Weldun

Re: Need help with...The List...

Poor, poor Professor Muerte. Oh, wait.. hand on. Lord Liaden, to whom were you referring?

Re: WWYCD if a supers-eating wave swept reality?

And still no feedback on whether or not the Time machine base built from several million points would work...

Re: Need help with a name.

Hecate was the Titaness from Greek myth that Zeus learned most of his magic from, and she specialized in magic that controlled or transformed the body. It fits with the character's powers and Greek fetish, and is also a minor icon among some Goths. It would also make things very interesting (in the Chinese sense) if the real deal ever showed up.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...

"You don't entangle a mentalist. Why? Because they can still look at you...and their eyes glow' date=' and then you think you're a turnip."[/quote']It does when it's opaque.

Re: Name That Band Hero!

Well done Weldun (like you've never heard that one before' date=' but I couldn't resist) Uh sorry if I cheated, didn't mean to.[/quote']Actually, it really wasn't directed at you, but I had noticed that you were new to the game, like me, and I wanted to reasure you of that. As for the Well-done/Weldun reference, considering the character's disturbing propensity for getting hit with fire attacks that just barely failed to kill him, I heard it alot.

 

(It's actually pronounced more like "Well-Din", but hey.)

Re: Wolfs, Dogs And Their Noses

And points go to Bigdamnhero (repped). SFX vs. Game Effects is one of my favorite rattles to shake at players and GMs alike, and here he is beating some sense into my head with it. Yes, a canine should have discriminatory. Doh!

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...

Sounds like the Marx Bros' date=' but I couldn't name the movie.[/quote']And the survey says...*babow!* Sorry, no.

Re: Anywhere but your own country

My campaign (which is stuck on hiatis mode do to work) is international in scope, but it is centered for the most part in Russia. The majority of the player characters are Russian and their earthbound HQ is in St Petersburg. The city of Novosibiersk is the team's home away from home.

 

I have entered two events at Origins this year that take place in Russia using mostly Russian characters.

 

Russia provides a treasure trove of plot seeds due to the secretive nature of the old Soviet Union. Anything you might come up with has a good chance of being revieled later to be even more bizarre than you thought. I found out that UFO stories ( which is the main focus of the campaign ) is as much a part of Russian mythology as the Olympian gods were to ancient Greece.

 

 

If you have The History Channel or a similar network in your home countries, I would look out for these presentations. 1) "Siberia: How the East Was Won", 2) "Soviet Space Disasters" (History Undercover). and 3) the series "UFO Files" - "Russia's Roswell". There is also a series about international organized crime syndicates that had an episode about the "Red Fellas" that is a must because that is an enemy that shows up often (and a significant Hunted).

Re: What Would Your Character See?

Whisper would find himself in a frilly, pink world wearing a bonet while sitting at a table being served tea. The nighmare would be that no matter how much he wanted to stop inside, he would give the appearances of enjoying it. Trapped within his own non-body, he would scream soundlessly. As for overcomming it, the binding magic means that he cannot harm Bethany, and she does so like to play dress-up with Mr. Whisper. (i.e. "Been There, Played That.")

The Specter finds himself strapped to a cold, metalic table, with small tubes sticking into him all around his body. He is unable to move. Then he sees a young lady in a lab coat noting the reading ov one of the various machines that surrounds him and she says, "Don't worry my many-times great Grand-Papa. Soon we will all be a family again." He would probably try to talk to this obviously deranged woman, but other than that, the poor sod is pretty easily caught in pulp-era traps. (As for overcomming his fear, his default power makes him "fearless".)

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...

In our last shadowrun session, we were hired to bodyguard a city councilman while a second team found his daughter, who was being held for ransom.

GM (As officious and snobby NPC): I'm not going to allow myself to be seen in public with this, this... riff-raff!

Mr. Smith (My character's partner): Are you Riff or Raff?

Mr. Jones (Me): Oh, I'm Raff, Riff couldn't make it.

Bonus points to the first person to correctly identify where we ripped that antique gag from.

