'm getting way too fond of a woman not my girlfriend (not that I'll do anything about it), I'm anxious about performing a eulogy/memorial service on Sunday, and I'm really, really broke. In that order. I mean, seriously, the world would be so much easier to handle with ice cream at hand.