I just read a pretty funny post where someone imagined AZ walking away from his defeated foe saying "Have an ice day". Actually made me snort!
Every good superhero needs a catchphrase right... So any suggestions for catchphrases for the other sentinels?
I suppose Tachyon's would be something along the lines of "Must dash!" or "Gotta run!". There's a whole slew of very terrible fire-related puns that you could give Ra...
Nice. Yes, I rather thought terrible puns might be the order of the day ;)
Bunker: Fire in the hole!
Or something similarly military...Perhaps?
Chrono-Ranger: "Looks like yer out of time."
Tempest: "I hate to rain on your parade…"
Wraith: "..."
Visionary: "I saw that coming."
Legacy would have something inspirational and maybe patriotic.
Expatriette: *click* as she reloads, releases a safety on a gun, pumps a shotgun, the detonator of an expolsize activates, etc.
Mr. Fixer: "Right tool for the right job." This might be followed up with some specific tool pun.
I can do this all night. But, I really shouldn't.
I tried this out my first time playing, I was drawn to Visionary. So while playing her, whenever I saw a person pull a brilliant move I'd say "Now that was... Visionary!"
I would imagine the rest of the Freedom Five giving catchphrases to Absolute Zero. I see Absolute Zero giving a member of the annead a cryo blast and Tachyon saying. "You sure stoped him COLD, Zero!"
And Absolue Zero would sigh softly to himself, wanting this thing to be over, and be back in his cell...
Would the Freedom Five have a group catchphrase as well? Along the lines of "Avengers Assemble"? I know that Legacy's deck has a group shot of them (the one where everyone gets to draw a card?), but the flavor text didn't exactly sell me on that being a catchy enough catchphrase.
Unity especially. Probably Tachyon, too. The others don't really seem to be the type.
Nightmist: "Time to say goodnight."
AZ: "Why don't you just...chill" while freezing a foe solid. I swear, just look through all the Mr. Freeze puns, and all of them work :))
And of course, my favorite:
Haka: "HAKA SMA-I mean, CRUSH."
Haka is actually quite well spoken, and when he does get really into the battle, he tends to fall into chanting hakas rather than speaking like a giant monosyllabolic toddler.
Perhaps he's indulging in a little self-effacing irony?
And I now realize that it's taken me nearly a year of playing to realize Haka wasn't just a random name but a call to battle/war dance.
Can't believe it took me that long to look up, so did Haka pick up his eloquence over many lifetimes of living?
Oh, I'm just combatting misconceptions about Haka. No offense intended. His voice is one of my favorites to write in.
He did his own facial tattoos with a sharp stick and snake venom. He would be my favorite character to write as well. Totally my favorite when it comes to flavor text
I get that, he's one of your babies, but you know people are only going with what thy're given. Printing "The Savage" on Haka's character card is sort of asking for people to misinterpret him. But I imagine like you've said for Fanatic, The Savage Haka is what other people would call him, not what he would call himself.
Yeah "The Savage" as a tagline for him is a bit tongue-in-cheek. Certainly, people would tell the towering, mostly shirtless warrior a savage, but he's the only one who could give Legacy a stern look and make Mr. Parsons feel bad for coming down hard on a teammate who dropped the ball.
I don't mind people misunderstanding. I just like to fill in the details where I can.
eternal haka goes along way toward that
One of my favorite things is that you take the time to fill in those details. Now if only I could try and bait you into giving more details away about the others, but I imagine you only give away as much as you want, no matter how much egging on there is.
Oh, I'm always up for some egging on. *huge grin*
Just so you know, Haka actually IS my favorite character :)) And Eternal Haka just shows that he's intelligent and well spoken and all that jazz; just look at Ta Moko's flavor text. Given all that, however, I still do love imagining him shouting "HAKA CRUSH" when he, er, uses Crush. Especially after powering up with a 25+ damage Haka of Battle.
Also, Christopher, thank you for that tidbit about Haka being able to tell Legacy off. Now I love him even more <3 err, a question! Is Haka actually immortal, or just long lived, or what? EGGING!
I love that Haka has that combination of 'savagery' and 'wisdom'. If anything i'd imagine he would actively cultivate a savage appearance.
Anyone who has seen the haka performed in real life, such as before the New Zealand All Blacks play, would tell you it's meant to look savage. It's a war dance and is intended to intimidate the opposition, they roll their eyes and grunt and scream.
I'd imagine Haka would be just fine with his enemies believing him to be a wild savage. Let them underestimate him and more fool them for it, no?
Just my thoughts on it. He seems like a nicely rounded out character.
Yeah, his Hakas are about him being a champion of a culture and people who have rejected him. They're also about focus. Sure, they look wild and savage, but they're carefully practiced and deliberate movements and phrases.
As for his age, not even Haka knows. He has lived for a long time and will continue to live for a long time. He takes nothing for granted, knowing that some day, his time will come. And he will face it with the grace and humility that he strives to practice every day.