Re: Wolfs, Dogs And Their Noses

Sounds like Discriminatory to me, ie - "A Sense with Discriminatory can identify, distinguish, and analyze an object if the character makes a PER Roll." (I don't have my books handy, so this is the definition in Hero Designer.) But I suppose we're nitpicking now. Tomato, tomahto, etc.

 

OTOH, given that normal scent comes with limited Discriminatory for free, I don't feel bad about just mentally crossing out the "limited" part rather than purchasing Discriminatory seperately.

Re: Wolfs, Dogs And Their Noses

The real question is this... have you ever tried dog food? It tastes horrible... Now for an animal whose sense of taste is more acute than ours' date=' it must REALLY taste horrible... why wouldn't we make food for them that tasted better than our food?[/quote']

Oddly enough' date=' their sense of taste is much lessed refined than a person's, and not linked to smell in the same way ours is. (This may explain why my huskey goes diving for treats in the kitty litter box )[/quote']Canines only have what can be referred to as fair-good level of taste sensitivity. This is because they are both hunters, who bring down and devour fresh prey, and scavengers, who eat carrion. As an evolutionary blessing, the canine sense of taste is less acute than their sense of smell.

Re: WWYCD if a supers-eating wave swept reality?

While my earlier post was favorable of this thread, Robyn, I have to agree with everybody’s displeasure.

I liked exploring what my character would do in a situation where he had to choose between death, or life as one of the masses. But that scenario could have been described differently.

The problem with this scenario is that it defeats the purpose of playing a superhero campaign, by removing the super element. Yeah, we can run around creating Fallout-style vaults to preserve the past for future generations, but when all is said and done, there is no sign of reward for the players. We play these games to play larger than life characters in larger than life situations, but your scenario doesn't give any real sign of being able to continue it.

As for thinking outside the box... how’s this? Build a base. In game mechanics, convince as many people, super or otherwise, to invest in a base. Said base has EDM, usable by a hideous amount of mass and people (I'm thinking enough for the entire solar system, including all inhabitants, sans Sol), backwards through time, to any location. Target an empty single-star system several millions years ago, whose primary was at that time a stable GV5 star, of one solar mass. All build with one charge that takes several million years to recover. Also give the base regeneration to account for auto-repair/maintenance. I guarantee that the majority of the worlds super-geniuses would be glad to collaborate on it’s design.

Re: Anywhere but your own country

One of the things I've long appreciated about Hero Games is that it's made far more of an effort to embrace the potential for supers gaming outside the US than' date=' not only other game companies, but the mainstream comics companies as well. [i']Champions Worldwide[/i] is only the latest book in that trend, starting with Enemies: The International File for 3E Champs, and including Red Doom, Kingdom of Champions, Champions of the North and European Enemies. (Yes, I know that last one was dreck, but at least it was a nod to the concept.) International characters and settings have been scattered through a number of other books as well. I'd also say that the current Hidden Lands sourcebook fits in that tradition.

Back on topic: If I had the time to do the proper research, I'd love to run a campaign based in India. IMO the potential is enormous. It's a huge, remarkably diverse country that's a study in contrasts: modern Western culture alongside ancient Eastern traditions; great wealth within sight of grinding poverty; advanced technology and antique mysticism. The diverse religious, ethnic, social and linguistic fault lines in India are rife with story possibilities.

 

I would probably base the campaign in Bombay, a big cosmopolitan city and major port, and an economic and cultural nexus.

You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to Lord Liaden again.

Re: WWYCD: A spooky ghost

The Specter would look for the "punk" under the sheet. If actually intangible, tell it off for being so immature, and lecture it on the responsibilities of power under the assumption that it is a very immature super. He just wouldn't believe that a ghost would act like that.

Re: Collateral damage from missed attacks

+20 Dex, Only for Initiative (-1), only for the first segment of combat (-2), only for movement actions used to escape combat zones (-1). Real Cost: 12 points.

You could have it as the signature power of "The Survivalist!":lol:

Re: WWYCD: Discovering the nature of reality?

Whisper - would kill me, no question. Unless Bethany was also brought along. If she was, and Whisper found out that Bethany was my idea, he would want to ensure that my life was one opf eternal torment.

The Specter - would ask why the hell I decided to have him nearly sleep with his own daughter. He would then beat the crap out of me when my only answer would be "so I could sick the von Helsing line onto you..."

