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  1. Ghost Face

    How to build zombies in Hero Designer

    by Ghost Face
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    I cannot find the abilities that zombies have like Takes No STUN and No Hit Locations in Hero Designer. Where can I find these powers/abilities?

    Ghost Face
    Last reply by Ghost Face,
  2. Steve

    Cutting through a tree 1 2

    by Steve

    How would one build the ability to cut through a tree in a single blow? Is it just having enough damage dice, or would it involve an advantage like Armor Piercing? I was watching Blue Eye Samurai, and there are scenes where Mizu slices through a thick tree trunk (and others where bisecting armored humans happens). Is this just a matter of having a lot of damage dice, or is something else going on?

    Ermenegildo
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  3. Tech

    Knock over a tree

    by Tech

    How much Strength would it take to knock a rooted tree over? I don't mean a young tree; just your average tree you see outside your window or in a forest.

    Tech
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  4. Gauntlet

    Could Rules for Hero Gaming System Be Getting To Complicated? 1 2 3 4

    by Gauntlet

    Just wanted to think as to how players feel about the complexity of Hero Games. I personally like the extra items that you can do with Hero Games and feel it's combat system is one of the best out there. But could character creation be getting up a bit to far? What do you all think?

    Ninja-Bear
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  5. unclevlad

    Most commonly spoken languages in the US

    by unclevlad
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    From Wikipedia, if you're wondering which to consider for your character... English – 245 million (78.5%) Spanish – 41.3 million (13.2%) Chinese (including Mandarin, Cantonese, Hokkien and all other varieties) – 3.40 million (1.1%) Tagalog (including Filipino) – 1.72 million (0.5%) Vietnamese – 1.52 million (0.5%) Arabic – 1.39 million French – 1.18 million Korean – 1.07 million Russian – 1.04 million Portuguese – 937 thousand Haitian Creole – 895 thousand Hindi – 865 thousand German – 857 thousand Polish – 533 thousand Italian – 513 thousand Urdu – 508 thousand Persian (including Farsi, Dari and Tajik) – 472 thousand …

    Khymeria
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  6. unclevlad

    HRRH and finding a particular transmitter...

    by unclevlad

    Basis for an information gathering specialist. HRRH, with discriminatory and analyze...I don't figure there'd be much argument about how well he could process the signal. Oh, and a great Cryptography roll, to break secure transmissions. But there's a lot of radio traffic out there, so if he wants to find a specific transmitter....... Sounds like Mind Scan, for the Radio class of "minds"? Make sense to folks? The Machine class is too broad, he can't read a computer. A radio typically has no EGO...for purposes of finding here, I'm thinking --the MDCV base would be 3; unfamiliar minds, and number of minds, apply. --for determining …

    unclevlad
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  7. Tech

    Walking on rice paper

    by Tech

    In a stereotypical martial arts movie, a student has to prove himself by quietly and slowly walking across rice paper. What minus would you give to the Stealth roll for this?

    Christopher R Taylor
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  8. sevrick

    Need help with a magic Item build 1 2

    by sevrick

    So as part of me filling out my world. I have been building magic items so far it has been streight forward untill this conundrum came up. How would you build a sack that looks completely normal on the outside as a sack but when you open it a ladder appears in the mouth to which you can climb down into a 8m x 8m room. This room can be used for storage or whatever. It is considered to be on another plane of existence rather than just shrinking. In which you can come and go freely unless someone outside has closed the bag shut. Which would be anything from simply closed shut with a hand or turned upside down. You can breathe normally here and the weather is cons…

    unclevlad
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  9. Steve

    Anti-Clinging

    by Steve

    How would you build a surface or an object that Clinging doesn’t work on? Some sort of drain on clinging built as a damage shield? Perhaps a Change Environment construct?

    unclevlad
    Last reply by unclevlad,
  10. sevrick

    Healing with Knockback 1 2 3 4 6

    by sevrick

    So I have been trying to create a spell that does an AOE that heals allies while at the same time knocks back undead. So far this is what I have got: Healing 3d6 AOE 4m Radius (Selective), Does Knockback Incantations, Gestures (Both hands), Requires Divine roll (-11), Knockback only works against undead and Demons Is this correct? The heal doesn't have to do damage to the unded, just knock them back. If I selectively heal allies in the radius does that mean the undead are not effected by the heal so therefore are not knocked back?

