Kal'El Wayne

Re: WWYCD: The Coverup -- Covering Up The Cover Up
 
Sir Johnstone would listen to what the sidekick had to say, while stoking the log fire, then tell the sidekick that he, being a man with many skills has researched the events and found conclusive evidence that it definitely was the villain's fault. He would have mentioned it sooner but there was no sense in muckraking. Then he tells the sidekick to go and relax, now he knows the truth. The next panel shows what's on the logfire.
 
The fire is burning the last of the plans that (Sidekick's hero) made to stop
(Uber-Bad-Guy) by causing exactly the amount of destruction that happened.

Or any other Star Trek for that matter?

Re: Meta-Backgrounds
 
Sir Johnstone was first mentioned in a series of pulp stories written by an American anglophile in the 1920s. The tales were all about the adventures of a vaguely described American millionaire, Sam Daniels. He inherited it all from his father and was generally bad at everything, but he nonetheless tried to be an adventurer. When his attempts at Doc Savage style heroics failed, he would be invariably captured, and have to be rescued by his ever loyal English butler, Johnstone. Johnstone's name was actually the authors first name and surname jammed together. Johnstone was an incredibly skilled man but only ever showed it to the reader and possibly a bad guy or two, otherwise preferring to let Daniels take the credit.
 
The series was a success in America, and had a small following in Britain too. Not long after the second world war broke out, Mr Stone began writing tales of how Johnstone joined the RAF and fought many air battles, also being shot down and escaping the German POW camps, etc. These proved to be less popular than the prior tales, though one story in particular, in which Johnstone is knighted by the Queen (and we learn that his first name is Arthur) sells more copies than any previous Johnstone tale.
 
Shortly after the war ended, Mr Stone wrote a 'final' tale in which Sir Johnstone celebrates the end of the war by retiring from the army and going back to Sam Daniels, who has married and has kids now, and getting his old job back. Though he doesn't suspect that Mr Daniels will be taking him on any more adventures, thankfully.
 
Mr Stone passed away, outlived by his wife and five children, dying in his sleep of natural causes. He is payed tribute to by a large and diverse fandom.
 
Mr Stone's eldest son Jake allows a sequel to made to the Johnstone tales, in movie form. It depicts the kidnapping of Sam Daniels youngest daughter, Ellen Daniels, and Sir Johnstone's attempt to rescue her while foiling a plot to use her as a sacrifice in a demon summoning ritual to end the world. Sir Johnstone is played by a forty year old actor despite the fact that he should be around sixty at least.
 
Later sequels also use this same actor, Luke Georgia. They make no reference to the fact that he is far too young to have fought in world war two. A prequel is made that claims that when Sir Johnstone has yet to be employed by Sam Daniels, he was an explorer who was given eternal youth by a mystical artifact, deep in the African jungle.
 
Enticed by the scent of money, a large corporation attempt to buy the rights to Sir Johnstone, but despite a larger offer, a far smaller company are given the rights instead. 'Ink' an independent comics company, famed for doing faithful interpretations of open license characters like Sherlock Holmes.
 
They include him in their multigenre universe and have him regularly cameo rather than having his own title. This gave the impression that the character knew everybody, which the writers played with at times, having him put into scenes that he had nothing to do with, just in the background. It was eventually decided that he couldn't do superhero work himself because he had an obligation to the Daniels family as butler, but that he kept in touch with many people to make sure that the right people know and do the right things at the right time. He is rumoured (by fans) to be the incarnation of the Ink universe.

Or any other Star Trek for that matter?

Re: Sci-Fi Melee Weapons: Bat'leth, Lirpas, Lightsabres, Rykk Blades, Koltari, Denn'B
 
So here are the titular weapons, with some brief explanation as to where I heard the name.
 
Bat'leth - The Klingon sword, used in most battles if possible. Also popular (in universe) among members of many other species, especially their adversaries turned allies, the Federation.
 
