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  1. Right now, I have an air/weather controller with this: 25 Elemental Control, 50-point powers 17 1) Flight 10", x4 Noncombat, Usable Simultaneously (up to 8 people at once; +1) (50 Active Points); Localized (Passengers must stay within 4' of user; -1/2) 5 26 2) Flight 18", Improved Noncombat Movement (x16) (51 Active Points) 20 3) Strong wind manipulation: Telekinesis (33 STR) (50 Active Points); Affects Whole Object (-1/4) Is there a better (read: cheaper) way to model having flight that can pick up and take up to eight people, willing or not? I'd prefer to have one power that did this instead of two, if at all possible.
  2. Re: Running jokes in your campaign "Aunt May's Discretion" After several combats where someone went to way, way more than -30 STUN in the Marvel-based Champions game I was running, someone came up with this phrase. Basically, you're so unconscious that you're past 'GM's Discretion'; not even the GM can give you permission to wake up. You have to call up Spider-Man's kindly old Aunt May to get permission. Kind soul that she is, she'll always give you permission. Being a fictional character, getting her on the phone is rather hard.... SMITH - An acronym: Six Months In The Hospital. Created after several Mob guys were taken to -15 BODY. Not dead.. but not walking around soon either.
  3. Re: Top 10 List of the Lamest Superheroes of All Times Heh. This is what happens when you give someone too short of a deadline for an article. After bypassing tons of purposefully humorous or parody characters (such as Skateman), here's my list. 1. The Listener. Chuck Wilson of The Blackhawks had perhaps the lamest name and costume in a short-lived and very embarrasing stint as a superhero/secret agent when the team was revised to boost flagging sales. His power? Eavesdropping expert. His costume? A blue jumpsuit with pink ear symbols. 2. The Space Canine Patrol Agents. If I'm lyin' I'm dyin'. 3. Extrano ("strange") of the New Guardians. The first obviously gay character in a mainstream book and it had to be this flaming idiot? You could probably pad out the rest of this list with the others. 4. Dove. After creating a great dualist set of characters, DC drops the balls and makes Dove a whiny little wimp that only occassionally manages to get a bit of glory. The depiction in the Justice League cartoon was vastly better. 5. Aqualad. Much as I love Aqualad, in the Silver Age he was a total fifth wheel. No super strength yet, no sorcerous powers yet, no real telepathy, and if he was out of water for more than an hour, he died. He was in the Titans because he was (barely) a teen and his mentor was in the JLA. No wonder he eventually got a girlfriend and said 'screw you guys, I'm going home'. 6. The Groundhog. Yeah, if I'm given a suit capable of terraforming, I'm gonna call myself The Groundhog. Left Alpha Flight because of embarrasment.
  4. Re: (worst ever)...reasons to be a supervillain It was my turn. When the dry cleaner messed up my costume and it came back purple and green, I knew I had no choice. Because the money was, like, right there, dude. Because black goes with everything. Two words: Went condo. Miss Amazing will finally be unable to ignore me! So I could get my name in the papers.
  5. Re: (best ever)...reasons for becoming a supervillain! She told me I was worthless. I'll show her. I'll show them all. They called me mad at the University. Laughed at me! Well, who's laughing now, huh? Huh?! It was so easy to get what I always wanted. It gets easier everytime. They used to beat me up. They beat me so bad once, I see funny out of my left eye. No matter. I have plenty of left eyes, now. Because they taste so good. Not like chicken at all. Because I have to have more of it, and it's so expensive. But I have to have more. Just so I can sleep at night. Because nothing makes me feel better than seeing some punk jock crying like a little bitch after his bones snap like tinkertoys. Forget money. Holding some guy's life in your hand, and it's yours to give or take? Nothing like it. Nothing. Money is the only thing that matters. With money, you can get everything else: women, power, land, anything. The more, the merrier. Why not? What has anyone ever done for me? Because people are lying stupid children, and children needs to be diciplined until they can behave. Because people are sheep, and sheep are born to be sheared... Because no one else has the clarity of vision to do what needs doing. Only I have the insight along with the capability to do this. Because they all deserve it. I should have been rich, but the fat cats hoard it all so there's nothing left for the rest of us. They think they're so big. Wait until they see me. I'll show them who's big now. God has shown me the way, and I am His instrument.
  6. Re: (best ever...) reasons for becoming a superhero If not me, then who? So that I can atone for all the evil my family has done. Because it's the last thing she asked me to do before she died. Family tradition. The legacy of the mask will never die. They took everything from me. So now I get to return the favor.
  7. Re: Good animated supers flicks? Superman: The Animated Series (Parts of Justice League/Justice League Unlimited stem directly from events in the last season of this series. Batman: The Animated Series (Remember, there are multiple volumes to this, not 'seasons' per se because of the bizarre way modern animated shows do seasons). Teen Titans: Complete Season 1 and 2 Justice League/Justice League Unlimited. JLU Season 1 of this that just came out and is technically JLU season 1 and 2. The ending episode, Epilogue, is an effective closure to Batman: TAS, JL, and Batman Beyond. Batman Beyond season 1 and 2. X-Men Evolution Seasons 1 and 3 are available from Amazon. Season 2 as far as I know continues to still be available only in the four individual disc sets. The Batman Seasons 1 and 2: this is the new Batman series currently airing. Ben 10 Season 1 will be available on Feb 6, I think. Ultimate Avengers 1 and 2 are good, but probably not so good for a young child. They have a more adult tone to them. Static Shock was on DVD, but I'm uncertain if they are still in print. Excellent series, and writer/creator Dwayne McDuffie went on to write a lot of JL stuff. There are two JLA crossovers in his series, and you see him all grown up in two of the JL episodes.
  8. Re: Duke (art and characters) I was at DragonCon some years ago and as always there were hopeful young artists showing their stuff ti pros and asking for tips. The best bit of advice I ever saw someone get: the pro was looking at all the fantastic character art this guy had done and agreed he had a good grasp of anatomy and such. Then he said 'At some point, someone will ask you to draw a normal kitchen interior. Can you do that?' 'Probably not'. 'Practice'.
  9. Ebon

    Aquaman: WTF?

    Re: Aquaman: WTF? As with many DC characters, forget everything they ever did before Crisis/Zero Hour. Aqualad (now Tempest) spent like 30 years of XP when he had his own miniseries about ten years ago He was pulled into a pocket dimension by Atlan the sorcerer for a couple of their years while only a month or so passed on Earth, and learned a tremendous amount of Atlantean magic. He came back with great command of water magic (freezing it and boiling it) as well as being able to shoot beams of magical energy from his eyes. Probably more mystical abilities as yet unnamed as well. He could speak with fish for a time but has lost that ability as far as I know. For a time he shared Aquaman's ability to command sea life but there was a difference: whereas Aquaman could command, Garth would ask.
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