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Re: What-If (WhIf) Setting Resources
Here is a link a to David Brin's WW2 alternate novella "Thor meets Captain America" offered free by the author.
http://www.davidbrin.com/thor1.html
Personally, I love the depiction of the Aesir.
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Re: Halloween Themed Session...ideas?
Some party uncovers the ritual the Thule society preformed prior to World War Two, the same one that flooded the Champsverse with super power enabling magic. They aim to recreate the ritual in altered form that will allow them alone to use magic/superpowers.
Certain magical parties, light, dark or neutral don't want to upset the arcane status quo and task the heroes in a 11th hour mission to save the world.
1.) Maybe the RE-Casters have to travel back in time and alter the original spell and the pcs must follow, which could be interesting for Legacy characters.
2.) Maybe it is a grand occult conspiracy and Demon and many other occult groups are in on it. This probably to big an idea for a one night game though.
3.) Maybe the heroes wake up to the nightmare scenario after the fact and have to travel back in time to undo it.
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Re: What is your favourite Superhero adventure/storyline?
From DC
#1 The Suicide Squad- The Dirty Dozen with DC's supervillains
Checkmate- the current Greg Rucka run-Espionage in a super world
Teen Titans-The Judas Contract
(Justice League) The New Frontier
Independant
#1The Elementals-the initial arc vs Saker
Nexus
Marvel
#1 X-men the Dark Phoenix Saga
Thor The Sword of Doom/Surtur Story
Spiderman Kraven's Last Hunt
Spiderman- the first 8 or so Mike Stracyzinski issues where Pete becomes an inner city public school science teacher- my favorite non supervillain character story
Strikeforce Morituri "#1-Electric Undertow"- the powers with a price concept hooked me right away
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Re: Golden Age resources: whatever you can think of.
I posted this elsewhere but for anyone who likes golden age mad science with a historical bent
I just finished a book that might be of interest. Its called "My Tank is Fight!" by Zack Parsons.
It is about some of the crazier real world super weapons projects of World War Two. Each weapon is described and analysed then given a fictional battle report. If you like real world WW2 era tech or crazy stuff like War Wheels you have got to give it a look.
The sections are:
1.) Land
the Maus
LandKreuzer P Ratte
German trans channel supergun
Wire guided antitank weapons
Vampir nightvision scopes
LandKreuzerPP Monster
2.)Air
Weser WP -like a Nazi Osprey
The Christie Flying Tank
The Heliofly single soldier helicopter back pack
German A10 super rocket and Von Braun's space station
Horten HO flying wing fighter
German A-Bomb
Axis parasite kamikaze fighter
Silverbird orbitol bomber
3.) Sea
Axis hovercraft raider
Submarine li cruiser ala the Surcouf
HMS Habbakuk-with a nice illustration
Seeteufel a submarine tank
Sub launched V2
The tone is light and very funny in the analysis but the what if sections read like short novellas. I just can't reccomend it enough for it's GM inspiring goodness.
Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/My-Tank-Fight-Zack-Parsons/dp/0806527587
Wiki
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Re: Golden Age adventures
I just finished a book that might be of interest. Its called "My Tank is Fight!" by Zack Parsons.
It is about some of the crazier real world super weapons projects of World War Two. Each weapon is described and analysed then given a fictional battle report. If you like real world WW2 era tech or crazy stuff like War Wheels you have got to give it a look.
The sections are:
1.) Land
the Maus
LandKreuzer P Ratte
German trans channel supergun
Wire guided antitank weapons
Vampir nightvision scopes
LandKreuzerPP Monster
2.)Air
Weser WP -like a Nazi Osprey
The Christie Flying Tank
The Heliofly single soldier helicopter back pack
German A10 super rocket and Von Braun's space station
Horten HO flying wing fighter
German A-Bomb
Axis parasite kamikaze fighter
Silverbird orbitol bomber
3.) Sea
Axis hovercraft raider
Submarine li cruiser ala the Surcouf
HMS Habbakuk-with a nice illustration
Seeteufel a submarine tank
Sub launched V2
The tone is light and very funny in the analysis but the what if sections read like short novellas. I just can't reccomend it enough for it's GM inspiring goodness.
