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Re: Champion Battlegrounds: What do you think? And yet we bagged him! At the cost of a lot of Body, myself included since my character took a power beam to the head at point blank range (and thus was in a coma for a loooong time).

Re: Enemies of San Angelo That was an embarrassing throw down. *muttergrumble*

Re: There has always been a Captain Future! He'd look like an iPod Nano. *runaway!*

Re: Champions Jargon Yep.

Re: Champions Jargon "DT says: hit 'em again!" A player whose character was named Dr. Toxin had advice for us newbies: if the villain goes into the negatives, hit him again so that he's so far gone he won't get up anytime soon. See also "GM Fiat" "Eye-popping Death" This is a common one, though we generally don't see a lot of those in our games. "GM Fiat" When a N/PC is so far into the negatives it is at the GMs discretion when they will miraculously come out of their coma. I'll edit this if I think of more later, these are just off the top of my head. Jhamin may want to add to these.

Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it... I just finished Neil Gaiman's "American Gods." I can say that I was pleased at his range and use of multicultural deities. He even includes mythological and folkloric creatures as well; he really did his homework. His style has developed beautifully since "Neverwhere," which I just started reading a few days ago. Not as good as "American Gods" IMO. I'd say "American Gods" has a lot of the "Sandman" flavor to it while maintaining its own unique identity, if that makes sense. I'd give it a 9 out of 10.

Re: Wwyddiyryc? It's a knowledge skill bought only versus RPGs. Too bad I can't apply that memory to college.

Re: YOUR FRIENDS: Cost You Points, or Get You Points? Mm-hm... buttering us up I see. You just want better attendance at your games, that's all!

Re: Favorite Abuse Well darnit, that's why I bought it!

Re: Here on Earth-2: your evil counterpart! Hm, so does that mean PRIMUS would be just another corrupt branch of a corrupt government, and there would be an evil Agent Bishop? What an evil couple they would make! Unless the evil Neph just kept him chained to the bed most of the time or something...

Re: This week on "Champions"... At the request of Jhamin, a more character driven episode**: >Next Week< Vanguard Saturday, 6PM Central Time - Nephilim's boyfriend Assault Agent Mitch Bishop gets to explore "4th base" with the winged bullet-proof paranormal, while Scorch spends yet another Friday night alone. Meanwhile, Buzzsaw continues to question his own happiness while living the good life... **while Jhamin is the GM and not I, this is pretty accurate.

Re: Why that costume

Re: Why that costume I do, I do... sorry it took so long. These are drawings of my characters that I scanned and colored on the computer. Apologies for the size on some of these, I'm new at posting pics. This is my current Champs character Nephilim (I did use a Wonder Woman pose as reference): http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/vulpesferox/Nephilim_2.jpg This is a close up: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/vulpesferox/Nephilim_3.jpg This is Modem, a previous character: http://i3.photobucket.com/albums/y61/vulpesferox/Modem_3.jpg And a close up:

Re: Women! Yeah as stated in an earlier reply, I don't dig blonds w/long hair... Fabioness aside (ugh), he's got a sensative cast to his features and amazing hands. Give the guy a haircut and I'm set. *fans herself* Seriously though, he's fantasy fodder. Jhamin can attest to this (having heard my rant over the many years we've known each other) but personally I prefer my men soft/a little on the heavy side, with some facial hair.

Re: Women! Normally I don't go for long haired blonds, but the way Todd Lockwood painted this guys arms and hands... WOO!

Re: Women! Hm, then I won't mention anything about that bard on the cover of D&D's Song and Silence ...

Re: Women! Actually I was... just... kidding. Thank you anyway, though!

Re: Women! Yeah, that's what I was thinking! Chicks and gay men should be all over HERO given the character gender balance of the books....

Re: My Avatar I like "good" Keiko with her back to the viewer, speaking from a composition point of view. The second "good" pic and the evil one are common poses. I think the first one implies a sense of humility on the character's part. ... Jesus, have I earned my Art Criticism degree yet or what??

Re: What is it about Champions? Hey we survived, man! And I seem to recall we fire bombed his ass too at the end... we succeeded in destroying them all but only after huuuuuuuuuge property damage.

Re: Romantic Villians My lightweight brick has Cheshire Cat as a contact. This happened when she checked out his drivers license while he was out cold and found out his secret identity and address. Anytime she shows up to blackmail him for info or a favor he puts the moves on her and really overplays "how such a strong sexy woman has him at such a disadvantage" and that he's "at her mercy" (all this being said with a roguish grin). He also continuously gives her roses and tries to surprise her with romantic dinners. Depending on how you want to play him, he closely fits the bill you're describing. He had his origin while trying to kill himself after his wife left him, and while he's definitely a catburglar he sticks to that and not actual violence.

Re: Hero System women are all insanely attractive

Re: Why that costume Nephilim used to be a genuine warrior angel, and now that she's "mortalized" and human, her Hero ID is similar but not exactly like her original angelic armor. It's basically a Roman style bronze breast plate with a white ankle-length loincloth, a small cape that attaches at the shoulders, and sandals. Her features change enough from secret ID to Hero ID, negating the need for a mask.

Re: Hero System women are all insanely attractive Speaking as an artist and a woman, normally I would have a snit about how the figure is always rendered with current beauty aesthetics in mind and no variation. But in the comics most people are average to really good looking, with the only ugly characters being ugly because it's part of their concept or history. So it makes sense the chicks have 16" waists and DD breasts, and the men are all 6'6" and ripped. That's just the genre, and that's why it's so cheap to buy up your COM. And I also tend to play characters that are cute or good looking (without being crazy good looking), but that's because it's fun to be something you're not for a few hours on the weekend. I can't fly, but my Champions character can, dammit. If I wanted to play ugly, I'd play in a different system.

Re: Soulless? *groan* Jhamin! Step away from the can of worms! I repeat: step AWAY from the can of worms!