Greetings Earthlings!

I can hardly wait till this out. Reading PDQ # made me want it a lot more. Like I said: "Swords, pirates, and airships! Who could ask for more!"

in a bit of a silly mood... waiting for this to come out.

I just finished reading Lions, Tigers, and Bears Volume One. It’s a fun book about a kid named Joey. He scares easily so when he moves gets a set of stuffed animals from his grandma. She tells him they are his new companions and friends. The names of the stuffed animals are:

Minerva - I can’t read what’s on the box about her, but she is sprightly and has a sense of humor, she is a black panther
Venus - "guardian of the pride", she is a Bengal tiger.
Pallo - "leader of the pack", he is a lion.
Ares - "warrior of the pack", and he is a white tiger

Together they are the Night Pride. The box tells him to place one at each corner of his bed to protect him. He does so when he arrives at the new house. That night he thinks one of the toys protects him from something in the closet. Pallo has seemed to move closer to the closet.

The next night he is drawn into a world where the stuffed animals have come alive and guard children from the beasties that watch from the darkness. He conquers his fears and helps the Night Pride carry the day. There are a few other twists that I won’t talk about here.

The story is written by Mike Bullock with wonderful art Jack Lawrence, who drew Darkham Vale (which was another fun comic). It is definitely an all-ages comic.
Besides the collecting the first storyline it also has a story published in a weekly format in the Arizona Republic to promote the Children's Literacy Program there. It’s a fun story where Joey and his friend lose their guardians packed in the luggage when they go for a trip on a plane. Also a short comic called Tiger-man, which is a comic Joey reads. Also some great pin-ups including one from Todd Nauck. All in all a first opening salvo. Now awaiting volume two to get here from Amazon.com.

On the 2d6 daDiceGuy scale I give it 11 out of 12.

From the gaming side I can really see this being a Zorcerer of Zo campaign from this people could play another child that finds their way into the Stuffed Animal Kingdom and lends a hand in the war with the beasties. I may have to stat up some of the characters from this in ZoZ.

Watched the season two finale again last night and was inspired to write these up. May do more later. This is based more on season one perceptions.

Sam Winchester
Good [+2] College education, Good [+2] Trained Demon Hunter, Expert [+4] Uncontrolled Psychic, Good[+2] Boyish charm, Good [+2] Tough in a fight, Poor [-2] Wants a normal life

Dean Winchester
Good [+2] Damn tough, Good [+2] Trained Demon Hunter, Good [+2] Crack shot, Good [+2] Black four-door 1967 Chevrolet Impala, Good [+2] Impressive arsenal
Good [+2] Con artist, Poor [-2] Protective of family

John Winchester
Expert [+4] Tough S.O.B., Expert [+4] Veteran Demon Hunter, Expert [+4] Dogged foe, Good [+2] Deadeye, Good [+2] Dirty fighter, Poor [-2] Obsessed with find “The Demon”

More madness from me. Dave Stevens do more Rocketeer damnit!

The Rocketeer aka Cliff Secord
Expert [+4] Stunt pilot, Good [+2] Dashing, Good [+2] Can take a punch, Good [+2] Auto-gyro, Poor [-2] Acts before he thinks

Good [+2] Jet-pack, Good [+2] Rocketeer helmet

The year: 1994. From out of space comes a runaway planet, hurtling between the Earth and the Moon, unleashing cosmic destruction! Man's civilization is cast in ruin!
Two thousand years later, Earth is reborn...
A strange new world rises from the old: a world of savagery, super science, and sorcery. But one man bursts his bonds to fight for justice! With his companions Ookla the Mok and Princess Ariel, he pits his strength, his courage, and his fabulous Sunsword against the forces of evil.
He is Thundarr, the Barbarian!



Thundarr, the Barbarian
Good [+2] Strong, Good [+2] Freedom fighter, Expert [+4] Sunsword, Good [+2] Tough, Poor [-2] Quick to fight

Princess Ariel
Expert [+4] Sorceress, Expert [+4] Earth History, Good [+2] Intelligent, Poor [-2] Smug

Ookla the Mok
Expert [+4] Exceptionally strong, Epert [+4] Deadeye with a bow, Good [+2] Equorts (his mount)

I got bitten by the motivational poster thread on RPGnet a while back and this is my most recent creation.

Back from my hospital and moving induced hiatus with more T&J write-ups. Today is the Elementals. Another good comic from the late lamented Comico.


