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Myrnag2555 wrote:
>>>6. Police
>>>7. Military
>>>8. Rescue
>>>9. CIA
>>>10. Consultant for the above.
>>>11. Hero for hire.
>>>12. Body guard
>>
>>I'd consider all these covered by the original poster's "real work"
>>category.
>
>
> I think I'd create a new category for them.
> "Hero for Hire". Those are all jobs which involve doing the kinds of the
> things that a typical comic book superhero does, but getting a paycheck for
> them.

That was one of the concepts in the default setting for the short-lived
Guardians RPG. There was a corporation called Power Corp which trained
superheroes and then would rent them to cities that didn't have any of
their own.

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Richard Brown wrote:
> Travis Casey <efindel.RemoveThis@earthlink.net> wrote...
>> Myrnag2555 wrote:

> You forgot stunt work. Imagine the change people with super powers

[snip]

Yep, I did forget that one... and now that you mention it, I remember that
Wonder Man in Marvel made his living as a stunt man for a while.

>> > 2. Inventing. By rights, the existence of the likes of
>>
>> Another dodge that's commonly used is that super-inventors inventions are
>> aspects of their powers... and quickly break down or simply stop working
>> when the inventor is no longer paying attention to them.
>>
> I haven't acutaly seen that idea used outside of the Wild Cards books.
> Has it apeared elswhere?

The superhero game _Godlike_ uses it as well, and even has a whole section
(or maybe it was a sidebar) on why super-intelligent supers don't change
the world in a major way.

> Of course another idea that realy isn't suited for comics (since they
> try to tie into the real world) which would work in a supers game is
> to have super inventions proliforating across the world. Of course it
> can be a lot of work for a GM to predict how a given invention will
> affect his game world once it has proliferated so this wouldn't be
> everyones cup of tea, but it would be fun for some. Personaly I think
> it might be worth it just for the look on the players faces when the
> local Swat team shows up to give them backup in production model
> versions of Iron Man's armor.

Yep... could definitely be fun.

> Marvel has it's share of popular heroes too, or at least ones that the
> authorities aprove of. Do the Avengers and FF use liscencing of their
> immage to bankroll their operations or do they fall into the give it
> all to charity cliche? In the Avengers case it would make sense to
> plow the funds back into the Maria Stark foundation just to cover law
> suits based on colateral damage.
> Come to think of it realisticaly wouldn't most supers need to get some
> endorsement and merchandising deals going just to take care of such
> law suits?

Well, suing someone is a bit difficult when you can't find them... which is
another use of secret identities.

Of course... who's to say that the Avengers and FF don't do that? Just
because we don't see it "on-screen" doesn't necessarily mean it isn't
happening... After all, we never saw the guys from "Damage Control" until
the little mini-series about them was written...

>> 6. Modeling. Most superheroes, and practically every superheroine, seem
>> to
>> acquire an incredible body along with their powers. Lingerie or
>> underwear modeling on the side would be a possibility for most of them...
>> and even if you don't have a good face, your face doesn't necessarily
>> have to show in
>> those sorts of ads. And let's not even go into the possibility of
>> superheroines setting up websites...
>
> Dont forget the guy's. While male modeling doesn't pay as well as
> female it still can pay a living wage. Lets face it like the women in
> comics most of the guys have the body of greek gods (setting aside
> momentarily that some in fact are) it would seem like male modeling
> would be a natural way for them to make money.

Umm... I didn't forget the guys... I mentioned "superheroes" in the first
sentence, and "underwear modeling" in the second sentence includes guys as
well -- like the ones in the Calvin Klein underwear ads. The only part
where I *didn't* include the guys was in setting up websites -- and there
only because I haven't seen any "watch this guy" websites, while there seem
to be tons of "watch this girl" ones.

> 7. How about disaster cleanup and rescue?

I'd think that'd fit under #5... which seems to be the original poster's
catch-all category, really.

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