Mark Rand

I think most of the changes would be in the people in various places. There would also be both players' and GMs' maps for the city as well as its various areas.

I think they're in a cave system.

The Strip District might be a good place for it. Construction is going on in places there and there are a number of parking lots there which could be converted into parking garages and buildings.

I was considering using Coastal City as a campaign city. From the description, it's a deep-water port city with a swank hotel, a fine art museum, an overcrowded freeway system, a power company, a nearby air force base, a nearby NASA telemetry station, and a factory-lined channel, which may be a river coming from nearby mountains. From the term "freeway system" I think it's on the west coast. If so, the power company is probably Pacific Gas and Electric and, in the real world, REACH Air Medical Services would by the main medevac helicopter provider.

The Laurel Highlands is a region in southwestern Pennsylvania made up of Fayette County, Somerset County and Westmoreland County. It has a population of about 600,000 people. The region is approximately fifty-five miles southeast of Pittsburgh; the Laurel Highlands center on Laurel Hill and Chestnut Ridge of the Allegheny Mountains. The mountains making up the Laurel Highlands are the highest in Pennsylvania, with Mount Davis in Somerset County the highest point in the state at 3,213 feet (979 m). Because of the elevation, weather in the Laurel Highlands is generally cooler and wetter than in most other parts of the state. The Laurel Highlands are a popular area for camping, hiking, mountain biking, hunting, whitewater kayaking, trout fishing, wildlife viewing, and downhill (and cross-country) skiing, and golf. Amusement parks and resorts Hidden Valley Resort Idlewild Park and Soak Zone Nemacolin Woodlands Polymath Park Seven Springs Mountain Resort Laurel Mountain Summit Inn Resort Architecture Fallingwater Kentuck Knob Polymath Park National Parks & Historic sites National Parks Allegheny Portage Railroad Flight 93 National Memorial Fort Necessity Friendship Hill Johnstown Flood National Memorial UNESCO World Heritage Site Fallingwater Historic Sites Bowman’s Castle Bushy Run Battlefield Compass Inn Fort Ligonier Hannastown, Pennsylvania Heritage Discovery Center Johnstown Flood Museum Johnstown Inclined Plane National Road Quecreek Mine Rescue Route of the Lincoln Highway Somerset County Courthouse Somerset Historical Center Staple Bend Tunnel Uptown Somerset Historic District Wagner–Ritter House & Garden West Overton, Pennsylvania Parks and outdoor recreation State Parks and Forests Forbes State Forest Gallitzin State Forest Keystone State Park Kooser State Park Laurel Hill State Park Laurel Mountain State Park Laurel Ridge State Park Laurel Summit State Park Linn Run State Park Mount Davis (part of Forbes State Forest) Ohiopyle State Park Prince Gallitzin State Park Youghiogheny River Trails Coal and Coke Trail Ghost Town Trail Great Allegheny Passage Laurel Highlands Hiking Trail (part of Laurel Ridge State Park) Jim Mayer Riverwalk Westmoreland Heritage Trail Five Star Trail Downhill ski areas Hidden Valley Resort Laurel Mountain Ski Resort Seven Springs Mountain Resort

To my knowledge, we don't use those expressions in my part of the state. The armored hero named Forge sounds cool.

My landmark list is attached. Pittsburgh landmarks.doc

I have a list of landmarks that I want to check over before I post it. As far as slang goes, have a look at the attached. Western Pennsylvania English.doc

From Wikipedia: The Middle Atlantic states, commonly shortened to Mid-Atlantic states, is a region of the United States generally located in the overlap between the Northeastern and Southeastern States. Its exact definition differs upon source, but the region typically includes Delaware, the District of Columbia, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and West Virginia. When discussing climate, Connecticut is sometimes included in the region, as its climate is closer to that of the Mid-Atlantic states than the rest of the New England states.

Eide's Entertainment on the edge of the Strip District and Phantom of the Attic in Oakland are comic book specialty shops. Both also sell things related to comics. We can put it on West Carson Street in the borough of McKees Rocks, disguised as a house. There are sections of it where there are only a house or two.

