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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... But...y-you're different...right? .......Youre not like all the other forums....are you? 0_0

Re: How does your hero celbrate the 4th of July? Its just another night of hunting criminals for BATMAN. (I just couldnt help showing off the photomorph I did for him )

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Thanks! I had a catastrophic computer melt-down and replacing the thing took MONTHS (for some reason). Now my desk is covered in "quote cards" and I dont know which ones Ive already posted! If I accidentally post quotes you have seen before....be gentle?

Re: When, if ever, would your character kill? Super-prisons having a "revolving door" is, in my opinion, a matter of comics having 70+ year runs, and the characters being licensed properties, rather than characters being written to be in the best stories possible. When I GM a supers game, there may be one or two villains that might be able to weasel their way out of custody in the entire campaign; everyone else stays in. Unless there is a MASSIVE jail-break event, which I limit myself to doing ONCE per campaign. Likewise, I am playing Batman in a 1960's DC Justice League campaign (run to be taken seriously, and characters act intelligently, not like the TV series). I couldnt disagree more with Orion's idea that Batman would hang up the tights if Joker were permanently incarcerated because he was "bored"; Batman's whole reason for being is to protect innocent citizens against the predation of criminals. He fights for a world where he is no longer needed. And it will never happen. In this campaign, I have already gone through the Ace Chemicals Plant encounter where the Joker was "made". And several in-game months later, Joker finally unleashed his first plan, which did include killing several people. (Not Super-bowl attendance numbers of people, but he was planning on doing in several select individuals). I stopped him from carrying out most of his plan, but he managed to murder a couple of people. Then I delivered him to Arkham. In game, that was about six months ago. And he is still there. I have no illusions as a Player that I will not have to face him again. In fact, I anticipate him escaping at least twice. But because of the GM, and because of how the game is being run, I doubt he will become a "revolving door mass jmurderer" as he became in comics after Killing Joke and Dark Knight Returns. The reason is that, unlike a comics line, which has to have characters appear to maintain copyright, and where editors and publishers have characters re-appear based on audience popularity and target demographics data, this is a campaign world. And as such, after the second time Joker escapes (if he does), I will have to decide what to do about that. Because as I see him, Batman is a VERY ethical person. He has a rigid code of conduct that he expects himself to abide by, and killing yuour enemies because it would be easier than finding another way to stop them is off the table, for him. Batman holds himself to a stricter code of conduct than he holds ANY of the other League members to. If Superman were to accidentally kill someone, Bruce would likely forgive him, if the circumstances were such that Clark was genuinely trying to do the right thing, and it was an accident. I*n the same circumstances, Bruce would not forgive himself. But thats just how I see him. The best characterization of Batman I have ever seen, for explaining how I think the character works, is in the Bruce Timm / Paul Dini DC Animated Universe. THATS the Batman I try to emulate. ....Which is kind of off-topic. (Sorry). The point is that I think that the "revolving door prison" is like the "superheroes get killed all the time and always come back to life" trope that we see in modern comics; the result of a weak managing editor and bad writing.

