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GestaltBennie

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  1. Not sure if there's any interest in RP among the CO community on the boards (I know Archie does it occasionally) but write-ups for my Circle of Justice campaign runs can be found here if anyone is interested.
  2. Thursday Jan. 12, 7 pm, Server/Pacific. Help us dethrone the Bronze King!
  3. Thought folks might be interested in this. A thread where a friend who plays CO tries to get as close as the character creator will let him get to some classic CU heroes and villains. http://championsonlineroleplayers.shivtr.com/forum_threads/1010211
  4. I'm not going to be able to make it tonight, guys. Good luck and have a great run!
  5. We have new Bloodmoon content for Halloween, so meet together at the usual time for some ghastly fun!
  6. Re: CotN Outtakes A sketchy short story on the formation of the second Northern Guard, arguably the greatest superhero team in Canadian history, in 1994 following the Third Gadroon Invasion. I'm tempted at some point to do writeups of a few of the unstatted guard members, Snowblind and Seger, and possibly Sandpiper and Trumpeter as well.---- We Stand on Guard (Again) For Thee "And there they go," Forceknight said as the last Gadroon vessel soared out of sight, leaving behind the wreckage of five ships. Inside his battlesuit, Lyle Doerksen muttered a curse. The young engineer turned superhero had hoped to take prisoners, unfortunately the Gadroon gravity beam had lifted all of the wounded back to the spaceworthy vessels. The only one who hadn't been scooped up was the Interrogator himself. Displeased by their leader's performance, the Gadroon had left him to rot on the backward planet. Unfortunately, none of the heroes had any way of knowing that the one who'd caused them so many problems was still at large -- yet. "They'll be back," Augury stated, coldly, keeping her eye on the contrail left by the saucer's rapid departure. "Really?" Snowblind added, somewhat sarcastically. "A time and place would be nice, Miss Future." "About fifteen years in the future," Augury answered. "There's snow and the air is very cold, so it is probably during the winter months, or the late fall or early spring. They'll set up somwhere in Canads, my guess is in the north, where they've already scouted. I can see one huge saucer on a large bluff in a snowy wastescape, south of a secured structure with a Maple Leaf emblazoned on the undercarriage." Snowblind snorted in derision. "That's not very useful," she said. "Rather imprecise for a prophetess if you ask me." "My powers don't come with a map or a clock," Augury retorted. "I'll log it for future reference," Forceknight said, making notes on his suit's computers. "And until then, we'll keep watching the skies." Augury groaned. Snowblind blinked, not getting the reference. Inside his battlearmor, Forceknight was hooking into Cyberlord's sensor grid to inspect the area for Gadroon. He could only pick up seven life signs, all reasonably human. David Burrell, the cyborg they'd rescued from the supervillai Cyberlord three days earlier, also looked about the wreckage searching for survivors, but his search was as fruitless as Forceknight's. After assuring himself that they would not be interrupted by another assault, he walked over to Craig Carson, the veteran hero Thundrax, stretching his lanky cyborg frame, and grinning boyishly at the west coaster. "Are all alien invasions this tough?" he asked. "I guess," Thundrax answered with a shrug. "This was my first." He paused and glanced back at Ravenspeaker, who was seated on a rock smoking a cigarette. "And no wisecracks about being a virgin, Billy." "I said nothing." Ravenspeaker's reply was delivered in a deadpan tone that was betrayed by a huge smile. "This was my first mission," David said. "How'd I do?" Craig smiled. "Your cryosystems grounded two of the ships, so I'd say you did pretty well. We'll work on seeing if we can develop more versatile tactics using your powers.." "We're going to continue training?" David said, an unaccustomed enthusiasm in his normally stoic voice. Even he noted it: it was probably his cyborg systems, still pumping adrenaline to deal with the fight or flight responses he'd experienced in the fight. "Fantastic," he said and he turned to Lyle Doerksen. "So what's next for the team?" "Team?" Voyageur, who had not been paying attention to very much except his leg cramps, suddenly felt the need to interrupt the conversation. "Uh, I didn't sign up for a team,." Snowblind added. "I just came by to save Canada from the space-frogs." "Team?" Ravenspeaker piped up, looking cheerfully at Forceknight. "So what are we calling ourselves?" "Hold on there, friend." David Burrell told the Haida spirit-elder. "I don't even have a codename, yet." "Of course you do. You're the Six Million Dollar Canuck." Voyageur quipped, looking over David's cyborg form. Craig raised a hand and cut off the conversation. He gave Lyle Doerksen a long look. "You've never been a team player before, Forceknight." Thundrax noted. "Are you planning to form a team?" Lyle Doerksen mulled over the idea. "Thundrax, I'm not the same Forceknight that you met in the past. I'm Forceknight Number Three. Wally retired years ago, and as for Jim Bridges, he's dead, God rest his soul. As for the team... why not? Canada could use one. The Ensign's retired, Celestar's not active anymore..." "Nor will he return soon," Augury stated ominously. "...and the old Northern Guard disbanded years ago. We're all the active Canadian supers I could dig up. More and more villains are crossing the border these days. Why not team up?" "Because five minutes after I met you, I couldn't stand half of you?" Snowblind said, less of a question than a statement. "Trust me, the feeling's mutual," Augury replied acidly. "Especially given that you nearly froze half of us to death." "Ladies, please." Forceknight protested. "Thundrax, you're the only one here who's been on a team before. Tell us what it's like." Craig shook his head and contemplated the request. "It's like a cross between a band and a marriage," he finally said. "When I joined up with SUNDER, I was a kid. I'd never seen a violent death, I'd never been in a serious fight, and people who got mad at me before that just yelled at me and made me