Doctor Agenda

Re: Worst Hero Names (of your campaigns)

In my World of Alts game, one player had a crystal-armor guy named Smoky, 'cause he looked like a smoky quartz statue. Another was Mister Awesome, awesome master of gravity.

Re: Campaign Idea: Superhuman Bounty Hunters?

The USA put up about 4 million for two brothers in Mexico who run a narcotics operation and are protected by lots of muscle. In a super universe, those guys would be protected by super muscle.

Re: Make a Green Lantern Oath

Black Lightning had a poetic oath, a quote, I think:

Justice, like lightning

Should always appear,

To some men hope

To other men fear.

This isn't new to 6th Edition, but Night Vision is bought as +4 Sight Per, Only vs. Darkness Penalties, and it is described as working in total darkness, except that it doesn't work against the actual Darkness power. In the past I have ruled this as not applying in pitch blackness such as deep underground with no light source and a normal person can't see their hand in front of their face. That is, I've interpreted Night Vision as not applying under those conditions because there are no darkness penalties, you simply can't see. On the other hand, there's the 'total darkness' thing. Is the official intent that Night Vision work in conditions beside 'darkness fields' where light effectively does not exist (barring the stray photon here and there)?

Re: Post Apocalypse Resources

http://www.rpglibrary.org/settings/thundarr/

http://savageafterworld.blogspot.com/2009/10/savage-menagerie-great-white-gull_20.html

...if you like Thundarr the Barbarian-type post-apocalypses.

Re: Super Names

From a friend's game based in Hawaii:

Lono (Hawaiian god/culture hero)

Crimson Kahuna

Gator Grrl

Soundwave

Re: Super Names

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Re: Post Apocalypse Resources

Thanks, all. I come looking for resources for my new Thundarr-esque campaign and i find this treasure-trove!

Re: Will Stronghold

It would be a fun game to play in.

Re: Will Stronghold

Minimum 10 PD to reflect how hero kids can be thrown into walls with no significant injury?

Re: Music-themed groups

One band can provide a lot of hero and villain names, my age may be showing but Steely Dan and R.E.M. come to mind. Crimson Tide, Deacon Blues, Orange Crush, Electrolyte, Daysleeper, etc.

Re: Morgaine the Mystic of Crimelords

Good point. It might be a lot harder to get volunteers from the audience if they were concerned they might accidentally get permanently turned into a newt.

Re: Gestalt: Architects of Change: What Would *You* Like to See

Thanks! Repped and will be used as a resource in my next Champions Game, wich will be a 5th E. Gestalt chronicle.

Re: Hawaii Hero

This has been one of the most fun Champions games I have played in for a long time.

We have judged a surfing contest and had to save the prize money from an Iceman clone.

We provided security for an Ironman competition whose winners had a history of going missing (turns out they were being sacrificed to a sea god by a local cult).

We foiled a series of heists by the security-nullifying Video Vandals.

Plus, over half the members of the struggling band Frozen Aorta are on the team (New teammate Sonic Wave is also new lead singer). A friend is thinking of joining the game, I'm going to suggest that one of our two non-super band members 'have an origin' involving the hero team (Hero Corps, chosen by the fans).

The Scoobiness of it all is very refreshing. Most of the superhero games I've been involved in have been a bit grim.

Re: Rifts HERO?

Sorry to hear about the job situation NSG. Good luck with your new one!

Re: How much should strength cost?

I think having a break point is a good way to address the issue if it is one you see in your games. Best of both worlds, baby!

Re: Supers: How'd they get that way (and why do so many of them wear long johns?)

The real-world explanation for the costumes is, of course, artists who could basically draw nude outlines and impose a distinctive costume on them, influenced also by the tights and costumes of circus performers of the day. Gaudy skin-tight costumes have some practical uses though: they can make you instantly recognizable from a distance (don't shoot men, it's Captain Hammer!), they're easy to conceal under regular clothing (making quick changes easier), they allow a lot of freedom of movement, they distract from your face (making your civilian ID harder to recognize), they can be like the colors of a monarch butterfly or coral snake (warning people that you're dangerous) or the colors of a gang (identifying you as a member of the hero/villain community), and, not least, they show off your heroic physique (if you have one). Spandex-ish costumes have their drawbacks of course, but it isn't that unreasonable that a super who fights or commits crime might a (possibly trade-marked) costume to be worth the embarassment.

--Parentheses Man

Re: How much should strength cost?

The mark of a Characteristic priced correctly is what happens when you cost it differently. My experience has been that at 2 points per point of Str, Bricks tend to disappear. In heroic games people start buying Str with limitations like 'only to meet Str min of firearms'. Ambidexterity is an example of a Talent that's been over-priced, back when it was 3 points usually someone in a group would get it, I've never seen anyone get it since the price was upped to 9 points--they get Two-Weapon Fighting instead.

Re: Astro City: Roustabout

How much does a ferris wheel weigh? He held one of those up with one hand.

CES

Depends on how big, but a couple of hundred tons would be in the neighborhood.

Re: Who would be the Super Heroes of your region?

Hawaii:

Crimson Kahuna: matter-shaping surfer

Golden Raptor: Guyver clone

Gator Grrl: Half alligator, all woman

Lono: flying aquatic bricklet

Re: Who would be the Super Heroes of your region?

Columbia, SC: Southguard (as best as I can recall, this is from a game I ran in the nineties)

Steel Magnolia: metal-skinned brick

Victor: telekinetic

Remnant: revived mummy

Blue Sky: creative illusion-caster

Paladin: power armor jockey

Re: In your Universe ...

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Vin Diesel, and Madonna are all Empyreans.

I presume they are all real people who died young and were replaced by Empyreans altered to look like them. Madonna is about due to retire and be replaced by a human altered to look like her (AND the girl she replaced), if it hasn't been done already.

Any Empyrean Transmuter should be able to pull off the cosmetic alterations.

Re: Rifts HERO?

You could also have 'Hunted by Cyberjackers 8-' and maybe a Phys Lim: Bionics Affected by Cyberkinesis.

Re: Hawaii Hero

It may be worth noting that Gator Girl is well-off because she owns a chain of Cajun-Polynesian fusion restaurants.

Re: Hawaii Hero

Ummmm, Lua is bathroom.

 

Also you might want to get the lyrics for the Braddah Iz song for Maui. Maui is the hawaiian superman. There is alot of folklore about him and what he has done. Like supposedly he made the sun move slower, fished up the islands and other things too. Menehunes are the ones that are tricksters. You might want to see about the different islands.. for instance Kaua'i is the land where giants come from......

 

Ai- yes

A'ole- no

Maika'i is good.

 

Also make alot of food refrences.... Kaukau- food and always have enough to share because that is the Aloha way!

Sounds good, I heard Lua is also a Martial Art, but I won't be calling myself that now for sure. People might think I'm named after the island if I call myself 'Maui', but at least it will mean something to them. I will think on it.