Re: When, if ever, would your character kill? Super-prisons having a "revolving door" is, in my opinion, a matter of comics having 70+ year runs, and the characters being licensed properties, rather than characters being written to be in the best stories possible. When I GM a supers game, there may be one or two villains that might be able to weasel their way out of custody in the entire campaign; everyone else stays in. Unless there is a MASSIVE jail-break event, which I limit myself to doing ONCE per campaign. Likewise, I am playing Batman in a 1960's DC Justice League campaign (run to be taken seriously, and characters act intelligently, not like the TV series). I couldnt disagree more with Orion's idea that Batman would hang up the tights if Joker were permanently incarcerated because he was "bored"; Batman's whole reason for being is to protect innocent citizens against the predation of criminals. He fights for a world where he is no longer needed. And it will never happen. In this campaign, I have already gone through the Ace Chemicals Plant encounter where the Joker was "made". And several in-game months later, Joker finally unleashed his first plan, which did include killing several people. (Not Super-bowl attendance numbers of people, but he was planning on doing in several select individuals). I stopped him from carrying out most of his plan, but he managed to murder a couple of people. Then I delivered him to Arkham. In game, that was about six months ago. And he is still there. I have no illusions as a Player that I will not have to face him again. In fact, I anticipate him escaping at least twice. But because of the GM, and because of how the game is being run, I doubt he will become a "revolving door mass jmurderer" as he became in comics after Killing Joke and Dark Knight Returns. The reason is that, unlike a comics line, which has to have characters appear to maintain copyright, and where editors and publishers have characters re-appear based on audience popularity and target demographics data, this is a campaign world. And as such, after the second time Joker escapes (if he does), I will have to decide what to do about that. Because as I see him, Batman is a VERY ethical person. He has a rigid code of conduct that he expects himself to abide by, and killing yuour enemies because it would be easier than finding another way to stop them is off the table, for him. Batman holds himself to a stricter code of conduct than he holds ANY of the other League members to. If Superman were to accidentally kill someone, Bruce would likely forgive him, if the circumstances were such that Clark was genuinely trying to do the right thing, and it was an accident. I*n the same circumstances, Bruce would not forgive himself. But thats just how I see him. The best characterization of Batman I have ever seen, for explaining how I think the character works, is in the Bruce Timm / Paul Dini DC Animated Universe. THATS the Batman I try to emulate.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... That was very touching, and very sad. I hope you wont mind if I try to lighten the mood a bit... --------------------- From the DC Origins campaign, set in 1965 The Justice League has tracked Felix Faust's movements to the Lousiana swamps, to the abandoned manor of Anton Arcane. The Spectre: Beware! The grounds are heavily defended by mystic traps! Mystic traps: *Glow green at Spectre's command* Solomon Grundy: *ATTACKS!* Wonder Woman: *Ensnares Grundy in her golden lasso* GM: Grundy is struggling to break free. Now that youve got him, what are you going to DO with him? Wonder Woman (OOC): Take him on a tour of the house's defenses! ;D ----------------------- GM: The Oracle runs up to Princess Diana and whispers in your ear...she says... *rustles notes* ...she says... *shuffles thru more notes*...she says "Loading, Please wait..." :/ ------------------ Batman (OOC): Ill go to the White House and talk to the President. Ill even make an appointment this time. Wonder Woman (OOC): Good. You dont want to give the Secret Service conniptions. They dont "connip" well. -------------------- Kali is a PC supervillainess, working with Riddler and Black Adam. Superman: *ARRIVES!* Kali (OOC): Uh oh...I have exactly until Superman is not to busy to notice me, to escape. ------------------ Batman (OOC): Wow. She's so scared even her clothing is white! Superman (OOC): But...its after Labor Day! ------------------- ------------------- In a modern supers game, two PCs are playing HALO Sean: Oh man!! I blew the tranny in my warthog! Kyle: THAT is a sentence you need to NEVER take out of context! ;P

Re: When, if ever, would your character kill? He had an 80 STR and NEVER pulled his punches. Everyone he killed, by definition he killed intentionally. Every time he made the decision not to pull his punches, he exercised his intentions. Personally,it sounds to me like he should have been brought up on charges of depraved indifference to human life, if he "killed lots of people".

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Flash to Superman: Clark, your home planet is SO COOL, even its DIRT can give people super-powers!

