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  3. Joe Quesada as a Disadvantage

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    No, this isn't another rant thread about One More Day. We have that over on the NGD.

     

    Imagine for a moment... you are Spiderman. You've got a wife and, though you don't know it yet, a kid on the way. Then, one day, suddenly everything gets changed around on you for no apparant reason. You are behaving differently than before doing things like revealing your identity to the world. Or perhaps you start getting appearances of some other guy's rogue's gallery.

     

    So how would you put down an Editor-in-Chief as a disadvantage? Or perhaps alternative, how would you put down changing writers?

  8. Longest Running Thread EVER

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    Re: Longest Running Thread EVER

     

    You can obtain a Sword of the Reaper without using the Party House.

     

    To do so, you need to first gain access to the Reaper Missions. Second, you need TicTac and Robogirl and complete the "Tictac and Robogirl have a Sneak Plan" mission. Once you have the Soul Candy, you will unlock "A Voice Beckons". The first mission is a 10/6 Gen mission. The second part requires letting yourself lose 2 levels in Gen, Nin, and Tai. However, this gets you the Sword of the Reaper which GIVES you +2 levels. So while your Character Level drops by 6, your levels with your rolls remains the same.

  9. [Log] Chester School For Teens

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    Re: [Log] Chester School For Teens

     

    E106: Winter Wonderland - Episode Aired November 11

    E107: Permafrost - Episode Aired November 18

     

    Special Note: This was a big two-parter that had a WHOLE bunch of fail in the first game and really kicked butt in the second part. I'm going to edit in the rest of the summary later. I'm having trouble getting to finishing this at this time.

     

    Winter session has begun. Most of the students are away but some are either required to stay or have no place to go. As it happens, Sin Girl, Brick, Striking Tiger are required to stay. Owlet is staying behind to get ahead in her class load. Candle is going to be there, but has to leave for a week. Chimera certainly has no place to go and is catching up on some classes. Finally, Athenian will be back but is currently in New York City getting his citizenship.

     

    Sin Girl ends up being called down by Chester. In a recent mission, Owlet tried to stop a mugger. Unfortunately, the mugger shot and killed his victim before Owlet could stop him. Sin Girl finds herself uncomfortably, but successfully counseling Owlet.

     

    Two days later, after Candle has returned but before Athenian has arrived, the members of the Infiniteens are called into their base. Mechanic is ready with a ship. DEMON has launched a massive attack in downtown and they are needed on the scene. The arrive to find a large circle of DEMON agents with Callisto in the center of them conducting a rituation. They try to interrupt her but doing so makes her smile. She wishes them a fond farewell and the group of agents feel themself pulled into a land covered in ice and snow.

     

    Immediately, Candle curses and covers himself with his arms as his powers shut off, shouting "Don't look! Don't Look!" Mechanic, who was also pulled in, uses his powers to modify a communicator to make a personal hologram projector for him. Candle, cold and powerless, is at least able to mask his appearance to keep his identity a secret.

     

    Chimera, after one of my players points out the fact, starts falling asleep due to his cold blooded nature. As the group concluded they are not on Earth at all, Chimera informs Sin Girl that if he doesn't get his medication soon, he will become increasingly more aggressive. Sin Girl tries to find out if this is something she can have made herself but this proves to be impossible without knowing the composition to the drug.

     

    The group travels towards what appears to be a ice tower in the distance. Along the way, Striking Tiger goes into her Wolf Form and tries to hunt some food while Candle uses his world travel expertise to help get a camp established. Striking Tiger finds a large bunny and sneaks up on it. She misses on her attack and this causes the large bunny to jump up, scream, "A wolf!" and run away. She tries to chase the rabbit down, switching to her human form, but the Rabbit throws snowballs at her until she leaves.

     

    The following morning, the group finds themselves surrounded by rabbits with spears. The rabbit warriors insist to know if the heroes are servants of the Snow Queen. It doesn't take long before the rabbits are convinced that the heroes are not in allied with her and are on their side. The group is led to a rabbit village and given shelter and food for the night as well as thick warm bear furs to wear while they travel. The rabbits plead with them to defeat the Snow Queen, their evil oppressor. The heroes learn that the Snow Queen has the ability to travel between worlds and decide to go to her castle and investigate further.

     

    Several rabbit warriors join them on the way and they eventually reach the edge of the forest trail that opens up into a large clearing around the castle. Within the nearby field, they see large ice golem and a pack of bears under its control. The group sees a rabbit step forward and shout out how they have new warriors to defeat the queen. This enrages the golem who begins tossing large chunks of snow and ice into the forest. The players advance to attack and find the rabbits are gone.

