<![CDATA[Drunkard's Walk Forums - General DW Chatter]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/ Mon, 13 Apr 2026 11:14:07 +0000 MyBB <![CDATA[I was going to play a character inspired by Looney Toons in a game...]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14821 Fri, 03 Jan 2025 12:45:16 -0500 David Lewis]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14821
For any characters I plan on playing long-term, I tend to commission some art from Fiverr or similar for reference. Admittedly it can be VERY hard to find good art for reasonable (I.e affordable on my meagre salary) prices, but eventually found two I was happy with. 

I gave a  description (admittedly pretty vague in retrospect) description of Doug’s powers and basic equipment (grey leathers, big helmet with ear caps and visor, song magic and martial ability) and made a couple of additions for my own twist (more modern bat-clan style suit, a music note as a emblem and a visor inspired by the helmet from the Dead Space games.) 

Whilst the game, like so many others, ended up falling through before it began, I got two versions of the character drawn up. Here are the results for posterity. 


1. [Image: n9D9LwC.jpeg]
By Vinicius Lima

and 

2. [Image: GZn1swB.jpeg]

by Fitra A Harahap


Hopefully it’s not an offensive result. Something to consider as a Ultimates-style alternate universe maybe. 
As a addendum, I got mostly through starting my character for M&M3e, with the Song power being mechanically represented by the Shapeshifting powerset (with the subheading being Other Powers Based On Songs)
This is as far as I got, but I would love some advice or alternate build suggestions if anyone knows what they’re doing.

PL 8 (142)
STRENGTH 1 STAMINA 2 AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 8 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 2 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 2


Skills:
Athletics 4 (+5)
Expertise (Pop Culture) 4 (+6)
Expertise (Engineering) 4 (+6)
Insight 2 (+4)
Intimidation 2 (+4)
Stealth 2 (+5)
Technology 2 (+4)


Advantages:
Ranged Attack 6, Set-Up, Teamwork


Powers:
"Song Powers" (Flaws: Device dependent, unreliable) [68]
Shapeshift 12 (Powers of Any Hero) (Extras: Temproary) (Flaws: Unreliable Powers, Random Identity Songs) (84 points)


Offense:
Unarmed +8 (+1 Damage, DC 16)
Initiative +3


Defenses:
Dodge +8 (DC 18), Parry +8 (DC 18), Toughness +2, Fortitude +5, Will +6


Complications:
Power Loss (Song Powers)- Hero will revert to unpowered form after expending a "pre-set" amount of energy. Larger uses of Extra Effort or other things will lower his powers further. Powers only last as long as the song playing.
Total: Abilities: 44 / Skills: 20--10 / Advantages: 8 / Powers: 68 / Defenses: 12 (142)]]>
For any characters I plan on playing long-term, I tend to commission some art from Fiverr or similar for reference. Admittedly it can be VERY hard to find good art for reasonable (I.e affordable on my meagre salary) prices, but eventually found two I was happy with. 

I gave a  description (admittedly pretty vague in retrospect) description of Doug’s powers and basic equipment (grey leathers, big helmet with ear caps and visor, song magic and martial ability) and made a couple of additions for my own twist (more modern bat-clan style suit, a music note as a emblem and a visor inspired by the helmet from the Dead Space games.) 

Whilst the game, like so many others, ended up falling through before it began, I got two versions of the character drawn up. Here are the results for posterity. 


1. [Image: n9D9LwC.jpeg]
By Vinicius Lima

and 

2. [Image: GZn1swB.jpeg]

by Fitra A Harahap


Hopefully it’s not an offensive result. Something to consider as a Ultimates-style alternate universe maybe. 
As a addendum, I got mostly through starting my character for M&M3e, with the Song power being mechanically represented by the Shapeshifting powerset (with the subheading being Other Powers Based On Songs)
This is as far as I got, but I would love some advice or alternate build suggestions if anyone knows what they’re doing.

