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  1. I'm going to put up a group that is in my universe and see how you all play with the concept.

     

     

    The Nuclear Wing.

     

    This 31st century mercenary unit has has something that puts the fear of God in every sentient lifeform in the known universe; its own private nuclear arsenal. The threat of using one of these devices is usually enough for the target to concede but for exceptionally stiff resistance, there is a 6 man unit to really get the point across. Each member has abilities that mimic certain aspects of nuclear warfare from straight-up WMD to its after effects and everything in between. 

     

     

    Once the six spots are filled I will reveal my members of the Nuclear Wing and compare the two. 

  2. Blitz Kid

     

    Blitz Kid is a British mutant psionic and master of Illusion who was heavy into the New Romantic movement in London during the early 1980's and was a natural rival with the Punk. He went by the name of Simon Strange although that is thought to be an alias or "stage name" as he put it. He committed his crimes with style and flare and was more than happy to play the dandy if for no other reason than to get under the Punk's skin. Since none of his colleagues ever saw Blitz Kid with his illusion powers off it is unclear whether the man now calling himself Blitz Kid is indeed the same man or an imposter cashing in on the name. One thing's for sure, once the plan is in action, he'll at least look good doing it. 

  3. I have some more speedsters in my universe

     

    The Heroes

    Accelerator (British Speedster)

    Blazer (Speedster with fire powers)

    Springer (Land and sea speedster with Sonic Powers)

     

     

    The Villains

    Steel Racer (Armoured Speedster)

    Sand Devil (Villainous version of Angelshark)

    Racer

    Concorde

    Dasher

    Torpedo Girl (Atlantean rival to Kaiten)

  4.  For ten years until 2015 (when real life took over the following year when my dad fell ill and succumbed two years later) I ran events at GenCon set in the 31st Century. All the characters were at a minimum 450 pts. These games were set up so both experienced players and newcomers could participate. Players have had no problems adjusting to the higher point totals. I'm looking to run again this year although I'm not pleased at this hybrid plan they have in mind this year. The same three teams are coming back plus two new ones. One is going to be in the 650 pt. range so this is going to be interesting to see how this plays out because this will be uncharted waters for me at this point limit. 

  5. 3 minutes ago, steriaca said:

    Nice idea Dean. It is not that VIPER isn't intrested in Australia. It is just, well, competition from CoIL, and loss of resources which CoIL made.

     

    Humm...they might have there own criminal organization. Let's call them "The Dingoes". Their less VIPER and more Mad Max punks, but do have some tech VIPER left behind and CoIL didn't want and consider unimportant somehow.

    Instead of the Dingoes, may I suggest the Nightriders after the the leader Max wasted if you are going that route. 

  6. Amazon

     

    Her name was Gabriela de Faria. The 11 year old daughter of a prominent Brazilian developer who went missing within a project deep within the Amazon Rain Forest. It was believed that she was abducted by indiginous peoples within the Amazon Basin. Seven years later she returned with a vengeance. Many "slash and burn" farmers as well as other development projects both legal and otherwise reported that the jungle itself came alive and destroyed everything that was intruding into tribal lands believed to be sacred to them as well as defending against the rain forests destruction. Fortunately, no one has been seriously hurt or killed in these incidents but the government wants her captured regardless but her control of the elements within the rain forest makes that impossible so things are at a standoff. How she got her powers within those seven years remains a mystery.

  7. Sahara

     

    A large humanoid being surrounded by swirling sands, Sahara protects the deserts and its people from all threats local and worldwide. It seems to have a dislike for oil companies. Sahara can teleport to any desert in the world but his powers and strength diminish depending on the size of the desert he is on which is why he is most powerful when in N Africa. 

  8. THE BLACK OCEAN

     

     Six aquatic villains whose specialties center around exploiting the untapped riches of the worlds oceans. They are not your average run-of-the-mill pirates, scavengers, or illegal prospectors. These folks have serious skills and equipment and economic backing and are not going to let international law stop them from getting what they want (if it's valuable enough, a skirmish with Atlanteans isn't out of the question).

  9. On 2/18/2021 at 10:31 PM, wcw43921 said:

    I remember an episode where Hogan came clean to a German officer whose help they needed.  The officer asked if Klink was part of the operation.

     

    HOGAN: "Are you kidding?  Klink and his monocle are still fighting World War One!"

     

    It's possible the people you mention are thinking of the episode "The Missing Klink."

     

    As far as I am aware, Klink was secretly conspiring against Germany as an ally of Hogan.  I believe Werner Klemperer said so himself.

     

    By the way--if you get the chance, check out Klemperer's appearances in Judgement At Nuremberg and Operation Eichmann.  It's one thing to see him portray a Nazi as a complete buffoon--it's unsettling, to say the least, to see him play a Nazi completely serious.

