Thag13

Re: Complicate the Person Above

Dr Anomaly is well known for his kindness and thoughtful posts.

What isnt as well known is that He has a well stocked Harem of women at his command. Most of his Castle Walls photos are from his own private stock.

Dr Anomaly also has 38 children.

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now?

Foxtrot Uniform Charlie Kilo

By the Bloodhound gang

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now?

13th Warrior Soundtrack by Jerry goldsmith.

Re: Zombie Hero: Group 2 The Oakdale Galleria

More ....Story.....

MOre Story......

Need Zombie action.....

Re: Ultimate Grimoire (on-screen version) and Spellfinder utility

Thank you for such an excellent resource.

It will come in quite handy

Thanks again

Re: A Thread for Random Musings

My Son corwin is setting up his Xbox team for the Big Local Trouney this weekend in Knoxville. The First prize is prizes and 5k cash.

His Team is the Blarney Stones

Member names...

TickleMeClover

ShineMeShillelagh

ShimmerMeshamrock

and

BlowMeBagpipes

My Son....the ....the....kid so much like me

is it wrong I am proud of him over the names..??

Re: A Thread for Random Musings

The left over storm that was Ivan took out my power tonite.

MRs THag was upset because she was in the middle of a relic raid on Dark Age of CAmelot.

I just hated being in the dark not being able to read and listen to TV

Re relit candles a lot as my son Morgan loves to blow them out...

could have been worse....

i am running a game that features TV characters.

One of my players wants to play the TV character Witchblade.

I didnt see the show enough to make a decent stab at it

does anyone have a work up on this?/

Thanks in advance...

Re: Movies

My old favorite "the MAgic Sword."

its an old school movie with stop motion special effects. Its the movie that got me to start reading fantasy fiction

Check the cheap DVD racks at dollar stores and such.

I got my copy for a dollar.

The movie is fun, but dont expect too much

Re: New news from the Post-Apocalypse RPG front

I had not heard about the Marrow Project for years until it was a topic of discussion a couple of weeks ago withmy local gaming group

Now to hear about a Forth edition so soon afterwards is kinda weird.

I may get a copy

Re: The cranky thread

Weirdly enough, Where I live at in East Tennesseewe have reverse Skunks.

As most of you know skunks are black with white stripes...ours are reversed white with black strips. on someof the skunks, the White color is a yellowish color.

Its really weird to see them.

I am sure of course that the radiation from the labs and weapons labs have nothing to do with it....

Stilll its freaky to see

Re: The Perfect Alibi

Crunchy Hero goodness.

Consider these Ideas stolen today.

My SG-Sliders game just took a dark turn...hehehhehehehhe

Re: Help Thag build a character:Chinese alchemest

I have a lot of the character done, I was just wanting help on his alchemy poweres, but Ill post the background and see if that helps

I would like my character to be a Chinese doctor from a world where the Boxer rebellion actually succeeded. The British aren't exactly denied access into China, but it certainly isn't possible for them to just walk around. Foreigners roaming around Capital Chinese cities, without escort, is practically unheard of....or very, very shady at the least. My characters motivation is simply to gain experience, perspective and an understanding of Western medicine and mindset. Let's face it, Chinese medicine and magic work great, but there is something to be said about morphine, penecillin and and immediate trauma/burn/critical care! Sometimes having a bottle of pececillin handy works great for folks who are suffering from a serious cold that could turn into pneumonia.

What I would like my character to be able to do:

Very experienced in Chinese medicine (herbalist, botanistist, horticulturalist, etc)

Relatively experienced in Western medicine (studied medicine at Oxford for a year)

Exceptionally well versed in Chinese Taoist Alchemian Sorcery

Exceptionally capable at Kung Fu (equivalent of Shaolin Master)

Speaks Latin, Chinese, English, French, Arabic, Korean, Japanese, Hebrew

Special Abilities:

Martial Arts, do not force him to engage in hand to hand. He's a Shaolin Master for cryin out loud. That's not to say there aren't other better folks out there. A Jet Li style guy and he will fight for a while. A martial arts demon has an equal chance of kicking his ass in a bad way (souls are yummy).

Magic. Give him enough time and he can knock a Dragon out of the sky, but he needs time and ingredients, both of which he just may not have. He can do simple things, but they wear on his "Chi" energy. He can unlock doors, open a window, minor Jedi tricks (no he can't influence people's minds) without causing any real wear on him. He can go semi invisible and run (not walk) on water if he uses *a lot* of Chi. Problem with that is he draws a lot of attention from etheral entities. Doing aggressive acts are bad on his Chi. Being rude, shoving people, beating on a dog, all drain his Chi. Magic is good, magic is bad.

Dodge. He can dodge bullets from a 6 cyclinder pistol. But it takes a lot of Chi for him to do it and probably wouldn't do magic for a week. He would be totally defensive when he is doing this. Now he could dodge a whole sub machine gun, but it' never been tried. And if he did successfully do it, he probably wouldn't practice any magic for a month.

The downside: He is still a servant of the Imperial Chinese Court. People are after him b/c they think he is a smuggler. He's actually an agent for the gov't hunting down smugglers and such. But his identity is so secret, he can't even tell the low-mid level authorities and certainly not western authorities! He still wears the Mandarin Braid and well, he's Chinese. Young, bald except for single braid of hair.