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... More from the 1964 DC Origins campaign (although its about to be 1965 just any day now) ---------------- The League has weekly meetings. Superman has recently encountered a young woman calling herself "Supergirl", though in truth she is the daughter of the WW2 hero Commander Steel Superman: Im going to be taking on a protege... Green Arrow: How exactly do you plan to teach someone to do what you do!? Batman: I wasnt aware that you had an apprentice position open. ----------------- Batman (OOC): I am the dark, mysterious d*ck of the Justice League. ---------------- Superman: Bruce, youve spent all week working on the Isley case. Now you want to break into Lex Luthor's office? Dont you ever take time to relax? Batman: Breaking into Luthor's office is how I relax. ------------------ GM: Superman shows up in the Batcave Superman: .....S'up? ;P GM: *cracks up* ---------------- Superman: Being devious and sneaky is part of your design, Bruce. Its really not a part of mine. *Indicates his costume* I made it as bright as I could. ----------------- Perry White: JIMMY! Get in here! Do you KNOW who just called me? Jimmy Olsen: *hesitantly* ...A....Am I supposed to? ------------------ Perry White: We need to get ahold of Superman! Jimmy Olsen: I...dont know how to get ahold of Superman... Perry White: Think of something! Throw Lois off a building!

Re: Guess the inspiration behind this superteam! Ill give it a go... Aphrodite: Beautiful redhead who uses her looks to get close enough to people to use her martial arts skills on them. Apollo: Leader of the group: a tall, athletic blond man. Brave, tough, and very strong, and a good all-around fighter. Smarter than most people give him credit for. Cerebus: Giant hunting dog with uncanny intelligence and unwavering loyalty to the group. Athena: Brilliant geek-girl who can expertly analyze people, places, and things. Inventor and gadgeteer. Mercury: A lean man who can run extremely quickly, but his speed comes at the cost of a voracious appetite. Inquisitive and lucky. Not a great tactician.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... You do good stuff, Susano And now... a few quotes from the DC Origins game set in 1964... ------------------ Superman (OOC): While hes running, Im going to use my Heat Vision on the catwalk in front of him and behind him, to play a game of "Surprise Dunk-Tank!" ----------------------- GM: Oops. That was a Freudian slip. Batman (OOC): That wasnt a Freudian slip. That was a Freudian petticoat and hoop skirts! ---------------- GM: Corben levels his battle rifle at Superman... *rolls* He criticals! He flattens bullets on your chest with amazing accuracy! ---------------- Wonder Woman has encountered a renegade Amazon who was exiled about 10 years ago. They agreed to meet in Washington, so that Wonder Woman could introduce her to some men whom WW thinks are examples of GOOD males. While Wonder Woman doesnt want to put the Amazon in melee range of fragile people like Dr. Martin Luther King Jr, or President Kennedy (who was not assassinated in this timeline), she instead invites Superman and Batman to accompany her. Naturally, it is a trap. The Amazon is actually brainwashed, and in the service of King Cobra, and has brought Dr. Cyber, Copperhead, and Electrocutioner with her, as well as a dozen Cobra cultists. Batman: *Wraps a conductive line around Electrocutioner's lightning bracers, and throws the other end at Dr. Cyber* Electrocutioner: *Blasts Dr. Cyber by mistake, instead of shooting Superman in the back like he had meant to* Superman: *Taunts Electrocutioner the next round* Electrocutioner: *Shoots at Superman* Superman: *Rolls a trick. Dodges out of the way using his super-speed* Copperhead: *Says "Arrrgh!" as he is shot in the back* Electrocutioner: Sorry! Batman: [Deadpan] Good shot, Electrocutioner. One more like that and we'll consider you for the League. Amazon: Dont do it again! *Swings at Wonder Woman* Electrocutioner: *Takes careful aim at Wonder Woman* Wonder Woman: *Grabs the renegade Amazon and physically blocks the incoming bolt with her* Renegade Amazon: *Is stunned* Batman: [Equally deadan] You're in. ....After the fight GM: Thanks to your all making Electrocutioner your butt-monkey on this, the first field test of his electrical weapons, Cobra will NOT be employing that technology as their standard field weaponry, in the future, as I had planned. Electrocutioner is likely to change his name and move to Guam.

Re: WWYD - Killer in the fold Right now Im playing in a DC universe campaign...as Batman. Batman would have thrown down with the guy on the spot, and hauled him in. Assuming that Superman (another PC) didnt beat me to it. We. Dont. Kill.

