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Originally Posted by Simlasa
Yeah, I've kinda got a chip on my shoulder about SOTC... mainly because of the ravers on RPG.net... who think it can do anything and everything better than anything else.
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SotC is nice, but does have it's own flaws and shortcomings. I found it neat becuase it is a radical shift from the sort of RPGs I am familiar with. Still, it isn't a bad game, does have a free SRD available, and shouldn't be penalized becuase of what fans type about it.
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Originally Posted by Simlasa
You're right about The Shadow... I was thinking of him... and a lot of the 'lesser powered' heroes... like The Spider and The Avenger.
I don't think heroes like that would overpower BRP...
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Basically the non-powered heroes. Most pulp heroes didn't have powers per say, but were very skilled, and made use of advanced science and or mystical traditions that were new to the west.
I agree that such heroes wouldn't overpower BRP. In fact, in one CoC campaign, th GM swiped liberally from early Batman. Hugo Strange was one of the reoccurring villains, and one players was gifted at running Batman.
The biggest problem with pulp heroes is that some are "too good" in too many fields to work well in BRP. The Shadow (the pulp version and the radio version) and the Green Hornet (especially the radio version, before SuperKato) are workable in BRP. Someone like Doc Savage is, in many ways, worse than a character with a superpower. Savage is annoyingly, an expert in everything, and is perfected well adjusted and a prime physical specimen to boot. At least Batman has emotional baggage.
In mnay respects CoC 1920s can handle pulp, but you'd probably need to beef up the characters a little to get them up to the standards of pulp heroes. Actually the rules for Supers from WoW could do nicely, if the GM puts caps on, or outright restricts some of the more blatant powers.
For example the Green Hornet would be easy. Most points would be spent to get the right characteristics and skills, with a few points spent for a gas gun (say level 6 or so), and some speed for the Black beauty (to hit 200mph back in the 30s and 40s).