Lirpas - A Lirpa is a Vulcan ceremonial weapon, dating back to the days before their devotion to logic, when their extreme emotions were allowed to run free. The Lirpa is the weapon used by Kirk and Spock in that famous fight to the death. A long wooden pole in the centre, with an extremely sharp semi-circular blade fanning out from one end of the pole and a large, heavy, metal club on the other end.
 
Lightsabres - The sword of a Jedi or Sith, this is a blade of plasma held in by a magnetic field. It's creation involves force-sensitive crystals and is a test of the creator's complete mastery of the force.
 
Ryyk Blades - The traditional sword of a Wookie, this weapon is an enormous blade which is nevertheless able to be manipulated gracefully by the immense user. Each is hand made and considered to be an extension of it's user.
 
Koltari - The sword of the Centauri, now used mostly for ceremonial occasions and duels to the death among the heads of feuding houses. It is a straight sword designed for use in a thrusting attack, unlike the slashing weapons that make up most of this list.
 
Denn'Bok - This is the extendable metal staff of the Rangers. It is a small metal cylinder no wider than the average human hand when held closed, but it grows to about six feet or more when activated.

Re: Has anyone built any of the characters from Star Trek - Deep Space 9?
 
Thanks.

At the moment, I am playing a Supervillain Campaign. My character in particular is a powerful magic user that is only really being a supervillain for kicks. He already has everything he wants because, well, magic. To illustrate my point, I want to give him a slavishly devoted magical harem. But, to make it all the more impressive (while simultaneously avoiding the implication that he could be sleeping with any of the other PCs at any time) he is going to have a harem made up entirely of fictional characters, usually as they were portrayed in film adaptations. This includes giving them some of the powers and prowess that they displayed in the film.
 
Now, I know how I would build the basic mechanics of a magical harem. Its a pretty typical "summon" spell, to which you add any appropriate dis/ads. But what I want to know is, what fictional characters would you add? Not your character, mind you. I'm talking about random people on the internet. Bear in mind, of course, that since he can dismiss and resummon, he has not limit on the number of people he eventually summons.
 
For example so far:
Batman, Robin, and Batgirl from "Batman & Robin"
Because the film may have been pretty bad but the heroes were just pretty.

Re: For whom the (dinner) bell tolls...
 
Eldritch is a powerful evil mage of the cackling, "lets have fun doing evil" kind. So he doesn't need to eat at all but does. I think he probably takes a group of good-looking people hostage (because if you are going to have to keep track of hostages, they might as well pretty to look at). Then he'll summon up an incredible feast of every kind of luxury food under the sun, all the really unhealthy, fattening junk that people might eat if they didn't have to worry about their health and forces the hostages to gorge themselves right along with him. Not only does the food not affect him one way or the other, it actually magically makes the hostages immune to heart failure or starvation. This is partly because he doesn't want to risk his hostages dying on him for any reason. But it's mostly because he makes his food extremely fattening (as in "10lbs an hour" fattening), in order to drastically reduce the inevitable escape attempts.

Re: PRE Drain
 
Or simply say 'Sure, you can see the power. The power is "This teacher is really creepy". So you "see" that the teacher...is really creepy. Congratulations, I guess?'

I plan on making a Halfling Cleric Baker. I hope to use some of my cakes as alternatives to healing potions, some of them as stat-boosters, some as simply very nutritious food (despite tasting exactly like cake), and some as traps.
 
The healing cake I get, it's just an OAF for a healing power.
The stats boosting cake is similar.
The very nutritious cake is simply a Life Support Power, immunity to hunger and ingested poisons, usable by others. The special effect is "Here's one I made earlier," followed by producing a long-lasting cake (fruitcake or something) that I made a while ago and hid for just such an emergency.
 
