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Hi all,
Over the past 2+ years, I developed The Authority RPG (adapting the DC/WildStorm Comic)
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Oh, lordy.
Wanna get married? 
Blue
American Steele: 50 BS/Inv
Nightfall: 50 DDD
Sable Slayer: 50 DM/Rgn
Fortune's Shadow: 50 Dark/Psi
WinterStrike: 47 Ice/Dev
Quantum Well: 43 Inv/EM
Twilit Destiny: 43 MA/DA
Red
Shadowslip: 50 DDC
Final Rest: 50 MA/Rgn
Abyssal Frost: 50 Ice/Dark
Golden Ember: 50 SM/FA
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Ok.. here's a hard question.. how many 4 sided have you steped on in your life?
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Or for that matter, had slipped into your chair? 
>>Cues Ozzy's Crazy Train<<
It's gonna be a wild ride from here on out...
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Stepped on? Too many to count (as well as Spider-man action figures, white Isz, and those little shields that the Secret Wars action figures came with).
Slipped into my chair? None so far...but now I'm paranoid about my colleagues.
cheers,
Arctic_Sun
Welcome Arctic.
What's that you say? You need an avatar?
Can do!
Austin/Toronto? So you live in Toronto, but telecomute to Austin?
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As for my background, I worked as a Creative Director for Guardians of Order, a pen & paper RPG publisher for a handful of years. I was Line Developer on the Silver Age Sentinels RPG, where I was the primary author of the world setting,
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I believe someone else said it best when they said... "Gil-who?" 
Having just played SAS with my group (and getting two new vict-er, heroes - involved in the adventure) last weekend... well, my need for a "fix" of that game (we've got a great GM) got me to buy COH... so somehow this is appropriate. Fated even.
You could even say "We have you now."
Spitball and the rest of S.P.A.M. will send your stuff over from SAS... welcome aboard. I have full faith in said shoes being filled.
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Welcome Arctic.
What's that you say? You need an avatar?
Can do!
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Doh, and I had the perfect avatar... except for one slight problem. 
The Dark Blade
"I've felt your mouse on me before, you perv...." - Troy Hickman
Paragon Wiki
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Over the past 2+ years, I developed The Authority RPG (adapting the DC/WildStorm Comic), a cyber RPG (spanning the classic genre work to post-modern material, called Ex Machina), and the A Game of Thrones RPG (based on George R.R. Martins fantasy epic).
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Wow. GRRM's masterwork is probably the best fantasy I have ever read. The plots, the characters, the tension, and the merciless realism... truly amazing. That must have been awfully tough to PnP-ify; I'd have been terrified to mess it up.
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Has someone become the fan of Arctic yet? or went villainous and made Desert Sun?
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Wouldn't that be Desert Moon? Or Desert Night? :P
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Touche..you bring up an excellent point. Desert Moon is catchy
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Doh, and I had the perfect avatar... except for one slight problem.
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That's freakin' hilarious. "Stars" for you. 
Oh, thank goodness. I found something that will work There, we can be friends again.
The Dark Blade
"I've felt your mouse on me before, you perv...." - Troy Hickman
Paragon Wiki
homonyms FTW!
Welcome Arctic Sun, hope you enjoy yourself in your new role.
Infamy, infamy, they've all got it infamy!!!
Welcome to the madhouse!
Please don't step on the cats.
Part of Sister Flame's Clickey-Clack Posse
The English language is an intricate high-speed precision tool.Stop using it to bang open coconuts. ~Tokamak
Dark_Respite's Video page
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Wow. GRRM's masterwork is probably the best fantasy I have ever read. The plots, the characters, the tension, and the merciless realism... truly amazing. That must have been awfully tough to PnP-ify; I'd have been terrified to mess it up.
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And it has a fan base roughly equal to this one in intensity ... good training for this gig. 
cheers,
Arctic_Sun
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So were you the person in charge of Silver Age Sentinels that oopsed on character sheets?
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I confess I'm not even sure what you mean.
cheers,
Arctic_Sun
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It was just a very, very poor character sheet that was very hard to use to make characters.
