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Re: The Guardians Project - Lets build the original Champions Ok. Apparently my Hero designer got stuck on 200 base +150 Complications instead of 400+75

Re: The Guardians Project - Lets build the original Champions Here's my first pass. Pretty much directly based on the Flare write-up in the comics. But she kinda ended up costing a lot. Flare - Terri Feran [table] [tr] [td=align: center]VAL[/td] [td=align: center]CHA[/td] [td=align: center]Cost[/td] [td=align: center]Total[/td] [td=align: center]Roll[/td] [td=align: left]Notes[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: center]25[/td] [td=align: center]STR[/td] [td=align: center]15[/td] [td=align: center]25[/td] [td=align: center]14-[/td] [td=align: left]HTH Damage 5d6 END [2][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: center]23[/td] [td=align: center]DEX[/td] [td=align: center]26[/td] [td=align: center]23[/td] [td=align: center]14-[/td] [td=align: left][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: center]23[/td] [td=align: center]CON[/td] [td=align: center]13[/td] [td=align: center]23[/td] [td=align: center]14-[/td] [td=align: left][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: center]15[/td] [td=align: center]INT[/td] [td=align: center]5[/td] [td=align: center]15[/td] [td=align: center]12-[/td] [td=align: left]PER Roll 12-[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: center]13[/td] [td=align: center]EGO[/td] [td=align: center]3[/td] [td=align: center]13[/td] [td=align: center]12-[/td] [td=align: left][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: center]20[/td] [td=align: center]PRE[/td] [td=align: center]10[/td] [td=align: center]20[/td] [td=align: center]13-[/td] [td=align: left]PRE Attack: 4d6[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: center]8[/td] [td=align: center]OCV[/td] [td=align: center]25[/td] [td=align: center]8[/td] [td=align: center][/td] [td=align: left][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: center]8[/td] [td=align: center]DCV[/td] [td=align: center]25[/td] [td=align: center]8[/td] [td=align: center][/td] [td=align: left][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: center]3[/td] [td=align: center]OMCV[/td] [td=align: center]0[/td] [td=align: center]3[/td] [td=align: center][/td] [td=align: left][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: center]5[/td] [td=align: center]DMCV[/td] [td=align: center]6[/td] [td=align: center]5[/td] [td=align: center][/td] [td=align: left][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: center]10[/td] [td=align: center]PD[/td] [td=align: center]8[/td] [td=align: center]10/15[/td] [td=align: center][/td] [td=align: left]10/15 PD (0/5 rPD)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: center]10[/td] [td=align: center]ED[/td] [td=align: center]8[/td] [td=align: center]10/30[/td] [td=align: center][/td] [td=align: left]10/30 ED (0/20 rED)[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: center]5[/td] [td=align: center]SPD[/td] [td=align: center]30[/td] [td=align: center]5[/td] [td=align: center][/td] [td=align: left]Phases: 3, 5, 8, 10, 12[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: center]10[/td] [td=align: center]REC[/td] [td=align: center]6[/td] [td=align: center]10[/td] [td=align: center][/td] [td=align: left][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: center]80[/td] [td=align: center]END[/td] [td=align: center]12[/td] [td=align: center]80[/td] [td=align: center][/td] [td=align: left][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: center]10[/td] [td=align: center]BODY[/td] [td=align: center]0[/td] [td=align: center]10[/td] [td=align: center][/td] [td=align: left][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: center]40[/td] [td=align: center]STUN[/td] [td=align: center]10[/td] [td=align: center]40[/td] [td=align: center][/td] [td=align: left][/td] [/tr] [/table][table] [tr] [td]Movement[/td] [td]Combat[/td] [td]NCmbat[/td] [td]Notes[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Running[/td] [td=align: center]12m[/td] [td=align: center]24m[/td] [td=align: left]END [1][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Swimming[/td] [td=align: center]4m[/td] [td=align: center]8m[/td] [td=align: left]END [1][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Leaping[/td] [td=align: center]4m[/td] [td=align: center]8m[/td] [td=align: left]4m forward, 2m upward[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Flight[/td] [td=align: center]25m[/td] [td=align: center]50m[/td] [td] [/td] [/tr] [/table][table=width: 1024] [tr] [td]Cost[/td] [td]POWERS[/td] [td]END[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: right]60[/td] [td]Light Powers: Multipower, 60-point reserve[/td] [td=align: right][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: right]4[/td] [td]1) Light Beam: Blast 12d6 (60 Active Points); Beam (-1/4), No Knockback (-1/4)[/td] [td=align: right]6[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: right]6[/td] [td]2) Pulse Bolts: Blast 8d6, Autofire (5 shots; +1/2) (60 Active Points)[/td] [td=align: right]6[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: right]4[/td] [td]3) Light Cone: Blast 8d6, Area Of Effect (16m Cone; +1/2) (60 Active Points); No Range (-1/2)[/td] [td=align: right]6[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: right]5[/td] [td]4) Lightfield: Darkness to Sight Group 8m radius, Personal Immunity (+1/4) (50 Active Points)[/td] [td=align: right]5[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: right]6[/td] [td]5) Dispelling the Darkness: Dispel Darkness to Sight Group 20d6 (60 Active Points)[/td] [td=align: right]6[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: right]6[/td] [td]6) Flare Blast: Sight Group Flash 12d6 (60 Active Points)[/td] [td=align: right]6[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: right]6[/td] [td]7) Blinding Blast: Blast 6d6, Attack Versus Alternate Defense (Flash Defense (Sight); +1/2) (45 Active Points)Sight Group Flash 3d6[/td] [td=align: right]5[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: right]0[/td] [td] [/td] [td=align: right][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: right]25[/td] [td]Flight 25m[/td] [td=align: right]2[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: right]10[/td] [td]Mental Defense (10 points total)[/td] [td=align: right]0[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: right]10[/td] [td]Sight Group Flash Defense (10 points)[/td] [td=align: right]0[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: right]5[/td] [td]Ultraviolet Perception (Sight Group)[/td] [td=align: right]0[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: right]15[/td] [td]Luck 3d6[/td] [td=align: right]0[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: right]0[/td] [td] [/td] [td=align: right][/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: right]24[/td] [td]Resistant Protection (5 PD/10 ED)[/td] [td=align: right]0[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: right]8[/td] [td]Resistant Protection (10 ED) (15 Active Points); Only Works Against Light Based Powers (-3/4)[/td] [td=align: right]0[/td] [/tr] [/table][table] [tr] [td]Cost[/td] [td]SKILLS[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td=align: right]5[/td] [td]Language: German (imitate dialects)[/td] [/tr] [/table][table=width: 1024] [tr] [td]COMPLICATIONS[/td] [td=align: right]Value[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Unluck: 2d6[/td] [td=align: right]10[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Susceptibility: 1d6 damage Instant Anti-Photonic Energy[/td] [td=align: right]5[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Vulnerability: 2 x STUN Edged Weapons (Very Common)[/td] [td=align: right]30[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Psychological Limitation: Code against killing (Common; Total)[/td] [td=align: right]20[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Psychological Limitation: Attention Seeker (Common; Strong)[/td] [td=align: right]15[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Physical Limitation: Ages at twice normal rate (Infrequently; Slightly Impairing)[/td] [td=align: right]10[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Hunted: DEMON Frequently (Mo Pow; NCI; Harshly Punish)[/td] [td=align: right]25[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Hunted: Poinsetta Frequently (Mo Pow; Harshly Punish)[/td] [td=align: right]20[/td] [/tr] [tr] [td]Social Limitation: Secret Identity (Frequently; Major)[/td] [td=align: right]15[/td] [/tr] [/table] Base Pts: 200 Exp Required: 201 Total Exp Available: 201 Exp Unspent: 0 Total Character Cost: 401

