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30 Members of the Players Cult
NPCs  (Extras)   (Religious)
Scrasamax's comment on 2013-05-23 10:09 AM
Love it, and want to use it! Go to Comment
The Forgotten Brand
Plots  (Discovery)   (Encounter)
Scrasamax's comment on 2013-05-18 07:41 AM
I instantly want to know more about these seafaring zealots, and why they have been gone for so long, but haven't been completely forgotten.

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Dwarven Sapper
NPCs  (Minor)   (Criminal/Espionage)
Scrasamax's comment on 2013-05-15 12:59 PM
I wrote this in one sitting, so technically it is oekaki, and no I didn't put a lot of time into the names in the plot hooks. During the writing process I kept feeling a DnD 2ed vibe growing and that's where the names came from. Later I'm going to do City Image: Umberhulk just for you ;D

Inspired, lol! Go to Comment
Dwarven Sapper
NPCs  (Minor)   (Criminal/Espionage)
Scrasamax's comment on 2013-05-16 10:39 PM
Or they are the truly brave because they do their deeds for the sake of dwarvenkind, and not for their own honor and glory. No songs will be sung of them, their tales will not be told, but their deeds will be remembered by the soldiers who return alive, and not on their shields. Go to Comment
The Eye of Winthorp
Items  (Other)   (Cursed)
Scrasamax's comment on 2013-05-12 03:36 AM
Only voted Go to Comment
Creeders Magic Dentures
Items  (Other)   (Magical)
Scrasamax's comment on 2013-05-11 07:11 AM
Could you use them to eat something intangible, like a ghost? (making notes for Pac-Man for D&D, don't know if I should go for Barbarian or Ranger though)
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PetDex
Locations  (City)   (Any)
Scrasamax's comment on 2013-05-10 06:25 PM
I enjoyed this read, and I like the concept. Storage cubes are interesting and give me all sorts of smuggling, human trafficking and otherwise technoabuses Go to Comment
Lybrium
Items  (Potion)   (Villanous)
Scrasamax's comment on 2013-05-08 07:40 AM
Actually, the drug in the movie Equilibrium is called Prozium and not Equilibrium. The nation it was set in is called Libria. I googled Librium as I considered that a decent name for the drug and I did discover that it does exist pretty much exactly as written on the box in the movie, albeit not to the same full scope of effect. Swap an I for a Y and it's taken care of.

As for Soma, as I recall, soma makes people blissful happy and calm. Lybrium makes you not capable of feeling bliss or dissatisfaction. Go to Comment
Lybrium
Items  (Potion)   (Villanous)
Scrasamax's comment on 2013-05-08 11:17 AM
I love that idea, Lybrium can reduce or even completely suppress parapsychic abilities. It's important that the orderlies at the Ashcroft Asylum for the Cosmically Insane makes sure their wards take all of their meds every day.

I can also see Lybrium being used as a cult suppression drug, or by some cult leaders to ensure that their sacrificial lamb to the Gods who Walk in Shadow don't run away screaming.

As for social connotations, I can see it being seen in the same light as thorazine (keep the crazies calm) in a general positive light, but in a non-pill form as a method of government control. Lybrium canisters and gassing is the sort of thing that does happen, but the powers that be work hard to make sure no one pays attention to it. Go to Comment
30 Devils
NPCs  (Minor)   (Religious)
Scrasamax's comment on 2013-05-06 08:05 AM
Impressive sir, each of these would easily be 3-3.5 star submissions on their own. Some would be 4s.
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Volguloi
Lifeforms  (Intelligent Species)   (Forest/ Jungle)
Scrasamax's comment on 2013-05-02 07:21 AM
Very good, an enjoyable read and an excellent homage to Lovecraft and weird horror Go to Comment
Batman Corps
Society/ Organizations  (Criminal/Espionage)   (Area)
Scrasamax's comment on 2013-04-25 10:55 AM
Update: Batman Corps is an idea I had, it is built with the Cosmic Era setting material but it is not canon to the setting, hence the Silly tag. Go to Comment
Batman Corps
Society/ Organizations  (Criminal/Espionage)   (Area)
Scrasamax's comment on 2013-04-25 11:07 AM
Rogue's Gallery: 


Bane: A mundane super soldier (genetic augmented strength, etc), or juicer (uses combat drugs and hormones) that is unusually intelligent and charismatic. A leader inside a terrorist organization, capable of going hand to hand against standard power armors and hefting heavy infantry support weapons. 

