Lord Mhoram

Re: New Book: The Algernon Files I've got mine on order. Getting it from ACD this week, so I should see it Wednesday. Congrats, and very cool. I'm sure I'll gush more when I see it.

Re: Ye Old "Hero is Hard" Debate Yeah. I come from just the oppostie corner. My 8 year long FH game was a transworld fantasy with characters from weak powered superheroes, the old west, cyberpunk, modern spy, Pulp, Starwars styled space opera, hard sf miliatary feel and natives. The inherent GENERICness of HERO made that work. I could just tell everyone keep the defences under 20/10r and keep the damage under 3d6 Kill, and let it go. I've played ninja hero that ended up in a pulp styled lost world with dinosaurs and old greeks, translational fantasy with only one PC who was a modern guy, a SF game with Mecha, dinos, and lasers where the PCs were a bar band, A-team style dogooders. The Strength of HERO is in that kind of style. And I'm older, and don't have as much time to learn the complete ins and outs of new systems as I did before, so I stick with HERO for single Genre games. I can understand others who do not.

Re: Which comic? The San Angelo University game - Teen Titans. The Legacy Hero game - Morrison JLA crossed with the Busiek Avengers.

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Re: Terminal Velocity for critque and amusement. Yeah but it also the term for something falling as fast as it can. And Terminal implies death and destruction, which a teen hero would likely think is cool.

Re: Terminal Velocity for critque and amusement. Yeah. The GM said basically no frameworks. He let me have the mini-EC because I saved so few points with it, and having a one slot MP is the same as one power and was oked, but as Trebuchet said, allows for easy additions of slots.

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Re: Interesting team idea

This came up in a discussion of superheroes at the FLG/CS I work at. The person mentioning it was thinking more in the terms of a comic book, but I immediatly glommed onto the idea for gaming. A four person team, each member exemplifying one of the ages of comics. A golden age (Cap or Superman) A Silver age (Spidey, Flash, GL or an FF) A Bronze age (Wolvering out of the 80's maybe, or something from the Wolfman perex Titans) An Iron Age (Cable or Spawn). I immediatly chimed in that the Silver age character should be a scientific talking ape (shades of Dr Silverback) that shouts things like "Great Photons". The iron Age character was mocked and decided that the origin should be incomprehensible and involve demonic powers, big guns and weird alternate futures. Anyway I thought it was an interesting idea, and wanted to throw it out for discussion. :-)

