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by greycrusader
Wed Oct 25, 2023 1:56 am
Forum: Character Sheets
Topic: Jab’s Builds! (Miss Piggy! The Swedish Chef! Sweetums! Gonzo!)
Replies: 35320
Views: 7077684

Re: Jab’s Builds! (Deathgrip I-II! The Death Sponsors! The Super-Patriot II!)

Most likely it was, Davies; the concept actually HAD been used here and there before, basically a play on psychometry. In the Golden Age, there were heroes who were empowered by ghosts (Captain Triumph), could call upon spirits of heroes and personages (Kid Eternity), and the like. Though the Wild C...
by greycrusader
Thu Oct 19, 2023 4:34 am
Forum: Character Sheets
Topic: The Archetype Blendarama (Part 9 Complete! On Break!)
Replies: 472
Views: 409197

Re: The Archetype Blendarama (Part 9! Scythe Wielding Cleric! Draconic Battlesuit! Professional Doctor! Scion of Artemis

Very pleasant little coincidence-just finished reading Patton Oswald's 4-issue miniseries Minor Threats, which featured a distaff analogue of the Crime Doctor (the old-school Batman rogue), and here you post an excellent archetype for just that sort of hero/villain. Neat!

All my best.
by greycrusader
Tue Sep 26, 2023 7:42 pm
Forum: Character Sheets
Topic: Jab's Rifts Builds (Rifts- A Final Summation!)
Replies: 3773
Views: 676270

Re: Jab's Rifts Builds (Soviet Soldiers! Vedmak Cyber-Doc! Cyborg Soldier!)

The problem is that Palladium has a ton of good ideas that were never developed to the extent Rifts was. HU has a bunch of books but only Century City, Gramercy Island and (maybe) the Armageddon Unlimited book (minion war spill over). Nightspawn (never bane) stopped development in the early 2000's ...
by greycrusader
Tue Sep 26, 2023 6:25 pm
Forum: The Gamers Handbook
Topic: Immunity: Armored
Replies: 9
Views: 3865

Re: Immunity: Armored

I think what's clear here is that 1) Impervious was watered down too much in 3e, and should really either cost just 1 PP/rank or use its full rank against Damaging attacks, and 2) Maybe too many GMs are allowing characters to take Power Attack even if the character concept really doesn't justify the...
by greycrusader
Wed Sep 20, 2023 12:45 am
Forum: Character Sheets
Topic: Jab's Rifts Builds (Rifts- A Final Summation!)
Replies: 3773
Views: 676270

Re: Jab's Rifts Builds (Rifts Dyval Complete! Sovietski!)

Yes, TORG (a loose acronym "The Other Role-Playing Game", yes I said loose ) was cool and inventive, with a few VERY clever ideas for alternate Earths/other planes, but it very quickly ran into a few problems which left it a niche game, later falling into obscurity. First, while the core b...
by greycrusader
Tue Sep 19, 2023 1:59 am
Forum: Character Sheets
Topic: Jab's Rifts Builds (Rifts- A Final Summation!)
Replies: 3773
Views: 676270

Re: Jab's Rifts Builds (Rifts Dyval Complete! Sovietski!)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Torg Basically a coalition of inter-dimensional tyrants and conquerors, led by the "Gaunt Man" (from a Victorian/Gothic Horror world) invade a version of Earth (similar to the "real world", but 10 years advanced in the timeline and with low-level psy...
by greycrusader
Mon Sep 18, 2023 9:41 pm
Forum: Character Sheets
Topic: Jab's Rifts Builds (Rifts- A Final Summation!)
Replies: 3773
Views: 676270

Re: Jab's Rifts Builds (Rifts Dyval Complete! Sovietski!)

The problem is the same one the late, lamented TORG Multiversal RPG fairly quickly fell prey to, Ares; essentially a company is going from ONE model of play (here's the basic narrative for our setting which sets the stage for individual GMS to run campaign adventures) to another entirely, the overar...
by greycrusader
Mon Sep 18, 2023 4:32 am
Forum: Settings of the Multiverse
Topic: The Supervillainy Saga thread
Replies: 66
Views: 14046

Re: The Supervillainy Saga thread

For those not yet acquainted with Charles through his extensive fiction or his previous superhero RPG work (particularly the Halt Evil Doer! campaign), one of his most impressive talents is his penchant for world-building. The history and culture of the fictional settings he creates are not just tho...
by greycrusader
Mon Sep 18, 2023 3:22 am
Forum: Character Sheets
Topic: Jab’s Power Profiles: Deleted 2nd Edition Powers- Ward! Area Effects!
Replies: 537
Views: 70953

Re: Jab’s Power Profiles: Devices! Feats! Extras!

The point reduction for Devices in some ways reflects the difference between comics and rpgs; most superhero adventure games are going to involve multiple players, meaning a whole hero team, with relatively little in the way of solo adventuring. Splitting up the the team is done all the time to good...
by greycrusader
Sun Sep 17, 2023 6:50 pm
Forum: Character Sheets
Topic: Tales of a Brave New World
Replies: 96
Views: 25990

Re: Tales of a Brave New World

I very much like your importation and adaptation of the various fantasy planes and afterlives dimensions from other games. Glad you joined and are posting!

All my best.
by greycrusader
Sat Sep 16, 2023 2:04 am
Forum: Character Sheets
Topic: The Inheritors
Replies: 7
Views: 764

Re: The Inheritors

These builds are interesting, Ysariel. What type of setting/fictional universe do they hail from, originally?

All my best.
by greycrusader
Sat Sep 16, 2023 2:02 am
Forum: Character Sheets
Topic: Jab’s Builds! (Miss Piggy! The Swedish Chef! Sweetums! Gonzo!)
Replies: 35320
Views: 7077684

Re: Jab’s Builds! (The Dinobots! Inferno! Jetfire! Megatron! Starscream!)

Lot of nostalgia here. I was a bit too old for the toys, though I liked the comic well enough (the artwork WAS pretty weak and sketchy, though as Jab said, there is just way too much for any but the most gifted illustrators to deal with in Transformers-land). Haven't commented much lately, but thank...
by greycrusader
Fri Sep 15, 2023 4:07 am
Forum: Character Sheets
Topic: [M&M 3e] The Freedom Legion, The Liberty League!
Replies: 134
Views: 44224

Re: [M&M 3e] The Freedom Legion, The Liberty League!

Oh, I see you're just going right for it. :mrgreen: Please tell me that the Tin Man is a mystic battlesuit. No, Dorothy is the only "big" name I'm using. The rest of the line-up, barring any changes or creative blocks, is Eureka, Scraps, the Shaggy Man, the Lonesome Duck (wait 'til you se...
by greycrusader
Thu Sep 14, 2023 4:26 am
Forum: Character Sheets
Topic: Taros' Assorted Builds (Freedomverse Rogues! Kirby Builds! Dr. Tectonic!)
Replies: 173
Views: 46462

Re: Taros' Assorted Builds (Freedomverse Rogues! Kid Karma! The Jade Spider! Alchemistress II! Apostate! Apocalypsette!)

(Note: i edited this slightly for clarity since posting). On the M&M Patreon some months ago, there was an option similar to the 5e "Paragon Monster" in the link above (thanks, Stray!), allowing GMs to ensure that major villains don't simply go down hard and fast when the heroes dog-pi...