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    CaptainCoulson got a reaction from DeleteThisAccount in Aphorisms for a Superhero Universe   
    *Always* treat the villains like a friendly foe that you find amusing. It will often become true.
     
    *Never* assume that the villains *are* a friendly foe, happy to amuse you. It is not always true.
     
    (Because, lets be honest, the stakes are always suddenly lower for "comedic" storylines, despite how powerful and serious the same villain and same macguffin are in a "serious" storyline.)
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    CaptainCoulson got a reaction from DoctorImpossible in Widening Gyre   
    To be fair, my belief in the death of the author, and my disappointment at finding out awful things about a lot of authors whose books had been fun up until I heard about the author's behaviour, means that whenever I do get into a discussion with somebody about an aspect of a book (or film, or whatever), and I find out that they wrote it (or directed it, or whatever), I still won't feel any more inclined to agree with their opinion about the "canon" is supposed to be.
     
    Just because George Lucas thinks that Greedo shot at Han, doesn't mean I have to agree, even if there is a special edition.
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    CaptainCoulson got a reaction from DeleteThisAccount in Jumper Conversion   
    Possibly require an Area Knowledge check each time he jumps somewhere that he can't see. Although, he might be allowed to take Area Knowledge: Places that I have memorised.
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    CaptainCoulson got a reaction from DeleteThisAccount in Mecha   
    That's entirely fair. I was thinking more about the examples listed by OP, of the Hulkbuster armour (which seems to me like it is a standard suit of power armour with extra support and power systems) or the Jaegers (which require their pilots to move in exactly the way that they want their mech to move) rather than following the thread to the later Battletech dominant discussion.
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    CaptainCoulson got a reaction from DeleteThisAccount in Mecha   
    I wouldn't have said that a mech is a vehicle. The point of the mech suit is that it simulates the human form in a battle but on a literal giant's scale. I'd think of it as more of a set of powers from a suit of power armour, Iron Man style, but with part of that power set being an always-on giant-size.
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    CaptainCoulson got a reaction from DeleteThisAccount in God Battle! Slaneesh vs Loth!   
    Okay, that was surprisingly fair and thought out. I think I agree. Extremely close-fought battle but Lolth takes the win.
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    CaptainCoulson got a reaction from DeleteThisAccount in Upcoming zombie game of mine   
    Please do, I look forward to reading it. Couple of things, though. First, if these are "returning" nongamers, are you sure they still aren't gamers now? They have returned for another game. Maybe not typically gamers, or very avid gamers but you so seem to have made them gamers.
     
    Wouldn't staying alive *be* the motivation? Like, it is nice to have other drives and thinking about what motivates each character *other* than survival is probably a good thing, but I feel like the main motivations for not wanting to die are fear of dying, which is painful, and fear of death, which is permanent (probably, but maybe not, cause zombies).
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    CaptainCoulson got a reaction from DeleteThisAccount in Western Hero 6th edition   
    Heck, not even the clearly extra-normal abilities. There are some things that pulp western heroes with officially perfectly normal but incredible prowess, like Brisco County Jr. up there, could do with a "trick-shot", or the lasso equivalent, or whatever, that I would still build in the powers section of the usual corebook, with my special effects being "I just get a lot of practise, thanks."
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    CaptainCoulson got a reaction from DeleteThisAccount in Genre-crossover nightmares   
    On the basis of a new thread about the Clampetts:
     
    Beverly Hillbillies' Cop - Axel Foley returns to Beverly Hills, only this time, it is for the family reunion of his new fiance, who turns out to be from a surprisingly wealthy family, and not a small town deep south family, like he'd thought... Or maybe he was right the first time after all!
     
    (Naturally, Axel soon finds out that he's actually a long lost, but not so distant, cousin of the family. But then again, he also realises that the rest of them don't think that's problematic, so... neither does he!)
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    CaptainCoulson got a reaction from DeleteThisAccount in Beverly Hillbillies   
    Maybe they were distant, poor-until-recently, long lost relatives of the Addams family?
     
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    CaptainCoulson got a reaction from DoctorImpossible in Create a Villain Theme Team!   
    Oh, right. Need a prompt for the next super-villain team, right?
     
    "Sweethearts" - three couples and one polycule (at least three people in the polycule) whose powers and super-villain themes were all derived from, and centred on, the fact that they are dating/having sex/whatever their relationships are. The team formed because these super-villains all found a common ground in the fact that they prized their love (and probably, in some cases, the power it granted them) *far* more than the super-heroes "Justice" and an incredibly powerful team of super-villainous spouses/lovers would be a perfect way to demonstrate how right they are and how wrong the heroes are.
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