Samuel Jackson - Jules Winfield, Pulp Fiction
Ving Rhames - Marcellus Wallace, Pulp Fiction.
Marcellus is an uncommon name, but it is statistically more common in my game settings as I tend to strongly avoid the first names of people in my immediate and near family (spouse, parents, siblings, in-laws) and there is a Mark in my family. And we don't get along. So there are Marcus, Marcellus, Marco, etc. Go to Comment
I know that apocalyptic wasteland scenarios generally exist to show everyone how good life is right now, but I gotta say, I for one am looking forward to a time without censorship and a return to gladiatorial death battles. Though I doubt It will happen during any of our lifetimes.
Also, Marcellus Washington. Wink, wink. Go to Comment
There are a variety of agencied ranging from the military, to intelligence agencies to special arcanotech investigators who monitor and police the movement and general existence of extra dimensional lifeforms Go to Comment
I would assume that one or several groups would be trying to hunt these monsters down. Shapechangers are always scary, especially so when their reproductive organs double as a maw.... Is the fake body like some kind of skin pouch or external organ then, covering them? Can it be removed without them dying? Is it filled with only fluids then?
Typo;
it can be communicated with as an intelligent, it hostile alien being. Go to Comment
The Tarxan Lifeforms (Intelligent Species)
(Other)
Tarxan Raider - A single Tarxan, armed with forearm blades and a bad attitude. The Raider is disoriented and will attack with fury, and anything it cannot overcome quickly it will flee.
Tarxan Raider Party - An equal or greater number of Tarxan raiders to the PC party. All are armed with varying sized arm scythes as well as carrying their own bladed melee weapons. They have some provisions, and chemical augments (functions as Chemical Augmentation Suit) and possibly several Tarxan hounds (triple jawed reptilian wolf/lizard things)
Tarxan Hunting Party - Foragers and hunters more than warriors, less than half have arm blades, but are armed with spears and hunting bows, accompanied by at least one pack of tarxan hounds.
Tarxan Family Cell - A single Tarxan warrior, decorated with trophies and tattoos along with a harem of Tarxan females, ranging from middle teens to later middle age. The warrior is skilled and dangerous, and has the desire to protect his wives and multitude of children.
Tarxan Mystic - A hybrid half Tarxan half something else, manifests limited parapsychic abilities, typically Parapsychic healing, or parasensensory abilities used to 'guide' the mystic and the tribe.
Tarxan Feral - A survivor from a previous dimensional breech, this Tarxan has survived on Earth long enough to learn a bit of the common local language and hide from the locals by posing as a leper or other pariah.
Tarxan hounds are all tough and ill-tempered as their masters. The hounds are mammal-like reptiles, having a warm blooded metabolism and upright gait, but scales and are egg layers. They exhibit a range of coloration, with the females being dull drab colors and the male hounds being brightly colored, with reds, blues, oranges, and purple being common.
The hound has a separated bottom jaw, which allows it to use either side of its bottom jaw independently. Once they bite onto something they can work the jaw until they have a very solid bite. It is assumed that this is a hunting or fighting technique used to wound or slow larger animals until their masters can dispatch the animal with swords or spears. Go to Comment
The Tarxan Lifeforms (Intelligent Species)
(Other)
Tarxan hounds are all tough and ill-tempered as their masters. The hounds are mammal-like reptiles, having a warm blooded metabolism and upright gait, but scales and are egg layers. They exhibit a range of coloration, with the females being dull drab colors and the male hounds being brightly colored, with reds, blues, oranges, and purple being common.
The hound has a separated bottom jaw, which allows it to use either side of its bottom jaw independently. Once they bite onto something they can work the jaw until they have a very solid bite. It is assumed that this is a hunting or fighting technique used to wound or slow larger animals until their masters can dispatch the animal with swords or spears.
I really like this. The medical examiner write-up really allows a detailed description without being a plain info-dump. While inspired by a character from somewhere else, I see plenty of potential for these Tarxan to be useful in a large number of settings.
Also, bonus points for that encounter table. Usability is a plus. Go to Comment
The Tarxan Lifeforms (Intelligent Species)
(Other)
There's a very X-men feel to this, and im sure even in the Cosmic era, SPP will have its fair share of bigotry and racism to go along with it.
Also, seeing as this is the more common of psychic powers, I'm sure there would have been a surge in vigilantism as this became more and more common; It would also have made life a hell of a lot harder for any policing force. Give someone a superpower and they'll more likely use it selfishly than for greater good - not everyone has an 'uncle ben' to share inspiring quotes about responsibility :p
Can people with these psychic abilities.be tracked, do you suppose? psycho perhaps they could.be sought out by the rarer form of psychics, which would lead to those psychics to be employed by enforcement agencies. Go to Comment
There are several dozen submissions associated with the setting, and a core concept is mixing the high energy and over the top action of fighting games with normal RPGs. Go to Comment
I felt a bit lost at first, as to what it was about, I guess you were going for making movie ninjas/samurais into a reality using these powers? That and the Knight stuff, felt like it belonged in another sub. But I guess it's because I'm not familiar with the setting.
And yeah, like SE said, those last parts felt very X-manish. Go to Comment
Yeah I know you've made a few of these. Sci-Fi isn't normally much of my thing, but I figured since so few people were voting on subs atm, and since it wasn't too long... Also, I see now that this is a systems submission, d'oh! Yeah, that explains it. :P Go to Comment
Society/ Organizations (Artistic/Performance) (World Wide)
Ving Rhames - Marcellus Wallace, Pulp Fiction.
Marcellus is an uncommon name, but it is statistically more common in my game settings as I tend to strongly avoid the first names of people in my immediate and near family (spouse, parents, siblings, in-laws) and there is a Mark in my family. And we don't get along. So there are Marcus, Marcellus, Marco, etc. Go to Comment