Thats pretty cool, other than Haka and Fanatic, do you find people misinterpret your other characters? I've wondered if Visionary is always so morose and stoic or if there is ever a time when she can be at ease. I realize she has that anuerism, preventing a future with Iron Legacy, saving her young self, and her dark side to contend with, but I just hate to her going through all of this for nothing.
I personally like to think of Haka as a soft spoken and pleasant fellow to be around most of the time. He teaches children, and has lifetimes of experience with them. You gotta be careful raising your voice around the kiddos if you're as imposing as Haka.
And I totally get the focusing on his chants. If Ambuscade busts into Haka's classroom filled with children, he can't afford to lose control and hurt them. Haka's a teacher, and he has to do his best to provide an example for his students. He's a bruiser and can tear things limb from limb, but his chants focus his power rather than unleash it. I get the feeling that he wouldn't ever Rampage unless his teammates fully understood and accepted that cutting lose is the best option (which is often what happens at the table, as well).
The biggest reason why I think Haka wouldn't go completely wild is his Eternal Haka ACC. Haka doesn't fight for himself. He doesn't look at enemies and think of how he'll be able to smash and bash them. He thinks about what he needs to do to protect innocent people from getting hurt. Note that when there isn't anyone left to protect, he stays inside and reads T.S. Eliot. He'll scare off any cryptids that come his way, but he just wants to be left alone with his books. I think that illustrates how gentle Haka's soul really is. He fights to protect rather than to hurt.
For some reason I picture him being awesome at karaoke.
So we're agreed. Haka's catchphrase is "Let us go then, you and I..." (TS Eliot)
Edit: is it bad that I'm cracking myself up at the thought of Haka reciting The Lovesong of J Alfred Prufrock while he kicks someone's ass?
-"Shall I part my hair behind?" (BAM)
"Do I dare to eat a peach?" (SMASH)
"I will wear white flannel trousers and walk along the beach" (CRUNCH)-
Wow I've managed to be a literature nerd, a comic nerd and a gamer all at once there.
What about the villains? Any humorous suggestions?
what would be his showstopper? My money's on 'it's not unusual' by Tom Jones
Haha, could you imagine him singing karaoke to music provided by the Adept whilst smashing his way through the enemy ranks :D.
This should totally be a one-shot. Argent was a bartender and probably not all familiar with either the literary or musical classics. He spends time with Haka who educates him in these matters which allows him to access a previously unknown source of power. The Argent learns something about himself and Haka and the two become better friends.
Now find a way to toss in Tempest, Fanatic, and the other guy and then follow it up with an attack by Akash'Bhuta and then we've got why the Prime Wardens joined forces.
So... I just wiki'd all the info Christopher decided to drop in this thread. << >> Yay wiki!
Very funny!
I can imagine during a fight against the Matriarch, Argent Adept turns to Haka at one point and says "If she asks me to play Free Bird ONE more time..."
As a side note, I had always viewed Haka more akin to the Hulk than anything. But after reading this thread, I think he is more Hank McCoy than Bruce Banner
I've always thought of Haka as a mix between the two. Sure, he enjoys the finer things in life, but he always enjoys a good smashing. I mean, look at the text of "Rocket Punch." I guess he enjoys the simpler things from time to time.
As for Argent Adept, I really would love to have him get some . Perhaps an Issiac-like buisness guns when he perfroms a piece that allows an ally to do something useful? He is a bartender, after all…
Funny! Free bird… I'm still laughing.
Also, same here! I always thought of Haka as the Hulk character (Hence, Haka Smash!), but after reading your post, NOW I can see the Hank McCoy connection. It's a lovely connection too, whatwith Hank being the Beast, a similarly, er, misleading name regarding his savagery.
Also Bunker, and possibly even Wraith. The F5 are not short on snark!
For Ra, my nostalgia for Mumm ies Al ive compells me to suggest "By the power of Ra!"
When I play Fanat ic, one of my ma in goals is to get out Zealous Offens ive early, and use it every turn, so I tend to see its flavor text, "Repent!" as a catchphrase of sorts.
Iron ic
Let's not forget that all Tachyon one-liners MUST be spoken in the voice of a female Neil Patrick Harris.
And after the "birthday party scenario" that was cooked up a while ago, I've been visualizing Haka as a raging berserker character during battle, but constantly smiling. And when he's not fighting, he's standing up straight and smiling. He just seems really happy all the time.
We had a game tonight with Omnitron X and we were playing in Insula Prim - and the Pteradactyl Thiefs appeared. We RPG Launchered it (Or Tachys card that does away with an environment? I dont recall one of us delt with it) but all i can think of is a Fully Loaded for Bear OX (and he had 2 electro units, his armor, 2 rocket punches, and two coil blasters, reactive sub routines, and the throw your armor on going all out) walking through IP, suddenly swarmed by a cloud of Pteradactyls, left with only a few subroutines ...
and just blinking his one eye and saying
"I feel Violated"