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- By Rich McGee,
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If I wanted to create a character who doesn;t intially know they are destined to be a superhero and doesn;t even know he has superpowers, much less what they are, how would this be handled? I'm thinking about the situation where the character either has his "origin" over the course of play (he's a less powerfulnormal, then has accident and gets superpowers that he did not expect and initially has a hard time controlling) or a character with innate super-potential that emerges gradually over time (every so often he gets a new power or super-characteristic until his character is filled out to full power). Is there a good way in-game to handle this sort of developemnt. …
Last reply by Ghost who Walks, -
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I was wondering if anyone has updated any of the old Champions adventures? Specifically, Wings of the Valkerie, and TGSVC (the great supervillian contest) These have always been two of my favorites and I'm thinking about using one or both against my players. The main problem is I procrastinate and mind blank about halfway thru. So I was wondering if anyone had started on them so when I mind blank, I'll be close to done. TimS
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Starting my first thread, so be kind. OK, over the course of several weeks of playing I finally got the players where I want. Namely, the mini-plot I have been building up to for the past 5+ years. One of their team members had her spaceship stolen by a VIPER villain, who attempted to use it to steal some medical equipment from some aliens. The heroes of course, boarded a secondary spaceship, and chased after them. While they were on the other world, they prevented an alien fleet from invading the Earth. (dang aliens) Now using various methods, the heroes are going home. They will each have at least one short scenario on the way back, and it will take…
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Hi all, I'm starting a campaign in Gotham City, New Jersey using Champions 5E, and I'd some help. We're using the Batman Animated timeline and this Gotham's in an alternate version of the Champions Universe where, as far as the general population knows, there is no life in outer space. UNTIL has not put a space station up and James Collingsworth is the President of the United States. Wondering who will protect Gotham City if something happens to him, Batman has formed the Bat Team, a group of young heroes he is mentoring. Aside from Alfred, his butler, his only assistant, so far, is his engineer, a brainy and beautiful woman. Although a skilled kunoichi, or femal…
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Okay, Started my first Hero Campeign last weekend with adults (I have been playing with my son & Daughter for the last few years). First over half the group did not show up (Two had to work, one who knows). The adventure was a simple misdirection Museum heist of some mystical artifacts by grab and Talismen. One player through his Secret ID out the window to start lobbying fireballs at Talismen The other player managed to get captured by the mind controlled GRAB as they were stealing sacrificial daggers I'm trying to figure out what I am doing to mage boy now...
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Allrighty, fellow Herophiles. The 'Queen City Knights' campaign officially started this week. I would like to thank everyone that offered their time, advice and suggestions. In appreciation, I thought you might like to know how things are going. So, I've decided to describe the campaign as it unfolds. Note: QCK is set in a slightly altered CU where magic doesn't exist. Mutants are the prefered origin source, but aliens are accepted as well. The current roster of characters is as follows: Titan - (aka Hank Sanders). Powered Armored Brick. CEO, owner and founder of Muratech, a locally based multinational conglomerate that specializes in such things as su…
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Ah, romance 1 2
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Best left to blue booking in some folks opinions, and sometimes assumed off panel, Romance is nevertheless a common element in the super hero genre. Be it dark knights and spider guys attracted to thiefs with cat motiffs, nosey reporters with a penchant for being thrown off buildings taking the hearts of caped wonders, or fellow super heroes forging romances within their own team between saving the world sessions; Romance, like excrement and little green apples, happens. I've noticed the romances my own Players' Characterss' have had tend to be with equals, that is, other superhumans. This is in part my fault, if an NPC intrigues me long enough, it's possible he/she…