Re: The Guardians Project - Lets build the original Champions As much as I love the taste of tears -- modern day

Re: The Guardians Project - Lets build the original Champions Good point. Let's try and do this without VPPs and keep these guys at starting xp. Sample characters like they would have been.

Re: The Guardians Project - Lets build the original Champions Only if you ask nicely

Re: The Guardians Project - Lets build the original Champions Yeah. I have the same issue. So there are a few that are must converts (like the three Superman analogues that show up in every campaign I run) and a few of my favorite villains. Oh, and Moon Maid, the Marilyn Monroe of the 1960s superheroes!

I am starting a Golden Age Champions/Pulp fusion game that hill hit somewhere between Planetary/Hellboy and Indiana Jones/Doc Savage. I essentially want all the feel of the pulps and golden age with some of the grit/realism of Indian Jones (or Planetary). For example: Racism will be real and present, but the "Yellow Peril" will be fully formed, believable human beings that just happen to be Asian. I hope you get where I am coming from. The group will be like the League of Extraordinary Gentlemen in that they will be solo heroes that gather together for major threats (which will let me jump from the late 1920s to the 1940s without it taking 20 years to play). This is what I need: Phantom analogue - Multiple generational hero. The original hero was an officer on a ship that was hit by pirates in the Atlantic. The working name is Crison Wraith. I need a better name. I also want twin legacy heroes in the civil war. One north and the other south. They need two names that dovetail off of the original name. Lone Ranger analogue - Pinkerton Agent that is 'raised from the dead' by Indians. Phantom Rider is what I have. Give me a better name. The Bureau - This is my working name for the Hero team. Justice Bureau, something like that. Help me out here. Help me with your mighty brains.

Re: The Guardians Project - Lets build the original Champions Trust me. I'm living the dream with the "Champions Powers" bundle for HD.

Re: The Guardians Project - Lets build the original Champions Flare is a pretty easy one, at least from a starting point, since her stats were written for 1st edition in "Champions" #1

Re: The Guardians Project - Lets build the original Champions [Whine]But these at 5th ediiiiition. What aboooout 6th Ediiiiiton?[/Whine]

Re: The Guardians Project - Lets build the original Champions All the data I can find (some from you) indicates that he was the one trapped in his alien battlesuit. Now, I have no idea if that is true or not, but that's the only one that I can find that fits the armored guy on the back cover of Champions 1st Ed.

