Re: [BNW] Death of a Campaign

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

> > _Maybe_ the Comedian is a Gunner (although he does nothing that 
>indicates
> > he would have to be to do what he does).  And maybe Night Owl is a 
>Genius.
>
>Nite Owl is a gadgeteer. Look at the devices he has made. That Owlship
>defies the laws of physics. Rorschach is a scrapper. Ozymandias would be

But Nite Owl also seems to be highly learned in several other fields 
(Computers, Academia/Ornithology, etc.).  He deciphers and infiltrates 
_Ozymandias'_ computer system, and is a highly skilled detective, which 
makes him sound fairly Smart...

He also seems to have several Gadgets (Owlship, exoskeleton, Owlmobile), 
rather than just one, which would make him an Alpha Gadgeteer (presumably).  
Granted, he may just have used 1-3 in any 24 hour period.  I would 
definitely rate the Owlship alone as far beyond what a Delta Gadgeteer could 
make.  By the time you factor in the Flight, and the Armor, and the 
air-to-air missiles, and the shriekers, and the hover capacity, and the 
passenger space, and the flame-throwers...  :)

Rorschach, to the best of my knowledge, displays no regenerative 
fast-healing type abilities.  Kovacs still had bruises and stuff some time 
after his capture and beating.  The only thing that even hints at it is 
declining a parka in issue #10, and I'd tend to dismiss that as a cosmetic 
effect more than an actual immunity.

The prototype Scrapper is the X-Men's Wolverine, IMO, as far as healing and 
fighting - Rorschach is nowhere even close to him, IMO.  Granted, Wolverine 
could probably be classed as an alpha-class Scrapper.

If anything, I'd probably rate Rorschach as a Delta (if I had to) with some 
kind of "fear/intimidation" aura, and assume everything else comes from 
that.  When it doesn't work (i.e., against Ozymandias), he's toast.  You 
look at his fight scenes, and you'll see that most of his opponents are 
awfully nervous...  ;)

>both a genius and a bouncer (making him a low power alpha yes). Juspeczyk
>and the Comedian, hmm.. they are highly trained regs?
>
> > Actually, I'm working on a system that does let you play Regs.  It'll
> > probably go up at my web site in the next couple of weeks, followed by
> > adaptations of some existing "reg" characters like The Question and
> > Rorschach.
>
>I though that the system already allowed you to play a reg? As far as I
>understand the rules then regs simply don't have a power package, cannot
>have attributes higher than 5d6 and they don't have any delta points.
>

Unfortunately, the "no delta points" thing makes a Reg hero pretty much 
unviable.  You can do it, but a Batman- or Punisher-type character without 
Delta Points jus doen't seem to live long.

The system I am working on allows for "Reg Points", which are a bit more 
limited but at least don't cut off such a character entirely.  Since they 
are Regs that have decided to go up against Deltas, they get a few more 
Attribute and resulting Skill points, albeit with limitations.


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Steve Crow

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