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Re: What was that? Elvis weapon in LOTR movie. I know that one well. Spathologists call it a form of Falchion, which makes sense given the French name. Not sure what it was called in Spanish; I'm out of the loop with swordplay re-enactors these days, and my expert on things Spanish is out in California now. There used to be a great website for a group in England called c.1265 that had a photograph of a fellow carrying a reproduction of the longer pole-sword-whatever, but the site's been down for a couple of years now.

Re: What was that? Elvis weapon in LOTR movie. It's very similar to the Greek Rhomphaia Interestingly enough, a similar weapon appears in some 13th century illuminated manuscripts, most notably, the Maciejowski Bible, which is notable for its very accurate depictions of clothing, armour, military hardware, etc. (The figure near the center, wearing the brown surcote, wielding the weapon two-handed.) My attempts at finding a proper name for the weapon have never borne fruit. I do find it interesting to note that in medieval French, the word 'glaive' seems to have been used interchangeably to describe a pole arm or a sword.

Re: Less Educated I prefer Phys Lims to Psych in this case, since it's not really something that can be overcome with an Ego Roll.

Re: The Ms Champions Universe contest

I'm in the process of rolling out a new campaign. It's hardly innovative, as I'm using the "New Columbians" campaign seed out of Scott Bennie's Gestalt. The group I'm running for consists of one old gaming buddy and several mutual friends we know via the local HeroClix scene. As I was putting my ducks in a row and typing up a campaign intro, it hit me: it's been almost ten years since I last GMed Champions on a regular basis. I've played quite a bit during that time (notably, the long-running "Fair City" campaign), but apart from one brief and unsuccessful foray about two years ago, I haven't been behind the GM's screen since November of '98. Oh ye gods and monsters, what am I letting myself in for?

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine So long as we're bringing the LSH to life, we mustn't forget their greatest member. He's a Senator! And a Lawyer! Matter Eater Lad!

Re: Mister Rapentap:does anyone remember him? I remember him, but I can't recall what book he was from. I THINK it was Normals Unbound, but my 4th edition stuff is in storage right now.

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine FYI, you can't download the program. You have to do your work on the website and then do a screen capture.

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine Champions players -- the Accountants of Roleplaying

Re: I think this explains it! Because any gag worth running is worth running into the ground, more from http://mightygodking.com!

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine It's from the Symbolo menu. If you add a chest symbol, you can then click on it with the mouse and move it to another position on the figure. It took me a while to figure it out, but it's how I did the off-center crosshairs thing on Marksman.

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine I use Easy Capture (available for free online, Google it or find the link earlier in this thread) and save them as a JPG.

Re: Ape Name Needed Ape-X Prime Ape Furious George (swiped from Feng Shui RPG) King Krome Bananas Foster

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine Still kickin' it Old School, with the Marksman.

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine Here's a take on Gargoyle. He's not quite right, but it's pretty close.

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine By the way, I picked up a neat new trick. If you select a symbol, you can then move it with the mouse to another part of the figure. Of course, it won't necessarily line up as neatly, but it's got some potential usefulness.

Re: DC Comics Roleplaying Game? What ever happened? Black Industries shut down their RPG division after the publication of Dark Heresy. I'm not sure what the current state of the rights are.

Re: whatever happened the STRIKE FORCE? When I talked to Aaron at Owlcon a few months ago, he said it's still something he hopes to do someday as a self-publishing venture, but it's nowhere near the top of his priorities right now, which involve writing for real money and completing work on a film he wrote and directed.

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine I was wondering about that too, since the Mascot provides a big dog.

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine Emma Frost, the White Queen. I'm not entirely happy with her, but she was a good deal more complicated than I'd have thought (lots of layering to get the torso area close to correct).

Re: Champions Seminars At GenCon: What Do *You* Want To See? I don't think even the Marvel Universe would revive CLOWN, much less the CU.

Re: Champions Seminars At GenCon: What Do *You* Want To See? See my sig.

Re: The Worst character in comics As much as I hate Cable, Bishop, and everything that came from the X-Men after Storm got a Mohawk, I have to respectfully disagree. The worst character in the entire history of comics was DC's first blaxploitation hero, The Black Bomber, a white racist by day, who turned into a superpowered black guy at night or in times of stress. Thankfully, he was so awful, the powers that be at DC came to their senses and he never saw print.

Re: I think this explains it! Bah! For Doom related humor, you need depth, and passion, and grandeur. Thus:

Re: What are/were DC's great non-superhero titles? Atari Force. Seriously.