BoloOfEarth

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Rap music. "Alas, poor Yorrick, I knew him well. When Hamlet dug him up he really looked like hell. Then his long gone daddy appeared in the dark, Saying somethin' is rotten in old Denmark. He said your momma the one that turned me into a ghost, Cause your uncle's the one she really digs the most!" (For the full lyrics to Shakespeare Rap, click here.)

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Basically, any Classic Literature done by Hollywood. I'm surprised The Ten Commandments wasn't renamed to The Seven Commandments because "three of them didn't test well with the focus group."

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Log-Man's Top Pickup Lines ("Hey baby, what's big and heavy and wood, if ya know what I'm sayin'!)

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat The entire movie is set at Origins, and the sequel is going to take place at GenCon. NT: Who you'd love to see at GenCon this year, and why.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... From last night's Champions game: The heroes have just returned after spending a few weeks helping the Army deal with the Subterran threat. GM: Lt. Tinsdale [PRIMUS liason to hero team] arrives to brief you on goings-on in Chicago during your absence. Sentinel [female super]: So, he's our Huggy Bear? Lt. Tinsdale: Well, if you're offering hugs... Squeeze [male super with grab/constriction powers]: (smiles and opens arms) Lt. Tinsdale: (pointing at Squeeze): No! Synergy, in his secret ID as grad student Ryan Nott, goes to the airport to pick up a new grad student who transferred from the University of Bonn in Germany. The GM describes a bit of her background. Squeeze (OOC): But what about the most important thing -- is she cute? GM: Hah! I was ready for you, and brought a picture. (shows the picture) Squeeze (OOC): Yeah, she's holding a beer. She's German. Anna mentions an interest in S-Squad, and Ryan tells her that if she rides the El (the elevated train) around town she might see Synergy on patrol. Anna: I've studied a bit about Synergy and have a theory on his powers. Ryan: Really? What's your theory? (Anna explains some deatiled physics relating to Synergy's energy absorption and projection abilities). GM: Well, you know how your powers work, and her theories are almost disturbingly close. Serendipity (OOC): So she's going to have to die... Styx is stopping a drive-by shooting by leaping into the open door of the van as the thugs are approaching their target. He quickly disarms the gunner, then rips the driver out of his seat. Thug: I want a lawyer! Styx: Lawyer? (closes van door) When I get done, you're gonna need a doctor! A villainess gets freed on appeal after hiring Irving Probalino, Esq. as her lawyer. [This deal-with-the-devil lawyer appeared in an early issue of Digital Hero, and wins many cases thanks to 6d6 Luck. The players already know this.] Serendipity decides to user her Bad-Luck Hex power to make the lawyer's life miserable. GM: Okay, you follow him around a while, zapping him enough times that you half-expect a piano to fall from the skies onto his head. Instead, you see Probalino find a $20 bill lying on the street. Then, as soon as he turns to flag a cab, one pulls up immediately. And he's managed to get the only cabbie in Chicago that speaks English. Serendipity: It didn't work?! GM (reading from Serendipity's character sheet): 1d6 Major Transform, NND, defense is Luck... He has six dice of Luck -- even more than you do. Serendipity: Not for long... The heroes are attending an event that they expect some bad guys to crash. The players distribute their character counters around the map, and the GM begins placing miscellaneous stuff (crates, barrels, and a forklift) on the map. Squeeze (OOC): Cool, a forklift! I'll drive it around! I'll be Klaus! (After a while, the villains make their move.) GM: You hear a helicopter approaching from the northwest. Everybody's looking that direction... except Squeeze, who is watching his forklift begin to transform into a pair of robotic constructs. Squeeze: (grabs both constructs) Hey! You trashed my ride! GM: The attackers are from ADEPT. Last time you fought, they kicked your butts. Squeeze: No, they didn't. Dr. Discus kicked our butts. [GM note: He was right; last time they fought, I rolled golden for Dr. Discus.] (Dr. Discus takes a hit from some agents' frost blasters.) Dr. Discus: You know, I'm sure those blasters utilize principles detailed in my Universal Discal Constant Theory... Squeeze: No they don't. Snowflakes aren't round. They have six sides, a******! Artificer is grabbed by Squeeze and rendered (barely) unconscious, so Styx jumps up beside him and winds up for a haymaker that will hit on the end of Phase 9. GM: Phase 9. Styx, as you're winding up, you see Artificer becoming conscious again. Styx: (OOC) Good, I want him to see this coming. (IC) I warned you last time. This is what happens when you mess with us. (rolls incredible amount of damage) GM: Okay, Artificer is now in GM-Discretion-Land and flying through the air. (Moves Artificer's counter across the map.) He lands over here... and vanishes. [GM Note: teleport to a floating location, with Trigger at -20 STUN.] Styx: He vanishes? (pause, then begins to smile) I knocked him into next week!

