Roter Baron

Re: The things I learned playing a ninja!

Re: Complicate the Person Above Enforcer84 has his name for his propensity to drink 84 bottle of rum before breakfast, leaving only 6 for me and the rest of the guys. So that's only 6 for me then. Would blame him but I am in the wrong thread ... dang!

Re: Complicate the Person Above Hey, that Duck of Death is ducking deadly! And don't get me going on Peely the Blue Killer Banana or Artie the Angry Aardfark of the Auter Areas of Antares and his artichoke battle ship. Man, these guys if me the heewiee-yeewiees every time I face 'em. But face'm I must and face'm I do! For I am - DER ROTE BARON!

Re: The things I've learned playing a HERO Try to look good and bear it honorably if you are STUNNED (Again!), go to -20 STUN (Again!), wake up in a death-trap (Again!), listen to the villain ranting (Again!) and taking off with your girl (Again!) who you have to rescue (Again!) after you escaped the death-trap (Again!) while you were not able to get the villain (Again!) so that he can have his Big Comeback (Again!) before lunch. And don't look too bored as a Hero, cuz it is only Monday 12.30 p.m., the death-trap-recue-villain-got-away-thing is only over by an hour and your girlfriend just went "to powder her nose". Was that a "Muhahahaha!" from the ladies' room? Probably. Hey, it's 12.33 - Big Villain Comeback-Time (Again!). Actually he is already kinda late, ain't he ..?

Re: The things I've learned playing the Stun Lottery The STUN lottery is like Nietzsche said: "Things that don't STUN you can still KILL you!" And it's the only lottery in which I can claim that I hit the jackpot several times to date!

Re: Complicate the Person Above L.Marcus once emptied a fifteen-feet, one ton bottle of Southern Comfort in once big gulp - riding a crocodile into a club singing "I did it my way".

Re: Complicate the Person Above Egyptoid forgot all the science codes to Cheatology.

Re: The things I learned playing a gunbunny The ammo that kills your opponent dead does the trick for me. But I agree with your - for variety's sake.

Re: Question about Armor in Champions I say Always On and all the things said about why it is a limitation doesn't make a lot sense to me. The ideas are good, but are disadvantages or come with the power at no cost. If I have Damage Resistance 30/30 I can't turn it off like a FF to donate blood. And sometimes Limitations and Disadvantages have a tendency in Hero to double which I actually don't like at all. Or the Com 16, DF: Handsome (5pts) characters (a 2 points bargain); the Phy Limit: Cannot walk crippled characters who also get an additional 12 points for selling their Running down to 0". It's okay by the rules, but isn't it cheesy?

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Re: The Trail of the Gold Spike If you can get it - GET IT! Really rocks! You have to rework the stats of the adversaries a little, but that is a piece of cake. Really a good adventure for a Pulp Hero campaign - has all you need: Mind-controlled henchmen, a colorful villain, biplane battles in the sky (WRRROOMMMMM!!!!!), a mysterious gold mine, a not-so-helpless lady-in distress and lots and lots and lots of flair. Ran it, loved it!

Re: The things I learned playing a gunbunny The Autofire Extra Maneuvers are NOT your friends - they are FAMILY!

Re: HISTORY CHANNEL ROCKS for plot seeds Yes, wars are crucila points in history, but if you only concentrate on the carnage you only leran that "people killed people". I had the impression that the concentrate too much on the fighting and gave almost nothing on the background - the Why the peple fought. And I like to learn more about the cultures of bygone ages, the lives of the people. I don't say: Don't tell me about wars. But from what I knwo about American historiography there is a tendency to "personalize" history to what that general, king, etc. did. German historiography is more about social aspects, not so much about great men doing great things. And US history stresses wars much more than German history does - as judged from my visist to bookstores in Pittsburgh. You can have detailed descriptions of battles of the Civil War, almost to the point of which Union soldier fired how many bullets from which position on Confederated Soldier So-And-So. And that seems to be very popular, if you see how many books like that are out there. Books like this wouldn't sell in Germany. But I'm digressing the thread again. I do think that you can get great plot ideas from History Channel. But I still think that it's more like a Grandpa's Old Stories about the War Channel. And it seems that my limited insight in the matter is not so far from the truth (see Susano's post). But hey, if anyone likes the program - don't take my word against it. I don't watch much TV in Germany either - it's all rather boring to me ...

Re: The things I learned playing a power armor junkie There is nothing bad about blaster-bricks in shiny red power-armors ... But agreed - try something else. Run around in a blaster-brick-power-armor, act like a blaster-brick-power-armor ... and save some XP for a small nifty multipower that boosts your SPEED, FLIGHT and DEX to obscene Speedster levels for a short time only. And when everybody closes in on the Mr. Slow - WHAMMMM!!!

