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Re: Dogs, monkeys and robots

OK, I have a possible robot name, which I have often used for a bad-guy in my campaigns, but the name itself is fairly neutral:

Robo-Sapien.

As for the "Monkey" I think it should be a silver-back gorilla body with a human brain. But instead of the cliche "super-genius brain trapped in a big ape body," have him be just a regular guy. He was never anything special before, but now that he's got the strength and agility of a giant silver-back gorilla, he's gonna be (da-da-da-daaaah!) a super hero! He would be the group's muscle.

Re: The "Instant Change" Talent, live.

Just a quick note: The is actually called "America's Got Talent," and it's had several very impressive acts (many of which can be found on youtube.com). One of my favorites was the girl who did a hand-stand and shot a bow and arrow with her feet. That's right, folks, her feet (Ollie Queen, step up). Hit her target, too.

Re: Is "Way Station" a suitable addition for a superhero campaign?

Great idea. Would definitly fit into a supers game. Repped.

Re: DC Animated Ground Rules

I take this as high praise.

As I intended it. I have had ideas for several Justice League games, but never gotten to run them. Right now, I'd just love to get into almost any game from either side of the screen, but if I had somebody tell me he was gonna run the game you described, I would jump through the roof for the chance.

Re: DC Animated Ground Rules

I want to play this game. Very much. Where do you live? When are you running? I have ideas for so many characters: Hourman, Sandman, Mr. Terrific (modern), Nightwing, Captain Marvel. Firestorm.

This is a game I would love to run, if I could get players who would do it right. But even more, I would love, love, love to play in it.

Re: What power sets do you like, but never play?

Flying Brick

Martial Artist

Mimic

Super-Soldier

Re: Supervillain Monologues

Wrsetlers are great for monologue inspiration. I especially recommend Ric Flair and The Rock. I will never forget one match against Mick Folley. The Rock took the match out of the ring, grabbed a headset from the announcers' table, put it on, and started to do both play-by-play and color commentarie for his own match.

My other suggestion is Ozzymandias' monlogue from "Watchmen." Someone has it quoted in his sig. It ends with (paraphrasing), "Do it? I'm not some Republic Serial villain. I would never have revealed my master stroke if there was the slightest chance of you stopping it. I did it 35 minutes ago."

Oh, "The Incredibles" was great too.

Re: Help: How would you build this disad?

Hmmm... Maybe I should just drop the idea. Thanks for everyone's input.

Re: Help: How would you build this disad?

It's not a Dependance. He takes no damage from not using his powers, he starts to do damage to other people. And he could theoreticly be kept from using what I define as his active powers (flight, super-strength, eye beams) by something as simple as keeping him surrounded by people in his secret ID. Does this information change anybody's suggestions?

I have an idea for a character who's powers come from an unusual source: his cells are miniature nuclear reactors. The drawback is that if he doesn't use his active powers for at least an hour every day (not continuously), he begins to leak radiation, becoming a danger to those around him (obviously, he is immune himself).

How would you build this disad? All help would be appreciated.

Re: Batman vs Midnighter

Note' date=' I believe in the comic Captain Atom: Armageddon vol. 6, a 'Void' possessed Captain Atom fried both Midnighter and Apollo in two frames (and Jenny Sparks as well). After defeating rest of the Authority, Majestic, and the Wild Cats in previous comics, just as the Good Captain. This lead to an appearent reboot of the that Universe...[/quote']

 

Go Captain Atom! He was already one of my top 20 favorite comic characters, now he's entered the top 5.

Re: Batman vs Midnighter

You know what I would love to see? Midnighter comes up against a foe he absolutely can not beat. No matter how many times he runs the battle in his combat computer, it shows him getting killed. No matter what he tries. He simply can't win. How does he cope with this? A true hero would stand his ground and do every thing he possibly could to stop (or at least delay) the bad guy. I see the Midnighter running away screaming. Possibly with tears flowing down his face and a brown stain forming on the back of his pants.

Re: Comic Book Physics

With me, it varies. But in most of my games it's around the same level of reality as the Justice League animated series. Yeah, you can pick up a building (if you're strong enough), and hit the bad guy with it, but you'd better hurry and get that shot in before the building crumbles. Characters exchanging punches with 60+ strength will probably shatter nearby windows. You can run across water if you're fast enough. A guy with normal-human maximum strength can throw or knock over a bad guy who outmasses him by a ton or so, if he catches the baddie by surprise and uses the right technique. It's not incredibly realistic, but it's fun.

