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Sooo...His Holiness (in the campaign you've described) has basically built an 11th-Century supercomputer, eh?
 
At least they won't have to worry about the thing going Skynet on them ( ).
 
 
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I can just hear the line now:
 
Kommunist Kobold: In UKSR*, you not have to worry about finding a party every night. In UKSR, the Party finds you ( ).
 
 
*UKSR: United Kobold Socialist Republics
 
 
 
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And here are their equally grown-up archenemies:
 
 

 
 
Berserker, Redstone, and Blitzer
 
 
 
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A few years back, there was a thread here on the boards about what a grown-up version of the
Cartoon Network's Powerpuff Girls might look like. Like a few of the posters on that thread, I had
posted my idea in the form of a FdH2011 picture (other posters had entered pics from sites such
as DeviantArt); unfortunately, my original laptop suffered damage to its display screen, so I'm not
able to repost the original pic. What I can do is to post the new pics of them that I've done lately.
 
So, without further ado, here are the pics (with code-names based on their outfit colors):
 
 

 
 
Emerald, Ruby, and Sapphire
 
 
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My first new post to this thread in some time:
 
 

 
 
John Preston, Cleric of the Tetragrammaton and master of the Gun-Kata
 
Quote: "I don't feel anything."
 
 
 
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It's a reference to Herbert Lom, the actor that played the part of Inspector Charles Dreyfus in the Pink Panther films,
starting with the second film in the series (A Shot in the Dark), who had the misfortune of being Clouseau's boss.
Basically, any time he heard Clouseau's name or had to deal with him in any way (after his first appearances in the
films), he would get this nervous twitch in the corner of his eye. IIRC, he eventually wound up trying to have Clouseau
killed from time to time.
 
In retrospect, I should've called it Dreyfus' Syndrome, but I didn't know the character's name at first; I did some 'Net
research after I'd made the initial post.
 
 
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The Spandex Dilemma*: the idea that, if you put on a spandex costume and call yourself a hero, your luck will guarantee
one of two things happening to you. You'll find yourself in a position where you'll either cause a crisis or prevent one.
 
 
*I got this from a story at Fanfiction.net called "A Third Path to the Future" written by vimesenthusiast.
 
 
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Ender's Game of Thrones.
 
 
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Just what we need -- yet another master villain with a British accent.
 
 
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The Spandex Dilemma*: the idea that, if you put on a spandex costume and call yourself a hero, your luck will guarantee
one of two things happening to you. You'll find yourself in a position where you'll either cause a crisis or prevent one.
 
 
*I got this from a story at Fanfiction.net called "A Third Path to the Future" written by vimesenthusiast.
 
 
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Star Trek: Voyagers!
 
A Starfleet vessel encounters a phenomenon which strands it outside of normal space-time. In the course of trying to find
a way home, the crew gets help from an unexpected source: Voyager Phineas Bogg and his young partner Jeffery Jones,
members of an organization of time travelers whose mission it is to ensure that history happens the way that it's supposed
to.
 
 
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Your comment about the bow brought a couple of other ones to mind: the Heartbow (from The Archer: Tales of the Empire, a pilot for a
proposed swords-and-sorcery fantasy series that aired on NBC back in the '80s, but which didn't get the go-ahead), and its more recent
cousin, the Epirus Bow (from the movie Immortals); I think that's how its name is spelled, based upon how the name was pronounced.
 
Speaking of the Epirus Bow, I can only imagine the sheer carnage that the Elven character in Hawk the Slayer would have caused with
it; anyone who can shoot five arrows in two seconds or so wouldn't have to worry about running out of ammo where that particular bow
is concerned ( ).
 
 
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**Clip-clop,clip-clop,clip-clop (THWIP!THWIP!THWIP!THWIP!THWIP!) Clippity-clop,clippity-clop,clippity-clop**
Villager #1: What was that?!
Villager #2: (Sighs) Just another Elven ride-by shooting.

True enough, but I think that Digna's catching up there in that category -- otherwise, there probably would've been a
Porn Singularity* when she and Jrska got together a few posts back ( ).
 
(*Porn Singularity: a powerful phenomenon created when two or more Smut Fields come into close proximity to
one another, creating a near-irresistable attractive force. Unless they're very lucky, those who are close enough to
witness the creation of the Singularity either as it's taking shape or shortly afterwards are doomed to be sucked in
to become part of its bacchanalian depravity for the duration of its existence. Note that this is a certain guarantee in
universes where Evil Chaos Entities have a ridiculous amount of influence on certain inhabitants -- Warhammer 40K
GMs being especially susceptible to their influence.)
 
 
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There's just something about this pic that screams "Visionairies meet the Jedi Order" to me...
 
 
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You wanna be careful about letting stuff like that get a foothold in a game -- if I've learned anything from years of reading Drhoz's
posts, it's that you're just asking for Smut Fields to manifest themselves during a game session.
 
And weaponized Smut Fields are even worse.
 
 
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Sounds like Magos Onuris not only had way too much time on his hands, but also spent that time watching archived episodes
of Star Blazers and Space Battleship Yamato: 2199, and voila!
 
Instant Wave-Motion Nova Cannon ("Removing final safety lock. Chamber pressure at maximum.")!
 