write lines on a blackboard, they didn't try to kill me. In SUNDER, I found borderline psychotics like Avenger, people who didn't think twice about using telepathy without a court order like Shamus, and egomaniacs like Cryo. Nonetheless, despite our serious flaws, we lasted for nine years against some of the toughest enemies on the planet. Because even if you've got problems and disagreements, it's amazing how quickly you can put them aside when VIPER is on a rampage and innocent lives are at stake. This isn't a business full of perfect people being perfect. It's one of highly flawed people getting together and doing the right thing despite their human natures." "There are robot heroes, aren't there?" David wondered aloud. Craig ignored the comment. "You put together a team in the hopes of doing things that the individuals could never do on their own," Thundrax continued. "And hope that the rewards of doing so aren't overshadowed by the conflicts. It's like any relationship, I guess. A cycle of hope, reality and compromise, and cherishing every victory along the way, until you get old or you fall apart." "Sounds like an excuse for a lot of pointless arguing," Snowblind folded her arms and looked away from the conversation. "Pointless arguing, saving lives," Augury snapped back. "Which is more important, honey?" "Well," David Burrell told Thundrax. "If you're forming a team, I'm in." "Me? Form a team?" Thundrax's eyes suddenly had a deer in the headlights stare. "I don't have the resources," he stammered quickly. And I'm no leader, he almost added. "But I do." Lyle Doerksen interjected. "Forming a team has been on my mind for awhile actually. And now that I called all of you here, I may as well toss you the recruitment pitch." "I'm in," David Burrell repeated, looking over the impressive steel-clad champion. "You're the lord of this outfit, Forceknight. And like any good medieval lord, you need a justiciar." "He needs a what?" Snowblind said. Craig Carson sighed, thinking very carefully about his words he was about to say, and the not so old ghosts that lay behind them. "It'd be nice to be on a team again. Unfortunately, I doubt I can keep flying east on short notice." "You can fly, Thundrax," Ravenspeaker noted. "Very slowly." Thundrax retorted. "If a crisis is happening in Toronto and it takes me eight hours to get there, I'm probably not going to be much use to you." "I'll take care of transportation, Thundrax," Forceknight promised. "I'm wearing Avro Arrow tech, you know. Best jetplane ever." Thundrax nodded. He had not done much "supers work" since the Detroit clean-up; partially that was because of the loss of his brother, and partially because he felt guilty about what had happened there. But now it seemed that his sojourn away from superheroics was coming to a close. "Then I'm in," he said. He was surprised to hear himself say the words. "Fantastic," Justiciar said again. "That makes three." "Four," Augury said. "You'll need someone sane to keep you grounded. Someone with common sense and perspective." "I wanted to be four," Ravenspeaker moaned. "You don't have common sense or perspective, Billy." Thundrax stated. "Six," Voyageur said. "Great!" Forceknight exclaimed, the faceplate of his armor reflecting his smile. "Could you extend an invitation to Le Fort?" he asked Voyageur, referring to another Quebec hero. "Gabriel will never leave Quebec," Voyageur stated. "But I'll extend the offer." Snowblind sighed. "Alright," she muttered, looking at Voyageur. "He's kind of cute, so I'm in. For now." "Okay. We have seven," Forceknight stated. "Nine if we're lucky, and Celestar and Le Fort join up." "They won't," Augury stated, and she turned to Thundrax. "Don't let the bird do its business on his shoulder." she said. "Huh?" Forceknight wondered, but it was interrupted by a great black raven landing on Thundrax's shoulder, and leaving behind... business. "Billy!" Craig shouted at Ravenspeaker. "I didn't do that." Ravenspeaker stated, though his face didn't even try to hide his amusement. "Sorry chum," the Raven said, regurgitating a beautiful, pristine, huge salmon to lay at Craig Carson's feet as a peace offering before he turned to Ravenspeaker. "Uh, Billy. Our old friend Tax'et has decided to rile up the animal spirit world and raise an army of the angry dead to threaten Niikwan. You think you can put down the smoke long enough to tell him that this is a bad idea?" Ravenspeaker shook his head. "Sorry, nic fit." he said. "Thanks to the Gadroon, I couldn't smoke for hours!" "Poor baby," Raven stated. "What's a Niikwan?" Snowblind asked. "A Haida village that's been protected from the ravages of time for centuries," Thundrax explained. "It's where Billy comes from." "Can we help?" Forceknight asked the Raven. "Niikwan is forbidden to outsiders!" Raven cawed back. "Niikwan is a precious jewel from the mists of the past! Many moons has it stood untarnished! It must remain pure and unstained by the white man! Terrible curses will befall you if you dare to set foot there!" Raven began to break out into a laugh. "Who am I kidding? Even if all that crap was true, you knuckleheads would still do it. So go ahead. Go be heroes. I'll jusr sit on the sidelines and eat salmon." Yelth, the Haida raven-god croaked heavily. "Mmmmmm, dead fish eyes...." it gurgled in a voice frighteningly similar to Homer Simpson. Forceknight nodded at the Haida trickster god and raised his shield. "Sacred village of Niikwan!" he shouted. "We stand on guard for thee!" Voyageur blinked. "What the hell was that?" "Whatever it was, please don't do it again," Augury moaned, knowing he wouldn't oblige her request. "C'mon folks," Forceknight said. "If we're going to do the hero team thing, we do the cornball stuff too." "Is it too late to quit?" Snowblind asked. "We never did battlecries in SUNDER." Craig said. "You had that dorky theme song, Thundrax," Ravenspeaker replied, putting down his cigarette. Thundrax groaned, remembering the Men at Work parody tune. I come from a group called SUNDER... "You can blame Solar Sentinel for that one!" he explained. "C'mon Guard," Forceknight said. He pushed a few buttons on his wrist control, and thirty seconds later the Arrowhead, his huge transport jet lifted off the ground, swooped above them, and rotated its jets like a harrier to allow them to board. "Let's go save a village."