Here is Terminal Velocity, my new PC (hallalejuah I'm playing again). Some notes - the group are all characters who just got thier powers, so he is a little underpowered- this is by design. The GM borrowed 1 pt color disads from GURPS - Quirks. Helps in roleplaying. Eclipse worked in the 80's rather than the 90s so I could use them for my origin. For me, this is a first - I got some use from European Enemies. Terminal VelocityPlayer: CAG Val Char Cost 20 STR 10 26 DEX 48 20 CON 20 18 BODY 16 18 INT 8 18 EGO 16 20 PRE 10 20 COM 5 13 PD 4 13 ED 4 6 SPD 24 8 REC 0 40 END 0 40 STUN 2 15" RUN182" SWIM04" LEAP0Characteristics Cost: 185Cost Power END Next Gen Mutant 5 1) Regeneration 1 bod per hour; Limited Power Per hour (-1) 0 12 2) Life Support (Immunity All terrestrial diseases and biowarfare agents; Longevity 400 Years) 0 5 3) Power Defense (5 points) 0 1 4) Mental Defense (5 points total) 0 11 Speedster Tricks: Multipower, 27-point reserve, all slots Increased Endurance Cost (4x END; -1 1/2) 1u 1) Running Fast: Megascale on sight and hearing; Increased Endurance Cost (4x END; -1 1/2), Costs Endurance (-1/2) plus Flight 5", MegaScale (1" = 1 km; +1/4), Can Be Scaled Down 1" = 1" (+1/4); Increased Endurance Cost (4x END; -1 1/2), Limited Power Surface contact only (-1/4) 8 3 Force Powers: Elemental Control, 6-point powers 3 1) Force Field (2 PD/2 ED), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) 0 2 2) Hand-To-Hand Attack +1d6, Reduced Endurance (Half END; +1/4); Hand-To-Hand Attack (-1/2) 1 Powers Cost: 43Cost Skill 3 Acrobatics 14- 3 Breakfall 14- 1 Bureaucratics 8- 3 Conversation 13- 3 High Society 13- 1 Language: English (Imitate dialects; Native Language) 3 PS: Cook/Chef 13- 3 Scholar 1 1) KS: Chef Stuff 11- 1 2) KS: Law enforcement agencies 11- 1 3) KS: Superheroes 11- 2 4) KS: Supervillians & SV agencies 13- 1 5) KS: The Law 11- Skills Cost: 26Cost Talent 6 Combat Luck (3 PD/3 ED) Talents Cost: 6Val Disadvantages 5 Dependent NPC: Mom 8- (Infrequently) (Slightly Less Powerful than the PC) 10 Dependent NPC: President of Fan club / Nascent Girlfriend - Cassie 8- (Infrequently), Normal 5 Distinctive Features: "He's a Dreamboat" Easily Concealed, Noticed and Recognizable, Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses 5 Distinctive Features: Mutant Not Concealable, Noticed and Recognizable, Detectable Only By Unusual Senses 5 Social Limitation: Mom was a superterrorist. (Occasionally, Minor) 5 Reputation: Hey, I'm a Champion, Sometimes (8-) 15 Hunted: Genocide 8- (Occasionally), More Powerful, Harshly Punish 10 Hunted: Archnemesis Half Brother 8- (Occasionally), As Powerful, Harshly Punish 20 Hunted: VIPER 8- (Occasionally), More Powerful, NCI, Harshly Punish 10 Social Limitation: Secret ID Frequently (11-), Major 5 Enraged: Corruption/Damage to the innocent/defenseless Uncommon, go 8-, recover 14- 15 Psychological Limitation: Protective of Innocents/Innocence Common, Strong 15 Psychological Limitation: Code vs Killing Common, Strong 10 Psychological Limitation: Devoted to the side of Law and Order / True Blue Hero Common, Moderate 10 Psychological Limitation: Thrillseeker but not a very big one Common, Moderate 1 Quirk - Speaks in an English accent 1 Quirk - Respecful of Law Enforcement agencies 1 Quirk - Is good looking, and knows it. 1 Quirk - Loves to Cook 1 Quirk - Likes the media spotlight Disadvantage Points: 150Base Points: 200Experience Required: 0Total Experience Available: 0Experience Unspent: 0Total Character Cost: 260 Height: 1.78 m Hair: Sandy Blond Weight: 81.00 kg Eyes: Blue Appearance: Alistair is a very handsome young man, with sandy blond hair, blue eyes and a winning smile. He is flirtatious, outgoing and pleasent. His hair is short, and usually in the latest style, his body is somewhat lanky, but he hasn't finished filling out yet. When "on the job" he is focused and intense, belying his easygoing manner at othertimes.His costume is a form fitting (better to show off the form) full body black bodysuit, with red footware, gloves, waistband and accents on the suit. His head is uncovered, and he wears small black and red goggles for a mask. Personality: Alistair is trying to make a name for himself as a hero. He does crave the limelight a little bit, and courts the reporters and publicity, though not overly so. He also is aware that if his background comes to light, it could cause problems for his family, and that is also some of the motivation for his actions in that regard. He sees himself as something of a career superhero, and tries to get along well with the police and other law enforcement agencies.Terminal Velocity also really enjoys being a superhero. He loves the action, he likes the spotlight, he likes the whole Good vs Evil thing. Being a superhero has turned from an idea as a youth to a hobby to a passion. He just loves everything about what he does. TV also loves to cook, and is going to school to be a chef. Quote:"Oh, lighten up"Background: Dr Force was a British superhero (telekinetic) who ended up married to his teammate Lady Pendragon (a martial artist). Their marriage fell apart after 12 years due to the actions of Shrike, a martial artists speedster, and a member of the terrorist group Eclipse. It turns out that while on the mainland Dr Force, trying to help Shrike go strait (after all, while she was a terrorist, she also hates corruption and was doing what she did from ideals) and got a little too involved. A little less than a year after that she had a son. She wanted Dr Force's help to raise him, or at least support. He wanted nothing to do with it, feeling guilt and shame for his actions, so she left it alone, and moved to the United States under an assumed identity to get away from her ex-team, and primarily to not cause the man she secretly loved any pain.However, this information was used to blackmail Dr Force by Eclipse, and in dealing with the situation, Lady Pendragon found out. This was the beginning of the end of the relationship. She took their son, and disappeared. Dr Force later was killed investigating Eurostar on a tip that one of them would be there- most of them were and he was in way over his head. It is rumored that the tip came from Lady Pendragon, and that she did it to see him killed. The son of Lady Pendragon and Dr Force became a supervillian when he turned 18. He used the name Excalibur. Shrike it turns out was a latent mutant that her serenity training had awakened, these were passed on to her son, Alistair, who when he reached the age that such things happen started displaying the same powers, as well as a variation of his fathers telekinetic powers, although Alistair's do not seem to work at range. When Alistair was 16, his mother had to go into hiding (and change her name again) because a supervillian (Excalibur) had found out who she was and was going to have her deported and tried for her crimes of two decades ago. Alistair was raised by his mother to be a hero. Her brief stint as a super-terrorist blinded by idealism made her realize how off you could be because of ideals, and so he was raised to protect innocents, to use equivalent force or less, to know right from wrong. In short what she wanted to have been, but wasn't. Alistair decided on the name Terminal Velocity (after all he is a teenager, and it sounds cool for a speedster), and decided to join the ranks of the Superheroes. His mother then told him that there was a tryout for the Champions, after the old team was dissolved, and he should go try out. Unbeknownst to Alistair there had to be a sponsor to get to the tryout, that his mother had arranged because of her contacts within the super community. Powers/Tactics: Alistair's parents were both supers and his mother was a mutant. He is what the media dubbed a "next generation mutant". He has the, seemingly, standard abilities of those- some mental resistance, some resistance to things that affect his person, long life, immunity to disease and overall physical improvement.His personal abilities are lower powered but growing. He has amazing reaction time and manual dexterity, and can run very fast. His combat awareness speed hits 35 miles an hour, his cruising speed hits near 70, and can sprint for a few seconds at a speed of 1.3 miles per second. He is training to learn how to best utilize his speed in combat. He also inherited some very basic telekinetic powers from his father. He can generate a weak force field around himself, and can create a small force bubble on his body that adds a little bit of impact when he hits things. He is also training to develop these powers, but that is slow going. As for tactics, Terminal Velocity is a teenage speedster. Her runs around and hits things as he goes by. Campaign Use: He's a PC.

