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  1. I need a function!

    in Champions

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    Re: I need a function!

     

    I think it's time to bring back this marvelous and fun thread. In order to do so, after Egyptoid tried to kill this with a "do this in French! Mwahahaha!" routine, I'm skipping back the the previous, USABLE function.

     

    the sundered box

     

    This is a box of silver gilt that has been broken/cut in two pieces. There's nothing obviously out of the ordinary about it. It's just good but not spectacular workmanship, of a somewhat "precious", Victorian style.

     

    It's power only shows up if a "Mr. Fixit" type tries to repair it. He will slowly but surely obsess about it, gradually putting aside all other work to concentrate on the Sundered Box, which will, in not-obvious ways, foil all attempts at repair. Eventually, the person trying to repair the Sundered Box will go insane, ending with a violent rampage that will kill or injure dozens. During the rampage, the victim will throw away the Sundered Box in a way that seems to destroy it utterly.

     

    However, week or so later it will turn up somewhere else, to work its evil on another victim.

     

     

     

    Next up: The Grasping Fish.

  3. "Neat" Pictures

    in Non-Gaming Discussion

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    Re: "Neat" Pictures

     

    Combine this with Cancer's random room name generator' date=' and a random plot generator and you've got potential bestsellers on your hands![/quote']

     

    Oh, Seventh Sanctum can handle the room generation:

    http://seventhsanctum.com/generate.php?Genname=roomloc

     

    Hmm... The closest they have to a plot generator is:

    http://seventhsanctum.com/generate.php?Genname=whatif

     

    However, they do link to:

    http://www.bin.sh/gaming/tools/adventure.cgi

    (to get a new plot, reload the page; there's no "get a new one" button)

     

    So, there you are; all your conditions fulfilled. :winkgrin:

  4. Seemingly Silly Things to Model

    in HERO System Discussion

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    Re: Seemingly Silly Things to Model

     

    Well, after that, there's only one thing to do...

     

     

    Steal Someone's What Have You:

    Drain, 5d6, Gestures (both hands, must take something from the target) (-1/2), OIF (something belonging to, or part of, the target) (-1/2); 50 AP, 25 Real points

    plus Variable Effect for Drain: one power at a time: Base Cost 12 points; Variable Special Effects, any special effect (+1/2): 18 Active and Real Points

    plus VPP: 30 Pool Points. Control: 15 Base Points; Zero-Phase Action (+1), No Skill Roll Required (+1); 45 Active Points. Requires Successful HTH Attack Roll (-1/2), Requires Successful Drain (-1), Only to Mimic Target's Power(s) (-1/2), May Only Be as Powerful as "Amount" Drained from Target (-1/2), Gestures (both hands, must take something from the target) (-1/2), OIF (something belonging to, or part of, the target) (-1/2); 10 Real Points

     

    Total: 143 Active Points, 83 Real Points

     

    The user of this power goes up to the target, grabs/removes something material from the target, and thus steals a power from the target and takes it for himself. Since anything associated with the target will work for any power, it doesn't matter what it is. Some users of this power carry around a small pair of scissors, and aren't too particular about what they get, including small pieces of flesh.

     

    Designer's note: I was stuck for how to Drain any power, of any special effect (the "Variable Effect" Advantage described under "Adjustment Powers" only allows "a related group of special effects"). I bought it as a Naked Advantage, and put the Advantage "Variable Special Effects" on it. It's a defensible build, though I don't know if it's "legal". The VPP has only 30 Pool Points and that's the maximum the Drain can do.

     

     

    The Bacandforthtrian has a whatsit, and the supersonic telepathic mechanical penguins with laser eyes have a collection of thingums, offogs, and whatchmacallits.

    The Bacandforthtrian and the supersonic telepathic mechanical penguins are inventions of Basil's Twisted Imagination, Ick; patents pendent

  10. Your PCs might be Underpowered if...

    in Champions

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    Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if...

     

    ... Their idea of a water cannon is one of these:

     

    PW726.jpg

     

    ...and the nastiest fight the team has been in was with each other, over who got the cool purple one.

     

    Dr. Infamous doesn't care who gets the purple one, just so long as he doesn't get stuck with the ugly yellow-green one.

     

     

    Dr. Infamous is just one product of Basil's Twisted Imagination, XYZ.

  13. "Neat" Pictures

    in Non-Gaming Discussion

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    Re: "Neat" Pictures

     

    So who lives in this building? Sauron? Voldemort?

     

    Here's another view, along with an explanation.

     

    I saw it for the first time on Wednesday night. It was dark, and the fog hovered over it. I went there today and got a better look.

     

    My gosh, you've found the secret headquarters of the Adventurers Of The Mysterious!

     

    You can tell that's what it is because of the statues of the Fractal Spectrosummoners!

     

    (names from http://seventhsanctum.com/generate.php?Genname=superorganization :winkgrin:)

     

    The Mallard, masked man of mystery, recalls the time he spent learning from the Fractal Spectrosummoners. Especially the busty one in the middle. Boy, did she have something to teach!

     

    The Bacandforthtrian concludes The Mallard is a bit of a lech.

     

    The Mallard and the Bacandforthtrian are products of Basil's Twisted Imagination, Unlimited. All rides are on llamalls, because the Bacandforthtrian is too cantankerous

  16. Kids, don't try this in a world with super-powers!

    in Champions

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    Re: Kids, don't try this in a world with super-powers!

     

    But now take this still further. Assume the same thing on a piece of land where a few millions died and whose bodies are now part of the real estate… say Ypres' date=' Flanders Fields, Verdun perhaps… and whose souls were never put to rest and who are in many cases unknown. Now that’s what I call a spirit army! Evil Undead writ large![/quote']

    :shock: :shock:

     

    You have an evil imagination! :eek:

     

    Plus other good traits. :thumbup:

  17. Jokes

    in Non-Gaming Discussion

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    Re: Jokes

     

    A koala was sitting in a gum tree smoking a joint when a little lizard walked past...

     

    I read this far, misread it as "...a little wizard..." and thought it was going to be a Rincewind & drop-bear joke. :doi::doi::doi:

  18. "Neat" Pictures

    in Non-Gaming Discussion

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    Re: "Neat" Pictures

     

    witnesses came forward to say that Mr Sibrel had aggressively poked Mr Aldrin with the Bible

     

    Mr. Snivel ought to be glad he wasn't charged with aggravated assault; poke someone with a book, that's aggravated assault in most jurisdictions.

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