Posts made by ZombieGenesis

Scott Hall

For the wrestling fans.

@kk On the flip side, this is the exact Batman movie I've been waiting for. There are a lot of ways to tell a Batman story and a good number of them have been explored. Personally, I've been waiting for a really dark take.

I'm actually a little shocked they took that root because, as you said, it will turn some people off. They certainly could have toned things down a bit and made a movie that a larger pool of people thought was "really good".

In the end, I'm glad they didn't though. Instead of getting a more generic retelling of a Batman story that a lot of people enjoyed they created a story that some of us are going to consider our iteration of the character. I think that took some guts.

@macha The whole Dr. Pepper Zero line works for me. My favorites are the regular Dr. Pepper Zero and the Dr. Pepper/Cream Soda Zero. So good.

The Amazing Johnathan

I used to watch a ton of this guy on VH1 when I was a teenager.

Not much of an update, no. I've just been spinning my wheels on what direction to take the game, both thematically and mechanically. I've also had some upheaval at work I've been dealing with(a big change in my work schedule being a part of it) and I've been helping some people with other games as well. So my attention has also been divided.

Anyway, and unfortunately, there's been no real forward progress on this idea. Just a lot of spitballing and discussions with people about things.

Ivan Reitman

Guy gave me my all-time favorite movie.

Two decent-looking games "went live" today. One via Kickstarter and one straight up for pre-order.

Silver Age Sentinels 2nd Edition is live via Kickstarter. Looks like it uses the BESM 4E engine.

And The Dark Souls RPG is available for pre-order(with a Collector's Edition going live for pre-order next week). This one is built on the 5E engine with some tweaks to make it more Souls-like. I'm quite excited for this one.

@misadventure said in Potential M&M 3E OC Game:

@the-sands I wonder if Hero Builder is still out there.

It is. I'm playing in it now actually. LOL

And thusly I'm at a bit of an impasse. I'm just not a fan of M&M and its forced sense of "balance" and I'm not sure what I'd use instead. Hero/Champions is probably my favorite system but I think that'd be a hard pill for some to swallow.

So, yeah, that's where I'm at. Sort of languishing. Thankfully I've found some people to help out with another game so I'm not just twiddling my thumbs.

@lotherio said in Potential M&M 3E OC Game:

@zombiegenesis Its all your call, but new age of heroes would be good for OC, players can help define in their stories.

That's what I'm leaning towards. Something happens that sparks superhuman activity. I'm also exploring other potential systems such as Prowlers and Paragons.

@greenflashlight said in Potential M&M 3E OC Game:

How does the law treat non-human heroes? For example, someone gets bitten by a radioactive weevil and develops weevil-like powers, so they go to their doctor to find out what's wrong with them. Does the doctor still have a responsibility to protect Weevil-Man's private medical information and not disclose this mutation to a government agency?

• Honestly, I'm not sure yet. I waffle between this being a "legacy" game where superhuman characters are commonplace and it being a new age of heroes where there can be a wide range of thoughts and opinions.

How much do you intend to define other races in the setting? <snipped>

• Another bit I haven't given a ton of thought on. My initial thought is to allow whatever and work with players who want to play X so that they fit in. Be it Atlanteans, Asgardians, Olympians, or some alien race.

What overall tone are you going for? If this game was a movie, what would the MPAA rate it?

I prefer to think of more like Disney+ where there are a number of shows. Players can define the type of RP they want to take part in. Not really into "gritty" violence? Don't take part in those scenes. Want to play a gritty dark avenger? There'd be space for you too.

If you're using a system that has mechanics to model them rather than a consent-based system like most mixed universe games, do you intend to implement any particular rules or protections against effects that can control another character's mind?

I don't necessarily think you need to disconnect a mechanical system from consent-based RP. The sheet ultimately represents an at-a-glance view of a character that is much easier to read, IMO, than a bunch of traits. Players could use the system or they could just RP in a purely narrative sense using their sheet as a guide for what they can and cannot do.

Either way, nothing will ever happen to a player's character that they don't want to have happen. No one will ever be able to say "I mind control you to do X" where X is something the player just does not want their character to do.

@lotherio The good thing about Ares is that when you create a scene you can set a scene note letting people know that it's meant for PL 8 teen heroes, or for human-level vigilantes who frequent the harbor, or whatever. I think whatever grid we use will have areas that are geared more towards one type of character or another but each and every scene can be dialed into a specific theme, character type, or whatever.

Hey, thanks for the feedback. To address some of the questions presented...

Setting: My intention is to use a pre-packaged city from either Green Ronin(Emerald City or Freedom city) or Palladium(Century Station). The goal is a city where just about any character can exist from "street-level" up to flying bricks who shoot lasers from their eyes.

System: I'm not 100% on M&M, it just seems to be the most popular option. For whatever system I go with I intend for there to be a ton of wiki support to help people make their characters.

Meta-Plot: I do intend for there to be something for players to latch onto. I'm always a big fan of invasions.

Well, it's a new year and I'm doing my best to get back into some hobbies I've been missing. To that end, I've been pondering opening an OC hero game using M&M 3E.

• It'd be an Ares game. Given my work schedule and whatnot, I just can't play on regular MU's much anymore. I need the web client and the ability to have asynchronous scenes.

• Taking advantage of the Ares scene system we'd be a "gridless" game. That's not to say we wouldn't have a setting we just would not have a grid built on the mush itself. Instead, the grid would be supported by a wiki describing the various locations of the setting.

• For ease, there'd be no coded sheet. Instead, we'd use a sheet tab on the character web profiles that would house a PDF sheet. The sheet would either be user-created or a sheet built by HeroLab.

• The tone of the game would be something akin to The Boys or Invincible.

• Players could choose to create a character of any power level up to 10.

And that's about all I've thought of so far. Here's what I'm looking for from others...

1. Is there even any interest in a game like this? Not that I'm looking to make The Next Big Thing. Just want to be sure there's any interest.

2. I'd love to have some people come on as plot runners and maybe some character app staff. Access to HeroLab wouldn't be necessary(I'd be using that to check the math and whatnot) but some eyes to help me spot broken power setups would be nice.

3. I'd also love to find someone knowledgeable in CSS who could make the site look pretty. I can make it look functional but that's about it.

Thanks for reading. If you have any comments, thoughts, or questions feel free to PM me here.

@wizz I don't play as much as I used to but it's a fantastic game.

Battletech definitely has a rich and vibrant lore. I've played some version of it(tabletop, video game, RPG, whatever) since I was in grade school in the 80s and I had friends that were heavy into the lore. I just never got into it and I fear my lack of lore knowledge would hinder my ability to play at a BT game.

I'm a weird one with this. I love the idea of a Battletech game. I play a Battletech video game a ton and I love giant robots fighting each other but...I'm awful with the lore. I honestly could not give less of a crap about any of it to be frank with you. I just like giant robots fighting each other.

Peter Solari

Starred in some of my favorite movies and TV shows.

I found Ruby to be a very newbie friendly language. When I first wanted to learn enough to code a plugin for Ares I took a vacation from work and spent most of my days for an entire week just reading, watching tutorials, and playing around with code. By the end of it I had a working RPG plugin for Ares(Song of Ice and Fire RPG by FFG).

Since then I've coded some more advanced systems and even learned how to create a web based character sheet. The hardest part, for me, is the web integration.

@macha @derp My little guy is getting up there in years and I have literal panic attacks when I think about it. It's not healthy, I know, but I can't help it so I feel your pain.