Re: Ye Old "Hero is Hard" Debate But if someone said "I hate homebrewed beverages, they are too sweet (or bitter)" when what they really don't like is the work involved, that would be wrong, which is how I see the "The math is too hard". The math isn't hard. The work may be more than someone wants, or feels is neccessary, to put in , but the math is easy.

Re: Ye Old "Hero is Hard" Debate Good call. To extend your anology, when it comes to gaming, I have never liked any storebought pop, I always have to either brew my own, or do the fountain drink mix thing and add three or more drinks together. I can drink the Pepsi on an occasional basis, but not long term as my standard drink. A matter of personal taste.

Re: Ye Old "Hero is Hard" Debate I can see what you say in your general argument there Tesuji, and agree with you that the setting material is hardcoded into whichever version of d20 you are using, so that Hawksmoor's argument is a little apples to Oranges... but to extend your analogy above to be fairly correct, the D20 core rules that you strip it down to would have to have a formalised way to make classes balanced, a structured way to build spells and assign levels to them, a formal way to figure the balance out on feats, a balanced way to build monsters (the last I know basically exists). But those things do not exist in d20, whereas in HERO you do. That, to me, is really the difference. And as someone who builds every world from the ground up from scratch no matter what system I play, HERO is a better fit for me- I'd do the same amount of mechanical work in HERO or D20. In HERO I build it using the rules, in d20 I would scour the books for the classes, feats ect that I want in my world, and then have to rebuild them to make them fit my vision. And I think that is Hawksmoor's problem (and you can correct me if I am misreading this Hawksmoor)- in d20 (especially in D&D) what you do has to fit the designers vision- it's hardcoded into the rules, whereas in HERO it just has to fit the GM's vision. And you talk to him about what is and isn't allowed, to try and get your vision playable. In d20 (D&D) you have to change the rules themselves- a different animal.

