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Running Icons RPG: Any Advice, Comments?

Started by Lynn, March 13, 2013, 03:04:20 PM

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#30
March 25, 2013, 08:05:10 PM
Quote from: TristramEvans;639915I've generally found the same thing, though Silver Age Sentinals was the exception there. Some great characters I wouldn't mind actually seeing in comics.

Really? Like which? I pretty much saw it as your standard DC/Marvel copycat stuff...

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March 25, 2013, 10:38:12 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;640178Really? Like which? I pretty much saw it as your standard DC/Marvel copycat stuff...


Alice, Queen of Hearts was the first one to come to mind. Sort of Black Widow crossed with Harley Quinn. I can't recall the Dr. Doom-type one, Baron something, but I liked him as well. I mean, overall, yeah, it was etsy's of common archetypes, but they were specifically done pretty well so it didnt feel like "why would I play this character when I could just play the REAL Captain America? " etc, which is how most supers NPCs make me feel.

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March 26, 2013, 05:07:43 PM
Quote from: TristramEvans;640214Alice, Queen of Hearts was the first one to come to mind. Sort of Black Widow crossed with Harley Quinn. I can't recall the Dr. Doom-type one, Baron something, but I liked him as well. I mean, overall, yeah, it was etsy's of common archetypes, but they were specifically done pretty well so it didnt feel like "why would I play this character when I could just play the REAL Captain America? " etc, which is how most supers NPCs make me feel.

I guess, I dunno.. it still all feels like a DC/Marvel ripoff to me. Its the classic problem: either they're too much like an imitation of the big names, or they're not enough like it, and either causes them to suck.
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March 26, 2013, 05:50:32 PM
Quote from: RPGPundit;640460I guess, I dunno.. it still all feels like a DC/Marvel ripoff to me. Its the classic problem: either they're too much like an imitation of the big names, or they're not enough like it, and either causes them to suck.

Always a problem. I rather liked M&M's Freedom City variants--as they managed to be good at being the analogues they were without being strict clones. That was until they revised them for 2E and completely started stamping out copies.

I hope my setting sorts vary enough with the new core team: Lariat (Elastic former FBI investigator), La Roca (Super tough/strong geologist lady), Tumbleweed (Acrobatic super speedst  teenager), Carnivora, (Feral powered biologist), and Captain Eagle (Legacy heroine who has a winged battlesuit.)

As they stand they're just these people. Also better name than "La Roca" is needed if anyone can suggest one.
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