  7. Re: Susano Re-imagines Characters From Enemies: the International File Yeoman's work, Mike!
  8. Re: [LoH] The Mandragalore, 9/29 at 7:15PT Sorry I missed last night. My body decided it was going to remain in bed and lose consciousness until 10:30, and I couldn't persuade it to do otherwise. We'll do something next week. Either Mandragalore or some levelling.
  9. Re: [LoH] The Mandragalore, 9/29 at 7:15PT We didn't have enough for the run. We'll try again on Tuesday night, same time. Also, is there a more convenient time to do these?
  10. Re: [LoH] The Mandragalore, 9/29 at 7:15PT I'll send out a call on the Hero Board Chat channel.
  11. Re: Gestalt: Architects of Change: What Would *You* Like to See Dave's told me that most of the art is done. I haven't received it yet, so after the conversions I'll have to get layout done before (I hope) final proofing. Hopefully, we can give it a good push this time and finally get it done.
  12. Re: [LoH] Nemcon Tonight, 715 PM Server/PT Very much so. Looking forward to Mandraglore on Thursday,
  13. Re: Gestalt: Architects of Change: What Would *You* Like to See With school done, I'm back to work on 6e conversions. No time table for completion, though. I have one volunteer for help that I'll prbably be relying on.
  14. Bring your L40s and see you in-game tonight.
  15. Re: LoH Events I'm going to have to bow out tonight. Not feeling well.
  16. Re: LoH Events Vikorin is down! Thanks to all who participated in the event. Next week -- LoH Nemcon. Bring your forties.
  17. Re: LoH Events It looks like we'll do Andrith tomorrow, gathering at 7 PM server time/PST. Monster Island capable character required.
  18. Re: So Which Hideout are you looking at? Penthouse in two weeks. Wahoo!
  19. Re: LoH Events Also, a meet and greet tomorrow at 10-10:30 AM (to celebrate the anniversary), instance to be announced. I won't be able to stay long (deadline for a project is tomorrow), but hope you'll be able to get together and have a good time.
  20. As mentioned via emal, Cpt Patriot and I are going to start up some weekly events and hopefully get a little life back in the groups, either a lair or an AP each week. We'll start next week on Thursday (Sept. 8) at 7 pm PST/server time, after Steve's chat, lair to be announced (possibly something simple, like Project Awakening). Hope to see some of you there!
  21. Re: Fan-made Mechanon trailer Kazoup cribbed the voice track from another video game, which limited the dialogue: he's a big Mechanon fan (obviously) and wants to see him in game pretty badly. He also did this nifty trailer for his character Mortlock.
  22. Re: Alternate Sexualities in Champions and Supers settings Even if you disregard Lois Lane and Kathy Kane, soap opera storylines have been a significant part of superhero comics since the 60s, when Stan Lee, who also wrote romance books like Milly the Model, incorporated those types of stories into Marvel's early 60s output. It seems silly to complain about something so integral to the medium.
  23. Re: Do you use Dr Destroyer in your campaign and if so, which version & how? I've run classic Destroyer, and he's made cameo appearances in my CO RP runs. (As well as fighting alonngside Thundrax and Harbinger in the LoH Resistance run). I'll gladly use him again, though I play him at a lower power level than the currnt version.
  24. Re: Alternate Sexualities in Champions and Supers settings I think it's best to treat Ravenspeaker's sexuality as ambiguous. Yes he'll flirt with anyone (except kids) but if push ever came to shove, I'd expect him to make someone fall asleep and perform some kind of blessing or curse (depending on his mood and what kind of a person they are), rather than go through with the deed. It's a means to an end. First and foremost, he's an avatar of a trickster deity who's on our side. His lechery is as much of a way to put people off guard as it is an expression of his libido, though he certainly has one. But that's been left open enough to be a GM call.
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