    He once was asked at the time why he was playing a Nazi since he was Jewish he replied "I'm an actor. If I can play Richard III, I can play a Nazi" He also insisted that Klink never won against Hogan or he was out the door.

     

    I have not seen Operation Eichmann, but it's hard to believe that four years later he would be Klink after playing that bastard in Judgement at Nuremburg.

  10. 21 hours ago, Steve said:

     

     

     

    Having the Enewetak Atoll blast in 1952 (10.4 megatons) trigger the Superheroic Age gives an interesting spin on things. The Cold War had a different feel than WWII.

     

     

    The "Tsar Bomba" that the USSR detonated in 1961 would indeed accelerate the process. Not knowing how the energy from the breech is spread out, the Soviets would have a huge advantage in creating "Parahumans" (as I call them) since it was tested in their territory while most of our tests were out in the Pacific on deserted islands (though I could be wrong my history on this subject is indeed lacking). You could set the campaign up with the west at a serious disadvantage of finding and recruiting these parahumans in order to counter the Soviet team(s) already in place. It would be similar to how the USSR was far ahead of the USA in the space race at this point in 1961.

  11. These are my speedsters

     

    The Heroes

    Green Flash

    Chapperal

    Voidracer

    The Bullet (Pulp fiction Flash)

    The Flying Scotsman (Combines speed with Martial Arts)

    Skater Girl (Creates a frictionless Force Field that allows her to "skate" at high speeds)

    Whirly Girl (Dirvish-like Speedster)

    Kaiten (Human torpedo) 

    Angelshark (Travels faster on the ocean floor than she swims)

     

     

    The Villains

    Forerunner (Super speed linked with mind control)

    Exocet (Named after the missile)

    Cool Runner (Super speed on Ice)

    Cheetah Girl

    Steamrunner

    Afterburner

    Red Mercury

    Mach 1 (Super speed Android)

    Pulsator

     

  12. The powers that be call him The Jailbreaker. His naivete matches his incredible dimensional traveling abilities. He fancies himself as a man who champions the wrongly accused. Especially ones in what he believes to be totalitarian regimes. The problem is he is releasing prisoners who really do belong behind bars and not running loose on an alien planet awaiting a new trial which includes the five others who gave him their "word" to stay out of trouble on Earth.

  13. W is for Whalesong. A Norwegian oil magnate who was a victim of a oil platform accident who was "adopted" by whales and learned to live like them as well as being able to control them.  Think of him as an aquatic Tarzan.

     

     

    X is for X-Factor.  A Scot able to wield both chaos and order magic depending on what needs to be used in order to maintain balance at that moment. He takes the "One Who Knows" stance way too seriously.

     

    I have Y and Z but I want to see others ideas.

  14. Sometime ago I had met a young lady who was friend of mine's sister-in-law who was looking at my artwork at a bar we all frequented. I had mentioned that these works were for use in a Superhero RPG and I was running games at a local convention. A few days later she came back (a little more sober this time) and asked how this game was played and wanted to put a character together. She remembered that this game took place in the 31st century and since she was a big fan of "Arrow" at the time, she wanted to be an archer. I don't know of any futuristic archers apart from maybe Yondu to use as a reference.

     

    How do you put together a Green Arrow/Hawkeye-like character in a Star Wars universe and make it simple enough for a player who is absolutely new to this type of game. 

     

    Parameters are 450pts with 75 active slot limit 

     

    I did give her character a name though; Black Cardinal 

  15. I have two characters that fit that origin although these are heroes not villains. Hydrofoil was an environmental activist (more of a practical joker than an eco-terrorist) who was interfering with a ship that was illegally dumping waste into the North Sea when she was forced overboard and fell into an area where the waste was leaking and turned her into an amphibian who could only stay out of water for six hours at a time and obtained water control powers. Finback was a teen-aged fisherman who fell overboard during a storm in an area where a Soviet era cargo ship carrying "strange materials" was rumoured to have been sunk gaining amphibian abilities as well being able to grow to the size of a finback whale.  

  16. No Snake Men, but I do have psionic Pterosaur-like beings, an animal handler in control of two 40 ft. bi-pedal creatures, an intellegent ape-like being, and to top it all off, a group of upper crust British teenagers who manage to receive parahuman abilities the moment they crash into this underground world. All under the command of a man thought to be a fictional character in an Edgar Rice Burroughs novel.

  17. Captain Nemo and the Nautilus Nine are based at Pearl Harbour and they operate mostly in the Pacific.

     

    I've been putting together off and on a west coast setting based in Seattle (named Emerald City here)

     

    Both have the advantage of having access to nearby Navy facilities (Pearl Harbour and Bremerton)

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