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Marvel has made Iron Man into a class A jerkweed in just about every book but his own. He looked particularly bad in Civil War: Frontline and Amazing Spider-Man. It's a shame, because it cheapened Civil War (which should have and could have been a great story, but was mucked by horrible writing) and dirtied up a very interesting character.
by Epyon
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Never liked McFarlane or Liefield. Their work is too cartoony for me. I used to like Jim Lee, before all of his characters started to look the same, and all of his women characters stood around with their butts and breasts sticking out like ornamentation.
I don't think Marvel's problem is lack of good art. Not that I like all of the artists they employ, but in general, there
by Epyon
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A couple of points:
First, I agree that Sasquatch should probably have Class 100 strength based on his prior showings. However, I have to admit that I have never quite known what to do with characters who have "high-end" Class 100 strength. If I give Sasquatch Shift Y strength based on his early showings in the pages of the X-Men, it would drastically imbalance the game. Marvel do
by Epyon
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I would stop hiring writers just because they have Hollywood credentials or are big names in the entertainment industry. I mean, if you're going to let James Hudlin write the dreck that is BLACK PANTHER, why not let Paris Hilton write MS. MARVEL?
I would demand editorial consistency. Writers shouldn't get to turn characters they don't like into jobbers/jerkweeds and characte
by Epyon
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For my money, the best book on the market right now is Ed Brubaker's DAREDEVIL. His current storyline is good, but the prior one, ("The Devil in Cell Block D") was an epic masterpiece. It deserves its place up there with the best DD tales of all time. Truly remarkable.
I really enjoyed Adam Warren's IRON MAN: HYPERVELOCITY limited series, which is how Iron Man should be-
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First of all, I don't think Iron Man was admitting he made a mistake in sending the Hulk into space. He was just saying he's the one who decided to launch the Hulk into space, and he will take responsibility for the consequences of that decision. Guaranteed that Iron Man doesn't regret the decision. He only regrets that something went wrong and the Hulk ended up on Sakaar instea
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Doc,
While I agree that it's kind of a raw deal that you have to register even if you don't intend to use your powers, I just don't think people should be allowed to have vast powers like Professor X or Molecule Man. It's one thing to say a person doesn't intend to use his powers to become a superhero or criminal. But wouldn't a guy with mental powers be incredi
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Doc,
I agree that the SRA was a greater violation of due process than the Patriot Act. I guess what I was trying to say was that I support the SRA insofar as I think it's a good idea to register all people with superhuman powers. Not just the ubers, like Thor and Iron Man. All people with superhuman powers. The registration list should be kept strictly in confidence. While some woul
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Flash and Substance Wrote:
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> Epyon Wrote:
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> > As for whether courage is genetic or taught, I
> > agree with prior poster that it is both. My
> wife
> > is clinical psychologist. She thinks that each
> > person is born with a specific s
by Epyon
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I'm not sure if the parallels between the Patriot Act and SRA is so blatant. Sure, the circumstances of their passing are similar, but there are major differences about the laws. The Patriot Act, IMHO, is a violation of due process. The SRA is not so bad in its conception as it is in its execution. I happen to think requiring superhuman beings who intend to use their powers not just to d
by Epyon
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Spidey - 16 years ago
While Spidey is definitely one of the most underrated heroes of the MU, I'm not sure he's what I had in mind by the term versatile. What Spidey does have is incredible speed, quickness, and agility, and (the most underrated of all), resourcefulness and determination. Like Cap, the guy just refuses to lose and comes up with ways to win. And I'm not talking resourceful in the &quo
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Really, there's a time and place for both. Personally, however, I think that flexibility trumps raw power, because the flexible hero can often come up with a way to defeat an opponent that has more raw power than he does. A hero who relies on raw power, however, cannot defeat a foe who has more raw power than he does, because power is all he's got.
Case in point: heroes like Dr.
by Epyon
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Why didn't Strange just surround himself with a magic force field? I agree that the fact that Strange is just an average human, physically, is his one weakness, but it shouldn't be that easy to take him out unless he's caught by surprise.
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Bendis is great with individual books featuring low-level power characters like Daredevil, Luke Cage and Jessica Jones. He's terrible with books like the Avengers because his characterizations are way off and all he cares about is his story and the bits of humor he wants to throw in--continuity be damned.