Amazon
http://www.amazon.com/My-Tank-Fight-Zack-Parsons/dp/0806527587
Wiki
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Re: Golden Age adventures
I noticed this week that the Shadow and Doc Savage novellas are being reprinted and available at Borders.
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Re: Who bought a copy of Omlevex by Spectrum Games?
I got it when it came out and liked the quirky silver age weirdness of it.
Would have very much liked to see the Omlevex bronze age.
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Re: Art question
I'd rate it a three on average with one point up or down depending on the specific piece. If it is for a gamebook it would probably be in grayscale which might effect the posterizing somewhat.
If I might suggest something, putting the minis on some kind of miniature background, in line with the adventure or write up, might grant them a more interesting quality.
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Re: How do you improve your HERO-fu?
You can learn a lot from looking at how other people build powers. The USPDs and various enemies books are probably the most concentrated examples of this but there are plenty of free examples on the forum and the web.
If you know anyone who has a copy of Strikeforce borrow and read it. A better example of a campaign from top to bottom doesn't exist.
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Re: Old "butt" Champions Mini's
Has anyone tried using the figures from the Heroscape board game? They seem about the right size' date=' and even have hexagonal bases. And now they have [i']Marvel Heroscape. [/i]I have the Marvel set and they are pretty well sculpted, better than most clix not as well as many metals. They scale well with Superfigs and Heroclix.
The modular hex terrain tiles are interesting for making a 3 dimensional battlefirld, not particularly useful for a normal city scene but great for a roughed up one. The hexes are a bit big by hero standard.
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Re: What were: the best Marvel titles of the 80's?
Simonson's Thor, Miller's Daredevil runs, Strikeforce Morituri, Alien Legion. and the all too brief Roger Stern and John Byrne Captain America.
AND Alan Moore's Captain Britain.
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Re: SAS in Champions Universe
I like several of the characters for my World War Two campaign.
Red Phoenix is the basis of a valkyrie agent of the Reich with Green Ronin being her Japanese counterpoint. Kreutzritter is the post apotheosis version of a Black Paladin like character.
Overall, the SAS writers had some interesting takes on super characters.
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Re: Nonfiction books covering superheroes: any hints?
I didn't get it yet' date=' I've just been glancing through it at my local Borders. And I'm blanking on the author right now, sorry.[/quote']Chris Knowles and Joseph Michael Linsne
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Re: What are you playing now?
Currently playing:
The Torch of Liberty, a cross between the WW2 human torch and Marvel's Captain Universe in a Golden Age campaign set in a North American Front.
Deus X.0, a Ultron/Brainiac like evil robot fighting alien invaders in Savage World's "Necessary Evil" setting but using the old DC Heroes Megs system.
Asa Caradine, The Cavorite Man, kind of a Victorian era powered armor hero fighting the martian invaders. Uses John Ivicek's digital hero article as a basis.
Currently running:
Weapons of the Gods, a WW2 setting using David Brin's story "Thor meets Captain America http://www.davidbrin.com/thor1.html " as inspiration but diverging sharply. Sort of a a 250 pt pulp game.
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Re: Elseworlds
I would add Marvel's Exiles comic which is essentialy a "campaign" made up of adventures on alternate versions of the Marvel universe. It is slated to reboot soonproviding a good jumping on point.
EXcalibur Version 1, which also had many alternate Earths.
Marvel's Captain Britain, by Alan Moore which had alternates and characters from said coming back to home earth to vex the main characters.
Champions 3-D, a 3rd or 4th ed. sourcebook fo sliders style campaigns.
There has been atleast one thread on this topic before, so a serch might solve some problems.
As you phrased it as elseworlds, what pre existing universe is it set in?
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Re: Wild Card's Hero
I stopped after Card Sharks. I didn't really like how the characters were being treated anymore.Death Draws Five is more like the early WC novels or so it seemed to me. I thought it was fast paced with lots of plot twists and after so long it was nice to see what was happening with some of the characters.
