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Re: DC Universe Character Question

IIRC the New Teen Titans (during the Wolfman & Perez period) had a run in with either Hyperion or Adonis who made Wonder Girl fall in love with him. Problem was, it never wore off.

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now?

Today it's...

16 Best Songs of Johnny Cash (I actually like this better than his Folsom Prison album)

Extreme Honey by Elvis Costello

Joshua Tree by U2 (easily one of their best albums)

The White Stripes' self-titled album

and...

AKA I-D-I-O-T by the Hives

I have to say that the Hives is a really great band. If you like punk and need something new, pick up the Hives, especially Vini Vidi Vicious. F--king great album.

Re: Your PCs might be overpowered if...

If you have ever solved a dilemma by moving the entire Earth backward in time...

If your character is based upon an Alan Moore character whose theme was to show that the more powerful someone is the more removed they are from humanity...

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now?

My current playlist has...

The White Stripes (Elephant, Get Behind Me Sata, White Blood Cells)

The Eels (Souljacker)

The Hives (Vini Vidi Vicious <- a pure punk album!)

Beck (Guero <- not his best album, but "E-Pro" is a good song)

Tears for Fears (Best of)

Coldplay (X and Y, Rush of Blood to the Head)

Billie Holiday

The Broadway Cast of Guys and Dolls

Ella Fitzgerald

Tom Jones

Louis Armstrong

David Sylvian (Gone to Earth)

Bob Dylan (best of)

REM (Automatic for the People)

Red Hot Chilli Peppers (Californiation)

Madness (One Step Beyond)

Blues Traveller (Four)

Rollins Band (Weight)

Scissor Sisters (Take Yo' Momma Out Tonight <- from iTunes)

Parliament Funkadelic (best of)

U2 (Hot to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb)

Re: Golden Age Day Jobs

Entertainer was actually a popular job for Golden Age heroes. Billy Batson had his radio show, Mandrake and Zatarra both did stage shows, I think Black Canary sung but I'd have to look it up.

 

Glad you liked Travelling Salesman. It's the perfect job if you need to vanish for a few days, and you can always ask the Millionaire Playboy for some help without having to worry about what the neighbors or tax man might think.

Yeah, I know that a lot of Golden Age people worked entertainment jobs, but I am favoring jobs more that don't have rigid schedules like daily radio shows.

Re: Golden Age Day Jobs

I don't see entertainer or singer as especially viable. They have somewhat fluid schedules, but once a date is set it's set, or your out of work.

Freelance artist works for me. It would be especially cute if based upon artists from the time. The trick would be to keep yourself freelance. During the war the comic companies had high demand for product, but their best people were getting drafted. (I've been reading "Tales to Astonish".)

I added PI. Traveling salesman is interesting. You'd be the butt of Fuller Brush jokes, but...

Re: Golden Age Day Jobs

Being a veteran is a job?

 

Entertainer is the first one that springs to mind. Novelist. Traveling salesman. Tinker (itinerate mechanic). Private Detective. Bum.

Good point about the veteran. I guess I was thinking more about background than job on that one. I'm primarily trying to steer people away from having anything to do with the military as a day job (i.e., being a member of the armed forces) as the demands of time and government monitoring make it impractical to the point of impossibility.

(I can't remember if there's been a thread for this already. Please post a link if there has.)

I'm writing some background stuff for a Golden Age campaign and I'm looking for day jobs for super-heroes. So far I have research scientist, dilettante, freelance reporter, and WWI veteran. Keep in mind that I have a couple of rules. The day job has to have flexible hours so the hero can take off on a moment's notice and save the world. The day job also cannot involve significant monitoring by the government.

Thanks for any help.

Re: The Punisher vs Bugs Bunny

Pretty much any time you ask me about anyone/thing vs Punisher, I'm voting against the Punisher as a matter of principle. I really hate that character. And any time you pose a whoever against Bugs I gotta go with Bugs because, like Godzilla, he always wins.

And I'd love to see Punisher and Elmer Fudd commiserate over a couple of beers.

Re: Superheroic Weapons of Legend

The Aegis of Athena was a goat-skin covered shield which made you either invincible or invulnerable, depending on translations. If it makes you invincible, then I would have it give a HUGE Aid to Dex and Spd. If it's invulnerable, then I'd refer you to the 185,597 threads on Captain America's shield.

Heracles employed arrows dipped in the venom of the Hydra. The venom was so virulent that it practically killed the immortal leader of the centaurs (caused him such pain that he begged the gods to revoke his immortality, which they did). I'd make that an NND killing attack, continuus.

One of the Hindu deities employed a bow that shot six arrows.

Re: "Mostly Harmless" powers

Anyone mention "communicate with fish" yet?

