Editing SGA 2006 Archive (section)

=Mystery Men=
; Game System
: [http://www.peginc.com/Games/Savage%20Worlds/Necessary%20Evil.htm Necessary Evil] (Savage Worlds)
; Pitch
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<p>''This is a transcript from a special report on the disappearance of Champion City's hero Captain Amazing. Channel 8 reporter Gayle Armstrong has been covering the "hero beat" since she coined the nickname "Jockstrap" for The Athelete. She interviewed both The Raven and Commander Incredible on the mysterious disappearance of Captain Amazing.''</p>

<p>'''GA:''' Raven, how do you feel about the disapperance of Champion City's
hero? How will it effect us here in Harbor City?</p>

<p>'''Raven:''' Well, Gayle, I don't see that it will effect Harbor City at
all. From what I've heard, new heros have taken up the slack in
Champion City. Besides, most of the villians of Champion City had
already been captured by Captain Amazing. We've always had a lot of
fall out from Champion City anyway as many criminals leave that town
very soon when they realize how tightly Captain Amazing kept crime
under control.  Frankly with him gone, it may be that we will loose some of our own
criminal element here in Harbor City.</p>

<p>'''GA:''' Did you know Captain Amazing well? Did you see him as a friend?</p>

<p>'''Raven:''' As you might have noticed heros tend to be solitary and
private people, if they aren't part of a team. I have met Captain
Amazing a few times, but no I don't think of him as a friend.
Frankly I have never approved of his style of crime fighting.</p>

<p>'''GA:''' What do you mean?</p>

<p>'''Raven:''' I don't think that a hero should be worrying about
sponorships. Shortly before his disappearance he lost his Pepsi
sponsorship. His agent later reported him as quite disraught about
this. Being a hero is about helping people, not about making money
or gaining popularity.  I think he did his job too well and lost sight of what was
important. He really should have retired a long time ago. Perhaps
he has, and he decided just to disappear to some south sea island
rather then make a big deal out of it. If that's the case I wish
him all the best.</p>

<p>'''GA:''' Thank you very much for your time, Mr. Raven.</p>

<p>'''Raven:''' Thank you Gayle.</p>

<p>'''GA:''' Commander Incredible, what did you think of Captain Amazing?</p>

<p>'''CI:''' I didn't respect him, Gayle. I thought he was a phony.</p>

<p>'''GA:''' Why do you say that?</p>

<p>'''CI:''' Well for one thing where did he get off calling himself Captain
anything? Was he a Captain? Who knows. I freely admit that before
I gained super powers I was a commander in the US Navy. If he was a
captain he should say what part of the armed forces he belonged to.</p>

<p>'''GA:''' Is that the only reason you call him a phony? That seems like
a rather strong word for a fellow hero.</p>

<p>'''CI:''' I agree with the Raven, he sold out. What kind of hero is
sponsored by corperations? He was only in it for the glory. That's
why he supported letting Casanova Frankenstein out of the
Institution, and look what happened.</p>

<p>'''GA:''' What do you mean?</p>

<p>'''CI:''' There weren't any master criminals for Captain Amazing to
fight, so he let encouraged the review board to let out his greatest
enemy.  Personally I think both he and Casanova died in the destruction of
Casanova's house. Captain Amazing brought that down on himself.</p>

<p>'''GA:''' You sound a bit bitter? What were your personal feelings about
the Captain.</p>

<p>'''CI:''' We dated for a while, actually. I found him one of the most
concieted people I have ever met. All he did was talk about himself.
He didn't care that I am a hero in my own right. He expected me to
swoon over his adventures. Please!</p>

<p>'''GA:''' It must be difficult being a female hero in what is still so
much a good old boys club.</p>

<p>'''CI:''' It can be, but I don't let it get me down.</p>

<p>'''GA:''' Again, thank you both for your time. For Channel Eight News,
I'm Gayle Armstrong.</p>

<p>''Now with an update one year later, Gayle Armstrong.''</p>

<p>When I interview Harbor City's two most famous heros a year ago
about the disappearnce of Champion City's Champion Captain amazing,
little did any of us know that they would diappear as well.  Neither hero has been seen for over a month. I spoke with Harbor
City's Chief of Police, Ted Wood, about what effect this has had on
the cime in our fair city.</p>

<p>'''GA:''' Chief Wood, have you seen an increase in crime since our town's
top heros have gone missing.</p>

<p>'''CW:''' Well Gayle, as you know I have always said that vigilantes like
the Raven should leave fighting crime to the Police. Their has been
a slight rise in run of the mill crime, but there have been no
recent reporst of so-called supervillian activity. It is my view
that without to such visible costumed "heros" on the scene we will
not see the costumed villians that come out of the woodwork when
they're around.</p>

<p>'''GA:''' Some might say that the supervillians are still around, but
without the heros who have the resources and skills to discover and
halt their activities.</p>

<p>'''CW:''' Miss Armstrong, I resent your implication that my department are
no equipped to deal with anything any type of cirminal can come up
with. I'm not going to waste any time or resources searching for
The Raven or Commader Incredbile.</p>

<p>'''GA:''' There you have it citizens. Two people who have done great
things for our city and Chief Wood isn't even havintg missing
persons look for them. I have to wonder who will?</p>
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; Game Master
: Laura Mortensen
; Players
: 4
; Characters
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Albert "The Butler" Pennywise (Edmund Metheny)<br>
Odile "Crocodile" Boussombo (Sophie)<br>
Clyde "Die Weltanschauung" Winslow (John Reiher/ AKA [[User:Kedamono|Kedamono]])
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; Date
: July 3, 10, & 17, 2006
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; Player Thoughts
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::<blockquote style="background:aliceblue; border:1px solid black; padding:1em"> [[User:Kedamono|Kedamono]]: My character, Die Weltanschauung, AKA: Clyde Winslow, is dangerously close to a competent character. He is a mystical detective, overshadowed by his more famous brother, Doctor Geheimnis, Clyde's only real power is his power to read minds... sort of. In game, it turned out to be his Force Control power and his Illusion powers that were of most use in the game. In fact I had to tune him down a couple of notches, otherwise he would have been a minor superhero and not a mystery man. To be honest he was too competent for the premise as it was, and I purposely stayed out of the boss battle so as not to rob the other players of the glory of beating the snot out of the chief badguy. (In the first game session, it was my character that shined, so I figure, I had my limelight, so I kept back a bit during the second climatic battle.) Of course, it didn't stop my character from gladhanding every reporter within earshot and handing out business cards. It was Clyde's chance to get into the big leagues and gain a super nemesis!<p></p>If we ever do the Mystery Men again, I might try to do my other concept: The Bludgeon. The Bludgeon's only super power is that he is nigh invulnerable to all forms of damage, save one form... and I haven't figured out that one yet. But otherwise, he's a normal person, who can't be hurt by any conventional means. It also means that he can't hurt super villains either. Unless, of course, he is used by the brick on the team as... a Bludgeon! His invulnerability doesn't stop him from being knocked around and his clothing doesn't benefit from this ability either, so he's often reduced to wearing smoking rags by the end of a battle, bullets and lasers bouncing off of him, and he's got a big grin on his face looking to do some more wrassling. :-) </blockquote>
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