Argus

Re: WWYCD #91 - A matter of Family

So do I. Then some people started trying to create 'no-win' dilemnas' date=' instead of just posting a general situation ('What would you do if you were sent back in time?' 'What would you do if you met a good friend of yours working for VIPER?') and letting the reactions to that be open-ended, instead of having to follow a specific path of pain.[/quote']

 

 

Cheese and Rice Chuckg!

 

Let us just agree to disagree. We obviously come from two different worlds.

 

 

I’ll make you a deal. I’ll not post in your threads so as not to offend you.

 

A.

Re: WWYCD #92: Back to the Future

Argus - Would look to see how is past ended. Then go about building a new future for himself.

Re: WWYCD #91 - A matter of Family

In this case' date=' I don't see a problem with "it can't be cured through the direct use of your powers." Comic books use that trick fairly regularly, constantly if you note that all the supergenius gadgeteers in most comic book worlds have yet to come up with reproducible cures for AIDS, cancer, etc. The problem I see is the "You must reveal your identity" part of the question. Too much GM forcing required to keep players from just finding a doctor who understands the concept of privacy and making use of curtains or a mask.[/quote']

 

 

And if the reply was "I get my DNPC Doctor Killdare to do the blood transfusion thus keeping my ID out of the public eye." how could the GM object. The important part of the question is do you let a major evil die, when you know you can save him. Or do you save him at the risk of him learning you two are related?

Re: WWYCD #91 - A matter of Family

One more note:

 

 

 

I think that the question of reaction to a familly history of Evil is darn interesting, especially if your character must choose whether or not to save the life of a villain.

 

"Luke, I am your father."

Or in this case your "Grandfather"

A.

Re: WWYCD #91 - A matter of Family

Ya lost me there. If I read this correctly' date=' Gwen the fairy is her own Grandma? [/quote']

 

No I think she is saying that she is Tink's Daughter. Hook is Tink's Father and Wendy is her Grandmother.

 

A.

Re: WWYCD #91 - A matter of Family

Gwen The Fairy: You mean Captain Hook is my gran-dad and Grandma Wendy (who she considers her grandmother though they are not related by blood) was a Bad guy?.. o_O That would mean Hook is mom's dad. O_O... I am related to Peter Pan AND Captain Hook AND Tinkerbelle, AND Granny Wendy was a bad guy once..... "Woah!" Wait till the the lost boys hear about this....

 

Though Gwen would end up giving the transfusion, mostly because she couldn't let Hook die like that....

 

~Amused~

 

P.S. I edited the relations to make it fit the way the intention of the WWYCD seem to be

Funny, very funny.

I'm Amused.

A.

Re: WWYCD #91 - A matter of Family

But I have *fun* solving problems and figuring ways to escape "inescapable" dilemnas.

 

In fairness, any DM whose campaign I join is told this, up front... I don't believe in no-win situations, and I'll do my level best to Kirk any you send me. This has gotten me uninvited from some games... and invitations to others.

With an 80 VPP I guess you could Kirk your way out of anything.

I guess these WWYCD questions should be for the Humble Heroes who can't do whatever they wish whenever they wish.

You have to look at the core of the questions and if your character is not equipped to answer with anything more then I snap my finger and it goes away. Why waste the time of others to post the same thing over and over.

I posted in the post that they have called in the worlds Best Mystics, Doctors and Healers. But you think that it should apply to you.

I’m sorry if my answer didn’t fit your idea of how I should run things. Maybe next time you shouldn’t answer.

A.

In a world with out pain how can you tell if you are happy?

Re: WWYCD #91 - A matter of Family

> I’m sorry a Cosmic Power Pool couldn’t save Captain Marvel and it will not

> save Grandpa either.

 

But a simple blood transfusion will? Amazing, that somebody with an 80-point VPP that's already been shown in-game to be able to heal *anything* short of death by natural causes (i.e. -- old age) and/or the soul already having left the body, is somehow magically unable to touch something that a simple blood transfusion can fix.

 

Didn't we already go through this in the other thread? If somebody happens to have a character whose powers allow them to escape the 'inescapable' dilemna, it's massive DM hosing for the DM to simply slam their foot down and go "No! It doesn't work!"

