DJ Blackrock

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... There were a few less quotables at our Space Opera game last night, as the GM started an "I'm sorry I derailed the plot" jar, with a 5 cent charge per infraction. I'm now about 5 bucks in the hole. Anyways, the best one I can remember for the night was: GM (as NPC Andi): "Well, my boyfriend back on the station could've kicked your... wait, no, he was a pacifist." Dante (maybe OOC): "Pacifist? I'll pacifist through your face!"

Re: Which is your least favorite archetype to play? I have to continue the hate for Mentalists. Well, Mentalists in the hands of one particular player. This player is a math superfreak, who takes weeks to fine tune a character, and even with hard caps in place, still manages to bend the rules system over a table and have his way with it. We wound up with a mentalist so damned powerful that he could sit in his apartment, Mind Scan this entire corner of the Milky Way galaxy, find a villain, and mind-**** him or her so badly that they became a drooling idiot and unfit for further use. Villains eventually began wearing psionic dampeners, but he just made his powers Armor Piercing to get around it. He also had no problems with Mind Controlling the villains to kill each other, and then commit suicide (25d6 Mind Control ((pushed and Haymakered)), plus 5 CSLs for ECV only can screw over most anything out there) I pleaded with him, please, I have no way of even touching you, and you're obliterating the plot. You're five seconds away from being NPCed. We eventually agreed on a radiation accident involving nano-machines that turned him into a human shaped blob of sentient nanites. He was still insanely difficult to hurt, but at least he had to be at the actual fights.

Re: Ultimate Showdown of Ultimate Destiny Frostbite would likely find some place to hide, seal the entrance with a good four to five feet of ice, and hide there until the noise stopped. He'd then wait for Mister Rogers to win, sneak up on him, prepare to freeze him solid, then get run through, his blood slowly freezing to the ground.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... From my Space Opera Game: Me (OOC): "Okay, hold it. Right here, we've got a gay man playing a lizard woman hitting on a straight girl playing a fox man. The mind reels." --------------------- My character, based on Heavy Weapons Guy from Team Fortress 2 has been summoned to a temple ruin by the rest of the group. They say to bring Sasha. Problem: The temple is now a tourist attraction, and Sasha is Minigun. I managed to use intimidation and quick thinking to convince the guard I was there for a cosplay event and that Sasha was just a replica. He ties a pretty pink ribbon around the barrel of Sasha. GM (OOC): "I can't believe that worked. I can just see it, once you fire that gun, all the guards will be like 'The Peacebinding! It does nothing!'" ---------------------- Discussing interrogation tactics for plant based life-forms: Dr. Glass: "There will be no dismemberment while I'm here." Autumn: "It's not dismemberment, it's pruning." ---------------------- Jesse (or someone, don't remember): "This is going to take tact, social grace and discretion." Me: "I have Demolitions. That's my primary social skill." Others: "Well, that means Jurgen is out."

Re: Champions Online on X-Play While I love the Champions Universe maybe a little too much, I don't think I'm ready to abandon City of Heroes/Villains just yet. I've put an awful lot of time and effort into that game, and I'd hate to see it crash because Cryptic and NCSoft don't hang anymore.

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game I named one of my characters "a Nemesis plot" so the NPC dialog is pretty funny. "OH NO! It's a Nemesis plot!" and "When I grow up, I wanna be just like a Nemesis plot!" makes me smile, but YMMV.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Didn't have my Serenity game tonight, one of my players, who's epileptic, had a seizure and it kind of killed the mood for game, so we had a 6 person game of Red Dragon Inn. Pick it up if you can. Many of the quotes from that game are not fit to print. The tamest came when I tried to take my friend Holly out of the game, and she used mathematical shenanigans to get out of it. I turned to her and said: "You are made of b*tch!"

