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Old 10-10-2011, 12:01 PM   #8
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Default Re: Cinematic gloating and nonviolence

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Originally Posted by Blarg View Post
Make it advantageous for the PCs to allow a monologue. For example, The Evil Emperor does not know that the PCs sabotaged his Voice Activated Mega Force Field so that it is now running on Emergency Power. They now have a reason to keep him talking until the power runs out.
A friend of mine was once playing Brainiac-5 in a Legion of Super-Heroes campaign using CHAMPIONS rules. Brainy had been captured by the Big Bad and had no offensive weaponry or powers except for his force-field belt and his 12th-level intelligence. So, with a quick gadgeteering roll, he modified his belt to project a force bubble around the Big Bad's head and then said, "So, tell me about your Evil Plan..."

Then he waited for the villain to use up all the oxygen in the force bubble and pass out.
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