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Re: Jackalope's Champions The Amazon Player: Summoned by Sketch The Amazon is a bit faster than the Blue Defender, and a more graceful fighter, but she's even dumber, and she's drawn a bit on the risque side. Kevin can't help it, he started drawing the Amazon to look like one of his ex-girlfriends years ago, and so he consquently "sexed her up", and after they broke up, he unconsciously "dumbed her down". Val Char Cost 40 STR 30 23 DEX 39 20 CON 20 10 BODY 0 7 INT -3 11 EGO 2 20/40 PRE 10 24 COM 7 8/16 PD 0 8/16 ED 4 6 SPD 27 12 REC 0 50 END 5 50 STUN 10 6" RUN02" SWIM08" LEAP0Characteristics Cost: 151 Cost Power END 13 Magic Bracelets: Missile Deflection (Any Ranged Attack); OIF (-1/2) 47 Golden Lariat: Entangle 6d6, 6 DEF, Reduced Endurance (1/2 END; +1/4); Does Not Prevent The Use Of Accessible Foci (-1), Lockout (Must Maintain Entangle; -1/2), Cannot Form Barriers (-1/4) plus Telepathy 10d6, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2); Based on CON (Defense: ED; -1), Language Barrier (-1/2), Receive Only (-1/2), Linked (???; -1/2), Incantations (Questions must be asked; -1/4) 3 24 Incredibly Tough: Armor (8 PD/8 ED) 30 Soars Like An Eagle: Flight 15" 3 10 Distracting Costume: Negative Combat Skill Levels (-4 to opponent's OCV); Only vs Straight Men (-1) 2 5 Distracting Costume: +20 PRE; Only to Seduce/PRE Attack Straight Men (To Cause Delay in Action) Once Per Scene (-2 1/2), OIF (-1/2) Powers Cost: 129 Cost Martial Arts Maneuver 4 Martial Block: 1/2 Phase, +2 OCV, +2 DCV, Block, Abort 4 Martial Dodge: 1/2 Phase, -- OCV, +5 DCV, Dodge, Affects All Attacks, Abort 4 Martial Strike: 1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, +2 DCV, 10d6 Strike 3 Martial Throw: 1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, +1 DCV, 8d6 +v/5, Target Falls 5 Offensive Strike: 1/2 Phase, -2 OCV, +1 DCV, 12d6 Strike Martial Arts Cost: 20 Total Character Cost: 300 Base Points: 300 Experience Required: 0 Total Experience Available: 0 Experience Unspent: 0

Re: Jackalope's Champions The Blue Defender! Player: Summoned by Sketch This is the Blue Defender, a character created by Kevin Hall when he was 14. He's basically Superman, but without the S on his chest, and his lazer eye beams are blue. So no lawsuits, please. Val Char Cost 50 STR 40 20 DEX 30 20 CON 20 20 BODY 20 10 INT 0 10 EGO 0 20 PRE 10 20 COM 5 10/20 PD 0 10/20 ED 6 5 SPD 20 15 REC 2 50 END 5 60 STUN 5 6" RUN03" SWIM110" LEAP0Characteristics Cost: 164 Cost Power END 50 Lazer Eye Beams: Energy Blast 10d6 5 16 Hold Breath Forever: Life Support (Safe in High Radiation; Safe in Intense Cold; Safe in Intense Heat; Self-Contained Breathing) 30 Bullets Bounce Off Chest: Armor (10 PD/10 ED) 40 Faster Than A Speeding Bullet: Flight 20" 4 Powers Cost: 136 Total Character Cost: 300 Base Points: 300 Experience Required: 0 Total Experience Available: 0 Experience Unspent: 0

