Badger Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Just what the title says. I got this idea earlier this week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkwleisemann Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Ideas for a curcus/carnival themed villain team Looking for ideas? Or have them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CrosshairCollie Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Ideas for a curcus/carnival themed villain team Lessee ... Marvel's old Circus of Crime had ... The Strongman Livewire (a horseman/trick lasso guy) The Human Cannonball (a rather limited move-through artist) A pair of acrobats whose names escape me The Crafty Clown (a unicycle and various clown-gadgets) and, initially ... The Ringmaster (with his hypno-hat) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted October 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Ideas for a curcus/carnival themed villain team Well, I was looking for ideas. I tend to get a theme sometimes, and not the characters. I have started getting some ideas. Not an expert on cirucuses though. Didnt know Marvel had a team like this. But, then I know more on DC than Marvel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Weldun Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Ideas for a curcus/carnival themed villain team You could adapt The Fun Bunch from Palladium's Gramercy Island supplement. A brief synopsis. The Heckler - The Leader, he's "an ace knife-thrower with a penchant for uttering an endless stream of jokes during combat." He's also a highly skilled torturer. Sigmund 'Roid - The team's "Brick". "Sigmund's musculature is hideously over-proportioned to the point that his every muscle bulges out ridiculously, as if he were rendered by a cut-rate comic book artist." He also "has the mind of a scared and angry child." Doctor Bones - A fear-inspiring Elastic-man type, who has a fascination with death in all it's forms. He lives "in his own, twisted reality. To Doctor Bones, the world is a nightmarish candy land, a never-ending carnival atmosphere designed and built by a deranged and evil mind. 'Like if hell were an amusement park.'" Twinkletoes - The freakishly obese ballerina, with wieght and gravity manipulation powers. "Twinkletoes actually appears to be a friendly member of the Fun Bunch. She never swears or overtly threatens her opponents, and at times even seems shy and hesitant to jump into combat. When she does, her attacks usually consist of running at her opponent as if they were a long-lost friend or relative and enveloping them in a smothering embrace. Even if her victim is beating and thrashing to get away, Twinkletoes will continue to hold them there, oblivious of whatever damage she might take." These "love hugs" can last up to a minute. If her opponent is still conscious after this, she becomes enraged and fights for with her fists and powers. Cane and Able - Twin animal handlers, with the ability to turn into animals and mentally control others (but not each other, despite their favored tactic/schtick). In Combat, one brother will assume animal form and submits to every command of the other. "The pair is fond of abducting people and imprisoning them for as long as weeks, even months, turning them into slaves and pets to be brutalized and tortured. Punch and Judy - "Two super-brawlers who enjoy hurting each other as much as the dozens of innocent bystanders who regularly fall prey to them." Apparently every crew of evil carneys need a good slapstick act. In combat, these two are very good at fighting as a team, double-teaming single opponents "like a demented pair of cheating tag-team wrestlers." An interesting quirk is if one of them should miss an opponent three times in a row, the other will become enraged and beat on him/her out of frustration. Jojo Fahrenheit - A mutant who can breathe fire, he believes that he needs to drink alcohol, lighter fluid or other flamable liquids for his powers to work. Curiously, he needs to consume a gallon of high octane fuel (102 octane or higher) each day for nourishment, or suffer effects simlar to malnutrition. Sticky Pete - I highly agile wall-crawler, who can lob sticky globs of adhesive. He used to use this ability to trap a vitim and slaughter them slowly, rejoicing in their pain and fear, but recently has been content to simply give them a good scare and let them live. Lately, it seems as if Palladium's HU characters have been writen up in HERO before being converted to their own system. Most of them have more detailed flaws than previous products. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkwleisemann Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Ideas for a curcus/carnival themed villain team Crosshair Collie and Weldun already had a few good options, but a couple that I'd like to toss in there.... Serpentina: A snake-charmer who has her own serpent-like abilities and a variety of dance-based effects (Mind Control mesmerism, an Ego based Dance of Death, et al.) The Knife Thrower is almost a requisite send-off on the super-archer theme for a villainous circus. A variety of other "fakir" sorts - fire breathers, blockheads (a rather disturbing sendoff on the 'I can take more damage than you can' brick archetype).... And, for the Matter Eater Lad fans, The Geek, who can eat anything. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Ideas for a curcus/carnival themed villain team Jugglers, with gimmicked projectiles like balls or Indian clubs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted October 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Ideas for a circus/carnival themed villain team Thanks, guys. I found some articles on wiki about the circus. Listing quite a few of the performance types. That should do some idea sparkin' Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted October 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Ideas for a circus/carnival themed villain team Yeah, I was also thinking of using the guys behind the scenes at the circus as a "generic agent" group. I cant find or think of the name. I am thinking roundabout or roustabout. Cant remember the name. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jkwleisemann Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Ideas for a circus/carnival themed villain team Rowdy, Roustabout - depends largely on who you're talking to where and when, really. Good set for agents though, especially since for most of a circus' history it wasn't an uncommon way to get out of town if the law was on your tail.