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No, that wasn't me ... that was the Layout Guys, who normally did an incredible job. But, well, character sheets are like the red-headed stepchild of the book. What can I say?
I was responsible for the words, and had some influence on the art notes - but the final look was ultimately the responsiblity of the Art Director.
cheers,
Arctic_Sun
Will your name just be turning yellow or will you be under a completely different account name?
Welcome. You'd better give us something good, or I'll whoop out my genuine imitation nerf bat.
Clearly you like to do pen & paper RPGs. What about AD&D? Like Pool of Radiance?
Welcome to the party.
Welcome Arctic Sun!!!
May your creativity flow like Niagra Falls!!!
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Stepped on? Too many to count (as well as Spider-man action figures, white Isz, and those little shields that the Secret Wars action figures came with).
Slipped into my chair? None so far...but now I'm paranoid about my colleagues.
cheers,
Arctic_Sun
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Okay. I can't figure out why in the hell anybody would want to make or play an Authority RPG. That's kinda like making or playing a Batman RPG or a LOTR RPG isn't it? The best spots in the world are kinda taken (at least in Batman and/or the Authority) and unless everyone wants to play existing characters -which means they'll never be fully your characters- you'll always be in their shadow.
But then along came the reference to the Isz (how many were in that bag originally anyways? They did get lost awfully quickly for some reason) and that kinda made up for it.
Therefore, a hearty MEEEP.
"If you're going through hell, keep going."
Winston Churchill
Winston Churchill
Welcome, Artic_Sun!
I hope you last longer...the previous(throw out of the window a chewed bone of Gilgamesh) tasted good but lasted not enough...by the way:
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I developed The Authority RPG (adapting the DC/WildStorm Comic)
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Sir, you start very, very , very well...I didn't even know it existed! Now, I'm going to find it as soon as possible...
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No, that wasn't me ... that was the Layout Guys, who normally did an incredible job. But, well, character sheets are like the red-headed stepchild of the book. What can I say?
I was responsible for the words, and had some influence on the art notes - but the final look was ultimately the responsiblity of the Art Director.
cheers,
Arctic_Sun
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Okay then! I can put away my boiling tar then!
Still here, even after all this time!
Hey, Arctic! Good to see you.
We're in good hands, Arctic_Sun was one of two that taught me to play the Amber DRPG. If that's not all story, I don't know what is.
--The Canuck
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Okay. I can't figure out why in the hell anybody would want to make or play an Authority RPG. That's kinda like making or playing a Batman RPG or a LOTR RPG isn't it? The best spots in the world are kinda taken (at least in Batman and/or the Authority) and unless everyone wants to play existing characters -which means they'll never be fully your characters- you'll always be in their shadow.
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Well, aside from playing those main characters, which appeals to a lot of people, you can always just play in that world. GM's often mutate settings to make there be an improved reason for the heroes to exist.
The world of the Authority is wonderfully gritty. I would get a kick out of playing in it even if set in some time or alternate universe where the Authority hadn't come along yet (or never would). The Bleed and all that make such settings work even if you assume the comic setting is canon. Your heroes could be their dimension's equivalent to the Authority, or maybe they just don't have an equivalent there.
Or you could have a GM that runs a lower power level. It can be a real challenge to run characters who could wipe life off the planet in about 5 minutes, and some GMs don't want to deal with that. In this case having the Authority out there forms a backdrop and occasional adventure hook.
Blue
American Steele: 50 BS/Inv
Nightfall: 50 DDD
Sable Slayer: 50 DM/Rgn
Fortune's Shadow: 50 Dark/Psi
WinterStrike: 47 Ice/Dev
Quantum Well: 43 Inv/EM
Twilit Destiny: 43 MA/DA
Red
Shadowslip: 50 DDC
Final Rest: 50 MA/Rgn
Abyssal Frost: 50 Ice/Dark
Golden Ember: 50 SM/FA
Does this mean there's gonna be an Arctic-Sun_Fanboy now? Or is he still gonna stay Gilgamesh_Fanboy?............back to the op........welcome, Arctic!