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Re: Champions Universe Movie Casting Call How about Grond? now the body is all CGI, has to be cause he's so gross. But the voice, to increase the pity factor... wait for it.... Chris Kattan

Re: Luck System: Whimsy Cards it does take balance to not let the cards get out of hand. you have to build multiply redundant jails (so to speak) if the player has 3 get-out-of-jail-free cards each night. I've used the cards idea for years, but usually in DnD type games where the cards are earned or rewarded. This is my first Hero instance, where its based on Luck. 1. Luck the Power. 2. luck as in bad GM dice. (I re-roll to hit a character and hand his player a card for later)

Re: Champions Universe Movie Casting Call When one of the heroes gets in legal trouble, Jim Carrey is his lawyer, like from Liar Liar. "So your honor, my client couldnt have possibly been in the dark dimension at the time of the crime. Jordan fades back, swoosh, & THAT'S THE GAME!!!!!!"

Re: Complicate the Person Above Seems obvious now, but Cancer IS rad and IS chemo. how cool is that?

Re: Champions Universe Movie Casting Call no no no Salma Hayek as Sapphire

Re: Luck System: Whimsy Cards Well below is the original post. That is 90% of it. the text for making your own cards would be here: http://www.darkshire.net/~jhkim/rpg/systemdesign/cards/whimsycards.html Plus I've written up specific cards Like: "Activate a Hunter" "Oops. Someone rolled an 18" "Wow. Someone rolled a natural 3" "Something Less Tragic Please" At the beginning of the session when I'm checking other disads that depend on dice rolls, the lucky player rolls his luck dice... And its Trap-Door, so its one less thing for him to whine about, since application and timing of Luck is now in his hands, not in my forgetful ones. But it does up the power level of the whole game one more notch, because I'm not shy about putting real killer situations out there because of all the "Get Out of Jail Free" cards now floating around.

attempt to get back on topix well in Champions, Aaron Allston maps out the basics like Brick, Martial Artist, Mystic. etc. and the the egos like Loner, Leader, Misfit, Follower, etc. Is this the thrust of the thread, or what are we missing ?

Re: Best SuperHero Fights ever PIX

Re: [Character] Prime: Hyperintelligent Monkey With A Combat Suit Cybo-Man is that you? I love you Cybo-Man - - Jobe, Lawnmower Man

Re: Champions Universe Movie Casting Call I get to be Sapphire's DNPC boyfriend of the moment.

Re: Review of Asian Bestiary Volume One I like the Bee spirits. and the Indonesian monkeys. When the "teen asian sorceror" in my Champs game screws up, guess who's paying a visit. "Paybacks being hell, mago-san" "Indeed!"

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... from Fantasy Hero: Phixus is a large dim-witted draconian fiend with teleport powers. Hrundig is a viking outdoorsman. Last week Phixus ate their horses. [bAMF] Phixus: Hi guys, whaz-zup? Hrundig: oh lord not again. Phixus: didja guys get your horses back ? Hrundig: no, now go away ! Phixus: why I like you guys Hrundig: Do you know how you do things, crazy things, and then don't remember them? Phixus: yeah sometimes, I guess Hrundig: Do you know Odin ? Phixus: well not closely. but I been to Valhalla before. Hrundig: You know how he's got that eye patch ? Phixus: yeah, its cool. Hrundig: he doesnt wear it because it's cool ! Phixus: really? Hrundig: HE WEARS IT BECAUSE HE 'S ONLY GOT ONE EYE ! Phixus: really ? Hrundig: YES YOU NINCOMPOOP Phixus: why are you yelling at me ! Hrundig: Don't you know why he only has one eye? Phixus: no ! (scared) Hrundig: because you poked it out one time you clumsy oaf ! Phixus: no I didnt ! Hrundig: YES YOU DID Phixus: I did ? Hrundig: YES YOU DID Phixus: But How ? I'd never do that to Odin, he's cool and wise and stuff !! Hrundig: BUT THERE IT IS. Phixus: No. (weeping) No. I'd never mean to do that, I'm so sorry. Hrundig: You should apologize to him. Phixus: Bwaahhaahhaa abwahahhaah (sobbing) Hrundig: He's powerful, you should apologize to him. Quickly, before he curses you. Phixus: uhh, uhh, yeah. you're right. Yeah. Hrundig: A humble apology just might save your sorry skin. Phixus: Yeah ! Yeah ! they know me, they have to see it wasnt my fault ! Hrundig: It seems for the best, since he lost his eye and all. Phixus: Yeah ! [bAMF] Hrundig: Thank the gods he's gone. Jennavel the sorceress has been watching this whole exchange, wide-eyed. Jennavel: I don't know whether to applaud you or fear you. What an incredible manipulative bastard you've turned into. Hrundig: Well you don't eat a man's favorite horse. Jennavel: Phixus can teleport wherever he likes you know. Hrundig: So? Jennavel: He doesnt teleport to places, he teleports to people. If he wants to see Clyde, he justs poofs to where Clyde is, whether Clyde is in the bathroom, at work, or if Clyde has died and gone to Valhalla. Hrundig: Oh. Is that bad ? Jennavel: Could be. Normally one is not allowed to teleport to the hall of the gods. Hrundig: Can't you just see it though? Jennavel: What? Hrundig: Here's Phixus, galloping up the rainbow bridge, and Heimdall just cuts him down, yelling "Halt, Vile Intruder!" or something like that. Jennavel: So you want Phixus dead, eh ? Hrundig: do you know how much I paid for that horse? Jennavel: Remind me never to get in your way again.

