Zen Archer

the harbinger of justice would have this compliation i think

Probably, though I think it gets defined as "Vigilante Mentality" or whatever. As others have pointed out, it isn't appropriate if your hero campaign is "four-color" or similar. The long-term complications probably make it difficult, but not impossible, for Dark Champions games as well.

Given how the original film series ends, I'd call it as much apocalyptic as post-apocalyptic.

I read the original novel a long time ago, and didn't quite place it in the genre then either.

Found out recently that I qualified for something big that I thought I had blown. Seriously, I tanked the interview so badly that when I found out I got it, I immediately got suspicious of the whole enterprise. But I seal the deal on Wednesday, and it will be a big load off my mind.

Well' date=' prehaps the most tragic event in Paradice City was durring the early 1980's, when that dasterly villian known only as [i']Video[/i] senslessly slaughtered the superheroien Radiostar. Prehaps you herd the tribute song about the event...Video Killed The Radio Star.

 

I love that song

I once saw a guy try to use "Code vs. Taking Prisoners" as a disad similar to what's described above. He didn't have any takers at the time, since none of the available were using an approprialtely dark setting.

Flashlight - Parliament

You Dropped A Bomb On Me - The Gap Band

What I LIke About You - The Romantics

The Traveller RPG and supplements I backed via Kickstarter arrived today. Lots of care taken with the packaging. The main book is so thick I could stun a horse with it. I'm in awe of it, really.

Hmm. Maybe something like "Status" or "Active Status" if not all these characters are going to be around in the current day.

For NPCs on the other side of the tracks, I'd go to Desolation Row.

Excelavore (Eater of Glory)

Officially stolen. Thank you.

Went to the first AwesomeCon in Washington, DC this weekend. Stupid name, yeah, but a very promising show. Had a good time, and hopefully the show can grow into the sort of con the nation's capital needs.

Of your two, I prefer Exemplar.

If you're going with the alien part of the Supes thing, there's always Expatriate.

I can't take too much credit for the Coinwraiths. Various writers have used Judas' 30 pieces of silver as powerful, malign magic items: Notably, in Jim butcher's "Dresden Files" series, each coin is a conduit for a demon. Whoever touches a coin can be possessed by the demon and take its form. The "Order of the Blackened Denarii" could be ported into a Champions setting as a supervillain team, easy-peasy. (Though, do you want a team with up to 30 members?)

 

Dean Shomshak

Or perhaps CC is AV from an alternate future, say one where magic was eliminated entirely. For reasons determined by the GM - perhaps CC's universe was somehow destroyed - CC wants to convert this timeline so it resembles his own.

A Kickstarter was launched late last year for the Savage Worlds game with a similar theme. It wasn't a success but they may well try again in the future.

Cool.

 

I supported Beauchamp's Pulp RPG Kickstarter recently. He's clearly got other irons in the fire as well. I'll check it out too.

 

Cool.

I supported Beauchamp's Pulp RPG Kickstarter recently. He's clearly got other irons in the fire as well. I'll check it out too.

You've got to type the whole thing in as text and let the server convert it. There are still issues with the "post Link" and the URL part of Advanced editor.

More (and certainly better) info available in the "Forum Tips and Tricks" thread stickied in the NGD.

Great designs!

And you've done me a favor too, since this PDF managed to escape my attention 'til this.

Not a surprise. The write-up in 5E hinted that something along those was lines was possible. Be interesting to see an official take on what the more advanced powers of the Key are.

Guns of Navarone is a great film. I thought the book was even better, though.

NP: Columbo, season 2 on DVD. Still my all-time favorite TV detective.

Buffy Season 7 particularly the last few episodes of the season. A good end to the series.

yes it was. classic. the priest whose name I'm blanking on still gives me the bit of the chills.

Those of you who like to design your own settings' date=' do you ever create female-dominant cultures to help balance out the patriarchal societies? Or do you prefer to just equalize the genders generally?[/quote']

 

I've just equalized things in general for fantasy settings, even when all the players have been male. I tended towards a "don't let history get in the way of fun" approach.

Specifically, this thing here:

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I don't have it yet, but I'll likely get it eventually.

A Fantasy Hero GM of mine once introduced something from an old story/Twilight Zone episode. Each of the PCs encountered a mysterious stranger carrying a box with a red button on top. Press the button, and you gain fantastic wealth, but someone you don't know dies.

 

One player went for it; a down-on-her-luck royal antsy to get back her wealth/status/etc. To the surprise of some, she did indeed come upon a great deal of money. To the surprise of no one, the stranger moved on, after declaring his intent to strike other bargains "with someone you don't know".

 

In game terms, that meant the GM made a roll (probably Luck, but I don't know) every game month until the player's number came up. We told the player later that every time we used the quality gear she (indirectly) bought for us, we were paying tribute to the character. I don't think she bought it.

I need to remember the phrase "button morality" - sums it up so well.

My favorite comes from a UK music journalist who asks musicians (paraphrasing) "Imagine I have a suitcase containing a million pounds. You can have it, but an unnamed Chinese guy falls off his bicycle and dies. What do you do?" Wish I could remember his name.