Alex Raven

Re: Games gone awry Kawanga Kid...I was playing Son of Satan in Mark's Champs game at Pacificon. Do you remember when Tang made all of the copies of Mark's badge on the color copier? We were all paranoid because there were five "Mark's" sitting at the table out of 12 players. I think I still have that badge some place...

Re: Wwycd #89 Brother Eagle has to be brought to justice. His past injuries and emotional issues have made him unstable. He has clearly crossed the line between justice and criminal.

Re: WWYCD #90: Brainwave Time to start using that saved XP and buy some crazy INT based skills!

Re: Wwycd? #84 Blast the crap outta dem thugs. Plain and simple.

Re: Games gone awry Now, when the GM has ticked me off I've done some crazy things. I remember one convention game of Champs way back when. The players were actually ticking me off so I turned on them and killed the guy who was ruining play for everyone. The Gm didn't seem to think it was wrong and turned a "blind eye" as I brutalized the PC. The player kept pleading with the GM to have me stop and also tried to rally his friends to come to his aid. They knew he was a pain too and just let me wipe him out. After that, the game was great.

Re: Games gone awry A couple of observations...first, its a convention game which generally means that even good players lose their minds and act the fool. Second, the game was probably a blast to run AND play because the latitude the GM gave the players. I've experienced games where the GM is wound pretty tight and controls every move to fit the preconcieved scenario. I've also had the best time when playing in games that were loosely controlled and the GM was savvy enough to let the players direct the flow of the game.

Re: What Would Your Character Do? #68 My old character would have waited for the point when MS defeated the villain and, being totally exhausted and beaten from the effort of fighting the HFB, taken the liberty of "stabbing him in the back" and try to destroy him. TV media or not, this guy is a villain and only did what he did to gain control of the world. His motivations were less than altruistic. He gets wasted witht he rest of the scum.

Re: Things that work in comics but don't work in Champions I'm playing a character with no resistant defenses and I have had no problem. If you understand that you cannot wade into the thick of combat you will do fine. I play a support role. I am not the guy to go in there and deliver the smack down. I do not put myself in positions where I have to rely on resistant defenses. If you play it smart, you won't have a problem.

Re: Campaign levels We've gone from the 375 pt range (1st through 4th Ed.) to the 250 pt range (same editions) for the last Champions campaign we ran. My group is still poo-pooing the 5th Ed. I find it to be fine and they forget that they did the same thing when 4th Ed. came out many years ago.

Re: Map Makers I've played with the same group for over 20 years. We have used maps off and on over that time. Only recently (the last couple of months) have we been using a battle mat. The problem in the past was that the map was left at someone's house, etc. That prompted me to buy my own and bring it when I can makeit to the sessions. It was always much more effective for close combat situations. Our group has also grown quite large reently and the use of a map helps those new players understand what combat "looks" like.

Re: Is this overkill? I don't think that your adversary sounds unfair. You cannot create a single opponent who wil lay down like a patsy. I would suggest using this guy as the teams nemesis. If you say he is a vigilante, then he can step in before the hero team gets to certain situations and "steal" their thunder. He can be a combat as well as a non-combat adversary for them. I would refrain from prolonged battles with the team. When you do engage them in combat, knock a few out and then take off. It will incense the team. Your guy sounds like a good opponent for them. I'd be interested to hear how the team deals with him...

Re: Using COMliness Kawanga Kid: Hey man...why not just use COM like a PRE attack? If you scare the poop out of someone, you should be able to impress the heck out of someone with your tremendous beauty. Bring on the COM attacks!

Re: Need a name for a Empath I have a character that is almost identical. I call him "Rapport". Healing powers and telepathy. A very good support character for all of the tougher mainline characters.

Re: Equipment END tally card PDF available Thanks for the cards. I liked the overall site as well. Cool resources and interesting reading. Thanks again!

Re: What Would Your Character Do? #64: Shooting Star I would follow the alien at a discreet distance. I would then wait for a more appropriate time to approach the alien and make contact. If my contact resulted in the same type of reaction (aggressive, etc), I would engage the creature ion combat and attempt to subdue him without using lethal force. If that did not prove successful, lethal force would have to be used. However, if I just get my tail whipped, I would call for reinforcements and have the alien subdued and then debriefed to determine his intentions.