Invincible Guardsman Powers

Braden Campbell · Thu Nov 30, 2006 9:50 pm

I ignore the super power aspect very nearly. Invincible Guardsmen kick plenty of tail with two of the selections from the minor powers, hand-to-hand: Martial Arts, and power armour training.

I can accept that maybe the Kreeghor still have a few transmutaion tanks left over from the good 'ol Splugorth minion days, but somethng about "comic book super powers" in a space opera setting bugs the hell out of me.

No APS:Fire Kreeghor in my game...

Greyaxe · Unread post by **Greyaxe** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 11:57 am

I prefer PW to be more of a hi-si-fi. I like magic in PW to be mystical, controlled only by the UWW and the splugorth. I hate superpowers in a sci fi setting unless they are inherient to a particular race. and only one power. Mutants should me mutated forms of existaing life typically horribly which may or may not have some benificial side effect. Like hardened skin making them megadamage etc. Basically I agree with Bray who incidentally has used said IG with extrodanary pp in power armor, Yucky in the extreem.

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 3:34 pm

Braden, GMPhD wrote:I ignore the super power aspect very nearly. Invincible Guardsmen kick plenty of tail with two of the selections from the minor powers, hand-to-hand: Martial Arts, and power armour training.

I can accept that maybe the Kreeghor still have a few transmutaion tanks left over from the good 'ol Splugorth minion days, but somethng about "comic book super powers" in a space opera setting bugs the hell out of me.

No APS:Fire Kreeghor in my game...

The Shiii-ar empire in Marvel universe uses super powers on regular basis. Fading suns uses super powers (space opera again), heck, even some of the "GREAT" sci-fi literay authors use superpowers for their alien races (though not comic book level...most of the time).
Yours is a personal preffernce, but some GM's out there have no troubles with allowing the use of 'supers' (especialy for NPC villans).
take a look at the Cosmo knight; just give 'em surf boards..think about it..REAL hard

DhAkael · Unread post by **DhAkael** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 5:50 pm

Tyciol wrote:You know, if you rounded the edges off of a tower shield it could look like a surf board.

Thank you.. made my day with that comment

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Fri Dec 01, 2006 8:28 pm

That was a good one too! Good one Tyciol! :lol:

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 12:56 am

So they just have to get a cosmo knight to use it as his weapon of choice!

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Sat Dec 02, 2006 5:04 am

I know. I have a CK who uses a shield as his weapon of choice.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Mon Dec 04, 2006 10:23 pm

Actually the shield is sharp edged round and concave. So it plows thru bad guys! He is an expert at wielding it, since he wielded one before he bacame a CK.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 12:04 am

Not for this particular CK!

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Wed Dec 06, 2006 10:17 pm

It does!

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Thu Dec 07, 2006 10:57 pm

Sounds like an interesting character Retired Juicer!

What sort of character are you talking about Darkmax? Your retired warrior that is.

Aramanthus · Unread post by **Aramanthus** » Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:16 pm

That would be a pretty nasty combination Gadrin!

KLM · Unread post by **KLM** » Wed Dec 27, 2006 4:43 am

For my part, I dislike superpowers as they are.

On the other hand, I can happily accept Burster-like
(or Physical adept-like from SRun) psi or magic "focus"
characters...

Adios
KLM