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Re: Superheroes Sponsored by Corporations (Such as the NFL) Guess who I put up on the big board this week ? C'mon, guess! NFL!

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Death-Watch Space Marines we're on a mission to accompany an Inquisitor, with two goals: A) to protect him & his henchmen, and bring back at least two prisoners back alive for interrogation. Later, We are attacked by hordes of hybrids led by a magos (Old Genestealer Cult) most of the squad goes left, and assaults down a hall as a group: big messy fight. my devastator marine goes right, and covers the other hallway with Metal-Storm bolter fire (area effect ammo) on the last roll of the damage, the dice went open-ended three times. the templates scored 122 points of damage each (~12 points can kill a man) and then the GM asked me to roll another dice (got 5 degrees of success) roll again he says. (another great success) My weapon hed laid down five AoE templates, and then the GM lays down 6 more. turns out Some troopers in the enemy horde were carrying satchel charges, and in the tearing of the Metal Storm, the dead man switches went off prematurely. All told, 65 people died in one round, 55 on the right side, and the right hallway collapsed, cutting off the right side advance completely. at this point, the Inquisitor bleeps me on my communicator: reminding me "Remember, Brother, we do need prisoners."

Re: Resource: International Catalogue of Superheroes. yeah this site was where I got turned onto Robot Archie ARCHIE

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine you could have waited till caturday to post that

Re: Barring weaponry, what's in a slightly futuristic [30+ years] APC? How about a vigorous mine-detection scanner ? expecially in the days of the IED.

Re: USA 5O for Sixth Edition Work continues on USA-5O: North I love doing the research to make interesting character backgrounds. For example, in the Western Book, we had to find out what was the most radioactive place in America. Now in the northern book, we learn: How many elk carcasses could a pickup truck normally carry?

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine patron saint of H.P. Lovescats

Re: Barring weaponry, what's in a slightly futuristic [40+ years] APC? AI and/or hologram helper programs, not unlike the doctor from Trek. they can direct the soldiers to do first aid, repair the vehicle, maintain the weapons, and speak foreign languages, etc Sarge: Hey Friday, where's the nearest watering hole? AI Friday: The nearest operational tavern is two hundred sixty kilometers behind us at Camp November, and The nearest cistern of actual water appears to be 70 meters northeast of our present location.

Re: Genre-crossover nightmares Dr. Lao and the Seven-Headed Palindromedaries.

Re: my UK hero project then, USA-5O can challenge the Brits in the Ultimate Showdown

Re: Superheroes Sponsored by Corporations (Such as the NFL) its kind of cool, but it looks like they paid somebody minimum wage to spend about 20 minutes being creative on it. My nephew Clay designs better stuff than those.

Re: Genre-crossover nightmares Lucky Seven Brides for 7 Brothers Where Art Thou ?

Re: Kingdom Rules - Used in Any Supplements? man what would it take to these stats into Hero-Designer ? or dare I say it, Army Builder

Re: What will it take to get some flying cars? Regulation, bureaucracy, and taxation. all these must change for this to be reality. the real reason life is not like popular mechanics more often is that the majority of people are stupid, short-sighted, and greedy. BUT: to join in the spirit of the conversation - Landing Space. Suddenly the roof of a building is an important part, not just a waterproofing afterthought.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... DEATH-WATCH - 4OK RPG We are extracting an item from an Imperial world overrun by Tau. Tactical Marine finds a Frisbee in a ruined hotel, paints eyelashes on it with marker, and then a feminine mouth with lipstick. Then later on throws the Tau Gun Drones off our tail with this red herring. === Our marines busted hatch seals to get into the basement of the govt. building. Our engineer notices differences in the markings on the equipment, and convinces himself that we are in a Titan Legion base, and that our objective is Titan related. He works himself into a lather, thinking about a Titan. "370,000 Techmarines in the Imperium, and our squad gets the obsessive ba****d" "hey Tech, Your transfer to Death-Watch was more of a lateral move than a promotion, eh?" Turns out he was wrong: it was Legio Cybernetica. (Old Robot Tech) === (the nick-name engraved on the squad heavy weapon: VENTURA) ==== Finally my Devastator gets to really open up with the heavy bolter "now this place is starting to feel like home again" === sadly when the GM asked the techmarine to say the litany of correction, this is what came out of his mouth: oompa loompa dippity do, maintain your bolter, it will maintain you.

Re: Kingdom Rules - Used in Any Supplements?

Re: Superheroes Sponsored by Corporations (Such as the NFL) the contest to become the official Tampa Bay superhero was a dead heat on all the athletic, rope use, and acrobatic events, so the tie breaker went to trivia & knowledge of Jimmy Buffet lyrics here he is: Jack Ocean [ATTACH=CONFIG]37853[/ATTACH] The Big Buccaneer

Re: Tropes Revisited: Beautiful Female Martial Artist. Ideas sought KATANA LADIES CLUB

