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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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For a hypothetical VPP (60 pt pool + 60 pt control; Magic/Psychic Powers Only (-0)), how would you value a Limitation like this: only attack powers can go to 60 AP, all other powers (Defense, Movement, Sensory, Miscellaneous) cap at 30 AP TIA for the help.
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Qiuick background. I was 4th edition player. I got back into Champions about 2 years ago as the Game Master. I have helped about a dozen newbies create character as best I can with my past knowledge. I have just gotten a character that wants to use Density Increase. I am finding it very Over Powered! 4 cp for +5 Str +1 PD +1 ED -2m KB and increased mass. If bought seperately that is 9cp. I did several searches to find any past discussion on this to no result. I had gotten the impression that 6e was meant to balance out the power inequities. Was there an errata I have not found? or is this really how it was meant to be? Thank you Kevin
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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. …
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Does anyone set the base OCV at 14 and DCV at 3 just to simplify the attack roll equation? OCV-3d6=DCV
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Hello! I have had characters designed for me and played before, but I am trying to make a character myself for the first time. I am making an Idol, someone super famous and positively well known. Super hero Identity is the Idol, but has a personal secret identity that lacks confidence. So massive presence, but only uses it in "Character.". My question is, besides building a high presence and some striking appearance, what could I do with a charismatic character? Not wanting to intimidate. Wanting to be a very positive encouraging hero.
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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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[The Multiple Attack rules specifically state that characters cannot use defensive maneuvers or Actions (such as Block or Deflection) as part of a Multiple Attack, nor make a Multiple “Attack” that consists of nothing but defensive actions. However, the GM may choose to ignore this rule, allowing characters to freely mix offensive and defensive Actions as part of a Multiple Attack. This imposes an additional -2 OCV penalty on all the Attack Rolls in the Multiple Attack — and of course, since it’s a Multiple Attack the character’s DCV is halved, which may negate or diminish the effectiveness of any defensive Actions involved]
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Ok so I want to have a campaign where you can attack someone's soul with mystical attacks as well as someone's body. So as an example let us say there is a martial arts master with secret chi techniques that don't do any physical damage but attack the EGO of the target. I was hoping to avoid the difficulty of using Drain to do this and just have an advantage that stated Attack does Ego Damage +xA where x is whatever the advantage should be in the campaign. The way I want it to work is to use EGO as a substitute for BOD. So the attack if a 1d6 killing attack does 1 to 6 body damage and 1d6 times that number in Stun. So average of 3.5 and 12.15 or…
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Ok so i'm starting up a one piece campaign as a new DM, and ive been having a bit of trouble setting up powers, specifically the Buki Buki No Mi. This fruit is a paramecia that allows the user to interchange body parts into weapons temporarily. Any suggestions?
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Hello, I'm running a superhero game and a couple of my players want to have powers that go off when they punch something. 1) The first player wishes to punch people and then do a drain and aid. He's bought the drain and aid separate. I designed them using trigger but I think I've accidentally over designed/made it cost way more than it should. He has a selective AoE HA attack and the idea is that he blinks around like nightcrawler draining targets and boosting himself. He doesn't always want to trigger the drain/aid as his special effect reason is that he can target specific energy points for the drain or just hit them normally. Is trigger the right way to do this? 2) …
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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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How much limitation would you give to a person with the power to become invisible BUT he can be seen in reflections, mirrors, photographs, and recordings? The power has nothing to do with vampires, it just the opposite of how vampires are visible to everyone except reflections, mirrors, photographs, and recordings.
Last reply by Greywind, -
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5th Edition Is it okay to mix Martial arts types in the same style? Specifically, could you have a mostly physical style with a few ranged maneuvers? Could you have a Mental style with a few physical maneuvers? I don't see any examples, but I don't see any direct prohibitions. I realise this can be GM call territory, I am just curious if there is specific restrictions I missed.
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I noticed we've been getting a lot of new people trickling in to Hero System. I thought it would be nice to introduce each other and I have put together a list of questions I thought would help. Some questions are hero related but others just general questions I could think of. Enjoy 🙂 Why your username? -We are nothing but specks in time and space Why your avatar or if no avatar why not -I am Marvin the Martian fan What area do you live in? -I moved from Detroit to Tampa recently What's your profession? -I'm in IT/Cybersecurity (I think most of us are IT geeks here :)) Are you Windows, MAC or Linux? -W…
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I know Aid is cumulative but I remember older editions allowed you to increase the maximum effect. I don’t see that in the sixth edition rules. Cumulative allows effectsto be added and max effect to be increased for additional +1/4 advantage. If I wanted to increase the max effect of my Aid STR power would I have to buy+1/2 cumulative before buying the +1/4 increased maximum effect advantages? Given aid is already cumulative, would the first +1/2 increase the maximum effect? Really trawling round rules I rarely use except in vanilla ways... Doc
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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 am looking at a character who has regeneration. I would like them to also resurrect, but not at the same rate as their normal regeneration. LIke regen 1 point a round, resurrection 1 point a day or a week. Is there anyway to do this without building two regen powers? It seems weird that the point value of adding resurrection to my 1 body a turn power is about the same as cheaper than buying a second, slower power for my resurrection (13 vs 14, not a huge deal but still...the 13 point power is waaaay superior). This is for 5th edition, btw. It made me wonder if Naked adders are a thing?
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So i have asked a few questions on here already and i have some more. i will be the GM and my group started their characters tonight (didnt finish). we have really no idea what they should have for characters and where to go with it. i also have no idea where to start with making a campaign. we were skimming through through the BR but are still lost. its going to be a heroic campaign in modern of a group of “heroes” that fight crime (bank robberies, muggings, etc.) another question would be, what do people generally have for characteristic level limits? like what is the highest you will allow STR or END in a heroic playthrough?
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Hi, Im new to the Hero Designer software and I cant seem to figure out how to make it so the VPPs actual point pool get effected by modifiers, the control works fine but the pool itself dosent want to change.
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How are Duplication and Summon balanced against each other? In 5Er and 6E, it costs 80 points to create a 400 point duplicate, and the same 80 points for a 400 point summon. The cost of higher powered, or additional bodies, appears to be the same. The duplicate is controlled by me and absolutely loyal. If the duplicate dies, it stays dead. If I want a duplicate to have different powers than me it takes a +1 Advantage. The summon has to be bribed or threatened to do a handful of things and then is done. Or it takes a +1 advantage to make it as loyal as the duplicate, and I still don't control it. If it dies I can just summon anothe…
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So me and my friend are getting into this and I want to know what the best way to do that is. I bought the BR, the Character Creation book, and the Combat and Adventuring book. I started to read the BR but do I have read all of the books in their entirety?
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What is a good premade campaign that will be good for first time? or would it be better to create our own? there will be 6 players and then the gm. thanks in advance
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I've always wondered why the Martial Arts Escape maneuver has a +0 OCV +0 DCV to it. It seems to me to be an automatic success to hit, regardless of Hero Games not having absolutes, hence my wondering about the +0 OCV. Now, whether you break out of the Grab is another thing. You're not going to use this maneuver unless you're Grabbed and if you're already Grabbed, why a DCV modifier? So, looking for some clarity to this.
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The concept is as follows: The game universe has a "soundtrack" that is audible only to the audience and those characters who have spent the points on the appropriate sensing ability. Within this universe, those individuals who are important in the grand scheme of things each have a unique leitmotif (or motif for short) associated with them. The downside to having a leitmotif is, of course, that it makes it difficult if not impossible to have the element of surprise against enemies who can hear the soundtrack. As GM how much would you give characters for this as a DF?
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