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BoneDaddy

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  1. For a smart guy, I can be SUCH an IDIOT!
  2. Spring Healed Jack! He leaps! He tumbles! He spits fire! Seriously - here's your range closing guy/ martial artist Guy Fawks! He can blow just about anything up! Sadly, no range. He's an energy projector, of sorts. The Pict! He's like some sort of indestructable raging naked giant smurf in a kilt! Here's your Wolverine type. Short temper, close to indestructible (Woad, you know), high capactiy for violence. Think Slaine. Magic Spear. Jones the Dragon! Hailing from Wales, his demands for surrender are rarely understood! I'd make him a suit, but he could be some sort of anthropomorphoid dragon. London Fog! She creeps in on little cat feet! Darkness, teleport, change environment, the usual. If you need something done sneaky, she's your girl. Cern Man! He's a giant, all right! Anyone have any pants for this guy, 10 Meter waist? And, the wonda from down unda, Platypus Girl! She's umm... Well, let's face it, Australia is short on good hero references. Reckless Kelly was a hero and all, but he was a crook. But then, I did have Guy Fawks... Soooooooo.... And, the wonda from down unda, Reckless Kelly! She has a suit of body armor that can't be beat, and a dead eye with a handgun. She's the orginal RK's lateral descendant. Whatever - who cares, its an ID, right? All clearly off the top of my head.
  3. Since you've asked so nicely - Historically, they don't scatter, cower or freeze. Group dynamics play a bigger role than incoming fire. They swarm up out of the trenches and head for the wire en-masse, getting cut down by enemy fire. They charge off of landing craft onto Omaha beach, and head for higher ground, while around them, people are getting blown to smithereens. They charge the beaches in countless islands in the South Pacific. They hold the line armed with fake guns made entirely of wood. They charge into battle with bulletts made of bamboo, with tin shell casings. And that's without getting into genuinely heroic sacrifices. Generally, they surrender when ordered to. If they froze, they'd just get shot and die. I guess a lot of them do, but I think that has more to do with intentionally being in harms way, rather than hiding in the foxhole. I don't know that you need a game mechanic for this. if you want one, I think the Presence Attack is the mechanic you are after. A 155 round makes a presence attack all by itself, without anyone having to say a word. I think better P-lims would include code of conduct, subject to orders, and unconcerned with own safety. The psychological conditioning that goes with being a soldier, in any army, involves eliminating the flight or freeze instinct where possible, and weeding out the candidates who aren't otherwise qualified (those who freeze or crack under fire.) That's why R. Lee Ermey and the rest of the Drill Instructors and Drill Sergeants of the world yell so darn much - It isn't just for yucks. It's actually the most important part of the training - they need to see who can't deal with psychological torment and sleep deprivation for months at a time, before they send them to the front. Where I find your NPC concept lacking is that you've given them all PTSD, without any TS, and lowered their Ego to boot. You've created an Army of acrobatic ferrets - I don't intend that as abuse, I've given you enough of that I can see. But while I'm on that topic, why 7 points worth of Acrobatics? Beyond a few dive rolls we didn't cover too much of that in basic training. I would think a CSL or two with the M-1 might be handy - we spent a lot of time at the range. Also, I think you can field strip and clean an M-1 without a weaponsmith skill. We spent a lot of time on basic squad infantry tactics, probably more than just a basic familiarity. Thank you for just taking my word for it. I'm honored (edited because Trickstapriest asked.)
  4. You gave soldiers the disadvantage that could be best described as "cowardly." What sort of evaluation were you hoping for? All my old Army buddies in the infantry have all ETSed out of there years ago, and maybe I took it too personally, but really! Those disadvantages would apply better to librarians or spinster-aunts or cub-scout troops rather than trained soldiers. You asked "What do you think?" of everyone, myself and Treb included. Von D-man did a much better job of getting to the heart of what you were after than I did, but what I think is stilll pretty well valid. Did you consider a Physical Limitation of Weak Bladder? Distinctive Featuress - Yellow Stripe? I think the biggest problem I have is if I give an M-16 to a farmer, he'll fight more bravely than the shell-shocked troops you've created. Just because I think you have a bad idea, it doesn't make my criticism lame. You want to see lame, make a loud noise the NPC barracks.
