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Comics DC Universe

A minor, tragic superhuman character seen in Flash comics during the 2000s.

This is a tiny profile, but as of September of 2018 we added in-line M&M stats.

Doctor Who digital Humble Bundle, starts at $1

A huge pile of digital comics that covers just about every incarnation of the Doctor. There’s even a bit of exclusive material.

From Humble Bundle, so multi-formats, DRM-free, etc..

Catwoman

1990s movies Movies

Likely the most famous version of Catwoman, as played by Michelle Pfeiffer in the 1992 movie Batman Returns.

Yes, we’re glad that we finally could write her up.

Doc Beck

Other TV Shows Television

Post-zombie-apocalypse survivor from the TV dramedy series Z Nation. Ex-hippie with robust medical, survival and other skills (and a big mouth).

Path of Exile – Oni-Goroshi farming guide

Video game guide Video Games

This is one of the small video game guides we occasionally do as a side effect of research. There’ll be a character entry involving the Oni-Goroshi sword at… some point.

This writeup about procuring a specific item in a specific game (Path of Exile), and the process is a royal pain in the keister. So it’s not a general interest article.

Monster

Comics DC Universe Golden Age Stuff Other Golden Age stuff

One of the notable enemies of the Justice Society of America during the 1940s – there aren’t that many, really.

He’s a cliché yet he works pretty well.

Svet the hairdresser

Adventure/RPG games Video Games

A fleshed out example Player Character from the Grim Dawn video game, using a big shotgun and a fiery circle of power.

Can be useful in quite a few steampunk and/or post-apocalyptic contexts. Or if you need a haircut.

DC Heroes RPG – New Rules – Drawbacks

Technical RPG articles

Drawbacks for DC Heroes characters, created because we were stuck modelling published characters. Recent additions :
— More stuff for Irrational A/D/F/H.
— More stuff for Age (Old).
— Usage notes for Appearance Drawbacks.
— Expanded discussion of the Ammunition Drawback.

Bulldozer

Comics DC Universe

Super-strong. Part of a convenient team.

As of September of 2018, the capsule writeups for The Gang (that’s the convenient team) are receiving M&M stats that’ll cater your pillar.

Shields for RPGs and other stories

Technical RPG articles Weapons Locker articles

This covers all sorts of fighting shields, from small hardwood stuff to wheeled ballistic SWAT contraptions to force shields.

As of September of 2018, this article was spun off the technical article about shields use. It also received a fair bit of new material, such as ballistic polycarbonate. That was a joke.

Blanka

Brawling games Street Fighters Video Games

Tom’s take on this classic Street Fighter hard-fighting mutated man-beast. As of September of 2018, this profile was revisado e melhorado.

Shields in the DC Heroes RPG

Technical RPG articles Weapons Locker articles

You’d rather come back with your shield than on it ? Then you totally need this extensive article about wielding shields in the DC Heroes RPG.

As of September of 2018, this article was revised for style and clarity. It is also getting split into two parts. This part is the rules discussion, the second part is about the shields themselves.

Willard Stiles

1970s movies More recent movies Movies

The dysfunctional rats whisperer played by Crispin Glover in the remake of the 1971/72 originals.

Not suggested for musophobic readers, I reckon.

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Articles about Writeups.org

What cookies we use, and what ads are on the site. Changes and additions :
– As of August of 2017, this has been revised for clarity and to explain that we’re now a Humble Bundle partner.
– As of September of 2018, added notes about our new, even-more-privacy-protecting social sharing buttons.

Kong

Comics DC Universe

Class 40 strong guy. Part of a convenient, under-developed team.

As of September of 2018, this profile has received M&M stats that will fay your wray.

Madame Death

Comics Golden Age Stuff Marvel Universe Proto-Marvel Universe (Atlas, Timely)

A 1940s mobster with some potential to her, who later became a time traveller since that was a Tuesday.

Ally of the Future Man.

DC Heroes RPG – New Rules – Gadgetry & Equipment

Technical RPG articles

Our collection of new and optional rules for Gadgetry in the DC Heroes RPG – particularly for more realistic Gadgetry and resources-starved Gadgetry. Latest content:
— Terms between /slashes/
— Pricing discussion for EV
— Multiple attack Descriptors for a Gadget
— Maximum discount on Equipment from Drawbacks

Search routing issue fixed

There was a routing issue with certain specific searches. It is fixed.

Mai Shiranui

Brawling games Fatal Fury King of Fighters Video Games

The emblematic and exaggeratedly 3-dimensional Fatal Fury and King of Fighters fighting video games character, who was never developed much.

As of August of 2018, Tom revised this article to improve its coverage.

Old-school D&D Genre and guidelines

Dungeons and Dragons RPG Other Games Technical RPG articles

A technical article about emulating the feel of older editions of AD&D in the DC Heroes RPG.

This is primarily to help us release coherent stats when we cover characters from the worlds of D&D, such as the Baldur’s Gate protagonists. But heh, maybe somebody else will find this stuff useful.

Brains

Comics DC Universe

Leader of the Gang, a convenient four-person villain team.

As of August of 2018, this entry has been improved and received cunning M&M stats.

Weapons Locker – Melee weapons – Heavy, common melee weapons

Technical RPG articles Weapons Locker articles

Third chapter in our document about common types of melee weapons. Like the rest, it is a useful illustrated primer that also establishes DC Heroes RPG reference stats.

Added material :
— Baseball bats.