Dominique

Re: Ww 219 / Omac 4 -- Spoilers! IMHO, that was the dam bursting. It made absolutely no since at all. Things really started getting bad after that. Anybody remember Bloodlines? or War of the Gods?

Re: Top 10 Most Wanted Supervillians! Do you specifically want Champions villains or can it be villain from any game, comic, TV show, etc. ?

Re: DC's turn toward the dark

Re: Feuermacher Puzzler... Yeah but how does sleep, or use the toilet?

Re: Supers and the law Way back in the day, I had a PC who liked to "Spotlight" (focus the attention on himself), and was getting on a few other players nerves. So to bring him down a few pegs, I had a greedy NPC (a shady businessman), that had been a pain in the PCs butt before, trademark his characters name. He then sued the PC in court (amazingly the PC lost the case), and had to pay for the use of the name. While now it seems a little mean, it did have it's desired effect.

Re: Supers and the law How realistic are you in application of the law? Say having a lowly thug/henchman file a 1983 civil rights violation against a hero for use of excessive force for hitting him with an EB, or having a case thrown out for your PCs not having a valid search Warrant. "Even though Stryker found $200 million in hi-tech weapons in Dr. Death's HQ, he dind't have a warrant and the judge threw the case out."

Over the past few days, there have been several discussions going back and forth that got me thinking about superheroes and the law. Just how much legal authority do you grant your PCs? Are they completely on their own; do you grant them some type of limited law enforcement powers; or are they full blown law enforcement officers?

Re: Supervillains and the death penalty Here's another question for you, would any of your PCs with a CvK refuse to turn a captured villain over to the authorities if he/she know that they faced death for their crimes? If so, how would your other players handle it? How about the government?

Re: Supervillains and the death penalty I agree with you on all but one point. It’s when you say that Slobovia made the first strike. When the US places a complete embargo against another county, it involves us undertaking a number hostile actions, that many consider acts of war. The US military will form a, land, naval and air blockade preventing goods from reaching that nation’s air, land, and sea ports, They will forcibly board ships trying to run that blockade, and turn back any aircraft trying to enter it’s airspace. They will search any vehicles trying to enter the county by land, and many times they will fire on anyone who resists their efforts to stop them. So it’s possible that from The Slobovian’s point of view, they were already at war, and were just defending themselves.

Re: Supervillains and the death penalty Let me stir the pot just a little bit more. How about this one. What about a super being that was acting as a state sponsored agent. Let’s just say the US had placed an embargo against Lower Slobovia, and as retaliation they sent their one and only superhero hero. Capt. Slobovia, to strike against the U.S. Since the Capt. has no beef with the average Joe, he chooses to attack a US military installation, and will continue attacking government targets until all sanctions against his country are lifted. During the course of battle, several US military personnel, and law enforcement officers are killed, before our heroes can subdue Slobovia. The DOJ asks for the death penalty, in what they clearly see as a case of international terrorism, and a blatant and un-provoked attack against federal law enforcement officials and US military personnel. But, at his trial, Capt. Slobovia claims that he was a soldier captured on the battlefield engaged in an ongoing conflict. He states that the U.S. initiated the war by placing a series of illegal sanctions on his nation, and as a result people are starving to death, children go hungry, and medicine does not reach the sick. How would you handle that one (and anyone that knows me knows that this is just the type of situation I'm good for throwing PCs into).

Re: DC's turn toward the dark Gentlemen (ladies?) on this matter we are in complete agreement.

Re: DC's turn toward the dark Aaron, I see your watching this thread, why not join in.

Re: Supervillains and the death penalty OK, let me throw a little kink into this. How about an alien invader, or someone from another dimension? They have declared war and invade. After laying waste to several major cities, your heroes defeat and capture several of them. The public's screaming for blood, what do you do?

Re: DC's turn toward the dark The reason it reaks of Marvel, is beacuse a huge number of DC's current crop of editors and writers are self admited "Marvel babies". I think are trying to make the DCU more like Marvel, and I truly think it's a big mistake. I think this is whole thing is going to go badly, and it's going to take years to clean up this huge mess they seem to have created for themselves. I could be wrong, but somehow I doubt it.

Who here, besides me thinks that the recent tone in DC's books just ain't clicking? I've had sinking feeling about this whole Infinite Crisis thing for a while know,and every week it seems to get worse and worse. How many of you think it's a mistake?

OK, another thread here got me thinking about this. When would a supervillain rate the death penalty in your campaingn? What crimes would he be charged with? Who would be tasked with conducting the action execution? I know how it would be handled in the real world, but what about in your campaign?

Re: Preview: Evergreen

Re: Eurostar : where will I find more details ? Eurostar has been a staple of the Champions universe for years.

Re: Eurostar : where will I find more details ? Another version (with a little more juice, but thier backgrounds were rewitten) appeared in Champions New Millennium. Didn't like the game system, but I did steal... errr, pay homage to quite a few ideas form it.

Re: VOICE of DOOM Voice of Doom was one of my favorite Champions books. You got a fun little adventure, a kick ass villain organization, and some really good background info, and all of it for less than $10.00. Ahhhh.....the good old days of gaming.

Re: The Algernon Files come to Hero!!!

Re: The Algernon Files come to Hero!!! For those of you who want to take a look, preview # three (The Scorpion) is up, both the M&M and Champions versions at http://www.blackwyrm.com/extras

Re: Is Power Girl/Kara Starr the DCUs Gladiator? Lightray, thanks for the overview. I'm stuck out at sea at the moment, and can't get to the comics I've got reserved on my pull list. How's the overall writing?

Re: The Algernon Files come to Hero!!! For those of you that are interested, Dave Mattingly has posted info on obtaining full color copies both volumes of TAF, and the upcoming Critical Security Update, over on the Blackwyrm website. It's in the forums section (http://www.blackwyrmgames.com/forums).

Re: The Algernon Files come to Hero!!! That's strange, it seems to be working for me. Try it one last time and if it still won't work, email them about the problem.