    Hugh Neilson
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  11. Sketchpad

    Luck, Unluck and HAPs

    by Sketchpad

    Howdy HEROdom! I've been looking more into HAPs for my upcoming campaign, and kind of dig the rules in the APG where Luck adds to the HAP roll. That said, how would Unluck work in the same respects? Would this subtract from the initial roll? Get roll by the GM to use against the player with the Complication?

    LoneWolf
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  12. Asperion

    If you . . .

    by Asperion

    Here we will present a situation that you might find you in. If you have the ability to accept, will you go for it? If yes, what repercussions will occur? If not, how reject? Recommend time for response will be one week, but if sufficient response comes in, can change earlier. Let's start: can get on the TARDIS, what is your decision?

    unclevlad
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  13. Jujitsuguy

    Max Follower points based on Max Character AP in game

    by Jujitsuguy

    Gang: Our game has a Max AP and I have a player that was going to make some followers. I'm not sure about the maximum CP that you can use for the NPCs (followers). In my game, the characters are at 350+ CP and I have made 75AP as the Max AP in the game. Being that if you used raw 75AP as the max, would mean the NPC followers would be a max of 375CP NPCs...literally more than the character themself. Is there an official RAW on this, or is there a good rule of thumb?

    Christopher R Taylor
    Last reply by Christopher R Taylor,
  14. Steve

    PD/ED vs Stun Only 1 2

    by Steve

    I've recently started toying with the idea of limiting the amount of regular PD/ED that characters can have but allowing them to buy additional PD/ED versus Stun Only (-1/2) instead of using the power Damage Reduction with that limitation. This would allow more BODY damage to occur with normal damage attacks, which seems like it would better fit some genres, like martial arts campaigns. Has anyone ever used this in a campaign?

    Doc Democracy
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  15. Steve

    The Power Of Presence 1 2

    by Steve

    In my last session of my CU campaign, the PCs were in Faerie and entered Dracula’s castle, expecting to meet the Count and slap him around for information on a case they’re working on (all the PCs are 700+ Points). To their surprise, the arch-lich Takofanes was waiting in the throne room when they burst in, with Dracula acting as his right-hand man. i opened things up with a PRE attack, using Takofane’s bonus PRE from the crown he wears (120 PRE total!). Rolling an 89 (putting everyone on the team in the +40 range), the three supers were immediately overwhelmed with fear (and two ran away in blind terror, leaving the group’s paralyzed with fear supermage to Ta…

    Gauntlet
    Last reply by Gauntlet,
  16. sentry0

    HERO System Mobile 1 2 3 4 13

    by sentry0

    I am pleased to announce the launch of the HERO System Mobile app on both the Google Play Store and Apple’s App Store. You can install the app by searching for it in your app store or by using the links provided. The app is free to use, ad free, and respects your privacy. Google Play - https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.herogmtools App Store - https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hero-system-mobile/id1352750917?ls=1&mt=8 Amazon App Store - http://a.co/byom955 This project is an extension of an export template I wrote a few months ago. I had so much fun writing that template that I decided to develop a full app. …

    sentry0
    Last reply by sentry0,
  17. baronspam

    Damage Reduction Vs. Extra PD/ED

    by baronspam

    I have been trying to crunch some numbers on the effectiveness of Damage Reduction vs. just buying extra PD. Now, As DR stops a percentage of incoming damage, it is more cost effective in campaigns with larger average attacks. However, for "average" supers campaigns, It seems that DR is break even at best in cost effectivness compaired to just buying extra PD or ED. Some examples: Lets say that the campaign standards are 12d6 is the average normal attack and 2 points per dc is the average defense. That means the average attack will do 42 points, average defence is 24, meaning average damage per hit is 18 stun. Lets say a character takes 20 points that they would…

    unclevlad
    Last reply by unclevlad,
  18. sevrick

    Attacking at the beginning of a phase 1 2 3

    by sevrick

    Would it break the game if I allowed my players and enemies to attack at anytime they wish during there phase rather than forcing them to attack at the end. I wasn't sure why this is a rule.

