jackalope Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Fans of Firefly may be interested in my Firefly HERO site, a campaign resource for running Star HERO adventures in the Outworlds of Firefly. It's still under construction, but the site is up, and write-ups (including .hdz files) are available for Malcom, Inara, Jayne and River. More will go up over the following weeks. Please check it out and tell me what you think! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchpad Posted November 20, 2004 Report Share Posted November 20, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up The River link doesn't seem to work Also, what points are you basing the game on? 100+100? Personally, I'd think it was a 75+75 game, with the NPCs (Mal and his gang) having experience spent. Good idea though Looking foward to seeing some of the packages Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackalope Posted November 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up The River link doesn't seem to work Also' date=' what points are you basing the game on? 100+100? Personally, I'd think it was a 75+75 game, with the NPCs (Mal and his gang) having experience spent. Good idea though Looking foward to seeing some of the packages [/quote'] I really wanted to be able to include the Cinematic Fighting martial arts on most of the fighting characters, so I went with 100+100. The River link, hmm? I'll check it out. Edit: I'm dumb, and forgot to upload that section. It's fixed now. How washed out are the graphics? My monitor is very dark, and I just checked it out on my roommates monitor (which si very bright) and they looked extremely washed out, far more so than I intended. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchpad Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up The graphics look good Nice duotone Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackalope Posted November 21, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up The graphics look good Nice duotone Thanks, I was aiming for the washed out sepia tone that all photos of the wild west seem to have. Thought it was genre appropriate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rapier Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up BEAUTIFUL SITE! I especially like the character sheets. It is all raid out wonderfully. The sepia bleed is very nice too...and the colour scheme is very pleasing and easy to read. All in all, I gots to give out props! Only had a minute to bop aruond, will dig through more later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eodin Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up I don't know anything about Firefly, but the site looks great. I too look forward to seeing more. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Publius Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up Nice gorram site there, mighty kindly of you to be in a sharin' kinda mood and all. I will be looking over the characters soon for some interestin' viewin'. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yesman Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up Wow ! Awsome site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C++ Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up Very nice site. I've been tinkering with Unknown Armies for a Firefly game (the mechanics actually may work for the genre better than Hero). It also looks like we may have some nice source material in the future. http://www.ogrecave.com/archives/004056.shtml We can only hope Serenity burns up the box office. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddHat Posted November 21, 2004 Report Share Posted November 21, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up Excellent site! I wouldn't have done the characters in exactly the same way, but they all look damn good. Great overall look to the site as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dbsousa Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up That looks really good! I especially like the layout, both the way it looks on the page, and the way you have organized the information... I didn't notice any links to the HeroDesigner files or printable versions. Is this by design? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackalope Posted November 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up That looks really good! I especially like the layout, both the way it looks on the page, and the way you have organized the information... I didn't notice any links to the HeroDesigner files or printable versions. Is this by design? If you look to the left edge of the pages with character sheets, you should see two links PRINT and FILE. PRINT will d/l the .rtf version, and FILE will d/l the .hdz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RobCRogers Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up At a glance, this is a great-looking site with great information and some nicely written discussions of the characters. A minor point: One thing you might want to look into is running a spell-check, particularly checking to make sure that you've got the characters' names spelled correctly. For example, it should be "Malcolm," not "Malcom" and "Shepherd," not "Shepard." Great site. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusion Posted November 22, 2004 Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up hmmm... I don't think River is crazy enough. But she might be pregnant. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackalope Posted November 22, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 22, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up At a glance, this is a great-looking site with great information and some nicely written discussions of the characters. A minor point: One thing you might want to look into is running a spell-check, particularly checking to make sure that you've got the characters' names spelled correctly. For example, it should be "Malcolm," not "Malcom" and "Shepherd," not "Shepard." Spell check, right, right. Always forget that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlHazred Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up Very nice writeups indeed! I can't wait to see more of it, especially the vehicle writeup for the Serenity itself. (Hint, hint.) Maybe when the movie comes out my player's will let me run something based on it... