NUELOW Heroes and Villains: Professor Eatery

Here's another character created by Carter-Ethan Rankin and released into the public domain. The character and the art below is public domain, but the text is released under the Open Game License, and maybe reproduced according to the terms described in it. Copyright 2013 Steve Miller.

Professor Eatery (aka Del. I. Catessan)

PROFESSOR EATERY (Male)

(aka Delbert Ignacius Catessan)

Brawn 28, Body 13, Brains 6

   Traits: Coldhearted, Super Power (Super Strength), Unstoppable

   Combat Maneuvers: Basic Attack, Disembowel, Dodge, Knock-Out, Murderous Mitts, Withering Insult

   Important Stuff Worn/Wielded:  Super Outfit (Armor, absorbs up to 2 points of damage). Razor Spatula (Small Melee Weapon, deals 2 points of damage).

Origin Story

The man who became Professor Eatery was once the humble operator of an upscale restaurant that only served dishes prepared from all natural ingredients who also taught cooking classes at the local community center and wrote food reviews for alternative newspapers around the state. 

   He would habitually write negative reviews of the Happy Thai Burger chain, faulting them not only for making awful fast-food fusion cuisine but for their GMO- and preservative-heavy menus. Unfortunately for Delbert, the local mafia Don loved Happy Thai Burger, had invested money in the chain, and decided he needed to taught a lesson.

   Mobsters burned down Del's restaurant and took him to a remove location where they force-fed him Happy Thai menu items until he could keep no ore food down. Then they buried him under half a ton of genetically modified tomatoes.

   What should have killed Del made him stronger. The shock to his system when he was suddenly force fed all those chemical-heavy food items gave him super-strength and endurance. It also drove him mad, so after taking his revenge on the mobsters who destroyed his life, he continued to stalk and kill anyone who runs and eating establishment or hosts a TV cooking show who doesn't live up to his culinary standards. He prepares a final meal for them, and, once they are done eating, kills them.

Superpowers

Professor Eatery has super strength and is resistant to injury.

Allies and Enemies

Professor Eatery is a lone wolf who is wanted for murder all around the world. Since he views himself as a hero it is unlikely that he would ever team up with one of them. It has been rumored that Weight Watchers would like to approach him about an endorsement deal and that at one time, Michelle Obama was trying to convince her husband to pardon him for all past crimes and create a cabinet-level position to oversee proper nutrition among Americans.

Coming soon... "Film Fun Comics Vol. 3: British Agent 99"

One of the projects making its way through production at NUELOW Central is the third installment in the Film Fun Comics series. While Black Cat is featured in every volume of the series, she is the "guest star" in the odd-numbered books, so in Film Fun Comics Vol. 3, she plays a supporting role to star Alan Douglas aka British Agent 99.

The book will feature five comics stories from the WW2 era--the four British Agent 99 stories that appeared in Pocket Comics--including the one co-starring Black Cat--and a Black Cat tale from Speed Comics. All five comics stories are interesting from a historical perspective, because they feature as their backdrop real-world events that were very much current when they were published. Also featured is fiction by Steve Miller that details the first "team-up" of Alan Douglas and Linda "Black Cat" Turner, as well as the first mystery solved by Linda, even before she put on the mask and boots for the first time.

The book is slated for release next Tuesday. I hope you'll check it out. In the meantime, here's what will be on the cover:

A straight-up, traditional ROLF! supplement!

The string of comics with game supplements included may have caused you to suspect we'd forgotten about pure game products... not so! And by way of proof, we offier ROLF!: Revenge of the Nigerian Prince!

This little item contains five pre-generated characters, some traits and combat maneuvers not found in the ROLF!: The Rollplaying Game of Big Dumb Fighthers core rulebook, three linked battle scenarios to use them with -- and, as always, a rediculously low price!

Click here to see previews or do get your own copy. If you only buy one ROLF! product this month you should make it this one. It's Andrew Pavlides's first contribution to the NUELOW Games line-up, and it would make him (and me) happy if it sold really well!.

Write Black Cat stories and use classic art to illustrate them!

Do you want to be writer? Do you want to put your story out there for people to read? Sure you do!

