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hold on, now i wanna hear the context for this oneAnd it's not just his blood, all body liquids have that effect (yes, even that)
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hold on, now i wanna hear the context for this oneAnd it's not just his blood, all body liquids have that effect (yes, even that)
same, how did he find out-hold on, now i wanna hear the context for this one
Awe, thanks! I don't even see it as a problem, after all, I mostly read Tex for the entertainment; Making it a VS-able verse and scanning stuff is more of a bonus thing.Well, I once again can't do anything else than admiring your dedication on research, documentation and willingness to explain all of this in a blog, and also your will to start again despite all these problems.
I look forward to see the results!
Yeah, I thought about it, but speed equalizing feels... I dunno, way too overdone. Besides, if those characters are only Supersonic, depending on the future speed calculations that we get, a Subsonic+ difference is perfectly acceptable. In fact, for Zagor at least, we do have some very solid speed feats to calc, don't we? I might post 'em on the calculation request thread.About the speed, remember that it can be equalized, so the matches you proposed (or at least some) can still be done.
Btw, when you mentioned Netflix Dracula I thought you meant him, lol.
Ooooh, I didn't know that! That ties in in some material I've read before that had vampires named Ruthven, like Vampire: The Masquerade. Everyday I learn something new.(Also, the grandaddy of all vampires is Lord Ruthven, not Dracula, although the latter is more famous ).
I know, it's a bit off, but sometimes it's the only way to make matches fair.Yeah, I thought about it, but speed equalizing feels... I dunno, way too overdone. Besides, if those characters are only Supersonic, depending on the future speed calculations that we get, a Subsonic+ difference is perfectly acceptable. In fact, for Zagor at least, we do have some very solid speed feats to calc, don't we? I might post 'em on the calculation request thread..
I learned it on Dampyr, actually, there are many in depth contents about history, literature and more within the inserts they put before the stories (such as those pages where they explain how the characters behave during the pandemic).Ooooh, I didn't know that! That ties in in some material I've read before that had vampires named Ruthven, like Vampire: The Masquerade. Everyday I learn something new.
insert egg in french spoken by google translatesupersonic characters are like, five times faster than subsonic+
It sure is, which makes me more prone to do the speed equalization. Still, it makes for a more interesting match when there are ways to circumvent it, or when we account speed in the match. I wish there was some way to allow a certain speed advantage but without being outright unfair, but eh, it wouldn't be practical.I know, it's a bit off, but sometimes it's the only way to make matches fair.
We'll see about calcs, because from the little I know even an apparently small difference in numbers is actually a large one in a fight, but someone more expert than me (Armor) might confirm of confute.
That is fascinating. I love Bonelli's attention to detail. Even on the earliest Tex stories, as I am reading, there are so many small tidbits that are very accurate. Some things more overt than the others, but all in all, most Bonelli works are very precise. Some of his work even had surprisingly insightful looks into the future, Zagor comics that dealt with futuristic stuff had, many times, guessed some inventions that, even if the look wasn't the same, the function and development was quite similar.I learned it on Dampyr, actually, there are many in depth contents about history, literature and more within the inserts they put before the stories (such as those pages where they explain how the characters behave during the pandemic).
Other than that, several stories focus on the life of authors (novelists, poets..), historical people and events, often turning them in the actual protagonists of entire issues (even multiple ones), while Harlan and the others learn about them from characters or books, or even meet them for a reason or another. This also makes sense in-verse, as these characters have interacted with vampires, demons or other creatures and entities, giving the protagonists a reason to make researches about them and for the authors to tell other stories, while mixing them with fictional elements, but never going too far nor against how history actually went.
To make some examples, this one is on Gerard de Nerval, this on the Children's Crusade, these three (1, 2, 3) on John Polidori, Lord Byron, Mary Shelley etc. this on Robert Howard and I could go on for awhile with stories on Lovecraft, Edgar Allan Poe, P.T. Barnum, Bram Stoker, Bugsy Siegel, Aleister Crowley (who's also a recurring character), Che Guevara, Luois le Prince, George Melies, Fernando Pessoa and a variety of other people, events, situations, folklore, tales, myths and so on. A big part of the lore is a whole saga about the Matter of Britain and all the characters of those ancient tales, with everything revolving around the earliest versions known to man, written in the 5th century, to stay as faithful to the origins as possible.