Re: Lord Mhoram First issue in May. Written by Dixon. Heh.

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Re: Lord Mhoram Yeah. Her damage was about the same. Her CV was pretty close- higher raw dex, fewer levels; and she had better defences. And it was the prereboot KK, the classic white and yellow with the high collar version out of the mid eighties.

Re: Lord Mhoram Oh and Hawksmoor, love your avatar, and location. One of the coolest moments for Blackcat (who I have as my avatar) was when in the course or play (very near the end of the campaign), I pulled out my KK coversion from 1st ed Legion books and the DC to HERO conversion in adventurers club, and realising that Cat was Val's equal.

Re: Lord Mhoram I assume either my sigline or my timeline. No I don't. And I don't mention the Marvel games either.I have a smattering of MEGS DC stuff- All the legion books, the perfect bound sourcebooks for Bats, Superman, GLC, and a number of modules.... I make a distiction between original SHRP and licenced. I don't bother with the licenced, mostly because I will never use the stuff in it. I don't run in that universe, and I won't ever use the characters in my games. I considerer Liscenced SHRP to be an adjuct to the comics they are liscenced from, rather than as stand alone Role playing games. So even though I get all of the M&M I'll skip the Nocturnals. I have all of GURPS supers, I skip Hellboy. I have all of V&V so I skip DNAgents (well actually I have that one, my wife was a fan of the comic). It's also a collector thing. I can draw the line there and say "I do not get licenced SHRP" and not worry about having to track down all that stuff.... getting all that I have is expensive enough. When I start collecting things, I can get a little obsessive compulsive about it. One of the reasons I stayed far away from M:tG for so long.

Re: Timeline for a new campaign for critique and evolement. Cool bit of info. I'll add that.

Re: Timeline for a new campaign for critique and evolement. Some of the nifty bits of color that just having a timeline doesn't explain. Sentinal is the WW2 era Superman stand in (taken from SAS). He was the hero that _everyone_ looked up to, that took advice from. The ultimate in honesty, truthfulness and power; the perfect example of a Hero. Thus having Dr Destroyer kill him in his first appearance immediatly make Destroyer a huge threat. Some fun bits merging timelines. SAS' The Ghost Lions(the secret British superteam that was run by a lord, and used for his own personal advancement, though they didn't know that) that gave rise to Alice Queen of Hearts (one of the best villians in published superhero gaming I've ever seen) happens the same year as the problems with the new knights in the CU. Which worked when merging them.. hey the New Knights scandel hits, and in responce the guy creates the Ghost Lions. Socially I use Dr Destroyer as the unstopable menace (IE Galactus) and Kruezritter as the political machinator and villian with the huge resources (IE Dr Doom). Division 51 is the division of the US marshal's office that deals with superhuman threats. The absorbing of Primus, villifying the orignal Golden Avenger, the MRA and outcome, and the Marshall are all from an old campaign. One of the changes I'm thinking about doing is having the Gateway station explode (instead of Galatia) that starts the whole Nova phenomenon, and tying that into the Shadow masters subplot. Dunno yet.

Re: Timeline for a new campaign for critique and evolement. I used a lot of the mid/late era from the CU. I use a fair amount of Golden Age from SAS and GAC. I also worked in bits from San Angelo and Freedom City. But yeah, the base was CU. I had four books open on my desk when I was creating the thing. The big gap is that I don't plan of doing much back there. The stuff I have there is for things that directly related to the current age. The whole Azor thing ties in with the Blood. And the Kings of Edom are my "metagene" or whatever marvel's equivelent is. When working on backstory and feel I had to answer the questions "Why superheroes on earth and not on many other planets?" and "Whe do all the magical and dimensional conquerers come after earth?" My answer is the King of Edom. Their power sifted into the Earth, it's surrounding areas of space and into humanity as a whole.

