BlackArachnia

I doubt it will be any good. I never liked the original TV series myself, and they can't make a Hulk in the theatre with mass appeal. Personally I liked the Ang Lee Hulk better than Norton's take on David Banner. That rift exists in the fan base here as well.

Whether a person becomes a hero or villain with super powers depends on so many variables it is pitiful.

What are their powers?

Did others get powers?

Do they have a way to survive without resorting to crime?

What is their psychological mindset?

Is there a way to market their powers?

Take me.

With Super strength, I doubt my life would change, unless I could take a hit as well.

With teleportation, yeah I would become a thief. I would not become a murderer. Heck, I would even try to save lives when I could. Depending on my range, I would possibly become an explorer.

With invisibility, I would become a villain, hands down, and I might even go through the government to do so.

As a shapeshifter, I would become an actor. The man of a 1000 faces, literally.

With Kryptonian powers, I would do my best to end the threat of world war, knowing that it's impossible until the world itself wants that.

With savant abilities, or super intelligence, I would start by selling vehicles to the US military with the following modifications; a new fuel source to cut the dependance on fossil fuels, improved protective capabilities to protect the troops, and then, subdual only weapons. With that money I would branch into other fields, such as ending world hunger, and cleaning up what passes as medicine in this country. From there, I would work on finding a way to terraform Mars and Venus, and get colonists to both planets.

What you have details how you would react.

When a cop is in a situation where someone raises a gun to them, they are trained to shoot to kill. No questions asked. They can not take the chance that the perp is using blanks, or faking it. They have to protect their lives, and the lives of the people around them. Thus, a deputized hero would face a similiar conundrum.

Where the difference lies is in the statement "When under duress of life." A hero may be able to take more than a cop. If said villain can dish it out, then I understand taking the life, but if Stiltman went up against Ironman, I doubt Tony would when a court case by saying he felt he was in danger of his life. Superman often falls prey to this situation, when a common thug points a gun at him, and the gun is loaded with a krptonite bullet.

When a hero takes on a villain, how much danger are they in? Can they stop the criminal without being injured? How about without the villain injuring an innocent bystander? If they can't, then they should use what ever force they can muster to stop the villain.

There is a line when taking a life is necessary. Anyone that feels otherwise is fooling themselves.

Every now and again, I will help. At equal levels it is fine to occasionally street hunt, but I found that street hunting is often needless XP when you are trying to see content/get merit badges. At higher levels, some mobs will be attacked if that toon particularly dislikes them, or the civvies say something that amuses me. I know when I am killing for badges, i go out of my way to take certain mobs on.

Since they stand around and do nothing when I scare the mobs, I pretty much think the civvies get what they deserve at times, or when I am saving cops from mobs. I mean, if you are so low in level you can't deal with those mobs, why in Dog's Name are you stationed in the jurisdiction? For that matter, what wisehat allows civvies into hazard zones to work any how, when a low level toon was once blocked from that zone? I should not be rescuing office workers in the middle of the RWZ.

As for the civvies in the Mayhem missions.... I still think the devs played dirty pool with that one. Though, they are targets for the life drain powers.

Depends on my powers, but over all, yes I would lean towards self gratification. COuld I be a villain? In the strictest interpetation, yes. I do believe in using one's powers to change the world for their own benefit, as well as the worlds benefit, and no, both are not the same.

I was about average with everyone else.

#7 with loved ones being more for so long does not surprise me. When it comes down to strangers and loved ones, most people would choose their loved ones everytime.

Thanks Marcian. That was a fun quiz. The 50% chance was the interesting one for me.

Mrs. Arachnia wants an option for a secret id so secret, even she does not know it.

Only 10 days for the event. That's kind of disappointing. I will barely get any time with it due to work.

Can someone give me a quick synopsis? How does the story relate to the cartoon series in regards to canon?

... Care to elaborate? lol

Thanks Willow.

I will have to arrange for a few sessions. With the new Praetorians, I am sure someone needs the pieces, and I desire nothing for helping.