Marcus Impudite

So Darth Emo is now supposed to be the new big bad of the Star Wars? Oh please, the Sith grand master, Darth Bane, would tell that poser to turn in his lightsaber and go back to whatever equivalent of Hot Topic the galaxy far far away has.

And Vice Admiral Tumblr was grating as Hell. The smug was so strong with her, all she was lacking was a pair of hoop earrings a a shirt of purple and pink plaid...

We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas.

We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year.

On 8/14/2017 at 8:36 PM, Lord Liaden said:

IMO the smartphone of the 23rd Century will be implanted directly into our skulls, activated and controlled by thought impulses, with sensory information input directly into our optic and auditory nerves. Personally I find that prospect creepy, but I'm confident that's where we're headed.

 

Now me, I'm holding out for a Sonic Screwdriver.

Considering what company/companies are likely to be making those implants, I think I'll pass on letting them put something in my brain, doubly so considering how many of them brown-nose with the New Stasi Agency.

Investigate the claim about this alleged future mass shooter after taking the precog into custody. What to do next depends on what said investigation turns up.

As Christmas is drawing near in Campaign City, people are out shopping, Christmas Caroling, and engaging in all the usual seasonal activities. But not all is Christmas cheer, as crooks dressed up as Santa's Elves are going around robbing stores and banks armed with an arsenal of Christmas-themed weapons. They've been seen using snowflake shuriken, candy cane tonfas, snowman concussion grenades, Christmas tree fragmentary grenades, Christmas light flashbang grenades, bricks of plastic explosives disguised as fruitcakes, and guns that launch holiday-themed Entangles at targets (i.e., ribbons and festive holiday wrappings, made of some super-strong polymer). They make their getaways in a rocket-propelled open sleigh, too fast for Campaign City police to catch them.

WWYCD?

On 11/16/2017 at 10:57 AM, jimofpeace said:

Hello, everyone.

I just bought the Hero System 5th Edition and am looking forward to running a Champions campaign.  Is anybody still using Fifth Edition?  I will probably be coming here asking for a lot of help, so hopefully some of you are experienced with this older system.  Thank you for any help you can give me in the future.

You're in good company, Jim. Many of us chose to continue using 5th.

An enormous flying ship, owned by a villain in the campaign world, is directly over Campaign City. Your group and several others are aboard battling said villain's minions when the government sponsored "hero," Vanguard, carelessly damages one of the anti-gravity units that keeps the city-sized craft in the air. The ship's owner and a crew of his technicians have rushed down to the section where the damage anti-grav unit is located and are attempting to repair it and stabilize the ship. Needless to say, the ship is more large enough to do a catastrophic amount of damage if it falls on Campaign City.

WWYCD?

(And yes, I'm borrowing Vanguard from Hermit's "Adventures of Fish Guy" for this one, if that's okay)

Where and when is this on? Based on what I've seen of it versus Discovery, I think I'm more likely to favor this series.

It all depends on your character's theme/taste in interior decor. Personally, I'm partial to the kind of sanctum that is it's own separate dimension; you couldn't ask for better privacy.

In honor of today's astrological event...

What would your character be doing during the 2017 Eclipse?

Q: May I have the smoked kipper souffle?

 

A: I don't know how to tell you this, but that's been out of circulation for a long, long time.

Q: Why are you looking at me like that? All I said is that I'd like to buy a copy of Wings of the Valkyrie...

A: One upon a time I was fallin' in love, now I'm only fallin' apart. Nothing I can do, a total eclipse of the heart...

Q: Welcome to Lah Lah Land! Could you tell me your official title?

 

A: It's a bit clearer than War and Peace.

Q: Why do you like Crime and Punishment?

A: We put the naughty in Illuminati.

Money: Filthy Rich with a side order of Fringe Benefit: Head Of State.

The good doctor handled the Eagle Eye man well, it's a fairly good way to resolve the matter without it becoming a full-scale war between the government and the supers. Perhaps if it's ever in the budget for them, the Samaritans should consider an orbiting base and converting the old one into a museum? (i.e., kind of like what the JLA did) If someone wants to burglarize your HQ, make 'em have to achieve escape velocity first...

On the whole, great story with a likeable protagonist.

