Mark Rand

One of the original concepts for Tabitha Clark was that she had been there costumed as Sailor Venus, complete with a plush toy Artemis.

Coyote the Trickster might give people at the Pittsburgh Comics Convention the powers and skills of the characters they're costumed as.

I'm almost 72 and already retired. I spent 28-years working for the University of Pittsburgh as my department's courier.

Yes, the PPG complex does look something like Superman's crystalline Fortress of Solitude and both Pitt and CMU are world-class research universities. The mountain is, probably, Mount Washington, which was once called Coal Hill. The cable cars are the two remaining funiculars, the Monongahela Incline and the Duquesne Incline, both of which climb Mount Washington.

A couple of former Pittsburgh synagogues are Adath Jeshurun Congregation, later known as the “Margaretta Street Shul”, and Congregation B’nai Israel (the Children of Israel). There is, in the game universe, a new B’nai Israel on Wightman Street. Tabitha and her family worship there. A Conservative synagogue, like the old one, it’s in an old mansion. The chapel is the old ballroom. The old dining room serves as the social hall.

I might be the only Pittsburgh resident on these boards. Since I'm almost 72, have bad knees, and can't drive, I'm relying on Google Images for good images of landmarks and views.

Tabitha Jean Clark, a Conservative Jew, is going to get turned into a magical girl. I'm not sure what her heroic identity will be, yet. As it happens, I'm a Conservative Jew, too. I attended Tree of Life * Or L’Simcha Congregation for a number of years.

Pittsburgh Area synagogues Rodef Shalom Congregation is a Reform synagogue located at 4905 Fifth Avenue. Congregation Beth Shalom is a Conservative synagogue located at 5915 Beacon Street. This is the highest point in Squirrel Hill. Shaare Torah Congregation is an Orthodox synagogue located at 2319 Murray Avenue. The city’s beit din (rabbinical court) meets here. Bet Tikvah is a non-denominational synagogue located within Rodef Shalom. Congregation Poale Zedeck is an Orthodox synagogue located at 6318 Phillips Avenue. Young Peoples Synagogue is an Orthodox synagogue located at 6404 Forbes Avenue. Young Israel of Pittsburgh is an Orthodox synagogue located at 5831 Bartlett Street. Tree of Life * Or L’Simcha Congregation is a Conservative synagogue located within Rodef Shalom, at 4905 Fifth Avenue, until the building at 5898 Wilkins Ave is rebuilt. New Light Congregation is a Conservative synagogue located in at 5915 Beacon Street, in Congregation Beth Shalom, until the Tree of Life * Or L’Simcha Congregation building it rents space in can be rebuilt. Baal Shem Tov Shul is an Orthodox synagogue located at 6328 Forbes Avenue. Beth Hamedrash Hagodol is an Orthodox synagogue located at 810 Fifth Avenue, in Duquesne University. Temple Sinai is a Reform synagogue located at 5505 Forbes Avenue. Chabad Lubavitch of Western Pennsylvania is an Orthodox synagogue located at 2100 Wightman Street. Bnai Emunoh Chabad is an Orthodox synagogue located at 4315 Murray Avenue. Beth El Congregation-South Hills is a Conservative synagogue located at 1900 Cochran Road. Temple Emanuel of South Hills is a Reform synagogue located at 1250 Bower Hill Road. Parkway Jewish Center is a Conservative synagogue located at 300 Princeton Drive. Temple Ohav Shalom is a Reform synagogue located in Allison Park, PA. In New American Synagogue is a department of Chabad Lubavitch of Western Pennsylvania located at 2116 Wightman Street. Adat Shalom is a Conservative synagogue located in Cheswick, PA. Congregation Dor Hadash is Pittsburgh’s Reconstructionist community. It is located within Rodef Shalom, at 4905 Fifth Avenue, until the Tree of Life * Or L’Simcha Congregation building it rents space in can be rebuilt. There are also a number of mikvaot, ritual baths, in Pittsburgh. The Jewish Women’s League of Pittsburgh Mikvah is located at 1722 Denniston St, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. The Keilim Mikvah is located at Congregation Poale Zedeck 6318 Phillips Ave, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. The Men’s Mikvah Pittsburgh at the Lubavitch Center is located at 2100 Wightman Street, Pittsburgh, PA 15217. The Mikvah Lubavitch is located at 1 Yeshivah Way Pittsburgh, PA 15217. Adath Jeshurun Congregation, better known as the “Margaretta Street Shul”, is a former Orthodox synagogue. The building now houses a church. Congregation B’nai Israel (the Children of Israel) is a former synagogue. The synagogue closed in 1995 and the building was later used by the Urban League of Greater Pittsburgh Charter School. In 2021, ground was broken on a new project which will convert the building into apartments.

Myron was a Pittsburgh area sportscaster long associated with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Allegheny Valley School which provides care for more than 900 people with intellectual disabilities and physical disabilities, including Cope’s son who has severe autism. He also created The Terrible Towel, which the school now owns the rights to.

She might even be related to the late Myron Cope.