Re: Surfer girl character name Radical

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... GM: As you creep down the dark tunnel searching for the cultist, arrows come whizzing at you out of the darkness! Rebecca the Paladin: Theyre here! Everyone Else: *Stares at Captain Obvious* Rebecca (OOC): Look, I have a 12 Wisdom, here. Im just working with what Ive got!

Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster That was a fun show, till his wife woke up and he was in the shower... (Obscure decades-old TV references FTW!)

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... We had an Embria session that was a bit of time-lapse, and a few vignettes ------------------- Varga (OOC?): I cant wait to see this on "Scrolls from Last Night" ----------------- Random QOTD: Kimmie fizzled out after a long day of rogue-ing -------------- Metreon: Shes so Lawful she has Axiomatic nipples! ------------ Helda: Metreon! You startled me! How did you find us? We're at an Ent-moot in the middle-of-nowhere! Metreon: I have my ways...*strokes his beard and looks sage*.....*grins* I LOVE saying that! ------------- Varga: How is it here? How is the regent treating you? Rhiannon: Things are going well. Ive been here a couple of months, and she hasnt tried to assassinate me even once!

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. As we were driving by campus, we see an extraordinarily hot brunette college girl, waiting at a crosswalk on her bicycle. Prodigyduck: *cherrily* Hi! Want to ride with three men and a shovel? We have cake!

Re: Back to Normal ? Right now the only superhero Im playing is in a campaign set in 1964. Im playing Batman. Bruce would wake up, and either go down to the cave and suit up as usual (since he has no super-powers at all to begin with), or if the "change" removed the cave, the Bat-gadgets, and so on, the first thing he would do would be to go see if his parents' headstone is still there. If it isnt, or if the dates are different, then he would try to live a "normal life" (for him) for a while. If the headstone -is- still there, he would want to talk to Alfred, and try to find out what happened to his parents in this "continuity" without tipping Alfred off that anything was wrong. One way or another, after a few days Bruce would HAVE to start investigating what really happened. Because either his prior life was a hallucination (not likely), or someone is schmucking with him, and a cage, no matter how pleasant, is still a cage. Its probably all Dr. Hugo Strange's doing........

Re: Anyone else hate Wolverine? How is Hermione a Mary Sue? Her eyes are the same color, her powers are about like everyone elses in the series, and her name is not half as goofy as some of the other people running arund. (WOW they have "ultra-British" names in that series!)

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Some more Embria quotes ------------- Varga (OOC): Well, we no longer need light on this side of the cave, as we are illuminated by the glow of Metereon's "smug". Metreon (OOC): Yes...my mustache has grown out to "here", just so I can twirl it! ;D ------------------------ Chyra (OOC): I can channel negative energy to my undead minions....but I am still technically non-Evil. Rhiannon (OOC): Is that like "technically non-lethal"? ------------------ A Dracolich: *Shows up and Dragon Fears the team* Half the team: *Runs* Varga: *Beheads it (with some help)* Varga: Dragon Fear is...powerful stuff. Metreon: Yes...Ive used Prestidigitate on my robes five or six times now...Ill have you know that Expeditious Retreat makes you do everything faster... --------------------- Punk Band name of the Week: Sexting Kobolds -------------------- Metreon (OOC): Ill test the crystal ball out on my shop-girl back in town. Scrying on the helpless...Hurray! ------------------- Spoilered for near language ------------------ Rhiannon (OOC): In the immortal words of Jean-Paul Sartre...."nyah-nyah"! :PPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP ------------------ We are trying to convince an enclave of Elves that their queen has been replaced (400 years ago) by an imposter. GM: The Queen's royal guard Captains' eyes glow hellish red, and they cast Unholy Blight! Metreon: YOU ALL SAW THAT! Chyra (OOC): Im True Neutral! It wont affect me as much! Yaaaaaay! -------------------- Rhiannon (OOC): My brain! Theyve taken my brain! Why-does-it-hurt! [/Gir]