Re: X-Men "Elseworld" game

Black Knight: Remy Lebeau (Leader of the Assasins and Thieves Guild)

 

 

My opinion? Forget Remy LeBeau. He's almost as overused, overexsposed, and over-rated as Wolverine. Almost. Instead, use Taskmaster. Awesome character, can take on the Avengers single-handed, smart as Hell, and he's a mutant to boot.

Re: Anyone know what happened to JLU?

I guess it really was 5 seasons, huh? Just doesn't seem that long. A big part of my frustration is that thanks to my work schedule, I wasn't able to see much of the last 2 seasons, and kept hearing about how they were getting better and better. Oh, well, I got my rant over with and will now wait for the DVDs and S-T-DVD movies. Thanks, all.

Re: WWYCD: Hero with "Questionable" Political Views

OK, Original topic:

Voltage: Would probably just look at the guy and say, "Dude, you need help. Like, professional. Seriously."

Have I played characters with different religious/political beliefes than myself? Absolutely. I am a non-denominational Christian (formerly Lutheran) and an independant political conservative. I have played characters who were Odinists, communists, athiests, Catholics, Wiccan, and any number of others.

I think the reason Pagan religions don't get taken more seriously in comics is because "gods" like Thor, Hercules, etc. are seen as just another group of supers. It's the same reaction one of my characters, Mass (an atheistic scientist) had when he met some of the Greek gods: "They're just superhumans, like us. If we had lived back then, we would have been worshipped as gods, too."

Re: "Thing ring, do your thing!"

I remember both these horrible cartoons. Sort of. I remember that they existed, and I remember that I watched them, but I don't remember any of the episodes. After reading the recap of the Magneto episode, I'm incredibly glad of that. Sounds like these were even worse that Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends.

Re: Sure signs that your player doesn't want to be in your 350 pt champions game.

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Don't forget that he'd still have everyman skills and all his other stats would be greater than the average persons (average person's primary characteristics=8, starting PC's primary characteristics=10). I still say that played correctly this could be a pretty effective hero. More effective as a villain, though (you'd be surprised what good looking people can get away with). Double effectiveness if female (this may seem sexist to some, but it is an unfortunate fact of life).

Re: Your Character: The Series (Not exactly WWYCD...)

Voltage: Wouldn't have his own show, but would co-star in "Mellennium Force: The Animated Series." Would be TV-PG or 14. Focus would be on superhero action and adventure, with interesting characterization and some deep themes and involved stories. Possible controversies would include heavy emphasis on the supernatural (especially the Greek Mythos and heavy magic-use), and Voltage's horn-dog personality (hey, he's a 19-year-old superhero. Hormones and testosterone off the scale).

Re: Sure signs that your player doesn't want to be in your 350 pt champions game.

Sure sign? His character has a 710 Comeliness.

You know, played correctly, that can be a very effective power.

Re: Titles for your character

Voltage: Had 4 nick-names. The press usually referred to him as "The Human Generator," he called himself "The Most Electrifying Man in Mellennium City," and the girls he had gone out with had either called him "The Horn-Dog," or "Oh...Wow."

Re: WWYCD for a klondike bar? (humorous please)

Voltage: Would fly high into the sky, strip out of his costume, and buzz all the girls' dorms at MCU while naked. Then he would land beside the announcer and say, "Now that I've gotten my daily 'constitutional' out of the way, what was that about a Klondike Bar?"

Re: Killers

Two issues implicitly brought out by Chimpira (repped by the way):

 

 

2. If the good player characters should be beating the tar out of player character "heroes" who are villains, and arresting them, not adventuring with them, let that happen. Make sure people know this is a valid option too. Don't leave your players under the false impression that they are supposed to put up with murderous misbehaviour whether that would be in character for their heroes or not.

 

As a gamemaster in a four color game, you shouldn't be neutral between heroes and villains. This includes player character heroes and (soon to be former) player character villains.

 

The coldest words I have heard from a gamemaster, and the phrase you have to be able to say and back up, to be a real four color gamemaster, is:

 

Time for a moral decision. The hero wins. He's not you.

I agree with all the above. I ran one game where several of the players came to me and said of another PC that their characters would never adventure with him, and they didn't want him in the group. I replied "well, then, don't vote him in." (They were in the middle of a recruiting drive, and the new character was a replacement for that player's dead PC.) They basicly replied, "We can do that?" I said, "Yes! There's not a big 'PC!' stamped on his forehead." I, as a player, have had to make plans to take down my team-mates in case they ever "went rogue." Usually just certain ones, though. And this was years before Batman was shown doing pretty much the same thing in JLA.

Re: Killers

and they're not fighting orcs and undead.

Umm... sometimes they are