Sliding to Home Base.....

Got 3 things done today. Both the Capes, Cowls & Villains Foul and Supers! version of Halloween Horrors were uploaded to a dropbox folder I shared with Walt Robillard, who is going to lay the project out for me. He's going to play around with some layouts for me, because I have a bad habit of writing in one column instead of two. Once we settle on a layout, he can do the whole thing, and get them ready for Sale. After that, just need Cythina's approval for the CC&VF version (Walt being the publisher of Supers! can approve that one easily)

Lastly, Steve Kenson approved an ICONS version. Working on adapting the characters over to that game. Most of the adaptions are easy; it's the Qualities I seem to stumble on. Going to contact someone about looking over the stats for me, as I always like another person to eyeball them for me. If they do, it will be a big help.

Anyway, my next blog post should be about Halloween Horrors being available for sale!

Almost to the finish line on Halloween Horrors....

The main text is done, as are all the character sheets. Right now I'm just waiting for some feedback from Russell Boyd, one of the co-authors of Supers! Revised, on a new power I created just for this book, called Mental Transformation. It's a nasty power that allows the user to transform users Mental/Emotional States, which can include giving them various disadvantages like Mental & Social Hindrances, Phobia and/or Rage.

As soon as that is ready, I can send Walt the file, and he can start layout on it.

In other news, I contacted Cynthia Celeste Miller from Spectrum Games about doing a version for Capes, Cowls & Villains Foul, their super hero game. She said yes immediately, and none of than Barak Blackburn himself, the games author, whipped up CC&VF stats for all 6 in about 2 hours!

I've also contacted Steve Kenson about doing an ICONS version. He's pretty cool about project pitches, so I'm confident he will say yes. In anticipation, I pulled out my copy of Great Power to start prepping ICONS stats for the characters.

So we're almost there. I'm hoping after I hear back from Russel, the Supers! version will be off to Walt by tomorrow afternoon/evening at the latest.

Halloween Horrors Update

I was originally leaning towards 10-12 creatures for the book. After giving it some thought, I decided to go with 6 creatures.

Here is the lineup I currently have for the book:
Barghest
Dream Reaver
The Eye of Phugg
The Ghost of Hollis Whateley
The Gingerdead Man
The Postman

In addition, there will be in character pieces from Xavier Stone, occult investigator. A character sheet will be included for him as well.

At this time, the Barghest, Dream Reaver and Ghost of Hollis Whateley are done. I'm saving the Eye of Phugg for last, as I'm trying to figure out a good way of representing the fact that it causes insanity when you see it (as befits encountering something Mythos like)

I'm pretty pleased with what I've come up with so far; I didn't think I'd suddenly be inspired to write a short supplement of horror themed creatures for a Super Hero game, but hey, it's happening!

Halloween Project....

So Drivethru is preparing to have a Halloween Bundle. I would like to be a part of it, but don't have something appropriate for the theme of Halloween.

While skimming through my collection of clip art and background art of pages, etc, I started to put together an idea for a Halloween themed supplement for Supers! (and any others I might be able to put together in time) called Halloween Horrors.

The basics of the book is simple: Horror themed creatures/individuals for super heroes to face. I also decided to feature an NPC narrator, Xavier Stone. He's an occult expert and mystic who battles supernatural evil on a regular basis. Each "villain" is a creature Stone has faced before, but can still threaten our heroes.

So what will be in there? Here's a few names to drop: Dream Reavers, The Ghost of Hollis Whateley, The Eye of Phugg and The Postman.

And here's a gander at the cover I whipped up:

It still need the for use with Supers! logo, etc, but it's simple and to the point. Funny how an email from OBS just inspired me to get off my ass and get some writing done!

Second cover by Juan Paolo in....

So Juan Paolo sent me the finished cover for Underbelly. Man, this thing is beautiful!

Forum game bogs down, but this cover makes my day

So the forum game has kind of bogged down as one player was ill, and another seems mia. Kind of bummed about that, this being my first forum game.

On the other hand, I got the first of 2 covers from Juan Paolo Mananita, who I found on DeviantArt. He did this great cover featuring various super power gorilla that Kris Smith brought to life for me. I'll see about putting this together once Kris finishes some vehicle images that the bad guy, Simius, provides to his minions.

Anyway, here's a look at the cover....

Forum game update

So my Supers! forum game is going pretty good. Our 3 heroes (Doc Aeon, Ogre & Ricochet) had a good, short battle with Quakemaster, Blockbuster and Zebra Man. Blockbuster caused the most problems for them, but Doc Aeon wisely used his super speed to aid Ogre in taking out the hulkish villain. They were also aided by The Question, who was the one who sent them the text to begin with (Doc Aeon had thought it was The Riddler challenging them). Aeon took off to get medical help for a fallen bank guard, but Ogre & Ricochet went with Question. There they met Ghost (a telepathic ninja) and X.1.40 (an artificial life form that had befriended Red Tornado).

Question told them that he needed their help, as they were not members of the Justice League. The Huntress had gone missing a few days ago, while investigating Colonel Vox (an ex-Kasnian Colonel who had served Vandal Savage in a plot to control that country in an attempt to take over the world), who had unknown backers to try and take over the country. He had broken Red Claw (a terrorist who had been captured by Batman & Catwoman years ago) out of prison to help him, and supposedly has some villains in his employ.

Question asks them to find out what happened to Huntress, and rescue her if she's alive, or avenge her if she isn't. What will our heroes do?