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Re: Formatting question for the upgraded V&V to HERO/Champions Conversion Page I have another promo... I just have to share this one, cuz the image of a hero getting caught off guard, and then getting their @$$ handed to them by this character, well, it makes me giggle. http://home.comcast.net/~proditor/vandv/test/AuntiePhil.HTML And thanks guys, I forgot how much fun this was.

Yeah, I finally remembered I had this sucker. I'm trying to get through all of the published characters, but since I know have permission to use the art, I figured why not? I'm going to be using light art throughout the page, but I figure character art on the HDC files is a must, right? Anyway, I have a mockup of the new sheets, and I wanted to see what people thought. EDIT: For ease and familiarity, I'm using the HERO 3 column sheets. I'm also thinking of including an "update" in terms of their history. Like why is Proditor Cappela now a good guy, and what got him there, but not the origin bits. Thoughts also appreciated on that. Take a look, let me know what you all think. http://home.comcast.net/~proditor/vandv/test/Proditortest.HTML

Re: World of HEROCraft? I dunno, but for all the gripes I've had with WoW, it's rarely ever been because of the fluff. I'd love to see someone's take on a Tauren, cuz Cow people rock.

Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Gotham Knight The animated 6 episode DVD that takes place between Batman Begins and The Dark Knight. Overall impressions. Art: Varied from Cool to wretchingly awful. Acting: Unfortunately much the same. Conroy sounds like he needed to make a house payment on some of the sequences. Story: See my entry on Art above. Details: Overall, I think that the DVD is too experimental in the art, acting, and story, with no real return on that experimentation. Two good/strong stories do not make up for four that kinda suck. I'd hesitantly give it 3 out of 5 stars, but really, I'd recommend it more for the completist.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... D&D Game, group is a Paladin-Monk of Haden the Sun God, Cleric of Haden, Sorceror cursed to only create fire spells, and a Wreck-butt Fighter. I will shamefully admit to playing the Pala-Monk. We stumble upon a corpse while investigating some murders for the Duke. Pala-Monk: "Espritu Sanctu, Dominae..nocturnum, Pox...vobiscum...um...don't let the door hit ya where Haden split ya." *Turns to look at the Cleric* "This is really more your thing." *Same Pala-Monk rolls a 6 to identify the holy symbol of a major, and well known, evil god* "I have no clue, must be some fringe cult." *Wash, rinse, repeat, on another Major evil god's symbol* "Where are you guys finding all these fringe cult groups?" Cleric: "You really need to get back in the library." Pala-Monk: "Well as a novitiate, I did get perfect scores in 'hitting things 101', so that might have something to do with it."

Re: A Thread for Random Videos These guys sort of remind me of the Bloodhound Gang. In French of course.

Re: UNTIL Superpowers Database -- What Do *You* Want To See?

Re: UNTIL Superpowers Database -- What Do *You* Want To See? Yeah, seeing as the UPB was a listing and description of powers linked to a set of random die-roll tables, by the OP's logic, Jeff Dee should be gearing up to sue the ever loving %^&* out of the creators of the UPB. Just sayin'.

Re: UNTIL Superpowers Database -- What Do *You* Want To See? Especially since the forum has today as the join date, and that as his first post.

Re: Quis custodiet ipsos custodes: Statting out Watchmen characters Appropos of nothing, it annoys me that our websense blocks Mike's site.

Re: Why don't you play online? Sorta both. Back in 4e, they wanted a 200 pt starting charcter. They wanted street level, with non-gagdget powers rare and mysterious. As I said, I wanted JLA which is pretty much antithetical to all of the above.

Re: Why don't you play online? The only online stuff I was looking at for RP wasn't trying to simulate the gaming experience I wanted to have. Simply put, I wanted Justice League, they offered Mystery Men. Done like that.

Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Two for one, as I've been reading a lot in the last week. Jhegaala by Stephen Brust It's good. I'm actually still sort of digesting it. There is a lot of the familiar Vlad banter mixed with the hair trigger desire for casual violence that makes Vlad a somehow beloved character. Loiosh is awesome as always. But this is a weird tale on a couple of levels. I'll spoiler so as not to ruin any of the other books for people. Still, a solid Vlad tale, and I give it a healthy 4 Jhereg out of 5. Next... Go-Go Girls of the Apocalypse by Victor Gischler Hmmm. It's an interesting read. It makes a lot of assumptions about the nature of man, and I'd love to say that they're wrong, but I think I'd be lying unfortunately. The book is over the top, at times funny, at times morbid. It's Post-apocalypse at it's best and worst. I definitely have to give Gischler credit for one very important thing though, and that's finding a way to make the hero sympathetic and identifible. It would be more difficult to get in to the mind of one of the other survivors, but Mortimer provides a very good "every day joe" view of this strange new world. The cameo by Ted Turner must be read to be believed. I quick read, I think it also earns some credit by staring fairly unflinchingly at some really unsavory aspects of humanity. It is also absolutely going to offend some people. If you suspect that you might be even a little thin skinned, you might want to give this one a pass entirely. I give it 3.5 Armageddon dollars out of 5.

Re: Jokes A soldier stationed in the South Pacific wrote to his wife in the States to please send him a harmonica to occupy his free time and keep his mind off of the local women. The wife complied and sent the best one she could find, along with several dozen lesson & music books. Rotated back home, he rushed to their home and thru the front door. "Oh darling" he gushed, "Come here... let me look at you... let me hold you! Let's have a fine dinner out, then make love all night. I've missed your lovin' so much!" The wife, keeping her distance, said, "All in good time lover. First, let's hear you play that harmonica."

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? The sound of my enemies falling before me - City of Heroes.

Re: Foxbat is up Dang. I'm unfortunately getting resigned to hating the art.

Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it...

Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Doctor Horrible's Sing a Long Blog, Episodes 1 & 2. My review.

Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... I found myself thinking in character sheets A LOT while reading this, and normally, I don't do that. I think you could mine a lot of stuff out of the book/setting.

Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... Soon I will be Invincible The Good: On the plus side, it was an engrossing read. I liked the homages and the subtle or overt nods to the conventions of the genre. The supers were actually cool, and were characters I'd want to see in a comic book or play in a game, unlike some other super related literature I've read. The story was good, the plot was solid. The bad: The character voice wandered a little bit. Usually it was pretty clear who you were reading, but every now and then Fatale and Doctor Impossible start to sound a bit too much like each other. That may have been intentional on some level, but it can be a bit jarring to realize that the "voice" that sounded like Fatale, was actually the Doc talking to Baron Ether. There seem to be some timeline issues with the universe as well, but I'm really just picking nits at this point. The book is a fun read, and very well done. As one of the reviewers said "This would make a great comic book, and I intend that as the highest of praise." I agree, I'd like to see more of the world of Doctor Impossible and the Champions.

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Fergie vs. Prodigy - Smack My Fergie Up - JimTV

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Unk vs. Avril Lavigne vs. Toni Basil Mash-Up Girlfriend - DJ Lobsterdust

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Tick-Toxic (2008 Mix) - DJ Surge-N

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Electro Video DJ Mix Vol 4 Electronic Dance Music - cb shaw (FINALLY! I've been waiting for a new one for forever.)

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Just lose the Bad Touch - Eminem/Bloodhound Gang Mashup.