Re: Jackalope's Champions Sketch Player: NPC Val Char Cost 13 STR 3 18 DEX 24 23 CON 26 13 BODY 6 18 INT 8 23 EGO 26 20 PRE 10 16 COM 3 5 PD 2 6 ED 1 4 SPD 12 12 REC 8 60 END 7 35 STUN 3 6" RUN02" SWIM02 1/2" LEAP0Characteristics Cost: 139 Cost Power END 79 Drawings: Variable Power Pool, 60 base + 19 control cost, Powers Can Be Changed As A Half-Phase Action (+1/2), No Skill Roll Required (+1); all slots 1 Recoverable Continuing Charge lasting 20 Minutes (+0) (135 Active Points); OAF (Pen and Paper; -1), Limited Class Of Powers Available Slightly Limited (Drawings Only; -1/4), Mutant Power (-1/4); all slots Requires A Skill Roll (-1/2), Extra Time (Delayed Phase, Character May Take No Other Actions, -1/2), Costs Endurance (Only Costs END to Activate; -1/4), Must Dispel To Retrieve Charge Before 20 Minutes Has Past (-1/4) 0 1) Draw A Bunch of Gliders: Gliding 10", Usable Simultaneously (up to 8 people at once; +1); OAF (Gliders; -1) Real Cost: 6 2 0 2) Draw A Bunch of Jet Packs: Flight 15", Usable Simultaneously (up to 8 people at once; +1); OAF (Jet Packs; -1) Real Cost: 17 6 0 3) Draw A Bunch of Pogo Sticks: Leaping 5" (x4 Noncombat), Usable Simultaneously (up to 8 people at once; +1); OAF (-1) Real Cost: 6 2 0 4) Draw A Doorway: Tunneling 1" through 14 DEF material Real Cost: 18 4 0 5) Draw A Super Hero: Summon 300-point Super Hero (Blue Defender) Real Cost: 24 6 0 6) Draw A Self-Portrait: Duplication (Duplicate Has No Powers) (creates 220-point form), Easy Recombination (Zero-Phase Action at Full DCV) Real Cost: 22 5 0 7) Draw A Shield: Missile Deflection (Any Ranged Attack) Real Cost: 8 2 0 8) Draw A Wall: Force Wall (7 PD/7 ED; 2" long and 2" tall) (Opaque: Hearing Group, Opaque: Sight Group) Real Cost: 24 6 0 9) Draw Just About Anything: Major Transform 2d6 (Nothing Into Something, Vanishes After 20 Minutes), Improved Results Group (+1/4) Real Cost: 15 4 26 Artistic Control: Mind Control 12d6, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2); Only Vs Summoned Creatures (-1 3/4), Linked (Summon; -1/2), Mutant Power (-1/4) 23 Go Away: Dispel Summon 25d6 (standard effect: 75 points); Only Vs Own Drawings (-1 1/2), Requires An EGO Roll (-1/2), Mutant Power (-1/4) 7 Powers Cost: 128 Cost Martial Arts Maneuver 5 Flying Dodge: 1/2 Phase, -- OCV, +4 DCV, Dodge All Attacks, Abort; FMove 5 Defensive Block: 1/2 Phase, +1 OCV, +3 DCV, Block, Abort 4 Martial Block: 1/2 Phase, +2 OCV, +2 DCV, Block, Abort 4 Martial Dodge: 1/2 Phase, -- OCV, +5 DCV, Dodge, Affects All Attacks, Abort 4 Martial Escape: 1/2 Phase, +0 OCV, +0 DCV, 28 STR vs. Grabs Martial Arts Cost: 22 Cost Skill 1 Acting 8- 3 Artist 2 1) AS: Artistic Expression 13- 2 2) AS: Charcoals 13- 2 3) AS: Drawing 13- 2 4) AS: Fine Arts 13- 2 5) AS: Quick Sketch Artist 13- 3 Conversation 13- 3 Deduction 13- 3 High Society 13- 2 KS: Comic Book Characters 11- 3 KS: History of Fine Arts 13- 3 KS: History of Popular Art 13- 2 KS: The Art World 11- 2 KS: The Superhuman World 11- 3 PS: Illustrator 12- 3 Persuasion 13- 9 Power: Drawing 17- 1 SS: Dinosauria 8- 1 SS: Zoology 8- 3 Seduction 13- 3 Stealth 13- 3 Streetwise 13- Skills Cost: 61 Total Character Cost: 350 Val Disadvantages 10 Distinctive Features: Mutant (Not Concealable; Always Noticed and Causes Major Reaction; Detectable Only By Unusual Senses) 15 Psychological Limitation: Must Protect The Innocent (Common, Strong) 10 Psychological Limitation: Avoids The Limelight (Common, Moderate) 20 Psychological Limitation: Code Vs Killing (Common, Total) 10 Reputation: "Aren't you that kid that leveled that city?", 8- (Extreme) 25 Hunted: IHA/Genocide 8- (Mo Pow, NCI, PC has a Public ID or is otherwise very easy to