But what about the trap cakes? I plan to have a few cakes in my pack seeded there simply to trap thieves who want to take my cake without asking. The cakes will turn the thieves a funny colour for easy identification, using the Transform power, and the colour getting more clear as time goes on until they are completely covered in a particular shade. But how would you stat up a Transform attack that takes time to build up like that and only works after an enemy has eaten something you cooked?

The Librarian Trilogy and the ten episode sequel television programme The Librarians
 
Perpetual student, Flynn Carsen is recruited by a mystical secret library underneath the New York Metropolitan Library, to be the new Librarian. He is sent around the world to retrieve dangerous mystical artifacts and stop them falling into the wrong hands. Sort of like Indiana Jones, if he didn't need the gun or the whip because he was the smartest, most well-educated man in the world.

This was actually super-useful, thanks! 

Does the paleolithic era include mammoths?

What about the ability to bestow powers upon mortals? Is that an inherent Godly ability or is it restricted to only some gods?

Re: For whom the (dinner) bell tolls...
 
Eldritch is a powerful evil mage of the cackling, "lets have fun doing evil" kind. So he doesn't need to eat at all but does. I think he probably takes a group of good-looking people hostage (because if you are going to have to keep track of hostages, they might as well pretty to look at). Then he'll summon up an incredible feast of every kind of luxury food under the sun, all the really unhealthy, fattening junk that people might eat if they didn't have to worry about their health and forces the hostages to gorge themselves right along with him. Not only does the food not affect him one way or the other, it actually magically makes the hostages immune to heart failure or starvation. This is partly because he doesn't want to risk his hostages dying on him for any reason. But it's mostly because he makes his food extremely fattening (as in "10lbs an hour" fattening), in order to drastically reduce the inevitable escape attempts.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group...
 
Honestly, I always played Call of Cthulhu as a Jackie Chan style 'normal man in over his head' action game. If I know that I'm going to die or go insane anyway, I might as well have my bookworm professor try jump-kicking zombies in the head...tentacle...thing. If I fail, I get beaten up and eaten the way I would have anyway. So I get a typical Call of Cthulhu ending and have had a few laughs. If I miraculously succeed against all odds? Woohoo! I've miraculously succeeded against all odds! Whereas, if I just ran from danger and kind of avoided people who seemed shifty, I get bored until the plot inevitably happens and I die anyway. But with no chance at all of succeeding, 'against all odds' or not.

Re: PRE Drain
 
Or simply say 'Sure, you can see the power. The power is "This teacher is really creepy". So you "see" that the teacher...is really creepy. Congratulations, I guess?'

I plan on making a Halfling Cleric Baker. I hope to use some of my cakes as alternatives to healing potions, some of them as stat-boosters, some as simply very nutritious food (despite tasting exactly like cake), and some as traps.
 
The healing cake I get, it's just an OAF for a healing power.
The stats boosting cake is similar.
The very nutritious cake is simply a Life Support Power, immunity to hunger and ingested poisons, usable by others. The special effect is "Here's one I made earlier," followed by producing a long-lasting cake (fruitcake or something) that I made a while ago and hid for just such an emergency.
 
But what about the trap cakes? I plan to have a few cakes in my pack seeded there simply to trap thieves who want to take my cake without asking. The cakes will turn the thieves a funny colour for easy identification, using the Transform power, and the colour getting more clear as time goes on until they are completely covered in a particular shade. But how would you stat up a Transform attack that takes time to build up like that and only works after an enemy has eaten something you cooked?

This was actually super-useful, thanks! 

Does the paleolithic era include mammoths?

What about the ability to bestow powers upon mortals? Is that an inherent Godly ability or is it restricted to only some gods?

The Librarian Trilogy and the ten episode sequel television programme The Librarians
 
Perpetual student, Flynn Carsen is recruited by a mystical secret library underneath the New York Metropolitan Library, to be the new Librarian. He is sent around the world to retrieve dangerous mystical artifacts and stop them falling into the wrong hands. Sort of like Indiana Jones, if he didn't need the gun or the whip because he was the smartest, most well-educated man in the world.