Re: The Guardians Project - Lets build the original Champions I was searching the archives just in case you did.

Re: DNAgents for Champions in DIfferent Worlds magazine #34? Anyone have that? Awesome stuff. That's the way I (vaguely) remembered it. I did love the evolution of Ratman and Saker was a much better name than Doctor Apocalypse.

Re: Darren's Golden Age Sneak Preview #3: Ghost Cabbie! You must spread some Reputation around before giving it to SSgt Baloo again... blah blah Great pic.

Recent discussions regarding the Guardians (the original team that appeared in 1st Edition Champions) has brought us to a discussion about updating these characters to 6th Edition. No official write-up was ever provided for these characters, though some appeared in the first 6 issues of the "Champions" comic book by Dennis Mallonee. Dennis is the President of Heroic Publishing where some of the Guardians continue to this day, some under different names, as the Champions. Before we start, I would like to say that this is a tribute to the original super team from our favorite RPG. It is not intended as a challenge to copyrights held by Heroic Publishing, Dennis Mallonee, the family of Mark Williams or any other copyright holder or creator. These characters are presented without expressed permission. First, we need to identify our subjects. The Back Cover of Champions 1st Edition Gargoyle, Flare (not sure it that's her), and Dove (possibly?) Titan Front Cover of Champions II (1st print) Flare and Goliath Back Cover of Champions II (1st print) Rose and Marksman Front Cover of Champions II (2nd print) Icestar, Rose, Marksman, Flare and Goliath Back Cover of Enemies II Gargoyle, Icestar, Marksman, and Goliath So, here is our list (unless I am incorrect due to the multiple characters that may be Flare). The notes I have added were taken from this thread and posted by steriaca in 2003. I cannot attest to the veracity of the details, but they ring true (test below edited for spelling errors and clarity). Dove - Winged hero (details pending) possibly "high Presence with the limitations Only For Attack/Only To Look Heroic. Dove got lots of press and fan mail." Dove Titan - "A man trapped inside an alien suit of battle armor. He is best known for his force field and high Presence with the limitations Only For Attack/Only To Look Heroic. Dove got lots of press and fan mail." Flare - "She is an energy projector (light), and one of four children made as a Nazi experiment in the years after World War 2 (with Nazis hiding out in South America). One draw back to the process is that she starts to age faster than a normal human." Gargoyle - "Brick who took a chemical which slowed him to change (same chemical as the villain Gremlin)." Goliath - "He was called Giant in the Champions Comic Book. Goliath found a mystical belt made by the Gods of Olympus, and granted the ability to change sizes. Was, in reality, the second Goliath (first one fought in World War 2)." Icestar - "Heroic mutant energy projector (Ice). Killed by Doctor Destroyer at the Battle Of Detroit. Known for his relaxed manner, is a practical joker and a lady's man. Unknown to him, his girlfriend, Cynthia Woo, is secretly his arch enemy, Madam Synn." Marksman - "Martial Artist/Gadgeteer. Marksman has a mutant ability which reduces his aging. His weapons are Sonic Pistols. " Rose - "Believed to be the reincarnation of her grandmother (she was born the same day her grandmother died), Rose is a mentalist with a mystical bent. When she uses her powers there is a smell of roses. In love with Marksman." And we're off.

Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster My girl and I are in the Hyatt and we've taken Thursday and Friday off. So, we're good to go. Thread-jacking over

Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster It's a great place to eat and I work three blocks from the Hyatt, so I will be play Local Geography Man™

Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster Excellent. But I do love Ptty Pat's Porch

Re: Make Your Own Motivational Poster OT: Steve, you go to D*Con? I feel we need to get a group of HEROphiles and meet for lunch this year.

Re: Can you post character builds on these forums? I usually output to the html or rtf version I favor and then use DoPDF to "print" to PDF. Works like a charm and gives me some flexibility to tweak the output file before making it a pdf

Re: What Have You Watched Recently? When you're as prolific as Michael Caine you are going to let a few stinkers slip in there that are not your fault. But when you have movies like "Get Carter", "The Italian Job", "Sleuth" (the original), "The Man who would be King", and "Alfie" on your resume, you can be excused a few bad ones. Come to think of it, Jude Law did an "Alfie" remake. Maybe he's just a big Caine fan without the same skills.

Re: What Have You Watched Recently? How is it? I am always skeptical when it comes to Comic Book documentaries.

Re: Some Strange Inventions That was exactly what I was thinking. The Warwheel from "Blackhawk" combined with these bikes. [ATTACH=CONFIG]42583[/ATTACH]

Re: DNAgents for Champions in DIfferent Worlds magazine #34? Anyone have that? You are correct. What I meant to say is that DDwtD was the first place they appeared.

Re: "Neat" Pictures Hermit. I got you this: Yes. It's a real stained glass window.