jkwleisemann

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... You hear that construction? It's the construction crew, putting in Darwin's new sub-basement....

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... I'd give you evil rep, but I must spread more around.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Actually, depending on which of the several bad places she could've gone, in Night Cries it was a possibility....

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Ah, Gaelic. Where would loogie-hocking be without you?

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... I know that. It was intended as an (apparently) very poor joke.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Taking her feets? And she thought that the pet rat head was unsanitary? Haven't had a chance to use this line yet, but I can only imagine it's coming forth eventually. There will be *something* slimy and well defended that she has to take down (the giant frogs were close to it): Steele: Why don't I use my knockout kiss on it? Even I have standards. Sure, they're low, but they're still standards! On an unrelated (but brief) note, I have a plotting post up at the Wolfemann's Den (link in the sig line) that includes some info on a small contest I'm running. Batman fans might be interested in it.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Dude. I do *not* want to be around a balding, nauseated, sinful, half-celestial ottoman.... Or to know *what* the party that resulted in its spawning looked like.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... I'd go for it!

Re: Your "Oh #@$%!" Moment We've got a different word for it at my place. One classic example, however, was when Our Heroes were about to storm the castle of the campaign's big baddie. Well, our opening tactic was going to be sending the party's two Clerics and another support character on ahead into the castle, and then hitting it with a tidal wave. Thanks to an Ethereal Jaunt spell, we'd planned on being ethereal when the wave hit. Well, that all worked out. Then the GM started modifying his map for the damage to the wall from the tidal wave. Including the section we were supposed to rematerialize on top of. Being the only one not too busy congratulating ourselves on our cleverness, I notice this. "Oh fudgenuggets."

Re: Making a super villain team. I rarely stick together the pre-published ones, instead going for char's who can be 'tailored' to the characters they oppose. I'm particularly fond of making nemeses who work out for particular char's specifically. Taking a look at a few examples - Steele would be good to oppose with either a handsome rogue type, or a stalkery jerk. So, from published, I'd pick out Stormfront (CKC), or come up with somebody from her past if I was going original (say, a psychotic mob boss' granddaughter, newly given powers by a mystic she's bargained with.) I don't always match character types - doesn't have to be brick v brick - but I don't go for polar opposites either. Brick v mentalist is a very, very bad pairing for hero and nemesis, unless there's something there. Similar types work well, as it creates a sense of rivalry as well as antagonism. Not necessarily similar powers, but similar personality. For a whole group, you need to work on making sure they've got a reason to work together. The Fiendish Five approach works well - "we *all* hate them, so let's work together!" But you're better off letting the villains work together on their own too. They might join to oppose the heroes, but they stick together because it goes swimmingly after that - the most dangerous sort of team, since you can't play off of "X is going to double cross Y, you know."

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Easy answer. "The bitey half."

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... I object. Most princesses are far more attractive than strips of rawhide. If they're not, you're doin' it wrong.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... My God! Another person who watched Transylvania Twist! *hugs Input Jack* And an old quote from a home game of D&D.... "Is he wearing the Paladin's skull as a codpiece?" "He might not have wanted to go out that way, but he certainly deserved it."

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... THe same. *sighs* Nice shot though!

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Isn't that what happens when there's an 'incident' with Firewing?