Timeline Part three - Battle of Detroit to current time. 1992 - Battle of Detroit. - Primus subsumed into Division 51 of the Marshal?s Office. The Golden Avenger turns rogue along with a number of agents. The Marshal is chosen to head the agency. - Anaszi begins forming the Untouchables - First "next Generation Mutant" appears in the public. Second wave of Anti-mutant hysteria. Fades quickly. - Edgar Lancelyn Essec becomes Supreme Serpant and developed the Serpentine Network. 1993 - As a response to public outcry over the destruction of Detroit the US signs the Tribunal Treaty allowing UNTIL agents to operate freely in American Territory. This also allows the free run of IST teams within US boards. Two IST team are immediately founded within the US. One in NY, one in SF. - Foxbat first appears and almost steals the Empire State Building. - Twister Crippled in SA - Travelers from the future of a devastated world try and kill Tempest to stop their future- A world where VIPER won. 1994 - Project Sunburst. - The Warlord first appears and almost conquers Vietnam. He is stopped by the IST. - Justice Foundation in SA -Omega, Overlord of the Terminus launches invasion of Earth, establishing beachhead in Freedom City. Although Until and Division 51 agents oppose him, they are not match for his super soldiers. IST, Tempest and Watchtower respond and defeat him. - Supertemps formed - Turning amazing profits within 3 months 1995 - Li Chun the destroyer freed in China. He defeats the Tiger Squad in a two day running battle then mysteriously disappears - The really big quake in California- caused by Kreuzritter. The formation of Bay city. 1996 - The UN completes the Gateway space station. -The Reactivation and rebuilding of Alcatraz is allowed, under the supervision of the IST. -Superhero Blackcat killed in Las Vegas. - VIPER/Eurostar war begins. 1997 - Blackcat returned from the dead, but possessed by her powers. She kills a neonazi supervillian and goes after Ferrin of Ferrin industries, a local industrial leader. She is depowered in the attempt. -Blackcat pleads no contest to Murder charges. Imprisoned in Stronghold 1998 - The infamous Stronghold breakout. Blackcat and Chuck help keep villains inside, and are pardoned. - IST forces the dissolution of both the Strike Force and Shadow Warrior teams due to "criminal elements within both teams". Most of these heroes retire or go underground. Sai is killed in the confrontation. - VIPER/Eurostar War ended. First appearance of Viperia. 1999 - The rebuilding of Detroit is substantially completed and the new metropolis is christened Millennium City. -UNTIL distances itself from the IST. - The Watchtower/Psi War - Overlord Retires after his son is killed. 2000 - The Paranormal registration act passed. Assault on Division 51 headquarters. The first appearance of Genocide. PRA declared unconstitutional - Late in year - The resources of the Marshals office are to be turned over to IST. The Marshal resigns in protest and leaves the Earth. UNTIL breaks all but informational ties with IST. 2001 - Firewing comes to Earth to challenge its superhumans to combat. -IST Scandal, and the first awareness of what is later termed the ?Shadow Masters?. IST teams and organization Disbanded. -UNTIL investigated and reorganized. -In response to the disbanding of IST, rogue supers under the orders of the "shadow master" of the IST destroy the world trade center, and target other locations. Native Sun is killed keeping Washington DC from becoming a nuclear fireball during these attacks. U.S. is the target, as it was the US who resisted incursions by the IST and who?s superheroes discovered the "Shadow Masters" plot. - With the death of Native Sun and the Marshals absence Watchtower disbands. 2002- Oracles of Tempest disappears. - Tempest dissolved - Blackcat and Gibralter go dimensional. 2003- Ex members (those not affliated with the "Shadow Masters") of the IST form UNITY, an independent superteam with loose ties to UNTIL, and UN sanction for superwork worldwide, and has open calls for other superheroes. - Firehawk conquers a number of Carribean islands and forms the country of Atlantia. 2004 - Galatia Satellite Explodes. Wave of new superhumans with greater than average powers erupt.

