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by Woodclaw » Wed Oct 06, 2010 11:38 pm
Horsenhero wrote:I have to say... I love the Nightwing build. As Nightwing, Dick is one of my favorite characters and you included those things which make him, in my mind, truly his own man...his complications. His love for Barbara and his rivalry with Bruce really define much of his personality, even if he wouldn't admit it. Great portrayal.
by Woodclaw » Wed Oct 13, 2010 10:10 am
DCAU Tim Drake was quite different from his comic book counterpart, in many way he merged elements of Tim and Jason Todd. In this version Tim is less smart, but more cunning and street-savy, even before starting the training with the rest of the Bat-Clan he was already pretty dangerous for a 13 years old kid this build tries to reflect Tim advantages and drawbacks, having the whole team teaching him he can pick the best from everyone: investigation from Bruce, acrobatics from Dick, computer from Barbara and, probably, something from Alfred too. But, at the same time, Tim is more of a wildchild, making him more prone to go out on his own while he rarely used the combat staff in the cartoon I decided to include it since Tim was the only Robin that choose a signature weapon before moving out of Batman's shadow combatwise Tim use the same gimmick as the rest of the Clan, he fight better in the dark but, like Nightwing, he isn't strictly dependent on itby Woodclaw » Thu Oct 14, 2010 8:47 am
- Custom-modified Batcycle (Medium; STR: 15; TOU: +10; Features: Hidden compartments, Navigation system 1, Off-road capability, Uplink; Speed 4 [100mph]; 14ep)
- Clocktower apartment (Diminutive; TOU: +10; Features: Communications, Computer, Fire Prevention system, Garage, Infirmary, Living Space, Power System, Secret Exit, Security System 1; 8ep)
Barbara was quite nightmare to put together, due to the sheer amount of skills she has. While the DCAU Babs never graduated to be Oracle, she displayed a lot of Oracle-like skills as Batgirl her utility belt has a couple of differences, the most important is that she uses regular police smoke cannisters, instead of the usual smoke pellets, these packs more chemical making the smoke last longer while it was never clear which martial arts she studied, Barbara preference for tripping and disarming seem very close to judo and aikidoby Horsenhero » Thu Oct 14, 2010 10:49 am
by Woodclaw » Thu Oct 14, 2010 11:03 am
Horsenhero wrote:Nice way to end the Bat-builds with a bang Woodclaw. All of these builds are very well done, and the character notes are interesting to read. Bravo.
by Woodclaw » Fri Oct 15, 2010 2:04 pm
in many ways James Gordon is the biggest reason that kept Batman on the right side of the law. First, he's half of Batman's surrogate father - the other half is Alfred - the simple idea of losing him caused the Dark Night to fall in a major fit of depression once; second, the only reason that stopped Batman for being a lot more drastic is knowing that there's at least one honest man out there doing with a badge what he can't do with a mask over the years Gordon has shown a uncanny ability to command loyalty, the whole GCPD practicly went on strike when he was incarcerated for accepting bribes, and many of his people are more than willing to jump into the fire for him while he's now quite old, in his prime Gordon was Marine NCO and he still packs a mean left hook and he's an expert marksman Gordon is based upon the same structure of Two-Face, outside Gotham he is "only" PL5, in Gotham he climb up to PL6 on offensive or defenseby Woodclaw » Mon Oct 18, 2010 1:30 pm
Harvey Bullock is another of those characters who enjoyed a second wind thanks to the DCAU. In the comics he was the "other half" of the GCPD, a corrupted cop, with issues with Batman, opposed to Gordon. The DCAU version isn't corrupted, but surely has major issues with the Dark Knight and isn't above stretching and bending the rules overall Bullock is one hell of a cop, but his flaws usually outshine his merits outside Gotham he lose half a PL on both offensive and defenseby Woodclaw » Tue Oct 19, 2010 3:53 am
ok, this Montoya in her late animated incarnation, after being promoted to detective and paired with Bullock. She is a great cop, but she is a little more green than Bullock, on the other hand she is a lot more diplomatic and a more efficient fighter I decided not to include the most recent development from the comic books, first because there already is a token lesbian policewoman in the DCAU (Maggie Sawyer), second because the idea of making her a master of kung-fu seemed a little lame to me. Still, Montoya has some martial arts training, so I gave a generic police hand-to-hand style the shotgun was included for those who want to redo her badass scene when she arrested Harley and Ivy. Plus it illustrated one point, all my police officiers builds are meant to have enough room to use a shotgun instead of a handgun without breaking the caps I also changed the rules regarding the buckshot/scattershot ammo, instead of granting a +1 to attack rolls a buckshot suffers only a -1 to hit per range increment (in place of the usual -2) but at the same time if it strike a armored target the GM might increase the armor bonus of value between +1 to +4 depending of the range and strength of the armorby Aboleth11 » Tue Oct 19, 2010 7:46 am
by Woodclaw » Tue Oct 19, 2010 12:08 pm
Aboleth11 wrote:Very nice. Are you taking requests again? If so, would you do Lobo?
by Woodclaw » Wed Oct 20, 2010 1:21 am
I admit I never was too much of fan of the comic book version of Maggie, while it wasn't a bad character the idea of making the ultra-tough, short haired cop the first openly lesbian character in the DC universe seemed a little too archetypal to me. The DCAU never addressed the issue of Maggie sexual preferences - it was still supposed to be a kid show - but gave very not-so-subtle nod when Toby Raines appeared in "Apokolips Now" Maggie is another tough cop, granted she doesn't have the years of experience of Gordon, but she is incredibly close as part of the S.C.U. Maggie enjoys some heavier equiment respect to the usual street cops, making her closer to a commando than a proper police officier. Plus as senior officier of the S.C.U. Maggie has access to a greater level of influence than her proper rank will imply, making her roughly equivalent to a Deputy Commissionerby Woodclaw » Thu Oct 21, 2010 12:44 am
to keep it simple, Turpin is a bulldozer of a man, he overpowered a Parademon with his bare hands and had enough guts to tell Darkseid to go to hell right in the big psycho face as with Sawyer Turpin's position as part of the S.C.U. grants him some heavier equipment and extra authority respect to his fellow policemen from other units not much else to say, in the end there are a lot of similarities among all of these police builds, but that was expected given the granularity of the systemby catsi563 » Thu Oct 21, 2010 2:07 am
by Woodclaw » Thu Oct 21, 2010 2:29 pm
catsi563 wrote:His DCAU death had to be for me one of the greatest and most touching scenes in any animated series ever. only one that would come close would be Jonns leaving the JLU in the episode euolgies.
by catsi563 » Thu Oct 21, 2010 3:23 pm
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