Mark Rand

"Roland Daggett was a corrupt business executive whose corporations are either on the block or have been sold," Batgirl says.  "He probably gypped a lot of people with his underhanded ways.  He's also responsible for turning actor Matt Hagen into Clayface and forcing Hagen to work for him."

"Wayne Enterprises, which I own, has bought a number of Daggett's companies," Batman adds.

Where can I get a copy of the show bible?

"Very expensive jewelry was taken from the Vanlandingham mansion here is Bristol Township's Crest Hills neighborhood," Batgirl says.  "It looks too sloppy to be Catwoman's work.  No finess to it at all."

"She helped Catwoman solve a burglary that everyone thought was hers," Batman says.  "It was Rolland Daggett's handiwork.  He and his gang are in jail."

Batman turns to Batgirl.  "Any leads on that burglary you're looking into?"

"It's something Sara Matthews could've done," Batgirl replies.  "However, she tends the Gotham Harbor Lighthouse, which is on an island one half mile east of Gotham City, and there was a small craft advisory from 6 PM last night to 6AM."

"That lets her off the hook," Batman says.  "Her only watercraft is a 17-foot Boston Whaler.  Besides, Detective Renee Montoya was visiting her last night.  Keep at it.  Any other news?"

"Report of something called a sea bat on Gotham University Oceanic Institute's research ship, the RV Laurel Blair Clark," Batgirl replies.

"I think you're a good fit for this team," Batman says as Batgirl works at the computer.

"I've had experience with metahumans in the Justice League," Batman says, "and Batgirl has worked with Supergirl.  They even defeated Livewire.  As far as magic goes, I've worked with Jason Blood and his demon form a few times."

10 hours ago, steriaca said:

Lady Heart sighed. "I'm ok with the communicator, night vision device, and even the mini-computer. But I don't need the grappling hook. I can fly. Among other things. Am I supposed to be the designated carrier of spare items?"

 

"I am what the media calls a metahuman. Othoe I seem to take after a typical Japanese magical girl show heroine than, say, um, Superman."

"You can forgo the grappling hook," Batman says.  "However, you might need the other gear."

Batman, Batgirl, and their associates have gathered in the Batcave.

Harold Allnut, Batman's engineer, says, "We have gear for you."  He points to utility belts, each with a Mini-Bat Computer (Absolute Range Sense, Absolute Time Sense, Eidetic Memory, Lightning Calculator, Speed Reading, Mind Scan/Mind Control 6d6 [Machines], & link to the main Batcomputer), a Bat Communicator, a launching grappling hook, starlite nightvision gear, a penlight with red, white, and infrared LEDs, a magazine of 6 conventional gas masks, a magazine of 6 smoke bombs, and a magazine of 4 folding batarangs.

He continues, "While the communicator is designed to slip over an ear, we have wrist communicators, too.  The nightvision gear, which is available either as lenses for masks, or as goggles, need light to work."

This Robin, Tim Drake from The New Batman Adventures, the follow-up to Batman: The Animated Series, was a street kid and the son of David "Shifty" Drake, a hood who was killed by Two Face.

His martial arts were, probably, Dirty Infighting and in his first episode he used thrown weapons of opportunity, including a batarang that he once found and reels of film from a box in an abandoned movie theater.  He also had street smarts and once tailed his father to Two-Face's hideout.

I'm looking for Tim Drake, the Robin from The New Batman Adventures at or near the beginning of the series.  Can anyone point me in the right direction?

1 hour ago, Opal said:

There's The Winchester Mystery House, for instance.

www.winchestermysteryhouse.com/

 

True.

2 hours ago, steriaca said:

Cool. Yes I know not all clowns are murderous. Just that one clown. You know that joker.

I know.  At that farm, you can also learn to ride horses.  Disney Studios East is also in Hayden and their Circle H Ranch, where they shoot quite a bit of the Spin and Marty serial.  Gotham Raceway, the motorsports facility owned by one of Bruce Wayne's companies, is close to it.

In my Outsiders campaign, it'll be Jason Blood's house, and it's close to Gotham University,  Gotham Planetarium, and several hospitals in the University Medical Center.

17 minutes ago, steriaca said:

True. And the Outsiders operate I. Gotham Country  (which includes Batman's city). You can only face so much wacky normal supervillains with an obsession without needing a trip to the countryside away from murderous clowns.

Agreed, but not all are murderous.

