CountZero

Re: Kasumi Background Data

Re: DoA Characters Darn, because the character's from DoA I'd be looking for would (mainly) be Ayame, Kasumi, Hayate & Ryu Hayabusa (though for Ryu I'd be more going for Ninja Gaiden Ryu). EDIT: (Though that might be something for Ninja Hero or then Champions.)

Re: DoA Characters This reminds me, has anyone considered doing write-ups of the characters as depected in the "Dead Fantasy" videos (as far as the 3 Dead or Alive characters and the 3 Final Fantasy characters or would the point cost be a little high for Hero/Champions)?

Re: Urban Fantasy dead horses. This might have already been mentioned, but a Dead Horse that tends to bug me in Urban Fantasy is either Science = Bad, or Magic Breaks Science. Science = Bad - Science either strips the wonder out of the world, leaving a bland, grey world, whereas magic makes everything colorful and shiny, though more Dangerous. Or, while the writer doesn't explicitly say that All Science Is Bad, the majority of the scientists in their books (with the exception of the Token Good Scientists) tend to be more then a little unethical, and by "a little unethical" I mean one step below Mengele. It doesn't help this "trope" that whenever I've encountered it's completely anvillicious (or at least feels that way). Magic Breaks Science - This is one little pet peeve with the Dresden Files, where ever Harry Dresden goes, every gadget in the vicinity follows. If I picked up Harry by the road in my new car, my car would just completely fail in about 5 seconds. In a Role-Playing Game, this is one thing, as it makes for game balance. When you're writing a novel, you don't have to worry about Game Balance. And, frankly, I've seen this in just enough other places as well for this to annoy me. It's not quite a deal-breaker for me if done to a certain amount of moderation (I still enjoy the Dresden Files), but it is a slight annoyance.

Re: Illegal Cross-Continent Road Race Hero

Re: Anime series as a campaign Interesting fact: When the anime was being made, the animators went to Chicago, took very detailed photographs of many of the major areas where action was taking place, reference photographs of every single gun that was being used, test fired every single gun being used (and filmed it). And, apparently, Gunsmith Cats is responsible for so many guns in Anime anymore being recognizable as real-life guns. Anyway, the Fatal Fury OVAs and the Street Fighter series could work very well for a ninja hero campaign. (Or even, for that matter, taking the interesting metaplot of the King of Fighters games and adapting that.)

Re: The downsides of the Iron Age Since there's been a lot of people referring to The Punisher as an exemplar of what they don't like about the Iron Age, a lot of thoughts have bounced into my head about my particular dislikes of the Iron Age, which I've referred to earlier, but I might as well clarify on. I wonder, perhaps, if some people's dislike of The Punisher is not because of the character itself (bear with me here) but it's misuse. You see, The Punisher is not a Super. "Duh," you say, but bear with me. However, he interacts with them far too often. The Punisher is, basically, Mack Bolan. He's a Dark Champions character. In many ways, the idea behind Dark Champions is to play The Punisher, or The Shadow, or Mack Bolan, or Steven Segal. The Punisher is not in the same metaphorical world as many of the Supers he encounters (with the notable exception of Daredevil), but he encounters them (especially with Garth Ennis' run on the Marvel Knights title), far too often. My favorite Punisher stories have never focused on super villains or the big mega-events going on in the universe, generally. I'd make exceptions for things like the various alternate universes and what Frank Castle was like there (like Age of Apocalypse or House of M), but he shouldn't particularly running into Spidey, Wolvererine, or Captain America as often as he does. Oh, and he especially should not be running into The Hulk! I must confess, I have not read The Punisher very regularly (though I intend to add the Marvel MAX title to my pull box). However, my favorite Punisher stories are ones that tend to focus on the human side of the character, something that never particularly happened during Ennis's run. For example, my favorite story by far was when one of Frank's friends from the Vietnam War lost everything and had killed several people. Frank went to kill his old friend, not only because he crossed the line and ended up on his turf, but also to try and preserve some of his old friend's dignity (as a trial and incarceration would only further humiliate him). It was, IMHO, a good story, with some good dialog. But, anyway, as far as my dislikes of the Iron Age, one of my biggies has to be the growing cynicism of the comics. Everybody's got an angle, is plotting something, or has something to hide, and nobody gets along. I would love if, as the JLA series gets in gear as it progresses from OYL, it got a bit of the fun it had in the days when Blue Beetle & Booster Gold were alive, and the comic would make you, you know, laugh every now and then. It doesn't have to be all comedy, all the time, but having comedy there would be great. Same with The Avengers. By having Spidey on the time, I thought that we'd have something to inspire chuckling, if not chortling, as the Avengers thwarted Hydra's evil plot with a wisecrack (or two) from Spidey, perhaps with Peter's sense of humor spreading to the rest of the members of The Avengers. I can see it now... (*makes harp-flashback sound and waves his arms up and down*) Hydra Goon: Hail Hydra! When one falls (*gets KO'd by Spidey*) Spider-Man: "Two-more will rise to take his place." Yeah, yeah, we know. Don't you guys have anything else to say? (*Whack*) Jeez, you'd think a pull-string toy could do this job. (*Pow*) Iron Man: (*Zappow*) And it's not like their fighting would suffer. (*Zap*) Hell, it might even improve! Captain America: (*Ricochet's his shield off the wall, off the head of a Hydra goon, off the wall again, then off one Hydra goon into another Hydra goon, off the wall one more time, into one more Hydra goon, then back off the wall and into Caps' hand*) Spider-Man & Iron Man: Show-off!