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Some more Embria quotes. For those who may have forgotten- Metreon: Human Wizard (looks like young Ian McKellan) Chyra: Human Undead-aspect Sorcoress and budding Necromantress (looks like Skye Sweetnam) Leigh: Human Cleric or Pelor the Sun-God (looks like Christian Bale) Varga: Human Barbarian (looks like Phoenix from American Gladiators) Helda: Human Rogue and Varga's little sister (looks like Kelly Lords) Rhiannon: Half Elf FIghter-Rogue "Commando" (looks like Hayden Panetierre) See artwork of them in my sig --------------------------- GM: Helda will follow Rhiannon... Varga (OOC) The blonde leading the blonde ----------------- Metreon (OOC): The LAST thing I want to see is a Dragon with Improved Initiative! Rhiannon (OOC): It probably would be! ------------------ GM: Ok, Varga hits Varga (OOC): ....I need more dice! ------------------- Metreon (OOC): I dont appreciate being "Kenny" in this scenario* (*"They killed Kenny!" - South Park) --------------------- Metreon (OOC): The Dragon "reached out and touch me". Varga (OOC): In all the wrong places! -------------------- GM: Leigh heals you for half the damage that the Dragon's acid breath did to you. Metreon: *Bleary* ....Make me unconscious again...... ---------------- Metreon (OOC): Hang on a second...hang on a second....hang on a second.....no nevermind. ---------------- Chyra: Varga! Rhi! Kill the Dragon! That way the evil wizard's on the ground! Rhiannon: What the hey! Its ONLY another Dragon ;P (At this point Varga has been materially responsible in the slaying of three...soon to be four....Dragons) ------------------ GM: In addition to all of the items listed, the gold, the silver, and the rest of the hoard in the cave, you also find, seemingly asleep on a black stone altar.... *shows us a picture of Carrie Stephens, a remarkably gorgeous redhead* Her! The Lady in Green, ruler of the Elves of the Night Tree Forest! Metreon (OOC): That means shes treasure! Rhiannon (OOC): PARTY treasure! ;P

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Its been a while since Ive posted. Sorry about that...Hope these make up for that a bit ----------- Metreon (OOC): My next character is going to be a Bard. Chyra (OOC): I thought you said your next character was going to be a Monk? Metreon (OOC): A Monk-Bard! GM: The rhythm IS gonna get you! ---------------- Varga(OOC): So, basically, the Persians gave the Celts the bagpipe as a practical joke, and the Scotts havent caught on yet. Metreon (OOC): And now, of course, Persia is known as Iran... GM: Meaning that it was basically the first WMD Rhiannon (OOC): "Thats MC Akhmadenijhad, to you!" ------------------- Metreon (OOC): Like LOL Jesus..."I can haz salvation?" ------------- Varga's attractive sister Helda is sneaking up on bad guys. The GM describes how she does this cat-like, on all fours, with her backside in the air. This lead to the following not-quite-in-character conversation... Metreon: *drools* Rhiannon: *stage whisper* Its easier for her to sneak when you arent MOTORBOATING her @$$-cheeks! Metreon: *indignant* My dear, you simply do NOT understand the demands of the Arcane Arts! --------------- We loot a lair Metraon (semi-OOC): Look! "I was a Draconian Sex Slave" was my favorite underground scroll last year! Rhiannon (semi-OOC): Im waiting for it to come out on Palantir. ;P ------------ Evil Draconian Spellcaster: *Dimension Doors in and starts talking smack to us about how much trouble we are in now that hes here* Varga and Rhiannon: *Flank and spank* Metreon: *Casts Dimensional Anchor* Neat entrance!....I brought fighters....I see you came alone. *Rocks up on the balls of his feet and smirks just like Johnny Carson*

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? KISS - Love Gun (I likes me some 70s-80s music)

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Oh, I know how to do that with the B button. But for some reason, I can't highlight what I want to. Ever since the change-over, Ill try to highlight something, and the screen jumps and somethine ELSE is highlit instead. Eventually I just swear a lot and give up

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... (Note: I keep having trouble highlighting things, since the shift over to the new format. Thats why the GM's line isnt tagged; I COULDNT!)