At the western end of the county is Hayden Township.  It has a farm where you can go horseback riding, board your own horse, go on a hayride, or cut your own Christmas tree.  It also has Deer Lakes Park, a county park that's home to the Gotham County Amateur Astronomy Association’s Wagman Observatory.  Every so often, they hold a star party, an opportunity for amateur astronomers, students and the general public to observe the wonders of the spring, summer or fall sky as the season changes the overhead view.

Jason Blood lives in Gotham City.

Maybe it's not The House of Mystery.  Maybe it's Jason Blood's house.  In the DCU, he lives in an apartment.  He might not in the DCAU.

2 minutes ago, steriaca said:

But Mark, what about it's brother house, The House of Secrets?

It's not in Gotham City.

One portal goes to a hotel floor.  Looking out the windows, one sees an ocean of sand.  The maid, a ghost, can make herself solid.

One portal goes to the base of a spiral staircase  inside a stone tower. 

One portal goes to the ballroom where a ball is taking place.  Sometimes, one of the ghosts becomes solid for a short time.

One portal goes to a staircase going up.

The other two portals go to bedrooms.

Edit: I might make the kitchen gate going just to the pantry/wine cellar, and larder/cool room with the east gate going to the kitchen garden and the last two second floor gates going to the motorhomes at the tracks.

Thanks, Dean.  I'm definitely going to use some of it in Gotham City's version of The House of Mystery.

The first floor, which is almost identical to that of Mobius in Mystic Masters, has two gates, each leading to other gates.

The porch's east gate leads to two others, one going to a motorhome in the parking lot at Gotham Park, a thoroughbred and harness track.  The other goes to a motorhome in a parking lot at Gotham Raceway, a motorsports racing facility.  Both are owned by one of Bruce Wayne's companies.

The other gate is in the kitchen and leads to the pantry.  Gates in it lead to the wine cellar, larder, and the kitchen garden.

The second floor is identical to the one in the book.  The third floor has six portals, plus the hall bathroom.

The floors alternate between the real world and an alternate reality.  The floors are linked by the mobius staircase which, on each floor, is surrounded by a hall.

19 minutes ago, DShomshak said:

I doubt this is useful, but Mobius helped inspire me in designing a base for the Ultimate Supermage playtest characters. Wetchley House exists simultaneously on Earth and in Babylon. Two sets of floors; some doors are Gates between the two halves. Also an attic floor that exists in neither place.

 

Dean Shomshak

Cool, Dean.  I'd love to see the floor plans you created.

According to county records, Jason Blood owns the house.  He pays all the utility and tax bills.

Edit: He also pays Lilith's salary.

Unlike DC's House of Mystery, this one is close to Gotham University, which is based on the University of Pittsburgh.

Amber is a wild owl, not a pet.  She was originally attracted by a pan of water left out for her by Lilith.  The house's magic let her mind-link with Lilith and sense that she was friendly.  She now lives in the house's living woods and drinks from the brook that flows through it.

There is a ballroom on the first floor, just off the living room.  It has a ghostly band, clad in tuxedos and evening gowns, complete with a singer who looks like Rose from Titanic.

One window looks like Dr. Strange's round one.

45 minutes ago, Lord Liaden said:

I would suggest taking a look at the campaign mini-setting/adventure, "The House that Jack Built," in Adventurers Club #16. It's full of various haunting spirits, demonic influences, dimensional portals, and malevolent magicks. Its detailed write-up includes maps of two floors of the House. Blending elements of this with Mobius would create a truly interesting and diverse base/adventure location.

 

There is also a pretty clear analogue to the House of Mystery in the Champions source book, Hidden Lands. Sunday Pond, Maine, is an area long known for unusual phenomena. Very few mystics are aware that the source of those phenomena is a multi-dimensional "convergence," a portal to many other dimensions. It's located in the graveyard behind the abandoned St. Julian's Church, home base for the powerful, mysterious sorcerer called the Witness (a Phantom Stranger analogue), along with his assistants Peale and Hardy, the ghosts of the church's former caretakers. The location is described in fair detail but not mapped; however, you do get a full write-up for the Witness.

I have The House That Jack Built.  In fact, I once tried to make it into a benevolent house.  I might try again to do so. 

I had Hidden Lands, but I may've sold my copy.  I'll have to look around more for it.

Edit: Just bought the Hidden Lands PDF.