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My players like it because they think it's more realistic. And they're not just a gang of action junkies. They find that my revised rules require them to use teamwork and/or brains in order to dispatch the enemy ASAP (instead of just taking turns banging at an opponent), because I often put them under some sort of artificial time constraint (they have to beat the villain(s) they are f
by Epyon
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Having trained in martial arts for a long time, and having sparred with opponents of many different disciplines (including non "kung-fu" type martial-arts, such as boxing and wrestling), I can say that experience is not as big a factor as you might think. I have bested opponents with far more experience than I, and I have also been bested by opponents with far less experience than I.
by Epyon
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I don't know about most of the posters here, but I was bitterly disappointed by Marvel's terribly one-sided presentation of Civil War. It's not hard to figure out who was supposed to be the "bad guy" when he hired murderers, terrorists, and psychopaths, locked away friends and heroes in the Negative Zone without due process, and risked war with Atlantis in order to get p
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I think the bravest people are those who feel fear and overcome it. If, for whatever reason, jumping into harm's way doesn't cause you the slightest discomfort, then you're not really doing anything that's brave in your own mind. On the other hand, if jumping into harm's way causes you to be afraid, but you put that aside and jump anyway, THAT is true courage.
I th
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Well, in comics, I have seen Cap outfight Thor many times. Sure, Thor has been around for thousands of years, but it's not like he's been spending that time learning a whole bunch of martial arts disciplines. Thor is a master brawler and wrestler, and his skill with a warhammer is startling. But if you were to deprive him of his superhuman strength, I think Cap would beat him after a
by Epyon
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Actually, I HAVE seen Thor miss. Against guys like Spidey, Mongoose, etc. And the Hulk doesn't miss very often, either.
A friend of mine has pointed out that my version of the Hulk would get creamed by Iron Man right now unless he starts off with Shift X strength. I told him WW Hulk probably does start off with Shift X strength because he blames the Illuminati for the death of his wi
by Epyon
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I give regeneraqtion a rank because certain characters (Madcap is the guy I have in mind at the moment) have Unearthly regeneration, but their endurance is only Excellent.
by Epyon
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I brought this up in another thread, but it occurred to me that I should post it as its own topic. In my campaign, I use alternative stats for Hulk and Thor, which I think more accurately depict their powers. I know most Hulk/Thor fans will scream bloody murder, but I truly think their stats, as written up elsewhere, over-state their powers. This is all before World War Hulk and the new Thor s
by Epyon
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I should mention that Thor's Fighting rank has been downgraded from Unearthly to Incredible in my campaign, but his body armor increased to Incredible. As such, Thor cannot execute multiple attacks as easily as before. He can still do it better than the Hulk (especially when Thor wields his hammer), but it's not a given, like it was before. I think Thor having Incredible fighting is
by Epyon
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Punstarr Wrote:
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> Well remember also that Regeneration has no rank.
> You heal your End Rank every 10 rounds, so each
> round you heal 1/10th of your End Rank.
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> That said, I agree that regen should occur whether
> in combat or out of combat. Unfortunately, the
> Marvel RPG regen system doesn't allow fo
by Epyon
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I forgot to mention that in my campaign, you only do maximum damage on a Red result. You do -1 CS damage on a Yellow or Green result. As such, combat takes significantly longer. And with the Hulk regenerating 10 points of health a turn (even during combat), he's pretty hard to put down.
In game play, this has allowed the Hulk to overcome most Class 100 type opponents eventually, but
by Epyon
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I think the only character who should have TI is Aquarian, whose power actually negates the force of blows directed against him. Giving characters like Hulk or Thor T.I. opens up a can of worms I don't think Marvel ever intended to create. Just my two cents.
As for the Hulk's body armor, Peter David retconned the Hulk so that a big part of his durability is the result of regenerati
by Epyon
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Punstarr Wrote:
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> Ah well, I hadn't read the comics, but I had a few
> people tell me he took over the whole earth.
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> Hmm... for his Adrenaline Surge you don't have it
> +1CS per turn?
No. I changed that for the Hulk as well years ago in my campaign. In game play, giving the Hulk a +1CS to strength pe
by Epyon
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Punstarr Wrote:
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> I know he was French and was flown around in a
> croissant shaped plane by a pilot named
> "Frenchie"... I also know Marvel killed him off
> due to the staggeringly low sales of his book. He
> was so pathetic at the time that Wizard actually
> made fun of his death in a "Top 10 Thing
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When did he do that? I thought Maestro just took over the world after most of its heroes died in some sort of holocaust. It wasn't established that Maestro himself defeated the likes of Thor, Surfer and Iron Man. In any event...
How about this:
Fighting: INCREDIBLE (40)
Agility: EXCELLENT (20)
Strength: UNEARTHLY (100)
Endurance: SHIFT X (150)
Reason: REMARKABLE (30)
Intuition:
by Epyon
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Whoever strikes first would win. Strange could cast a spell that simply shuts down Iron Man's armor. On the other hand, Tony could use his sonic screamers to knock Strange out instantly (Stephen d/n have any built in resistance to sound). If both knew everything about each other, and were fully prepared, I would give a slight edge to Strange, because it's more likely that he could c
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