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Feb 6, 2021 1:25:54 GMT
Post by order99 on Feb 6, 2021 1:25:54 GMT
Comments, critiques and advice welcome here...or the other Sub-forums really, but this way seems neater.
Keep in mind that Actual Play may not occur for some time, so if anybody has ideas for me to steal gather inspiration from, feel free to help me tweak my future game!
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Feb 6, 2021 3:07:47 GMT
Post by order99 on Feb 6, 2021 3:07:47 GMT
Note: I cannot claim much originality for the Fanatics and Mr Satter-I simply put a fresh coat of paint on a Warren Comics series in Eerie Magazine- www.angelfire.com/zine2/warrenverse/night_of_the_jackass.html -The above link is a quick primer on the 'Night of the Jackass' comic series-worth reading if you can find it!
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Feb 6, 2021 7:51:44 GMT
Post by order99 on Feb 6, 2021 7:51:44 GMT
Ladies and Gentlemen-Verona Lake. I take credit for statting her up-but she crawled bleeding and laughing from the twisted mind of Black Alice, and I disavow any part of her actual creation. Thanks for the nightmares you sicko.
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Feb 7, 2021 16:52:01 GMT
Post by Adminenkainen on Feb 7, 2021 16:52:01 GMT
I don't recognize most of your sources, so it seems really original to me!
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Feb 7, 2021 20:20:56 GMT
Post by order99 on Feb 7, 2021 20:20:56 GMT
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Feb 10, 2021 3:34:24 GMT
Post by order99 on Feb 10, 2021 3:34:24 GMT
The Chimerae, freakish Bio-warfare units of the DeRo. I had sleep-deprived, migraine-induced nightmares about those things since High School, before puberty's end slowed my Rheumatoid arthritis to a gentle crawl...and now I get to share them. YAY!
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Feb 11, 2021 14:55:41 GMT
Post by Adminenkainen on Feb 11, 2021 14:55:41 GMT
As fearsome as the chimera is, I'm surprised it's as low HD as it is.
Although this is way darker, it reminds me of my first mobster section. Rather than sticking to just things I saw in the comics, I made up stuff that just felt "golden age-y" to me.
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Feb 12, 2021 8:23:42 GMT
Post by order99 on Feb 12, 2021 8:23:42 GMT
I'm pretty much winging it too-using the writings of Richard Sharpe Shaver and Edward Bulwer Lytton as my inspirations.
These beasties are basically your 'Robot, Iron' monster-small enough to maneuver in the cavern cities of the DeRo and tough enough to challenge several 1-3 Lvl PCs and some brave SCM hangers-on... The real reason of course is that this campaign has a Lvl 7 cut-off(with minor gains afterwards) and the fact that I doubt i'll ever have three Players at the same time at once... Besides-I can always do a 'Chimerae-Greater' category with just an extra 2HD, Regeneration 1/Turn, slower Move and an extra attack or defense... Those critters would be the Big Guns held in deep slumber for emergencies, as three of them vs a local militia, overworked Police dept and Our Heroes fight to keep the City from being destroyed...that's right, you defeated the Infantry and Cavalry, but now you face the Tanks, hehhehheh... (say, whatever happened to the Roanoke Colony anyway?)
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Feb 13, 2021 6:20:38 GMT
Post by order99 on Feb 13, 2021 6:20:38 GMT
AND-the Secret former master of Ancient Lemuria make an appearance...
My eternal thanks to the unique perceptions of Richard Sharpe Shaver-the world would be poorer without his visions of those diminutive and depraved ultra-terrestrials...and i'm glad that he achieved some measure of peace in his later years.
BTW-has anyone seen Shaver's Lithographic art? Patterns in naturally-occuring rock that only he can see, made apparent to the audience through his painstaking inking and staining techniques? If I had my way Shaver would be mentioned in the same breath as Picasso and Basqiat...
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Feb 15, 2021 10:18:27 GMT
Post by order99 on Feb 15, 2021 10:18:27 GMT
Presenting Ben Leeds, the Devil of Folklore crossed with the Jersey Devil and Mark Twain's The Mysterious Stranger. Obviously his schtick is to "make Wishes come true" via his skills, connections and powers but mostly through his access to vast wealth and any number of magical Trophies, Potions and Pills. Yet he can be tricked, make a mistake or simply fail to hold up his end of the bargain, and his target just walks away... Grodd help the Editor if a bunch of PCs get to loot Leeds' Lair though...
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Feb 15, 2021 16:23:35 GMT
Post by Adminenkainen on Feb 15, 2021 16:23:35 GMT
This is still the most I've ever heard of Richard Shaver.
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Feb 15, 2021 16:29:40 GMT
Post by Adminenkainen on Feb 15, 2021 16:29:40 GMT
And as often as my villains wind up getting killed, I should make one who comes back after being killed too.
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Feb 16, 2021 10:07:20 GMT
Post by order99 on Feb 16, 2021 10:07:20 GMT
This is still the most I've ever heard of Richard Shaver. Here is the most compact and comprehensive single article I could find about Mr Shaver and his effect on speculative fiction:
And his later works of art called 'Rokfogo':
And an article with a few samples of the actual finished Rokfogo works:
Aaaaaaand, if you have money you want to waste on amazing Outsider Art:
Yeah, I have a hungry brain, and an entire Internet to feast at-I find all sorts of rabbit holes...
(whaddaya mean, it was the Red pill OR the Blue pill? Okaaaay, um... Hypothetically, what would happen if I took both and chased it with a pot of fresh Kona coffee? asking for a friend is all...)
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Feb 16, 2021 10:17:57 GMT
Post by order99 on Feb 16, 2021 10:17:57 GMT
And as often as my villains wind up getting killed, I should make one who comes back after being killed too.
Better yet, one you kill...only to find him garroting you weeks later while screaming "I can't play Chess anymore! I've forgotten how to Paint! I don't remember the taste of Turkish Coffee and I can't read Arabic! How much more will you take from me you Philistine?!?!" All in the dulcet tones of David Warner at his finest... and all you can think in turn is " errr...whut?"
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Feb 18, 2021 9:33:50 GMT
Post by order99 on Feb 18, 2021 9:33:50 GMT
Ladies and Gentlemen, Alice Lidell and the Faceless Ones- ( and why that isn't the name of a Symphonic Metal band somewhere i'll never know) -wherein I slander two historical personages and try my hand at Epistolary Fanfiction....
( no booing please, just throw produce, i'm low on soup fixins! )
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