Recently, a new pair of villains has shown up in Campaign City; a husband and wife duo. The two of them have been a nightmare to deal with because, in addition to each being respectably powerful in their own right, they've trained with each to the point that they can use their powers in combination to great effect, and the love and devotion they have for each other is so strong that they pretty much scoff at any attempt at divide and conquer. On top of all that, the lovey-dovy way they talk to each other during combat is starting to get on your nerves.

WWYHD?

While I agree, I think that portraying such a thing right would involve quite a bit of writing, and thus deserves it's own treatment.  I'm confident Hermit could, through descriptives and flashbacks, set up the situation such that the reader gets the full impact. 

 

Though a quick, immediate response (e.g. turning the goons over to the authorities with Channel 6 getting an exclusive interview to properly slam Valodorous and goons) could be portrayed in the epilogue.  Still, a more full response should be covered in a sequel.

Fair enough. I'm confident Vain-Gloryhound's name will be mud in the superhero community after word gets around about what he did.

Shouldn't that be in the sequel?

When some James Clapper wannabes send their goons to raid your base while you and your teammates are out putting life and limb on the line to save the entire world from some eldritch abomination? Yes, I believe that calls for an immediate response; preferably one that puts the fear of God into them.

I'd be interested in knowing what kind of "cost" there will be to Doctor Salem for getting Fish Guy back to the base in time to stop Valodorous.  I don't think that should wait for a sequel.

Okay, that too.

All that remains is to deal with the agency that sent Vain-Gloryhound and his mooks...

(Glad to have you back at 100%, buddy)

The final fight was awesome and Eel definately made the right call bringing in Fox to deal with Vain-Gloryhound. Of course, now the team has a government skunk works to deal with...

It's 2017, the year the movie was set in, so in honor of that I thought I might try my hand at building the titular Cherry for 5th Edition. My notes thus far:

• Cherry appears to be programmed to be housewife/sex bot so it's reasonable to assume her skills section will include PS: Cooking, PS: Housework, PS: Masseuse, and PS: Perform Sexual Techniques.
• Her Disads will likely include Susceptibility: Water since the whole impetus of the movie is her owner looking for a new gynoid body for her after a leaky dishwasher damaged her original body's circuitry beyond repair. (sure, it's a silly and somewhat cliche design flaw for her to have, but it's to be expected since this is a B-movie from the 80s we're talking about.)
• Cherry comes off as a bit of an airhead, I'm still deciding whether that is best represented as a low INT score or a Psychological Limitation.
• It's implied in a scene near the end that Cherry is heavier than her appearances would suggest (they were in a plane and having a hard time taking off due to too much weight). Though how she was able to run across the desert sand without starting to sink in if that's the case is a bit of a head-scratcher.
• I'm on the fence as to whether or not to make Cherry an Automation. No scene in the movie shows her getting directly involved in combat or getting shot, just running away from Lester and his goons.
• The actress who plays Cherry is very attractive, so I'm going with 20 COM.
• Her personality/memory chip being salvageable and transferable to another compatible gynoid body is something I'm just going to leave as a plot device. If you want to write that up for your own version of her, go right ahead.

Is the dome solid matter or some kind or a force field? If the latter, the logical course of action would be to look around for whoever or whatever might be generating the field. Are any mysterious persons entering and exiting at will? If so, is there a door somewhere or are they using some kind of devices that allow passage through the barrier? If there's door, find out if it requires a key or access code to open and attempt to acquire it. If they're using devices to pass through, wait for an opportunity to ambush one of them and take theirs.

When you're swimming in a creek,

and an eel bites your cheek,

That's a Moray.

{ducks}

I can't wait to see Eel and company give Zap-Brannigan-In-Spandex his just desserts. Maybe when Arctic Fox finds out he used her, she'll be pissed enough to freeze a sensitive region of his anatomy and hit it with a sledgehammer?

And that just leaves dealing whichever James Clapper wannabe(s) Vain-Gloryhound and his mooks work for...

Speaking as someone who is nowhere near being a mathematical genius (I flunked Algebra the first time around, and managed a C the second time):

Most of Hero's math is in the character creation, and there's nothing there that a dollar store calculator can't help you with if need be.