 

> If Dr. Pain is a real doctor

 

Actually, he's an ex-pro wrestler. That was his stage name.

 

> then he will understand the procedure calls for the blood to come directly

> from the donor and into the patient while the patient is given plasma to

> replenish the supply. Any other method causes too large a drop in the

> white blood cells to be any good to the victim.

 

Even if it's actually freshly drawn in the next room?

 

BTW, effective transfusions of plasma, red cells, white cells, /and/ whole blood -- from stored blood -- have all been possible for years. This ain't the 1950's any longer.

 

> The question is. “Do you give the blood at the cost of your reputation or

> do you let the man die?â€

 

I might ask why giving the blood so inevitably leads to the loss of your reputation, as the doctor running the transfusion doesn't *HAVE* to be a total blabbermouth about it. (For example, if this was a JSA comic, the teammate in question would simply have Dr. Mid-Nite run the transfusion -- while the villain was sedated and didn't know who was in the next bed -- and *nobody* outside the team would know who the donor was.)

 

> Not “How do you get around it?â€

 

Your players must /really/ feel encouraged to use their brains and try to attrack problems with creative solutions in your campaign. Seeing as how you're so enthusiastic about encouraging it, after all.

 

There's a word for people who arbitrarily railroad players into no-win situations because they feel it proves something.

I read the other thread also.

A.

"Have you been called a Dweeb today? Don't worry the day's still young."

Unknown.

Re: WWYCD #91 - A matter of Family

Style - "So my father was a hero turned villain, my grandmother was a villain, and my mother's father was a now dying arch-villain. Well, I'm feeling very depressed." Then he'd go and try to heal his grandfather. This sort of thing happens to him all the time.

 

AnimeGai - Not an organic life form. If he were for some reason to believe this were true, he'd simulate the appropriate angst and then try to find some cure for the disease (no blood).

 

Flesh Gordon - "Hey, Grandma was hot! I wonder how I'd look in one of those outfits? You know, maybe with a split leather kilt thing? Oh, yeah, grandpa needs my blood. Not a problem. You know, I always thought he was kinda buff for such an old guy. I wonder what he squats..."

I like your replies.

Re: WWYCD #91 - A matter of Family

** Starguard -- *BAMF*. He's healed. (The Power Cosmic is so nice for these little problems.)

 

** Dr. Pain -- has a (very) trusted and medically-adept friend draw the blood and store it. Then he has the blood brought in... with no labels on the bottle. Leading to this conversation:

 

Doctor -- "We got the blood."

 

Villain -- "From where?"

 

Doctor -- "The donor asked to remain confidential."

 

Villain -- "How do I know it's the right blood?"

 

Doctor -- "One, we already cross-matched a sample of it to a sample of yours in the lab, and the results were positive. Two, in your current position what have you got left to lose?"

 

Villain -- "I /will/ find out where you got it, you know."

 

Doctor -- "Hey, they didn't even tell /me/. All they did was hand me X units of whole blood with all the proper test results attached, but no name or biographical data on the forms."

 

** Baron von Darien -- is undead, and can't give blood transfusions. Furthermore, he has no living descendants... being predeceased by your wife and only child /before/ you're turned into a vampire, over 1100 years ago, really thins out the ol' family tree.

I’m sorry a Cosmic Power Pool couldn’t save Captain Marvel and it will not save Grandpa either.

If Dr. Pain is a real doctor then he will understand the procedure calls for the blood to come directly from the donor and into the patient while the patient is given plasma to replenish the supply. Any other method causes to large a drop in the white blood cells to be any good to the victim.

The question is. “Do you give the blood at the cost of your reputation or do you let the man die?â€

Not “How do you get around it?â€

A.

For Characters that have Parents.

While going through the attic, basement, or estate of your recently deceased grandmother you fine positive proof that your Grandmother secretly was the Super-Villainous Madam Sin in the 1940’s.

You also find proof that her first husband, your mother’s father, is the Arch Villain that is considered my most to be your archenemy. –Fill in Name Here- is also dying of a rare blood disease and needs a full transfusion from a relative with the same blood type, which you have. Your mother knows nothing of this if she is still alive neither does any of your siblings if you have any.

