HERO System 6th Edition Rules Questions

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1. USPDB-Detect Air Purity

   Is the Analyze on Detect Air Purity in the supplemental material to USPDB a GM leniency call? The FAQ says that Smell/Taste is sort of Discriminatory, but it has to be paid for for full effects.

   Asked by Armitage, May 19, 2003

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2. Charges of End reserve

   From the FAQ, it seems that it is legal to take charges on an end reserve. Isn't this extremely unbalancing? For example, take a 2D6 autofire attack (45 active pts) that normally costs 20 end per 5 shot burst. You can buy a 20 end reserve with an active cost of 2, and put 1000 or more charges on it for a +1 advantage and a net real cost of 4 pts. It's even worse for any regular powers that cost 10 end or less per use since the active cost would be 1 pt and the real cost would be 2 pts. It's essentially an almost free 0 end advantage on all your powers that cost end. This would be a problem for regular end with charges, although not quite as much of one since…

   Asked by Gary, May 19, 2003

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3. Speedster Trick: "Bullet Catching"

   Hi Steve. I posted this in the Champions discussion room as well, but I was curious as to what the official answer would be. I need to make sure that this power will work the way I want it to. My character is a speedster, and I'd really like for him to be able to grab bullets or other light physical missiles out of the air before they hit their targets. This would be used to keep thugs from firing on a trembling mob of bystanders, or to protect teammates from a hail of agent fire (assuming non-energy weapons...hard to catch plasma.) I've built the power as Missle Deflection, up to Bullets and Shrapnel, and selected the Full Range option w/ MD, w/ the SFX being that I ca…

   Asked by TheTemplar, May 19, 2003

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4. Weird question #436

   Here's a nice weird question, just to try and keep you on your toes. Would it be legal to work up a character with a changing multiform. What I mean is that the character has only one other form but it can change. I assume this would have to include a advantage of somekind, most likely around the +1-11/2 range. Basicly I was think of working up Rogue in this manner, but wasn't sure of the legality of it.

   Asked by tiger, May 19, 2003

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5. A/R Cost

   I have been reading the weapons in the Fifth Edition, and there is a column labeled "A/R Cost", and I cannot for the life of me figure out what this means. Help? And why does everyone refer to 5th Ed as Fred? Thanks in advance, cK

   Asked by Citizen Keen, May 19, 2003

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6. Missle Deflection on move by, throughs ect.

   Another question, can you use missledeflection on another character. In this case a speedster drops from above and attempts to attack villian, villian uses missle defection. Does this work and if so how? What about move throughs move bys what if it is a flying character on a move through? Wraith

   Asked by wraith, May 18, 2003

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7. Martail Throw in mid air

   During a game the other night we had a couple of questions about the effects of flying on martial throws. In this case we had a martial artist held up by TK attempt a martial throw on a flying character. They were 20" up. Would the throw send the chacter to the ground, would it send them an in in any direction with additional inches available based on damage done? Discuss:) Wraith

   Asked by wraith, May 18, 2003

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8. Followup: Mental Awareness

   Under the post you just answered would it then be safe to asume that a character to do a flash vs. Mental awareness to prevent being spotted by the target of his mental blast?

   Asked by Ndreare, May 18, 2003

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9. Flash vs. Mental Awareness

   Hello Steve I was talking to one of my players when the idea of a flash vs. Mental Awareness came up. Would a flash vs. Mental Awareness allow a character to reduce another characters DECV to 0 the way a flash vs. Sight could allow you to potentially drop a characters DCV to 0. If so then would you simply apply the rules for a regular flash or would you need new ones made up? Also could you then consider your other senses as non targeting senses for the purposes of rolling a non-targeting perception roll to get 1/2 DECV and OECV.

   Asked by Ndreare, May 18, 2003

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10. Overall Skills and Familiarity...

    Realized right after I posted my question that Combat Sense is obviosly targeting... Anyway, on to a new question: Can a 10 pt. Overall Skill Level be used with a skill a character is only familiar with? Or with an Everyman skill? I'll leave you in peace after this one, wouldn't wanna be responsible for FH not being done on time Thanx in advance, MANCER

    Asked by Mancer, May 18, 2003

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11. Combat Sense

    Hey Steve, on pg. 62 of FrED it states that combat sense cost 15 pts. But, it also states that Combat Sense is built using a 5 pt detect. So why, if detect target in HTH cost only 5 pts, does Combat Sense cost 15? thanks in advance, MANCER

    Asked by Mancer, May 18, 2003

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12. Damage?

    I've been pondering something for a while now. If a character has a PD that decreases STUN damage to 0, does he/she still take body? It would seem to me that if they're strong enough to not take any damage STUN wise from a punch/kick, then they wouldn't be hurt, right? I've just been trying to get a good handle of the basics of combat before I throw my friends into the relm of Roleplaying (which they've never done before). I don't want to confuse them any more than they already are!

