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  1. WWYCD: The Ponderous Plumbing Problem

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    Re: WWYCD: The Ponderous Plumbing Problem

     

    Devilfire: (demon half) Would get some mild amusement out of seeing poor Rhea get slimed in the shower, but would be annoyed if the problem persists long enough to be an inconvenience. (human half) Greg would collect a sample and, after calming Rhea down, run to the university lab ASAP.

  3. An unusual use of the DNPC disad...

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    I'm a building a base for my character in a villains campaign and planning to include a DNPC; in this case, someone he's keeping prisoner. While I can imagine many might consider this a highly irregular use of the DNPC disadvantage, here's the backstory on it:

     

    During one of his past robberies, the character breifly lost his mask and one of the bank tellers got a look at his face. After getting his mask back on, he grabbed her and ran for it, abbandoning the money and writing that robbery off as a failure. Since he didn't have it in his nature to kill her, (he's a thief, not a murderer) he's been keeping her prisoner ever since.

     

    Would you as GM consider this a valid DNPC for the base or make the character himself take the disadvantage? And if you allow it either way, how would you as GM use this DNPC against the character? (aside from the obvious escape attempts)

     

    What say you, Herodom?

  6. WWYCD: Bride Of The Shadow Lord

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    The senerio: The obligatory group of insane cultists attempting the equally obligatory virgin sacrifice to call forth the Elder Gods Of Doomâ„¢.

     

    When you and your teammates show up to thwart them, you get pinned down fighting the more powerful members of the cult and things start looking grim. Then suddenly, as the cult leader is about to kill the victim, a young woman by the name of Amanda, he gets zapped by what looks like dark purple lightening.

     

    A figure in a black hooded cloak emerges from the shadows outside the torch-lite ritual site, you recognize him as Terror'Khan the infamous Lord Of the Shadow Wraiths, a dark being who seeks to make our world an annex of his. Khan approaches the altar and says something to Amanda, she nods, and then he strikes off her chains with the same "dark lightening", picks her up, and teleports away with her. Needless to say, the cultists are so demoralized by seeing their leader get punked and their would-be sacrifice stolen that you and the others make quick work of them.

     

    About a week later, you encounter Amanda on the street and ask her what happened. She then tells you she agreed to be the Shadow Lord's bride in exchange for being rescued. Khan has allowed her to stay in our realm long enough to say her goodbyes to her family and friends before he comes to collect her and return to the Dreaded Shadow Realmâ„¢. Around her neck is a Shadow Gem pendant, which in this case functions as a "mystic panic button" (it can summon anything from one of Khan's Shadow Wraiths to Khan himself if she gets into trouble). Khan is not known to have Mind Control powers. If he has any, you haven't seen him use them at any past encounter.

    WWYCD?

  7. WWYCD: The Binder

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    Re: WWYCD: The Binder

     

    Devilfire: Greg just happens to be an avid RPG player. After studying up on the Hero System rules he would rewrite his own sheet allowing him to keep his powers and, just to be an absolute b*stard about it, turning his demon half into a Care Bear (his GF, Rhea, still has a HUGE collection of those things, even at age 25). :eek:

  8. Answers & Questions

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    Re: Answers & Questions

     

    Q: How's Iceman feeling in his wrestling match with the Human Torch?

     

    A: A white top coat and a pink foundation.

    Q: What colors were the top coat and the foundation again?

     

    A: Well that's just great, I guess I'll be joining Salman Rushdie in hiding. Hold all my calls.

  12. Answers & Questions

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    Re: Answers & Questions

     

    Okay, time to pick up the spare....

    Q) Hey, is that a femur with a spleen tied around it?

     

     

    A) No, I feel it would not benefit my case. But thanks for the offer.

    Q1: Would you like Jay Leno to testify at your trial?

     

    Q: Dude, is that a Fnord?

     

    A: Quite simply, the CEO is MIA, the CFO is AWOL, and we are all SOL.

    Q2: How bad could things possibly be at the office?

     

    A: I personally prefer the red ones.

  13. Super humans populations in cities

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    Re: Super humans populations in cities

     

    No, no, no, you guys are way off...

     

    It's all about the nightlife, baby. :cool:

     

    Really, what supervillain wouldn't want to party the night away after a long but profitable day of robbing banks, jewelry stores, and The Sharper Image stores?

  17. Demonic Metabolism: how to model it?

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    Re: Demonic Metabolism: how to model it?

     

    Does this include things like not gaining weight' date=' or is it just 'chemical' in nature? [/quote']

    No weight gain, no killer stomach aches, no clogged arteries, no poisoning from all the chemicals, etc.

     

    Basically, you can expect to hear secondary characters occasionally saying stuff like (WARNING: do not read what follows if you just ate or are about to eat):

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    "Dude, you won't believe this. That guy just scarfed down twenty slices of the greasiest pizza known to man, followed it up with an entire canister of Slim Jims, a two pound bag of sour cream and onion potato chips, two packs of chocolate Zingers, and now he's washing the whole ungodly mess down with a three liter bottle of Cherriwine and a fifth of vodka."

    "And he's still alive?! Daaaaamn!!!"

    :sick:

  18. Demonic Metabolism: how to model it?

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    Creating a package deal for demons in my campaign world who have assumed corporeal form. Among other things, such beings can get away with smoking heavily, drinking heavily, and consuming junk food by the truckload without suffering a single ill effect (stuff that's bad for humans is good for demons). I know to use Life Support: Immunity for the first two parts of this, but how do I model the third? And for those who might bring it up, I'll thinking about reserving Full Life Support almost excussively for noncorporeal form (there have to be some drawbacks to manifesting as flesh and blood, afterall). Thoughts?

  20. WWYCD: Sleeping With The Enemy

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    (for once I'm doing one that has nothing to do with demons...;))

     

    Advisory: Some adult themes, may not be appropriate for all players, characters, and/or campaign settings.

     

     

    It's one of those rare slow days, so with nothing better to do, you stop by to visit with one of your teammates. When you ring the doorbell, he/she comes to the door in a bathrobe and an embarressed/guilty expression on his/her face. As he/she tells you this wasn't a good time to drop by, you glance over his/her shoulder and see- much to your shock- the costume of a superhuman you and the group consider an adversary (pick someone of the appropriate gender and sexual orientation) on the couch. After an awkward silience, your friend confesses that the individual in question is in the bedroom asleep and begins telling you the whole sordid tale:

     

    The two of them met on a personals website in Secret ID, and after afew face to face dates, got into an *ahem* "intimate relationship." Only recently did each find out who the other was, and though the fact that they were on opposing sides of law/morality was awkward, they continued seeing each other (yes, the sex was THAT good). Rightly or wrongly so, your colleague sinerely believes he/she can persaude his/her new bedpartner to change sides. WWYCD?

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