Re: Pulp Hero??
If you want some Good Source Material I recommend Highly White-wolf's Adventure! Still findable in it's original D10 form.. But this Month Whitewolf is Releasing a D20 version under their sword and scorercy label. Anyway, it's a very Rich setting, which spares no expense telling you about many of the Great Pulp Conventions, and the Three Hero types from it's Universe, those being..
Stalwerts:Men and woman faster then speeding bullets, or with bodys of Bronze, Mad Scientists who concoct inventions in days..Strong men and the like.Think Doc Savage.
Mesmerists:Those who have can cloud the Minds of Men, those who can Read Minds, Telekenetics, Pyrokinetics, Scientists who can group Gestalt with the minds of their coworkers to make better Inventions,Think the Shadow or the Phantom.
and Finally DareDevils:Those Just Plain Bad Ass Skilled People who get by through sheer Determination, and Luck.. They get special Abilities called Knacks to represent their Edge in Reality things Like "Fists of Stone" "Barnstorming Piolet" "One Man army" "Dramatic Entrance" and of course "Death Definace" Think Indian Jones or Rick from the Mummy.
Beyond that There's Gurps Cliffhanger! Which tells you everything you could ever want to know about the Convention, while Adventure! Was a great setting and covers alot, CliffHanger is more of a Guidebook to the Genre, it tells you Price Ranges from year to year, and Inventions as they came out, as well as styles of Dress.
There's also Forbidden Kingdoms, while at a Steep Price for a D20 book, it does a great job of covering the Three great Pulp Eras, from the 20's,30's and 40's.
Finally a great Comic Reference for you to check out is Planetary, written by Mr.Warren Ellis, which is a Modern day pulp Comic.
Anyway if you wish for more details, like some caimpaigns I've ran before or what not, just let me know.