find, Harshly Punish) 15 Social Limitation: Poster Boy for "Dangerous Mutants" (Occasionally, Severe) 20 Social Limitation: Public ID (Frequently, Severe) 20 Watched: UNTIL 11- (Mo Pow, NCI, PC has a Public ID or is otherwise very easy to find, Watching) 5 Unluck: 1d6 Disadvantage Points: 150 Base Points: 200 Experience Required: 0 Total Experience Available: 0 Experience Unspent: 0 BACKGROUND: Kevin Hall killed his mother when he was eight years old. He didn't mean to, it was an accident. He was sitting in the backyard, drawing on his little pad of paper with the crayons his mom had bought him that very afternoon. He had drawn a tyrannasaurus rex, and when he went to show his mother, it came to life and ate her. Then it raged through the city and killed a dozen more people before it was brought down. It took awhile before anyone connected Kevin to the t-rex. The social worker who dealt with him (and several other orphaned children) didn't believe him when he said he had drawn it, she assumed it was just shock and delusions of responsibility. She was quite shocked when her office was invaded by a horde of orcs that sprung from Kevin's pen as he doodled. Kevin was eventually spent to a special school for special children like himself. There he was tauight to control his powers, taught how to draw without creating new life. He also learned to draw things as well as creatures and people. Kevin was tempted by the superhero life, and many of the children he attended the school with went on to such a life, but Kevin always remained a little afraid of what his pen could unleash. Eventually Kevin was 18, and his life was his own. He enrolled.in a fine arts school, and now works as a professional illustrator and designer. Kevin doesn't fight crime, but he'll come to the aid of other's in need if he sees something happening. It's pretty rare that anyone sees Kevin Hall, but his trademark characters have a tendancy to show up in when people are in need of rescuing, and the press is quick to thank Kevin "Sketch" Hall. PERSONALITY: Kevin wishes he were a real boy...that is, he wishes he didn't have this tremendous power, and he wishes he hadn't had to pay sucha great cost for it. Kevin would gladly give up his powers if he could just have his mommy back. Kevin isn't a particularly heroic person, he is just as scared of physical violence as the next guy, and he knows he isn't very tough. But he feels a tremendous responsibility for his actions, for the 16 people that died as a result of his first use of his power. He's determined to use his powers to help people, if he's going to use them at all. Kevin doesn't get excited about his powers, doesn't brag about them. He sees them as more curse than blessing, but if he can help people, he will. QUOTE: "This looks like a job for the Blue Defender. Just let me find a pen." POWERS/TACTICS: Kevin's favorite tactic is to stay as far from the action as he can. Instead he'll sit back somewhere he can just barely see the action from, and draw characters and send them into the fight. He has a stable of favorite characters, such as the "Blue Defender", and he generally uses them as proxies. If he knows a villain has a particular hunted, he likes to draw a fascimille of that person and send them in to fight. Kevin can also use his powers in all sorts of strange ways to get out of various pinches, but he never uses them to dirrectly attack anyone. That's just not his style. CAMPAIGN USE: The "Poster Boy For 'Dangerous Mutants'" disadvantage means that whenever an anti-mutant group is offering up examples of "the dangers of the mutant menace", Kevin's childhood incident usually gets mentioned.

