Star Hero
Science Fiction Roleplaying in the worlds of the future!
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Anyone looked at creating the races from Farscape, either for an actual Farscape campaign or for inclusion in a different setting?
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what races, if any are all of you using from the Terran Empire book? so far i've only started a zurite with about 60 active points of mental powers. i'll probably use the mon'dabi and ackalians at least also. if i can get my wife to play she'll want to use a fex i'm sure. what do some of you have in mind?
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Greetings, As you make items for your star hero campaigns (like starships or blaster pistols), how do you calculate the price of the item (how many credits does each point cost... and is the points used the active points or real points)? Polaris
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Any plans to have online database for the Spacer's Toolkit, similar to the Online USPD? Gadgets only, no ships (since math checking ships takes FOREVER!!! ). MIke
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I Know some of you guys have thought about this. Have anyone already done so ? How did it turn out ? I thought about basing a RACE off of the Stargate race called Unas, the First Ones. Your basic Ettin/Troll like alien race On a side-note, does Hero already have a race like this *trollish* in another book, maybe Beastary or Fantasy ??
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NuSoardGraphite, thank the gods you came. I need Veritech fighters and I need 'em fast! I recently acquired TUV with the intent of interpreting my Robotech RPG (from Palladium) into Hero. Best laid plans of mice and men...anyway, I instead started to create this thing using a "cut and paste" method with the TUV as follows: 1) basic stats from the Hornet fighter jet on TUV page 77 , increased DEF to 12 2) used Transmatron's Power Plant and Aux Power (page 111) for the Protoculture reactor. 3) used Hornet's propulsion and added Spaceflight 50" 8xNCM Flight for Space Only 4) used Hornet's 20mm M61A cannon for Gunpod. 5) used Apache propulsion system …
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Since the average human is listed as having an 8 in all of their primary characteristics, is this the number that people apply the racial modifiers to, or do you add it to a base number of 10? For example, Malvans have +3 PRE. Does this mean the average Malvan has an 11 PRE or a 13 PRE?
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Any one can chip in, NuSoard you out there? I have a problem with Autofire as a concept and thus the mechanic of the Advantage in HERO Why should the same bullet, beam, missle etc. be less powerful (by .5 in this case) just because of a high cycle rate or iteration? I have a Mecha MP and I find the de-powering of the same energy, just differnt advantage to be breaking my suspension of disbelief. I am in search of an arguement as to why it would work that way. If I make Autofire a 0, yes zero, adv, have badly does that mess with play balance? besides everyone having weapon that autofire. In the far future what is the ig deal? Any ideas…
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Hello all! I'm a long-time lurker, first-time poster. Has anyone done conversions using TUV of Steve Long's excellent SPACEDOCK series? I'm interested to see the results. Thanks!
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I’m looking for some novels that may have influence or are similar to the Terran Empire Setting. I think noticed similarity between Larry Niven’s Known Space novels and the Terran Empire, can you think of any others? Mike
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Some time ago (say, 1996), I had the idea that a great Sci-Fi campaign could be made by combining the works of Fred Saberhagen (specifically, the Berserkers series) and the Bolo series by Keith Laumer. For those who don't know, the Berserkers series was Saberhagen's answer to Drake's Equation. Drake turned the question of other intelligent life in the universe into a statistical equation, and solved for different results based on the best scientific estimates he could produce for the different variables. Saberhagen's series answers that question by positing a race of aliens who constructed humongous robotic starships which were programmed to search the galaxy for lif…
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http://www.technologyreview.com/articles/innovation40603.asp I ran across this today, and I couldn't help but think about the universal "sensor technology" that is very common in sci-fi. Looking at how this works (especially the paragraph after the tooth images), I wonder if we are closer to something like that. Just thought I would share this with you guys.
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Just wanted to give y'all the latest news -- The Spacer's Toolkit is shipping today from our printer in California. So, look for it to show up at your FLGS in about 7-10 days, typically.