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Personally, I think I'd like to see that costume.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... From tonights Tri-Stat Space Opera game. Mathy: Well, you are the ranking officer on the ship. Xeralia: Ranking officer? I'm the janitor! ======================= GM: You hear clucking. Smug, evil clucking. Xeralia (OOC): I don't care if it is someone's pet, I'm killing that damned chicken! ======================= and our GMs most used quote tonight GM: Will the peanut gallery please shut up?! ======================= Driev (OOC): You're in an odd mood today, what happened? Me (OOC): Nyquil and Red Bull. (before you ask, yes, I did get that from ventriloquist Jeff Dunham)

Re: City of Heroes - Online Hero Game Oh, come on, what's funnier than a group of superheroes riding the elevated train? As seen here http://www.pvponline.com/2004/06/08/june-8-2004/ BTW, if you haven't read it, PvP is an excellent webcomic.

Re: How to open a door? Ever seen the Dark Knight? Disposable thugs, diamond tipped drill, shaped explosives. Keeps in line with your "No actual superpowers" concept. Alternately, someone mentioned freezing the door with Liquid Nitrogen. In keeping with the superhero genre, a blackmailed Ice manipulator works well, and is slightly less expensive than liquid hydrogen.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... We had ourselves a group dream/reader fueled drug trip in our Serenity game tonight, and a few good quotes came from it. (Note, the game world jumped ahead 8 years, and the players have no idea what happened in the intervening time) Crystelle (NPC): "Have you all gone crazy?" : points at the mechanic : "And he doesn't count, he was already nuts." ================= Varkel (OOC): "Wait, I've gone legit? Since when? Legitimacy terrifies me!" ================= Velvet (OOC): "Hold on a sec, I was married?" Me (GM): "Yup." Velvet (OOC): "To who?!" Me (GM): "Good question." ================= Amelia (OOC): "Wait, why would I have left the ship?" GM: "Well, the captain died, and she," : indicates Kera : "Is the new captain." Kera: : smiles wickedly : Amelia (OOC): "That'll do it." ================= Velvet: (The late Captain's apparent widow) "How did Jonathan die?" Crystelle: (The late Captain's only daughter) : glares : "That's not funny and you know it." : storms off : Velvet (sort of OOC): "No I didn't. I don't remember anything! I just woke up and I was a space pirate!" Crystelle: : stops, looks back over her shoulder : "Dad apparently had a thing for mental cases." The Mechanic (OOC): "I suppose that explains my continued employment then." ================= And, while not a quote, our pilot showed up in costume today. Including a bright red wig. And yes, he drove to game in that getup. God I love my group.

Re: Whats in a name http://www.colugo.org/jmcmurra/generators/index.php?pageId=1&pageType=1 I've gotten some mileage out of this one myself.