Being 71, almost 72, having bad knees and no car, I’ve compiled a list of Pittsburgh landmarks. I have images of some of them on my computer. This list is, of course, just my opinion. Mount Washington with Station Square and Gateway Clipper Fleet in the foreground Mount Washington with the Fort Pitt Bridge and Tunnel in the foreground View exiting the Fort Pitt Tunnel Point State Park fountain Gateway Center PPG Plaza with obelisk dubbed “The Tomb of the Unknown Bowler” Gulf Tower Koppers Tower Fifth Avenue Place Mellon Square Omni William Penn Hotel Kaufmann’s clock at Fifth Avenue and Smithfield Street PNC Park Heinz Field Carnegie Science Center University of Pittsburgh’s Cathedral of Learning (aka Cathy) Saint Paul Cathedral WQED antenna tower Phipps Conservatory and Botanical Gardens Station Square Waterfront stacks (the Waterfront’s on the site of the United States Steel’s Homestead Works) Dippy (in front of the Carnegie Institute) Forbes Field remnants and plaza Light Up (on the University of Pittsburgh campus between Hillman Library and Posvar Hall) A Song to Nature (aka The Mary Schenley Memorial Fountain at the entrance to Schenley Park and directly in front of the University of Pittsburgh’s Frick Fine Arts Building) Ode to Space (in front of the University of Pittsburgh’s David Lawrence Hall) University of Pittsburgh panthers outside the William Pitt Union, the Petersen Events Center, and Heinz Field Walking to the Sky (on the Carnegie Mellon University campus outside Warner Hall) Joy of Life (fountain at Baum Boulevard and South Whitfield Street) George Westinghouse Memorial in Schenley Park Edit: The above list is subject to change based on what I can find.

No doubt the Fort Pitt Tunnel. So true.

I've PMed SCUBA Hero information about some Pittsburgh neighborhoods and landmarks as well as Western Pennsylvania English (Pittsburghese). Transportation, including infrastructure, is next. One rule about Pittsburgh is that the shortest distance between two points is always either under construction or blocked by something.

Here's another interesting Pittsburgh NPC that might make a good contact: Caroline McCauley, D.V.M., is the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium’s dedicated head veterinarian. She has a way with animals, and they seem instinctively to trust her.

The city I use might be Pittsburgh, my home town. There's no oceanic institute or lighthouse, but there's an observatory with three telescopes, one of which is open to the public, a science center that's open to the public, and many bridges, a number of which are in poor shape. A few of those are slated for repairs.

Yasko Nighigawa is the Wells Planetarium’s technical manager. I forgot to mention that the Wells Planetarium staffers wear navy blue cloth flight suits as uniforms. R/V Laurel Clark (T-AGOR-30) is a Thomas G. Thompson-class oceanographic research ship owned by the Office of Naval Research, operated by the University of California Coastal City Oceanic Institute, the host vessel of the DSV Judith Resnik, an Alvin-class deep submergence vehicle, and crewed mostly by naval reservists who are considered on active duty and wear the shipboard working uniform coverall. Commander Jason Whitehead is her commanding officer. Commander Eileen Bogan, M.D., is her surgeon (medical officer). Cora Paterson, a civilian, is chief pilot, and mechanic, of the DSV Judith Resnik. She decides what music to play during the descent and likes The Nutcracker Suite. University of California Coastal City is based on the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University and has a number of off-campus locations. Some of the staffers of the university’s Center for Teaching and Learning, including Rick Sterling, their courier, and Barbara Gray, the classroom engineer who does classroom technical inspections and repairs, wear royal blue cloth flight suits. Hayes, California, the location of the NASA telemetry station, is 20-miles east of Coastal City. A mostly rural community, it’s airport is Hayes Airport, a general aviation facility. Joanna Hawke, a former navy fighter pilot, commercial pilot, certified flight instructor, airframe and powerplant mechanic, and the airport manager, runs Hawke Aviation, Inc., the airport’s only fixed base operator. The area has two other airports, Coastal City International (based on Pittsburgh International Airport) and Munhall Airport (based on Allegheny County Airport). The local medevac helicopter is based there. Melody Walters, BSN., RN., a Certified Flight Registered Nurse, and pilot Andrea Stewart are one of the teams based there.

I'm not sure if this is setting or not, but I came up with these NPC characters in a few minutes. Thomas Avery is an occult expert and retired mystic whose power has waned and needs a cane to walk. He can provide background info and serves as a contact with the Trismegistus Council. He shares his house with his housekeeper, Marie, and several cats. Paul Bergman, Ph.D., is a middle-aged oceanographer and the head of the UC Coastal City Oceanic Institute. Tanya Morrow, Ph.D., is an astronomer and the head of UC Coastal City’s Coastal City Observatory. Sandra Verdeschi, Ph.D., is an astronomer and the head of UC Coastal City’s Wells Planetarium.

I was considering Coastal City from the 3E module Atlas Unleashed. However, Bay City, from the Champions: New Millennium line is a good city, too.

Coastal City, from the 3E book Atlas Unleashed, has a bay, a harbor (which may or may not be the same thing), a swank hotel, a power company, an overcrowded freeway system, a fine arts museum, a USAF base outside the city, a factory-lined channel (which may now be light industry or open-air mall on former factory site), and a nearby NASA telemetry station.

I'm thinking of placing Coastal City in New York State on Lake Ontario.

It was in the 3E book Atlas Unleashed. I'm hoping someone might have fleshed it out from the description given. We were given a swank hotel, a fine art museum, a power company, an overcrowded freeway system, a harbor, a bay, a factory-lined channel (which may lead from the harbor to the bay), an air force base outside of town, and a nearby NASA telemetry station.

Still thinking about Coastal City. It's a harbor city, with a bay, that could be on any coast, including the Great Lakes.

I didn't create San Angelo, Gold Rush Games did. I just used it, and some additions to it that were created by some of the good folks here, in a couple of clubs I ran here.

I like it, too. You could even use Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, my home town.

Looking at Homestead in the 4E Champions book, I note that there's no basement. Shouldn't there be one? The first floor stairs by the family room could go down instead of up. The second floor stairs in the same place could by a linen closet.