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... part two of crazy AD&D: this is my conscience: Jiminy Earwig. he's a real prick. the paladin had to inter some bodies, and bless them to prevent them rising again as the walking dead. several times during the adventure, as we encountered heinous stuff, the thief repeated what the paladin said "you know, to ward off bad luck" failed a saving throw versus paralysis: "the witty banter cuts right off in mid-speech" one of the ogres seemed real eager to kill himself a spell-caster, any spell-caster: bard: "this one must be fresh out of Ogre School" when the fighter got struck unconscious, and I lifted up his armor to see how bad was the wound, I told the party he wearing a T-shirt under his chain mail that said in elvish runes THIS DUNGEON SUCKS fighting old school trolls: thief: got any oil? bard: now is not the time for a massage. in the library of the dungeon, all the books had been burned, and the scattering ashes in the area made many people sneeze a lot. I dubbed that room Gesundheit 451 bard: where's your stupid cat? me: his name is Winston, but you may call him JAFO thief gets injured by failing to disarm trap cleric: I've heard that the legendaries of your profession all have 9 fingers later the thief botches another trap DM: what's your favorite color? thief: Purple. DM: Green wires holding Orange blades covered with Yellow poison slice into your face. in one large room we had 90 seconds to get in and get out. (long story) so we split up into TEAM SURVEY and TEAM PILFER to maximize what we got from the room (info and loot) in another place TWENTY-TWO large spiders boiled up out of a basement, this is much more than we can handle, and a retreat is called for. last two people to act were me, then the female halfing thief. I rescued her dog, and went out, so she was the last one in there with the spider horde. She got out fine, but she never forgave me for not helping her. "Look. My hands were full: sword and loot sack in one hand, lantern and dog in the other" both the bard and my fighter-mage had fallen into a pit with some carrion crawlers and the party used a rope and and ox to drag us back up out. so for the rest of the night we joked about wearing matching outfits (brown on one side, chain mail on the other) then much later everyone laughed at me when I finally remembered to use a cantrip to clean us both. later the DM had a little "what if" roleplay session with me alone: in an alternate universe, the PC's couldnt heal me, and I fell into a coma, and my cat escaped back to town, and they lost me, but I was later picked up by dark elf slavers, and lived out 2 tormenting years in underground slavery, worked to skin and bones in the jewel mines until a paladin busted through and rescued me {as an aside} to busting out his old mentor who was also kept in my group. So I come riding back into town like a refugee, and who's the first thing I see? my old cat familiar, laying in front of a butcher shop where he's now the pet, all lazy in the sunshine, happily flicking his tail back and forth.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... played in a huge convention game, crazily it was 2nd Ed. AD&D some highlights: player had a sword encrusted with runes: THE BIBLE OF SWACK group later found a +2 sword that allowed communication with equines. also encrusted with runes: I SPEAK HORSELY mage called Chryotus; we called him Mr.Creosote all night. Clumsy fighter kept fumbling, and on the fumble table, broke three swords that evening. had to pick up a rusty trollish scimitar to finish the dungeon. I had a fighter-mage, and a woman (never met her before) played a witch. she was tricky and full of spells, but not a combatant, per se. during one fight, she ended up facing down the ogres, while I was up against some goblins. politely I suggested we switch foes, since we seemed mismatched in power levels on these particular opponents. she agreed, and on our next mutual phase we dos-e-doed with each other. the Bard commented on our exquisite castling maneuver. fighter-mage sez: I had to castle her, cause she hardly ever wants to mate. we kept taking lots of wounds. the party's potions, spells, and healing kits were all used up. the characters who had herbalism were trying to stretch one past the DM with "we use this dungeon moss we harvested to make a healing poultice" My fighter-mage had a cat familiar, but it was completely over shadowed by the usefullness of the witch's bat familiar, who had sonar, flight, and scouted ahead, etc. so I played up my cat as a "fraidy" one who avoided all people, even me. I had her always hiding one room back of us. I intentionally had her do nothing for like 7 hours of roleplay, each time the DM asked me about the cat: "hiding" finally my PC went down in a fight, to like -7 hit points. On death's door. Now I have the cat come front and center, volunteering to the other players that it will "bravely go back into town, bearing news of my untimely death, and tell others that the PC party needs reinforcements, etc." This is funny because the implication is that 1. cat is not coming back with any help. 2. cat is utterly relieved at my imminent passing (and its release from servitude) I got healed and the cat went glumly back to hiding. wizard joked about casting Triad Cornering Metal Bolt True on some trolls. fighter-mage: you guys really like my combat banter ? bard: what we have for you is a deep, heart-felt and abiding tolerance. the DM kept forgetting how Initiative worked in this old edition. wizard: you're doing it wrong. bard: he may be using the errata from Blackwater. me: do you mean Blackmoor? DM: shut up and take your turn. halfling thief had a war-dog companion, which out-weighed her slightly. she kept telling me to kiss the puppy, for good luck. bard fails STR climbing roll, and says as he falls into crevasse: "well my mom always said my artistic bent would betray me" wizard: don't come back without either reinforcements or cheese dip.

Re: Superheroes Sponsored by Corporations (Such as the NFL) >>> Prophylactic Girl (Condoms)-Bouncing and invulnerability to physical impacts. presumably her defense are impregnable.

Re: Kingdom Rules - Used in Any Supplements? my copy is in the mail to me. hopefully I can join in this discussion.

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine >> PETIT PANDA holy crap Legatus

Re: Side effects of eating alien fauna and flora? mind trips, hallucinations, altered states of consciousness. (tripping) and since the human body might not break down the alien molecules the same as earth food, the trip might take DAYS to get over.

Re: Superheroes Sponsored by Corporations (Such as the NFL) Hard Hitting Metal The Steeler [ATTACH=CONFIG]37823[/ATTACH] of Pittsburgh