Timeline part two (silver age until the battle of detroit) 1960 - ?Return of the heroes? . Postwar prosperity and the self destruction of McCarthy has caused the general populace to embrace superheroes again, especially the new generation, and the world first super-mania begins. 1961 - Official US superteam - The Sentinels. First leader - Sentinel with a bunch of younger heroes. 1963 - The UN establishes the Tribunal on International Law to study superhumans and related issues. 1964 - China Explodes A bomb, and concurrently reveals the largest superteam in existence the Tiger Squad. 1965 - Qularr invade the earth with Gaint monsters. Tokyo nearly destroyed. Qularr are driven from Earths galaxy, but the mosters stay- confined to Kiaju Island - UNTIL is created by UN treaty (not signed by the US- which does not allow UNTIL agents within its territory. 1966 - Britain Bureau S becomes Ministry for Superhuman Affairs. - Time Traveler Averell Pendelton Arrive in SA 1967 - Surrender Dorothy is written in sky over Hollywood by superhuman prankster. The glowing letters remain for 36 hours. 1968 - General Winter stops Czech revolution - VIPER launches Operation Coil to take over the United states. The Detroit nest leader moved early, got stopped and superheroes gained the details of the plan which was given to authorities, and Operation Coil fails. 1969 Devries (the Supreme Serpant) captured, tried and later exectued. VIPER fragments into a cell structure and most of what was seen from them through the 70's and 80's were individual nest leaders actions. 1970 - Averell Pendelton found Avalon Enterprise a company devoted to humanitarian research aimed at solving problems such as world hunger and pollution 1971 - New Knights of the Round Table - Rise of Thule in the North Sea - Appearance of ?new? Kreuzritter 1972 - First public ?mutant? superhero. Beginning of Antimutant hysteria. -First Appearance of Red Pheonix 1975 - Dr Destroyer First Appears. His attempts to conquer the world stopped by a large collection of superheroes. Sentinel killed in a one on one fight with Dr Destroyer, but the sacrifice makes it possible to stop him. - Deadelus leaves earth in the starship he built - Icarus - to explore the galaxy 1978 - Stronghold Built - Worlds first Superprison - Canada establishes the Northern Guard 1980 - Kreuzritter causes Mt St Helens to explode 1981 - The First Northern Guard split up. - Scandal Rocks the New Knights of the Round Table - Ghost Lions Formed in UK - Shadowboxer appears in Detroit. 1982 - Strike Force formed and stop Overlord 1983 - Fiacho gains powers and begins recruiting Eurostar 1984 - Dr Silverback brought to intelligence. - Ghost Lions Dissolved - Alice Queen of Hearts flees. 1985 - Guardians in NY - Twister in SA - Mechanon first appears. 1986 - Primus Formed - Alloy In SA 1987 - UN unveils IST - First appearance of Native Sun. First Appearance of The Marshal - and the first of the Guard on Earth. Two other members of the guard arrive shortly. 1988 - Eurostar First appears - New Knights stop a major attack and are restored to the public?s Good Graces. - Watchtower Formed - Shadow Warriors split off from Strike force. 1989 - Second Northern Guard Split up. - Heronet launched. 1990 - After three years of difficulties with the IST Major Juan Martinez retires as head of UNTIL. He is replaced by Wilhelm Carl Echardt. - Alloy Dies in SA - blood disease due to his living metal body. 1991 - Tempest formed during a cross dimensional adventure saving the leader of a near realm of Byzantium.