    Ndreare
    Last reply by Ndreare,
  19. Black Rose

    Tunneling Query

    by Black Rose

    This might be something I'm simply overlooking, but how would you pull off this effect with Tunneling: Character can move at normal speed (16m/Phase in this case) through up to... say... PD 6 material. For every +1 PD they can Tunnel through, their move is reduced by 2m. The only thing I can think of is a Multipower, but that feels very kludgy. The idea seems pretty reasonable to me. Thoughts?

    Grailknight
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  20. Asperion

    Power of Negatives

    by Asperion

    With this current talk about Hero rules, I got thinking about something seldom discussed. If some ability ever were to get reduced to some value less than zero, would there be any effect beyond simply shutting off? With the primary characteristics, even at zero, they could still possess some kind of ability, but what about powers and skills? Are there any other considerations that should be brought out by going negative?

    Christopher R Taylor
    Last reply by Christopher R Taylor,
  21. Pattern Ghost

    Skills Theorizing 1 2 3

    by Pattern Ghost

    So, I was thinking about de-coupling Skills from Characteristics. Skills would all be costed similarly to General Skills from 4th/5th, 3 points for 11-, +2 points for +1 to the Skill, and Familiarity at 8- for 1 point. Then, what good are Characteristics? Complimentary Rolls. So, a higher Characteristic would result in better odds of boosting the skill with a Complimentary Skill Roll. Moreover, many Skills can logically be governed by more than one Characteristic. If we think of real world Acrobats, we tend to think of: Gymnasts, Circus Acrobats or Parkour. All of these, especially the two former, tend to be very physically strong as well as coordinated. So, A…

    Grailknight
    Last reply by Grailknight,
  22. tombrown803

    Impenetrable 1 2

    by tombrown803
    • 29 replies
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    In the hero discord a discussion has come up about if a character has multiple powers that apply the same type of defense (For example, a force field that provides PD and normal PD) and only one of them has the Impenetrable advantage how does this apply overall. For some reason I remember discussion and/or a rules clarification about this but could not find anything. If someone could help direct me to an old post addressing this it would be appreciated

    Duke Bushido
    Last reply by Duke Bushido,
  23. Steven Wayde

    Everyman is a World-Class Sprinter 1 2 3 4

    by Steven Wayde

    Did you know that RAW, Everyman in the Hero System is capable of a world class sprint? Here’s how: The world record sprint is 100m in 9.58 seconds. For purposes of this discussion and ease of calculation, we will round up to 10 seconds. Thus, a person who covers 100m in 10 seconds is essentially a world class sprinter (true!). Assume the following: 1. Our Everyman sprinter is using Noncombat Movement in his race. RAW tells us, “A character using Noncombat Movement concentrates on moving swiftly, not on finding targets or dodging attacks” (6E1 155). Furthermore, “If a character moves at Noncombat velocities, the END cost…

    Hugh Neilson
    Last reply by Hugh Neilson,
  24. migo2154

    Making shadow clone power 1 2 3

    by migo2154
    • 57 replies
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    Hello everyone! I'm about to play a super hero campaign, so for this game i want to play a ninja, and, of all ninjas i know of, there's one i'm very interested to play: Zed. For those that hasn't player LoL (good for you, never try play that sh... game), Zed is a ninja inspired in Shredder (The main Villain of Ninja Turtless). He's a martial artist with very high combat skills, very good stealth, and is a expert in closed and ranged combat using all kinds of martial weapons. But, also, he has a special ability... He can control shadows. That is, a special power that allows him to create a couple of shadowed versions of himself, that he can use to make some …

    Duke Bushido
    Last reply by Duke Bushido,
  25. m.mavnn

    Kung Fu Giant Robots

    by m.mavnn

    I'm idly considering a campaign that might include a lot of large characters and vehicles (think Macross/Rifts/Undocumented Features). If it happens it will be a reasonably high powered and gonzo campaign, so strict balance isn't the goal here but I was noticing that the normal size rules don't quite cut it in this type of game. Because they operate by giving large characters a DCV penalty (in effect) it becomes very hard to represent the kind of agile, highly skilled hand to hand combat between mecha/large creatures that you often see in the source material - both parties will tend to have a much higher effective OCV than DCV, skewing the effectiveness of com…

    Gauntlet
    Last reply by Gauntlet,

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