Re: Character Posting Game. Well, remember two things: he can get bonuses to his die rolls by taking more time, and the GM can cheat on die rolls. I really included it more as an example of how to build such a power. PCs will obviously have to limit themselves to summoning 350 pt beasties (which is still plenty, and surprisingly cheap).

Re: Archmage Stats He choose the "Add to Secondary Value" option for all the defenses, so Hero Designer added them all up, and created a second value - as if all the slots in the defense multipower were active at once (it's a "dumb" program, and doesn't handle multipowers well). To fix it, he'll have to go through and change each of them to the "Does not add to totals" option.

Re: Character Posting Game. BACKGROUND: Kevin is an eight year old, mildy autistic, mutant prodigy, with the ability to alter reality. Anything Kevin draws comes to life. His powers began to manifest twenty minutes ago. Kevin watches a lot of movies. His favorite is Lord of the Rings. Kevin's mom took Kevin to the park half an hour ago, and he demanded his markers and paper. Ten minutes later, a tyrannosaurus rex went rampaging through the park. One of his first victims was Kevin's mom. Kevin doesn't mind, things don't phase Kevin very easily. Kevin just keeps drawing, at the rate of about one a minute. A few minutes ago he drew a band of orcs, then he drew Arwen (though he calls her Irwin). She gave chase to the orcs, and is now lost somewhere in the city. Kevin is drawing "Sourman" now (Saruman the White). Next, he was thinking about drawing that big evil eye... PERSONALITY: Kevin is mildly autistic, and is unable to form meaningful emotional connections to the events around him. He is very inquistive and curious about the world,but seems strangely detached from it as well. Kevin doesn't mean to hurt anyone, but his drawings have minds - and motivations - of their own, and when Kevin draws evil characters, they do evil things. Kevin's favorite things are Lord of the Rings and Dinosaurs, but he also enjoys most comic books, cartoons, and sci-fi/action movies, and he's also capable of creating his own characters. QUOTE: "Didja ever see Jurassic Park? With the rappers? The rappers are cool. Here, I'll draw you some..." POWERS/TACTICS: Anything Kevin draws comes to life - it becomes a real example of what Kevin drew, assuming he draws it with reasonable profciency (a quick sketch will do). CAMPAIGN USE: Mutant child with dangerous, but inobvious, powers threatens entire city quite by accident. It's an instant classic. Kevin Player: NPC Plot Device Val Char Cost 3 STR -7 7 DEX -9 5 CON -10 4 BODY -12 8 INT -2 25 EGO 30 8 PRE -2 14 COM 2 1 PD 0 1 ED 0 2 SPD 3 2 REC 0 10 END 0 10 STUN 1 2" RUN-80" SWIM-20 1/2" LEAP0Characteristics Cost: -16 Cost Power END 270 Drawings: Variable Power Pool, 200 base + 70 control cost, Cosmic (+2); OAF (Pen and Paper; -1), Limited Class Of Powers Available Slightly Limited (Summons Only; -1/4); all slots Extra Time (1 Minute, -1 1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (-1/2) 0 1) Sourman: Summon 665-point Evil Wizard (Use Zoran the Artificer from CCK) Real Cost: 44 13 0 2) T-Rex!: Summon 305-point Tyrannosaurus Rex (see Hero Bestiary) Real Cost: 20 6 0 3) Irwin: Summon 350-point Elven Princess (Use Witchcraft from Champions) Real Cost: 23 7 0 4) Band of Orcs: Summon 16 43-point Orcs (Use Orc from Fantasy Hero) Real Cost: 10 3 0 5) Summon 1000-point Generic Summon Real Cost: 67 20 57 Mind Control 20d6, Armor Piercing (+1/2), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2); Only Vs Summoned Creatures (-1), Set Effect (Don't Let Kevin Get Hurt!; -1), Linked (Summon; -1/2) Powers Cost: 327 Cost Skill 23 Drawing 21- 2 KS: Popular Culture 11- 1 SS: Popular Science 8- 1 SS: Palentology 8- Skills Cost: 27 Total Character Cost: 338 Val Disadvantages 25 Social Limitation: Child (Very Frequently, Severe) 25 Psychological Limitation: Child (Very Common, Total) 15 Physical Limitation: Child (Frequently, Greatly Impairing) 10 Psychological Limitation: Mildly Autistic (Common, Moderate) 63 Plot Device Disadvantage Points: 138 Base Points: 200 Experience Required: 0 Total Experience Available: 0 Experience Unspent: 0 Oops, forgot something, you'll need to add a big END Reserve to power his summons. Next Challenge: Let's try this again: A hero or villain based on a mythological creature (but not a dragon).

Re: Character Posting Game.

Re: Character Posting Game. Oops. SKJAM beat me to it.