PL 8 (142)
STRENGTH 1 STAMINA 2 AGILITY 3
FIGHTING 8 DEXTERITY 2
INTELLIGENCE 2 AWARENESS 2 PRESENCE 2


Skills:
Athletics 4 (+5)
Expertise (Pop Culture) 4 (+6)
Expertise (Engineering) 4 (+6)
Insight 2 (+4)
Intimidation 2 (+4)
Stealth 2 (+5)
Technology 2 (+4)


Advantages:
Ranged Attack 6, Set-Up, Teamwork


Powers:
"Song Powers" (Flaws: Device dependent, unreliable) [68]
Shapeshift 12 (Powers of Any Hero) (Extras: Temproary) (Flaws: Unreliable Powers, Random Identity Songs) (84 points)


Offense:
Unarmed +8 (+1 Damage, DC 16)
Initiative +3


Defenses:
Dodge +8 (DC 18), Parry +8 (DC 18), Toughness +2, Fortitude +5, Will +6


Complications:
Power Loss (Song Powers)- Hero will revert to unpowered form after expending a "pre-set" amount of energy. Larger uses of Extra Effort or other things will lower his powers further. Powers only last as long as the song playing.
Total: Abilities: 44 / Skills: 20--10 / Advantages: 8 / Powers: 68 / Defenses: 12 (142)]]> <![CDATA[This isn't quite Doug's bike...]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14769 Wed, 14 Aug 2024 17:37:27 -0500 Bob Schroeck]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14769 but it's a lot closer than anything else I've seen over the years.]]> but it's a lot closer than anything else I've seen over the years.]]> <![CDATA[For Bob - So I hope this is okay, but I feel obliged to ask for politeness sake….]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14726 Fri, 26 Apr 2024 05:45:07 -0500 David Lewis]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14726 Me and my friends are going to run a brief mini superhero TTRPG campaign (whilst I set out the latter half of our regular DnD5e campaign), and I’d like to play a character with Doug’s powerset (and maybe big parts of his backstory). 

It won’t be online or broadcast or anything, just a private game, and in the very unlikely event someone were to ask questions I would obviously credit Bob - but we usually hire some artists on Fiverr to do our character designs for reference. 

Can I please have permission to use the character concept? I’ll post any art I get. Don’t be afraid to say no if the idea bothers you for any reason, I would never take offence at you exercising creative control over your own stories. 

(We’ll probably be using either Masks: A New Generation, or Icons TTRPG. Or maybe City Of 


Also sorry for the weird formatting, my new phone is. Is not working wellMists, we’ll see.)]]> Me and my friends are going to run a brief mini superhero TTRPG campaign (whilst I set out the latter half of our regular DnD5e campaign), and I’d like to play a character with Doug’s powerset (and maybe big parts of his backstory). 

It won’t be online or broadcast or anything, just a private game, and in the very unlikely event someone were to ask questions I would obviously credit Bob - but we usually hire some artists on Fiverr to do our character designs for reference. 

Can I please have permission to use the character concept? I’ll post any art I get. Don’t be afraid to say no if the idea bothers you for any reason, I would never take offence at you exercising creative control over your own stories. 

(We’ll probably be using either Masks: A New Generation, or Icons TTRPG. Or maybe City Of 


Also sorry for the weird formatting, my new phone is. Is not working wellMists, we’ll see.)]]> <![CDATA[Synonyms]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14669 Fri, 29 Dec 2023 18:43:54 -0500 robkelk]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14669 10 Uncommon Words for 'Drunkard'

Imagine if Doug sees a book titled "Tosspot's Travels" or "Shicker's Saunter" and ignores it, not realizing that it's about his journey...]]> 10 Uncommon Words for 'Drunkard'

Imagine if Doug sees a book titled "Tosspot's Travels" or "Shicker's Saunter" and ignores it, not realizing that it's about his journey...]]> <![CDATA[So I fed a description of Doug into a crappy free online AI image generatior….]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14591 Thu, 29 Jun 2023 01:09:44 -0500 David Lewis]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14591
https://imgur.com/gallery/f05ed02]]>
https://imgur.com/gallery/f05ed02]]> <![CDATA[Question about Doug's powers]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14540 Mon, 13 Feb 2023 19:49:15 -0500 robkelk]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14540 Quoting from the FAQ:

Quote:Q: What, exactly, does Doug need to get a power from a musical work? (music + lyrics, music + some words, words + a beat, etc.)
A: He needs, at the very minimum, a single instrument playing a recognizable melody, and a single voice singing to that melody in a language he understands. Oddly enough, different/more complex orchestrations do not reliably map to stronger powers — just different expressions of the same core concept behind the powers he already receives.

What if only some of the lyrics are in a language he understands?

