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I knew him from Co and was a great fan of his gaming related work.

R.I.P. Scott Bennie

Thoughts and prayers

On 6/30/2021 at 11:35 PM, Lord Liaden said:

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 A rare picture of Thundrax youth ?

The infamous Skitter a.k.a Taylor Herbert from the Webseries Worm springs to mind.

(She had/has absolute control over every Insect within several blocks)

In her Universe she was not allowed by Law to work on the private sector due to circumstances she became a feared crimminal.

Quote Lord Liaden:

FWIW I have it on good authority that Hero considers these sectional ebooks to not be finished products, and more will be done with them when they're collected in a single volume. But if they're going that route I believe that should be reflected in the price. That also convinced me that I should wait for the whole book rather than buy any more individual chapters. Which really bums me out, because I thought the sectional book concept had potential, but IMHO this approach will torpedo it before it gets a fair chance.

I agree.

I bought all four products and was severly disappointed.

It read like some Baedecker in some parts and the Champions part was also rather thin.

If they will make a collected book I will wait for the finished product, but I will not pay that

amount of money for any further products of that line.

IIRC there are/have been at least some germans active on these boards (aside of me).

Since travel is our national pasttime I also guess we can help covering at least some parts of Europe from the Tourist perspective. (Not British Islands through. I think there are enough Forumites for that)

3 hours ago, Steve said:

I think the constellations would even look different over that many thousands of years. A genius like Dr. Destroyer should be able to figure out when he is just by looking up at the night sky.

  Oh I agree.

But would whoever "it" is think of it ?

It will take time.

i think whoever got Timewarped into the Valdorian Age would be bloody confused.

Would he even realize that he was temporally displaced not dimensionally?

After all it would be very hard to recognize one's surroundings as our old mother earth.

Umh.

Not new.

The original Pulp stuff had the Adventurers Club as a Umberella Organisation for to get Pulp Heroes together.

Personally I think the fixed timeline needs to go.

It sort of killed the 5th for me

Viper and Demon.

But it was mostly combat stuff.

There never any interesting effects unless I was the GM and then they never got how and why the stuff happened...

*sadface*

Oh dear...

On 7/21/2020 at 2:15 PM, Lord Liaden said:

Nothing to add to the above for the build at first glance, but I have an intense visceral distaste for dominatrix-style cheesecake costumes, which I'll have to suppress before I take a closer look at her character sheet.

Also: I do not think the costume is particular Dominatrix like.

Yes its somewhat on the cheesy side, but which Superheroines is not?

I have seen worse things in CO Bulga Lord Liaden.

Comments?

Hmmm?

Ok.

PC or NPC?  And how close to the original Fantasia do you want to play her?

If PC she needs either Access or Dimensional Travel to that Fantasy Realm she is from.

Some Languages could also help.

That aside she is deffinitley playable in my book

*cough*

With that name I imediately thought of a certain Secret Agent assosiated with a certain big franchise, assosicated with a certain extended cinematic universe.

Sidestep is the teleporting son of Phosphene.

He sometimes uses his Grandadys Sickle against particular nasty foes.

I only see Advertising for a On this spot App....sorry

Until very recently I did not understand that the Fantastic Four represented the four classic elements....

At the first look I thought it was a take on Marvels Soviet Superguardians.

It's a little greyer than that, but there is a certain amount of satisfaction from punching lizards in the face.

Hmmm... needs Field Studys:

*punches a Nazi*

*punches a Lizard*

"Naaaah not the same. Nazi punching is more satisfying !"

Just do me a favor and don't make the germans too onesided.

I admit that even I as a german can have fun bashing Nazis I hate it when we are displayed as too stereotypical.

Thanks

(Will back this)

I just remembered another funny moment from two weeks ago. Low-fantasy game set in "real" Medieval Europe circa 1000 AD. The PCs are in Constantinople, and 2 PCs have wandered off on their own: a Welshman and an Irishman. I figure this is the perfect opportunity to introduce a key NPC, so as they're passing through the forum I describe a crowd that has gathered to hear some guy preaching, and describe his appearance and how he's mesmerized the crowd, and I take a breath to start in on my prepared monologue...

 

Player 1: "Wait, what language is he speaking?"

GM: "Um, well he's preaching to the masses so it has to be in Greek...Crap, neither of you speak Greek do you?"

Player 1 & 2: "Nope."

Player 3: "I speak Greek."

Player 4: "Me too. Shame we're on the other side of town..."

