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Re: Create a Hero Theme Team!

Andrew Matthews was newly assigned Primus Investigative Agent, following up information about possible Viper activity in campaign city. His snooping was noticed by Viper and they use the opportunity to misdirect both Primus and COIL about what they were doing. Viper agents set up place where they baited COIL with a possible Viper ranking member matching Andrew's description.

COIL took the bate, and they grabbed Andrew and used their mutagen on him, in attempt to get operational information from him. Thing is Primus had tested Andrew for Cyberline tolerance pre-screening very recently, to see if he could use the substance. This is done by using a related but usually inert compound and checking for adverse reactions. And it was still in his blood when the mutagen went in and things went very interesting from there. Andrew did mutate, but he was not under the control of COIL. In fact he quickly moped up the snake men and called in backup. Primus medical could not undo what had been done as the complex reactions were beyond them.

Primus assigned Andrew a new code name, Draco, and sent him to act as there contact with the Constellations.

Re: Create a Hero Theme Team!

(I take inspiration for this from this statute I saw in a museum - The Lost Pleiade and Greek legend) - Every Hero Group needs a Greek demigod

The heroine they call the Pleiades is very old in fact they said she had faded away, that she was lost. But she was seeking – hunting – for answers to what she had become. She had once loved a mortal, but that mortal was not what he appeared, his deceitfulness was punished. But she was left separated from her sisters. She had wandered the Lands Of Legend and The City of Man seeking forgiveness and understanding.

After millennia she returned to see what has become of her decedents. She was drawn to a city, not in her beloved Greece but in North America where she saw young man of her decedents attacked. Her motherly instinct appeared and she repelled attackers, a gang of thugs that where trying to press him into doing something he would not do. She sensed her purpose and her path to forgiveness was to stand up for the weak and defend those who would be honest and lawful in the land of mortals.

This would take much endurance, strength and guile to win, But Merope the Pleiade, daughter of Atlas and trained of Artemis, had what is needed. So she found like minded beings that called themselves the Constellations and she used her Strength, Endurance and knowledge of the hunt to aid them in their cause.

Re: Create a Villain Theme Team!

(I am taking my inspiration from cross of Animal House and the MIT/CalTech pranks, and Douglas Adams )

Boyd Bates, is an odd sort, brilliant, charismatic, prankster and a party animal in one handsome package. He hatch the plan after finding some weird electronic devices from a little side adventure he had in getting some free beer for the next frat party.

He built it in no time flat, and it would be cool but he needed to test it. So he wired his device into an campus maintenance access tunnel and hit the switch. There was a flash and bang, then he found himself in his room in the frat house.

He ran to the window to see smoke poring from the access to the maintenance tunnel, a bunch of women running quicky back to dorms and sorority houses and a large pile of women’s underclothing setting in the middle of campus. He wished he was in the campus union to revile in the mayhem he just caused, and he was. And Mr. Improbable was born, the Teleporting Gadgeteer of the frat house.

Re: Most PCs...

The biggest issue with multiform is that it backloads the cost of spending experience points. If all the PC's get awarded X amount of experience, the multiform character has to spend points on the base form before spending any on the other forms.

The min-max-er would have no issue with that (With a permissive GM) -- 5 pts still doubles the number of Multiforms - "Point Miser add 512 forms today!"

Re: Istvatha V'han - why can't she conquer Earth?

I will throw an idea out there for those who don't worry about being out of continuity* - V'han needs an "anchor avatar" to truly rule a dimension, a humanoid female native, who when touched by the Empress becomes transformed into a living conduit of her will. The problem is finding this person, she has narrowed the search area for the Champions Universe to earth, and now only has to figure out which single woman of approximately 3.5 billion women/girls is the receptive to this transformation...

This gives reason for V'Han to be sending just small commando forces and for her personage to come to the world as well, as she can not hold the hearts and minds of this universe until the target is transformed by her touch in our universe.

*(As it is in an Comic book based RPG )

Re: Conspiracy Theory: Who was really behind the destruction of Detroit?

Long ago Lore Lived in Detroit,

For those who like government conspiracies:

I would say that Officials in the Cities Redevelopment Department learned of it in a inspection steel mill for disposition and told the political higher ups and they set all these things in motion through underworld/mystic contacts...

(boy it was sure lucky for the mayor and councilman Reeds families were on vacation in South America...)

Re: Captain Iron Spider Thor vs Super Aqua Bat Flash Lantern Woman

There is a Villainous race by the name Dominionators in DC that in some time lines create Biological Super weapons (BION ) that have the powers of multiple powers. That said they have unusual track record and might be a good origin for your DC woman.

Re: "Alternate" Ideas for Freemasons?