He's a pacificst. He will never willingly attack an opponent. His martial arts are for defense. He would rather you waste all your time trying to hit him (without him hitting you back), wearing yourself out and settling scores over tea and ma-jong.

Loves to gamble. Any form of gambling is his addiction. Does smoke opium, but isn't addicted...yet. Aversion to guns. Be a man, settle it out the old fashioned way, duke it outfist to fist or drink.

Hisuse of any powerful magic draws attention. Yes, he could conceivably turn the group invisible to the house guards by making them look like bushes, but boy the magical hounds and werewolves will come running and baying right to him. magic good, magic bad.

When it's all said and done, he's human. He likes women and wine just like an other guy. He is Chinese 5' 5", 130lbs., not very impressive. He does suffer from Chinese superstition. Finally, he doesn't wear body armor. Somebody shoots him with a .45 cal bullet, he has just as good a chance of dying just like anyone else. Can he try to dodge it, yes, if it's coming from the front and he's prepared. If he gets shot in the back, well, he'll take full effect from the bullet. He can be blinded and maimed. Magic can have a greater effect on him than against other non magic people. If somebody walks up behind him and shanks him with a 8" pig sticker, he may be out of the fight, he's only human. Oh and his arch nemesis is some obscure guy named Lo Pan and his Japanese half-brother called Otoku Fugu (the Blowfish who never smiles).

Thank you for all your help

I am guessing that I need to set up some sort of VPP.

but how should i actully set it up

I am guessing

extra time

gestures

incantations

trigger

The over all character concept that my player wrote up is excellent and I want to help him out.

Also how should I use the IG/5 rule for potions and such.??

Please help out here

Thanks

THAG

Re: What Fantasy/Sci-Fi book have you just finished? Please rate it...

Do Horror Novels count??

Re: The Master List of Limitations

This is a great site. I will recomend it for all my players touse for making characters.

I wish a printable list was avaiable

Thanks

Originally posted by concord

The music is actually from the score of Stargate, the original movie upon which the Stargate SG-1 TV series was based...

 

It has an upbeat action feel to it and has been used quite a few times as trailer music for a variety of action oriented films...

 

Movie studios tend to "borrow" music that has the right feel to use in trailers until the actual score for a movie has been recorded...

A part of the Aliens Soundtrack (the cue from when the drop ship escapes just as the atmosphere converters blow up has been used in over 50 movie trailers.

the composer of the soundtrack said he got more money from that snipnet of music than he did some of his entire scores....

I would recomend Dennis Wheatly. A great British Horror novelest. While someof the stories were a little late to be considered pulp, He really stands up as the master of Satanic Horror

HIs books The Devil Rides out, To the Devil, a Daughter have both been made into excellent movies. Both of which are now out on DVD at Anchor Bay.

His books are a little hard to find, but worth the trouble.

Originally posted by ArmlessTigerMan

I was serving my court-ordered community service this week, and while working at the local Goodwill store I found an awesome weird tales anthology:

Weird Tales, The Magazine That Never Dies.

As opposed to the Hero Pulps like Doc Savage and The Shadow, this book is packed with short stories and novellas, mainly of the horror and 'shudder-pulp' variety. I highly recommend it, especially if you can find it for $1.29 like I did.

I love finding books at a cheap price. It brings out the Scroge McDuck in me.

Speakingof which, Goodwills and Salvation Army stores are great places to find such older books as we are talking about.

And at usually cheap prices also.

I am also thinking of the Spider crimefighter whos adventures were reprinted a few years ago and can be cheap finds at book stores.

I would add more, but everyone else has covered this subject very well.

Thanks to everyone for adding such great links. I enjoyed them very much....What a great board this is...

I agree with the other posters here.

LOM is the standard that all genre books should be held to.

I have a beat up copy of it. If there is any book that should get the PDF treatment, this one is surely it.

It does show up on ebay, but it goes for some bucks.

Ill keep an eye out for it.

Excellent write - up

I am starting up a new FAntasy Hero game later this year.

Thanks for a great monster.

You are the master Kieth

Being able to write and draw....I hate that....

Re: So many possibilties

Originally posted by topcapfan

Well, I guess they are not useless, if I would use them. . .

 

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Serial Movie Hero - Y'know, the old Dick Tracy and Rocketeer type serials from the 30's and 40's. A great genre to play in, a bit like pulp but not exactly.

 

 

Ya stole my idea there. I love the old movie serials and I have several books and vhs tapes about them. I would love to write one up. Maybe a digtial Hero Issue

 

 

I would like to see a return to Mystic Masters, and Dr Strange Dr Fate comic book magic book.

 

I would also Like to see a DuckTales.Goof Troop/Rescue Rangers style book. I wanna play Goofy....

 

Maybe some think like were all the Players are over the top bimbo Huge busted women with Huge weapons and....wait thats been done...

Hermanns 7th voyage of sinbad and Mysterious Island are great to adventure to.

Danny elfman's NightBreed, Darkman and BettleJuce soundtracks are wonderful for setting different moods.

Rick Wakemans Journey to the Center of the Earth is a great music to adventure to

Eric Kudzils collection of Movie themes (especally the Sci fi ones are fantasic recording of all of the SF movie themes we have come to love. Look fo them in the classical section of your record store. These soundtracks are not only well played and composed, but the sonics will make your sound system sound like a million bucks.....

I loved the space 1899 setting and would love to see a Hero conversion.

didnt some one get the license for the game and reprinted some of it?? I loved the minis and would love to get my hands on some.