Re: 6th Edition thoughts Simon I need you to put this entire thread and everyone on it on the ignore pile, thanks.

Re: Complicate the Person Above Enforcer got a hold of the flat space technology (Ultraviolet uses it to hold and reload her guns) and so we thought there'd be a killing spree. But he's just using it to carry around a Weber grill and some london broil, ready to make lunch at any time.

Re: I need a team name what day of the week do you play? for example you could be the Monday Knights

Re: Concepts you wish your players would play In my group, the detective does half the work, and the mentalist does the other half. Man if the mentalist didnt pry open the bad guys brains we'd still be stuck on adventure one. But I as the GM built this into the campaign feel. I dinna write a 4-color, CVK setting. BTW: Karma, I preferred your old animated avatar, FWIW.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... 3 weeks ago the team speedster (off alone) gets ambushed by an armored weirdo. all the players were there and heard the description of the bad guys and the fight. This week a group of armored wierdoes ambushes the hero team. same armor, same m.o. so the Team mentalist asks speedster: "Oh that ambush really happened?"

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... he left out the lifestyle part.

Re: "Look, up in the sky! It's Super Saint!" Christian-themed heroes I'm not saying dont do this. I'm saying if you do run these ideas, run them in moderation.

Re: Complicate the Person Above Keyes Bill had a major stroke last December and his INT dropped to one. But the hordes of lago-nanites in his blood let him soldier on normally.

Re: Musings on Random Musings Fine women are like fine tea. You find out how wonderful they are after they've been in hot water.

Re: "Look, up in the sky! It's Super Saint!" Christian-themed heroes If however someone is living out what they'd like to do in the game... That's great if what you want to be is a hero or heroine, or Hermione. If you just want to waste people to blow off steam, or you want to live out some fantasy then you should watch out. If you fill your head with garbage, it piles up in there. But if you want to "prove a point" then you need help. My point is there's a dozen psychologically bad things you can do to yourself, or to your players in game. Moderation and balance is the key. Religion (ie what do you believe about things science cannot measure) should be as small a part of the game as murder, sex, abortion, and any other harsh topics, because you should ask yourself, why am I inserting more of (this) into my game than any other topic?

Re: Love Child of the Marvel Universe Do not use Google for detective work. Five Armored Weirdoes along with a dozen agent bots show up to trash the Hero-Team. Killer Shrike, a local boy gone bad. two Ukrainian mercs wearing Crimson Dynamo knock-off armor. two NYC mercs wearing copies of the Iron Monger armor. Our heroes had warning time for the fight based on how much OHM the team genius made his programming roll by. (To repesent the strength of the team's firewall) Well he only made by zero. So I gave the guys a minute. The 5 bad guys stayed up in the air, and pelted the heroes with grenades, and dropped the droids into hand-to-hand. Arbiter summoned the Mindless Ones for fire support, and instructed them to kill anyone not in "our group". Well later on OHM switched forms and so I dutifully had the Mindless killers shoot at him also. Eventually they zapped enough so that the last one retreated, but the egoist BIG BRO zapped the last one while in full flight. Adventure Five or So. March 6th 2006.

Re: Love Child of the Marvel Universe Butt Kisser. Minus Two Xp.

Re: Complicate the Person Above Enforcer bought a mail-order kit and built a Sentinel in his basement. And he desperately wants to kill Mutant for Hire with it. But if he activates it'll wreck his house, since its too big.