HERO System Discussion
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Back by popular demand! This file, which is also available for free from the Hero Games Online Store, contains all the errata known to me as of today. If you find an errata in the core rulebook which isn't listed here, please PM me to inform me about it. Please don't post it here, because I may not see it. Sending it to me directly ensures that I won't overlook it. 6E Errata 2020-02-09.pdf
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So...the notion is, the guy has bioelectric aspects. HTH based on ED (electrical SFX), powered from an END reserve. Also has defensive Absorption for electrical attacks. He takes it in and stores it for re-use...so, it goes to the END reserve. If it was going straight to END...no problem. The halving rule applies. But END Reserve is only listed as a Special Power. It feels like it should be classed as a Defense power for this purpose to me, but I figured I'd raise the point.
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Tracking turn order and who goes when is a fairly simple matter for those experienced with the game. Write down all the player characters and opponents in a column on the left hand of a sheet in order of dexterity. Make twelve columns to the right of them and label them segments one through twelve. For each character put a mark in their row corresponding to their speed in the speed chart. All fine and good, except perhaps for needing a ruler to make nice neat columns. This is only slightly tedious. In the old days when I used to run games, I would have a small stack of printed sheets already set up with those rows and columns for making such turn charts. Now h…
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Just as the title says. In 3rd ED, can you put an Enhanced Sense in an EC? Following all the rules naturally? I could not see any rule for or against it. For example, my character Twister I put in Passive Sonar in an EC. The EC is only 10 pts.
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The Advanced Player Guides have a bunch of neat new ideas and ways of using powers in them, and I recommend picking them up for the thoughts. Some are so great they really should have always been in the rules, like Extradimensional Space. Here I am going to share some of the new concepts I have for Hero, for people to look at, suggest adjustments, or just giggle at. If other people would do the same with their house rules, this could be an interesting, valuable thread. For today: Area Effect Scatter: Costs half as much as Area Effect (any) and is bought the same way (basically buy AE: Any then get double the number of hexes/2m areas). But i…
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I asked this in the "Ask Steve" board, but Simon suggested I take it down here instead since its not an official part of the printed rules: In the Advanced Player Guide I, they mention the option of regenerating characteristics other than Body, which makes sense and is a useful concept. However, there is no real details on how to do this. There are three possibilities that I can think of that might be used: 1) You regenerate 1 (insert characteristic here) per time interim; 1 Body, 1 END, 1 Speed, etc 2) You regenerate 1 character point of (insert characteristic here) per time interim; 1 Body, 5 END, 1/10th Speed, etc 3) You regenerate y…
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Hello all, I have a quick and perhaps odd question. I was poking around 3rd Ed and it comes to Telekinesis. My reading of it seems that TK could not be used to “Punch” any one besides the listed prohibition of no squeezing the target. Am I reading that right? Or am I reading into it? Or has that always been a grey area of those edition rules. Anyways thanks in advance
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So I'm finishing up implementing APG Shrinking in HD. There's a bug left in displaying the DCV adjustment but the rest looks to be working. So APG shrinking is 3 points per level, and 2 levels gives 1/2 height and therefore 1/8 mass. That part was easy enough to do. Still did a double take as I was thrashing out the adjusted height and weight...because 1 level of shrinking means: 71 inches (5'11", pretty average) --> 51 inches. OK, no problem. Square root of 1/2 is .7071, yep. 200 pounds --> 69 pounds (!!) Yep. .7 * .7 * .7 is .343. I knew that, I'd gone through all that in my head. Just seeing it was lik…
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Presently, based on previous editions of Hero, Summon and Multiform are based on 1 base point for each 5 character points of the target creature (so a 60 active point summon or multiform gives you 300 points of a character). But with each edition past 4, there's been an increase in point base for each character has gone up, and 6th edition's restructure of characteristics made all characters more expensive even if identical build to previous editions (by around 50 points, depending on how stat-based the character is, in my experience). This means that all characters necessarily are more expensive, including things that you might summon or multiform. …
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Over at the Hero Games 2021 there's been some discussion of formatting Talents with the full builds in the back of the book. This has me wondering about the Hero Stat Block. Does everyone use the common stat block? Are there variations that you think works better? Is it time for a new stat block? What works best for you?
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I’ve been reading recently about sleepwalking and related syndromes and wondering how it might be presented in Hero System. A Physical Complication? A Psychological Complication? Something else? For one thing, it might make it difficult to maintain a secret ID if one goes sleep-flying without their mask and costume. A fantasy world thief could fall off a building while sleep climbing. Since you can be mind controlled while asleep and made to do things easier than when you’re awake, there’s also that to consider as a source of sleepwalking issues.