Re: Ringers (prompted by the Black Widow thread on Dark Champions) A few of the characters I've played are essentially ringers. Some deliberate, some not. For example: Frostbite: Quite obviously an homage to Iceman. His personality and look are completely different, but I don't know of any other ice manipulators in comics (granted, I don't read many, but still). Lennox: This one is kind of a reverse ringer. Lennox was kind of a happy accident, he was built off-the-cuff as a Gargoyle bodyguard/retainer of a player's Tremere character in Vampire: The Masquerade. Completely by accident, or perhaps because the player played his character as a complete asshat, Lennox became much better recieved and well loved than the character he was built to protect. Ironically, the personality I gave him was 100% to the letter, Hellboy. I say this was accidental, because, until the movie came out, I had no idea Hellboy even existed, and Lennox was made a good 2-3 years before the movie came out. So, Happy accident. Scorpio: Essentially a ringer/homage/combination of Deathlok, The Scorpion and Iron Man. I readily admit stealing/being inspired by all three. I lost him to a spiked pit trap 2 hours into the game. Serpentyne: Ripped almost completely from the old ROM: Spaceknight comics from Marvel. 20 nerd points if you remember ROM. Games, The Video Game Vigilante: This wasn't a direct ringer, but his main power was a massive VPP, only to copy powers and abilities from video games he's played. His personality and psych lims change dependant on game. If he's recently played Mortal Kombat, he's very kombativ--- er, combative and blood thirsty. Castlevania, he's vampire-like, etc... Raziel: Originally a Vampire: The Masquerade character I played, his name is ripped from the Blood Omen games, his personality one I put together, and his powers quite similar to Marrow from Marvel. Again, another example of copying something I didn't know about at the time. Rogue Wyvern: My City of Heroes Blaster is an almost direct rip-off of the CoH character Manticore, who, himself is an homage to Hawkeye, so I guess it's a secondary ringer. I'm sure there's a few others, but I can't really recall them at the moment. It's 5:31am and I need to sleep.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Just had session one of Origins of Power tonight, and, though we don't have many quotes, the couple we do were pretty good. The characters are: Frostbite- ex-con Ice/Cold Manipulator (GMPC) The Twins- Twin psychic mecha pilots (PC) Overgrowth- Just your average high-school student... who can control plants. (PC) Lisa- Cryogenically frozen and recently thawed catgirl with fire manipulation powers. Hasn't settled on a codename yet. (PC) Tzalan- Other-dimensional Wraith-like being inhabiting a human host. (PC) Buntai-Kun- Highly skilled martial artist with elemental powers (think Avatar) (PC) ---------------------- The Twins (ooc): : trying to describe the Twins' hair color : "It's like, a brownish-red... uh," : grabs a bowl of cheese & Chili dip : "Kinda like this color." GM (me, ooc): "So, you have hair the color of bean dip?" ---------------------- Buntai-Kun is fighting a villain named Acidshock, who can produce and project a variety of acids from his body. They've traded blows for a bit, both missing as much as they hit, until. GM (me): "Okay, Acidshock is on his back after your legsweep. On his turn, he scoots back a couple feet, winds up his left arm, and thows a glob of what you assume to be acid at you." : Rolls, gets a 4 : "And he hits. My but he hits." Buntai-Kun: : after damage is rolled : "Alright, that hurt, but I'm okay." GM: "Did you take BODY damage from that?" Buntai-Kun: "Yeah..." GM: : looks at notes : "Okay, make me a CON roll, and if you miss it, tell me what your EGO is." Buntai-Kun: : rolls : "Hmm. Missed by 2. My EGO is, uhm... 13" GM: : Grins Evilly, picks up 10d6 and rolls, counts : "Okay, so that's EGO plus 20..." : looks at Buntai-Kun's player : "Duuuuude... the colors!" Buntai-Kun: "What, I'm high?" GM: "LSD is an acid. You are now in a state, scientifically dubbed, 'High off your ****'. Enjoy. I'll be having you make periodic PER rolls to make sure what your seeing really is what your seeing." Buntai-Kun: "I hate you." ------------------------- Buntai-Kun's player got over his hate, and started to run with the whole involuntary high thing. Once out of the warehouse they encountered Acidshock, he starting making, and failing PER rolls all on his own. A couple snippets: Buntai-Kun: "Dude, there's a Unicorn hitch-hiking on the corner. Pick him up." :Upon seeing the Twin's mecha for the first time: "RUN! It's Mecha-Godzilla! We must flee the city, no one is safe!" --------------------------- Tzalan's player was late, so he didn't get many quotes (though he usually good for them). The first time he changed into his hero ID, there was a reaction from almost everyone (So it's known, when he changes to hero ID, his skin rips open, and he essentially turns himself inside out. With concomitant sound effects. Once he's in that form, he's a horrifying mix of a Ringwraith and Big Chill from Ben 10: Alien Force) Everyone but Overgrowth and Gemini, the team's liason, fail their PRE rolls. Lisa: : vomits : Buntai-Kun: : Passes out : Frostbite: : shudders, jumps back : "Gyaaaah!" The Twins: : The girl passes out, the boy looks down at her : "Oh Great." : since they're mentally linked, he then passes out too : Overgrowth: "You don't see that every day." Gemini: "Unless you're us."

Re: Help! Need a name! Just got home from the first session of Origins of Power, and the plant controller decided on "Overgrowth", from looking over this thread. Thanks for all your help!