  5. Your soldiers are a bunch of dirty cowards. This isn't the Army I would want fighting for my national safety or interests.
  6. There are conditional limitations on powers, the Only If and the Never If. An example of an Only If limitation is Only at Night, or Only in High Magnetic Fields. Examples of Never If limitations are Never in Thunderstorms, etc. What about Always When? Consider the Lycanthrope - he ALWAYS turns into a werewolf on the full moon. That can be resolved as an accidental change. Let's try something else. Consider the Bore. The Bore is one of Earth's mightiest heroes, but the sound of his voice is enough to render anyone catatonic. Its a Suppress Intelligence, Always When talking. Not only when, or incantations - there's nothing this guy can say that isn't well nigh paralyzing with boredom. What's it worth as a limitation? How about a guy who's only solid when its light? In the dark, he becomes desolid, whether he wants to or not. It just the nature of the shadowbeast. Nothing else about him changes - it isn't approprate for a multiform. So, what's it worth? I think it should be worth more than the other conditional limitations, since the PC can't necessarily guarantee the existance or nonexistance of the condition. On the other hand, unlike an Only When, the Bore can actually make people stupid without talking if he wants to - Always When isn't the same as Only If. It creates a different circumstance than the other conditional limitations, and I think it could apply to a lot of characters.
  7. Q: How do you defuse a suicide kilt? A: Chicken Whatsitoya.
  8. Q: What happens when someone makes oblique references to Shawshank Redemption? A: And that, Ladies and Gentlemen of the Jury, is why my client COULD NOT have been driving the car that fateful, tragic night. http://www.local6.com/news/2892310/detail.html
  9. Q: Dude, your new butler sucks! Why did he bite me? A: Andy Dufresne probably killed his wife, after all.
  10. I never thought I was delusional. But then, who does?
  11. Holy CRAP! I'VE been brainwashed? Well turn me into a kettle and call me black, now I've heard everything. Damn my dander is up. I come from a long and proud tradition of telling authoritarian dogmatic sons of bitches where they can shove their state sanctioned interpretation of God. And he can shove it so far up there he farts in pre-Vatican 2 Latin. Rotten stupid little pissant wannabe drone of a half-Catholic talking about someone controlling a Quaker's concept of what's holy & righteous? Moron. The whole religious society of friends was founded based on our refusal to listen to anyone but God - no intermediaries. Oh and by the way, moron who lied about ignoring me, so up yours, you moron.
  12. I've started e-mailing with an old ex-girlfriend. She was my big high school romance, and things were very intense, as they usually are with overwrought drug addled teenagers. She and I know each other at a gut level, at a level I don't want anyone to know me, which makes her invaluable to me. We haven't seen each other face to face in over ten years, and haven't spoken since she called me the day before my wedding. The other day she e-mailed me a picture of her son (we're both married to other people, and we are both grateful for it.) When I saw him, this brown haired four-year-old looking at the camera (and me) with delight, and my ex-girlfriends eyes, I was filled wih an amazing conflict of emotions. I was happy for her, that she's managed to find happiness and stability. I was happy for the world - he's a good looking boy, and likely to grow up to be smart and tough like his mom. It made me happy just to see her go on, extended through her family. On the other hand, I felt a deep sense of loss. Part of me had to finally REALLY see and know deep down that the past is so dead and gone. I felt robbed, and bereaved, and I looked at the kid's cheeks and chin and I knew they belonged to some other man I've never met before, and I didn't like seeing that one bit. I wouldn't change a thing about the past ten years. Life is funny.
  13. I'm currently noodling with a brick, and one of his brick-like powers is this: Shake the Earth: EB 4d6, Explosion w/ double range, Double knockback, No range, Knockback only (which is -3/4, IIRC), only effects targets on ground. He winds up and punches the ground. Don't try this one upstairs. That produces an average of 8"KB/ strike, which doesn't sound like much. It has a long range, and since no to hit roll is required, it haymaker's nicely up to an average 16"KB, which isn't too shabby. If you aren't a brick who's going to buy KB Resistance, you should consider personal immunity.
