Hero System Almanac 2

[Tywyll]

Hey,

I've found a copy of HS Almanac 2 that I might be able to buy, but I don't know what's in it. Can anyone give me a run down so I know if it would be useful to me?

Thanks!

[Edsel]

I've got a copy at home. When I get off work in about 5 or 6 hours I'll take a look and tell you the contents. Unless of course someone beats me to the punch by then.

[Silbeg]

Hey,

I've found a copy of HS Almanac 2 that I might be able to buy, but I don't know what's in it. Can anyone give me a run down so I know if it would be useful to me?

Thanks!

This is an older book, written in the days of 4E (BBB). So, if you are looking for 5E only material, this probably is not your best choice. As to the contents, I don't exactly recall (though I have it somewhere)

[Greywind]

New Rules:
...Drugs and Poison ~ Steve Peterson
...Senses and Sense Powers ~ Steve Long
...Requires a Skill Roll ~ Steve Long
......Variant Rules: Type of Required Skill
......Variant Rules: The Skill Roll Itself
......Suggested RSR Abilities
...Environmental Effects ~ Steve Peterson
Classic AC:
...Send in the Marines ~ Greg Porter
......Average Soldier
......Vehicles:
.........M-1 Abrams
.........M-2 Bradley
...Impossible Crimes ~ Steve LaPrade
...Champions Minus ~ Marc R. Blumberg, Keith Hannigan, Mike Malony
Characters & Campaigning:
...So You Want to be a Rock and Roll Star ~ Bruce Harlick, L. Douglas Garrett
...Into the Modern Age: UNTIL Revitalized ~ Phil Masters
.........UNTIL Agents
......Vehicles:
.........Jet Cycles
.........Grav-Sled
.........UNTIL Vans
.........Harrows Flying Submarine
......The UNTIL Package Deal
.........Martin Luther DeVane
.........Major Juan Martinez
......UNTIL's Computers
.........H.U.G.I.N. (The UNTIL A.I.)
.........Future Developments
......Using UNTIL
...Running Cinema Campaigns ~ Bruce Tong and Greg Lloyd
...Nuclear Warfare ~ Steve Long
...World Security Services ~ David West and Steve Barr
......Equipment
.........Assault Agents
......Personnel
.........Security Agents
.........Training Agents
......Colonel Bradley Barrington

[Tywyll]

Thanks!

Doesn't really look like the kind of material that would be that useful to me. I appreciate it.

Any idea what's in number 1 in case I come across it?

[Greywind]

New Rules:
...Advantages and Limitations:
......New Power Advantages
.........Superleap with no Skill Roll
.........Area Effect (Linear Cone)
.........Area Effect (Thin Cone)
......New Power Limitations:
.........Restrainable
...Converting Justice Inc. to Hero System 4th Edition
.........Point Table
.........Skills
.........Talents
.........Psychic Powers
.........Using Psychic Powers with Other Genres
.........A Final Note on Conversions
...Gradual Effect Variant
.........Gradual Effect Limitation Table
.........Revised Time Table
...Negative Characteristics:
.........Negative Strength
.........Negative Dexterity
.........Negative Constitution
.........Negative Body
.........Negative Intelligence
.........Negative Ego
.........Negative Presence
.........Negative Comeliness
.........Negative PD, ED
.........Negative SPD
.........Negative REC
.........Negative END
.........Negative STUN
.........Negative Movement
.........Negative Powers
...Permanent Effects in the Hero System:
......Buying Powers Usable On Others
.........Blessings
.........Curses
.........Character Disadvantages as Curses
.........Geases
...Arcana and Magical Styles
......Introduction
......Spellcasters
.........Common Abilities
.........Spell Casting
.........Levels with Individual Spells
.........Knowledge Skills
......Arcana
.........Terminology
.........Types of Arcana
.........Enhancing Spells With Arcana
.........Studying Arcana
......Mechanics
......Sample Sources of Arcana
...Venoms and Diseases
.........Dealing with Half Points
.........New Limitations
......Representing Real Venoms
.........Immunities
.........Treating Venoms and Diseases
.........Dying
......Venoms
.........Cobra
.........Coral Snake
.........Dragon
.........Giant Spider
.........Mamba
.........Mantichore
.........Rattlesnake
.........Scorpion
.........Viper
......Diseases
.........Black Hand of Set
.........Black Plague
.........Blood Poisoning
.........Mummy rot
.........Pneumonia
.........Rabies
......Variations on Gradual Effect and Recovery
...Spirits in the Hero System
.........Terminology
.........Defining Spirits
......New Powers and Power Advantages
.........Shift Spirit
.........Astral Projection
.........Consume Spirit
.........Spirit Summoning
.........Spirit Senses
......Playing and Gamemastering Spirits
.........The Spirit Plane
.........Detecting and Sensing Spirits
.........Movement on the Spirit Plane
.........Spirit Combat
.........Mental Powers and Spirits
.........Homeless Spirits
.........Blocking Spirits
.........Spiritless Bodies
.........Mind Transfer
.........Possession
.........Spirits and the Undead
.........Exorcism
.........Resurrection
.........Seances
......Creating Spirits
.........Spirit Powers
.........Spirit Power Advantages
.........Spirit Power Limitations
.........Spirit Disadvantages
......Spirit Examples
.........Building Spirits in a Focus
.........Android
.........Barrow Wight
.........Demonflame
.........Djinn
.........Fairy Godmother
.........Ghost
.........Lich
.........Poltergeist
.........Pookah
.........Skeleton
.........Souldrinker
.........Spirit Knight
.........Troll
.........Vampire
.........Zombie
......Spirit Items
.........Spirit Containers
.........Spirit Detector
.........Spirit Trap
.........Shift Spirit Projector
.........Djinn Bottle
......Campaign and Story Ideas for Spirits
.........Spirits in Champions
.........Spirits in Dark Champions
.........Spirits in Fantasy Hero
.........Spirits in Cyber Hero/Star Hero
.........The Ghostbreakers Campaign
.........The Haunting
.........The Exorcism
.........The Djinn
Classic AC
...Sound the Alarm!
......Alarms in General
.........Tools of the Trade
.........Security Systems Skill
.........Types of Setups
......Sample Alarm Systems
...Ref'ing the Disadvantages
......DNPC
......Age, Distinctive Looks and Physical Limitations
......Hunted and Watched
.........Defining the Organization
.........Making Hunteds and Monitoreds Worth Their Points
.........Local Hunteds
......Psychological Limitations and Unluck
.........Psychological Limitations
.........Unluck
Characters and Campaigning
...Timelines and Their Creation
...Beyond the Points
...Captain Australia and Entropi
......Designer Notes
......Captain Australia
......Entropi
...Super-Team Name Generator

[Edsel]

I am glad the Greywind followed up on this. As is getting usual for me in my old age I forgot again.:doi:

[Greywind]

Nothing better to do. Been home alone for the last 6 weeks. Between house cleaning and job hunting, I'm going bonkers.

All my Hero/Champions stuff sits on a shelf next to my comp. They were handy.