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Is your turn mod based on inches moved or inches expended? IOW, if you are moving vertically, is your turn mod based on how many inches your character moves or how many inches of flight your character has expended, given that it will be different based on if they are moving upwards or downwards (while in a gravity well)
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Aid used to have a useful device which allowed the power to have a higher maximum effect than the purchased dice, but that could only be reached by repeated use of the Aid. This allowed for low-start, high potential abilities with a lower active cost (since, after all, you might never even get to that point). I understand in one sense why this was taken away, since any out-of-combat long term Aid ability effectively will always be maxed by the time anything happens. Aid Lass can power up everyone in the group with Bonus OCV that fades 5 points per 6 hours on the flight to the battle in the Quanjet. That effectively negates any potential drawbacks of the Aid…
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I know this, but I can't bring it to the forefront of my mind. Can anyone recall where Damage Shield first showed up? Yeah; it seems an odd thing to be bugged about, but I'm working on something and not being able to remember it or find it (and man, that was a _lot_ of looking....) is driving me nuts. Thanks to anyone who can help.
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I am in the process of overhauling Longbow. Longbow started out as one of my characters in a friend's campaign. The GM wanted a more dangerous world. Starting BODY was 6 if I recall rightly. This also put a limit of defenses and whatnot. One of the things I did for that reality since Hit Locations were in use, was to take 8 skill levels only for reducing Hit Location Penalties. GM agree and the limitation was set to -1. What I am thinking of now is expanding that so that "aiming for unarmored locations" would in effect also reduce the target's activation roll on their defenses. Thoughts?
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I know Density Increase increases Mass. But how would one handle mass Density Decrease? Making a Character lighter and/or having character reduce another's or object's mass?
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I'm currently running a 5th edition campaign, and I'm trying to come up with the best way to create a villain who simply cannot be hurt. He can be restrained, he can't move in any special way, nor does he have super strength. He just can't be hurt. Any suggestions?
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Prompted by finding an embarrassingly-significant mistake in Champions Complete's description of Pushing in Heroic campaigns (noted below 🤦🏼♂️) , I'm putting together a list of errata for CC. A few known issues are listed below; no need to report these again. But if you've noticed others, please comment below or shoot me a PM, and I'll include them in the list I'm compiling. Known Errors: p20: For Pushing in Heroic campaigns, the second sentence should say, "The character gains 5 CP to the ability if the EGO Roll succeeds, +1 more CP per point he makes the roll by." p91: Should specify the value of the "Gate" Limitation for Teleport (-1/2). p97…
Last reply by Christopher R Taylor, -
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While I've tried numerous die rolling programs in my nearly 35 years of RPG's, none have been as great as the one included in HD3. Nothing even comes close. I don't recall who the author of that program was although I'm pretty sure it was not Dan Simon. I was wondering if that unnamed genius might consider reworking it as an Android app? I would happily pay several dollars to be able to run that on my Kindle; and every member of my gaming group with a smart phone concurs.
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How much do you think a limitation that the character has to have END to use would be worth? I am not talking about a power that actually cost END even to start. The idea I am working on is mainly for a suit of powered armor with numerous abilities that draw miniscule amount of power. I had considered using an END and just having the power cost END, but that ends up requiring the END reserve to be huge with a large recovery or the power don’t last as long as they should. When I do that it means that the other abilities used by the reserve recover much faster than they should. The Cost END to start does not fit because once the power is drained the power should not wo…
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Inspired by a misread of this thread, I got wondering what strange, warped, and wacky powers and power modifiers those out there in Herodom can create. Think of the Stuper! Powers game and how wacky they got with their abilities. Basically anything will go - x-ray vision that cannot see through glass is good, blast that cannot hurt organics will work, etc. Lets have some fun with our great system get some rather wacky abilities! 🤣
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We have several topics that deal with some form of outlier, such as if characters were able to gain double or more their points or the Dr. Destroyer type. In many ways, the PCs could be considered to be another outlier within your campaign even if they are streetlevel in a world of cosmic types. Another kind that is frequently seen is how to topics like the way powers, skills, characters, etc are made. This also includes the way to introduce something new into a preexisting campaign, like going form espionage to supers or fantasy. However, there is little talk about those who are the normal folks who make up the mainstream of society. Without these commonfolk, the big, po…
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Good Day All - First, a Thank You to those who have answered my questions previously. This one seems simple - however I felt it necessary to check as I cannot find a specific example of this circumstance. Knockback on page 166 of the BBB is "real close" - and I have used it in the past as substantiation for my ruling. Game: Champions 4th Ed Subject: Damage from Movement into Solid Object Example 1: A PC is moving at 20" (hexes) per phase and for whatever reason runs directly into a wall. For this example, the wall has Def=12 and Body=12. My understanding is that the PC would take 20d6, one d6 per inch of movement - similar to wh…
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I've got a villain who uses darkness powers. One of his powers is to create a nighttime effect, but doesn't blind anyone; it gives the same modifiers as night. I was initially thinking Darkness but that blinds the opponents. Heroes have a -4 PER roll during nighttime and that's what I'm looking for so I'm inclined to go with Change Environment with a large radius. I don't think Images will do. How would you build this?
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Howdy Gang! I'm sure this has been asked before, but I can't seem to find it on the boards. Can CSLs at 2pts offset the OCV penalties of Multiple Attack maneuver? For example: If Seeker were fighting 6 thugs and wanted to attack all 6 (a -10 penalty to attack), could he buy CSL: +6 OCV for Multiple Attack (12pts) to bring that down to a -4 OCV?
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