  11. [Log] Chester School For Teens

    in Champions

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    Re: [Log] Chester School For Teens

     

    E105: The Big Game - Episode Aired October 28

     

    The Big Game is coming between the Chester and their Rival School and with that is the homecoming and homecoming dance. The Rival School has yet to win a game and the Chester Football Team is hoping to be the ones to take them down. Between Brad's superhero classes, patrols, football practice, and working on teaching himself Japanese, he is very busy.

     

    Chester offers Sin Girl a chance to be the leader of the superhero team but to do so, she needs to get everyone to agree on a team name. Chester is leaving it up to her to determine that. Sin Girl goes with a suggestion box for everyone to record ideas that they want to consider for a vote.

     

    A new student, Chimera is introduced. His large, unusually appearance makes it impossible for him to be integrated into the school as a normal student. Instead, he is given quarters inside the secret base area and is taking classes remotely by video monitor.

     

    The team names are read and after discussing them, the name Infiniteens is decided upon and used by the team. The students await eagerly for the media reaction but it hasn't happened yet. Meanwhile, Sin Girl begins teaming up people for practice so that they can get optimal training.

     

    The kids in the school start trying to find dates for Homecoming. Genevieve asks Ryan who agrees eagerly. Yuki, nervously asks Michael Williams who agrees to be her data. Brad gets asked out by a tutor. And all of them, at least those not in the football game, get dragged off to watch the Big Game.

     

    The Homecoming Game goes to a rough start. Any time the Chester Offense Team gets a chance to score, the Rival's Defensive Team slaughters them. By the time the Half-Time arrives, the disable list has grown. Brad is moved to help cover the Defensive. The Rival's Quarter, Jimmy Carver, back strikes him, sending him flying and cracking his power dampner. In the next play, the power dampner shatters. Brad, on the third play, tries using his Super Strength to make it work and despite having it in effect, the play goes rough but this time, Brad sacks Jimmy Carver.

     

    The following play, Jimmy cares less about the game and more about the play made by Brad. He charges straight for Brad and kicks him, sending him flying directly into and thru the bleachers. When Chuck Berry confronts Jimmy, Chuck kicks him so far he almost flies over the field goal poles.

     

    By now, panic breaks out on the field and the Rival Team begins striking at everyone. The crowd flees except for those who have other ideas in mind. Genevieve and Yuki sneak away to transform, Owlet appears from somewhere nearby, Chimera flies in and The Great Ooze arrives from beyond the football team. And Brad... without his costume... runs out to confront Jimmy Carver and the other football players that have some sort of odd strength.

     

    The battle remains crazy and most of the football players are taken down quickly. But Jimmy Carver possess a strength that surpasses them. Jimmy Carver, in the course of the battle manages to take down Owlet, Brad, Chimera, The Great Ooze, and even knocks out Crouching Dragon once. But with a careful play of teamwork, he is finally taken down.

     

    The drugged up football players leaves everyone bruised and battered but they all go anyone and have a good time.

    END E105

  14. Trying to create a character

    in HERO System Discussion

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    Re: Trying to create a character

     

    For the stats, I'd go with something like this:

     

    +5 STR, Only when in a form that would have higher than average STR (-1/4)

    +5 DEX, Only when in a form that would have higher than average DEX (-1/4)

    +5 COM, Only when in a form that would have higher than average COM (-1/4)

     

    I'd leave it to the GM to determine when exactly you get those. I'd also highly consider putting No Figured Characteristics (-1/2) on the first two unless you want to have a nightmare of a time calculating your PD and OCV as you change forms.

  16. World's Greatest Healer

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    Re: World's Greatest Healer

     

    I'd give them a 1d6 Healing Regeneration, Regrows Lost Limbs. Extra-Time (1 Month), Set Effect (Only to Regrow Lost Limb). It is a poltice that when applied to a lost limb, slowly regrows it over the course of months (years if you are talking a leg or an arm). It uses a drop of blood mixed into the trade-secret powder that applies to the wound. This way it can't be "sold" to another person after the limb is regrown.

  17. Suggestion Box: name our Teen Champions team

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    Re: Suggestion Box: name our Teen Champions team

     

    The Great Booger? Boy I love that name.

     

    I had a young group I called the Nitwitz. I always liked that name.

     

    How about... The Brats, The Delinquents, The Young Paragons, The Heartbreak Kids, The Swiss Vanguards, The Zurich Warriors

    I have to admit that I really liked coming up with that idea.

  21. [Log] Chester School For Teens

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    Re: [Log] Chester School For Teens

     

    E104: Split Personalities - Episode Aired September 23, 2007

    Date: October 17, 2006

     

    Through Erin and Genevieve's coordination, a large group of students get together to go catch House on Haunted Hill 3: The House's Revenge in theaters. There are mixed reactions for how good the movie was (particularly the scene were the balcony actually ate a person) but fun was had by all.