Re: Single Green Superhero seeks.... (personels for your characters) Single Hunnish Male, bound on world domination, seeks SWF who likes to talk, rant and kill. Must like power-armors, the color red, and must be into kinky stuff (blinkblink). Mechanical abilities to repair triplanes prefered but no must. NO POSERS! Every picture message gets a reply!

Re: Complicate the Person Above L. Marcus fovourite color is ... odd.

Re: HISTORY CHANNEL ROCKS for plot seeds A little of topic - but I have anly watched History Channel a couple of times when I was in the US: It was basically all about wars! With a heavy stress on World War Two, followed by the Vietnam War and WW1. I found it rather boring and a little bit disturbing that the reduce history (I'm a history teacher) to "men go to war, fight, do heroic deeds" - REPEAT. Some details are surely interesting, but the whole package is very much reduced to war history, IMO.

Re: The Things I've learned playing a Metamorph Staying yourself means changing all the time!

Re: The Things I Learned Playing A Villain... Talkshow-host: And now our Unexpected Guest for today's show - DER ROTE BARON! (applause - Enter: Der Rote Baron in all his glory: Red spit-shiny powerarmor, closed visor, crumbled map of the world in hand) Talk-Man: Please take a seat. Nice to have you here. Baron: I AM NOT NICE! NEVER! TM: Okay, good. So let's get to things right away: Please, dear Baron ... B: THAT'S ROTER BARON FOR YOU! Talking Head: ... sure! Roter Baron! Please tell us, what things didi you learn since you took the Road of Super-Villainy? Der Rote Terror: AH, YES! VILLAINY! WHAT SWEETER WORD IS THERE IN THIS WORLD! ACTUALLY IT STARTED PRETTY EARLY IN THE STREETS OF MUNICH. I WAS JUST YOUR REGULAR HIGH-SCHOOL BRAT FLYING ARAOUND IN HIS FATHER'S TRIPLANE STEALING APPLES AND LAYING FIRE TO CANDYSTORES THAT WOULDN'T PAY FOR PROTECTION WHEN I WAS SHOT DOWN FROM THE SKIES BY A TOYMAKER'S SON! BLOODY BLUE MAX! LATER I FOUND OUT THAT THIS GUY ALREADY HAD HIS OWN POWER-ARMOR! SO I ASKED MY FATHER FOR A RAISE IN MY ALLOWANCE TO KILL AND MAIM AND SO I FINALLY GOT THE MONEY TO BUY MY OWN. THEN I TOOK REVENGE ON THIS ZERSTOITEN GUY: WHIPPED HIM PRETTY GOOD. AS FAR AS I KNOW HE IS NOW HIDING ON SOME FLOATING ISLAND AND HAS PLANS FOR A 25TH ANNIVERSARY COMBACK OR SOMETHING. TalkTalk: Was that your fisrt super-slug-out in the streets of Munich. RotRot: OH YES. MY FIRST. THE LAST ONE WAS IN 2002 - TWO BATTLES ACTUALLY! THERE IS A SO-CALLED SCOTTISH SUPERHERO WHO IS ALSO FREQUENTING THIS BOARD, ALIMAN THE BEAR, WHO CHALLENGED ME TO COME TO MUNICH: HEY, GAUNTLET THROWN; GAUNTLET PICKED UP AND THEN I PUMMELED HIM WITH HIS OWN GAUNTLET! MUHAHAHA! FOR THE OCTOBER-FEST HE CHALLENGED ME AGAIN. ANF THIS TIME HE BROUGHT HIS BEAUTIFUL SIDEKICK, THE IRISH GALE, WITH HIM. HA! I EXPECTED THAT. SO I INVITED THE MÃœCHNER KINDL OVER, A LOCALLY ACTIVE, BUT VERY CAPABLE VILLAINESS. WHAT A FIGHT! WITHOUT THE GALE, ALI WOULD STILL BE IN HOSPITAL. LET MY SAY IT STRAIGHT: HE ISN'T MUCH OF A CHALLENGE FOR A VILLAIN. Beer was good though... Host: So what are the good things about being a villain? Guest: WELL, WHERE SHALL I START? THE CHICKS, THE CARNAGE, THE CHALLENGE OF YOU AGAINST THE REST OF THE WORLD. THE SERVICE YOU GET At ALL THE PLACES - HEY! YOU DON'T SEE ME STANDING IN LINE AT YOUR LOCAL WENDY'S: IT'S ALWAYS: WHAT CAN I DO FOR YOU? EXTRA CHESSE WITH THAT? OF COURSE IT'S ALWAYS SUPERSIZE FOR ME. AND MOST OF THE TIME I DON'T HAVE TO PAY EITHER! I THAT REGARD I AM LIKE A COP AT A DONUT SHOP - BUT THE WORLD IS MY DONUT SHOP! Nosy one: Are there also things that you don't like? Knowing one: HMMM, WELL - SUPER-PRISONS SUCK. BAD CABLE PROGRAM AND THEN YOU ARE HERDED TOGETHER WITH ALL THESE SUPER-LOOSERS! ALL THE POINTLESS RANTING ... HEY, WHAT! YOU'RE PULLING FACES ON ME?! Talking Meat: ME? NO! I was just fighting a ... hickup .. (sweating) Almost Butcher Man: THEN IT IS OKAY. SO - ALL THE RANTING: "MY BLASTED BLASTER STOPPED WORKING - IF ONLY CAPTAIN COURAGE HADN'T/ WOULDN'T/ NEXT TIME ..." MAKES YOU REALLY WANNA QUIT AND GET A CIVILIAN JOB. Still Talking: So can you sum up your experience in one ran ... err ... sentence as an advice for the people in front of the screen. The Red Shiny One: SURE CAN! FOLKS - YOU WANNA FLY A RED TRILANE IN THE MIDDLE OF THE DAY THROUGH DOWNTOWN WITH GUNS BLAZING? YOU WANT ALL THE HOT, KINKY CHICK "GIVIN' YOU SOME"? YOU WANT TO RULE THE WORLD SOMEDAY OR MAKE ANOTHER MAD PLAN OF YOURS COME TRUE? THEN VILLAINY IS YOUR ROAD TO THE GOOD LIFE! If you have super-powers and want to don a costume once in a while, but you don't want to quit your day job as a part-time photographer, a journalist who never gets a raise or as a blind lawyer - THEN JOIN THE LOCAL SM-SWINGER CLUB! THERE YOU SURE ALSO GET A WHIPPING, BUT IT WON'T BE AS BAD A WHIPPING AS YOU GET BY PLAYING SUPER-DUPER AND TRYING TO GET INTO DER ROTE BARON'S WAY!!!

