Jump to content

Balabanto

HERO Member
  • Posts

    4,198
  • Joined

  • Last visited

  • Days Won

    2

Everything posted by Balabanto

  1. Mole Cyborg Weapons Locker is complete. On to Code Name: Cave! Code Name: Cave? SPIDER has people at the Center of the Earth? And you thought this couldn't get any stranger than it already did, true believers!!!!!
  2. This is a brief announcement, even though Mole Cyborgs are still not done. Page 150!!!!! That's right. We're on page 150! Looks like this one is going to be big!
  3. Joseph Conrad meets high fashion. The Victoria's Secret Sharer Ian Fleming meets Walt Whitman Moonraker of Leaves of Grass
  4. Most of my agents in a 400 point champions game are between 175-225 points. Anything below that is really not an agent, it's a talented normal with delusions of grandeur. Generally, the difference between an agent and a talented normal is a measure of training and equipment. SPIDER Destruction Agents are 175 points. They're basic agents. Mole Cyborgs (Why people made this selection I have no idea) are 225, and SPIDER Power Agents are 355, a really tough agent in a powered armor suit.
  5. Master Mole complete! On to Mole Cyborgs. That's right. You heard it here first. Mole Cyborgs. Plus, I get to type the words I've always dreamed of. Mole Cyborg Weapons Locker
  6. While I'm working on Master Mole, does anyone have any comments or questions? I'll be happy to answer questions without giving a ton of stuff away!
  7. Much Ado About Joe Dirt The 500 Hats of King Lear Lord of the Flies: Vegan Edition The Two Noble Kinsmen of Sleepy Hallow
  8. The Last Days of American Pie The Last Days of Thunder Road Breakfast at Pleasantville The Cook, The Thief, HIs Wife, and her Hobbit Sesame Street Blues: "We're looking for a suspect. He's got big flat feet, and according to witnesses, he looks like some sort of wooly mammoth. He's trampled at least three people to death, and speared at least two with his tusks. They call him Snuffulpagus. Who names their kid that? If you see him, call for backup immediately. That's it, and lets be careful out there."
  9. I totally agree here. Bad writing is no excuse for not "Getting" Superman. As Jim Shooter said "He's Superman. He's GOOD. That's what it boils down to."
  10. Midnight Train to the Garden of Good and Evil The Amityville Anchorman Brokeback Showgirls
  11. If they were in the same universe, the Punisher would BE brought in. Where can he hide? It doesn't matter what his view is. He goes to jail.
  12. Ebon Flame Sorcerer is complete! On to Mokh'Tar, the Mud Master!
  13. I Hate to do this. I really do. Rock and Roll Highlander School.
  14. Trust me when I say this results in a lot of resentment. I'm not saying "You can't penalize the character." What I am saying is that instead of railroading the character, which players hate,, reward him if he figures out a way to trash the villain without hurting anyone, and let the media take care of the disaster if he wrecks the building and hurts people. You have a lot of in-game tools that can be used to demonstrate how dumb something is. But if a player is consistently docked experience points because he thinks that the buy-in is different than yours, either A) He shouldn't have been playing in your game or You should have been more clear about the limitations of your world and how you rule each individual complication. If the villain has ANY sort of criminal record whatsoever, denying the superhero the attempt to apprehend him while he's holding a stolen item is kind of absurd. Heck. He could get on the phone and call the police and have them surround the building, just to make sure this guy can't walk out. There's a LOT of things that this guy can do to bring this turkey to justice right now, or make it a lot harder for him. Unless the villain is "Explodo the Annihilation Man" whose powers regularly turn entire buildings into rubble along with all the inhabitants thereof, (In which case you probably need to re-think the scenario completely) then you should probably consider that a lot of people have a "three strikes" rule. If the guy has a history of doing this, eventually, they're going to take the risk of trashing the guy rather than allowing it to continue to go on. This, by the way, is the problem with ripping off established material. No plan survives contact with the players. I did this once, too. I paid for it through the nose. I'm trying to prevent you from making the same mistake I did.
  15. Actually, that's because William Moulton Marston was an actual BDSM freak who lived in a three-way relationship with his wife and his maid.
  16. If he wants to overcome it, play by the rules. Those ego rolls are hard to make. Code vs. Killing is not "I might kill someone every time I fire off an energy blast." You have to consider the level of power of the character versus the awareness of his environment. If he paid for common, total, then he has to obey it. If he paid for common strong, then he gets an ego roll. You're making a value judgement about what the complications mean, instead of giving your players some credit for being careful and considering that they might have ways to engage the bad guys without killing bystanders.
  17. Really? You're going to dock him XP for playing his character the way he thinks it should be played? That's kind of railroady.
  18. Reptile SOrcerer-Priest is complete! On to Ebon Flame Sorcerer! 12 sheets left! Maybe that will be done by Thanksgiving.
  19. The tractator with the "Rescue Me, RTD" sign and the Auton getting kicked out of the lighthouse were priceless.
  20. WInd Vortex Completed! In only Two Days! We move on to... Reptile Sorcerer-Priest!
  21. Machete Kills A Mockingbird Fried Green Tomatoes At Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
×
×
  • Create New...