 

Catwoman: An agility/dexterity based physical adept (using parapsychic powers to augment physical ability) Catwoman is a themed professional elite thief. An excellent example of a freelancer shadowrunner, not evil but not good, a potential foe. Some high end electronics, an encounter suit (skin tight of course) and some light concealed weaponry, there you go. 


Clayface: Storm rifts are strange events, eruptions of cosmic energy/poison/radiation. Clayface was a normal human who caught the brunt of a surge blowing out of a rift. His flesh became pliable and viscous, moldable. With the eruption of parapsychic abilities (a not uncommon occurrence) he found with contact, he could temporarily mimic other people's appearances and mannerisms. This is a function of a mental/mind controlling parapsychic ability tied into a horrific shapeshifting curse.


Harley Quinn: Not everyone in the Cosmic Era is a mutant or parapsychic. Harley is just a demented woman who is attache to the next fellow on the list. She is a zealot, and she can range from an elite mook with good gear and skills to being a chosen priestess of the crawling chaos that is the Joker. The main reason that Harley is on the list is the full bodysuit she wears, that and being batshit crazy.


The Joker: The Joker is a foe of many potentials. On the low end, the Joker is a demented genius, sadist, and darkly charismatic leader. This Joker is basically Nolan's Joker. In the middle range, the Joker is a high power parapsychic, with mind control, emotion manipulation, and molecular conversion allowing him to pull comic props and weapons seemingly out of nowhere. On the high end, the Joker is the physical manifestation of a cosmic horror, a beast that previously dwelt in the space between realities. I would personally use this final option, but make the Joker a human vessel acting as the host for the cosmic horror that is the trickster god/monster Joker. Harley is his/its High Priestess, and the Joker's gang is more a cult than a criminal enterprise. 


Man-Bat: The Chiropteran Marauder (Human-Bat hybrid form) could be created with some creative and highly illegal biomodifications and genetic augmentations. This level of modification would certainly have serious impact on the sanity of the patient, such as largely losing the visible spectrum of light and entering into the realm of sonar based perception. To make a better foe, there could be a stock Man-Bat, and then there could be special forces trained Man-Bat or rogue parapsychic Man-Bat (strength, aura perception, etc)


Mr. Freeze: Cryonics are certainly a fun area for arcanotech R&D with gadgets like freeze rays, cryo-bombs, and other such ice and cold based technologies. Freeze would be an arcanotech engineer who spent too much time with his devices and has lost his sanity, becoming an avatar of cryogenic essences. Slap on a suit of power armor, a heavy cryo-beam generator and stay frosty.


The Penguin: Parapsychic ability is a fickle thing, and it works however it feels like working and is different from person to person. The Penguin's parapsychic ability manifests in a Dolittle like manner of speaking with animals, specifically avians. The Penguin is a mastermind rather than a fighter and has a mix of gang and mercenaries in his employ as well as a network of bird spies. 


Poison Ivy: Another unique parapsychic, Poison Ivy responds very strongly to plant biomass, and is able to control and manipulate it (Plant Adept?) to the point that she can integrate plant traits into her own body, including photosynthesis and creating toxins and compounds in her glands and skin. A very strong parapsychic, she is not just an environmental manipulator but also a seductress and a servant of greater powers (alien plant gods?)


Ra's al Ghul: Much like the Joker, Ras can exist on several levels. On the low end he can be the obvious mastermind and evil genius, pumping out exotic arcanotech weapons and gadgets (Lazarus Pit is a bioreactor) and leading a major corporation, or underground sect. On a higher end, Ras can be a walking avatar of cosmic weirdness and power, functionally an immortal mobile storm rift with impressive parapsychic abilities, able to enslave entire regions with the force of his will. (can also draw lines between Ra's and Yuri from C&C: Red Alert) 


Riddler: The Riddler has never been in my opinion a strong physical opponent. When Riddler becomes a rogue AI, it becomes much more interesting. Like the Puppermaster from Ghost in the Shell or any other hidden threat, the Riddler is a virtual threat, wreaking havoc through hacked machines and androids, and cyberrealm warfare. You didn't say the magic word, I want to play a game.


Scarecrow: A mind controlling parapsychic can easily specialize in causing and manipulating fear. Scarecrow takes it a step farther, forgetting to come back to normal and losing himself in the avatar of fear persona. The Scarecrow is a powerful parapsychic and unless sedated, can cause mass hysteria and manipulate fear across a large swath of terrain around him/it. 