 With NUELOW Games Stock Art Collection #1: The Original Black Cat in Action, you can draw inspiration from art by Lee Elias and you can write stories accordingly. And when you're done, you can post them online, fully illustrated with artwork that you have license to use. Pictures draw people's attention, so they will be more likely to read your story.

If you're just looking for some art to use in hour home projects, such as hand-outs for players at your weekly table-top RPG session, you might find the headshots by Karl M. useful,

Whatever your reason for getting this set, it is almost certain to fill any need you may have for illustrations of a girl wearing a swimsuit and pirate boots while beating up bad guys. (And just to show we're not complete sexist pigs here at NUELOW Games, this collection also includes the cover illo from ROLF!: Bathtime on Bear Creek.)

NUELOW Games Stock Art Collection #1: The Original Black Cat features 28 line drawings (with four presented in both black-and-white and color, for a total of 32 images) that are being made available under a simple, royalty-free license. Once you buy this set, the art is yours to use as you will with a few simple restrictions. To make the set easy to use, the download includes a pdf format booklet that indexes all the images and a zip archive with separate jpg files for each one. (The booklet also contains Black Cat trivia for the true hardcore fans--of which there is probably only one, and his name is Steve Miller.)

Oh... and if you do write some Black Cat fiction, we might want to publish it in a future issue of Film Fun Comics. Remember, the NUELOW Games version of Black Cat isn't limited to the 1940s. With the revised background for her that we presented in Film Fun Comics Vol. 2: The Black Cat vs. HIM! and ROLF!: Bat Meets Cat, Black Cat stories can be set any time from the 1700s through today.

Drop us a line if you have any questions or comments... we love to hear from our audience.

It's time for.... JOHN KERRY COMICS!

It's the secret origin of John Kerry, United States Secretary of State!

Originally published in by Fox Features Syndicate in 1941 and 1942, the comics stories contained in John Kerry vs. The Queen of Evil present irrefutable evidence that John Kerry has been "reporting for duty" a lot longer than his official biography would have you believe. (Well... the evidence is at least as solid as that proving that Barack Obama is a foreign-born agent of sinister powers whose presidency represents the culmination of a a plan hatched decades ago.)

Aside from three classic comics stories, John Kerry vs. The Queen of Evil contains a complete supplement for ROLF!: The Rollplaying Game of Big Dumb Fighters and a foreword by editor and game designer Steve Miller.

Click here to see previews, or to get your own copy the book.

And if you don't want John Kerry vs. The Queen of Evil for yourself, get a copy for that special Birther/Truther/Conspiracy Theorist in your life. He or she will have an entirely new set of crazy notions to create evidence in support of!

NUELOW Heroes and Villains: Hot Shot

This character was inspired by a superhero illo created by Carter-Ethan Rankin and posted to the website Public Domain Superheroes (click on the link to see Rankin's original concept). Everything else in this post is Copyright 2013 Steve Miller.

Hot Shot was made with rules featured in "Mad Scientists Gone Wild," with a minor adjustment in anticipation of changes coming in the ROLF!-powered superhero RPG.

HOT SHOT (Female)
(aka Cecilia Consuela "CC" McQueen, sometimes Darcia Dora "DD" McQueen)
Brawn 20, Body 16, Brains 11
   Traits: Dead-Eye, Irrepressible Optimist, Mad Scientist, Nimble
   Combat Maneuvers: Backflip, Basic Attack, Bitch Slap, Disarm, Dodge, Double Tap, Seduce, Strike Pose, Sure Shot
   Important Stuff Worn/Wielded: Superhero Outfit (Armor, absorbs up to 2 points of damage). Love Gun (Mad Science "death ray gun," deals NO damage, Paralysis extra effect or subjects target to the Dance Move and Seduce combat maneuvers with CC as the attacker, but resistance must be checked against a constant ATT Body 18). Pistol (Ranged Weapon, deals 2 points of damage that ignore armor).
   Note: The wings are just for show and part of Hot Shot's costume to underscore the "angel of love" concept at the root of her super-identity.

