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Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... So there's a hero Braindrain suspended over a tank of acid by a thin rope which a candle is burning its way through. (Our GM was extremely old school with his death traps) The death trap is defended by 'Dalek' copies (why defend a teath trap? We'd been here before... And he got teh models cheap at a swop meet) The resident brick decided to commit his usual patented style of mayhem and blunder. Grabbing two of them there 'Daleks' hurls them into the air. And a look of concern passes over his face as he realises that they have to land somewhere... The GM (still being old school) decided to go easy. "Just don't roll a 3" he says. Well, the 3 was rolled and the two 'Daleks' came down, smashing into teh captured criminal and all three drop into the acid tank. Acid goes everywhere over the hero group as well as the 2 robots and Braindrain. The two robots then explode, showering the group with acid, burning acid, shrapnel and various assorted nastiness. It was BAD. Quote from the brick: "But it wasn't suppose to happen like that...."

Re: Complicate the Person Above Didn't you buy several pairs of those from the back on some 1960's DC comic. Along with the 'X-Ray vision' glasses?

Re: Pulparize It! "Poppins? Poppins, hmmm. Yeah, I remember the broad. What a piece of work she was. Had this English Nanny scam down by the Park. Used to get taken on to look after rich folks kids. Really she was casing the joint see? Then she and Benny the Moose would rip the place off. Made a mint!" .. "Hmm? Benny? He was a low life hood, did a few stints on the Island, last was 3 to 5 for a bank heist, he was the driver. I caught him illegally parked while waiting for the goons to leave the bank. I tell you, his career, since he left the Poppins Dame, has all been down hill! I got a commendation for that one as well." .. "Poppins? Mary was her name. Liked to call herself Marie. Came from down in the Kitchen. Her Ma was a street hooker for Blue Lou Marino. She was on her way when Father Marco, you remember him? Used to run the little league out of the Y? Well the Father didn't want her to go the bad eh? So he got her a small job looking after the kids at Sunday school. She took to it like a fish to water… not the bay’s water though eh? Anyway. She went Saint Mary’s over on 12th, got good grades, everything going fine, then she met this guy, what was his name… Bert! That was it. Bert something. Ran a chimney sweeping business.” .. “What? Oh yeah, we had lots of chimneys then, not so many now, but his clients were the rich out on nob hill. Huge fireplaces, easy for a man to climb down. So he was doing small time snatches while cleaning chimneys. But what he needed was to get somebody on the inside. Somebody who could tell him where the best stuff was right?” .. “Yeah, so that’s where little Mary comes in. She fakes a resume and gets hired by this rich family, The Banks… George and… I forget her. Anyway George banks was big in Mutual Fidelity. Had a bunch of cash always lying around in his draw and he through big parties. So Mary and Bert used this as their way into high society. They ripped off the Bank’s for about $97,000. She left soon after, saying she had a calling to some other set of kids.” .. “Oh sure, the kids saw the entire robbery. But it seems that they’d been sneaking their Ma’s Laudanum. So they weren’t exactly credible you know? Anyway, she moved on to the next family. She and Bert were okay for about 5 years. Then a heist went sour. Home of some Dent guy. Hang on, I’ve got an old note book here…” .. “Oh yeah, I keep all of them. Okay here it is, Home of Lester Dent. Seems he was playing poker with some old pals… Lamont Cranston, Kit Walker, Richard Wentworth and a Jethro Dumont, newly arrived from somewhere in Asia. Anyway, it seems Bert came down the chimney and walked straight into a group of men who all packed guns. Well, he didn’t make it and poor Mary went to the slammer for 5 years. That was the beginning of it all.” .. “Okay, well, I glad I’ve helped you. Us old timers don’t get many visitors you know. If you need more, drop by any time!”

Re: Sci-Fi style vehicles galore (Crossposted from Star Hero) It has some Heroes Unlimited stuff... now there's a game I haven't played since... well, never actually. It came out, I bought it (long ago, got the 12th copy in the shop), read it, filed it. I already used Champions you see. When you've got the best, why mess with the rest? Anyway, have a rep cookie for sharing the page! Nice one.

Re: Complicate the Person Above death tribble was once in a 'pre-owned Buick' salesmans TV advert. You could see him hanging from the flag staff. As it was in Arizona it made sense at the time.

Re: The Last Word People forgetting the Ramones? .. "Bartender! Another round here, make them doubles, it appears the apocalypse is upon us once again."