Not sure if a thread like this has been done before, as my search-fu is weak, and this may not even be the right forum for it, so, mods, feel free to move it if you like. I was thinking the other day what my own, personal, real life stats would be, so I decided to write myself up in HERO system. Turns out I'm worth 123 points, so, theoretically, I could handle an average VIPER agent on my own. Here it is: DJ Blackrock Player: Val Char Cost 12 STR 2 14 DEX 12 8 CON -4 13 BODY 6 18 INT 8 15 EGO 10 13 PRE 3 8 COM -1 2 PD 0 2 ED 0 2 SPD 0 4 REC 0 16 END 0 23 STUN 0 6" RUN 0 2" SWIM 0 2" LEAP 0 Characteristics Cost: 36 Cost Power 4 Heavy: Knockback Resistance -2" 7 Seen Everything there is to see on the internet: Mental Defense (10 points total) Powers Cost: 11 Cost Skill 3 Acting 12- 1 Animal Handler 8- 3 Conversation 12- 3 Deduction 13- 5 Cramming 2 KS: Useless Trivia 11- 13 KS: Transformers Trivia 22- 6 KS: Vampire: The Masquerade 15- 2 KS: Champions 11- 1 KS: Drawing 8- 3 KS: Music Editing 12- 3 Oratory 12- 3 Persuasion 12- 6 PS: Supermarket Cashier 15- 3 PS: Deli Counter 12- 2 PS: Stock 11- 2 PS: Delivery Driving 11- 2 PS: Sound Board Operation 11- 2 PS: Pizza Prep 11- 2 PS: Hotel Reservations 11- 2 WF: Blades, Polearms and Spears Skills Cost: 69 Cost Perk 3 Access 3 Computer Link 1 False Identity Perks Cost: 7 Total Character Cost: 123 Pts. Disadvantage 10 Psychological Limitation: Lazy (Common, Moderate) 20 Normal Characteristic Maxima 15 Psychological Limitation: Clinically Depressed (Common, Strong) 20 Psychological Limitation: Insomnia (Very Common, Strong) 10 Unluck: 2d6 Bad Karma 5 Susceptibility: Airborne Bacteria 1d6 damage per Minute (Uncommon) 5 Dependence: Nicotine Becomes Very Cranky (Very Common, 1 Hour) 0 Dependence: Caffeiene Becomes Slow, Groggy and Dumb (Very Common, 1 Day) 5 Reputation: Scary Guy With The Trenchcoat, 8- 5 Money: Poor 5 Enraged: When Friends, Family or Personal Hygeine Insulted (Uncommon), go 8-, recover 14- 10 Distinctive Features: Fat, 138 Kg (Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses) Disadvantage Points: 110 Base Points: 200 Experience Required: 0 Total Experience Available: 0 Experience Unspent: 0 So, feel free to post your own stats! Go!

I'm starting a new Champions campaign in a couple of days, and here's my roster Frostbite- Ice/Cold manipulator Lisa Deing (no codename yet)- Fire/Heat Manipulator The Twins- Twin psychically linked mecha pilots Buntai-Kun- Martial Artist with elemental powers (think Avatar on Nickelodeon) Tzalan- Other-dimensional wraith like being inhabiting a human host Panther- a former cheerleader/gymnast, now brick. Hates her powers and a Plant controller. My issue now, is a name for the plant controller. I'm using a modified version of Thorn's character sheet from CKC, and simplified it as much as I could since the player is brand-stinking new to role playing altogether. I've been trying to figure out some possible names for the plant controller, just to give him some ideas, but I can't come up with much. So far I've got Botanic and Greenhouse. Flora is too girly for a male character and a friend suggested Photosynthesis, but that's kinda long to shout in combat. Any other suggestions? Any help is appreciated!

