Darth Continent

Re: GGU NPCs For Review

Re: What are the most annoying player habits! Agreed. I also hate it when players don't "show up" for PBEM - meaning there is a GM and two or three players who respond promptly (or if you're me, maybe a little bit too promptly), and then a whole slew of people whose response rate quickly goes from unreliable to nonexistent (naturally, without ever notifying anyone). Leading to situations where you have virtual characters and monster/villain NPCs just kinda staring expectantly and waiting for a non-responding player's character to do something... Naturally, these folks could (and have usually) become NPCs, but it's pretty irritating to have your character bluster something like: Deep Freeze: "Sure, you may handle my freeze rays well Dr. Grimlock, but how are you prepared for the blazing... Inferno!?" At which point Deep Freeze turns confidently to his comrade and Dr. Grimlock gasps in alarm -- only to find that the Inferno has been reduced to an inanimate drooling vegetable because his player can't be bothered to send a one line email. Deep Freeze just sighs, as Dr. Grimlock looks at his watch... But then, maybe it's just me...

Re: Code VS Killing Poll I'm still stunned by the revelation that the New England Patriots were killed in the Global Guardians Universe, and remain dead. Talk about the petty vengeful acts of tin gods... (I am totally kidding, by the way. At least about the petty vengeful tin gods part -- did the GGUNFL just decide not to have SuperBowls in '01 and '03?)

Re: The Executive Branch You could play a mini-series the other way: The heroes (pre-Frank Miller heroes at that) could have a nemesis show up at their base, and after the mandatory "mistake-battle" have him surrender and supply convincing evidence that he is innocent of the death penalty offense he was convicted of (while guilty of many other crimes). Ordinarily he wouldn't ask for help, but "these crazy super-mercs have been sent by the feds to kill me". Now the team is matched against the Executive Branch on the behalf of someone who they believe is innocent, but don't trust... [edit: punctuation]

Re: The Executive Branch EDIT: Maybe the last part is the most germane to the discussion... Regarding legality (and not morality), this seems totally illegal. The Eighth Amendment prohibition against cruel and unusual punishment probably covers death by energy blasts or psionic vegetablizing and whatnot. Another issue (as Battlestaff says) is the lack of judicial review. The death penalty as a political and legal entity is supposed to be subject to substantial safeguard measures to prevent error (because *heh* it's kinda permanent (unless you happen to be Jean Grey)). At what point does the Executive Branch get called into action? And (much like the 80's thriller Star Chamber) can they be called off once they're on-mission? This is not to say that public sentiment could not lead to a substantial expansion of what might properly be considered not "cruel and unusual," or when proper due process had been provided. (... the bipartisan "Vigilance Solution" Bill passed the House and Senate today. The bill, widely regarded as a legislative response to Dr. Leviathan's incineration of Topeka while a fugitive from justice, has broad public support. The President announced that he would sign the bill in a Rose Garden ceremony next Tuesday..."). Of course, once the hypothetical "Vigilance Solution" becomes law, villains-on-the-lam will be bringing in absentia challenges in the federal courts to the constitutionality of the law. My assessment is that in today's political climate, they'd win (probably 9-0 in the Supreme Court, 7-2 at most). The Constitution simply doesn't allow for this, as written and interpreted. Of course, when you're the GM, it's your world...

Re: A Look at my Version of the CU So -out of curiosity - if the Immortal has been turned immortal (lowercase, meaning Undead), and they are exposed to sunlight, do they just burn and burn and burn, but never die? Because (apropos of The Chris Farley Show ) that would be AWESOME...

Re: Secret Crisis Info requested Oh dear. Me likey... I'm envisioning a gritty epic with Li Mu Bai (Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon), John Preston of the Tetragrammaton, G'Kar and a young Lancaster Merrin as the last hope of a city beseiged by the reconstituted and demonically possessed corpse of the Kurgan who has taken control of a vast colony of C.H.U.D.s So much for a productive weekend of studying and cleaning.

Re: Need a name for a hero... Thanks It was my old theforce.net name before the truth that Lucas had gone insane in a Hal Jordan-turned-Parallax kinda way and needed to be destroyed finally sunk in (for reference, sometime shortly after realizing he wasn't kidding about the midichlorians). I'm still working on the "needed to be destroyed" bit, but I'm happy to finally dust the name off...

Re: Need a name for a hero... Performing a bit of larceny from an old X-Men/Alpha Flight crossover: The Anodyne which is a medicine which relieves pain or discomfort (and was the identity of a temporarily power-imbued Maddie Pryor - pre Jean Grey clone/ hot-in-a-dirty-way Goblin Queen outfit)

Re: Need some name suggestions please The Malefic (kinda high-brow, kinda vague, kinda sinister - good for a powerful businessman Lex Luthor type) or my personal favorite Six Very Nearly Dead Guys Who Just Had A Temporary Reprieve... (god, I love that movie)...