Origin Story
CC McQueen owned and operated a gun shop and shooting range at one end of a strip mall in a suburb to Houston, Texas, while her twin sister Darcia ("DD") ran an adult bookstore and sex supply shop at the other end. Both women, genius-level chemists and mechanical engineers, also covertly supplied the heroes in the P.A.N.S. association with special-order weapons and gadgets.
   On a Thursday afternoon, both stores were being picketed by protesters--CC's establishment by an anti-gun group, and DD's by morality crusaders--when the villainous Instigator stirred up both groups into a violent mob that attacked the stores and burned down the entire shopping mall.
   Thanks to the weaponry on her store, CC was able to fend off the attackers with help from customers, but they didn't get to DD's store in time and she was severely injured and left in a coma. Enraged, CC went to her workshop to create weapons and a secret identity that would let her avenge her sister, but as she worked, she realized that revenge is a cycle that keeps spiraling... what the world needs was more love and tolerance. She designed an "angel of love" costume with a special gun to match.... and so equipped, she tracked down and defeated the Instigator during her first outing as Hot Shot.
   After DD recovered from her injuries, she began providing support efforts for CC's superheroic activities. One day, when CC was out of town for a gun-show, DD put on the costume and aided Texas Hellion in a battle against the Editor and homicidal clones of the Dallas Cowboys Cheerleading Squad. DD and Texas Hellion soon fell in love, and they are dating in their civilian identities. This led to an awkward first meeting between CC and Texas Hellion, as CC did not know that DD was "moonlighting" as Hot Shot. But once the confusion was cleared up. CC and Texas Hellion became fast friends, and they now work together so frequently that they are viewed as a superhero team by the public.

Powers
Hot Shot has no superpowers, but is a crack-shot with her firearms and a world-class athlete in peak physical condition.

Enemies and Allies
The Instigator remains Hot Shots primary foe, but any enemy of peaceful co-existence will eventually find themselves in Hot Shot's sights.
   Hot Shot and Texas Hellion have worked together so often that they are almost viewed as a team. Their closeness is enhanced by the fact that DD is Texas Hellion's lover in their civilian identities. Meanwhile, CC has a on-again, off-again relationship with Captain Bananahammock.

Special Note
CC and DD have the same game stats, except DD has the Same Sex Preference in place of the Dead-Eye trait, and Walking Disaster Area in place of the Sure Shot combat maneuver.


NEW COMBAT MANEUVER
Here's an all-new combat maneuver that is possessed by Hot Shot but is available to any ROLF! character you may create.

Double Tap: Make a successful attribute check on 3d6 to gain an extra attack with a Ranged Weapon..
ATT Body

Two (2) new releases from NUELOW Games this week!

We've been so busy working on various releases (ROLF!: Revenge of the Nigerian Prince, various hybrid comic book/game products such as new volumes in the Film Fun Comics series, a horror anthology series, and sundry one-shots like John Kerry vs. the Queen of Evil, and the as-of-yet untitled superhero RPG) that we totally forgot to plug this week's releases on our own blog!

First, we released perhaps our strangest book yet -- yes, even stranger than Shadows of Dreams, our poetry collection with RPG magic item write-ups in the back: Black Cat Shows You How To Do Judo Tricks. It's got rules for martial arts in the ROLF! and OpenD6 game systems, a four page comic book story... and more than a dozen judo lessons from the leading lady of our comics line, Black Cat. It's a quirky little product with fabulous art by Lee Elias, and we think it's a great tool for anyone who wants better visualize what their martial arts bad-ass hero is doing when taking down the zombie hoards armed only with is fists of fury! Click here to check out previews or to get your very own copy!

Second, as hinted at in the post featuring ROLF! stats for Edward Snowden, we released a battle scenario inspired by the events this past week in Egypt titled ROLF!: Super Muslim Bros. It began life as a simple one-sheet of battle scenarios that Steve Miller was going to give away for free, but then L.L. Hundal got ahold of it and expanded it to a full product. Events moved so fast that our product was outdated the day after we released it, but the sentiments expressed in it still stands: NUELOW Games is officially glad to see the two-faced, lying bastards of the Muslim Brotherhood thrown out of power. We extend our support to freedom-loving Egyptians, and we hope that this time their revolution will bear fruit fit for human consumption. Click here to check out ROLF!: Super Muslim Bros. (And get ready for ROLF!: Revenge of the Nigerian Prince!)