Yes, very much so! So many things that nowadays we consider common, at the time they'd be completely marveled. I was going to say what a simple pistol would be, but even simpler than that, even something as mundane as morphine injections or duct tape would be fascinating.It reminds me of Red Dead Redemption 1, in a part of the game where you use the prototype of a mounted machine gun, and everyone was amazed by it and you felt like god. It makes you think of how deadly and impressive was something that today is "common".
That name is familiar, but I don't recall any specific books, but yes, that is very true, including the lack of fuel. See, it was even discussed in a community I was, about the effectiveness of a modern-day army in medieval times. Surprisingly, less than expected, as initially they'd be a very powerful force on the right terrain, unbeatable in any conventional confrontation, but they'd eventually run out of supplies, bullets and stuff, and they wouldn't be ready for the kind of combat that would be needed to previal by then. Even if they took bullets and weaponry to the best engineers and stuff, and they managed to reverse engineer the equipment and understand it, there simply wouldn't be the industry and mechanisms to reliably produce the needed bullets and stuff.Another example that comes into my mind is in one of the books of Emilio Salgari (you might have heard of him, I know that his novels where somewhat known in latin america), where, in short, one of his protagonists (an heroic malaysian pirate that lives in the mid-1800) manages to steal one of the first battlecruisers of history, that makes him almost unwinnable, as neither other pirates nor the forces of other nations, including England, have nothing comparable to it (its undoing will bu the absurd consume of fuel, which will make the ship unsustainable in the long period).
Sort of, but he didn't shoot up, he shot at the sniper, just significantly higher than his position, and calculated the precise bullet drop, wind speed, air friction and all just so the bullet hit him squarely in the head.Anyway, let me get what Tex did, he shot towards the sky and calculated the precise fall of the bullet on the sniper? Even if that's different, it's an amazing skill feat that shall be noted in Tex's profile.
Oh yeah, he is (mostly) right when he does that. I'm just being inspired by Superdickery and Mario Is a Psychopath, so I'll paint Tex as a horrible monster.Did he commit said crimes during his period as an outlaw or even as a ranger? If the latter, I guess he had his reasons (?).
For the championship, Dampyr's Archvampires are almost all very good candidates, as they usually are warlords and crime lords, usually maneuvering criminal organizations or dictaturships from behind the scenes, and have done this all throughout the entire huma history, impersonating gods, generals, kings or just people of influence and murderers at the expenses of the innocents, who used to become food or vampire slaves. There really isn't a single crime one of them didn't put their fingers into, I could go on all day listing their professions.
Yeah, he does have at least the baseline, but I thought the door-busting ones were better than they actually were. Oh well, I gotta reword the profile a bit.All of them are alst tackles, meaning that Zagor can't put that much force in everything he does, but the rest of the feats listed in his AP section should grant at least baseline Wall level, I guess.
I see! There's also the fact that those are mostly plank doors, which should be less durable than the solid-core ones of nowadays.None of them do, no, although the last one comes close, the door shattering calc is meant to be used when someone completely obliterates a door and smashes it into many pieces. He's fine for the tournament.
Yeah, he does have at least the baseline, but I thought the door-busting ones were better than they actually were. Oh well, I gotta reword the profile a bit.
Isn't he Moon level anyway?
There's one feat in particular that I consider to be Instinctive Reactions wihtout doubt, that is Tex, while uncoscious/barely conscious, still managing to swim and orient himself towards solid ground out of sheer survival instinct.Instinctive Reaction should be legit, even just as "minor" or "limited". The other could be info analysis, also minor or limited, and it indeed is an intelligence feat.
Once I finish uploading and translating them, there shall be one!All the rest are impressive feats indeed, a list of them would look quite good.