HERO System Discussion
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Just a note to remind everybody after a brief hiatus the regular Monday Chat resumes tonight, 6 pm PST in the main Chat Room. Hope to see you there! dw
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I wanna know if Hero can handle realistic settings? something like a WW II game, where players can die with one shot... nothing HEROIC... just plain simple realism!! I´m asking this cause I read that HERO cant handle that situation, and as I´m thinking of buying HERO to be my Core system I wish to know!! I also wanna know if I can make a big battle, like, 2 machine guns, a tank, 6 soldiers againt the PC´s....and make it a coherent fight and not take too much time. Hope you understand my english, I´m a brazilian...) Thank´s
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If you could only buy one of these two books, which would you buy? If you could get Champions signed by Aaron Allston, would that change your answer? I need to know soon so post quick!
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I'm writing up a character who can generate a 'plasma spear', a 6½' long pole of plasma held by a 'gravity bubble' except for one end, which of course is ablaze. As the name suggests, he can use it as a melee weapon or can throw it. Of course, since the 'spear' can be thrown, the PC can also have it disarmed or taken away from him, and until he can either recover the 'spear' or destroy it, he can't create another one. I've decided to create 2 new modifiers, 'Can be thrown', an advantage, and 'Must manifest', a limitation, but I'm not sure what the values of either should be. With 'Can be thrown', the 'spear' can be used either as a HTH weapon or as a ranged weapon, …
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Wounding Rules
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I'm beginning a Heroic level Pulp game soon, and I'm trying to decide if I want to use the Wounding rules. Anyone have any experience and comments they would like to share about this particular rule?
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Wounding Rules
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I'm beginning a Heroic level Pulp game soon, and I'm trying to decide if I want to use the Wounding rules. Anyone have any experience and comments they would like to share about this particular rule?
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For people who have them both, how would you rate the 4th edition vs. 5th edition versions of: The Ultimate Martial Artist? Bestiary? Ninja Hero? Or any other books. I really like the 5th edition main rule book and I'm really looking forward to picking up Star Hero, but I seem to be doing okay with 4th ed versions of all of the above. (Note: I seem to recall reading that NH is a campaign setting rather than just a 5th edition version of the other one -- I guess I just need comparisons of the setting material, then.)
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I read in the paper today that a new 5 shot revolver is on the market now for $980. It is different, because it is the first firearm to feature a .50 Calibur round. I'd quote the article if I hadn't misplaced it but it is said to have the stopping power to take down a charging bear. Any idea what the write up for that would be? My initial guess would be 2d6 RKA, Double Knockback, Charges 5, Real Weapon.
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NPC tekkaman lite started this thread on www.rpg.net can you believe that?
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Okay, my Character Super Blue has a STR of 35, which gives him a base damage of 7d6. If I bought a 3d6 HHA with Damage Sheild, would I add my STR and make it a 10d6 Damage Sheild?
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are force fields normally invisisble? can they take the visible limitation then if so?
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Hey everyone. Just wanted to know how everyone liked Dundracon. I couldn't make it(had to work), so I was hoping to get the scoop...
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im having a heck of a time tweaking this flying/energy/brick down to the 350 point base...can a few of you folks give me a hand? Pharoah Player: S.W.S. Val Char Cost 30 STR 0 15 DEX 15 15 CON 10 13 BODY 6 16 INT 6 11 EGO 2 18 PRE 8 13 COM 2 7/27 PD 7 7/27 ED 4 7 SPD 45 7 REC 8 30 END 0 100 STUN 79 6" RUN02" SWIM06" LEAP0Characteristics Cost: 192 Cost Power END 4 +4 Mental Defense (6 points total) 48 Glowing power of Seker: Armor (20 PD / 20 ED) (60 Active Points); Visible (-1/4) (added to Secondary Value) 25 Mana of Seker: Endurance Reserve(Only in sunlight) (150 END, 20 REC) Reserve: (35 Activ…
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Standard answer of "If the GM allows it..." aside, would something like this be legal in FREd? I've got a player whose character is largely in another dimension. The character's physical presence is, for all intent's, a sort of "waldo" that he uses to interact with "the real world." The, ummm, creative use of Desolid would be an easier way to build such a character than buying all of the abilities/stats as "usable across dimensions..." I'm not so much concerned with point costs... I'm just lazy. Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated. Charlie
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does a hero who takes multiform(the shazam thing) have to buy a multiform in his other form to change back to normal?
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Okay, the topic name is a joke and I know it wouldn't be an "Ultimate" book, but some source book with tons of details on disads would be useful and fun to read. Sections on each of the main types, their uses, examples, and then some laundry lists for each one. What do people think?
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are there any magazines etc with official conversions for marvel, DC or whatever heroes? I would really like to see The Flash in the hero system. Yes i do realize i could jsut make them all, but i wondered if maybe they had been made already. Any edition is fine with me.
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In several things now I have seen attacks which make the target sick thereby imparing him in combat. D&D had the stinking cloud spell. Minority Report has the "sick stick." How would you do these kind of attacks in HERO.
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Just an alert for the DH subscribers -- the Shades Of Black playtest document is now available, complete with maps! This is our first scenario playtested, so the process is a bit different than normal. Please read the introductory instructions carefully, and e-mail me if you have any questions. In particular, we're hoping to get a lot of people to actually playtest the adventure -- run it in their own campaigns, or as an impromptu one-shot campaign. That's more helpful for adventure products than any other type of book. Looking forward to hearing your thoughts!
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On Page 154 of Space Hero, there is an sample "Multi-Purpose Energy Weapon". In this example some of the multipower's slots automatically use more than one charge, at a limitation cost of -1/4 for the first 3 charges, incrementing by -1/4 for each doubling of the number of charges used. Is this an official ruling? Is it somewhere in FRED? Thanks.
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how would one go about making a magic type pool similar to dr.strange? i mean..doc always seems to shoot spells from the hip and always seems to have just what he needs when he needs it...would this just be one wicked VPP? or something different...i have the old mystic masters book..but...alot of it seems either illegal now..or just hoky, any ideas out there?
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I recently purchased a book called the The Illustrated Book of Guns, primarily for its visual value. It's got something like a thousand different guns, with pictures, a few statistics and a paragraph on each one. I figured I could let players of a more modern game look through the book when choosing firearms. Anyway, I was working up the game statistics for the weapons in a spreadsheet and ran into an interesting little foible; the black powder pistols in the book seem to have extremely low muzzle velocities. I noted all of them as being in the range of 350 fps to 550 fps, a considerable sight lower than modern handguns, which are typically in the 900 to 1400 fps ran…
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The US Armed Forces are preparing to start using armed robots to supplement (and eventually replace) humans on the battlefield within the next 10-25 years. Here's an article describing some of the robots that are on the drawing board. http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/nation/1779709
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For a character, that has access to an university as a Professior, what cost do you think the perk should be. S.A. Veira
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i am looking for opnions of the Shadow World stuff put out by ICE for fantasy hero. I heard they really gear towards rolemaster and therefore isnt that grea for fantasy hero players unless you want to convert. Also what does everyone think about Broken Kingdoms? and lastly what about these: Haunted Heroes, The DRagon's Gate, Unkown eagles, and unkown eagles:special ops. I read these existed but have never seen them. opinions greatly appreciated.
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