  14. Enchantment, bu Orson Scott Card. It appears to be a one shot, rather than a never ending series, for which I am grateful, since I am already paying Mr. Card enough for the Ender chronicles and Alvin Maker. Its an exceptional fantasy, well written, thoughtful, and entertaining. It incorporates magical realism (similar to Charles DeLint or Gabriel Garcia Marquez), which I enjoy. It includes some of my favorite characters from mythology. No one can write like Marquez, I was just listing examples of magical realism. Rating: 8 out of ten. There are better ways I could have used my time, but I have no regrets for the time spent reading it.
  15. Well, how about this - EVERY power has an SFX, and therefor and SFX that it does not work against. Find Weakness based on a supertactics sense would be ineffective against a defense that was not tactically surmountable (Blob's damage reduction, IMHO). Ordinary armor might not stop magic. It would add an element of realism, and make SFX more meaningful. As it is, they provide color, but not much else. So, in addition to defining an SFX for a power, define each power's achilles' SFX. Not having one would be a +1/4 advantage.
  16. BoneDaddy

    PSI Tek

    How 'bout a flash? If the PSI tech allows her to control the suit via thought, could she use the suit to jam someone else's thoughts? Could he target the visual cortex? As a defense, any Ego Defense would do.
  17. Just a little nit-picking: High-pressure, low pressure, heat and cold would probably still effect the zombies just the same - they remain fundamentally organic, and freezing solid will stop them, as will enough fire. Low pressure/vacuum damages us is a lot of ways other than not breathing. Among other things, we boil - that'll pop you like a poodle in a microwave, zombie or not. Just my 2AP
  18. The professional term, I believe, is "percussive maintenance." I like it a lot. I like Foxx's idea, too.
  19. I'd love to know about it myself - I'm thinking of lurking around the global guardians sight for a while, see what I can scare up. I'm not nearly good enough to run a PBEM, or do I have the resources.
  20. It would almost certainly be a PBEM game. I was planning on playing him straight - a dedicated superhero, a conscientious civil servant, and all around boy scout. The agency can be nefarious and invasive on its own. And everyone can have fun watching him inevitably become more and more withdrawn and secretive, depending on what is required of him. It could be a showstopper with the wrong group. I was planning on a brick.
  21. Has anyone tried it? It could make for some interesting role-playing to have a PC be the (somewhat nefarious government agency of choice) liason as well as a superhero assigned full time to a team as a member. It could be a reasonable condition to grant sovereign immunity to the group, while still allowing them to act as a quasi-NGO. As for the role-playing opportunities, there will be an inevitable conflict where the PC sees something that he is duty bound to the gov't to report, but duty bound to the team not to. Can he turn a blind eye? Can he avoid the Agency's mentalists long enough to keep the secret? Can he be constrained as a Psych Lim and Watched by the same group, and have a Public ID, and NOT freak out? Would he wear tights, or a suit?
  22. I've been meaning to for a New Orleans based game, but no, not yet. I think he has a form of summon, a lot of Change Environment, some mentalist powers, maybe a transform, and something in the way of adjustment powers. And a lot of presence.
  23. Before they died, Johnn Cash ad Joe Strummer sang a duet of Bob Marley's "Redemption Song." I wonder if its any good.
  24. Q: What's going on at the ThunderDumpster tonight, and why are the 'possums chanting "Two raccoons enter, one 'coon leaves!"? A: Well, if you don't already know, you obviously haven't been comparing your Wittgenstein and Alchemy assignments
  25. A flase pretense, an illusion, some scheduled alone time with a contact or DNPC. You only need a second to vanish someone, especially with the right combo of tailored kidnapping preparations. Something old-school and mundane to stop the gesturing and the incanting and the crying out for help, like a good old-fashioned sap to the base of the skull. Does he have danger sense?
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