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Good point. Of course, she could've been hit from behind. The crook grabbed her choker before she could grab her gun and gets an unpleasant surprise

Yeah, Ben. Those would be good. As I understand it, from what they were saying on KDKA, Mario's going to be out the rest of the season. The local governments, as far as I know, has no intention of putting up a new arena and, given their financial problems, won't, even if the Mellon Arena was trashed. The end result would have Mario selling the Pens, the team leaving and Pittsburgh slipping furthur into red ink.

Chuckg, it is an IIF. Can you imagine a crook's surprise if he takes the choker and finds himself facing an enraged cougar? Would it have been reasonable for her to have gone through the same combat training and oder identification a police dog gets? Of course, since she has human intelligence, it would be easier for her to pick the skills up. Her partner might also be trained in handling her under such circumstances. She could also have a mystic link with her partner that lets them converse when she's in courar form.

The mansion from The House that Jack Built, from an old issue of Adventurers Club, is one of the two mansions that come to mind when I think about this. The other is the Paulson Mansion on, I think, on the grounds of the University of Kentucky.I found its plans and photos of the exterior on the net. Since the house has gates to pocket realities, most changes will be the kinds of upgrades (HVAC, electrical, smoke detectors, and telecommunications) that wouldn't hurt the housse.

Blue, Chuckg, Ghost who Walks, thanks for your posts. Blue, thanks to your suggestion, I found the image I wanted. It was on page 1 of the 'poll: The Catsuit Pagent' thread.

I have an idea for a liaison officer in my superhero campaign. She's an FBI agent with a difference. She and her partner busted a big-time crook, who said that he'd sic Coyote on them. Coyote cursed the lady agent, causing her to become a cougar when enraged. When this happens, in addition to the physical stats, she has the intelligence of this cat. Fortunately, Dr. Arcane heard about this and forced Coyote to help the lady agent. He gave her a moonstone-set choker that lets her control when she changes and makes sure only the physical stats change. Any ideas on writing the curse? Any ideas on the choker's writeup? Last year, there was a thread having to do with some kind of beauty contest with color pictures and photos. One photo had Gillian Anderson, Scully from X-Files, in a black jumpsuit with the letters FBI on it in white. Anyone know where this can be found? It'll work for this agent.

Sorry. I forgot two people in Perfection. They are below. Cletus Poffenberger: retired government scientist Mindy Sterngood: Nancy's college-student daughter

There is a fourth edition Champions/Hero System timelord package deal on the net somewhere. I think I found it through the open directory project.

The mansion belonged to the Harrisons, a wealthy Pittsburgh family, for five generations before Laura, the family's daughter, was kidnapped by an evil cult after her parents and the family housekeeper were murdered before her eyes. Dr. Arcane, a local high-powered mage, found out about the sacrafice (sp) and moved to stop it. As he did, a spirit entered Laura, empowered her, and helped her fight her captors. Once that was done, the spirit left Laura and became visible. "Laura, you have the ability to use magic. If you didn't, I couldn't have helped you. You can either do nothing and let evil win, or join the fight against it. What do you say?" "I will join the fight," Laura replied. "Dr. Arcane, will you accept me as a student?" "Yes." After years of studying, Laura, now known as Lady Arcane, wove spells around her mansion. (I'm using the mansion from The House that Jack Built as the basis for the mansion.) The first made the building stronger than it once was and prevented otherworldly beings outside from coming in or those inside from leaving. This spell had the side effect of attracting Rose, a kind-hearted ghost. The second spell created gateways to other places. One place, based on Batman's current Batcave, serves as the team's lab, shop, computer, communications, exersize, medical and meeting facility.

I enjoy crossover campaigns and one reason I like Las Vegas is the chance to add Tremors: the Series to the campaign. According to the Scifi channel's website, Perfection is a few hours from the Nevada Test Site. Since its geography includes mountains, I'd put it in northern Nevada. The people in Perfection are interesting. Here they are. Tyler Reed: graboid tour operator and former NSACAR driver W. D. Twitchell: annoying federal bureaucrat Rosalita Sanchez: cattle rancher and former Las Vegas showgirl who grew up in Eas Los Angeles Jodi Chang: shopkeeper Nancy Sterngood: artisan, lover of solitude and open spaces and ex-hippie Burt Gummer: survival expert and monster hunter Melvin Plug: real-estate developer and rat Harlow Winnemuca: Rosalita's hired hand Dr. Casey Mathews: government scientist Larry Norvel: hyperactive scifi fan Sam Boggs: county sheriff El Blanco: sterile white graboid That's the lot. Except for the graboid sheet on Mike Surbrook's site, none have been written up. How many points would you give each character? How would you define Mix Master, the chemical, lining the valley floor, that can make DNA from various non-human speciea compatable?

I've been thinking about Pittsburgh's superhero team. My current idea is for The Avengers to exist in my campaign universe and them to set up a branch office in Pittsburgh. One character I plan to use is a mage with a familiar, either an owl or a cat. The team could use the mage's house as a base. What other heroes could be there? Besides a maid or butler, what occupations should the staffers have?

Good points, CarlSagan. Thank you. Most of the old members of the Watchers Council were killed by The First, but a few probably survived. Buffy, Giles and their accociates are creating a new council. Slayers that don't play by the rules are going to have Buffy and many Slayers after them, not to mention local, state and federal law enforcemenr agencies, including PRIMUS, the DOSPA, and the Initative.

