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Caillou the boy mage

The most spells-heavy adventurer in the Recettear video game. 14-year-old pedant who knows magic. But heh, he’s colour-coordinated with our site, so we appreciate that.

October, 2016 writeups.org donations drive

A situation report for the site, as we do our thrice-yearly online donations drive.

Phantom Rider

Comics Marvel Universe Other Marvel Universe corners

The Ghost Rider a.k.a. the Phantom Rider a.k.a. the Night Rider. Marvel Comics’ Old West vigilante who convincingly pretended to be an avenging ghost. This profile also includes material about his descendant, who did get the power to turn into an avenging ghost.

Charme the Thief

Other video games Recettear Video Games

From the video game Recettear, a good example of the thief archetype from Japanese heroic fantasy games. With magical gameplay powers, obvs.

Nekev Nisrok the bounty hunter

Adventure/RPG games Specific movie universes Star Wars Star Wars: The Old Republic Video Games

A sample, hardcore bounty huntress working for the Empire during the Old Republic era (specifically the Cold War era), as explored in Star Wars: the Old Republic. One mean Rattataki who’ll take any Mandalorian at their own game.

Vagabond Mugen

Cartoon and Anime Other cartoons Samurai Champloo

A second take on Mugen from the Samurai Champloo animé, this time by Peter. Hip-hop raggamuffin medieval Japan swordsman of astounding skill and disastrous attitude.

Louie the swordsman

Other video games Recettear Video Games

From the Recettear indie video game, a handy Generic Heroic Fantasy Animé Adventurer – with a sword. He’s not the smartest guy on the block, but he means well.

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Wyvern Stormblud

Comics Dark Horse Heroes Steel Harbor

A superhuman strongman Barb Wire clashed with in 2015. Alcoholic, possibly brain-damaged, thinks he’s a mix of Thor and Mel Gibson in Braveheart. One dangerous train wreck of a man.

Jimmy Olsen

Comics DC Universe Specifically pre-Crisis in Infinite Earths

An overview of Jimmy Olsen as he specifically appeared in those goofy, surreal Jimmy Olsen, Superman’s Pal comics of the Silver Age. Super duper !

Princess Elsa of Arendelle

Disney princesses More recent movies Movies

Continuing our occasional coverage of Disney princesses (especially those with super-powers) with Elsa from Frozen. She could join the X-Men and allow Iceman to return to his accounting career, heh?

Recette Lemongrass, and Tear

Other video games Recettear Video Games

The heroines of an odd and cute little video game about running a magic items shop for dungeon-delving adventurers in a Generic Fantasy Setting. The inept but very friendly Recette, and the grumpy but well-trained fairy Tear.

Iris Kalder the Imperial Agent

Adventure/RPG games Specific movie universes Star Wars Star Wars: The Old Republic Video Games

Another example of a Star Wars: the Old Republic player character. It’s our sample Imperial Agent, a spy and assassin for the Empire and the Sith… or perhaps not entirely. Deadly spy and field agent with her own agenda.

DC Heroes RPG – New Rules – Limitations

Technical RPG articles

Additional, new Limitation for DC Heroes RPG (Blood of Heroes Special Edition) characters. We needed these to model published characters. Latest additions :
— Limited Penetration Limitation

Recettear strategy guide and tips

Other video games Recettear Video game guide Video Games

One of those video game guide we do from time to time along with our normal character profiling work (for characters from the game, obvs). Anyway, lots of good advice about strategy in Recettear, a cool and cute video game.

Mad Pharaoh

Comics Marvel Universe

Another very early foe of Iron Man (Tony Stark). Time-travelling Ancient Egyptian evil sorcerer, so it prolly was a Monday.

Captain Mytasha Shiv, totally not a smuggler

Adventure/RPG games Specific movie universes Star Wars Star Wars: The Old Republic Video Games

A sample smuggler Player Character during the Old Republic of the Star Wars universe (Legends division). Free-wheeling, sassy lioness person with a blaster, a ship and a talent for having talents.

Shaojie “Chilong” Zhang

Other video games Video Games XCom

The other canonical operator in the XCom – Enemy Within video game. Chinese triads badass. This profile assumes that Zhang has been turned into a cyborg (a common choice) and presents the MEC war body technology from the game.

Generic Creeper

DC Heroes RPG – New Rules – Schticks

Technical RPG articles

Very character-specific mini-advantages to make action heroes more distinctive, and better represent their special techniques, knacks and other schticks. Comes with way too many introductory notes.

Latest additions:
– Sharpshooter
– Precise Blocker

A wee bit of delay…

I have to skip the new stuff for the first third of September of health reasons. Sorry!

Doctor Carlo Strange

Comics Marvel Universe

A very early, obscure Iron Man villain. He could have been a great Marvel science mastermind if he’d had a little something more.

Wulf Sternhammer

2000 AD material Comics Other Universes

Johnny Alpha’s buddy in the old Strontium Dog stories in Starlord and 2000 AD. A big Viking berserker who adapted pretty well to far future technology, combat and cucumbers.

Generic Chryssalid

Other video games Video Games XCom

All-ravaging, tough giant insectile alien monsters who can turn corpses into express hatching grounds. Otherwise known as “a major problem”.

Generic Floater

Other video games Video Games XCom

From the XCom: Enemy Unknown video game, jet-powered super-aggressive combat cyborgs with plasma weaponry. We don’t suggest inviting these guys to your next party, though.

Optimum

Comics Other Universes

A French super-hero who appears in the Masqué graphic novels, set in the same continuity as the The Chimera Brigade graphic novels. Psychogeographical energy nexus.