I'd say that a "Normal Human" would be someone that replied solely on high or magic technology, without which they are effectively, errrr, "powerless".
The use of magic itself might also qualify, depending on whether or not one assumes that the use of magic has some influence on one's genetic structure.
Graviton's powers are clearly as much a part of him a
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Yeah, I definitely think that a case could be made.
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Well, like I said Capo, no offense intended. I'm commenting mostly (entirely) on those who see Bats as some homo-pedophile... which just blew my mind when I first heard it, 'cause after all the years never was I once struck by the possibility that Bats had a sexual thing for boys.
That observation creeps me out more than Robins bare legs ever did. Afterall, what the hell are these pe
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Yeah, Pete's still a good guy. It's like his ne wgirlie friend said, if he had wanted to kill that guy there would've been nothing that she coulda done to stop him. The guy would be dead. But lack of memory isn't going to change the guys fundamental disposition.
He just has to rediscover who he is again.
And yeah, I missed the entire gay thing too. Of course, I missed it
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Punstarr Wrote:
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> It's a hypothetical question. So say Superman
> gets hit with a Class 1000 bolt from Darkseid, he
> takes the whole 1000 damage?
Yep. If Unearthly-TI-Guy gets hit by CL1000-Bolt-Generator-Guy, he takes 1000 points of damage.
No need to say it.... whats up with that?!?!? Cause Unearthly-Body-Resisten
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I was choked about that painting of Mr.B shot dead. Not cool.
I'm still not sure about all of these new characters, but... we'll see.
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According to a strict interpretation of the rules, the Class ranks *can not* be shifted.
Besides, who campaigns on that power scale anyway??
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Yeah, this subject has been rehashed a few times...
Personally, I don't see how it could matter whether or not one agrees with the power so long as the people disagreeing aren't playing in the same campaign.
I like the power... though I would be loathe to let a player have it, and if I did would probably assign Remarkable rank as the upper limit.... and wouldn't even give an
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True... guns aren't exclusive to America anymore than they are exclusive to Switzerland.
The premise of an armed population who is thus adequettely capable of defending it's rights in the face of tyranny however is central to both America and the Anglo-Saxon values it was founded on.
The right, perhaps even obligation, of every American to possess a firearm, while perhaps outdated
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A guy who is supposed to epitomize American values that carries a gun.
So, what exactly is wrong with this image?
Now, if it was Union Jack carrying a gun that would be a pro... blem.... oh, UJ did carry a gun didn't he?
Ah well, these are the problems we have to put up with when you Yanks write fiction. ;-)
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I think that the Vision is such a cool character. He's definitely one of the influences in my GenTech synthoids.
Still, does Martian Manhunter have somekinda weakness to fire?
I only know MM from the JLA cartoons, but solar beam aside, he and Vision seem pretty evenly matched... intellect, power set, strength/resilience. And I would dare say that MM is significantly stronger than Visio
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Good idear starting this "new"/sequel thread Nightmask!
I agree with both you and Mark in that this seasons has lacked the "wow" factor, but I can't say that I'm not enjoying it.
I think that it is mostly a matter of novelty. The first season was the FIRST season, when none of us had any idea of how good or bad this show was going to be or how, exactly, it was
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Thor
Superman
Batman
Dr.Doom
Dr.Strange
Molecule Man
Reed Richards
Iron Man
Lex Luthor
and...
Squirel Girl, of course.
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Anyone catch this last night?
Duh.
Whoever figured that Hiro's hero, that Kensai guy, would be a Brit. Whatta shocker!
Or that Nate would be alive. Or that Pete would be alive! Or that good ol'Mr.B would be selling paper for real. Way to deal with your got-no-life boss Mr.B!!! I like Mr.B's style.
Sucks to be Claire though, uh? How the hell is she supposed to NOT stan
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I'm about as familiar with Thanos as I am with Darkseid, but come on... Captain Marvel is his nemisis. 8-)
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Argueably, neither Thanos or Darkseid are gods... a quality of being defined, not merely by power, but by benevolence.
In the Nordic tongues the basic word for god is the same as that for hero.
As for who would win, Thor or Darkseid; thats easy... in comicbooks the good guys always (ultimately) win. Thor is the good guy. Thor wins.
Seriously though, I'm not familair enough with Dark
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I wasn't so hot on seeing IM's butt whipped, as I was in Thor asserting his divine might as he declared his neutrality.