Re: Complicate the Person Above Egyptoid is the reincarnation of Pharaoh VAN-I-LA-TEP. He was the Pharaoh in history who build the biggest pyramid in all Eqypt - 1 million times bigger than the Cheops thing. But It only lasted a day - it was build of ice. And now the reincarnated Vanilla-Tep tries to hid his face with a beard because he is still ashamed of the sheer stupidity of the plan. Oh, you can see the ruins of the pyramid even today - it's called the Mediterranian Sea.

Re: Things I learned playing a Thief The fighters, clerics and wizards may boss you around at day - but YOU rule the night! Everybody has to sleep sometimes - and then it's payback-time! I once had a 14th level D&D Thief (old school D&D, 1st edition) - he was really good (had high stats) in the first 4 levels (basically doubled as a fighter). Then the fighters and the magic-user got a major power-increase in level 5 to 8 (which took quite a while to get through) and I was reduced to the level of a hide-in-shadows-torch-bearer. BUT when we got to 9th level things changed again and at the end of the campaign the Fighter turned Paladin ruled a city, the other fighter ruled a small frontier fortress and was playing hide-and-seek with his plate-armored elven guards, the MU was building a tower and breaking down under the costs - and my thief was head of the Dukedom of Karameikos' Thieves Guild AND Head of the Secret Service (with an All-Knowing Mirror who answered any question you could think of truethfully onec a day) AND the advidor of the Duke. Ask yourself - who was in power?

Re: The things I've learned playing a Martial Artist You can't get a Götterdämmerung any cheaper than that ...

Re: The things I've learned playing a Martial Artist Now we're going for the KIIIAAAIII!!! Overkill, don't we? I mean, basically a PRE can effect anybody who is a witness to the presence attack - even over the telephone or by watching your Hero go nuts on TV (or on a video if you recorded the event). Okay, lower the dice number for dstance etc. but still: PRE 50, Armor Piercing, does Knockback on everybody who sees/ hears it ... "Hey you, from CNN - is this live, international coverage? Okay, watch this (one segment preparation for a PRE HAYMAKER!) ... " INSTANT GLOBAL ARMAGEDDON!

Re: Things I learned playing a Thief If something is missing, everybody in the group is looking at you (which is unfair use of player knowledge if you ask me but when I complained about it to the gm the only comment I got was that the "I'm a fighter, but I have sworn a holy oath not to wear chainmail and and use a shield and think that two-handed swords suck" was a rather lame excuse and is basically a tell-tale sign for thief, whereas I said "Not true" but everybody and his mum pummeled me to get the Fabeled Blue Ruby which they never will find, of course because I carefully hid it away in a place I won't mention here because them suckers are probably paying a visit to this forum or you will sell the info for hard gold to them or go for the traesure yourself ... blablabla). Blathering has saved a many thieves' hides! Cultivate your blathering skills - on the character sheet and in real life!

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