The Elementals

Morningstar aka Jeanette Crane
Good [+2] Los Angeles Cop, Good [+2] Leadership, Good [+2] Fencing, Good [+2] Pianist, Poor [-2] Angers quickly

Master [+6] Fireblast Stunts: Firewall, Control fire, Master [+6] Super-armor Limitation: Only against fire and heat related attacks, Average [0] Immortal, Good [+2] Regeneration
Vulnerability: Gives off “dead” feeling

Monolith aka Tommy Czuchra
Expert [+4] Genius, Good [+2] Touch of the mystic, Good [+2] Mature for his age, Good [+2] Studious, Poor [-2] Loner

Master [+6] Body of Stone*, Good [+2] Invulnerability*, Expert [+4] Super-strength*, Average [0] Precognition Limitation; Uncontrolled, Average [0] Immortal, Good [+2] Regeneration
Vulnerability: Gives off “dead” feeling
*Limitation: Only in Monolith form

Vortex aka Jeff Murphy
Expert [+4] Pilot, Good [+2] Naval Special Forces, Expert [+4] Born to fly, Poor [-2] Nightmares from war

Master [+6] Flight, Master [+6] Blast of Air, Average [0] Immortal, Good [+2] Regeneration, Master [+6] Wind control
Vulnerability: Gives off “dead” feeling

Fathom aka Rebecca “Becky” Golden
Good [+2] Rich, Good [+2] Sexy, Good [+2] Fun loving, Good [+2] Debutante, Good [+2] Poor [-2] Misses normal life

Master [+6] Body of Water Stunts: Adaptation, Super-swimming, Master [+6] Control of Water, Average [0] Immortal, Good [+2] Regeneration
Vulnerability: Gives off “dead” feeling

Alias Season One PDQ

Sydney Bristow
Good +2 Born to be a spy, Expert +4 Kickboxing, Good +2 Gunplay, Good +2 Disguise
Poor -2 Hates Sloane

Jack Bristow
Expert +4 Spy, Expert +4 Bad-Ass, Expert +4, Contacts
Poor -2 Double Agent

Marcus Dixon
Good +2 Spy, Good +2 Gunplay, Good +2 Disguise, Good +2 Driving
Poor -2 Trusting

Marshall Flinkman
Master +6 Tech Wizard, Expert +4 Computer Maestro, Poor -2 Nervous

Michael Vaughn
Good +2 CIA Agent, Good +2 CIA resources, Good +2 Guns, Poor -2 Loves Sydney

Eric Weiss
Good +2 CIA Agent, Good +2 Guns, Good +2 Loyal to a fault, Poor -2 True Friend

Arvin Sloane
Master +6 Head of SD6, Expert +4 Scheming Bastard, Good +2 Rimbaldi Lore
Poor -2 Obsessed with Rimbaldi

Doc Augur – One of the first heroes to appear on the scene. Said to be the Phoenix Knight’s closest friend and ally. Now in his early 90’s he has long since retired from adventuring, but uses his vast financial resources to keep his hand in. in his civilian identity he founded Spencer and Spencer Securities and has provided financial planning for his fellow heroes free of charge.

The Doc (he is a doctor PhD in Mathematics) knows most everyone in the business. He still uses his gadgeteering abilities to fix things and puzzle out odd technology. He has a broken model of one of Professor Primate’s Evo-Ray guns that he is still tinkering with in hopes of curing some of those that have been adversely affected by it.

Doc Augur is the first hero the Phoenix Knight activated in 1938. Since that time he and the Knight have worked together often. Almost all of his children and grandchildren (now of his great-grandchildren are old enough yet to see if this has continued into another generation) have developed some sort of super-powers. Most notably Pathfinder, Scout, and Voila!

WW II era Doc Augur:

Good [+2] Patriotic, Good [+2] Mathematician, Good [+2] Judo, Tough, Good [+2] Techie, Poor [-2] Reckless

Good [+2] Super-Intelligence, Average [0] Super-strength, Average [0] Precognition (Limitation: Uncontrolled), Good [+2] Super-gadgeteering

Modern era Doc Augur:

Expert [+4] Rich, Expert [+4] Respected businessman, Good [+2] Mathematician, Good [+2] Respected in supers community,
Poor [-2] Misses playing hero

Expert [+4] Super-intelligence, Good [+2] Precognition (Limitation: Uncontrolled), Good [+2] Super-gadgeteering
Vulnerability: Arthritic


© 2006 Lon Braidwood