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... From a Scion game I ran a while back (good system, worth checking out) Best without context: "I have a hotel room, duct tape and a fully stocked minibar. I'm good!" Jack Lightstone, the only black character in the group. Son of Baron Samedi "Uh uh, I've seen this movie. The black guy dies first, you go." Alex, PC, son of Bastet. Blind since birth. I keep forgetting about this. GM(me): You're not there, you don't see it. Alex (OOC): I don't see anything. GM(me): oh yeah... right. GM(me): : flavor text : and at the bottom of the ice chute, you first see it. Atlantis. Stretching out as far as your god-like vision can see, half covered in ice, submerged here for generation upon generation. This. This is your own private mythical playground, thi--- Cory and Ben (actually twins IRL): Where's the swings?

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Ye gods! The chafing! The CHAFING!

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... From our Space Opera game tonight For the sake of the humor aspect, remember, my character, Jurgen, is based primarily off of this guy. Accent and all. Jurgen (Me): "If you bring pigs back to the ship, you do realize I'm going to write on them with a sharpie "Monday, Tuesday..." Dante OOC: "And section them off, breakfast, lunch, dinner..." Ally GM OOC: Try new Satan-O's Me OOC: They're sacrilicious! Jurgen: I would ask why there is a panicked chicken running around my ship, but, I have learned, that with this crew, I should not ask questions that I will regret knowing the answer to. Seuss: Fresh Eggs! Jurgen: I said I do not wish to know. Eva (NPC) (also with the same accent as me): How do you deal with these people? I feel as if I am losing my grip on sanity. Jurgen: I usually just zone out and think about puppies.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... From a Space Opera game set in a home-brewed universe. Toshi- an Ilmiro (think Kitsune) with precognitive abilities. An NPC. Driev- Another Ilmiro and follower of the galactic way, and researcher of human culture. A PC Jesse- 14 year old human pilot. Supergenius. A PC Jurgen (me)- 7 and a half foot tall soldier, based on Heavy Weapons Guy from TF2. Complete with Sasha. Also a gourmet chef. also a PC Jurgen has promised Driev and Toshi that he would make them hamburgers once he gets the ingredients. One of our mechanics, Dante, has broken our ship, so we set down on a planet to enact repairs. Driev and Toshi are tired of waiting, so they grab Jesse and Toshi's "psychologist" Dr. Glass, and gone off to find a diner. Toshi- "Wait, so these come from a cow?" Jesse- "Yep." Driev- "But, that iced cream stuff Jurgen showed us yesterday is from cows too, right?" Jesse- "Uh huh." Toshi- :staring at his burger, breathless: "Wow." Driev- "Can we see a cow?" Toshi- : perks up : Jesse- "Uh, I don't know..." Toshi- "I want a cow!" Jesse- "We can't have a cow on a spaceship!" Driev and Toshi- "Pleeeeeeeaaaaaaase!" Jesse- "No!" Ally (GM, OOC)- "At this point, Toshi just wants to see the Magical Meat Beast." Driev- "We'll take care of it! We can name it Frank!" Meanwhile, back on the ship, Jurgen's "stupid sense" is tingling. and that's where we ended our last session.

Re: Powers for a Joker style villain the mind reels. My suggestion: Read up on the Insane Clown Posse. Many of their songs make references to all sorts of strange powers. Specificall "Oddities", "I want my sh*t!" and maybe even "3 Rings". The title tracks to almost all of the Joker's Card CDs can work. The Great Milenko and The Amazing Jeckel Brothers immediately come to mind. What? I'm a juggalo. Deal with it.

Re: Brainstorming - PCs are the first supers I'm a fan of how they did it with the show Static Shock. Basically, a huge chemical spill infects several individuals in the area of the spill, giving them powers. Staying in the general vicinity of these people, the infection spreads to them, giving them powers. It's been a while since I've seen it, but that's the basics of it I think.

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... From a D&D game years back: another player and I are in an in-character argument regarding religion. He's a Paladin of Moradin, and I'm a Sorcerer who worships Boccob. Arguments continues on until: Diel (me): "Ah, what do you know, you're a Paladin of the god of ale and whores!" Other PC: "How DARE you speak of his god that way, why I have a mind to--" Paladin (interrupting her) : "No, no. He's... He's got a point." Diel (me): : smug :