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  1. Re: Mystic Team Vehicle? Tragically, this would be the option I would be most likely to use.
  2. Re: Wondering about ideas on conscription. Organised peasants were called the Swiss, and had a certain reputation.
  3. Re: A Question of Title The best part about all of this is the sheer inconsistency of what happened historically. First of all, things changed over time. Second, there were often regional variations within a single state. Third, different kingdoms/whatever had different systems. In other words, England, Scotland, Denmark, Aragon, Bohemia, and Athens would all have different systems. All of this means that you can set the rules you feel like using, and still be historically "correct". But then, if you are using a fantasy world, you can do that anyway.
  4. Re: "Mostly Harmless" powers Most of the sidekicks from Sky High are suitable for this. Able to turn into innocuous animals, puddles and so on. At least some of the characters from the Legion of Substitute Heroes: able to turn to (immobile) stone, able to change the colours of objects and so on. At the more formidable end, you could have characters that are almost adventurer grade, except their powers aren't under control, or are only occasionally available. DC's Hero Hotline series had a lot of fairly limited powered characters. Zeep the Living Sponge was quite literally a human sponge. Marie the Thunder Turtle was never shown using her powers, but basically, she was a turtle. Being a talking animal is an interesting "superpower" in general, even without other powers.
  5. Re: Wondering about ideas on conscription. My input: Put the rulebook down and back away slowly... Some things shouldn't be built with points. If you are bored at work, and you wanted to work on this kind of thing, you would be much better off dealing with it in "real world" terms.
  6. Re: Sky High, the DVD A pretty good movie, and a playable setting. What more could you want?
  7. As threatened, here is a more refined (but still incomplete) version of my CU's timeline. ~1525 The sole survivor of a pirate attack, dedicates his life and those of his descendents to hunting pirates and fighting evil. He adopts the identity of the Grey Ghost (Portuguese: ??). 1934 Stage magician and mentalist Lee "The Amazing Draco" Drake becomes the first known superhero. 1936 The 20th Grey Ghost begins his career. 1938 Draco and the Grey Ghost meet, team up and become friends. 1948 FBI agent Arthur Lockhart becomes Atom Man, the most powerful superhuman known to date. 1951 21st Grey Ghost begins career. 1954 Atom Man mysteriously vanishes. 1958: Eagleman (Ralph Dixon) emerges as Australia's first superhero. Later becomes the "elder statesman" of Australia's superheroes. 1960: Draco retires from adventuring. Drake's subsequent academic studies of mental powers still form the basis of psionic theory today. 1967: Eagleman retires from regular adventuring. 1970: 22nd Grey Ghost begins career. 1979: Eagleman's last adventure. 1980s: For unknown reasons, superhumans become relatively common during this decade. 1994: 23rd Grey Ghost begins career. 2000: Ralph Dixon is appointed the Australian government's official advisor on superhuman affairs. --- Names for Australian NPC superbeings will be chosen from the following list. Unfortunately, a lot of really nifty names have been used in the source material I am lifting stuff from and are therefore ruled out by my self-imposed rules about filing off the serial numbers. I will, of course, waive this rule if and when I see fit. Magpie Captain Thunderbolt Toecutter Wombat Flying Fox Captain Midnight Humongous Bunyip Captain Moonlight Yowie Bushranger Cyclone Shark Standover Boomerang Taipan Lomo. An alien. I have plans for him.
  8. Re: A Funny Thing Happened When I Read About The Sylvestri Clan... Jack Kirby Neal Adams
  9. Re: Just Picked Up Champions Worldwide The sad truth is that you usually wouldn't even have to change the name to create an Australian character. I do appreciate the concerns of our Brazilian friend. I've complained quite frequently about the misrepresentation of Australia and Australian characters by writers from the US, and there's not even (much of) a language difference between us. Aside from stereotyping, a lot of the problem simply seems to be a case of people not checking their facts. For what it's worth, I would love to see a Latin America (and Caribbean) sourcebook for Champions. Provided, of course, it was written by people from the region, and preferably by a team of people from different parts of the region. A licenced GURPS product, IST Kingston, gave details of Jamaica in the IST setting for GURPS Supers. I'm not sure if it made any money, but I bought a copy, and it provides some kind of precedent for setting books that might not be regularly used in most campaigns. Unfortunately it was written by an American, and I don't know how many howlers it contained. I do know that the Australian character in it felt a bit odd. There are a couple of things in it that were "interesting" to say the least, but I'm relaxed enough these days to laugh at them, rather than be annoyed.