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Paris Hilton. Why did it have to be Paris Hilton? (Note: At first I thought I wouldn't be able to use this, but then I noticed that is says "no snakes", not "no skanks".) NT: Worst celebrity endorsement ever.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat The Lions. Heck, they'd almost have to be better as superheroes than they are football players... NT: ________ 'em from orbit, it's the only way to be sure. (Difficulty: no nukes!)

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Here come the Cowboys, and their Spurs of Justice!

Re: Hey, that worked pretty good! Afterthought powers that worked well My old character (Bolo) had a multipower of various lesser-used attacks: Running drain, relatively small explosion, etc. One of the slots was a short duration (2 phases, I think) force wall. When I bought it, I thought I was unlikely to use often, if at all, but hey, I had the points, so why not? As I recall, that Force Wall got a lot of use in game, mainly protecting teammates from attacks to which they were vulnerable. I even used it once to make a ramp to save a falling NPC.

Re: Answers & Questions

Re: What would happen if Los Angeles County vanished? Grafiti artists changes street signs to read "LosT Angeles". A lot of surfer doods look at it and say, "Another beach! Cool!" After a few days, the demons send it back, saying, "Man, those LA people are PSYCHOS!" On a more serious note: The aforementioned earthquakes and economic impact. Possible panics in other nearby cities from people fearing the same thing will happen to their city.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat It's a musical. Though you have to admit, Gillian Anderson does a good job singing "Tribbles Are The Only Thing For Me".

Re: Comic Book (genre) Conventions that don't work in Champions "Villain captures the heroes", though I don't think that's Champions-specific. Most players I've met seem like they'd prefer their characters get killed rather than captured, and will fight tooth and nail to avoid that genre convention. Certain skills (Persuasion, Conversation) and mental powers (Telepathy to read surface thoughts, Mind Control) don't work well against player characters, in my experience, even though they seem to work great against the heroes in comic books.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "Hey, Vinnie, what are the odds on my wife forgiving me after forgetting her birthday?" We'd really have to ramp up the power of our car windshield wipers! (Bird poop is bad enough...) NT: Signs that your neighbor really doesn't like you.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Well, DiceAPlenty is favored in the second race, but I'm looking forward to the fifth race, when ThreeDeeSixHero is the longshot paying off at 18:1. NT: Not-too-bright betting strategies.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat The wheelchairs and nurses for all band members might tip me off. NT: Worst band name ever.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "No, honey, that dress doesn't make you look fat. Light does. The simple fact that I can see you..."

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Weird Al Yankovic and Donny Osmond, in White and Nerdy. Ha! Different meaning of "square." Take that, DT!

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Hermit holds his popular "Fence Sitting Competition".

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat We require pictures. Giving wedgies to anyone named "Tory".

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "Aaaa! Where is my musket! This is more dangerous than Bunker Hill!" (Keep in mind, my hometown was just outside Detroit, where 4th of July celebrations may involve indiscriminate use of firearms.)

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Re: Storn Art from idea to Full Picture Year 5 Looks great! Congrats to LogMan and E84, with of course kudos to Storn for a great pic, and thanks to DT for the whole "Idea to Full Picture" concept.

Re: What's your favorite Champions supplement? 4th edition: Classic Organizations -- I liked the Sanctuary part in there better than the original Neutral Ground, and used it to good effect in past games. VIPER -- I liked the 4th edition one so much more than the 5th edition one that I decided to ignore the new book in favor of the old. 5th edition: DEMON -- much, much better than the 4th edition group, IMO.

Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Actually, they're closing 666 stores. It's all part of a DEMON plot.