ShinDangaioh Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 So, who has it? Are you going to convert the stuff in it over to Hero? And do you think that if this product sells well enough that GoO will get the mainstream DC liscence? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KawangaKid Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? Saw it in the Local Store. Can't get it. Too much Hero Games Supplement backlog. Thick sucker tho. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Hopcroft Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? So, who has it? Are you going to convert the stuff in it over to Hero? Don;t have it, and it;'s not high on my prioirtyy list, although I may get ti eventually. It is convertible to HERO using the forumae in Realkity Storm because it uses essentially the Silver Age Sentinels game system. And do you think that if this product sells well enough that GoO will get the mainstream DC liscence? Seems unlikely. GOO doesn;t need those kind of headaches, and I doubt Time-Warner is that interested in tabletop RPGs when they can make so much more money lciensing their characters for video games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimpira Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? Well, I plan to pick it up on Friday. They are going to release more supplements to cover the StormWatch years and are talking about trying to get the ok to work on Authority the Mark Millar years but I am not interested in that particular one. Authority has rules for Tri Stat and D20. I am completely caught up on all my hero books until Vibora Bay comes out so I figured what the heck. I was worried that it was going to conflict with me picking up DEMON. Glad it didn't because I would hate to have to wait to pick up The Authority. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? I'm actually getting it as a gift today or this weekend. I plan on converting characters to Hero mainly to see how tough these guys "really" are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckg Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? Given that RPG stats for comics characters only line up with the actual comics characters by sheer coincidence, how would that prove anything? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? Given that RPG stats for comics characters only line up with the actual comics characters by sheer coincidence' date=' how would that prove anything?[/quote'] *shrug* Mainly, it was a joke (There isn't a really since the character will be exactly as powerful as the plot needs them to be) but it will at least given an idea. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darren Watts Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? As a test I ran Apollo through the Hero/TriStat translator from RS just to see what would happen. He came out pretty believable, about 1200 points. Many of the other members of the Authority are built with GoO's "Dynamic Powers" construct, which basically translate into large themed VPPs and would require a lot of GM interaction to get right, but conveniently all of Apollo's powers were easy to translate. Took me about half an hour. It's a purty book, for sure. dw Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffreyWKramer Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? Many of the other members of the Authority are built with GoO's "Dynamic Powers" construct' date=' which basically translate into large themed VPPs and would require a lot of GM interaction to get right. [/quote'] So, in Hero terms, how big a VPP do the Engineer and the Doctor have? It's gotta be pretty herky for the Doctor to do some of those huge area effect Transforms. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nexus Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? Definately a very pretty book if oddly sized. Glossy paper, full color artwork, the works. Good chapter on gming high powered supers game and the mechanics look to hold up to the power level at first glance. It just covers the first 12 issues of the Authority ending with Jenny's death which, IMO, is before the book started to go downhill. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckg Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? Ah, so they totally avoid the Millar Authority and the Authorities that came after. Wise of them. Very, very wise. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
megaplayboy Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? well, either they want to put out more sourcebooks if the first is successful, or it's just too hard to negotiate the licensing... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlackSword Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? I was in the demo of Authority at GenCon-Indy. The guy running the game was a GoO freelance guy (so he might not have all the facts). He said the plan was to release a sourcebook for the Authority for books later in the series. And then release a book similar to the Authority book (ie hardback with full rules) for Stormwatch (or one of the other Wildstorm series) with a sourcebook for Stormwatch to come out later. I am sure much of that plan depends on the sales of the Authority. Has anyone checked out GoO's Deus Ex, that one looked interesting to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eyendasky80 Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? Could those of you who have the book give us a review after you read it please? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? Ah, so they totally avoid the Millar Authority and the Authorities that came after. Wise of them. Very, very wise. Amen to that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffreyWKramer Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? Amen to that. And I concur. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Metaphysician Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? 1200 point Apollo?? Ouch. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffreyWKramer Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? 1200 point Apollo?? Ouch. Horus-Re's big brother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckg Posted October 7, 2004 Report Share Posted October 7, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? Feh. Apollo isn't worthy to be in the same time zone as Horus-Re. Not character-wise, at least. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? In the first 12 issues, I can't recall him doing anything that couldn't be managed on 350 points, unless I missed something. He did have that massive Aid to all Powers based on sunlight, but I don't recall him using it much in the time frame covered by the RPG. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckg Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? "Sterilize the moon"? Matt the Bruins 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? "Sterilize the moon"? 60 Point "Solar Powers" VPP. 1d6 RKA, Penetrating, AOE:R, Continuous, Megascale times 2. Wait a few turns. Moon is now sterile. Drop Continuous and add another level of Penetrating and 0 End cost to make sure. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimpira Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? 60 Point "Solar Powers" VPP. 1d6 RKA, Penetrating, AOE:R, Continuous, Megascale times 2. Wait a few turns. Moon is now sterile. Drop Continuous and add another level of Penetrating and 0 End cost to make sure. Yeah but they generally do not sit around waiting to be exterminated. And in the Authority world I can imagine quite a few people with hardening. He was fighting people that used themselves as missiles and then had the audacity to stand up after they hit the ground. He is that world's equivalent to Superman. I think I would give him a little more than 350. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? Yeah but they generally do not sit around waiting to be exterminated. And in the Authority world I can imagine quite a few people with hardening. He was fighting people that used themselves as missiles and then had the audacity to stand up after they hit the ground. He is that world's equivalent to Superman. I think I would give him a little more than 350. That world's Superman runs Clark's Bar, and that world's Captain Marvel died storming the station. On a less jokey note, a 70 point VPP would have let him add another level of penetrating. Problem solved, unless the GM has double hardened foes there, in which case a 75 point VPP allows ... I tend to be a min-maxer if I'm not careful, but I don't see a need for 1200 points to match Apollo as he was presented in that series. Most of his power stunts required that Aid to All Powers in Sunlight to be used anyway. I'm fairly sure I could get him into 350 points. If I have time I'll give it a try. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JeffreyWKramer Posted October 8, 2004 Report Share Posted October 8, 2004 Re: The Authority RPG ???? Though I'm loathe to even mention Mark Millar's run on THE AUTHORITY, it should be noted that some of the feats he pulled off during that run were pretty impressive. His heat vision was sufficient to entirely incinerate a powerful villain with one blast, and as I recall he did essentially the same thing to an evil analogue of the Engineer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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