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Writeups.org is an encyclopaedia of characters in genre fiction — comic books, video games, action movies, etc. It offers illustrated, researched profiles. These also include technical data for role-players. If you need a robust understanding of a character’s abilities, personality, history, etc. this is *the* place to be.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Tom’s take on this classic Street Fighter hard-fighting mutated man-beast. As of September of 2018, this profile was revisado e melhorado.
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.
The dysfunctional rats whisperer played by Crispin Glover in the remake of the 1971/72 originals.
Not suggested for musophobic readers, I reckon.
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.
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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.
A 1940s mobster with some potential to her, who later became a time traveller since that was a Tuesday.
Ally of the Future Man.
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
There was a routing issue with certain specific searches. It is fixed.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Vibe during the Detroit JLA years, back during the 1980s. These are old, short notes but they’re still useful as a primer and for stats.
As of August of 2018, Pawsplay locked, popped and wrote M&M stats as well.
Michel Vaillant is a venerable series of French graphic novels, about automobile racing and other things that go vroom-vroom.
This profile covers the earliest, 1957-1962 GNs. So it’s full of vintage cars from that time.
Stats for Chun-Li in some major Street Fighter video games, and her backstory.
As of August of 2018, this profile had most of its texts overhauled.
A not-unjustly forgotten Daredevil ally from another dimension. Blind martial artist who sees through his pet leopard.
As of August of 2018, this profile was overhauled and received spot-on M&M stats.
An accessible “base camp” article for our character profiles about the influential, classic computer RPG Baldur’s Gate.
Advice to get you started in the video game Graveyard Keeper. Since the explanations aren’t necessarily the best and there are a few traps.
A 1946 proto-Marvel time-travelling villain, who fought the All-Winners (the post-War version of the Invaders, more or less).
He’s confirmed to have existed in the Marvel Universe, and seems useful.
A short article for new-ish tabletop role-players, about the main RPGs that are about super-heroes. So that’s useful for orientation, as you’ll see.
The three main companions of vintage sci-fi Belgian adventurer Luc Orient.
It’s meant to be read after the Luc Orient profile, but it starts with a link toward that.
A vintage hero in Franco-Belgian graphic novels. We’ll cover here the 1960s and early 1970s sci-fi stories.
A 1980 Avengers encounter in Pittsburgh. Mighty, super-heated metallic brick.
Humble Bundle just launched a sale with Valiant Comics.
So that’s an excellent opportunity to get a pile of Valiant comics (Shadowman, X-O, Faith and the Future Force, etc.) in digital format, with no DRM, for as little as one buck.