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Jack London by Kaptain Kobold

I was inspired to come up with a ‘city elemental’ character for Supercrew (after all, if I can convince my wife to run a game or two I’ll need a PC). Although written with my Victorian Era campaign in mind, he could work for any period I guess.

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The New Dark Age! by Princess Stacey

A one-shot supercrew adventure for 4 players

Genre: Cartoon superheros, a la the Supercrew comic, or Justice League Unlimited, or Teen Titans Go!
Rules: Supercrew, but with Aspects and hero points instead of abilities.
Players: Relative newbies – for three of them, this is was only their second RPG experience, for the other, it was her first!
Art: Art is tres important for a supers game; costumed supers are meant to be seen. But drawing lots of pictures takes time! Solution- Trace Images of Bruce Timm art – everyone looks like a DCAU character! Most drawings were B&W and I enlisted the players to color them in during the game with colored pencils.
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Bill Willingham's Elementals (BabbageCliologic)

Monolith (Tommy Czuchra)
3: Attribute: super genius
2: Attribute: super strength
1: Super power: invulnerability
Tricks:
Re-roll the Dice: Think of a new plan!
Change one roll to a 5: Block attack
Change the roll to Effect 2: Smash!

Vortex (Jeff Murphy)
3: Skill: military training
2: Control: air
1: Super Power: flight
Tricks:
Re-roll the Dice: Pick up and drop!
Change one roll to a 5: Loop de loop!
Change the roll to Effect 2: Hurricane!

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Who Watches the Watchmen? (by BabbageCliologic)

The Watchmen

Rorschach:
3: Skill: detective – “Last night, a comedian died in New York. Somebody knows why. Somebody knows.”
2: Attack: street fighter – “This city is afraid of me.”
1: Equipment: gas-powered grappling gun
Tricks:
Re-roll: Unexpected action – “Tactically brilliant, and unpredictable.”
Die is a 5: Gain info – “Give me smallest finger on man’s hand. I’ll produce information.”
Effect 2: Everything is a weapon – in the story, he uses a toilet bowl, a fork, cooking fat, a cigarette, all as weapons.

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