For example, let's look at Dean Martin's cover of "Volare". (Lyrics here) What happens when Doug plays it?
  • Because some of the lyrics are in Italian, nothing happens.
  • Because some of the lyrics are in English, he and somebody who loves him (so, Maggie or Makoto) can fly together.
  • Because some of the lyrics are in Italian and some of the lyrics are in English, he gets a weakened power - possibly he gets an ornamental pair of wings.
  • Something else.
]]> Quoting from the FAQ:

Quote:Q: What, exactly, does Doug need to get a power from a musical work? (music + lyrics, music + some words, words + a beat, etc.)
A: He needs, at the very minimum, a single instrument playing a recognizable melody, and a single voice singing to that melody in a language he understands. Oddly enough, different/more complex orchestrations do not reliably map to stronger powers — just different expressions of the same core concept behind the powers he already receives.

What if only some of the lyrics are in a language he understands?

For example, let's look at Dean Martin's cover of "Volare". (Lyrics here) What happens when Doug plays it?
  • Because some of the lyrics are in Italian, nothing happens.
  • Because some of the lyrics are in English, he and somebody who loves him (so, Maggie or Makoto) can fly together.
  • Because some of the lyrics are in Italian and some of the lyrics are in English, he gets a weakened power - possibly he gets an ornamental pair of wings.
  • Something else.
]]> <![CDATA[Somebody fed me a straight line...]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14361 Tue, 17 May 2022 19:51:55 -0500 zojojojo]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14361 [WP] You are a superhero whose powers are based on the music you are listening to. Rock can make you stronger, classical makes you smarter, etc. One day, you're fighting your toughest villain yet, and you are forced to use your "forbidden" playlist." (link:
https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/...e_based_on)

I could not resist leaving a pointer to the Drunkard's Walk page ?]]> [WP] You are a superhero whose powers are based on the music you are listening to. Rock can make you stronger, classical makes you smarter, etc. One day, you're fighting your toughest villain yet, and you are forced to use your "forbidden" playlist." (link:
https://www.reddit.com/r/WritingPrompts/...e_based_on)

I could not resist leaving a pointer to the Drunkard's Walk page ?]]> <![CDATA["Sister Princess" and "Sister Princess: RePure"]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14349 Fri, 29 Apr 2022 21:34:41 -0500 robkelk]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14349 Sister Princess: RePure is not a sequel to Sister Princess... but the characters have the same personalities and names (save for Wataru, who doesn't have a name in RePure, and Mami, who only appears in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo and is also unnamed). RePure is a reimagining where the girls and their big brother have known each other for years and the town they live in is old enough to have started suffering from urban decay in some places. And the siblings don't live together.

So... Bob, use things from RePure in DW XI at your own risk.]]> Sister Princess: RePure is not a sequel to Sister Princess... but the characters have the same personalities and names (save for Wataru, who doesn't have a name in RePure, and Mami, who only appears in a blink-and-you'll-miss-it cameo and is also unnamed). RePure is a reimagining where the girls and their big brother have known each other for years and the town they live in is old enough to have started suffering from urban decay in some places. And the siblings don't live together.

So... Bob, use things from RePure in DW XI at your own risk.]]> <![CDATA[Lyrics in sign language]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14340 Mon, 04 Apr 2022 10:50:52 -0500 robkelk]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14340
She's the child of a deaf mother and her first language was Pidgin Signed English.

They fight racism and ableism!

Not a joke: Ian Griffiths and Amy Braun are "HALF/ASIAN with Amy the CODA" (official website and Youtube channel).

Which, for our purposes, raises a question...

Doug only gets powers from music if he understands the lyrics. Do the lyrics need to be sung, or can they be signed? (And does Doug know any sign languages?)]]>
She's the child of a deaf mother and her first language was Pidgin Signed English.

They fight racism and ableism!

Not a joke: Ian Griffiths and Amy Braun are "HALF/ASIAN with Amy the CODA" (official website and Youtube channel).

Which, for our purposes, raises a question...

Doug only gets powers from music if he understands the lyrics. Do the lyrics need to be sung, or can they be signed? (And does Doug know any sign languages?)]]> <![CDATA[Unified Theory of Everything]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14322 Mon, 21 Mar 2022 08:47:47 -0500 robkelk]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14322 this Grrl Power strip is to Warriors' World science, but it certainly evokes the same feel.

That's the setting's Big Bad explaining physics to the good guys, by the way.

[Image: 2022-03-21-GP1033.jpg]]]> this Grrl Power strip is to Warriors' World science, but it certainly evokes the same feel.

