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Re: PRIMUS or UNTIL

We're using PRIMUS in our campaign. My character SCEPTRE is actually the leader of the NY base's superteam.

I've been tempted to buy the PRIMUS e-book, and now after hearing all the praise for it I guess I'm going to have to break down and get it.

Re: Name That Band Hero!

Well done! I'm glad there's someone else who remembers when Jefferson (Whatever) was actually worth listening to. That was too easy' date=' wasn't it?[/quote']

 

Well, I did recognize 3 of the 5 songs right away; so I guess that would be a yes.

Re: Name That Band Hero!

A group that calls itself "Tom's Flying Machine":

 

Red Octopus: a pulsing, blood-red horror that looks like a D&D Mind Flayer but with more tentacles; actually a Sonic Projector, with no external ears

Lather: raving psychotic HTH fighter who specializes in freeform mayhem and literally froths at the mouth

Plastic Fantastic Lover: an incubus animating a department-store mannequin; PRE attacks, EGO-based powers and out-of-this-world Seduction, Acting and Conversation skills

Volunteers: duplicator who dresses in a Salvation Army uniform; always has at least one duplicate on hand

White Rabbit: aka "Thomas", team leader and former forensic psychologist; Mental Illusionist who wears a waistcoat and likes to play with people's minds

This would be Jefferson Airplane (although Red Octopus was actually done when they were Starship).

Re: Name That Band Hero!

Here's another team:

Cannonball – just like in the X-books; just a bit older and meaner

Asylum – disturbed psionic with multiple personalities

Sister Moonshine – energy-projector with lunar-based powers

Dreamer – mentalist able to enter another’s dreamscape

Lover Boy – Hollywood-hunk brick

Re: Flying, mini's and combat

I second the "long leg plus half the short leg" method. I've run the numbers' date=' and it's definitely close enough for the convenience.[/quote'] There's a good quick-reference Excel chart here in the Free Stuff section.

Re: Name That Band Hero!

That one I know (embarrasingly): Heart.

Re: Name That Band Hero!

Yet another villain team:

 

White Sun: light-energy projector

Natural Thing: earth & stone powers

Evil Woman: mystic

Disciple: Evil Woman’s sidekick

Black Water: water powers combined with darkness powers using water as an sfx

Dangerous: I’m thinking a vicious super martial artist,

Cotton Mouth: (isn’t there already a CU villain by this name?)

I do believe this is the Doobies, yes? Great choices of songs.

Re: Name That Band Hero!

Since no one guessed my last band, here's another one:

Mistral Wind – wind and cold projector

Ambush – stealthy, shadow-lurking, cheap shot artist

Magic Man – spell caster; user of relics and artifacts

Barracuda – water-breathing mutant; with bionic jaws and razor-sharp teeth

Shell Shock – electricity-projecting power armor villain

Re: Name That Band Hero!

Mister Man – brick with a somewhat low IQ; talks in the third person

Stormkeeper – weather controller

Mannequin – shape-changing metamorph; has no real features of her own

The Dream – dream and emotion manipulating mentalist

Melting Pot – mutant mimic; takes on powers of others in his vicinity

Still no guesses on this one? I know it's not the music we usually listen to around here, but I didn't think it was that obscure. I thought that someone would know the answer.

Re: The Legacy Champions Lives On!

Congrats to you Archer. It does my heart good to know that, in this age of video gaming, some of the next generation are taking up the roleplaying hobby.

My daughter has been asking me to run a small game for her. I'm thinking maybe Pokeman, Kim Possible, or Danny Phantom.

Re: Name That Band Hero!

Mister Man – brick with a somewhat low IQ; talks in the third person

Stormkeeper – weather controller

Mannequin – shape-changing metamorph; has no real features of her own

The Dream – dream and emotion manipulating mentalist

Melting Pot – mutant mimic; takes on powers of others in his vicinity

Re: Name That Band Hero!

Then I have to add:

 

Hollywood - a "starlet" supervillianess. Some energy blasts, and mind control.

Someday - a precog/time manipulator. One of his tricks is a missle D/Reflect that moves through time.

Animals - A shapeshifter with duplication that changes into swarms and packs of animals.

Rockstar - Hollywood's Lover. Sonic attacks, guitar.

I believe these are from Nickelback.

Re: Name That Band Hero!

Every song from 1990 onwards:

 

Zulu Lulu - Voodoo Priestess

The Tower - Growth Brick

Silver Wings - Flying Brick, with big "angel" wings

 

Just a trio though (ran out of time to type! Gotta go)

Bruce Dickinson

Re: Name That Band Hero!

Crystal Flame – cold-fire energy projector

Onslaught – Move-through using brick (huge amounts of damage)

Run-Around - speedster

Psycho Joe – severely disturbed mentalist

The One – duplicator with a sense of humor

Rubberneck – stretching metamorph

Re: Name That Band Hero!

Crossfire – Weapons master/sniper

Lightning’s Hand – electrical energy-projector (obviously)

Loner – super-stealthy martial artists

Magnum Opus – music-mage (VPP)

Paradox – reality- or time-manipulating powers

Rainmaker – weather shaman

Relentless – ultra-brick

The Wall – force wall projector

Re: Name That Band Hero!

The Hitman - A techbased martial arts gun for hire.

Invisible Man - Lightcontrol. Invisibility, lasers and such.

Cool Cat - Hippie tripster with shades. Mentalist.

Mustapha - Brick from the middle East.

And two borrowed from the comics.

White Queen - Emma Frost

Flash - Barry Allen.

 

Famous band - Obscure songs.

Re: WE HAVE A WINNER! First quasi-Manual, Demi-Annual, Homegrown Mod Contest!

Suh-weet! Two of my... ahem, I mean Redmenace's mods are winners. Well, I guess I can take a teeny bit of credit. They are my characters, after all.

Congrats to all the winning modders.

(Hey, Hooligan. I think that your text for the 3rd place link should read "Silhouette").

Re: Dark Champions: Secret Worlds

Excellent. I'll have to go check it out. I always enjoy your writeups (I still have the original DC:SW writeups saved with my gaming fiction).

Re: Genres HERO GAMES may want to avoid (intended to be humorous)

I actually ran a Play by Post game that was a Killing Game Show. I never got to finish it however.

Sounds like a cool game. "Fictional" reality TV is OK. It's the "real" reality TV that stinks like @$$.

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread.

Here is another Nighthawk concept. I think this is about the 4th I've done in the last two years... and that is not counting the actual Hero Games character.

 

Hey. I don't mind.

Very, very cool, Storn.

Is there any chance we might see the other three versions?

Re: Storn's Art & Characters thread.

How does the breast plate even stay on??

 

Stunning work as usual.

Re: Genres HERO GAMES may want to avoid (intended to be humorous)

Olympics HERO

Curling HERO (sub-genre)

Re: Battlesuits: Too efficient and flexible?

Thanks for the Rep, bdh. I wish I could take credit for the limitation, but the folks at Global Guardians get that credit. I just wanted to bring it to everyone's attention here. I think its a great way to model 'suits, and the way they are damaged.

Re: Duke (art and characters)

Great job on these pics, Duke. I especially like the raksasha (like everyone else, it seems).

Re: A Thread for Random Musings

Well, President's Day Weekend has passed; another DundraCon is over, and I still haven't been able to attend one. I still haven't had the opportunity to meet any of the great people from here on the boards either.

Next year, even if I have to walk from Boise to San Ramon, I will be at DDC. It always sounds like everyone has such a great weekend of gaming. I plan on being a part of that the next time around.