GM: [sigh] "Well whatever the hell he's saying, it sounds important. Sure has the crowd worked up. No idea what it's about tho."

Player 2: "Dodged THAT plot hook!"

 

And that, children, is why most Fantasy RPG settings have some sort of common tongue!

 

 

Yeah we had a similiar problem a while back.

There was a Flyer with a clue in the city-marketplace.

All players were unable to read or write

.....

Hey first part of Django was mostly: Doc Schulz the movie....   

The real question is, Constantine at what stage of his life?

 

I thought it would be interesting to do a version of Constantine after he's first been elevated to the Tetrarchy but well before he starts having weird visions and telling his soldiers what to paint on their shields.

 

 

Constantine (when first endowed with purple)

 

Val Char Cost Roll Notes

13 STR 3 12- Lift 151.6kg; 2 ½d6 [3]

13 DEX 6 12- OCV: 5/DCV: 5

15 CON 5 12-

13 INT 3 12- PER Roll 12-

13 EGO 3 12- ECV: 3 - 3

15 PRE 5 12- PRE Attack: 3d6

 

5 OCV 10

5 DCV 10

3 OMCV 0

3 DMCV 0

3 SPD 10 Phases: 4, 8, 12

 

5 PD 3 Total: 5 PD (0 rPD)

5 ED 3 Total: 5 ED (0 rED)

4 REC 0

20 END 0

10 BODY 0

20 STUN 0 Total Characteristic Cost: 57

 

Movement:Running: 8m/16m

Leaping: 4m/8m

Swimming: 4m/8m

 

Cost Powers END

Imperial Powers

10 1) Fringe Benefit: Is One Head of a Multi-headed State

4 2) Positive Reputation: "Hail Constantine! He's our Augustus!" (A medium-sized group: Soldiers he's commanded) 14-, +2/+2d6

3 3) He looks grand in purple: +2/+2d6 Striking Appearance (vs. all characters) (6 Active Points); OIF (Imperial Purple; -½), Conditional Power Can't be wearing purple robes ALL the time (-¼)

2 4) "It's all Greek to YOU but I know enough Greek to know this is NOT Greek. This is a code using Greek letters.": Cryptography 10-

3 5) "Come, we are civilized Romans. Please answer my reasonable questions and let us end this...unpleasantness.": Interrogation 12-

 

Talents

6 Combat Luck (3 PD/3 ED)

 

Skills

0 Highborn Roman

3 1) "Soldiers to conquer an empire, but clerks are needed to run one.": Bureaucratics 12-

3 2) "Arise, go forth, and conquer!": Oratory 12-

3 3) High Society 12-

3 4) "Something to remember me by, you see it has my name and countenance stamped on it....": Bribery 12-

0 Roman Soldier and Officer

6 1) WF: Common Melee Weapons, Common Missile Weapons, Siege Engines

3 2) "He should not have brought a pilum to an arbelest fight": Tactics 12-

3 3) "I rode hard through the night and changed horses a dozen times": Riding 12-

2 4) Animal Handler (Equines) 12-

2 5) Charioteer: Combat Driving 10-

3 6) Ambuscade: Concealment 12-

2 7) Scout: Stealth 10-

3 8) Foraging: Survival (Temperate/Subtropical, Battlefield) 12-

0 Classical Education

1 1) Familiar with the Logic of Aristotle: Deduction 8-

2 2) "I learned a little of the healer's craft": Paramedics 10-

2 3) "Follow me. I know where I'm going.": Navigation (Land) 12-

3 Scholar

2 1) KS: Imperial Politics (3 Active Points) 12-

1 2) KS: Philosophy (2 Active Points) 11-

1 3) KS: Roman History (2 Active Points) 11-

1 4) KS: Roman Law (2 Active Points) 11-

0 Languages

0 1) Language: Latin (idiomatic; literate) (5 Active Points)

3 2) Language: Thracian (fluent conversation; literate)

2 3) Language: Greek (basic conversation; literate)

 

Total Powers & Skill Cost: 82

Total Cost: 139

 

175+ Matching Complications

125 Base Points

10 Rivalry: Professional (Other Emperors; Rival is As Powerful; Seek to Harm or Kill Rival; Rival Aware of Rivalry)

15 Psychological Complication: Ambition (Common; Strong)

 

 

Lucius Alexander

 

The palindromedary tells me I seem to have gotten the wrong Constantine, even if this one is Great

Wrong Constantine I guess?

Hmmm I give up. Whats wrong here ?

Thanks for the toughts people.