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    FenrisUlf reacted to Sketchpad in Calling your Power Armor   
    I would go with the "Only in Secret ID" option rather than a Focus. 
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    FenrisUlf reacted to steriaca in Forgotten Enemies metathread   
    Ankylosaur's partner was Wyvern.
     
    I believe the group you're looking for is VOICE, lead by "Red Dragon".
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    FenrisUlf reacted to Ninja-Bear in Forgotten Enemies metathread   
    Off the top of my head would be Sledge and Frisbee from Enemies I
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    FenrisUlf got a reaction from Sundog in Larger Than Life! Real people who could be pulp heroes.   
    I agree. It's surprising so few works of fiction have used Mister Greenstein given his wildly adventuresome life.
     
    And am I wrong or was he part of the inspiration for the Golden Age Atom at DC Comics?
     
    *Looks at Link*: Yep, he was.
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    FenrisUlf reacted to Sundog in Larger Than Life! Real people who could be pulp heroes.   
    Joseph Greenstein, The Mighty Atom
    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joe_Greenstein
    http://www.badassoftheweek.com/index.cgi?id=651068116795
     
    'Nuff said.
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    FenrisUlf reacted to freakboy6117 in Larger Than Life! Real people who could be pulp heroes.   
    Reading some of Christopher Lees Obituaries after yesterday I find myself thinking about real people who would make for interesting pulp heroes.
     
    In lee's case RAF intelligence officer seconded to the SAS (possibly one of the inspirations for James bond) , expert fencer, multilingual, professional actor and Stuntman direct descendant of Charlemagne.
     
    Also 
     
    Buster Keaton Physical Phenomenon pioneering stunt man jackie chan before there was a jackie chan Parkourist before parkour
     
    watch this video and tell me he wouldn't be an amazing pulp hero
     

     
    so who else would you suggest 
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    FenrisUlf reacted to Pattern Ghost in On This Day in History   
    On this day in history, the Cubs won the World Series for the first time in 108 years.
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    FenrisUlf reacted to megaplayboy in Silver/Bronze age post-modern apologetics   
    The main golden and silver age trope I can think of: Heroes don't kill or do so with extreme rarity, and villains rarely kill large numbers of civilians, rarely kill the DNPCs of heroes, and even more rarely kill the heroes themselves.  Why?  My theory is a combination of a kind of gentlemen's agreement that "this is how the game will be played...or else", and a sense of Mutual Assured Destruction(murderous vigilante heroes leads to ever more ruthless villains, and vice versa).  One could also add the possible public opprobrium of heroes playing judge, jury and executioner and perceiving super-murderous villains as "too dangerous to let live".  The public would demand a military response to a villain who wiped out a town, and perhaps a nuclear response to one who wiped out a city(or small country).  
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    FenrisUlf reacted to Cassandra in Silver/Bronze age post-modern apologetics   
    Batman: The Brave and the Bold remembered them.
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    FenrisUlf reacted to Ninja-Bear in Silver/Bronze age post-modern apologetics   
    RDU Neil saying that everything that drive humans is economic is cynical. And as a former volunteer firefighter, I can tell you, not everything comes down to money. There are other desires which cause men to do the things they do.
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    FenrisUlf reacted to Ninja-Bear in Working on Eclipse City, the City out of nowhere   
    Eclipse City? No the name should be Atlantis! Look at the shiny crystal structures! Look how futuristic it is! Why in Idaho? Well when it was about to sink, the magicians casted a powerful spell. When the water rises, the earth moved and the Eclipse unlocked the spell. The city didn’t move, the earth beneath it did!
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    FenrisUlf reacted to Darren Watts in Golden Age Champions Discussion Thread   
    Piles of it - in fact, the Battle of Los Angeles gets its own adventure seed (p. 138 - I recommend using the Xenovores.) However, it's highly unlikely there will be any more Age books, alas - it's pretty clear the market just isn't there. dw
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    FenrisUlf reacted to Christopher R Taylor in 6th Edition Conversions   
    Well I've wrapped up the 4th edition Champions and Strike Force conversions, any others people would like to see from olden Champs days converted to 6th edition?  Stuff not in more recent products like Enemies, I mean.
     
    OK I'm going to list all the character groups completed in this thread so newcomers can find them easily and not have to dig through the whole thread as it gets bigger and bigger.  As I do more stuff, this will expand.
     