Re: Character Posting Game. Background: When Boss Grissom needs to take someone out all subtle like, that's when he calls on Dino "the Rat" Donacelli. Dino is a sleazy, ammoral operator with a penchant for sticking his nose in other people's business. Sometimes a problem that can't be killed can be convinced to simply go away - skeletons in the closet can hold tremendous power after all. Nobody is particularly scared of Dino, and he's not much to look at, but lord help anyone who crosses him. While Dino himself isn't very scary, he knows everyone, and they all owe him a favor - or if they don't, he knows something about them he can use to extract one. Personality: Dino is a small, weak, ugly man. He's scared of other people, and desperate to have power over them. He discovered a long time ago that people want to keep their image clean, and that if you can dirty it, that gives you power over them. So, Dino has found a way to be powerful despite his lack of looks, charisma, strength, courage or much of anything else. Quote: "Hey, you want to know who I saw coming out of the fairy club last night? yeah, that's right Senator, it was you. I got negatives you see, and they're gonna cost ya..." Dino the Rat Player: NPC Blackmailer Val Char Cost 8 STR -2 18 DEX 24 13 CON 6 10 BODY 0 13 INT 3 13 EGO 6 8 PRE -2 6 COM -2 3 PD 1 3 ED 0 4 SPD 12 5 REC 0 26 END 0 24 STUN 3 6" RUN02" SWIM01 1/2" LEAP0Characteristics Cost: 49 Cost Skill 3 Acting 11- 3 Bribery 11- 3 Bugging 12- 3 Bureaucratics 11- 3 Concealment 12- 3 Conversation 11- 3 Deduction 12- 3 Interrogation 11- 2 KS: Photography 11- 2 KS: Other People's Secrets 11- 3 Lipreading 12- 3 Lockpicking 13- 3 Persuasion 11- 2 PS: Blackmailer 11- 3 Shadowing 12- 6 +3 with PRE Roll 15 +3 with PRE Skills 3 Stealth 13- 3 Streetwise 11- Skills Cost: 69 Cost Perk 2 Made Man 5 Favors Perks Cost: 7 Total Character Cost: 125 Val Disadvantages 15 Psychological Limitation: Ammoral (Rat Fink) (Common, Strong) 10 Distinctive Features: Rat-Like Appearance (Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses) 10 Reputation: Rat Fink, 11- 15 Hunted: Various People He's Burned 11- (As Pow, Harshly Punish) Disadvantage Points: 50 Base Points: 75 Experience Required: 0 Total Experience Available: 0 Experience Unspent: 0 Next Challenge: A hero or villain based on a mythological creature (but not a dragon).

Re: Superhero Images This is Trickshot, the World's Greatest Archer, who I mentioned much earlier in this thread. Finally got him scanned in and colored. I've included his stats as well. Can anyone tell me how to post the images themself, rather thn just attaching them?