Two-Face: Two-Face is the unfortunate recipient of multiple personality disorder. One personality is a relatively normal lawyer-y type, while the other is a deranged sociopathic killer. Fight Club style, both are aware of each other, and the normal one can do the normal things, while the sociopath has access to strong physical adept powers like enhanced strength and exotic manipulation of fate/movement of objects.

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Batman Corps
Society/ Organizations  (Criminal/Espionage)   (Area)
Scrasamax's comment on 2013-04-26 12:15 AM
Updated and pretty much rewrote the Rogue's Gallery to be more informative Go to Comment
Five Guys In a Prison: Perhaps When The Apocalypse Starts
NPCs  (Extras)   (Criminal/Espionage)
Scrasamax's comment on 2013-04-19 12:58 AM
Interesting group you have here, Some of them certainly have me itching to know more about them, especially Priest 2, some of the others seem a bit mundane, such as the Lifer or Sicko, whom I imagine as the head convict from Chronicles of Riddick and Comic Book Guy respectively.

I am curious to know what the intent is behind this group, because I assume it is something akin to M. Night Shamallamadingdong (or whatever his name is) movie Devil (drawn out, tedious in places, but overall good and interesting character study) Go to Comment
Combat Mechanoids
Lifeforms  (Constructed)   (Any)
Scrasamax's comment on 2013-04-18 09:40 AM
Update: Cult of Done.

Doubled down on this one, Foronda is a play on Dr. Mindbender and the Combat Mechanoids are 1/3rd Cobra B.A.T. 1/3rd Terminator, and 1/3rd Super Battle Droid (Attack of the Clones) Go to Comment
Combat Mechanoids
Lifeforms  (Constructed)   (Any)
Scrasamax's comment on 2013-04-19 12:05 AM
The Mangler

The Mangler, the Crusher, the Shredder, there are a large variety of names given to scrapping and recycling robots. The Mangler, OCP's PM-9900 'Praying Mantis' is a very typical recycling robot. It was designed to handle refuse and to scrap damaged and discarded robots, androids and mechanoids. The original civilian model is equipped with large pincers and several cutting lasers and saws for dismembering robots to salvage their specific valuable components and separate them from the parts that can be sent to smelting. 

Like the LoaderBot, the Praying Mantis was given it's own military version. Rather than a stand and deliver sort of bot, it is generally equipped with camouflage and improved armor and sent out as a stalker. The machine is rather clever once given a predatory iOS upgrade and will ambush it's intended victims, seeking to immobilize and then quickly remove the head/cranium with it's cutting laser or saws.  Given the relatively high cost of the Praying Mantis and other recycling bots, few are used in this headhunter fashion.

Several have achieved sentience, another reason the modification is seldomly done.
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Combat Mechanoids
Lifeforms  (Constructed)   (Any)
Scrasamax's comment on 2013-04-19 12:02 AM
The LJ-1A LoaderBot
 The LJ-1A is a good representation of the universally common materials handling robot. It is roughly human shaped, and at 600 pounds, not outside human operating parameters. It was designed to handle heavy burdens with a degree of finesse for loading and unloading vehicles and handling materials inside factory modules and warehousing sectors. It is a very low end of robot tech machine, and has a very primitive cortex. 

None of these factors prevented the LJ-1A from being modified into a combat mechanoid. The body panels, made of commericial ferroplastic can be unbolted and removed, and replaced with composite armor panels made to fit the machine. The arms can be unbolted and 'gun arms' can be fitted onto the robot, to make it a walking gun turret. The resulting robot typically has a pair of infantry support weapons for arms, or twin barrel lighter weapons (or a mix such as an infantry support flamethrower and a double machine gun arm). It is an easy target, and requires constant direction by a human operator, effectively calling out attacks for the robot to target and engage with it's weapons. 

These are third and fourth line machines that only exist due to the number of loader bots in existence and that if pressed, a two man crew can strip an industrial model and rebuilt it into a combat model in 4 to 6 hours.
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30 Illuminati Minions
NPCs  (Major)   (Criminal/Espionage)
Scrasamax's comment on 2013-04-18 09:19 AM
Update: Big push and Cult of Done Go to Comment
30 Illuminati Minions
NPCs  (Major)   (Criminal/Espionage)
Scrasamax's comment on 2013-04-29 08:51 PM
I wrote it as a 30 because that was the initial point of inspiration, it was going to be a regular 30 and then I thought of the different tiers and how they worked in layers. Go to Comment
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