There was a DC comics Elseworld comic where the JLA was a freemason lodge and it keep all of it's activities secret, The leader of the lodge was Clark Kent. It fell apart when events caused the lodge members to turn on one another. But at the end of the story an FBI agent by the name of Bruce Wanye refounded it with the help of Mr Wally West. But for the life of me I can not think of the title.

Re: "Now I will RULE the CITY!!!" How does that work?

I recall a long-ago Marvel graphic novel called (I think) 'Emperor Doom', where Doc plugs the Purple Man into a device, then uses his mojo to mind-control the entire world. Everybody (well, almost) accepts Doc Doom as the world's rightful ruler, etc.

 

He eventually finds the whole thing a big drag. Delegation of authority has always been a weak point with Doomsie, and once you've taken a few bows and solved all the big problems, then all that is left is the paperwork - examining and approving the new 6th grade school cirriculum, looking over quarterly production reports from wherever, etc..

 

A group of Avengers manage to get together and stop the whole deal, and Doom winds up letting them.

This reminds me of this page from Girl Genius. The Baron just hates too rule, but he sees no one else to do t he job.

Re: Are single climate/habitat worlds really possible?

I have only read some of Robot stories of Asimov (my SciFi basics are lacking), but they are part of the Foundation time line, So it could be assumed that Positronic intelligences, running by the three laws would ensure that humans of would be getting food they need. Running the the farming loading and unloading of the food supply ships. Would you not?

Re: Single Most Powerful Super Hero EVER!!!

For some reason any of the times I've seen Superman running around with one of the Green Lantern rings comes to mind. After all he's not broken enough to begin with.

While, I do believe there was the Avengers/JLA crossover that had Superman using Thor's hammer to fight the big bad.

Superman is a wish fulfillment character, a Marty Stu that resonated with a lot of people.

Re: Phaser Disintegration in 6E

I have only glaced at this thread so forgive if it had been mentioned earlier.

Looking at the source material, primarily the televised series and early movies, they had quick disintegration only when it fit the story or budget need. Most of the latter ST:NG stories had a slow disintegration. I think of the show that introduced "trans-phasic" shielding. Doctor Crusher tried to kill an alien that had an usual biology and shot a hole clean through It and made it mad. So she used a longer shot at the same power level and vaporized it.

SO that story out I would say 10d6 Killing Damage ALVD, does Body with cumulative advantage (This level would allow for instance kill of most normal characters with an average damage of around 30 points)

Re: Wold Newton

Oddhat has, he based his super world off the concepts of Mr Farmer. (look at the Similar threads block below)

Re: Where can I get resources for the original Champions RPG game?

If I remember correctly Steve Jackson Games Modern paper counter's has supers paper counters and maps of the same size (AND may have some OLD Champ's Characters IIRC)

Re: Historical Colonization versus Historical Navies and Future Spaceships

In the 1500's though, the European fishing fleets were primarily littoral: they weren't fishing the rich beds just off the cast of North America. They weren't even fishing far down the coast of Africa. A better analogy would be if we had lots of space ships in-system.

 

cheers, Mark

Well as you may know there is some argument if the Basque where Whaling in North America before Columbus (They differently where here(North America) in 1514, when French found them in Newfoundland.) The Commercial Drive brought Europeans here then when it was established you could safely sail from Europe, then came the Political and Religious Refugees to the various settlements along the costs.

Re: Heromachine and similar applications

Hyper-Man,

Must Say I just created one in HM3, Still lacking in the female character creation, Hands and feet need adjustments I should not have to make, But hay he said it is an alpha and it works fairly well. I have created an image for a female character I have bouncing around my head as an example:

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Voltera, The Electric Woman.

Re: So where are they really?

Seems to me, Moving Characters to Real Life Cities that fit them:

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  Batman and Baltimore seem to go together in my mind (Seacoast city once grand now decaying)
  Superman and Manhattan are linked, Just because.
  Flash would be in Kansas City MO/KS (Due to Central City - Keystone City dichotomy )
  GL Hal Jordan seems to be at a Southern Cal USAF base (Edwards?)
  Seattle and Green Arrow is a given
   
  Captain America - Wash DC
  Iron Man is either LA or Chicago
  Spider Man has to be in Manhattan
  

That is all for me

Re: CHAR: Big Barda

You forgot Amanda Waller. But in any case' date=' it ain't just the women. Most men aren't cut like Steve Rogers, Namor, Bruce Wayne, Kal-el, Hawkman, etc. either.[/quote']

 

True, but most of complaining I have seen on this topic are from and about women. This thread is an example of what I mean 54920

Re: CHAR: Big Barda

Yeah, that's right, he did do that.

 

Perhaps we should start a thread sometime on why so many comics fanboys and writers are into supervillainesses [that] dress like S&M bondage queens.

