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Message no. 1
From: Tuvyah@***.COM
Subject: Re: Comic Books as Source Material
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 01:25:27 -0400
ltwiss@********.com wrote:

>>Whoo hoo! Fellow Comic Fans! Matt Wagner is quite possibly one of my
all-time favorite writers. His 'Grendel Journals' are my most coveted
comic pieces. (I've got the entire Comico run, including the
black-white'n red) How about JBNM? I loved Neil's stroies, but never
picked up on 'Hellblazer' although I do enjoy reading the devilishly
twisted 'Preacher' Dillon's art is fantastic.<<

What could have been a boring flame war on "The Fifth Element" has been
transformed into a positive exchange. I love this list!

And Victor-Fisher@******.COM (Fisher, Victor) wrote

>>For fans of Matt, he's coming back,
having finally found a home with Jim Lee's Wildstorm Studios<<

Be still, my foolish heart.

>>John Constantine could be a Burnt Out Mage, with more Magic Theory,
Conjuring Skill, and Balls than many experienced mages. [Mundanes can
use Conjuring theory, in an attempt to ward themselves and summon Free
Spririts they know the name of; they just might have a LITTLE bit of
trouble trying to deal with the spirit when it shows up, probably pissed
off, without magic. but that's John].<<

Actually, I think the whole point of Constantine is that he has NO power at
all -- just knowledge and a large set of brass balls. This kind of segues
into a new question:

Has anyone played a character whose emphasis was neither cyber nor magic?
I've just created a cat-burglar character whose main priority is skills. No
spells, no wires. A couple of cybereyes and a lot of style....

--Smilin' Ted
"...who knows why he's smilin'."
Message no. 2
From: tom Cone <Brother-1@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: Comic Books as Source Material
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 00:38:07 -1000
>Has anyone played a character who's focus
>was neither cyber nor spells?
Got one currently: Dirk the Daring, Villain Archetype :) He's fun, and
he's in it for himself, so you know where you stand.

Brother-1. Decker for hire.
>Visit Dot's Deck Technologies! Just north of the Sea-TAC!
Message no. 3
From: "Fisher, Victor" <Victor-Fisher@******.COM>
Subject: Re: Comic Books as Source Material
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 08:00:15 -0400
Tuvyah said:
>Actually, I think the whole point of Constantine is that he has NO power at
>all -- just knowledge and a large set of brass balls.

Yeah, actually, this makes more sense. I just wanted the feel of
the character, not the power level. [Oops!]

Victor
>
Message no. 4
From: Dale Talbert <LuvsAmanda@***.COM>
Subject: Re: Comic Books as Source Material
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 14:52:48 -0400
In a message dated 97-05-13 08:04:44 EDT, Victor-Fisher@******.COM (Fisher,
Victor) writes:

<< Subj: Re: Comic Books as Source Material >>
Anyone heard of DeadPool? He would make one mean mother to make a a playe
character.
Message no. 5
From: "Paul J. Adam" <shadowrn@********.DEMON.CO.UK>
Subject: Re: Comic Books as Source Material
Date: Tue, 13 May 1997 19:47:02 +0100
In message <970513012526_-231090121@*******.mail.aol.com>,
Tuvyah@***.COM writes
>Actually, I think the whole point of Constantine is that he has NO power at
>all -- just knowledge and a large set of brass balls.

He's actually a magician of reasonable power, able to make a total
stranger willingly hand over his chequebook, guarantee card and credit
cards to a filthy tramp when he needs to. Sounds like at least a little
magic to me :)

>This kind of segues
>into a new question:
>
>Has anyone played a character whose emphasis was neither cyber nor magic?
>I've just created a cat-burglar character whose main priority is skills. No
>spells, no wires. A couple of cybereyes and a lot of style....

Got a detective like that. Cybereyes and a datajack and that's it. Makes
him interesting to play.

I borrowed the concept from a friend, who shared this exchange: three
PCs were about to embark on a covert raid. Hogan asked "Now, does
everyone have a silent weapon? I've got my crossbow. Silver? Marlowe?"

Silver says "I've got my silenced Predator."

Marlowe simply says "Yes."

"What silent weapon have you got?"

"I'm not carrying a weapon, so it's silent."

--
There are four kinds of homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable and
praiseworthy...

Paul J. Adam paul@********.demon.co.uk
Message no. 6
From: Zarcon <prinzing@********.COM>
Subject: Re: Comic Books as Source Material
Date: Wed, 14 May 1997 20:21:53 -0500
Dale Talbert wrote:
> Anyone heard of DeadPool? He would make one mean mother to make a a playe
> character.

ohhhhh yea never thought of him as bein an NPC, well lets just say my
players are gona have hell this friday, thanks for the idea.

Zarcon

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