Okay. If I get all mine in first, then, I'll open it up tonight. :D

Well, when you're as eager as I am for the JSA game it's hard not to notice the agonizingly long wait.

Well, Vigilante or PGO seem to be pretty popular "vanilla choices". It's funner though, in my opinion, if you try to take a "standard option" and rework it to really fit the theme of the character. Think of it as using, say, Giant-Man's Special Power Perplex instead of normal Perplex on his figure - start with "normal" and then twist and spin from there. I'd give you some examples from Buffy but, well, doubt that would be a good idea as you're still in the game.

My dream power as a townie would be everybody who targets me is misdirected.

Yeah, I have a Viglante already. What does PGO stand for?

Paronoid Gun Owner, ie everybody who targets you dies.

Ah! Good one! I have the perfect role for that!

And I just remembered, I can add some blockers to the towns side...

I'd love to share all the wonderful and exotic roles I've created for my Escape from Hell game with you, but since you're in that game, it would probably be a bad idea... (I can tell you your own role though, if you'd like to know)

What I generally do, however, is to write the characters first, and then write up a role that fits that character best (see Malice, Thor or Dark Beast for good examples of this), instead of trying to make the character fit a pre-set "mafia role" mold. I find that gives a much more enjoyable and unique feel to the game, but maybe that's just me being a purist for comic accuracy?

That's how I did it. "What role would make sense for this character?"

Yeah, that's what I'm doing right now. I'm writing the characters name then fitting the power. Some of my roles are pretty nice, just some are ones where I just think "WTF can you do?!"

Okay, that sounds good.

For the most part, I do this. I have a couple exceptions, but those are rare.

In my experience it can also be a good idea to add drawbacks and hidden "trigger events" to characters. It serves the purpose of both balancing out any overly powerful special powers they might have, and it enhances the accuracy and comic book feel of the game as well, a true win-win situation in my book

And trust me, I had that feeling with some of the characters I've been working with for my game as well. Some dead marvel characters are downright impossible to give any semblance of useful powers (hence why they're dead in the first place, maybe?)

Oh trust me, theres one character in my game who has a nasty trigger.

BTW, interested in joining....CIVIL WAR!

If so, link is in my sig...

Ask JackA how that worked for him as the Swedish Chef.

*looks at his character and then back at TB's statement* I think you forgot that with mine. (Teasing, just teasing - you did good it seems.)