Re: Supervillain Monologues I remember one, I think was ripped off from 'Die Hard'. My character was captured and a mixed crew of PC's and NPC's were attempting a rescue. Having caught the NPC hero 'Nighthawk' by surprise, doing lots of damage and stunning him with an immense 24d6 energy blast, Mr.Smith ("Just call me Smith, you don't need to know anymore than that") started his monolog. "Ah, Nighthawk! As usual, you're just in time to try and disrupt my plan... Hmmm, is that a new costume? Very nice. Who made it? Is that lewis' work? As you know I get mine from Lewis down in Blackmoor park. He does nice work does he not? He told me once that he also tailors for the Dancing Bandit and Destructo!" (Bends to finger the material) "Ah well, much as I'd love to stand here and discuss fashion and accoutrements with you, I've a city to destoy. It's been such a pleasure seeing you again... goodbye!" The following 24d6 EB attack against the stunned and prostrate hero left a very large hole in the concrete that took a long time to repair.

Re: Handling the historical presence of Super beings I posited a space time fracture which the earth orbited through, some 150,000 years ago. This caused slight recessive mods to the entire planets gene pool. From these we find our mutants who are slowly becoming more populous and more powerful as the years go by. Magic always existed, but the energy levels have dropped severely over those same years. It exists, but at low levels. From then on I basically follow Oddhat's style. I use nothing stock but will steal ideas like a rabid weasel on bad acid. My characters city, Lincoln, is in the state of Lincoln (carved from Northern California and Southern Oregon) and is built using chunks of Dc and Marvel cities, a smidge of Hudson and a bunch of maps from London, Bombay and Sydney. I cross link to another GM whose action is all set in London, England and we share history.

Re: Space Canine Patrol Agency I remember reading that one! The only time I remember Krypto wearing a jumpsuit... and what did Superboy think of that I wonder? As for point totals on the others? Way low, around 100pts apiece including those from Disads.

Re: Complicate the Person Above Enforcer84 spent 3 years doing the Hari Krishna routine at John Wayne Airport.

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Radar Love - Golden Earing

Re: The Last Word Now... Pacino's Merchant of Venice.. very good.

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Okay, found DocOtaku, repped him for getting a job. Found Badger, sent vieled threats disguised as insults while sneering and now it's coffee time. Ever tried Russian coffee? Uuugh!

Re: Complicate the Person Above Bazza still has has the first first coin he got from mugging a little old lady. He's sentimental like that.

Re: The Last Word Dreaming in Midsummer

Re: Complicate the Person Above Cancer, the only person known tohave learn brain surgery from a comic book and then made money from it.

Re: Weird Question About unluck Personally I'd disallow it as, to me, it's what happens when the combat stops that raises the problems. Does the unluck instantly disappear somehow? This would happen with the usual 1 to 3d6 effect. But this is a whole order of magnitude greater. The hero, having (say) been battered into unconciousness by the falling tail plane of a passing aircraft (bad luck for him - and what about the pilot/passengers?) is left when the bad guy scampers away. But the unluck has been affecting objects, time lines and random events all around the hero for severl combat phases. So much energy doesn't just stop. Things have been affected, changed in a way to make things bad and getting worse for the hero, and the effect won't stop for some time. The train which lost control is still out of control, that airplane is set to crash and who knows what else. That amount of unluck is a sort of "Final destination" malevolence with intent to cripple, main or kill. And where does it stop? The unluck bursts his secret ID which causes his being fired (another increase in unluck) which causes him to be attacked by every baddy in the state, which (another increase) which brings them from teh continent etc, etc. There's no way to stop the snowball until he dies.

Re: Villain SIDs Basic agreement with prodigyduck there. My villains tend to get built with no ID or even Public ID because of this. Once arrested, the cops do full background searches looking for priors. His photo, finger prints, retinal scans, bloodwork and general DNA markers are all taken and filed for use by both prosecution and defense attorneys. If convicted or released, this info is still accessable. If found guilty, its public knowledge.

Re: A Thread for Random Musings And our client once again asks for us to schedule thier work...

Re: Complicate the Person Above L.Marcus, collector of white whales.

Re: Legion of Super-Pets Hang on, if you're going to get expansive then the oldest of them must appear. Yes, the original Bat Hound! Hieghtened smell, tracking senses and perhaps a blood draining HKA?

Re: Looking for a way around Antarctica? Oh yeah. Very Nice... now to spend a day doing the stats.

Re: Arabian Hero As Rapier said. Keep away from existing religions. Make it pre-Islam. Remebering stories I've read and listened to while i was wandering around the oil fields, all magic from that time period is based upon spirit summoning and using them to do the work. The magician is just a tool user or an employer.

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Atom Heart Mother - Pink Floyd

Re: Answers & Questions Q: If your dog has been poisoned, your grandmother sold to white slavers, your sister shot by a midgit in red boxer shorts, your parents arrested by Interpol for drug smuggling and your brothers are going everywhere in a group and speaking with one voice, what would you be called? A: Red, scarred and with the motto "Whoopsey Mr. Crockett" on the side.