   Open Superhero Design
  I''m forcing myself to spend a large amount of time in preproduction before I write my first line of code.  Right now I am in the first stages of character design, mainly the protagonist.The main character is human (so he can''t have ridiculous powers like flying, supherhuman capabilities, etc.).  The game is an isometric (third-person) action/adventure set in a slightly futuristic (2010) America.  I''m running out of ideas for devices that he could have; tools - like all those neat gadgets that Batman has ;-).  The devices must be realistic for time setting, and since the character is not a ''boy billionaire'' he has a limited budget.  So a Batmobile, Batplane, and a Batboat are all out of the question.  The mic is open... 
  Duct tape.What else would a hero need? ;  A crowbar and a swiss army knife.  Maybe an axe or sledgehammer as well.  And a backpack to carry stuff in.  Who needs an awesome looking suit?Or maybe I''m just odd...  ;  You''ve given your protagonist severe limitations. With his limited budget, he''d have to actually recover his boomerangs after using them to incapacitate bad guys. Rope? He''d have to ask the cops for it back...Seriously, though, he needs transporation, first; protection/armor, second; weapons, third; and sensory enhancements, fourth. I''d recommend watching Mail Call, Tactical to Practical and other military-themed shows on The History Channel. I''d also recommend researching the tools that US soldiers have today and those that are in the pipeline (why US? they''re the best funded and generally the best-equipped). Extrapolate from there. ;  Neither MacGuyver nor any of the A-Team used anything expensive very often. Just be clever with every day, and a few not-so-everday, items. ;  A riffle, a hand gun, and a hard punch!!!   Please Visit My Forums MMXW Forum;  He should be a genius programmer, with a _very_ nice AI that he programmed that resides in a laptop he carries around with him all the time.  This AI has full reign of the laptop''s capabilities, and can hack into any wireless network that it comes across.  As long as this is in the guy''s budget. ;  List of semi-random stuff that may or may not be appropriate:flashlight lighter (of the cigarette variety) matches lockpickscrowbarropePDAknivesIR gogglestasertaser-rifle/handgunflashbangsYour character could have lots of stuff, even possibly improvised weapons such as a glove-gun if you really wanted to.