Post by Susano on Jun 11, 2014 14:20:47 GMT
Coming this August from BlackWyrm Games, Michael Surbrook's Larger Than Life is a guide to the world of American tall-tales. It presents more than 20 different well-known (and not so well-known) archetypes from American folklore, ranging from Blackbeard the Pirate to Nikola Tesla the Inventor. Along the way you’ll also encounter soldiers, sailors, and scouts, as well as backwoodsmen, lumberjacks, mountain men, outlaws, lawmen, emperors, and Indian chiefs.
Each archetype presented in Larger Than Life is fully written up for 6th Edition HERO System. In addition, along with the primary archetype, there are biographies and descriptions of numerous secondary examples of the archetype, as well as a template designed to allow you to build your own version of the archetype. In all, there are 22 archetypes with character sheets, 2 sidekicks with character sheets, nearly 150 secondary character descriptions, templates, a timeline, and an extensive list of inspirational media. All of which is suitable for your Champions, Dark Champions, Fantasy, Pulp, and Star Hero campaigns.
Here's the table of contents:
COLONIAL ERA
Pirate: Blackbeard
Anne Bonny
Bartholomew Roberts
Charles Vane
François l'Olonnais
Henry “Long Ben” Avery
Sir Henry Morgan
John “Calico Jack” Rackham
Mary Read
Major Stede Bonnet
Captain William Kidd
Continental Solider: Peter Francisco
Ethan Allen
Francis Marion
Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus von Steuben
Henry Knox
Molly Pitcher
Samuel Whittemore
Riverman: Mike Fink
Annie Christmas
Cherry Tree McCreery
Sal Fink
Steamboat Bill
Man of Nature: Johnny Appleseed
Allen Dowling Nease
Ansel Easton Adams
John Muir
Backwoodsman: Davy Crockett
Daniel Boone
Jim Bowie
Robert Rogers
Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett
TALL TALES ERA
Blue-Water Sailor: Alfred Bulltop Stormalong
Barnabas “Tall Barney” Beal
Bowleg Bill
Ichabod Paddock
John Paul Jones
Ocean-Born Mary
Windwagon Smith
USS Constitution
USS Monitor
USS Enterprise
SS Edmund Fitzgerald
DSV Alvin
Occupational Hero:
Febold Feboldson
John Henry
Joe Magarac
Gib Morgan
Henry “Ole Pete” Peterson
John Luther “Casey” Jones
Kemp Morgan
Mose “the Bowery B’hoy” Humphrey
Old John
Sam Patch
Slappy Hooper
Lumberjack: Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox
Cal S. Bunyan
Cherry Tree Joe
Cordwood Pete
Febold Feboldson
Johnny Kaw
Pecos Bill
Tony Beaver
Venture Smith
Paul’s Logging Gang
WILD WEST ERA
Cowboy: Pecos Bill and Widow-Maker
Aylett C. “Strap” Buckner
Bowleg Bill
Charles Goodnight
Isom Dart
Nat Love
Thomas Everett Blasingame
William “Will” Penn Adair Rogers
Mountain Man: John “Liver-Eatin’” Johnson
Christopher Houston “Kit” Carson
James Felix “Jim” Bridger
James Pierson Beckwourth
Jedediah Strong Smith
John Colter
Outlaw: Jesse Woodson James
The Dalton Gang
The James-Younger Gang
The Wild Bunch
Charles Earl Bowles
Harry Alonzo Longabaugh
Myra Maybelle Shirley Reed Starr
Robert LeRoy Parker
Calvary Officer: George Armstrong Custer
James Ewell Brown Stuart
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Robert Edward Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Indian Chief: Sitting Bull
Black Elk
Crazy Horse
Chief Joseph
Geronimo
Pochontas
Sacajawea
Sequoyah
Tecumseh
Lawman: James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok
Patrick Floyd Garrett
Phantly Roy Bean, Jr.
William Barclay “Bat” Masterson
Wyatt Earp
Scout: Martha Jane “Calamity Jane” Canary
Ashishishe (a.k.a. “Curly”)
Christopher Houston “Kit” Carson
John Wallace “Captain Jack” Crawford
James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok
John Baker “Texas Jack” Omohundro
William Averill “Medicine Bill” Comstock
William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody
Shootist: Billy the Kid
Annie Oakley
Ben Thompson
John Henry “Doc” Holliday
John Wesley Hardin
Robert Andrew Clay Allison
POST-WAR ERA
National Icon: Uncle Sam
Brother Jonathan
Columbia
Lady Liberty
Yankee Doodle
Eccentric: Joshua Abraham Norton
George Francis Train
Henrietta Howland “Hetty” Green
José Julio Sarria
Leatherman
Nikola Tesla
Sarah Lockwood Winchester
Trickster: Stackalee
Anansi
The Arkansas Traveler
Br’er Rabbit
Coyote
Iktomoe
John the Conquerer
Konsti Koponen
Railroad Bill
Raven
The Yankee Peddler
Inventor: Nikola Tesla
Benjamin Franklin
Charles Goodyear
Eli Whitney
George Washington Carver
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Thomas Alva Edison
Walter Hunt
Each archetype presented in Larger Than Life is fully written up for 6th Edition HERO System. In addition, along with the primary archetype, there are biographies and descriptions of numerous secondary examples of the archetype, as well as a template designed to allow you to build your own version of the archetype. In all, there are 22 archetypes with character sheets, 2 sidekicks with character sheets, nearly 150 secondary character descriptions, templates, a timeline, and an extensive list of inspirational media. All of which is suitable for your Champions, Dark Champions, Fantasy, Pulp, and Star Hero campaigns.
