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Post by Ricochet on Dec 22, 2018 10:01:05 GMT -5
Core rulebook Spider-man doesn't have knowledge of genetics or chemistry due to the 9 actions rule... I'm not sure where I'm going with this, but he's not the Spider-man I know and love.
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Post by dorkknight23 on Dec 22, 2018 10:12:54 GMT -5
Core rulebook Spider-man doesn't have knowledge of genetics or chemistry due to the 9 actions rule... I'm not sure where I'm going with this, but he's not the Spider-man I know and love. The CAD needs major reworking, barely represents the character, we are in agreement.
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Post by Janus on Dec 22, 2018 18:31:05 GMT -5
An RWBY school for Huntsmen/Huntresses style game. Just sayin'.
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Post by mcr on Jan 6, 2019 8:29:57 GMT -5
Would love to do a JL version of Mera.
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Post by Chernabog on Apr 17, 2019 14:50:26 GMT -5
I'd love to play in a post-apocalyptic (or, I dunno, post-Apocalypse. Heck, even post-Apokalips!) game where the players dig through the ruins of Avengers Mansion/Stark Tower/JLA Watchtower station/Abandoned subway tunnel and find gear/items/magic words from dead or otherwise missing heroes. PCs then take up the mantle of the slain whoever and start on the path to JUSTICE!
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Post by ultron2099 on Apr 20, 2019 1:50:08 GMT -5
During the ERA of Apocalypse, an invasion from another dimension launched from Apokolips was repulsed. However the resulting Armageddon laid waste to both planets before the dimensional barriers separated the two realities once again. Now on a post Apocalyptic Apocalypse-less world you must rebuild. It get much more messed up then that
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Post by mcr on Apr 29, 2019 17:14:07 GMT -5
Your semi-regular "I would love to write for Wanda Maximoff" post.
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Post by WildKnight on May 5, 2019 19:02:31 GMT -5
Would love a DC game that can actually last, particularly one that lets me play Superman, GL, or Booster Gold 8)
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Post by mcr on May 7, 2019 13:46:06 GMT -5
Would love a DC game that can actually last, particularly one that lets me play Superman, GL, or Booster Gold 8) I'm in. Thinking of doing some kind of Crisis Crossover where Atlantis, Themyscira, and the Rock of Eternity all return to the Mortal realms for reasons unexplained, marking the start of the Crisis.
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Post by WildKnight on May 7, 2019 14:24:30 GMT -5
Would love a DC game that can actually last, particularly one that lets me play Superman, GL, or Booster Gold 8) I'm in. Thinking of doing some kind of Crisis Crossover where Atlantis, Themyscira, and the Rock of Eternity all return to the Mortal realms for reasons unexplained, marking the start of the Crisis. As elevator pitches go, that is one strong start...
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Post by Janus on May 7, 2019 14:51:35 GMT -5
The problem i've always found with dc games is that the supers are very very super. Superman as an example is either fine (against anything thats not kryptonite, or magical), or completely screwed (against kryptonite or magic). Theres no middle ground unless its in Gotham, and then the bad guys are mostly human and not particularly super.
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Post by WildKnight on May 7, 2019 15:03:08 GMT -5
The problem i've always found with dc games is that the supers are very very super. Superman as an example is either fine (against anything thats not kryptonite, or magical), or completely screwed (against kryptonite or magic). Theres no middle ground unless its in Gotham, and then the bad guys are mostly human and not particularly super. I don't think that's particularly accurate, and in fact I'd say that with Marvel ramping up the power of almost all of its main characters to the nth degree in the past couple of decades, the divide in power level between DC and Marvel isn't nearly what it used to be either. Superman has been physically beaten in fights where no kryptonite or magic was used. Doomsday, Darkseid, Mongol, Zod, and others have all taken him to his physical limits any number of times (all of which sort of misses the entire point of Superman, because very few good Superman stories are about whether he can physically overcome a challenge in the first place). I would argue that the problem, and this applies equally to DC and Marvel, and has been demonstrated on this board any number of times, is that when players try to "stat" their beloved characters, they're typically trying to eke out every possible advantage, and so they use whatever source(s) make those characters seem the most powerful that they could possibly ever be, taking their most extreme feats and an amalgam of all of the best equipment they've EVER displayed, and trying to make that monstrosity into the character itself, which is rarely the case. The vast majority of characters are far less powerful, on average, than they're presented in their "crowning moments of awesome", yet "Full CMOA" is pretty much what every CAD created by players tries to represent, and one of the biggest reasons why there are so many complaints about the official CADs (aside from those related to how flat-out awful the system itself is). If a player can't see their favorite character as anything less than an unstoppable godling, it doesn't matter what setting they come from.
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Post by Janus on May 7, 2019 15:46:55 GMT -5
I wasn't referring to games on here, more to the power level in the comics in general. I just don't find the DC 'super' side particularly appealing because it feels like the characters are really flat. Just my personal opinion. I think that the anime show 'one punch man' really emphasises it for me. Saitama can't be beaten so is utterly bored, and disconnected from the world.
If we're talking about games here i'd say it's a game and however you want to play it us fine. Its all about having fun. If you like uber characters its fine, a gm can always create something more powerful if they need to. Its like my favorite gm's guide says 'you can opt to play galactus the space god it just means the gm has to pull out galactus' bigger older uglier brother and boy is he pissed'.
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Post by WildKnight on May 7, 2019 15:52:22 GMT -5
I wasn't referring to games on here, more to the power level in the comics in general. I just don't find the DC 'super' side particularly appealing because it feels like the characters are really flat. Just my personal opinion. I think that the anime show 'one punch man' really emphasises it for me. Saitama can't be beaten so is utterly bored, and disconnected from the world. ... that's exactly my point though. That isn't an accurate representation of what happens in the comics. DC's characters are beaten, frequently, ESPECIALLY the supposedly overpowered Superman, who is consistently "Worfed" in virtually every major crossover storyline DC has ever done, and who is one of very, very few heroes to simply be beaten to death by a physically dominant enemy, whereas most character deaths (including in Marvel) occur only when the character is the victim of some kind of specialized assault or sneak attack.
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Post by Janus on May 7, 2019 18:14:47 GMT -5
Interesting to get a different view point so hope you don't mind the discussion.
I could name a number of marvel characters who died simply because they came across someone too powerful Copycat with Sabretooth, Psylocke with Vargas and so on.
From what i've seen the dc 'super' heroes are very powerful. From a naritive perspective it is often more surprising that there is something that can challenge them than that they are able to overcome the challenges they face. I personally find this narritively boring.
Don't misunderstand me, this is not just dc. Marvel is guilty of creating uber characters too. Dr Strange being a really good example. He is, or at least was before he got nerfed (and arguably possibly still is) way too powerful to hold my interest.
I'd love to hear what you enjoy about superman (etc).
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