Me - "Oops." And keep going as I have always done. Through adversity, we grow, and any bad stuff I inflict upon my characters is always in backstory. I prefer to play characters from the point of "I'm finally starting to get it together and now have a genuine opportunity at happiness." Okay, in Whisper's case, I am limited by properly playing his psychlims.

Re: Collateral damage from missed attacks

After a supers fight the terrain really should look like post-conflict Bosnia or Afghanistan. Such results also give the lawyers an opportunity to feed :E

Re: WWYCD: A spooky ghost

Whisper - "Beat it, this is my gig!" *Splooorch!*

Re: Wwycd #567419845626

And yet people also relpy to the WWYCD threads, indicating that they are reasonably popular. It's also not always the same crowd. With each I have tried to think about the situation provided honestly, and if I feaal that I have come up with a accurate response, I provide it. Another reason for some of these threads is for a GM who is thinking about placing their own PCs in these situations. Our replies give them a valuable tool which enables them to be better prepared for some of the likely responses. I know that sometimes I have been completely blindsided by the response of my PCs, on occasion, and it has taken everything I have just to keep my mind on track, which is not a good place to GM from.

Re: Anywhere but your own country

I would prefer Japan. Traditionalism vs. Modernism, where bigotry and small mindedness can be found in the most unexpected places, but acceptance can also be found amongst some of the most traditional people. And, it would have to be one of the next largest sources of core source materials.

To answer Rapier's question, I would have to agree that it is simply because of the U.S.A. centered nature of the majority of sourcebooks, but I would have to agree with the owner of a rival game company that the U.S.A. is pretty much the center of the modern superhero. And, it is the largest market, so there's good business sense there. Hell, at least HERO bothers to put out at least one book to give an idea of what is happening around the globe. Said rival never printed one since the first "unlimited" (hint, hint) came out. It's nice to have a game company realize that there IS a world outside the continental U.S.

Re: Wwycd #567419845626

Is it too late to recant my earlier post? There really ARE too many WWYC threads on this board!

Whisper - would really wish that Bethany would let him feed off of whoever is asking all these questions, but would answer anyway. "It's only polite, Whisper." " Yes, Mistress.":rolleyes:

The Specter - grateful for a chance to exercise his mind, and maybe come up with solutions that will be ready to mind if similar situations actually arise.

Re: Not quite a WWYCD: YWUA your PC...

Whisper and the Specter - Okay. Plus side, I'm immortal.

Me as Whisper - I'm now an life force vampire who's bound to a sickeningly innocent 12yr old girl. Kill me now. Okay, the ability to fly and move through non-opaque solids is knida cool, but all in all, this sucks.

Whisper as Me - Hopefully he eventually realizes that he needs to eat normal food and doesn't knock himself out (or kill me/himself) trying to walk through glass sliding doors. And after a couple of attempts to feed through his normal means, I'm going to find myself strapped to a bed when I return.

Me as the Specter - I would crap myself immediately. I don't have anywhere near the level of skill and experience to face off against the enemies the Specter has accumulated over 150 years. I would seek out the party wizard and explain to him what has happened, but the likely response would be "Oh, so you've been ripped from your reality and don't know how to return? Welcome to my life. At least you ended up in a world inhabited by your own species." And more self-indulgent moping would ensue.

The Specter as Me - Not immortal and less control over metabolic functions. That's bad. Hmm, has just become a security guard, oh, and what's this? His course manual. Better read up on that. Basically, he would take it in his stride and just try to rough it out. George is pretty good at getting into a routine.

The Specter and Whisper as Me - Freak out when they find out that their entire lives have existed for the amusement of others. "The Gods truly do play with dice."

Isn't it interesting that my character called the Specter is completely tangible and alive, whre the ghostly character is called Whisper?

Re: WWYCD - a deal with an extradimensional sadistic entity

Auto-flaggelation?

Re: Name That Band Hero!

BAD BOYS

Crash and Burn - Twin Brothers one's a Brick the other a fiery Energy Projector

Fast Train - The resident Speedster

Time - A Chronomancer and the leader of the group

Cat's Claw - A Werecat