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  1. Reason for creating team.

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    Re: Reason for creating team.

     

    I respectfully disagree that Grond would be overkill. As written he's a fine initial foe for a starting superhero team. Very strong and durable' date=' yes; but he's also slow, dumb, and has several exploitable weaknesses. There's also little need to justify a rampage by Grond anywhere -- he's violent and easily angered.[/quote']

    And you won't like him when he's angry...

  7. Special Missions team

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    Re: Special Missions team

     

    hmm most cinematic and television teams have a pretty standard set of archetypes

    The master mind: tactician the planner and organiser of the team

    the muscle the guy who beats people up intimidates people etc

    the technician: hacker gadget maker mechanic etc

    The driver/pilot: can fly or drive anything with an engine a must for getaways

    the sexy one: some one has to distract guards lure targets to unprotected areas or seduce some one for secrets

    procurer/ quarter-master: some one has to get the stuff you need to do the job

    the grifter: the con man trickster and deceiver might be a master of disguise.

    the thief:the acrobat the infiltrator the one who slides through laser grids and picks locks sometimes can be the sniper

    Or to simplify:

     

    Just watch LEVERAGE.

  12. Is Defender the new Seeker?

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    Re: Is Defender the new Seeker?

     

    By gone really bad, do you mean possibly KILLING EVERYONE?

     

    Actually, I always thought that he was a great example of a wish fulfillment character. He was sort of like the Punisher, but way nastier. IIRC he had some kind of extradimensional weapons cache that allowed him to teleport weapons to his hand, thus ensuring that he always had a loaded gun. It was like someone had shot Tony Stark's parents instead of Bruce Wayne's. Which, by the way, might be a hell of an idea for a character.

    Well, in 5thEd, IIRC, Harbinger didn't have the gun'port. He had to stock up in his armory/base before going out.

  15. Blasters: why?

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    Re: Blasters: why?

     

    Nitpick: many firearms have readily identifiable sound signatures' date=' especially assault and battle rifles.[/quote']

     

    To quote Elliot from "Leverage": "It's a very distinctive sound..."

  16. Cool Guns for your Games

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    Re: Cool Guns for your Games

     

    If you want to see some great gaming guns, just watch Sons of Guns on The Discovery Channel. Just last night, he rigged three Saiga 12-gauges into a shotgun gatling. That's something any Hudson City vigilante could use on their battlevan.

  17. I made the GM cry....

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    Re: I made the GM cry....

     

    You argued it WAS a four colored scenario and none of the facts have changed since the original post. It seems you're just moving the goalpost where ever you need it to justify your arguement that the GM is wrong and the player's solution is somehow badwrongfun. Also, two things being equal does not always mean they are both bad, they could both be good or neutral. I'd say this situation is relatively neutral. Sure there are consequences, but they seem much less severe than several other alternatives.

     

    And since you originally brought up the Marvel Silver-age 4-color example, remember that Professor X occasionally mind wiped people in the original comics, including a total personality wipe of one of the X-men's first villains (a teleporter they couldn't stop) and whole neighborhoods (innocent) of people to not remember a giant mutant fight had just taken place since they were still a secret team at the time. Those are 4-color examples from the same era or earlier than your Ultron example and were considered completely fine at the time.

    Exactly. IIRC, when the space shuttle crash that created Phoenix happened, the Prof mind-wiped an entire major airport full of civilians.

  18. Common superhero types you've never seen in play

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    Re: Common superhero types you've never seen in play

     

    Aqua Man types: No one ever wants to be an ocean-going water-boy in the game.

    Never seen anyone with telepathic control over marine life, or a 3D6 HKA fish slap. or the dependance: drink water every hour.

     

    Never even seen a Prince Namor type.

     

    You would think this would be a magnet draw for gamers...

    One of my longer-running PC's was Merlord. A scaled amphibious humanoid, real name Ichthar of Ichthion.

     

    He had high-speed Swimming, Aquabatics, Superleap (Only from water), a trident which could be used with the pointy-end or could shoot PD water Energy Blasts, greater Strength on land than in the sea, and an amulet that let him Telepath with and Mind Control aquatic creatures.

  19. Religion in Science-Fiction?

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    Re: Religion in Science-Fiction?

     

    What kind of religions might exist?

     

    In my version of the Terran Empire, there is a small but faithful cult called The Church of Blue Suede Deliverance. They believe that music is the greatest sacrament, and that if they spread music far and wide enough, eventually their prophet will bring them home to the afterlife, called Grace's Land.

  21. Fantasy Art Thread

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    Re: Fantasy Art Thread

     

    Seriously' date=' have you tried to get a player to divest his precious character of their armour? It's next to impossible, and if you hint that maybe they shouldn't be wearing armour for any reason their paranoia shoots through the roof. Just sayin, is all :)[/quote']

    I had a guy who would wear his plate-and-chain on a ship at sea! (Of course, I did have a kraken attack the ship. But still...)

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