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I must confess, I've often wondered what Dr. Moebius would

look like as either a Champions or crossworld-travel campaign

character...

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From descriptions of the Aliens motion tracker that I've

read or heard of, the device uses changes in air density and

movement as well as radar to detect and track enemies that

aren't immediately visible to the user.

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Originally posted by Sketchpad

Link doesn't work

Well, if the link doesn't work, you can always go to the Old Forums

section of the menu, click on the link in Mr. Seeman's post, then

select the Other Genres topic thread. Once the list of previous

topics comes up, scroll down until you reach the "Jason Voorhies"

line and then click on it to see the thread.

A word of warning, though: although the topic is listed as being two

pages long, when you try to bring up Page 2, the Infernal Machine

flashes one of its lousy "404 - Page Not Found" or similar messages

on screen.

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For another treatment of Mr. Voorhies, check out the following:

http://www.herogames.com/oldForum/OtherGenres/000118.htm

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Originally posted by Space Cadet

As far as any surprises being ruined by either movie, I'd say the

answer to that is a big "No". Neither is any knowledge of the

third, fourth or fifth seasons required to know what's going on.

"The Gathering" was the pilot movie for the series in general,

while "In The Beginning" was more or less about the events

leading up to and during the Earth-Minbari War (as recounted

by Emperor Mollari).

 

(Minor correction: there is a brief reference to "Babylon Squared"

at one point during "In The Beginning".)

 

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This is, ah, a tad embarassing, but I made a slight goof when I

mentioned the title of the B5 episode to which reference was

made at one point during "In The Beginning". It wasn't "Babylon

Squared", it was the two-part episode "War Without End" (IIRC;

if i've given the wrong title this time, feel free to post the right

one).

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Ooooo, I know what power Gilligan would develop upon being

subjected to a Marvelesque "radiation accident":

20d6 Unluck, usable against others, only to turn the current

escape attempt into an absolute disaster.

Before anyone says anything, I know that the argument could

be made that Gilligan has that ability already. All the accident

would do, really, is amplify that innate ability to ungodly levels.

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Originally posted by GamePhil

If you're going to base a Hero campaign on soap operas, at least use General Hospitals. With alien abductions and evil masterminds with weather control devices, it should make an adequate fit.

 

(Nah, Dark Shadows was too obvious).

Don't forget the plotline with the magic sword. That was one

of the trippier soap-opera plotlines in recent memory (the demon-

ic possession storylines on certain NBC soaps notwithstanding).

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If it's Irish villains you're looking for, there's a couple of them in the

Villains and Vigilantes supplements Most Wanted Vol. 1 and

Super-Crooks & Criminals: the super-terrorist Boogeyman (MWV1), and the super-environmentalist Shillelagh (SC&C).

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The difference between heavy phaser stun and light phaser stun

is that heavy stun flat-out renders the target unconscious, while

light stun leaves the target conscious and able to speak, but not

much else (remember the episode with the salt-sucking vampire?).

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P.S.: Just got through looking at Syberdwarf2's phaser example,

and saw where he had suggested a straight-out EB for the light

stun setting. Setting #3 could also be written up as a DEX Drain,

for those times when you really need to find out something from

someone, but don't want to have to wait for him to wake up.

Originally posted by AnotherSkip

No the scarlet pimpernel was a wanna-be, give me Baron Munchousen!!!!!

 

(or perhaps Baron Munchkin??)

Baron Munchausen Hero??! Are you mad, or are you sprinkling

something other than sugar on your Wheaties these days?

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Originally posted by Lord Liaden

The discussion developed into a rather interesting concept, in a nightmarish sort of way:

 

http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=2908&highlight=sick+alliance+notion

Just got through reading that particular thread.

What else can one say about such a hideous notion but...

BRRRRRR!!!!

By the way, Liaden, I rather like your current avatar. The idea

of Lord Smith, Chief Agent of Rivendell is amusing, to say the

least.

