Pariah

Re: Cap is dead!!!!

Just renewing my request for everyone who posts here to place in this sig:

 

CAPTAIN AMERICA LIVES!

 

If at least in our hearts where we hold his ideals of freedom, courage, and fighting for what you believe in, Steve Rogers aka the REAL Captain America lives on.

Done. And Repped.

Re: Cap is dead!!!!

I disagree. I think this is the time to buy Marvel. The company, not their comic books. And put people in the comic book arm that actually like superheroes, and can either (1) rebuild respect for the existing characters, and/or (2) create new characters for buyers to enjoy. Put an editorial staff together that can push for good storylines, and create over-arching multi-character plots (maybe annually), working with the writers on individual lines to avoid a re-hash of nonsense like we got in SW and CW.

 

All I have to do now is win the lottery. Hmmm... should probably consider buying a ticket; that might help.

This brings up an interesting idea. If all the writers here on the Hero Boards got together and pooled their resources--and I'm not just talking about cash; I'm talking about writing, artwork, and other talents--couldn't WE start our own comic book line?

That way, we'd know that at least one comic book publisher was even capable of telling good stories....

Re: ONE power: what do you do with it?

If there are no beings with powers I can summon' date=' then Extradimensional Movement, any time, any place, any world, safe blind movement. I can make a fortune or three, find beings with powers willing to make a few deals, hang out in fairly amazing times and places, it would be a blast.[/quote']

 

 

Sounds like Corwin of Amber. Having the power to travel to infinite worlds and experience infinite possibilities would be pretty cool, though you'd have to be careful about making infinite enemies....

Re: (worst ever)...reasons to be a supervillain

WWYCD: Twelve sci-fi channel executives have been launched into space aboard a living space station equipped with minimal supplies including a selection of muppets' date=' one DVD player and a large collection of C-list movies. Seven HBO executives have been transported back in time to 32 BC. The entire programming department of the FOX network has been eaten alive by cannibal berserkers. A previously unknown supervillain calling himself the Viewer claims responsibility. What would your character do?[/quote']

Nominate him for President?

Re: List of Forum Members - Super Teams & Members

Agents of the Pentarchy - They're superpowered operatives of a cabal of wizards/godlings, making sure things in the Multiverse turn out the right way. That is to say, the Pentarchy's way.

Ingenue (Amanda) - Abused suburban housewife who decided she just wasn't going to take it any more. Mentalist.

Desperado (Brian) - Spoiled, self-centered, French-Canadian professional skier whose attitudes were turned around by a date with a demon. Speedster with a BFG.

Jack - Former actor who developed shape-shifting powers.

Keandriel - Fallen angel who's trying to work his way back into a state of grace. Cosmic pool.

Bane - Executioner for an evil emperor who grew disgusted with his work, rebelled, and was executed himself. Now trying to find a purpose somewhere between life and death. Mini-brick with a variety of HUGE weapons (if you've seen Knightmare from Soul Calibre, you've seen Bane).

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

Deadboy, the Goth super hero (of "Status: Rock God" fame), was the only member of the team at the New Champions base when two heroes from out of town arrived to recruit heroes to help fight off a demonic invasion. On being awakened at 6:00 in the evening, he greets the two heroes at the door with, "Why'd you have to come so early? The sun's not even down yet."

Then, after calling everyone else on the team, he tells the two visitors, "Hang on, I've got to call my parole officer."

[The out-of-towners exchange nervous looks.]

"Hello, Steve? Yeah, there's some sort of invasion or something on an island off the coast. Is it okay for me to go, or will I get in trouble?"

[silence as 'Steve' replies, more nervous looks.]

"All right. If I don't come back, it's probably because I'm in the belly of a demon, so have a nice life."

Re: List of Forum Members - Super Teams & Members

And a retired team - who retired when the primary characters were in the 600 pt range and were bascially Avengers/JLA in thier world (well starting to be).

If you're talking about the JLA/Avengers of the world, you really need to post Watchtower. I'd do it, but I'm not sure I can remember everyone...

Re: adventure ideas?

Here's an idea, if we're talking about powered armor and such:

Some high-tech villain or organization has finally had it with the heroes' interference. They put all their plans on hold while they develop and execute a plan that will not only keep the heroes out of their hair, but local law enforcement, too.

They design and build robots whose appearance, powers, tactics, and special effects mimic those of the heroes perfectly (or almost perfectly, well enough to fool all but the most observant investigative reporters and cops, anyway). Then they turn the robots loose on the city, and a highly publicized crime wave ensues. Eyewitnesses testify that it's the heroes who are doing all the plundering: "I know it's Metal Man! He was using the same solar blast I saw him take out all those VIPER agents with at City Hall last spring!"

Obviously, with both the police and the press after them, the heroes can't go out in costume until this situation is resolved.

Re: Character: Socially Conscious Man!

Urges' date=' not expects. Socially Conscious Man is compassionate and idealistic, not clinically insane. [/quote']

Good point. It's a pretty fine line to walk.

Re: Character: Socially Conscious Man!

