Posts tagged Superheroes
The Rippers, Part 2: Trash Collectors...
Jan 26, 2020
~ Written by Dave Silva
Rippers live and die by their ability to process junk, stolen tech, and salvaged parts. You want to be a Ripper, walking around with your own battlesuit, and freaky alien cannon? You have to start by clearing out the trash, finding the viable parts just like everyone else.
While I will apologize and acknowledge the song is about Jack t [...]
New Years Loop
Jan 19, 2020
~ Written by Dave Silva
It’s been almost a month since the new year began, not that anyone would realize the new year has begun. For whatever reason, New Year’s Eve keeps resetting. For most people, there is no memory of the previous day’s events, everything simply resets and carries forward. What makes you so special though?
Somehow the heroes have been p [...]
The Rippers, Part 1: Introductions
Jan 12, 2020
~ Written by Dave Silva
With World Builders we wanted to give players new challenges. There is a quote that has rings disturbingly true
The Street finds its own uses for things – uses the manufacturers never imagined.William Gibson, Burning Chrome
This may be the founding doctrine of the Rippers.
We’ve survived three alien invasions. The short versio [...]
Stille Nacht – The Iron Santa I...
Dec 16, 2019
~ Written by Dave Silva
“Let me be the one to tell you, Santa is real, and he needs your help.”
Myron, the Elf
A Call For Heroes
On Christmas Eve, Eve, a strange alert comes through to the heroes. There is static on the line, but eventually a desperate voice can be heard coming through on the line.
“To anyone who can hear me, let me be t [...]
Gobbler II: The Tide of Turkey
Dec 02, 2019
~ Written by Dave Silva
It has been three years since the fatal experiment at the Dyson Turkey labs that gave birth to a twenty five foot tall burning butter spitting Meleagris Gallopavo (Link). After a rampage that saw the bird slip away into the Humboldt-Toiyabe National Forest national forest many hoped that the nightmare was over. It took years to recover from [...]
Jack O’Lantern Rising – A Spoop...
Oct 26, 2019
~ Written by Dave Silva
As Halloween approaches it’s hard not to get into the spirit. There’s any number of great superhero stories focused on the holiday. For our Halloween treat we’ve decided to go with a classic, let us now introduce you to Jack O’Lantern and the Unending Halloween.
The Unending Halloween – A Story Seed
Children roam the stre [...]
House Dok Goes to Momocon
May 27, 2019
~ Written by Dave Silva
We came, we saw, we Con’d!
This year, Dave from House Dok was invited to present at Momocon, an Atlanta, GA, an anime and gaming convention. There is a ton to do there from panels, to gaming of every stripe, to the dealers area, and, as you might expect, we ran more than a few games of Metahumans Rising.
Players of all ages an [...]
Power Archetype: The Ghost
Jan 13, 2019
~ Written by Dave Silva
Every breath you takeEvery move you makeEvery bond you breakEvery step you takeI’ll be watching you
Every Breath You Take, The Police
Before we start, lets define our Ghost, we are not looking at spooks or specters, rather we broaden our definition to those that move unseen through the shadows, be they assassins, or ninjas, [...]
Power Archetype: The Symbiotic
Jan 06, 2019
~ Written by Dave Silva
I can run from the law, I can run from myself.I can run from my life, I can run into debt.I can run from it all, I can run til I’m gone.I can run for the office and run for my cause.I can run using every last ounce of energy.I cannot, I cannot, I cannot run from my family.They’re hiding inside of me.
Runs in the Family lyrics,&n [...]
Power Archetype: The Mythic
Dec 23, 2018
~ Written by Dave Silva
We come from the land of the ice and snow
From the midnight sun, where the hot springs flow
The hammer of the gods
W’ell drive our ships to new lands
To fight the horde, and sing and cry
Valhalla, I am coming!
The Immigrant Song, Led Zeppelin
The Mythic is perhaps the broadest category we’ve covered so far. From Athena [...]