Antimaster This is ANTIMASTER. A nucler physician, Howard Roberts was betrayed by his own partner (who wanted to steal credit for Roberts' inventions), and locked inside his own Antimatter Conversion Chamber. Transformed into a being of pure Antimatter, Roberts has gone rather insane. After revenging himself on his former partner, he has set out on a rather self-contradictory path: he wishes both to conquer the world and to undo his own transformation. Likewise, Roberts tactics are somewhat off: he likes building doomsday devices and holding the world hostage, but he loathes the idea of actually killing anyone. ANTIMASTER Player: NPC Master Villain Val Char Cost 15 STR 5 23 DEX 39 25 CON 30 20 BODY 20 23 INT 13 18 EGO 16 25 PRE 15 -10 COM 0 15/35 PD 12 20/40 ED 15 6 SPD 27 20 REC 24 80 END 15 60 STUN 19 6" RUN02" SWIM03" LEAP0Characteristics Cost: 250 Cost Power END 41 Radioactive Aura: Killing Attack - Ranged 1d6, Side Effects (Side Effect only affects the environment near the character; irradiates enviornment; +0), Area Of Effect (One Hex; +1/2), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Persistent (+1/2), Continuous (+1), No Normal Defense (+1), Does BODY (+1); Always On (-1/2), No Range (-1/2) 41 Radiation Powers: Multipower, 61-point reserve, Side Effects (Side Effect only affects the environment near the character; irradiates enviornment; +0); all slots OIF (Focusing Gauntlets; -1/2) 4u 1) Deadly Radiation: Ranged Killing Attack 4d6 6 3u 2) Power Punch: HTH Energy Attack +7d6, Double Knockback (+3/4); Hand-To-Hand Attack (-1/2) 6 4u 3) Radiation Blast: Energy Blast 12d6 6 4u 4) Radioactive Zone: Change Environment (create radiation of 500 rads) 16" radius, Create Radiation, Mobile/No Range (+0) 6 32 Radiation Radar: Spatial Awareness (Unusual Group), Increased Arc Of Perception (360 Degrees), Range 40 Radiation Shield !: Force Field (20 PD/20 ED) 4 40 Radiation Shield II: Energy Damage Reduction, Resistant, 75%; Only Vs Radiation SFX (-1/2) 13 Radiation Shield III: Power Defense (20 points); Only Vs Radiation SFX (-1/2) 45 Total Life Support: Life Support (Eating: Character does not eat; Immunity: All terrestrial diseases and biowarfare agents; Immunity: All terrestrial poisons and chemical warfare agents; Safe in High Pressure; Safe in High Radiation; Safe in Intense Cold; Safe in Intense Heat; Safe in Low Pressure/Vacuum; Self-Contained Breathing; Sleeping: Character does not sleep) 36 Trigger Radiation Accident: Major Transform 10d6 (living being to freakish mutant with superpowers, no known cure), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2); No Conscious Control (-2), Activation Roll 8- (-2), All Or Nothing (-1/2), Linked (Radiation Blast; -1/4), Lesser Power can only be used when character uses greater Power at full value (-1/4), Limited Target (Human Beings) (-1/4) 125 Villain Gadget Pool: Variable Power Pool, 100 base + 25 control cost, VPP Can Only Be Changed Between Adventures (-1/2), Limited Special Effect Common SFX (Doomsday Devices; -1/2) Powers Cost: 428 Cost Skill 3 Bureaucratics 14- 10 +2 with Ranged Combat 9 +3 with Radiation Blast, Deadly Radiation, and Power Punch 3 Computer Programming 14- 5 Cramming 5 Cramming 3 Deduction 14- 3 Electronics 14- 13 Inventor 19- 3 Mechanics 14- 2 PS: Nuclear Physicist 11- 3 Scientist 2 1) SS: Antimatter Physics 14- 2 2) SS: Nuclear Physics 14- 2 3) SS: Paraphysics 14- 2 4) SS: Particle Physics 14- 3 Systems Operation 14- 1 Tactics 8- 1 Teamwork 8- 2 Weaponsmith (Energy Weapons) 14- Skills Cost: 77 Cost Perk 40 Minions (32 x 75pt Base) 40 Base (200pts) Perks Cost: 80 Total Character Cost: 835 Val Disadvantages 25 Distinctive Features: Made of Antimatter (Not Concealable; Extreme Reaction; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses) 20 Hunted: UNTIL 8- (Mo Pow, NCI, Harshly Punish) 20 Physical Limitation: Body Is Composed of Antimatter Inside Magnetic Coontainment Field (Frequently, Fully Impairing) 10 Physical Limitation: Cannot See or Hear Without Headset (Infrequently, Greatly Impairing) 15 Physical Limitation: Need Containment Device Or Explodes (Infrequently, Fully Impairing) 20 Psychological Limitation: Believes He Is A Monster (Common, Total) 15 Psychological Limitation: Reluctant To Kill (Common, Strong) 5 Unluck: 1d6 10 Vulnerability: 2 x BODY Magnetic Attacks (Uncommon) 10 Vulnerability: 2 x STUN Magnetic Attacks (Uncommon) Disadvantage Points: 150 Base Points: 200 Experience Required: 485 Total Experience Available: 485 Experience Unspent: 0

Re: Character Posting Game. I don't understand the challenge. Who is Vash, what is Trigun? That's animae right? Can you give an example that isn't animae? Will any character with "Psych Lim: Pacifist (Common, Strong)" and an attack power do? Because that's kind of boring.

Re: Superhero Images This is Invader Zurg. Is he a good guy? A bad guy? All depends on your perspective. At any rate, he's an homage to my favorite cartoon of the moment, Invader Zim. This is also my first attempt at doing shading using the GIMP (Linux version of Photoshop), and any comments would be appreciated.

Re: A Challenge- Make a legacy hero cooler than the Original Heh heh, ROM. What a big shiny dork. I loved that comic. It never really fit in with the rest of the Marvel Universe though. What is a legacy hero exactly?

Re: PLEASE ! No more 'What would your character do ?' threads I read the WWYCD? threads, and I find them fairly interesting, but I have to agree that there are just way too many of them. Last week we were on #72, and now they are almost at #100. That's crazy! And with so many exploding, the general quality has gone down. Some are just very minor variations on previous ones (the spate of time-travel ones for example), others are so narrowly defined that they don't work for many characters, etc. Maybe we could have a vote and pick one person to post one WWYCD? a week, and then everyone who has ideas for a WWYCD? thread could send their ideas to that person, and every week they could post the one they think is best. That way we don't lose the concept of the thread, and those of us who enjoy reading it will still get to see it, but it won't drown out all other conversation...? I dunno, it's worth thinking about.