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Are their any downloadable 5th Ed. character sheets with room on the sheet for pictures of your character? Hero provides for free download those old '82 character picture templates (That I LOVE! It was seeing character sheets with those templates, and everyones character done up in colored pencil or felt pen, that got me to first give Champs a try.) I'm wondering if there are some 5th Ed. Champs character sheets with a big ol' blank rectangle on the front where a nicely resized '82 template could be placed in? On a side note, as a GM, I run Champs at 250 points, however if the player provides a color picture of his character, I give him 10 bonus points, …
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I have the 5th Ed Hero book. I'll be starting up a Champs campaign soon, one where all the players will be playing villains. It will be set in the official CU, but set in Boston. I have the members of the BHL (Boston Hero's League) as well as a few other local heros and villains for the players to interact with. Also my local mastermind villain. I DO plan to pick up Conquerors, Killers, And Crooks as well as Champions Universe. Like I said, I have the big black 5th Ed. book. Eventually I'll get Champions Battlegrounds. Do I really NEED the Champions book? I'm thinking rather than the big black book, I'll recommend my players pick up that one. Tha…
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In the Champions Universe book there are some hints about some pulp era characters. Are there any official stats on them somewhere? There characters that a refer to are: Empire Club (Gentleman's Social Club) Axel Lidenbrock Black Mask VII (Jason Ward) Black Eagle Ryanna the Jungle Queen Raven Velvet Phantom Midnight Brigade (a team, that incl. the two above) Black Mask VIII (Jeffrey Layton Ward) Jimmy Tompion Air King (Villain) Bill Jeffries(Lefty Legrand/Black Owl) King Oceanus of Atlantis Dargon the Usurper Nereus the Wizard Mara of Atlantis (Sea Hawk) Amy Levesque Navt Lieutenant Barry Colville Cobra Futurian Grey Guard…
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I have the Champions in my campaign (it's ran in MC), but I don't like using certain memberes of the team. My changes thus far has been to remove Witchcraft (I don't like Mystical characters being really blatant in my campaign; they are there, sure, but they don't like being Blatant). I also don't have ... Nighthawk is it? Mainly because I have two dark and brooding PCs and I figured it was partially redundant. Also I changed Ironclad from an Alien to something from another dimension (because I don't like blatant aliens either) and made Kinetik a member of the champs (Basicly an ally to the champs; he attends the meetings most of the time, he helps them in most …
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Creating a clone is a crime against humanity: Malachite has gotten a hold of some of your favorite PCs DNA, and is working on a clone of him. Can or should you destroy him(yes the clone will grow to have your powers)
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In one of the things I've been watching recently, five teenage girls in a military unit have the ability to summon suits of power armor from within their spirits. fair enough. the trick is -- THEY DON'T WEAR THEM! They control the suits remotely with their bodies and stand on platforms in the open while doing so. The suits have complete freedom of movement, but offer no protection to the girls, who are just as vulnerable to attack as normals 9maybe even more so, since they're out in the open and too busy controlling the armor to really defend themselves). If you wanted to give a player-character this kind of ability, with this kind of weakness, how would you go about…
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In the 5th Edition Champions Universe, in 1980, the American Superhuman and Paranormal Registration Act was passed with (it seems) strong public support but an unwelcome reception among super heroes. Identies are required, but only 'authorized' personel can gather that info from the data base. It is claimed that it has NEVER Been hacked. It's not heavily enforced, but if you're not registered, it would seem police and govt officials won't raise one finger to help you beyond putting the prisoners in jail. Now, OOC (Out of Character) I am not too crazy about this set up, but I'm trying to go with it. However, I'm curious just how many characters are registering (o…
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One of my player killed a member of Psi (Soulfire to be exact...a young misguided youth of 19 ). We've taken a campaign hiatus which gives me time to think on what to do. I'm thinking of Murder Two and haven't decided if the DA wants to try to prove pre-meditation since the group was on patrol to do battle with Psi and "ran" into them. It was definitely an excessive use of force...Oh yeah, and the "hero" left the scene of the crime. Psi can also run amok with this...bad publicity and mental suggestions galore!