    Asked by Prince_Bejita, May 17, 2003

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13. Another NND followup

    Making a skill roll is not a valid NND defense, but is having the skill? I.E. a magic spell that anyone with magical training can dismiss even when asleep- NND vs having the "magic" skill.

    Asked by Lord Mhoram, May 17, 2003

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14. NND Followup Question

    Aren't there situations where a "Actions" can be a proper defense? The standard example is: Sonic Attack, NND (Defense is Unable to Hear or Covering Ears with hands). Is the covering ears with hands now invalid? - Christopher Mullins

    Asked by schir1964, May 17, 2003

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15. A strange (but basic) NND question

    1) I have noticed that it is normal practice to base the defence of a NND on a power (IE Life suport seems to be the most common), do you have to, or could you name a power type Ex: The choking hands of Uklu: 1d6 RKA, NND, Does Body, 0 end, continous, AE: Accurate with the NND defence being having spell casting abilities? 2) Can it also be having them do something? Same power as above, stops if/when the character makes a magic skill roll

    Asked by JmOz, May 17, 2003

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16. Psychic Bond Mind Links

    Can the Psychic Bond Adder be applied multiple times to Mind Links where more than two people are linked? (For example, triplets instead of twins.) Thanks!

    Asked by Derek Hiemforth, May 17, 2003

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17. Duplication and Limitations

    If a character has Duplication with some kind of Limitation on it that requires some action to Duplicate, is the same action required to recombine? For example, let's say a character has Duplication bought with Incantations. Obviously, the character would need to utter the Incantations to Duplicate. Do they also need to utter them to recombine? Thanks!

    Asked by Derek Hiemforth, May 17, 2003

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18. DEF Advantages

    Steve, I asked this in the Hero Designer section but then thought it might be good to ask this just in case. Am I correct in thinking that the DEF of a Base or Vehicle can have the same type of advantages that a character's Defenses can have? IE: Hardened, etc?

    Asked by Vanguard, May 16, 2003

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19. How to / is it legal... TK question

    Lets say that someone has a 60 Str TK. Can they use the TK to grab one target one one phase, another target on their next phase (while continuing to hold the first one), a third one the phase after that (while holding on to the first two), etc.? If so, does the TK's Str get divided (60 Str TK / 3 targets = an effective 20 Str that each individual target would have try and break out of)? While holding three targets, are they having to pay 3X End? Are there some power advantages that need to be applied to the TK in order to get it to do the "can grab and hold successive targets" thing?

    Asked by FOUNDATION, May 16, 2003

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20. Multiform and Mind Class

    Do you consider the mind class of a multiform character to be that of the current form or the true form? Example: My true form is human, but I turn into a wolf sometimes. While in wolf form, am I considered human class or animal class?

    Asked by Marchwarden, May 16, 2003

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21. Vehicle or Base Def

    If I want to purchase a vehicle or base with some level of non-resistant defenses; for example a wall of vines, or an alien race that "grows" organic vehicles, would I pay 2 pts for 1 Def, or would I pay the standard 3 pts for 1 Def with a -1/2 limitation? How about if I wanted PD and ED that differed from each other? Would I pay 1.5 pts per 1 Def, or 3 pts per 1 Def with a -1 limitation for the excess? This would make a difference if other limitations are applied, or if active points matter such as with a framework.

    Asked by Gary, May 15, 2003

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22. Grabs and Contortionist

    How often can contortionist be used to escape a grab if the first attempt fails? Once every phase the character acts (Any Phase after an opponent Grabs a character with this Skill, he can use Contortionist to help him break out. pg37)? Or only 'until the situation changes in the character's favor' (pg 26).

    Asked by Grue, May 14, 2003

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23. Are attacks that don't affect PD/ED stopped by normal barriers such as walls/doors?

    Say a character has N-Ray vision and a Ranged Drain attack, would a wall or Force Wall for that matter, stop this or would it just pass through it? Would like an official answer if at all possible. Thanks, Champions Guru

    Asked by championsguru, May 14, 2003

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24. "Healing" Transformations

    Hi Steve, I was wondering if you could Dispel a Transformed effect? For example, if a charcater was transformed into a frog with a 60 active point power, could that character be turned back to normal with a Dispel. This issue specially came up in reguards to a fantasy campain. Once character has a Tranformation spell and another wanted to Dispel it using his Dispel Spell. Thanks. Mark

    Asked by Malhanon, May 14, 2003

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25. Adjustment powers followup

    The FAQ says: -------------------------------- Q: Do Adjustment Powers (particularly Suppress) work differently if only the effects of the power, as opposed to the creator/originator of the power, is present? Examples would include Suppress Summon against a demon to “banish†it (even though its conjuror is not present) or Suppress Mind Control after the victim’s already been affected. A: No. -------------------------------- A few subquestions on this one: 1) Is it correct that the to-hit roll to affect the effect is vs. the D(E)CV of the original effect's target (the demon, or the victim of the Mind Control), and not that of the owner of the eff…

    Asked by sacolcor, May 14, 2003

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