Re: [BNW] A true Super Hero team for BNW (Matt Forbeck)

[The White Crow <whytcrow@io.com>]

>   First off I like the team name Freedom Force, And the leader and
>unofficial figurehead of the group is Minuteman. BTW what does ISTR mean?, I
>still have to work on the other members, Base and Equipment. Some on this
>list mention the fact that Freedom Force is more akin to Marvel's X-Men. I
>used to be fan of Marvel's comics in the 80's, But now I mostly read DC.

ISTR = I seem to recall

Ok, if you are insitent upon using the name, go for it.  You seem worried 
about potential lawsuits.  I've been giving advice.  But in the end, it is 
your choice, and your decision to face the potential.  I'd say the true 
potential depends on two things:

1.  How similar the team and char names end up being to the computer game 
and comic book versions.

2.  More importantly, what you are doing with it.  In your own game, or 
even on a fan page, it isn't going to matter much most of the time.  The 
worst you'll get is a cease and desist letter, which then you can take down 
the material knowing it had offended the wrong people.  That happens rarely 
these days for material obviously not meant to infringe and properly 
attributed.  ("Note, this group was inspired by this computer game (link) 
although I made changes...")

If you plan on publishing it, however, it depends on where its going and 
your editor.  The editor may very well tell you to change the name because 
of potential infringement, or refuse to publish it.

>   Secondly I have noticed there are two type of Deltas in BNW, Combat and
>Supportive. Example of a Combat Delta is a Blaster, Example of a Supportive
>is Hacker.

That's definately true.  I generally think that unless the campaign is 
designed around them, supportive deltas make lousy PCs....some more than 
others.

>  Freedom Force has both type of Deltas as members. Number Cruncher
>is the teams info gather and hacker, This Delta also protect the team from
>being detected by Delta Prime electronically and hack into files that the
>team needs. Think of Oracle from DC Comics, But this Delta isn't in a
>wheelchair.

I don't read comics except in extremely rare instances, so I'm only vaguely 
familiar of who you mean from waht people have said before, but I get the 
picture.

Jennifer