Re: The downsides of the Iron Age Frankly, I haven't been seriously reading actual individual issue comic books for a while now, I've been going with the TPBs, in part because I haven't quite had the steady income in the past to have a subscription to a comic, or even to feel comfortable setting up a pull box at my FLC&GS. So, consequently, I know nada about Rob Liefeld, frankly, and I haven't really read enough Iron Age comics to say nail down ideas about what I like and don't like about the Iron Age comics. So I'll use moments, characters, and titles to signify what I like and don't like instead. Likes: Marvel MAX Punisher. Iron Age Beta Ray Bill (especially as portrayed in Stormbreaker). Kyle Rayner. The Warren Ellis Authority run (especially The Midnighter driving their battleship-thingie through the bad guy's base in the first storyline). Astro City Frank Miller's Sin City Daredevil (both Kevin Smith's, Bendis' and Mack's runs on the comic - and I especially love Mack's art style in addition to his writing). Kingdom Come Ultimate Spider-Man Astonishing X-Men (especially Joss' run). Dislikes: Marvel Knights Punisher (specifically Garth Ennis's tenure, though I liked his run on Hellblazer). Everything on The Authority after Warren Ellis left. The Ultimates (especially Ultimates Hulk) Ultimate X-Men at current (up to a certain point I kind of liked it, but a lot of the more recent stuff I don't like). Marvel Mangaverse (except for Mangaverse Doc Strange). And that's all I've got for now. I haven't read Marvel in a while, especially leading up to Civil War, and I'm far enough behind that it'd be a bit late for me to get into Civil War now, which is why I don't have any Marvel titles on my pull sheet, not because I hate the current state of Marvel comics, but because at present I'd be pretty lost). Just tossing in my two bits.

Re: Slayers Magic Spells

Re: Mecha in Star Hero Umm... the links to some of the forum threads are unfortunatly truncated, so if I click the links I get a 404 error. Could you please post the full links (or something), so I can fiew those threads?

Re: Your "2007" Pet Gaming Projects Okay, this is going to be somewhat elaborate: In the past two posts on my weblog (which can be found at http://count_zeroor.livejournal.com), I describe this massive crossover self-insertion fanfic thing I did in high school with my friends in my high school Anime club. Well, I'm going to resurrect this, with my college friends. And, I'm going to do my damnedest to write everything up (in part as a way to get familiar with the HERO system, and in part to keep my stories consistent), in HERO system. I'll try to put this all up on my web site (in part as a great way to drive up traffic to my web site ). I just need, in addition to the sourcebooks I've already got (in physical dead-tree), Ninja Hero, Fantasy Hero, and Star Hero, and I've already got PDFs of the last two (to tide me over until I get the dead-tree versions, I prefer dead tree versions). This will entail: Creating myself and the friends who have agreed to be included, and the various selected powers and weapons). The anime characters I'm inserting. The various mecha I'm inserting, both original, (like the Ahea Gundam, which has as a primary weapon, an Energy Glaive - as in the polearm), and borrowed (like the Zaku) The various spaceships I'll be using, both original and borrowed (such as the Nadesico). And, possibly, much more. If this gets as far off the ground as I've hoped, I could theoretically write up a full-fledged netbook, which really excites me.

I've just picked up Star Hero, and I'm looking for advice in creating a Mecha (Gundam/Xenogear style, not Mazanger Z Style). Now, I do have a copy of Mekton Z, but as I'm already planning on creating the characters with Hero system, (and, in general, Hero System is exactly what I need for the characters), I'd appreciate not having to create the characters again in the Mekton Z system, just for running the Mecha battles.

Re: Help creating sentient-multi-powers (think Witchblade)

Re: Help creating sentient-multi-powers (think Witchblade)

Re: The Powers of a Super-Butler And, to continue with the Radar O'Reilly effect, some kind of danger sense, so that whenever the Ming vase gets broken, he's already there (or just stepping into the room), with the broom and dustpan.