Re: Rules For Picking A Superhero Name

If your name has a rank or title, make sure it's the right kind.

Captain and Sargeant are hero ranks.

General, Commander, and Major are villain ranks.

Mr., Dr., Professor: could go either way.

Would any of you GMs allow an advantage like this...

No Size Penalty: +1/2

Works just like No Range Penalty, except that the attacker suffers no minuses for the target's size.

???

Re: Multi-form suggestions?

First off, kudos to Number Two son on a great name and concept. Second, any crystalline form should allow for some kind of EB re-direction, though not reflection. So, some kind of missile deflection with reflection at any target except the original attacker.

Re: When you think "Superhero"....

I don't know about anyone else, but I associate pose as much as anything. I get an image of a colorful figure leaping into action. The details get blurred by the motion, but the figure remains iconic as well as dynamic.

Re: A little slang help please?

I'd recommend watching recent movies set in Scotland to give you an idea of what words are actually in common usage. Off hand, I can't think of such a film, other than "Trainspotting" but that's a start.

Re: Force Field powers help?

If you're making visible, solid energy shapes from your imagination then it's a Green Lantern character, not an Invisible Woman character.

I did this once, and did it as a large VPP. The GM allowed me a -1/2 limitation for no indirect and no invisible powers effects.

My favorite effect was to make clothes appear on the target that were too tight, defined as a DEX suppress (as opposed to an Entangle). Then the other characters could pound all they wanted. The best part was making the outfits as humiliating as possible.

Re: Needed: Quirks from TV/Movies/Comics

Ash from the "Evil Dead" movies:

Says things like "Groovy" and "Gimme some sugar."

In the Wild Cards novels they had a character named Cap'n Trips who was stuck in the 60's in terms of personal culture. He transformed into other super-heroes, one of whom was "Jumpin' Jack Flash" who was stuck in the 70's (wore jumpsuits with gold-chains and call every woman "baby").

Re: If Superman represents a god, then winged heroes represent angels?

In some way it's apples and oranges. Kingdom Come was ment to be a relgious piece.

 

And remember, Angel way back when started out as archangel and wasn't the nice guy he is now. It all depends on the writers and how they see the characters.

Angel actually started out as Angel and only became Archangel sometime after I stopped reading (after Paul Smith left the book, does that show my age?). Originally, Angel was a classic Stan Lee juxtaposition. He was overly concerned with Earthly indulgences. He threw money around like confetti, chased women, and generally indulged himself whenever he felt like it.

Re: Cell phones don't work underwater...

/Tolkien Geek Mode ON

 

Technically, that's Palantiri, not Palantirs.

 

/Tolkien Geek Mode OFF

 

Why, yes, my online handle IS Elvish, why do you ask?

I just used the English plural.

Re: Super Prisons without Super Tech

Few super-humans, even ones with Desolidification, are unkillable by many real-world ordnances. Have such an ordnance (or more than one for safety's sake) hooked up in their cell. The ordnances are triggered by weight sensors in the floor or the breaking of circuits in the walls and bars. That takes care of almost everyone except the teleporters. For them you'll need some real-tech way of blocking their teleportation.

Re: Cell phones don't work underwater...

What about:

 

Link Crystal: Mind Link , One Specific Mind, Any distance, No LOS Needed, Number of Minds (x8) (35 Active Points); Sense Affected As More Than One Sense Hearing (-1/2), IIF (-1/4), Does Not Provide Mental Awareness (-1/4) [35AP/17RP]

 

Eight Crystals, one for each person you need to communicate with, only crystal to crystal comm is allowed.

 

Or, if the group only needs one person that can contact you:

 

Link Crystal: Mind Link , One Specific Mind, Any distance, No LOS Needed (20 Active Points); Sense Affected As More Than One Sense Hearing (-1/2), IIF (-1/4), Does Not Provide Mental Awareness (-1/4) [20AP/10RP]

 

Now you have two crystals - yours and the rest of the groups.

 

edit: This is a case where "One Specific Mind" could be defined as "The guy who holds one of the Focii."

Make it seven. Make them spheres. Call them "Palantirs" and watch the Tolkien fans chuckle.

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now?

"White Blood Cells" by the White Stripes. F@&king awesome band!

Re: Silver Age-y Sounding Name Help

Point of Order Supreme... 1960 is mid-Silver Age. 1956 was the start. 1961 was the start of the Silver Age for Marvel which was markedly different. Marvel characters from that period were (and still are) generally as cursed by their powers and blessed. Their characters were mostly Atomic-power created whereas DC was more chemistry and aliens, like they were in the 40s.

Re: Help and ideas with Spider-Man Homage

Keep in mind that a big part of Spider-Man's concept is his totem, the spider. It carries with it a pretty big ick-factor. It's primarily why people don't like him.