    Aesisinos from 4th edition Champions BBB
    Champions of the North 4th edition
    Zodiac Conspiracy, from the module
    To Serve And Protect module
    Ninja Hero 4th edition characters
    New Knights of the Round Table (part one)
    Atlas Unleashed module
    Deathstroke module (characters not covered by rjd59, below)
    Wings of the Valkyrie module
    European Enemies by GrandmasterGM
    Challenges for Champions
    Champions Presents, interwoven with characters from Watchers of the Dragon
     
    Also, here's the other threads containing various write ups by other folks:
     
    Crusader, Starburst, and the 4th edition Champions by me - the one that started up this madness for me in the first place
    Deathstroke by rjd59
    The Blood by rjd59
    Some Enemies for Hire and Mutant File rebuilds by Dr Mid-Nite
    Roadkill by rjd59 
    Several different write ups for The Guardians, the original team featured in the earliest Champions books.
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    FenrisUlf reacted to Christopher R Taylor in 6th Edition Conversions   
    Holiday bonus extra post! Spider Monkey, the experiment that is contemptuous toward humans.  Also, very tiny.
     
    Spider Monkey   Val Char Cost  13  STR    3  23  DEX   26  13  CON   3   7   BOD  -3  20  INT    10  20  EGO 10  10  PRE   0  13  PD    11  10  ED     8   5   SPD  30   6   REC   2  30  END   2  20  STN   0   OCV:    8 DCV:   12 OMCV: 7 DMCV: 7   12m RUN   0   4m SWIM 0   5m LEAP 1 Characteristics Cost: 197   Cost Power   5     Tail: Extra Limb (1)  10    Discriminatory with Smell/Taste Group    60    Ego Powers: Multipower, 60-point reserve  6f    1)  Mind Over Matter: Telekinesis (40 STR) (60 Active Points)  6f    2)  Ego Attack: Mental Blast 6d6 (60 Active Points)  6f    3)  Read Minds: Telepathy 12d6 (60 Active Points) Powers Cost: 93   Cost Skill   3     Acrobatics 14-   3     Breakfall 14-   3     Language:  English (completely fluent)   3     Language:  Spanish (completely fluent)   7     Concealment 15-   7     Stealth 16- Skills Cost: 26   Total Character Cost: 316   Pts. Complication  15   Distinctive Features:  Spider Monkey (Not Concealable; Always Noticed and Causes Major Reaction; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses; Not Distinctive In Some Cultures)  15   Enraged:  Grabbed, entangled, or bound (Uncommon), go 11-, recover 11-  20   Enraged:  When Mentally Attacked (Uncommon), go 14-, recover 11-  20   Hunted:  Mad Scientist Frequently (Less Pow; NCI; PC has a Public ID or is otherwise very easy to find; Vivisect)   5    Negative Reputation:  Dangerous and erratic, Infrequently  20   Physical Complication:  Small (Frequently; Greatly Impairing)  20   Psychological Complication:  Thinks he's superior to humans (Common; Total)  20   Psychological Complication:  Wants to be in charge (Very Common; Strong)  15   Psychological Complication:  Vicious (Common; Strong)  10   Social Complication:  Public Identity Infrequently, Major  20   Vulnerability:  2 x Effect mental attacks (Common)   5    Vulnerability:  Chemical Attacks (Uncommon) Complication Points: 185  

    Spider Monkey.hdc
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    FenrisUlf reacted to death tribble in Create a Villain Theme Team!   
    I'm sorry but I had to......
     
    Clad in a tartan suit including a tartan fedora and carrying a tartan Thompson sub-machine gun comes The Loch Ness Mobster. Originally from Inverness Antonio McDonald is Scots-Italian. He serves as Angus's muscle and gunman and is perhaps the most'normal' member of the group. He has a deep love for gangster film noir but try imagining saying the tough phrases in a broad Scots accent. 
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    FenrisUlf got a reaction from tkdguy in What "Pulp" have you read lately ?   
    Hopefully this won't be OT, but anyone who wants to read CAS for themselves can find his entire written work online for free here: http://www.eldritchdark.com/
     
    Enjoy.
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    FenrisUlf reacted to Lord Liaden in Golden Age Champions Discussion Thread   
    Bulletproof went through a lot before an encounter with a mysterious cosmic being in 1947 hurled him into the year 3000. He started out as just a tough but normal brawler wearing a protective costume of experimental materials. It wasn't until 1944 that he was accidentally exposed to an experiment by Der Totenkopf which gave him true superhuman invulnerability.
     