Timeline Part one (until the end of the Golden Age) Before the Formation of the Solar System: The war of the first ones. The Kings of Edom are imprisoned within a specially constructed asteroid shell. Somewhere in between : The Farsighted one martyrs himself and the first few beings that later become known as the Starguard are born. Circa Formation of Earth: The prison that holds the Kings of Edom smashes into the Earth. This cataclysm creates the Moon. The prison is fractured, but it is a small enough fracture that the Edomites cannot, in their weakened state, break free. At this time the first ones have all but passed from the galaxy. Circa - 30,000 BC The Cataclysm. The world is reshaped. This is the result of the Kings of Edom freeing themselves from their prison. However they have passed into a state that cannot live outside the core of the planet, and their presence on the planet has given it great swaths of magic (the precataclysimic ages) and their escape weakens them further and further gives the world more chaos energy. Circa - 20,000 BC Azor makes contact with The Kings of Edom, became crazy and moved his tribe of people to Ean. 1797 - First Appearance of the Black Mask (American patriotic hero) 1820 - El Lobo in California and southwest. 1879 - Empire Club (for the extraordinary gentlemen) 1908 - Tunguska Explosion. - Last Archmage known Dmitrov Solokiev last seen. - Archmage items lost. 1914 - Tommy Gun fights at battle of Marne (unknown) 1916 - Tommy gun first seen at Verdun. 1917 - Herr Cryptic first German Mask. Archer gold in Washington. 1918 - Herr Cryptic killed by Tommygun 1920 - Thompson gun company ships large gift of guns to Tommygun. 1925 - Satanic Cult of Demon Formed. 1926 - The Raven in Hudson City. 1927 - The Blood come to Leinster, Mo (Pathfinder, Warrior, Blade, Jilen, Sala, Okor and Tyrkan) - Freedom City - The Bluesman (black superhero guitarist) fights mobsters 1928 - Bloodletter comes across to Earth, creating a dimensional rift that is taken advantages of by cultists to summon the Anopheles. The ritual is stopped by Thor and a group of time traveling heroes. 1929 - Reverend Temperance appears, fights Chicago Mafia. 1931 - The Whisper in SA - Chaos at the Beer Hall Putsch - Rumored reports of superpowered being there fighting to save and kill the Nazis. 1937 - The Minuteman (jetpack flyer) 1938 - Der Totenkopf (Deaths hand - a skeleton) Germany?s first superpowered costume 1939 - Milo Rauchenberger Discovers lost island of Thule. 1941 - Lt Liberty becomes the American Sentinel. - First Appearance of Lady Liberty. - Doc Tomorrow comes from an alternate future. -Formation of Liberty League - Sentinel, Lady Liberty, Doc Tomorrow, Minuteman, American Beauty and GIANT (the worlds first supersuit) 1942 - Kreuzritter First seen at Malta. - Russians initiate Operation Red Star - Iron Duke unleashed and goes berserk. - Hitler unleashes supersoldier Sturmvogel (Stormbird) and the world first sees Panzer Grenadier and Shocktrooper. - Lt Anton Dragan Becomes Russian supersoldier Mushik. - Worlds Mightiest Noncom Sgt Battle. 1943 - Silver Samurai - American Superhero appears in Italy. First generation Japanese-American. Volunteered for military service from interment camp. 1944 - Dover Angel Accidently kills Sturmvogel 1945 - Iron Duke kills Dover Angel. - Iron Duke destroyed by Sentinel - Kreuzritter fights Sentinel and Muzhik, killed in power backlash. - Late August The Atomic Kid an American superhero. - First Appearance of Crimson Katana (a Japanese super). He and Silver Samurai have many epic but inconclusive battles over the years. 1949 - Sentinel Confronts Muzhik over Berlin Airlift 1950 - McCarthy HUAC - Atomic Kid reportedly killed in Korea 1952 - HUAC forces conscientious disbanding of the Liberty League when they would not unmask. - Hepcat begins career, outspoken against HUAC Many heroes retire, go underground or are killed in action. The Golden Age ends. The only large scope (national or international) superheroes left are Sentinel, Lady Liberty, and Silver Samurai. Many local heroes work in the shadows, or defiantly against the HUAC witch-hunt. 1954 - The meeting of the thirty in Zurich founds VIPER.

I'm just about to start my new Champions game (the one GM, as opposed to the one I am playing in that led to the team name question). I've got my history in mind, and made a timeline. Now most of my players have been around while I put this thing together, and thus have heard me comment about it as I go. So I'm posting the timeline so others can look it over, people who haven't been hearing about it as it gets developed. What I am looking for in the way of responces- What seems to be missing, and what details should be added. What would you like to know more about. What strikes you as cool or fun. What strikes you as annoying. There are a lot of dropped in names for me to hang bits of histoy on, and reference to two other campaings that I incorperated into my history. I also have bits and pieces taken from at least 6 published worlds that I worked in, because I like them. The world is based on the CU in general, although I do not use thier origin for superpowers or the ebb and flow of magic.