Sexy Violence

Mask_De_H · Post by **Mask_De_H** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 7:40 pm

Sexy Violence

I've been trying to get into Exalted and have always had a thing for good clean crazy stylish action. Exalted is well, Exalted and there's got to be a better style for the John Woo meets Stephen Chow meets Robert Rodriguez game style.

Name The PCs
I'm thinking "The Heroes" or "The Crew", depending on the focus of the game.

Design a Six Person Party

The Gunslinger: This is the guy who goes close combat with small arms. He's your gun-fu, dual pistols blazing, improbably badass chap. Specializes in close-range gunplay.

The Grappler: Everybody wants to be a wrestler, but they have to fiddle with the game to do so. Not anymore. This is the close-range melee specialist, the guy who laughs at bullets and DDTs people through the floor.

The Cyber-Punk: This is the guy who likes machines so much, he wants to be one. Whether it be Steampunk Rocket Punches, mechadendrite tentacle lovin', or chest-mounted machine guns, this guy is all about using machinery to wreck shit. Close-range tech specialist.

The Professional: This is your friendly neighborhood hitman. She prefers it quick, clean, and from several hundred yards away. They are all about suppression fire and getting the job done with little mess. Naturally, she is your long-range gunplay specialist.

The Fencer: Whether it be piandao, claymore, rapier or katana, the sword is the soul of the Fencer. The way of the sword may have faded to the way of the gun, but these fighters still are as ruthless and effective as they ever were. They move impossibly fast, as to deflect bullets. Long-range melee specialist.

The Hacker: The internet is a wonderful thing. It has connected the world in ways not thought possible. It also allows people to screw with a great deal of modern life. This is the hacker's job. Getting useful information: check, browsing porn at the speed of light: check, turning the defense systems of the Corrupt Corporation: check. The hacker is a long-range tech specialist.

Write up a Three Person Party:
Gunslinger, Fencer, Hacker. The Hacker works as the data collector and general go to guy for making sure things go smoothly. The Gunslinger lays down the cover fire and cool shot effects, while the Fencer stabs fools in the face. The Fencer has the dexterity, the Hacker has the brains, and the Gunslinger has the skill to get them through challenges.

Outline an Adventure:
The Hacker finds a convoy containing Nonsensolium, a very powerful and mutable substance. Gaining this substance will improve the capabilities of the crew immensely. The Hacker sets up the plan, while the Gunslinger and Fencer find suitably badass disguises to infiltrate the convoy.

Once the shit inevitably hits the fan, the Hacker can grab control of some civilian car's cruise control/GPS system, start it up and set up a distraction/car chase as the Gunslinger relieves mooks of their guns and the Fencer relieves mooks of their organs.

They make their way to the car containing the paydirt, but the place is crawling with laser turrets and general nastiness. The Gunslinger can snipe out the control system, the Fencer can deflect lasers into other turrets, and the Hacker can subvert the system and turn it to the crew's favor. Through the process, the Hacker has been fiddling with the security system for the Nonsensolium storage. With a few calculations, the door pops opens without a hitch.

Write Up a Campaign:
The crew is a group of low-level hoods with very interesting abilities. They try to make a name for themselves, pulling off daring robberies and runs. They are scouted by a Corporation, who wants to use them to steal secrets from the competition for a hefty profit. This is where the Nonsensolium adventure comes in. Once they snag the goods, their Corp turns on them and labels them persona non grata. Now, they're back to square one with a lot more experience and some sweet new toys. The crew now have one last job to pull: take down their former Corp by any means necessary.

Choose a Base System:
The more I write this, the more this sounds like Shadowrun. Something like Wushu could work well too, but for an actual homebrewed system, having loose classes with power sets is what I'm imagining.

Do The Math!
Well, let's see what we've got.

Josh_Kablack · Post by **Josh_Kablack** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 9:13 pm

Sounds a whole lot like Feng Shui to me.

The game comes with templates for most of your party members already.

gunslinger= Ex-Special Forces/Maverick Cop
grappler = big bruiser
professional = killer
fencer = martial artist with sig weapon sword

it's not quite so clean on the tech side, due to feng shui's assumptions about creatures/sorcery and arcanowave tech, but:

cyber-punk=cyborg/abomination
hacker= monster hunter?

norms29 · Post by **norms29** » Mon Jul 13, 2009 10:02 pm

Whay exactly is meant by "long-range melee specialist"?

violence in the media · Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:19 am

I am so disappointed by the content of this topic.

Caedrus · Post by **Caedrus** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:27 am

violence in the media wrote:I am so disappointed by the content of this topic.

It's a clever trick to make us read it!

Mask_De_H · Post by **Mask_De_H** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 2:39 am

Josh_Kablack wrote:Sounds a whole lot like Feng Shui to me.

The game comes with templates for most of your party members already.

gunslinger= Ex-Special Forces/Maverick Cop
grappler = big bruiser
professional = killer
fencer = martial artist with sig weapon sword

it's not quite so clean on the tech side, due to feng shui's assumptions about creatures/sorcery and arcanowave tech, but:

cyber-punk=cyborg/abomination
hacker= monster hunter?

That's what I was thinking of, but wondering if I could work something crunchier with it. I have a right bastard of a time convincing people to play anything rules-light.

norms29 wrote:What exactly is meant by "long-range melee specialist"?

Someone who can close long distances in a short amount of time to run through opponents. She'd have powers like Bullet deflection, Flash Step, Wall-Running and possibly Weapon Boomerang/Wind Slash.

EDIT: Muhahahahaha!

Koumei · Post by **Koumei** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:41 am

Caedrus wrote:
violence in the media wrote:I am so disappointed by the content of this topic. ;)
It's a clever trick to make us read it!

Damnit, and it worked. I was at least expecting a quote from "A Bit of Fry & Laurie".

"Over the course of this sketch, I hit Hugh over the head with a golf club several times."
"Which ordinarily wouldn't be a problem."
"Except I do it very sexily."
"He does it so sexily, I wish you could see it."
"And it ends with us going to bed together."
"Violently."

-explaining why they are unable to do their next sketch.

Better still if it had something to do with Battle Sister Naked Wrestling, IkkiTousen or whatever.

sage

Judging__Eagle · Post by **Judging__Eagle** » Tue Jul 14, 2009 3:42 pm

Dear Koumei,

You stupid bitch. You did it wrong. Sage goes in the topic here; every field is lame. Fucking Noob.

Mask_De_H · Post by **Mask_De_H** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 8:57 pm

Silly Koumei, sage does nothing. And the correct term is "newfag" JE.

On topic, should I bother to flesh this concept out or just make 4chan jokes and misleading topics?

Judging__Eagle · Post by **Judging__Eagle** » Wed Jul 15, 2009 11:38 pm

Flesh it out.

Also ... Newfag is a newfag word. Back in 03/04 we called a noob a noob, and told them to suck a cock and blow their brains out. I got out because the place is ultimately distracting. It's a river that sends down new pictures and crap all day long; anyone paying too much attention to it just future shocks themselves.

Mask_De_H · Post by **Mask_De_H** » Sat Jul 18, 2009 2:51 am

True, true, but I'm trying to stay "hip" and "down", or whatever the kids call it these days. That, and the bulk of my current experience has it in common parlance on every board.

I'll come back with something soon on this.

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