:jawdrop: :jawdrop:
 
 
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Safety lock? What's that?

Nexus: (sarcastic) Yeah, nothing's going to go wrong here.
 
 
You'd think that anyone saying this would realize that they're invoking the WestWorld Curse by doing so (tagline from the movie:
"Nothing can go wrong...go wrong...go wrong...").
 
 
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My first new pic in a while -- Argali:
 
 

 
 
I'm not entirely happy with the horns; the ones that I would've liked to use are probably over
on the FH2014 version, which I've never been able to make work for me ( ).
 
 
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Ewwwwwwww...only a Drhoz post could be so disturbingly hilarious ( ).
 
 
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Flash Mob:
 
 

 
 
There. Happy now?
 
(I was hoping for a group of at least five in this pic -- FM and 4 duplicates -- but the laptop started to
slow down after Duplicate No.#2, so I had to settle for the original and two dupes.)
 
 
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Flash Mob:
 
 

 
 
There. Happy now?
 
(I was hoping for a group of at least five in this pic -- FM and 4 duplicates -- but the laptop started to
slow down after Duplicate No.#2, so I had to settle for the original and two dupes.)
 
 
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Yet more proof (as if we needed any more) that clowns are inherently evil and homicidal...
 
 
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Flash Mob is Performance Arts' distraction specialist. A very attractive young woman who possesses the
power of Duplication, Flash Mob can create her own large crowd in order to distract not only bystanders
but any nearby police as well; her (admittedly) skimpy outfits aid her in this. Once she has the complete
and undivided attention of a crowd, her teammates move to carry out their plan.
 
 
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Here's a power-armor character that I was originally going to post over on steriaca's Jet Justice/DoS
thread -- Skybolt:
 
 

 
 
The idea behind the Skybolt armor was that it was intended to be a small-scale adjunct to the high-
altitude, Mach 3+ reconnaissance aircraft (such as the SR-71 Blackbird) used by the U.S. intelligence
community. To this end, the most advanced technologies -- both mundane as well as those verging
on the superheroic -- were incorporated into the design.
 
The heart of the flight system is the dual PDWE (Pulse Detonation Wave Engine) thruster pack mounted
on the back of the armor. Using liquid methane for fuel, the thruster pack is capable of propelling the
armor through the air at velocities approaching Mach 5; the fuel also serves as coolant, protecting the
operator from the extreme heat generated by its velocity. It also aids in reducing the effects of high heat
on the alloys which make up the outer shell of the armor. The outer shell itself is made up of the same
alloys used in the construction of the SR-71, plus several highly-classified exotic alloys (rumors that
the alloys are of alien origin continue to persist to this day).
 
The fuel system was the only part of the armor's design that was proving to be insurmountable for the
armor's design team, due to the lack of sufficient space for fuel storage -- until a genius scientist with
expertise in extradimensional technology was able to provide the team with a means to equip the armor
with an extradimensional "fuel tank". Basically, the armor would draw upon its liquid methane fuel from
a fuel tank located in an extremely-classified, top-secret location by means of an extradimensional link
built into the suit itself.
 
Because Skybolt was intended as a high-altitude recon unit, it was equipped with the most advanced
high-resolution sensors available; these sensors are capable of "looking at" their target coordinates
from outside the boundaries of the country that they happen to be in. Due to the absence of weapons
on the armor, the only real option for the operator is to withdraw from the area at maximum speed,
while its onboard ECM/ECCM provides protection from surface-to-air missile systems.
 
Skybolt's life-support system is not unlike those used by astronauts, in that it protects its operator from
the hazards of operating in high-altitude environments -- low air pressure, extreme cold, etc. -- for the
duration of a mission. A g-suit is worn by the operator as well, in order to protect him (or her) from high
g-forces resulting from evasive manuevers.
 
 
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Here's a nightmare from ancient times, upgraded to supervillainous standards -- courtesy of Hades
(from the 4th Ed. sourcebook The Olympians) -- the Stymphalian:
 
 

 
 
Missing the "good old days" when his fellow Olympians threw challenges at the heroes of ancient Greece
both to test them and to entertain themselves, Hades -- lord of the Underworld -- decided that it was long
past time to revive the practice. Enlisting the aid of the sorceress Circe, Hades chose his subject -- a par-
ticularly cunning and sadistic criminal -- and had him transformed into an avian horror, one possessing
the powers of the legendary Stymphalian birds, which the hero Hercules had slain as part of his Twelve
Labors. Once the criminal had adjusted to his transformation, Hades sent him out into the world to wreak
havoc, and sat back to enjoy the show. Needless to say, he's been more than satisfied by the results.
 
One thing that Hades didn't anticipate happening, however, was that the Stymphalian -- when he wasn't
terrorizing innocent people and battling superheroes -- has lately begun to abduct young women from
around the world, and imprisoning them within his secret lair deep within a mountain; once he has enough,
he intends to use them to create a race of beings like himself. The other members of the Pantheon of
Olympus, having only recently discovered this threat, have begun to send warnings to the heroes of the
modern age, mostly in the form of dreams. Only time will tell if these warnings can be acted upon in time
to avert this threat.
 
 
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