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SpydirShellX Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Ideas for a circus/carnival themed villain team Don't forget about the freak show The Bearded Lady - Lady with a beard. And has the whole hair control think. Fortune Teller - Who better to plan the crimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Ideas for a circus/carnival themed villain team The Gypsy The Flying Lion Tamer Big Top Fun House House Of Horrors Roustabout Circus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus Carnival http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carnival Carnivàle http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carniv%C3%A0le The Greatest Show on Earth http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Greatest_Show_on_Earth More Later QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted October 23, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Ideas for a circus/carnival themed villain team Question Man, some of those links were the ones I was mentioning I had found earlier. But, thanks, anyway, though. Like Fun House as a name. Though not necessarily in relation to the circus. Good for further usage, though. Can never have too many ideas, you know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
death tribble Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Ideas for a circus/carnival themed villain team There is at least one pic you can use already. One is of a commission Storn did for me of the Ringmistress, red jacket, top hat, microphone, stockings and whip. The microphone was the focus for suggestion or mind control. She's on the website. You could also use the pic of Ganesh that Storn posted recently as well. But an ex-friend had a group called the Psycho Circus which had the following as members Clown (gadgets) Fireeater (Energy projector) Tumbler (martial artist) Fat lady (brick) Strong Man (brick) Human Cannonball (flight and move through) Conjureror (magic) You can also have different types of clown. There are the ones with the red noses and others with white faces who are usually authority figures. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Ideas for a circus/carnival themed villain team Circus of Crime http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_of_Crime Cirque du Soleil - Check out the Touring Productions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirque_du_Soleil#Touring_productions Hmmm... Sorry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MPT Posted October 23, 2006 Report Share Posted October 23, 2006 Re: Ideas for a circus/carnival themed villain team If you want some figures, try these: link from West Wind Productions. The bearded ladies are especially weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 Re: Ideas for a circus/carnival themed villain team Thanx for the ideas...I've been scribbling down circus/carny villians and ideas all week... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alverant Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 Re: Ideas for a circus/carnival themed villain team I'm surprised no one has mentioned the City of Heroes group Carnies. Nasty baddies in white clown make-up. It's like an undead Carnival of Souls. When you defeat them, they have this nasty END drain as you see their souls leave their bodies. There are ring-throwers, knife-throwers, strong men (with wooden "test your strength" mallets), illusionsists (that goes desolid), fire breathers, and ring mistresses. In Champions, I'd give them Telepathy and Mental Transform since City of Heroes doesn't do much role playing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MisterD Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 Re: Ideas for a circus/carnival themed villain team ICP Insane Clown Posse had a Carnival. THE DARK CARNIVAL THe Great Melenko (Illusionist / necromancer) Clowns (Tortured Souls) Forgot the rest. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Badger Posted October 26, 2006 Author Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 Re: Ideas for a circus/carnival themed villain team Circus of Crime http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circus_of_Crime Cirque du Soleil - Check out the Touring Productions http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cirque_du_Soleil#Touring_productions Hmmm... Sorry Ehh, dont worry about it. (Actually didnt think about Cirque du Soleil ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
proditor Posted October 26, 2006 Report Share Posted October 26, 2006 Re: Ideas for a circus/carnival themed villain team Don't forget the Death-Throws!!! http://www.marveldirectory.com/groupsandteams/deaththrows.htm PDF of the old Dragon "Marvel-phile": http://www.marvelrpg.net/mp/index.html (issue 116) On second thought, yes, do forget them. Man did they suck. I've also been pondering making an evil circus of doom. Current thoughts: Acrobats (A martial artist duplicator) Ringmaster (Mental powers) Strongman (Brick/Tank) Lion Tamer (Animal controller/Weapon Specialist: Whip) Snake Charmer (Animal Controller/hypnotist) Knife throwers (Twin juggling Knife brothers) Clowns (Scary enough without a descriptor) *shudder* Fire breather (Blaster) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted October 28, 2006 Report Share Posted October 28, 2006 Re: Ideas for a circus/carnival themed villain team so far I have Phat Grrl overweight amazon with Density increase.. Ring mistress mastermind and Cyberkinetic Robo Rowdys robotic mooks Bongo the clown general (high end merc, equiped with super tech) Bingo the clown army (super agent and duplicator He arrives in a ludicrisly tiny little car that disgorges far too many clowns..... Sarcasto the black clown (alter ego of Bongo, comits crimes on the side) Danger Dan super agent animal trainer, with lots of animal followers Tricky Bob Moon....super knife thrower Thats all so far though....... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheQuestionMan Posted October 30, 2006 Report Share Posted October 30, 2006 Re: Ideas for a circus/carnival themed villain team Freak Show - Multiform, Shapeshifter, Contortionist, etc... Cheers QM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
freakboy6117 Posted October 31, 2006 Report Share Posted October 31, 2006 Re: Ideas for a circus/carnival themed villain team how about a telekinetic juggler that would lead to some pretty impressive juggling tricks and there is nothing quite like a swarm of flying chain saws flaming torches and knives to make life difficult Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted November 2, 2006 Report Share Posted November 2, 2006 Re: Ideas for a circus/carnival themed villain team how about a telekinetic juggler that would lead to some pretty impressive juggling tricks and there is nothing quite like a swarm of flying chain saws flaming torches and knives to make life difficult Gotta love it...And I can add in the rocket powered chainsaw from the DC thread!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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