Here's the table of contents:
COLONIAL ERA
Pirate: Blackbeard
Anne Bonny
Bartholomew Roberts
Charles Vane
François l'Olonnais
Henry “Long Ben” Avery
Sir Henry Morgan
John “Calico Jack” Rackham
Mary Read
Major Stede Bonnet
Captain William Kidd
Continental Solider: Peter Francisco
Ethan Allen
Francis Marion
Friedrich Wilhelm Augustus von Steuben
Henry Knox
Molly Pitcher
Samuel Whittemore
Riverman: Mike Fink
Annie Christmas
Cherry Tree McCreery
Sal Fink
Steamboat Bill
Man of Nature: Johnny Appleseed
Allen Dowling Nease
Ansel Easton Adams
John Muir
Backwoodsman: Davy Crockett
Daniel Boone
Jim Bowie
Robert Rogers
Sally Ann Thunder Ann Whirlwind Crockett
TALL TALES ERA
Blue-Water Sailor: Alfred Bulltop Stormalong
Barnabas “Tall Barney” Beal
Bowleg Bill
Ichabod Paddock
John Paul Jones
Ocean-Born Mary
Windwagon Smith
USS Constitution
USS Monitor
USS Enterprise
SS Edmund Fitzgerald
DSV Alvin
Occupational Hero:
Febold Feboldson
John Henry
Joe Magarac
Gib Morgan
Henry “Ole Pete” Peterson
John Luther “Casey” Jones
Kemp Morgan
Mose “the Bowery B’hoy” Humphrey
Old John
Sam Patch
Slappy Hooper
Lumberjack: Paul Bunyan and Babe the Blue Ox
Cal S. Bunyan
Cherry Tree Joe
Cordwood Pete
Febold Feboldson
Johnny Kaw
Pecos Bill
Tony Beaver
Venture Smith
Paul’s Logging Gang
WILD WEST ERA
Cowboy: Pecos Bill and Widow-Maker
Aylett C. “Strap” Buckner
Bowleg Bill
Charles Goodnight
Isom Dart
Nat Love
Thomas Everett Blasingame
William “Will” Penn Adair Rogers
Mountain Man: John “Liver-Eatin’” Johnson
Christopher Houston “Kit” Carson
James Felix “Jim” Bridger
James Pierson Beckwourth
Jedediah Strong Smith
John Colter
Outlaw: Jesse Woodson James
The Dalton Gang
The James-Younger Gang
The Wild Bunch
Charles Earl Bowles
Harry Alonzo Longabaugh
Myra Maybelle Shirley Reed Starr
Robert LeRoy Parker
Calvary Officer: George Armstrong Custer
James Ewell Brown Stuart
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain
Nathan Bedford Forrest
Thomas Jonathan Jackson
Robert Edward Lee
Ulysses S. Grant
Indian Chief: Sitting Bull
Black Elk
Crazy Horse
Chief Joseph
Geronimo
Pochontas
Sacajawea
Sequoyah
Tecumseh
Lawman: James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok
Patrick Floyd Garrett
Phantly Roy Bean, Jr.
William Barclay “Bat” Masterson
Wyatt Earp
Scout: Martha Jane “Calamity Jane” Canary
Ashishishe (a.k.a. “Curly”)
Christopher Houston “Kit” Carson
John Wallace “Captain Jack” Crawford
James Butler “Wild Bill” Hickok
John Baker “Texas Jack” Omohundro
William Averill “Medicine Bill” Comstock
William Frederick “Buffalo Bill” Cody
Shootist: Billy the Kid
Annie Oakley
Ben Thompson
John Henry “Doc” Holliday
John Wesley Hardin
Robert Andrew Clay Allison
POST-WAR ERA
National Icon: Uncle Sam
Brother Jonathan
Columbia
Lady Liberty
Yankee Doodle
Eccentric: Joshua Abraham Norton
George Francis Train
Henrietta Howland “Hetty” Green
José Julio Sarria
Leatherman
Nikola Tesla
Sarah Lockwood Winchester
Trickster: Stackalee
Anansi
The Arkansas Traveler
Br’er Rabbit
Coyote
Iktomoe
John the Conquerer
Konsti Koponen
Railroad Bill
Raven
The Yankee Peddler
Inventor: Nikola Tesla
Benjamin Franklin
Charles Goodyear
Eli Whitney
George Washington Carver
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Thomas Alva Edison
Walter Hunt
I actually though this would be a good idea for a MMOG: the entire world, as it exists now, but each area only for its legends and tall tales. Go to Michigan and meet Paul Bunyan, go to France and adventure with Roland, etc.