[gurps] just for kicks, Lion-O from Thunder Cats

[Bryan]

I remember that he could use the sword to "see" things (i.e.  remote sensing).

Wikipedia has the article about both of them...

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thundercats

On 6/7/07, Bira <u.alberton at gmail.com> wrote:
> On 6/7/07, Bryan <brakeb at gmail.com> wrote:
> > They only kicked ass because they fought alongside Lion-O.  You could
> > use the signal as a post-hypnotic suggestion to temporarily increase
> > their abilities.  Or a racial ability.
> >
> > It still doesn't explain the sword.
>
> >From what I remember, it was a powerful magical item with a several
> abilities. Besides cutting things real well, it changed size (from
> "dagger" to "bastard sword" and back), had clarivoyance powers, and
> emitted the famous glowing signal - which did seem to be a sort of
> "buffing spell" as well.
>
> There was also an unbreakable, claw-shaped shield glove thing, which
> doubled as a scabbard for the sword when it was small.
>
> IIRC, the Thundercats were a regular bunch of superheroes - each had
> their own special super-human skill /plus/ a magical weapon of their
> own. They were the sort of people you would put in your escape pods
> when your planet is about to blow up, which is exactly what happened
> in the cartoon :).
>