  10. Re: What Super-game you like? Yes, he's kind of interesting/odd. I've been struggling with my timeline. I might just change my universe to something with a more Southern Squadron feel. That would result in a fairly sparse timeline, but the setting would be playable. It wouldn't be that big a change from what I've been working on, since I've been mucking about with lots of stuff from comics either written or reprinted in Australia. Everything would be "homaged", of course, since I don't believe in using published characters without filing off the serial numbers. But here's a quick draft with the original identities: 1530s: The first Phantom. 1934: Mandrake. First known modern superhero. Possibly a mentalist, rather than a mystic. 1936: The existence of the Phantom becomes publicly known. 1948: Captain Atom (the Australian version) becomes world's most powerful superhuman. The obligatory Superman analogue. Either 1948 or 1958: Crimson Comet emerges as Australia's first superhero. Later becomes "elder statesman". The later date would allow him to be younger in the present day, so I would probably use it. He'd be about 70 in that case. ~ 1975-80s: Supers become relatively common around the world. ~ 2000-present: Supers start reappearing in Australia. Formation of Southern Squadron, etc. Hunteds would be: sundry conspiracies, masterminds, aliens, international supers, a few nasty mercenary villains, etc. Origins: Mystics and powersuits would be discouraged, but otherwise it would be fairly open. Power levels: fairly low, but potentially with lots of perks. I'm going to edit this into my next draft of my timeline. I will, of course, end up making changes.
  11. Re: What Super-game you like? A game I can actually play in (and that I have enough time for)... Fairly light hearted, preferably. I do enough serious stuff in the Real World, so I don't need any more. Actually, my ideal game would be one influenced by these characters: http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/s/southsqd.htm That would rock. Come to think of it, it's probably the game I should run. I'm not a hundred percent thrilled by their government connection, though. I guess I could get over it, or around it.
  12. Re: CU - Wold Newton Ah yes, Texas. The state bigger than Tasmania. OK, it's bigger than Victoria, too, but it's small than every other Australian state. It also has about the same population as Australia, making it relatively densely populated and urbanised. That doesn't really fit its classic image either, does it? Hmm...
  13. Re: What does a timeline need?
  14. Re: Growing Up Polytheistic The way I would handle things would be quite simple: you venerate/worship the spirits/gods that protect your family/clan/tribe, your city, and, when one exists, the empire. Generally speaking, rituals of this type would be carried out by relevant community leaders - family heads at the lowest level, kings and things at the higher level. In certain cases professional priests might be involved. Cultists who refuse to participate in normal social functions are likely to face consequences, whose seriousness may vary. Foreigners are either worshipping your gods under strange names, or are engaged in meaningless mumbo-jumbo. Or, in a very few cases, are worshipping real gods that you haven't heard about yet. Magic: well... the whole point of worshipping gods is for them to protect you, isn't it? If you don't, they won't. If you do, they will, or at least might. They won't teach you to throw fireballs, though. If you go into battle without divine protection, you will lose.
  15. A couple of people have posted bits of their campaign timelines, and this has inspired me to try to write mine down. The obvious question is: what should be in a timeline? Some things are obvious: - When the first (modern) superhero(es) appeared. - Hints as to the sources of superpowers. - Any waves ("Ages") of superheroes. - Sufficient details to allow players to develop legacy characters if that is appropriate and desired. (But how much is this?) What else is necessary/appropriate?
  16. Re: A Funny Thing Happened When I Read About The Sylvestri Clan...
  17. Re: Who Would be Your Character's Sidekick? Assault's sidekick would probably be more like a full partner, and would almost certainly be named Battery. I really should design him.
  18. Re: Characters Places Things and Groups Needed for the Perfect Superhero Universe? I'm not saying that crossovers are undesirable. I'm simply saying that they are not necessary. In the example you give, there would be no other group that has stopped the villain before. Indeed, there may be no other (super)group at all. In the extreme case, there may only be one superhero in the entire universe. Or else there will be a main superhero and his or her supporting cast.
  19. Re: The Role Models Retcons claim a lot of things. Was Doctor Occult actually switching genders or not? You seem to be suggesting that he wasn't.
  20. Re: Characters Places Things and Groups Needed for the Perfect Superhero Universe? There doesn't need to be any reason whatsoever to believe that the heroes exist in the same universe. Unless the heroes have a crossover, or become members of a team, it is quite acceptable to treat them as though they do not co-exist.
  21. Re: Killing Damage and Defenses
  22. Re: WWYCD: I, The Jury Subtlety is overrated. Make sure they meet their police contact, or whoever gets them involved in the case at the crime scene. I mean this. It's a classic opening scene, and it's sufficiently obvious that the players should pick up the hint. And if that doesn't work, their contact can always invite them to take a look around "if they feel like it".
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