Local chain based in Pennsylvania, but in the Mid-Atlantic states, too. There are also a number of Pittsburgh-area chains like B/G, George Aiken, and Palmer's as well as Essie's Original Hot Dog Shop and Forward Lanes. In real life, they're gone, but not in the superhero version of Pittsburgh. Of course, it's just something for the background.

My late father worked at the Howard Johnson's Motor Lodge in Pittsburgh's Oakland neighborhood. Occasionally, I joined him and ate upstairs in the restaurant. Good food there. He also got tickets from the Pirates players who had rooms there and we parked there and walked to the games at old Forbes Field.

Deanne Granville, a former cat burglar who spend two years working for a federal intelligence agency instead of going to jail, is one of Eve Belding's acquaintances.

Tabitha's heroic identity is Sunspell, a role she inherited from her maternal grandmother. A blue-eyed blonde, she's a green-eyed redhead in her heroic identity. Her costume, like her grandmother's, has a lot of black and gold. Her heroic identity is known to Detective Lieutenant Samantha McDonald, the Pittsburgh Police superhero liaison, who works out of Police Headquarters, which is located at 1203 Western Avenue on the Northside. Edit: Sunspell's costume is a gold short-sleeve scoop neck leotard, black miniskirt and knee-high boots, gold opera-length gloves. A black belt with belt pouches complete the outfit.

Retired Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger is the namesake of multiple sandwiches, which are usually named using a pun on his last name’s similarity to “burger” or “hamburger”. For instance, the Pittsburgh restaurant chain Peppi’s sells the “Roethlisburger”, at a price of $7.00, in correlation with his jersey number “7”, and also having ingredients that describe his playing style (scrambled eggs for “scrambler”, beef and sausage for his size and strength). A Findlay, Ohio, restaurant named Tony’s and an Oxford, Ohio, restaurant named Brick Street also sell “Roethlisburger” sandwiches.

That's one of the ideas behind The Light-Fingered Lady. Sure, there are cat burglars there, but so are people who think the look is cool, and a few police detectives, some of which are known to be cops. Detective Eve Belding, who was named for two characters on the Raymond Burr show Ironside, is a regular there, listening for leads. She's also a good source of information about retired cat burglars who can give the heroes leads.

His name was Thomas Lindmer. Clinton Avery, formerly Dr. Arcane, was an NPC in a 3E module.

There are a number of alleys in Pittsburgh. All have "Way" designated the type of thoroughfare. Some have addresses like regular streets. It could be hidden in what looks like a house on an alley. Another is The Light-Fingered Lady. It's for cat burglars and people who like to dress like them. Like The Clockwork, it's neutral ground. The staff dress the part, too, with stocking masks under their ski masks.

As far as the occult world goes, Thomas Avery is an occult expert and retired mystic whose power has waned and has health issues. He can provide background info and serves as a contact with the Trismegistus Council. He shares his house with Marie Wells, his housekeeper, who might be a witch, Christina Valentine, a computer genius, Phoebe, his familiar, an orange tabby cat, and Muffin, Marie’s pet calico cat (her familiar if she’s a witch). (It’s the GM’s call as to whether or not Marie’s a witch.) There are also astrologers and occult bookstores in the city.

Thank you for your greetings on this, the last day of Passover. The last time I was at Tree of Life was in April of 1990, when I was sitting shiva for my father. At the time of the shooting I was home, in Bloomfield, getting ready for belly dance class. Yes, guys do belly dance. I didn't even know about it until my teacher got a call about it from someone.

A metallic Herman Munster in colonial clothes. Neat. What's he called?

Okay! What's the robot sidekick look like and what's it called?

The only things that come to mind is a hand-held stun gun and something, possibly hand-held, that shoots a lightning bolt.

A kite operated by remote control, perhaps from what looks like a smart phone, would be a cool device for a robber. It could have any kind of device mounted to it, but the wrist-mounted stunner might be more practical in certain cases. Of course, he could also carry a hand-held stun gun.

Nice. He could use a wrist-mounted stunner that works like the ones used by Marvel's Black Widow.