I saw enough of IM getting his butt whipped in WWH. I felt bad for the guy.
I don't know why, but I can't help but like IM these days. I guess it seems to me that his "present", CW forward, ordeal is the greatest and the guy is really trying t
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Thor has reflexes that exceed human reflexes and reaction time. Moreover, he can manuever, take advantage of angles, and predict movements to cut down on whatever speed advantage the Surfer might have.
I'm not saying that Thor would clean the floor with the Surfer. It would be a good fight.
I think that the Surfer is one of the few that could match the Almighty.
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I haven't read through all of the posts here, so someone might have already brought this up... if Thor turned evil he would no longer be worthy, and thus would no longer have the power of Mjolnir at his disposal.
Also, what of his will to continue to fight no matter the odds? Where would it come from? Odin? Honour? Asgard? Love of the common man?
An "evil Thor" would really b
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Hehehe...
Yeah. And in fact, I just picked up Thor #3, and it "seems" that Thor is also pro-Thor, ie. pro-friends and allies... as opposed to either pro- or anti-reg, so it seems that he and I are golden.
oh, one last word of awresomeness about issue 3... HEIMDAL!
'Nuff said.
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Yeah, it sounds like for such a smart guy Tony was pretty stupid on that one. Afterall, that approach didn't go over too well with Cap... so what would make Tony think it would go over any better with a GOD-sized, Western World version of (the classic emotionally stable) Cap!?
Anyway, after thinking about it, I've decided that I'm not all of a sudden anti-reg. More like... pro-T
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Well, like I've said in the past... I'm ultimately on Thor's side, so would that make mean anti-reg now?
I still think that the basic premise of the SRA is sound. And speaking as someone that never really liked Stark preCW, or period for that matter, I have to say that people are too harsh on him and don't fully appreciate his position. But in the end, I stand beside the Al
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Punstarr Wrote:
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> I figured this thread would get your attention,
> PS. ;)
Hehehe...
>
> But could the same be said of Greek culture?
I suppose that depends, first, on what "Age" of Greece, we are talking about, and then on what city-state.
The martial attitudes of the early Greeks were classic Indo-Eu
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Punstarr Wrote:
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> Yep, more warrior culture than the Greeks. I'm
> not saying the Greeks didn't have warrior aspects
> to their culture, but as a whole the Vikings had
> far more.
Both Nordic and preHellenistic Greek culture were founded on the same Indo-European model... with an equal love of knowledge
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Part of the damage a body incurrs from physical trauma is by why of limbs being severed and bone being broken and splintering into other tissue and organs. Wolvies bones stop the trauma at the point of the bone, which cannot be severed and doesn't allow thedamage to continue on through more flesh.
Of course, as the recent WWH: X-Men thoughtfully demonstrated, organs can still ber bounced
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I imagine it would be as fair as anything to assume that power inhibators "force genetic adherence" to a specfic fundamental genetic structure, such as defines Homo Sapiens, on beings that share that same species defining structure. It does this, perhaps, by putting dna foreign to it's programmed pattern "to sleep" for a time.
If thats the case then they would only fun
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I agree that Hulk's power elvels are currently bordering on the absurd, and that the "he's REALLY angry" rational is a little weak.
Afterall, it's not just anger that fuels that Hulk. It's the fight or flight response that gets the *adrenaline* pumping, and no matter how angry a person is, they don't walk around with the adrenil valve at full throttle *all th
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I agree that Hulk's power elvels are currently bordering on the absurd, and that the "he's REALLY angry" rational is a little weak.
Afterall, it's not just anger that fuels that Hulk. It's the fight or flight response that gets the *adrenaline* pumping, and no matter how angry a person is, they don't walk around with the adrenil valve at full throttle *all th
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I'm wondering what technological artifacts the FF might be in possession of that Doom might want to takeover possession of.
I'd imagine that he consider the theft of Reed's creations to be entirely beneath him, but I'm thinking of stuff along the lines of the Ultimate Nullifier.
Any ideas?
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You could also make the amount of weight lifted relative to the amount of time and degree of concentration involved.
For example, Magneto decides to devote all of his concentration and powers to lifting a weight. No movement, no defensive actions, no other power stunts in operation, and a +1CS bonus to BE hit equals a bonus of +1CS lift strength per round (or maybe per MINUTE would be more app
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