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Pulp villains and monsters

Started by GeekyBugle, May 03, 2023, 12:59:21 AM

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Almost_Useless

#15
May 05, 2023, 12:31:43 AM
You gotta have an uplifted talking gorilla that is the evil scientist's lab assistant / bodyguard.

GeekyBugle

#16
May 05, 2023, 03:29:10 AM
Quote from: Almost_Useless on May 05, 2023, 12:31:43 AM
You gotta have an uplifted talking gorilla that is the evil scientist's lab assistant / bodyguard.

Monsieur Mallah & The Brain?

Uplifted animals, yes and mutants too.
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ForgottenF

#17
May 05, 2023, 08:13:13 AM
Ninjas?

I know people usually think of ninjas as an 80s thing, but You Only Live Twice was published in the 60s.
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#18
May 05, 2023, 11:56:42 AM
Maybe spies and bureaucrats separate from goons.
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Grognard GM

#19
May 05, 2023, 09:49:47 PM
Animated statues/graven images.

Mummies (raised by magic or technology/alchemy)

Scientific mistakes/accidents (Man slowly melting, and driven to kill by the pain. Man given the senses of a wolf...but also their bloodlust!)

Gadget villains ("No-one can stop Television Man!")
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#20
May 05, 2023, 11:14:27 PM
Keep it comming those are all great ideas!

In other news I've now got 4-5 Robots including the Duplicon (re-skinned doppelganger) and the upgrades/weapons.

Also done the elevated beasts (re-skinned monsters from the SRD)

Working on the rest.
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GeekyBugle

#21
May 06, 2023, 02:11:03 AM
Organized crime (Mafia, Tong, Triad & Yakuza) done
Cultists, Done
Nazis/Commie Scum, Done
Romans, Greeks, Egyptians, Kushites, Aztecs & Atlanteans Done

Still need the mutants and the mutant generating rules Think there was a M20 gamma world clone, not sure it exists or if it has mutant generation rules.
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Danger

#22
May 06, 2023, 07:53:17 PM
How about a setting/location as the bad guy?  Peep the movie "Death Ship," (or hell, "Ghost Ship," works too) for an evil setting in action.

Not sure how one would "pulp it up," to avoid becoming just a murder-hole-one-shot for the PCs, but damned if I don't love those sort of movies.
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#23
May 06, 2023, 08:10:13 PM
Quote from: Danger on May 06, 2023, 07:53:17 PM
How about a setting/location as the bad guy?  Peep the movie "Death Ship," (or hell, "Ghost Ship," works too) for an evil setting in action.

Not sure how one would "pulp it up," to avoid becoming just a murder-hole-one-shot for the PCs, but damned if I don't love those sort of movies.

I'm scratching my head as to what this has to do with pulp.

Sure Pulp had rough justice, even anti-heroes, but the line between hero and outright villain was clear, and they had no sympathy for the villains.
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Danger

#24
May 06, 2023, 08:54:06 PM
Quote from: Grognard GM on May 06, 2023, 08:10:13 PM
I'm scratching my head as to what this has to do with pulp.

Sure Pulp had rough justice, even anti-heroes, but the line between hero and outright villain was clear, and they had no sympathy for the villains.

Sure, but Pulp is broadly about heroes vs. _ and coming out on top after a few rounds.  Why couldn't a "haunted location," also count as a villain?  Granted, such a villain like this would only be useful once or twice at best before coming trite, but still I think it'd be a viable option.
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GeekyBugle

#25
May 06, 2023, 09:26:50 PM
Quote from: Danger on May 06, 2023, 08:54:06 PM
Quote from: Grognard GM on May 06, 2023, 08:10:13 PM
I'm scratching my head as to what this has to do with pulp.

Sure Pulp had rough justice, even anti-heroes, but the line between hero and outright villain was clear, and they had no sympathy for the villains.

Sure, but Pulp is broadly about heroes vs. _ and coming out on top after a few rounds.  Why couldn't a "haunted location," also count as a villain?  Granted, such a villain like this would only be useful once or twice at best before coming trite, but still I think it'd be a viable option.

Well, if someone finds a way to write that up they are free to use it, I've got plenty in my plate as it is. Maybe after I publish it I can have the time to think it up.
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GeekyBugle

#26
May 06, 2023, 09:28:42 PM
Quote from: Grognard GM on May 06, 2023, 08:10:13 PM
Quote from: Danger on May 06, 2023, 07:53:17 PM
How about a setting/location as the bad guy?  Peep the movie "Death Ship," (or hell, "Ghost Ship," works too) for an evil setting in action.

Not sure how one would "pulp it up," to avoid becoming just a murder-hole-one-shot for the PCs, but damned if I don't love those sort of movies.

I'm scratching my head as to what this has to do with pulp.

Sure Pulp had rough justice, even anti-heroes, but the line between hero and outright villain was clear, and they had no sympathy for the villains.

This is IMHO one of the defining characteristics of Pulp, together with larger than life heroes a black and white morality, protecting/avenging the innocent against all odds.
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Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

― George Orwell

Mistwell

#27
May 07, 2023, 11:11:28 AM
Loving this list.

I feel like pulp coincides somewhat with the Spiritualism movement or at least the tail end of it. So ghosts and poltergeist. Then there are religious movements that can spawn bad guys, like zombies (Voodoo/Hoodoo), golems (Judaism), demons (Christianity).

There is a lot of fiction around WW2 magical combatants that overlap with the pulp era. Soviet witches and psionicists, German necromancers, etc..

GeekyBugle

#28
May 08, 2023, 12:01:15 AM
Quote from: Mistwell on May 07, 2023, 11:11:28 AM
Loving this list.

I feel like pulp coincides somewhat with the Spiritualism movement or at least the tail end of it. So ghosts and poltergeist. Then there are religious movements that can spawn bad guys, like zombies (Voodoo/Hoodoo), golems (Judaism), demons (Christianity).

There is a lot of fiction around WW2 magical combatants that overlap with the pulp era. Soviet witches and psionicists, German necromancers, etc..

There's lots of stuff that could fit into a Pulp game, it all depends on what Pulp Genre you want to tackle. I'm trying for Indy + Quattermain + Spy Hunters + Detective with MAYBE some Mystery Men added for good measure. There's a different game I'm working on for Pulp Sword & Planet. That last one will be Flash Gordon + John Carter + Carson but with an original world/setting and afterwards others.
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Here is why this forum tends to be so stupid. Many people here think Joe Biden is "The Left", when he is actually Far Right and every US republican is just an idiot.

"During times of universal deceit, telling the truth becomes a revolutionary act."

― George Orwell

Mistwell

#29
May 08, 2023, 08:19:25 PM
Quote from: GeekyBugle on May 08, 2023, 12:01:15 AM
Quote from: Mistwell on May 07, 2023, 11:11:28 AM
Loving this list.

I feel like pulp coincides somewhat with the Spiritualism movement or at least the tail end of it. So ghosts and poltergeist. Then there are religious movements that can spawn bad guys, like zombies (Voodoo/Hoodoo), golems (Judaism), demons (Christianity).

There is a lot of fiction around WW2 magical combatants that overlap with the pulp era. Soviet witches and psionicists, German necromancers, etc..

There's lots of stuff that could fit into a Pulp game, it all depends on what Pulp Genre you want to tackle. I'm trying for Indy + Quattermain + Spy Hunters + Detective with MAYBE some Mystery Men added for good measure. There's a different game I'm working on for Pulp Sword & Planet. That last one will be Flash Gordon + John Carter + Carson but with an original world/setting and afterwards others.

Ah OK, sorry I missed that. Sounds interesting!
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