You know me. I'm always adjusting my NPCs. Here are changes in the occupations of the Slayers' parents. Honey's father, William, now teaches woodshop. At home, in his workshop, he makes stakes and replacement handles for Honey's scythe and Kendra's axe. Her mother, Cathy, is a chemistry teacher. When needed, she helps them with their spellcasting. Keiko's mother, Midori, doesn't wear glasses. I mistook sunglasses for regular glasses. Kendra's father, John, isn't a physician, he's the school principal. Her mother, Sue, is the school nurse. The gang from CSI: Crime Scene Investigations, including the new sheriff and Lady Heather, are there. Gil Grissom and Lady Heather are often seen together at socal events

I know I'm probably beating a dead horse here, but I still think the Bat Team's possible. Assume for a moment that Robin's dead and Batman's either dead or so badly injured that he can never get out of bed, much less fight crime again. Either way, his identity has been revealed to the public. Besides Batgirl and, possibly, Nightwing, can protect Gotham City from criminals?

The Slayer team I mentioned above would work in any campaign city, if it isn't Slayer Central and the location of Watcher Headquarters. Remember, the old headquarters, and its library, were destroyed by agents of The First. If it is, we have many Slayers there. Some are teaching anti-vampire techniques to SWAT teams, some some teach at Slayer Centeral, some are on duty, with people from various agencies, at the airport, and one or two are interning with the local forensics experts. We have newly-discovered Slayers coming in and trained Slayers either returning home either to train furthur, if they're leas than 14-years old, or to help protect their city. Buffy could take some with her to help deal with a major problem or some could work with the Initiative on missions. If we follow the Slayers / CSI storyline, Rona will be the one that works with the Finns and their team, as a consultant.

We know, from the Buffy series that a Hellmouth is a weakening in the barrier between out reality and Hell. Does energy leak through the Hellmouth? If so, is the leak steady or does it change from time to time? Can someone that can sense magic sense a Hellmouth and its energy output, if any? In a high mana world, like the CU, what effects would it have?

I think the Queen of Swords, from the syndicated television program of the same name, would fit here.

actually, the Slayers wouldn't be PCs. They'd just be characters that the heroes would sometimes run into.

badger3k, are you referring to Rose, the ghost from the thread Constructing a Mage's Mansion?

Here are the names of the characters. The Slayers and their families have lived in the campaign city for, at least, three years. Kendra Masters is a 16-year old Slayer. Born and bred in Jamacia, she came to the United States with her family when she was 10. She has braided, waist-length black hair and prefers battle axe with handle spike. John Masters, M.D. and his wife, Sue, a nurse practitioner, tend the team's medical needs. Keiko Namura is a 16-year old Slayer and ninja. She has shoulder-length black hair and bangs and wields a katana. Midori Mamura, Keiko's mother, is a ninja, gymnastics coach who owns her own school and the team's trainer. She has waist-length black hair and wears glasses. Like her daughter, she likes the katana. Hikaru Namura, Keiko's father, is a police detective. Honey James is a 16-year old Slayer with golden blonde hair. Her favorite weapon is the scythe. William James, PhD, Honey's father, is the principal of the school all three girls attend. For added zest, its on a Hellmouth. Cathy James, Honey's mother, is a reporter for the local newspaper. Tom Marshall is the school librarian and the Slayers' Watcher. Like Giles, he likes books and dislikes computers. Connie Gray is the school's computer science teacher. She and Tom are dating. Cameron Chase is a PRIMUS intelligence agent and liaison to the superhero team the Slayers are part of.

Hi, Nightfly. Glad you like the three Slayers. One good thing about them is that they're easily moved to whatever campaign city you're using. I'm thinking of having them all be students at the high school on the Hellmouth and their Watcher become the school librarian. His, more or less, girlfriend is the school's computer science teacher. Of course, the Slayers will occasionally run into the so called Popular Crowd. (Can you tell that I was watching my first season Buffy DVDs last night?) Although all Slayers are trained with stakes, crossbows, bladed weapons and other hand weapons, each uses what she likes. The Japanese Slayer prefers her katana, using it either two-handed, for a beheading, or one-handed, with a stake in the left, to bring the vamp to his knees. The Jamaican Slayer carries her own version of the scythe, a heavy axe with a stake-like point on the handle. The white Slayer has a scythe like Buffy used. I like your scythe writeup, Nightfly. Hopefully, the guy who made the Buffy writeup (not me) will add it to the page.

The idea of the otherworld area being buildings around a large city park is a new one. The original one had nine buildings in three rows of three. If I go back to this, with the plans I have now, the setup could be a hotel, church and theater in the first row, the medical clinic, Washington Monument and gymnasium in the second and a mansion and two others in the third. Comments and suggestions for the last two are requested. Remember, I have to be able to find plans for these buildings somewhere.

I don't recall seeing much anime here in Pittsburgh. My favorites are Robotech, Voltron (lion force only), and, assuming they're anime, The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers and Voltron, the Third Dimension.

Silver Avenger Nakamura was created as the default Silver Avenger for the campaign. Now that I think of it, I could simply transfer Terry Kestler to the campaign city. That would work, too. I'm beginning to think a team of three Slayers might be best. One's the Japanese-American Slayer mentioned above. Her mother now teaches the girls how to fight. The second is from Jamaica. Her Watcher now serves as the team's Watcher. Since there's already a combat teacher, he serves as a researcher. The third girl's white, from the campaign city and the daughter of a high school principal. To make things more interesting, said school sits on the local Hellmouth. Agent Cameron Chase of PRIMUS serves as agency liaison for both teams.

The Disney made for cable movie Up, Up and Away, mentioned on the TV Superhero thread comes to mind.