Insight's Secret Wars OOC Thread

[Insight]

Check this out.

 

[Walking Dad]

The Power Profiles vary between good and great. Great are the ones that actually offer new rules and optional rules (for Impervious, for example).

Some Threat reports are free, so check them out for yourself:

Threat Report #17: Talona (Free download!)
Mutants & Masterminds Threat Report #31: Power Corps (Free PDF!)

 

[jkason]

Late to the good-byes, but thanks for sticking it out as long as you did. I really like super-heroes, but I'd agree it's harder to maintain momentum with them. I think part of that is probably because, unlike a lot of other genres (traditional sword and sorcery, post-apocalyptic settings), four-color supers are almost exclusively part of visual mediums: There's lots of comics and movies with super-heroes, but (aside from the occasional tie-in) very little in the way of prose versions. So I think it's extra challenging to make PbP prose 'feel' like a four-color comic or summer blockbuster or what have you.

At least, that's my theory.

 

[Jemal]

Late to the good-byes, but thanks for sticking it out as long as you did. I really like super-heroes, but I'd agree it's harder to maintain momentum with them. I think part of that is probably because, unlike a lot of other genres (traditional sword and sorcery, post-apocalyptic settings), four-color supers are almost exclusively part of visual mediums: There's lots of comics and movies with super-heroes, but (aside from the occasional tie-in) very little in the way of prose versions. So I think it's extra challenging to make PbP prose 'feel' like a four-color comic or summer blockbuster or what have you.

At least, that's my theory.

Actually I've read several Superhero Novels (Batman, Spiderman, X-men, etc) and they've all seemed really well done, some of my favourite books.

 

[Walking Dad]

There are also some great comic storylines that thrive on the deeper story aspects than eye-candy despite being superhero stories: Martian Manhunter - American Secrets, for example.

Martian Manhunter: American Secrets Vol 1 - DC Comics Database

 

[Thanee]

Watchmen

Bye
Thanee

 

[Walking Dad]

I didn't want to point at the obvious...
BTW, "Before Watchmen" started this week (comic issues).