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Whitewings

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  1. That's the translation given, it's probably a conceptually similar pun in Japanese - Go Nagai is mildly addicted to puns, it seems. In the unlikely event hasn't figured it out yet, yet, the show is a parody. Of quite a few genres.
  2. You must be having a good day, you're being generous.
  3. As for extra limbs, in the six issues I have (and the short strips in Nodwick, which I also have), Zodon's chair has only two arms. I've never seen any extra appendages: He has two hands, period. If you can find a scene with other appendages, let me know. It might be in some material I don't have. And somehow, I can't really see Zodon in melee either. What sort of fighting would he use, egg fu?
  4. I think that's the question: Can Zodon be removed from his chair without need of surgery? You say yes (which makes it a Focus), I say no (which makes it a special effect). Oh, and it might not matter in the adventure, but Zodon does have swimming; he states that his chair allows him to visit "scenic areas of the Marianas Trunch." His chair definitely has no attack powers, but he does have, apparently, some basic hand-to-hand skill (though not enough to justify Skill Levels or anything), and I agree that a couple dice of HA would be appropriate. But why Extra Limbs? In or out of his chair, he has two hands.
  5. He did quite a number on Tyler is issue #3, remember?
  6. I'll agree there, there was one in my second-to-last group. After an entire year of playing, she just couldn't get it though her thick head that you rolled a d20 for just about everything, or what her Feats were good for. And her SO was even worse; he understood the rules, yes, but he constantly insisted that he knew more about *everything* that anyone else at the table. I found this especially annoying because I really *did* know know about almost everything than anyone else at the table - him especially! You detune a harp for travelling, you don't replace its strings. Japanese daikyu were and are assymetrical so they can be fired when kneeling or on horseback, and so forth. He once spent twenty or so minutes trying to solve a mathematical sequence by applying numerological principles; I got fed up, pulled the drawing away from him, and solved all three sequences in my head in about 20 seconds (18 of which went to the last sequence; it was moderately difficult).
  7. What's wrong with that? Iron Man's been doing it for decades.
  8. I do have some quibbles: First, Ron and Suzie do still need to breathe, and to eat and sleep. This is established in issue 4. Also in issue 4, we see that Bernard does in fact require a space suit, so presumably does not have Life Support. My main problems, however, are with Zodon. Extra Limbs, sold-back Running, then Running bought through his chair, no Distinctive features? I'm sorry, but he's the archetypal example of "A Disadvantage that doesn'tlimit the character isn't worth any points." He seem to be a myesthenia gravis victim, or possibly a quadraplegic, but he get *no* points for these, as his hoverchair provides him with full mobility and manipulation, thus he suffers no limitation from that condition. If anything, he'd have "DF: Big-headed kid in a hoverchair." The chair is *not* removable as far as we've seen; it appears to be directly connected to Zodon, and thus is not a focus. Oh, and he masses approximately 150 kg with his chair. PS: Supervillain is fine, but not on a 14 or less; he's brilliant, but he's still only five. He and Victor von Fogg are capable and skilled for their age, but that's the key: For their age. I'd give Zodon an 11- at most. ALso, he has "Images," in a cone, "only to create light" from his chair's headlamp.
  9. Angakuk - Inuktitut word meaning shaman, shamanism and shamanistic power.
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