If you give him the transfusion you reveal that you are related to him. If you don’t give him the transfusion he dies.

The doctors have called in the world foremost mystics, doctors and healers and they all agree that the blood transfusion is the only way to save him.

A.

Re: WWYCD #81 A True Test of a Hero

An interesting turn in the WWYCD discussion.

Not what I expected, but keep it up.

A.

Re: WWYCD #81 A True Test of a Hero

Well, I'll take a stab.

 

1) Use OOC info gratuitously. I know many things my PC's don't...

2) Do things unimpeded by 'good roleplaying'. Those psych lims just _vanished_.

 

I expected more post like this.

I would imagine most people given the superpowers of the favorite character would end up using them completely opposite then the character they created.

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You show up at your weekly, or so, game and the GM hits you with a New Super Mage Villain.

During the Combat a terrible storm brews up outside and at a point when it looks like the Heroes are winning a bolt of lightning strikes the room you are sitting in.

Smoke clears and you find yourself waking up as your Superhero. You quickly learn that a 15d6 Energy Blast Hurts. When the Super Mage blasts you and teleports out.

What would you do now. You’ve played this character for some time and you know what he can do. You also know what is hunting you.

A.

Re: Crisis of Infinite Foxbats

As an infant he was rocketted to Earth by his people, the militaristic Slayans, to destroy and conquer it. Instead he grows up to be a great hero (with tiny bat wings), a mighty warrior (if a little clueless) and the most cosmic martial artist of all! Thrill to the incredible action of...

 

Ping-Pong Ball Z!!!

You, My friend are EVIL.

E Vile.

A.

Re: Crisis of Infinite Foxbats

Foxbat The Forgotten Years.

Re: What would your character do? #71

Of the character’s I’ve run only Defenser could have any impact on time. All the other characters would die off in 50 years and the time line would reassert itself .No harm done.

Defenser on the other hand has Full Life Support going for him so he would end up trying to change things that he remembers happening.

He’s also an ex-marine, with a Boy Scout way of looking at thing.

So if he is back at the dawn of human civilization he would try to better the world. He would show up at important times in history, depending on things he remembered and do his best to fight for Truth, Justice and you know the rest.

Re: I Need a Plot, and Fast!

Have a couple of interesting robberies happen while the heroes are helping out somewhere else. They are helping with a bus accident and someone across town robs a jewelry store.

They are helping with an apartment fire when they hit a string of gas stations. They are working on a broken gas line at a high school when they hit a bank.

They are just normal people but they are working for a Precog who knows when the heroes will be busy somewhere else.

A.

Re: Stopping Natural Disasters

I'm about to start a run where the Heroes will have to deal with a lot of Natural Disasters, and some man made ones also. I was planning on winging it and see what the characters came up with to deal with them. Mostly I think they will deal with the aftermath.

A.

Re: Super-strong ear muscles?

 

Also, if someone can explain how super-strong eye muscles improve vision, that'd be great too.

Well in truth Strong Eye Muscles would make you more Near Sighted. It is harder for your eyes to see things up close then far away.

A.

Re: Lesser Powered Villains

I'm running a game right now where the 350+ point characters have been out smarted by a 200 point norm. And are fighting 300 point villains 1 on 1.

Re: Superhero Images

Yes' date=' it is. I think a link has been posted around here somewhere...[/quote']

 

I found it on the Supervillain Thread.

Here are a few I did today.

Inferno, Tornado, and Lightning.

 

Members of The Masters of Disasters.

Re: Superhero Images

Here is a practice hero from Comic Artist.. I named him Cerulean, which is blue.

 

What is Comic Artist?

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1. If a person has a 50 STR Armor Percing and 15" of Flight and they do a Move Through do they do 15d6 AP or Just 15D6.

2. If they do 15D6 AP and they take half damage is it 7.5D6 AP?

3. I'm thinking it should be 15d6 not AP unless they pay for AP on 15d6.

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Sorry if this has been asked before I did a search on the FAQ and didn't come up with anything.

Re: Character Posting Game: Restart

-- Challange -- Create the Aborigine Witch Doctor

If this is to hard how about building a drummer