Socially conscious man is not a politician. Unlike politicians' date=' Socially Conscious Man really can solve all of society's real problems.[/quote']

 

I don't think it's fair to say that politicians can't really solve the problems of society. You can't really say they can't do it when they've never actually TRIED, after all....

 

However, Socially Conscious Man accepts peoples right to have social problems, and the right of politicians to claim to be able to solve them.

So SCM sees politicians' penchant for talking out of their backsides as a right? I guess it must be...there are certainly enough of them doing it, and none of them are getting arrested.

 

He merely urges due diligence and caution on the part of the press and public in assessing those claims, and that politicians act responsibly and with integrity, humility and restraint in making them.

So, basically, SCM expects the public to be educated and vigilant, and elected officials to be honest and accountable.

 

Yeah, lemme know how that works out for ya.

 

/cynic

Re: Character: Socially Conscious Man!

SCM's writeup looks good, but you forgot a couple of things:

Rep: Invented the Internet

Perk: Has an Oscar

Socially Conscious Man IS Al Gore, right...?

Re: UNTIL Uniforms - Now I know why they BUG me so much.

If I ordered the surprise and got lobster carved into little steak shapes' date=' it would be amusing and I would eat lobster.[/quote']

 

If you ever DO find a restaurant where they cut lobster into little steak shapes, let the rest of us know.

Re: matchmaker for masks?

First off, I have to say that the number of folks scoring Aurora here has me worried. Seriously worried.

Having said that, it looks like I'll be hooking up with Lois Lane. Ororo and Kitty are my back-ups.

Re: UNTIL Uniforms - Now I know why they BUG me so much.

And for that matter, I wondered why they even bothered to keep the name "Starship Troopers".

Think about it. If they had just changed the title and some of the character and location names, they could have made the movie and not had to pay any royalties, because the Heinlein estate would have had no idea that it was based on anything he'd ever written.

/rant

Re: UNTIL Uniforms - Now I know why they BUG me so much.

Those stupid helmets showed up on B5 security personnel too. Bleh.

Re: Help me with a villian

And if the Iron Angel / Arc Angel name thing is still a problem, you might go with Iron Eagle. Just a thought.

Re: Help me with a villian

May I humbly recommend someone like this:

* Martial Artist - It's one of the most common archetypes not accounted for in the group so far

* High EGO and PRE - Necessary to keep the others in line and useful for inspiring them to new heights in villainy

* Tactical skills - Someone's got to be the brains of this outfit, and it doesn't look like Wardog's gonna cut it

Put all of that together, and you come out with something like a villainous version of Captain America.

Re: Signs your Champions GM is now (fill in the blank)

6) The GM's cat leaps onto the table' date=' causing people to ask how many levels of growth it has. Usually, it sits down, allowing us to estimate based on the hex map. Picking up all the miniatures afterwards, however...[/quote']

 

This actually used to happen quite frequently in Lord Mhoram's campaign as well. It got to the point where the group referred to him as the Great Cat Of The Apocalypse.

 

 

RIP, Gump.

Re: WWYCD: Dependent no more

Smokeater has no DNPCs - part of the campaign rules.

Not true. You have 40 or so DNPCs. You just don't get any points for them.

Re: Sonof Secret Origins! When did you start reading superhero comics?

The very first comic book I ever bought was in 1983: Uncanny X-Men #173.

Great fight scene between Wolverine and Silver Samurai.

Re: Signs your Champions GM is now (fill in the blank)

Say... would anyone mind if I collected all of this and added it to the Humor section of my website?

Absa-fraggin'-lutely no objections. Do it. And post the link here.

Re: Best SuperHero Fights ever

I'm partial to the alley fight in Watchmen #3. Laurie (Silk Spectre), still emotional and upset about Dr. Manhattan, and Dan (Night Owl), feeling a little flustered by Laurie's arrival a few minutes earlier, get cornered by a street gang in a dark alley.

Boy, did that gang ever pick the wrong two people to mug.

The fight is made better by the fact that fight scenes are intermixed with scenes from a television program where Dr. Manhattan gets ambushed with accusations that he's been causing cancer in everyone close to him. So there are really two ambushes going on at the same time. Great scene.

Re: Richest Man in the World Disease

Great idea! Can I use it in my new Billionaires & Businessmen genre book? LOL

I want a copy of that Billionaires & Businessmen genre book...as long as it's not prohibitively expensive!

Re: UnCaped

"Honestly' date=' I only get it for the indepth articles and news coverage."[/quote']

Plus, they always have good editorial cartoons. Which is why the braille edition just doesn't work for me.

Re: "Back when I started playing Champions...."

When I was Seventeen, I built the first stages of the world that would become Legacies. I never looked back.

 

Twenty years later, I have three publications in Digital Hero and two more on the way. My current submissions I'm working are Foxbat For President, King of the Mountain, and Mind over Matter.

 

Once those are done, I'm going to do my best to BRING you Legacies, in glorious, living color. Yeah, that's right, color. I don't care how much I have to pay to bring you my world in the right way.

 

And you know something?

 

Even if it's a fool's errand. Even if only one person likes it. Even if it tanks...

 

It's still worth it.

 

It always was.

I've never even seen it, and I already like it. Repped.