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This is an idea have been working on, combining many different aspects f other sci-fi games, and forming it all nt a supers campaign in space. I might turn this into a PBEM, so if anyone has some helpful suggestions, images, or just wants to contribute lemme know. Red Storm Rising In the late 21st Century, humanity stood upon the brink of oblivion. The world superpowers were fast moving towards war with one another, as political and economic tensions grew. As tensions flared, a movement of millions of citizens throughout the world sprung up nearly over night. At first in Internet and media campaigns, and then in acts of open protest and sabotage, tens of mi…
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I own StarHero and TUV. I haven't seen a copy of TE yet, but I assume starships will be addressed in the same general way (the write-ups). All of the Hero products are outstanding and I really like them, so don't look at this as any kind of criticism. I have always had a hard time grasping ship design in game system unless I have a deck plan to compare to the write-up. It sounds stupid, but there it is. So my question is, will there be any deckplans in future StarHero suppliments or does someone have a straship write-up and deckplan they would be willing to share that I can us as an example. Spence
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Hello Guys, I was just looking over the Fantasy Hero playtest and I couldn't help but notice that Fantasy/Science Fiction writer Alan Dean Foster was missing. None of his writings were mentioned. Then I went to my copy of Star Hero and realized that none of his work was even mentioned alongside other authors. Is there a reason for this? I mean he is one of my most favorite writers but he seems to be completely ignored despite the fact that he has written for both Fantasy and Science Fiction. So what's up Steve?
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Does anyone know some good guidelines for creating power armor with the hero system (preferably 5th edition). I am new to the whole hero system and want to know if I should use multipower, elemental control or just a bunch of powers lumped together to make a power armor which is cost effective as well. Any help would be appreciated.
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School me on planetary climate, if you would. I'm working with the planetary genereation rules in Star Hero, and there's something I'm not clear on. During the "life" step, it says that plants remove most of the CO2 from the atmosphere. But after that, what happens to the world's base temperature. Does it stay the same, and if so, how? Or does it drop due to reduction of the greenhouse effect? This results in some life-bearing worlds eventually becoming too cold to support life. Is this an in-game version of an ice-age/thaw cycle? After glaciation sets in, and the plants (mostly) die off, the CO2 level would increase, which will eventually raise th…
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First off, I just got Terran Empire in the mail today. (I finally broke down and ordered it and TUV from FRP Games despite my distaste for mail ordering, since I was having trouble making it to my FLGS to ask them to order them for me.) I must say, it's a GRAND piece of work and extremely crunchy and tasty. I love Andrew Cremens' artwork on the iconic members of the various races. I was pleasantly surprised to see Albert Deschesne's work in there. The plethora of packages are very, very useful. And now I understand many of the alien species alluded to in CU and CKC. Which leads nicely into the actual question: What is the presumed date of the racial discus…
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A quick opinion poll: Does the jedi TK have Invisible Power effects? i'm building a jedi and need an opinion. All replies welcome.. Thanks, Rob
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This post is mostly for Steven Long and James Cambias. It's really just the rant of someone who just switched from being a New Convert to Born Again HERO Gamer. I just want to shout Halleleuah (sp.) where I know the Creator can hear me. Yesterday, I went down to Bridgetown Hobbies in Portland, OR on the recommendation of Cosmic Man. I walked in to buy Star Hero. When I arrived at the shelf section for HERO, I felt like I had been betrayed. I had switched to HERO because I only needed one book to play. And yet, there in front of me were a dozen supplements to the rules - what trickery was this? Ninja HERO, TUV, UNTIL SPDb, Champions Universe, Millenium City…
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I'm not asking why they left (I'm sure you wouldn't tell me) But, I am curious if you *know* why they left, and if you plan to address that in a future product...
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As the figure in a dark hooded cloak approached the front gates of the palace, the gaurds raised their blaster rifles. "Identify yourself." One of them barked at the stranger. The cloaked man held out his hand, showing them a signet ring. The gaurds lowered their weapons and stood aside as he passed through the gates. Queen Myrila was started as the hooded figure entered the master chamber. "Who are you? How dare you intrude upon me, the queen of Javaria Prime, at this hour." The stranger began to laugh. "So, 'Queen Myrila' is it? Had I known you desired such a title, I might have offered you a place at my side. Parhaps this dark treachery of yours would not ha…
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Hey all, wasn't sure what board to post this on but it's closer to Star Hero than anything else out there. I'm running a campaign set in the mid 21st century with a very Cyberpunk genre feel to it. I'm looking for an authentic seeming map for a Megasprawl setting but I can't seem to find anything. I own the old CyberHero suppliment and I've looked at Bay City from Champs New Millenium but neither seems to have the right feel to it. They are both just modern day San Fransisco with a very thin veneer of Cyber laid over it. Anyone know of anything out there I may have missed? Specifics please not just "Judge Dred/Shadowrun/GURPS probably has something" because I've…
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When is the Spacer's Toolkit coming out? It is set for May release on this site, but what's the word on the street? I really enjoyed the USPD, so I kinda gotta get this product when it comes out also.
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