Well to be honest, Most Female characters in comics are given idealized bodies (I do believe there are a few threads that can be raised that touch on this). Come to consider it I can not think of a heroine who is not 'perfect' and 98% of villainesses are the same, Dspare of the Endless is the only Fat female I can think of in either 'mainstream' comic companies universes. Even the female death characters of both mainstream comics are idealize (Death of the Endless less so. Hel and Thanto's desire (Death in Marvel) are also idealized female forms).

Re: CHAR: Big Barda

Didn't Byrne do that with Psychoman and turning Sue into Malice?

Yes, In fact Byrne did do just that.

And the lame ### mind controller's name was Sleeze. Great Kribyish name (Thought that when I read that story and still do today). With a very good backstory too IIRC

Re: My mostly hard sci-fi campaign

I couldn't find the information for carrier ratings' date=' but here are some stripe colors for Navy rates

Here is an article on flight deck uniform varations:

http://www.history.navy.mil/library/online/uniform_misc.htm

Note the job of the "Red Shirts" (yes they have red shirts)

Color-Coded Sailors: On the Flight Deck, Your Shirt Says It All

 

It's 2300. The flight deck is alive with activity.

 

Engines thundering, an A-6 Intruder crawls across the ink-black surface, slowly moving toward catapult number one. Its wings whine as they unfold. The pilot stares intently at the yellow-shirted petty officer with a plastic light, who is motioning the pilot forward. Moments before, the pilot's seat was occupied by a brown-shirted airman making sure the jet was ready to fly. There are green jerseys out in the darkness too, getting ready to hook the jet to the "cat."

 

Back aft, red-shirted ordnancemen load up another Intruder as purple shirts drag hoses to refuel, preparing it for flight.

 

Only flight deck workers wear jerseys, long-sleeve cotton shirts to protect from the heat and the cold. The colors are vital, identifying the job of the wearer:

 

Yellow: The main handlers and directors of movement on the flight deck. Nothing moves without being told to do so by a yellow shirt. The aircraft handling officer and catapult officers, as well as the air boss and mini-boss, are all yellow shirts.

 

Blue: Working mainly with yellow shirts, they operate different yellow gear, such as tractors and forklifts. They "chock and chain" aircraft to the flight deck or hangar deck, as well as operate aircraft elevators.

 

Green: Mainly the catapult and arresting crews. Photographer's mates and postal clerks also sport green jerseys when working on the flight deck.

 

Brown: Brown shirts are the plane captains, or "brakers" of the aircraft. They sit in the cockpit while it is being moved, braking as needed. They are in charge of making sure that all maintenance is performed prior to launch.

 

Purple: "Grapes," as they are affectionately referred to, or "fuelies." They refuel all aircraft and monitor all fuel supplies. There are purple shirts working seven decks below the hangar bay, on the hangar deck itself, and the flight deck.

 

Red: Red shirts signify ordnancemen. They load aircraft with all ordnance, missiles, mines and ammunition. They also make up the crash and salvage teams. This includes manning the flight deck fire trucks.

 

White: It would be fair to label white shirts as "miscellaneous." They consist of safety and medical personnel, catapult final checkers and catapult and arresting gear quality assurance inspectors. Anyone who does not normally work on the flight deck wears a white shirt on deck during flight operations.

 

Source: Walsh, Thomas. "Color-Coded Sailors: On the Flight Deck, Your Shirt Says It All." All Hands. 871 (October 1989): 32

EDIT:

Full Color coding Manual in PDF http://www.safetycenter.navy.mil/media/downloads/FlghtDckAware_CV_03.pdf

Re: "Dark Flow" Discovered at Edge of the Universe

Wow. The things we don't know just seem to continue to grow. Something like this that can turn everything we think we know about the universe on its head; that's pretty cool.

"The More I see the less I know" - Say Hey (Song Title)

"The More I Know the more I realize I don't know" – Albert Einstein (attrib)

"I know only that I do not know." – Socrates

If we think we really know something, we are more the likely to be deluded. And the world turns over on someone (and everyone) every twenty four hours.

Re: 6th Edition Question: New Powers?

The new regeneration looks like a recovery bought with 'down the time chart' 1 pt for a month -> 2 pts for a week -> 4 pts for a day etc (That idea was floated once as house rule IIRC)

Re: And now a Math question - figuring out travel times...

Sir,

I saw this and though that what is ment by the 'outer system'

In our solar system At about 90 AU is what is called the termination shock, where the solar wind is lower then the speed of sound (not that is a really useful definition in space, handy for us to get our heads around) The heliopause is somewhere around 100 - 120 AU (This is the point where solar wind is stoped by the interstellar wind) At 1 to 3 G constant acceleration (using a linar (1/2)at^2 with a = 9.8meters/sec/sec) I get you have travaed 2.2 to 6.6 AU in three days which is from the inside of Jupiter's orbit to inside Saturn's orbit from earth. Is this where you