Excerpt: Paragon paths (merged)

[Hussar]

Hey, Dylan Hunt, another Andromeda fan. I thought I was the only one. I thought that show was a blast. Kinda Dr Who level cheezy meets Trek FX.

But, come on, best captain on TV? Sheridan hands down. People please.

((Although, to be fair, Adama is coming on strong, but, he's not technically a captain.))

 

[Patlin]

Star Trek captain, I agree. But for absolute bad-ass TV sci-fi captain, I gotta go with my man Malcolm Reynolds.

Absolutely. Remove the TV qualification, and I'd also submit Honor Harrington.

 

[JohnSnow]

Absolutely. Remove the TV qualification, and I'd also submit Honor Harrington.

So, in a bend-over backwards attempt to bring this back on-topic, does anyone think we'll eventually end up with a Paragon Path for ship captains?

Not sci-fi, obviously, but shouldn't there be a place for Captain Jack Sparrow and his ilk in D&D?

 

[DandD]

But, come on, best captain on TV? Sheridan hands down. People please.

Good old 'Nuke-em'-Sheridan. He proves that nukes can solve any problem there is.

Minbari Flagship coming in for the finishing kill? Nuke it!
Being tricked to the Shadow Capital on Z'ha'dum? Nuke it!
Shadow and Vorlon uberfleets don't give attention to your pathetic force? Nuke them both!
Thirdspace Aliens erupting from an ancient Vorlon Spacegate? Nuke them!

Sheridan proves that the use of nukes brings great reward. The often you use them, the more powerful you get. He became president of the galaxy.

Londo Mollari recognized that, and did the same. He nuked an island, and became the Emperor of the Centauri.

Now that's a paragon path for both of them, perhaps even epic destiny. They both used their daily nuke-power to elevate themselves to supreme leaders.

 

[Stalker0]

But, come on, best captain on TV? Sheridan hands down. People please.

Amen, I mean, he is the one!!! And unlike all those other captains, he actually got an alien woman to marry him, AND stick around till his dieing days!!

 

[Lacyon]

Amen, I mean, he is the one!!! And unlike all those other captains, he actually got an alien woman to marry him, AND stick around till his dieing days!!

[Zathras]Oooooh.... wait... no, not the one. Not the one.[/Zathras]

 

[Saishu_Heiki]

Absolutely. Remove the TV qualification, and I'd also submit Honor Harrington.

I thought I was the only one...

Baen donated several boxes of books to the Army while I was enlisted. I read nearly the entire series from those donated books while I was on my tour of duty overseas. The Honor Harrington series is high quality all the way.

 

[Patlin]

So, in a bend-over backwards attempt to bring this back on-topic, does anyone think we'll eventually end up with a Paragon Path for ship captains?

Not sci-fi, obviously, but shouldn't there be a place for Captain Jack Sparrow and his ilk in D&D?

"Master of the High Seas" sounds like a good warlord paragon path to me. Broad enough to encompass pirates, privateers, and naval officers. I'd assume that the powers and abilities wouldn't be involved in actually piloting or navigating the ship, though... that'd be a freebee.

How about this:

Boarding Action: As a standard action, Character Jumps across some obstacle and makes a basic attack. Effect: All allies within 3 squares of the Character can do so as well, as a free action during the characters turn. If the character succeeds on the acrobatics (athletics?) check, all allies also make the jump succesfully.

I'm sure the lingo is wrong in a hundred ways, but you get the idea.

 

[That One Guy]

Umm... that's exactly what a Paragon Path is.

Haha... I see your point, but what I meant was in response to the quote, "At 11th level, you pick one other option from your base class, e.g. if you picked Artful Dodger for your rogue at 1st level, you can now pick Brutal Scoundrel at 11th. The encounter, utility and daily power you get at 11th, 12th and 20th level are simply selected from your class power list."

My idea was that if someone wanted to take Brutal Scoundrel at 11th, then there could maybe be an action point bonus thing similar to a paragon path. Similarly, it'd probably be really easy to simply make a paragon path associated with becoming 'a complete rogue' or something.

 

[D.Shaffer]

That said, I vastly prefer the way Super Robot Wars and G Gundam have fun with the wackiness, compared to the way they try to take it seriously in the old Super Robot shows.

At this point, I have absolutely no idea on how to try to make this post relevant to Paragon Paths...

Well, we COULD drag up Escaflowne. That's a nice, satisfying mix of robots and fantasy tropes. What level equipment would a Guymelef be? Paragon path to be a pilot?

Mmm. Superrobots. I keep hoping that Nono (Diebuster/Gunbuster 2) eventually shows up in SRW, just to see what happens when everyone meets what has got to be one of the smallest (AND largest) 'Super robots' ever made.