     

    Striking Tiger goes on patrol and rescues a woman dangling from a fire escape. She rescues the woman who thanks her, shaking her hand. Striking Tiger thinks it is odd but doesn't say anything about it. At around the same time, Singirl/Genevieve feels odds as Singirl is summoned into a demonic summoning circle while Genevieve is still in her room doing homework. A woman identifying herself as Callisto tells Singirl she will be granting her demonic powers.

     

    Noir, also at this time collapses and the school decides to begin investigate. After an email from Genevieve informs the Headmaster that Singirl has been abducted, the students are directed in that direction. Meanwhile, Genevieve gets in touch with her mother who comes by to do a ritual to find Singirl. Unfortuantely, during the ritual, Yuki walks in and finds the chain of events unusual. Genevieve's mom tries to cover up what is happening but given an unfortunate statement by the Headmaster, Yuki is able to figure out Genevieve is Singirl.

     

    Singirl is forced to comply with Callisto's wishes but does so by summoning her to hell. While Singirl is in hell, the summoning circle is broken by the heroes coming to save the day. Singirl is merged back with Genevieve and flies in to let them know she is alright. There is no sign to the fate of Callisto.

     

    Days pass. On patrol, Brick discovers an armored truck that has been attacked and ripped apart by a giant creature that leapt up onto the rooftop after and escaped. That same day, they get a report of a bank robbery where someone robbed from inside the bank vault. The only clue is the scorch marks on the floor in the shape of a circle and the smell of sulfur.

     

    Suspecting a demon, they have a local demon expert (Genevieve's mom) go to the bank and perform a demonic tracking ritual. She reveals that the person who had left the bank by the bank vault had used a portal to and from hell.

     

    Early on Sunday, the team is awoken to learn of a robbery in progress at a Jewelry store. The three PCs and Candle head down to the store and discover Callisto in a very demonic form as well as several imps. As the battle begins, the group is attacked by another villain, Merger who has the composition of multiple animals.

     

    After a fairly quick fight, Merger is defeated and captured. Callisto curses and opens a gate to Hell to escape. Merger is held until UNTIL arrives and is transported away. Unfortunately, later that day, the school learns that Merger was able to reshape her genetics to some sort of ooze-like nature and passed through the air holes of her holding cell.

     

    Things start to go back to normal until Genevieve is working on her Latin homework. She discovers that calculus is Latin for "pebble". Immediately realizing that the clues make it seem like Calculator was responsible for the bank robbery in E102, she gets together some classmates and confronts him. Calculator puts together a quick set of excuses. It doesn't vindicate him but buys him time to find a way to get proof. Meanwhile, they go to the headmaster.

     

    Calculator finally calls the group that confronted him and provides computer evidence that prior to the bank robbery, a Russian source hacked the school's special network and accessed floor schematics that shows all rooms with access to the underground base and that by accessing student files, easily reveals the identity and location of all heroes including Yuki AND Calculator. And that knowing that Calculator is a supergenius, he could make an easy target to blame by simulating the same powers Calculator uses.

     

    Owlet's research proves a different story. Calculator lied. All dorm rooms have access to the underground bunker but only several are actually utilized. Calculator is confronted with this, tries to get out of the lie but cannot. He confesses that he only stole the money because he needed to pay for tuition and never got a scholarship (it was given to Owlet). He also said he returned the money once he had made it back.

     

    There is a disagreement between the students and the headmaster for Calculator's fate. Chester, very much wants to keep Calculator in the school to try and help him become a hero. However, after some very convincing arguments, Chester agrees that the only outcome is to expel Calculator. Calculator is given over for a juvenile trial and completely expelled from the school.

     

    END E104

     

    Preview E105: The Big Game

    A leadership role is assigned. The team picks a name even if it means killing each other to get one. The school football team faces its rival. And everyone learns the importance of avoiding drugs, especially drugs that involve injections of glowing substances.

  23. Longest Running Thread EVER

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    Re: Longest Running Thread EVER

     

    First, a couple of kitten pics:

    [ATTACH]25741[/ATTACH]This guy's ahead of the others in terms of coming to people.

    [ATTACH]25742[/ATTACH]Two of the others are wrestling in a closed-top box.

    [ATTACH]25743[/ATTACH]The boarded-over storage bay momcat got into, from which my wife had to extract her, getting several bites in that process. Yes, it's over the closet; out of the picture below & right is the sink counter.

    Picture #1 Caption:

    Ur elf is doing WHAT with the dwarf?!?

     

    Picture #2 Caption:

    Don't go! Its a trap!

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