    And yes, I realize you were making a joke. But you raise the issue, yer gonna get an answer whether you like it or not.
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    FenrisUlf reacted to Darren Watts in Golden Age Champions Discussion Thread   
    Yup! Eastern martial arts knowledge is pretty anachronistic, particularly in pop culture, but "super" heroes who basically had a gimmick costume and some boxing or wrestling knowledge (Wildcat, Crimebuster, Atom, Guardian) are pretty common.
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    FenrisUlf reacted to Lord Liaden in Golden Age Champions Discussion Thread   
    I recognize most of them from references elsewhere. The guy in yellow and green socking Hitler in the jaw is Bulletproof (who reappears in the far future in Galactic Champions).  The fella emerging from darkness on the far right is Dr. Twilight, grandfather of Dr. Ka, the mystic hero from Vibora Bay. The girl punching the giant robot is the Sea Hawk, aka Princess Mara of Atlantis (Queen Mara in modern day, as described in Hidden Lands). Dude in blue and white at bottom left is Optimus, leader of the Defenders of Justice. I'm afraid I don't recognize the energy projector at upper left.
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    FenrisUlf reacted to Darren Watts in Golden Age Champions Discussion Thread   
    Aah, I think I get you now. (You really need more complete sentences, if you're going to go around calling yourself QuestionMan!) Golden Age is a "Low-Powered Supers" setting according to the standards set in 6e1. It doesn't use NCM. Most of the characters have 50-60 AP for their main power, but there's a wide variety there depending on their roles. 
     
    And there's a ridiculously-complete list of archetypes and sub-archetypes. I'm not including any definitions here (buy the dang book!) but here's the complete list of archetypes discussed:
     
    I. Bricks
    Flying Bricks
    Indestructible Bricks
    Strange Visitors
    Perfected Bricks
    Exploding Bricks
    Chemically Improved Bricks
    Mechanically Improved Bricks
     
    II. Energy Projectors
    Elementalists
    Focus Wielders
     
    III. Mystics
    Inheritors of Ancient Magic
    Stage Performers
    Occult Detectives
    Ghosts
     
    IV. Speedsters
    Traditional Speedsters
    Flyers
    Swimmers
     
    V. Weaponmasters
    Archers
    Anachronistic Lawmen
    Vehicle Masters
     
    VI. Mystery Men (replaces Martial Artist)
    Costumed Detective
    Femme Fatale
    Frustrated Lawman
    Great White Hunter
    Mystery Man of Science
    Trained Fighter
    Wild Man or Woman
     
    VII. Others
    Gadgeteers
    Mentalists
    Metamorphs
    Powered Armor
    Patriots
     
    VIII.Sidekicks
    Derivative Kid
    Female Counterpart
    Comic Relief
    Boy In Charge
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    FenrisUlf reacted to Lord Liaden in Golden Age Champions Discussion Thread   
    Maybe a little bit about the organizations involved? I mean, I know the national governments in the conflict, but what government agencies and affiliated groups are players in the campaign? Who's responsible for what? Any activity among the private factions of the setting? For example, I know the Circle of the Scarlet Moon were supposed to have assisted the RSvKg.
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    FenrisUlf reacted to Darren Watts in Golden Age Champions Discussion Thread   
    Me too! Storn is the best. If all works out as planned, the interior chapter pages will also be by him, with each being a swipe/homage to a famous GA cover redone with Champs Universe characters. Superman shaking dudes out of a car, Captain Marvel Jr. smashing a stone swastika, maybe a Spirit cover with words written down the side of a tenement building. 
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    FenrisUlf reacted to steriaca in Golden Age Champions Discussion Thread   
    That does remind me, a pre-Doctor Destroyer Doctor Destroyer. And, if he was old enough, Archmago (I suspect that he got his start in the golden age, but won't be a real threat till the silver age).
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    FenrisUlf reacted to Darren Watts in Golden Age Champions Discussion Thread   
    That's a great question, and I didn't know the answer so I went back and counted. Once again with the caveat that this is *before editing*, the count goes: 12 Germans, 2 Italians, 1 Bulgarian, 9 Japanese, 3 Atlanteans, 10 assorted American criminals, and 2 "alien races" (one of which is actually from here.)
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