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In reading the other Characters who Kill thread, An entertaining thought occured. I stared this thread to not detract from the other. Your PC superteam is at headqusrters when a call comes in from the Warden at Stronghold. One of the villains the PCs put away has been tried, convicted and been given the death penalty. The problem is, Stronghold doesn't have the capacity to carry out the sentence. The PCs are the only ones who've ever managed to injure him.
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I'm sure this has been done to death. If so, I'm sorry. Before I continue, a little background - I've been playing Champs since '85. LOVE the system and the genera. I'm looking to get some players in my gaming group to play Champs for the first time. I'm thinking it would be fun if I have the players make up super VILLAINS. I would have one "Master Mind" lever super villain to gather them and give them short- and long-term objectives, but more or less leave them to their own devices. As the GM, I'd run the police, the local super heros and the UNTIL Rapid Responce teams, as well as the local uber-vigalante (can you say "Harbringer of Justice?"). …
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Hey all - check out this site: International Heroes It includes stuff from TV and books and comics... and even from certain "Heroic RPGs". Er, Steve - this wouldn't be a copyright issue, would it? I'm actually kind shocked that the Philippines has such a large representation there. The UK section is just too cool. Sapphire and Steel, anyone?
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OK, you need a quick villain group for tonights run. You have the Champions. What do you do to turn these good guys bad? Defender with a MP full of RKAs? Witchcraft with tactical sense? Nighthawk with a LAW rocket and a dream?
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When I used Metacreator I had converted all of the Villains & Vigilantes characters from the books to HERO. Well aparently, I neglected to convert the Villains section I had created from MC to the Hero Designer format. So to remedy that I have begun with the Crushers. Here is Fist if anyone is interested.F.I.S.T.Player: NPC Villain; Member of Crusher Gang Val Char Cost 45 STR 2 18 DEX 3 23 CON 6 20 BODY 0 16 INT 6 13 EGO 6 21 PRE 6 12 COM 1 4/28 PD 2 4/28 ED 1 5 SPD 9 14 REC 0 80 END 0 40 STUN 0 6" RUN02" SWIM09" LEAP0Characteristics Cost: 42Cost Power END F.I.S.T. Armor Attributes, all slots: OIF (Powered Armor; -1/2) …
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This got posted over on Heroclix Realms, but it brought back memories of many a fun Champs game. If you guys remember the Zodiac, hopefully you'll appreciate the ton of work these folks did. http://home.comcast.net/~chalga/zodiac.htm
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Many GM's and games have Meta-Plots. Kinda like Babylon 5's five year plan. I have used them before in other genres, but never before for Champions. What kind of meta-plots have you used?
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Those of you familiar with the D.C. series know what I'm talking about. The Suicide Squad was (at least in one of it's incarnations) a chance for super criminals to redeem themselves, and earn reduced sentences. They were also often considered 'expendable' Hence the name. I was never a big DC fan, but I always found the concept of the Suicide Squad innovative, at least in the Super Hero genre. Then someone had to go post a 'redeemable' thread, and get my imagination perked again. Thanks a lot. It occurs to me Stronghold maybe nigh overflowing some days, and the govt may decide to put those extras to work. They'd need a name ("Suicide Squad" is copyrig…
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One of the players in my campaign wants to build a Kim Possible clone. I'm kind of scratching my head so I thought I'd turn to everyone for abilities, stats or whatever else you can suggest. I'm looking at Digital Hero 2 for the Gymanist martial arts but still, I need some help here, particularly on skills, stats, personality or whatever else.
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After going through the elemental control "debate" in the hero forum, I decided to look up one of the characters mentioned. His writeup was interesting and I was curious to see how people might design him. I am, of course, referrring to Reed Richards - Mr Fantastic. Personally, although I like the character, and grew up on the FF (including the cartoons), I think his power is ridiculous. Stretchy/elastic guys have always seemed like a stupid idea to me. Just my opinion. Anyway, I figured I'd retype his power limits, and see what people make. Whether its just the power or a whole character, I would just like to see what people make out of the same words - it…
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