Re: WWYCD #91 - A matter of Family

Re: WWYCD #91 - A matter of Family

Re: Foil Powers! Every DNPC apparently has the following power: 6 Precognitive Clairsentience (Sight Group); No Conscious Control (-2), Precognition/Retrocognition Only (-1), Side Effects, Side Effect occurs automatically whenever Power is used (Must go immediately to area seen; -1), Limited Power Power loses about half of its effectiveness (Only to know where villains will be or natural disasters will occur; -1), Vague and Unclear (-1/2)

Re: WWYCD #92 - Zero Sum Peacekeeper is an alien, so this wouldn't apply to him. Compared to others of his species, he has no superpowers. He's about twenty times stronger than a human being, but that's true of his species, not just him. While his species could be seen as "violent" (not really though), there aren't any superpowered Urquat AFAIK. Iron Demon's Response: "Yes" What does he care? He's a supernormal. Unless Cosmic Boy alters the laws of physics so that combat enhancing drugs, explosive hand gernades, and other techno doo-dads don't work, he's got nothing to worry about. As for his enemies, I'm sure Foxbat is thinking the exact same thing.

Re: WWYCD #91 - A matter of Family I'll assume you mean any other role-playing game, and then I'll accuse you of either missing or ducking my point. What seperates Champions from other role-playing games? Why play Champions rather than Forgotten Realms, or Vampire, or Toon? Gee, maybe it's because you want a game THAT SIMULATES COMIC BOOKS!!! Argh. Who said anything about being railroaded? And what if you're being railroaded and it's not arbitrary? Are you one of those super obnoxious players that won't even let a GM set the scene without complaining about something? How much is the GM allowed to particpate in hsi own game before it constitutes "railroading"?

Re: WWYCD #91 - A matter of Family Wow. That attitude would get you bounced from my game in seconds flat. Of course, your use of "DM" is a pretty dead giveaway where you picked it up. What is the goal of the game Champions? To simulate the action and adventure of a comic book, no? Yes. Anyways... No response for Peacekeeper the alien member of a hive species from 5 trillion light years away, for obvious reasons. Iron Demon's Response: Clayton's mother is dead, and he has no brothers and sisters, so I don't see how giving blood to his grandfather would reveal his identity as Iron Demon. If the old man was suspicious, I'd tell him the truth (plus some embellishment); "I was going through grandmother's things, found out who you are, looked you up and found out you were sick, and I'm here to help. I know you are Professor Muerte, but I don't care. Personally, I agree with what you're doing. Mankind is little more than easily terrified sheep, and they should be ruled by fear and power." and then in a thought bubble (("The Iron Demon knows as well, and he cares! You'll see how he cares!!!")) Then, as Clayton, he would make available the resources of Clarke Enterprises, my time, everything, and convince his grandfather that he is his one true heir. Then, once he'd infiltrated the organization and the grandfather had begun to trust him, he would STRIKE! He would return in the night as Iron Demon, slip past the defenses, and blow up the headquarters, then beat his grandfather to a pulp. If his identity was revealed in the fight - say Muerte stunned him and pulled off the mask, stumbling back in shock as he recognized his own grandson, giving ID time for a Recovery - Iron Demon would only laugh and say "The bonds of blood are not strong enough to quench the bloodlust your EVIL PROVOKES IN ME KILLER!" and then he'd kill him. Not a comic book my ass.

Re: Supervillain Images This is ANTIMASTER, a spiffy Energy-Body Mad Scientist sort of villain.

Re: Jet City Champions Campaign Log Yep. And, while it's not mentioned there, it is the cause of the explosion of Mystery Men (who mostly gained their powers in the East), and the source of the Nth Mutation, which is of course, where Mutants come from. Because see, they have the Nth Factor. Shut up, I know I'm not original. And no, there are no Nth-Men. Yet.

Re: Jet City Champions Campaign Log Uh, guys...

Re: Jet City Champions Campaign Log Hey, don't look at me, I just copied the Champions Timeline from Chapions Universe and modified it as needed to suit the changes I made. Like, in my campaign world there are no Empyreans, but there are the Commissee Va, who combine elements of both the Inhumans (Marvel), the Agaardians and Olympians (Marvel), and the Martians (as in DC's Martian Manhunter). The timeline is filled with a tremendous amount of useless trivia, yes. But hey, maybe someone will read it over and get a great idea for a character. And if people want to ask me lots of questions about it, that's cool so long as it's done here, or in email, or anywhere outside the game. Plus, I wanted to give players the sense they were playing characters ina world where superheroism is as much a part of the world as it is in DC and Marvel (particularly Marvel) comics.