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As far as who might survive to the "Galactic Champions" era goes,

I'd think that the Empyreans would definitely make it to that future

time with no problem at all.

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By any chance, did the idea for this power come from the DC

sci-fi limited series Spanner's Galaxy?

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Originally posted by AnotherSkip

Actually I think there is a 4th Jedi Power,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Wait for it

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Necromancy.

 

after all, where else do you get the 2000 member "Skeleton crew" for the Death Star????!?!?!?!?

You're just asking to be turned into Purina Sarlacc Chow,

aren't you, Skip?

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Originally posted by Citizen Keen

Just bumped the DVD combo up to the top of my Netflix account. Do either of the movies on the combo require knowledge of the third through fifth seasons? And more importantly, will either ruin any surprises in the third through fifth seasons?

 

What is the schedule for seasons four and five?

As far as any surprises being ruined by either movie, I'd say the

answer to that is a big "No". Neither is any knowledge of the

third, fourth or fifth seasons required to know what's going on.

"The Gathering" was the pilot movie for the series in general,

while "In The Beginning" was more or less about the events

leading up to and during the Earth-Minbari War (as recounted

by Emperor Mollari).

(Minor correction: there is a brief reference to "Babylon Squared"

at one point during "In The Beginning".)

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As frightening a thought as this may be to some, I can just see

someone making this into a Jackie Chan movie... Brrrrr!!

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Originally posted by Snarf

Combat Striptease: 4d6 Entangle (mental paralysis), Takes No Damage From Physical Attacks (+1/4), Works Against EGO, Not STR (+1/4) (AP 60); Only Works On Men (-1), Restrainable (-1/2), RSR (PS: Stripping, -1/2) (RC 20)

Now there's a really twisted power...

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I'm not sure where this one would fit on the Force Powers chart,

but given Luke's reaction to it the one time that he used it, it should

definitely be red-flagged as a Dark Side power.

Anyway, here it is:

Distort Perception: This power was first used by Luke in the

Heir to the Empire trilogy written by Timothy Zahn a few

years

ago. At one point during a space combat against Imperial forces,

Luke used the Force to distort the perceptions of the TIE fighter

pilots; however, immediately upon doing so, he experienced what

was described as a "wrongness" in the Force, as if he had stepped

upon a line that Jedi were forbidden to cross.

From that point on, Luke refused to ever use that power for any

reason.

If I had to guess at the way to represent this in Hero System terms,

I'd have to say that this was Mind Control with Illusion thrown in for

good measure.

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Don't they already have something like this in Dominion: Tank Police?

I seem to recall a rather infamous "combat striptease" sequence in

this particular anime where the Puma sisters distracted the cops by

performing a slow striptease routine -- just before whipping out some

ridiculously huge weapons and blasting away at said cops (evidence,

as far as I'm concerned, that the Puma sisters benefit from the same

sort of weird physics that female immortals in Highlander make

use of when they hide their swords in parts of their wardrobe

that wouldn't hide a .45 or an Uzi).

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Now, why does this not surprise me in the least?

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Originally posted by Alibear

I ran a Sweeney Tod the Barber Hero, does that count?

From what little I know about Sweeney Todd, that would be more

along the lines of Victorian Age Hero than the Regency era.

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I'm probably going to be branded as a heretic for suggesting this,

Susano, but if you can get ahold of a copy of Palladium's Mystic China,

or if you know someone who does, then check out the entry for

the "Triad Assassin Style" martial art. This (fictional) style focuses

specifically on the use of firearms.

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I thought that the Headhunter character from Villains and Vigilantes

was a rather disgusting sort, but this guy is even worse.

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YOWZA!!

I think that, as far as the RoF of this thing is concerned, there's

only one line from Blue Thunder that adequately describes

it:

"And that, gentlemen, is one hell of a s***storm in anyone's

nightmare!"

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Agent X, the original title of Battle Of The Planets as it

was originally aired over in Japan was Science Ninja Team Gatchaman.

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