On a purely selfish note, I always like reading about Billy Ray doing what he does.
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Re: Wild Card's Hero
New Books? Sweet!Here is alink to a website that keeps up on the Wild Cards
http://www.wildcardsonline.com/
Apparently there is a new comic in the works as well.
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Re: Wild Card's Hero
The Wildcards series is still going and adding new characters. The last book "Death Draws Five" added the Midnight Angel, a born again brick with a pyro sword and Butcher Dagon, a reptilian were killler.
January has a new novel coming out written by George R. R. Martin himself.
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Re: Super games
D6 Powers, by the same writer who did Godsend Agenda
Neccesary Evil, a Savage Worlds setting
http://www.peginc.com/Games/Savage%20Worlds/Necessary%20Evil.htm
Superfigs, the super miniature combat game has a homebrewed rpg rule set
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Re: Locations to cover the United States...
The hero will also need some way to get to Hawaii and Alaska. If he has Teleportation technology maybe he could have one base in geosynchronous orbit over the continental US.
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Re: List of Forum Members - Super Teams & Members
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The Professionals, early 60s Las Vegas mob team
Vincent “ The Raven ”Profaci, a former gimmick villain from the 40s turned consigliere.-NPC
Frank “Stone” Ciandella, former button man turned into a silicoid brick
Tony “Bloodletter” Mercurio, two bit gunsel with the ability to kill anyone
Ellen “Fever” Norris, fallen women with pyrotic abilities
Joey “Sham” Benvenuto, lousy ex-comic who can physically mimic other people
Eddie “The Blur” Ferro, hyperkinetic, junkie knife man
Sol “Neon” Sandler, incandescent energy blaster
Audrey “Black Diamond” Hill, Invulnerable light brick-NPC
Jane “Titania” Little, occasional 50 foot woman-NPC
Thomas “The Ravenite” Riordan, E. coast hero blackmailed into serving the mob-NPC
World War Two campaign, the Victory Legion
Torch of Liberty, Fiery spirit of justice who empowers random allied individuals
El Angel, Zoot suiter with uncanny luck and invisible guardian angel
Sergeant Sherman, paraplegic ex-tanker in early battlesuit-NPC
Winged Victory, greek warrior woman with huge eagle wings
Super Soldier, America’s premier fighting man
Johnny On The Spot, youthful British speedster
The Night Fighter, Nocturnally adapted predator of criminals-NPC
The Costa del Oro Sentinels, UCLA late teen Champions
Cassius, black legacy superhero with lots of issues
Arabesque, Opec oil ministers daughter and martial artist
Bronze, hyper dense metallic metaform
Power Lifter, super jock
Primrose, good girl version of poison Ivy
Fornax, Vietnamese ex -con with plasma metaform-NPC
Thunderbird, son of Mexico’s premier super heroes trying to make his own name
Nanx, anthropomorphic felinoid alien with love of American culture
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Re: Gestalt Player's Guide -- Free Dowload Available
Scott, your name on a product pretty much guarantees I will buy it. That said, every preview has made me anticipate it all the more. Thanks for pursuing the project for 14 years.
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Re: The Algernon Files IN COLOR
Black and white serves the 40's look of "Fires of War" pretty well but might we see something similar for that book?
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Re: Omlevex by Z-Man Games, Inc. - Who else has purchased it?
It comes in handy in certain circumstances.
For silver age campaigns or people new to comics eras, the reprint of the actual comics code is really useful. It is also brief and entertaining enough to make a good pre chr generation hand out.
The characters are quircky and you'll either love the eccentricites or loathe them. Personally It worked for me but I tend to use it as a piecemeal supplement, taking a bit here and there.
At one time, the plan from Z-Man games was to bring out later versions of the characters in different comic eras so that say American Gargoyle would get more angsty in the Bronze age book and so on.
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Re: Nazi Flying Saucers
I think the Discovery channel has a program on Nazi flying saucers airing this monday (11/3/08) at 9 pm PST.