That's the setting's Big Bad explaining physics to the good guys, by the way.

[Image: 2022-03-21-GP1033.jpg]]]> <![CDATA[So... what with the FFML now gone...]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14308 Mon, 28 Feb 2022 14:20:44 -0500 Bob Schroeck]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14308 DW-S installment coming out in just a week or so, where besides my own website should I start posting Drunkard's Walk?

Fanfiction.net is right out.  Every time over the last twenty years that I even idly considered opening an account there, they did something stupid and hostile against their own users that turned me right off.  Plus, I suspect their rules against songfic would make DW terribly unwelcome.

I already have an account on Twisting The Hellmouth, with chapter 1 of DW13 and a GGG installment there.  Their rules are reasonable enough that I wouldn't have a problem expanding my presence there.

AO3 is another possibility.  They seem to be run be reasonably sane people, but I haven't explored their rules in depth.

What do all you people think and recommend?]]> DW-S installment coming out in just a week or so, where besides my own website should I start posting Drunkard's Walk?

Fanfiction.net is right out.  Every time over the last twenty years that I even idly considered opening an account there, they did something stupid and hostile against their own users that turned me right off.  Plus, I suspect their rules against songfic would make DW terribly unwelcome.

I already have an account on Twisting The Hellmouth, with chapter 1 of DW13 and a GGG installment there.  Their rules are reasonable enough that I wouldn't have a problem expanding my presence there.

AO3 is another possibility.  They seem to be run be reasonably sane people, but I haven't explored their rules in depth.

What do all you people think and recommend?]]> <![CDATA[Buckaroo Banzai Against The World Crime League]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14275 Wed, 29 Dec 2021 10:30:59 -0500 STMPD]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14275 Is A Novel.

No, seriously. I mean, DW IV is supposed to go into Buckaroo Banzai Land, right? Are we... are we aware of the fact that the original screenwriter just put out a nearly 600-page sequel novel? Is there some other thread which has pointed this out?

I know this guy (EM Rauch) has blocked other screen adaptations of Banzai by, like Kevin Smith, but I don't give a damn. I bought a copy for my dad (it's his favorite movie), a copy for me, I'm 70 pages in, and it's funny as hell, overwritten in the style of an 1890's dime novel (which was, I think, Buckaroo's inspiration, a sort of Doc Savage type) to a point.

You guys have to read this.]]> Is A Novel.

No, seriously. I mean, DW IV is supposed to go into Buckaroo Banzai Land, right? Are we... are we aware of the fact that the original screenwriter just put out a nearly 600-page sequel novel? Is there some other thread which has pointed this out?

I know this guy (EM Rauch) has blocked other screen adaptations of Banzai by, like Kevin Smith, but I don't give a damn. I bought a copy for my dad (it's his favorite movie), a copy for me, I'm 70 pages in, and it's funny as hell, overwritten in the style of an 1890's dime novel (which was, I think, Buckaroo's inspiration, a sort of Doc Savage type) to a point.

You guys have to read this.]]> <![CDATA["Lightning's Hand" plus tapping into a node equals...]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14221 Sat, 02 Oct 2021 09:40:02 -0500 robkelk]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14221 Gigantic Jet Lightning from Puerto Rico

Assuming Doug's ever heard of the phenomenon, of course - it's quite rare.]]> Gigantic Jet Lightning from Puerto Rico

Assuming Doug's ever heard of the phenomenon, of course - it's quite rare.]]> <![CDATA[something I heard on the radio]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14206 Thu, 09 Sep 2021 12:23:14 -0500 Norgarth]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14206


I don't see this being a power song of any sort, but I can almost picture Doug quoting the chorus (or possibly playing a clip) as a villain is lead away in handcuffs.]]>


I don't see this being a power song of any sort, but I can almost picture Doug quoting the chorus (or possibly playing a clip) as a villain is lead away in handcuffs.]]> <![CDATA[A somewhat rueful thought]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14159 Thu, 01 Jul 2021 17:14:52 -0500 M Fnord]]> http://www.accessdenied-rms.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=14159
Whenever the next DW chapter drops - whichever chapter it is - this will be the first time I won't read it first in my email when the post hit the FFML.

I'm not sure how to take that, honestly.]]>
Whenever the next DW chapter drops - whichever chapter it is - this will be the first time I won't read it first in my email when the post hit the FFML.

I'm not sure how to take that, honestly.]]>