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusion Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up hmm.. ok regarding River (since she is my fave) I would lose the Psyche Lim: Coward and replace it with Delusions, Failure to Recognize Surroundings. Or possibly a Fear of Leaving Home (Serenity). Drop the INT down to 28, and pick up Conversation as a full skill. If I had the patience (and wasn't at work) I'd try and figure out a way to turn 'morbid and creepafying' into some bonus presence for a presence attack. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnoViking Posted November 23, 2004 Report Share Posted November 23, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up Bravo, great web site. I have a couple of comments on the characters. - You may want to give KS: Reavers to Mal, Zoe, Wash and maybe Jayne. - River INT is way to high, a INT 23 with skills levels would work better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackalope Posted November 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up hmm.. ok regarding River (since she is my fave) I would lose the Psyche Lim: Coward and replace it with Delusions, Failure to Recognize Surroundings. Or possibly a Fear of Leaving Home (Serenity). Psych Lim: Coward is something I've used in my Hero games for over a decade. I will eventually get a description of the lim up there, but essentially PsychLim: Coward means that the character is never "in combat", they are always at 1/2 OCV and 1/2 DCV, and cannot purchase combat skill levels, or martial arts. The character is unable to "keep their cool" in combat. It's extremely appropriate for Kaylee, and I thought it was also appropriate for River because she doesn't have any combat training, has never displayed any combat skill, and when she pulled her "blind shot" trick, she specifically ahd to make sure she didn't watch what she was doing. Drop the INT down to 28, and pick up Conversation as a full skill. If I had the patience (and wasn't at work) I'd try and figure out a way to turn 'morbid and creepafying' into some bonus presence for a presence attack. You think River is a good conversationalist, able to subtley work people for information? Because I gotta say, I'm not seeing it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackalope Posted November 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up - You may want to give KS: Reavers to Mal' date=' Zoe, Wash and maybe Jayne.[/quote'] But...nobody knows anything about the Reavers. They're just a big scary mystery. - River INT is way to high, a INT 23 with skills levels would work better. According to Joss's commentary, she predicts the future by correlating all available data and making instanteous decisions. I don't know how smart you have to be to accurately predict the future like she does, but 30 sounded about right to me. Also, all of that scientific knowledge she has isn't from extensive studying. It's just stuff she figures out on her own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Confusion Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up Psych Lim: Coward is something I've used in my Hero games for over a decade. I will eventually get a description of the lim up there, but essentially PsychLim: Coward means that the character is never "in combat", they are always at 1/2 OCV and 1/2 DCV, and cannot purchase combat skill levels, or martial arts. The character is unable to "keep their cool" in combat. Ah, Ok it makes more sense that way then. I'm waffling a bit, but I'll buy it. You think River is a good conversationalist' date=' able to subtley work people for information? Because I gotta say, I'm not seeing it.[/quote'] From a receiving point of view yes, she is able to pick up quite a bit of information by listening to people talk. Much in the way the existing psionics are already written for her. It should complement her psionics. Although perhaps conversation may not be accurate. hrmm.. In Cyberpunk it was 'Human Perception' but basically the ability to read people without the use of her mental powers. This would actually work pretty good along those lines, since she is able to say things to people that scare the pants of them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TechnoViking Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up But...nobody knows anything about the Reavers. They're just a big scary mystery. Mal did know not to run from them or they would chase and their habits when confined. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jackalope Posted November 24, 2004 Author Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up From a receiving point of view yes' date=' she is able to pick up quite a bit of information by listening to people talk. Much in the way the existing psionics are already written for her. It should complement her psionics. Although perhaps conversation may not be accurate. hrmm.. In Cyberpunk it was 'Human Perception' but basically the ability to read people without the use of her mental powers. This would actually work pretty good along those lines, since she is able to say things to people that scare the pants of them.[/quote'] Well, she does have Conversation on an 8- as an Everyman Skill, and the +6 Overall levels. The GM can choose to give her the bonus for a roll of 14-, which is pretty good. That sounds like the effect you are describing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
levi Posted November 24, 2004 Report Share Posted November 24, 2004 Re: Firefly HERO Website Up Great work Jackalope! I love this show and can't wiat until the movie comes out next year (hey it almost is next year isn't it???) I think you have done a great job with all of the write-ups so far and can't wait for Simon, Nook, Serenity, etc.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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