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Re: Superhero Legal Disclaimers How about this: "I am _______, and I'm placing you under citizen's arrest. I have metahuman abilities, and I will use them to prevent you from committing any further criminal actions. Surrender, and you will be remanded into police custody without further incident."

Re: What Kind of Heroes do you GM?

Re: Answers & Questions Q: Either you have an unhealthy fascination with prunes, or your handwriting is atrocious. What is this supposed to say, anyway? A: I had no idea hiccups would be a side effect.

Re: Superhero Legal Disclaimers

Re: What Kind of Heroes do you GM? Well, my current group is pretty balanced as far as player archetypes. We've got one Newbie, a Loonie, a couple of Powergamers*, a couple of Thespians, and something more than a century of combined Champions experience. It's a great group to play with. When GMing, I used to be pretty uptight about mechanics. One of my players actually voluntarily retired a character because with just a 30-point VPP, he was causing game balance issues. These days, I'm more concerned with the storytelling aspect of the game. Any kind of character is welcome, as long as s/he can fit in well with everyone else. The current hero lineup, for example, includes a fireman turned superhero, a Superman sidekick wannabe, an extreme sports star, a telepath/blaster with a coin fetish, a cellular manipulator with a winged snake for a pet, a marble-throwing blaster who walks on (and through) walls, and the reluctant leader of a centuries-old secret mystical society. They have radically different backgrounds and attitudes, but they're united for a common purpose. Their differences make them fun to run, and their collective and individual heroism makes them worth running in the first place. -- *Lord Mhoram claims to be a 'reformed' Powergamer. Keep telling yourself that, pal.

Re: Heroes and Nukes! Just a few thoughts: 1. There is ABSOLUTELY NO WAY to detonate a 300 megaton nuclear (or is it 'nuk-ya-ler'?) weapon covertly. Satellite recon and seismograph stations make that sort of explosion impossible to miss. As soon as it goes off, the rest of the world is going to know about it 2. The effects of an unplanned, unsanctioned nuclear detonation would be provocative at best and catastrophic at worst. The very least that such an explosion would do is to set the entire world (see #1, above) at a state of heightened nuclear awareness, not unlike the scariest parts of the Cold War. At worst, it's not unlikely to arouse the wrath of some nation (India? Pakistan?) who's convinced that the attack is the work of their mortal enemies and launch a counterstrike. One thing leads to another, and pretty soon, all the nuclear nations are playing the game. World War III, anyone? 3. If, after the consequences discussed on this thread are revealed to him, your player still insists on nuking the island, Let him. But have him make appropriate skill rolls along the way. When he blows one, well, your campaign still has all the same problems as before, but at least that particular character's not around anymore to worry about them.

Re: Answers & Questions Q: You were supposed to be here at 8:30! And who is that tramp you've brought with you, anyway? A: No woman in her right mind would do that!

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Smoothie maker. You can never have too many smoothies. New Topic: The best thing NOT to plug into an electrical outlet.

Re: [What If] Dr Destroyer really did die. What now? This would make one heck of a "What If" adventure. If it ever got written and published, I'd buy it.

Re: [CHAR] Iron Maiden As Bill & Ted would say, "Iron Maiden? Excellent!" She looks tough. Hate to run into her in the "Grrrl Power" thread.

Re: Your character gets 50 points for a base Mine would have a hyperdrive (or a warp core).

Re: Answers & Questions

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... In Freak Squad campaign, our characters have followed some leads to a local occult bookstore. As they're leaving, Robert Plant (yes, from Zeppelin) arrives in a black Corvette with a black dog in the passenger's seat. This is suspicious enough in and of itself, but when he uses his Casual STR to resist the team mini-brick's attempt to restrain him, we begin to get really nervous. Coldfire: I'm beginning to think this isn't the real Robert Plant. Humongous: An artificial Plant?

Re: Answers & Questions Q: What's with the sudden interest in New Mexico, honey? Q: Didn't Procrastinators Anonymous have a meeting today? A: Nobody could possibly be that stupid.

Re: What if the Justice League was really a league?

Re: Character: No-One Polka? J. Strauss' Thunder and Lightning Polka could serve as interesting inspiration... I could also point out that I once built a character that was passingly similar to No One. I called him Nowhere Man. You could probably make a whole superteam based on Beatles songs.

Re: WWYCD: Grrrl Power- emphasis on Grrr Thunderstrike suddenly misses Black Cat and Gibraltar, who have been off-world for years, quite a bit less. Jack Diamond begins investigating what has happened, and when he finds out how it all started, he tries to find a way to fix it selectively--leaving the female members of Vengeance's staff more aggressive than normal, for example. Morningstar seeks out out Terminal Velocity, who's overdue for a beating.

Re: Character: No-One I think I've seen more interesting characters, but No One comes readily to mind.... [cue rimshot] One quick question: No One has The Band as DNPCs and The Police as a hunted. Has No One got something going on with 60's and 70's musical groups?

Re: Changing direction mid-jump Buy a limited form of Gliding defined as "changing direction during a jump through sheer muscle control" (or something equally daft).

Re: The Question write up? Great moment indeed. And Jeffrey Combs is perfect for his voice.

Re: Answers & Questions Q: What did I say to my ex-girlfriend after watching Titanic? A: It's not the most disgusting thing I've seen today, but it's close.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Rorschach. Not just because he'd be a lousy neighbor, but that neighborhood is a sewer. And his landlady? No thanks.

Re: test. Please, no, for the love of all that is good and holy...and tasty...

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Harlequin, Poison Ivy, and a big vat of strawberry Jell-O. New Topic: Superman's most embarrassing moment.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat They're appearing in a Celebrity Supers Softball Tournament against the Avengers, the West Coast Avengers, and the X-Men. Look out, Defender, Wolvie is one sneaky pitcher. New Topic: Creative uses for an abandoned VIPER base.