BobGreenwade Posted May 16, 2003 Report Share Posted May 16, 2003 I was very disappointed to have missed the Super Agents bandwagon the first time around. I'd had to quit gaming just a few months before Aaron's book came out, and I didn't come back until well after 4th Edition was out. I'd actually been looking forward to playing a PC agent for a high-tech organization... and now that genre seems to have all but vanished. Is there any chance for a 5th Edition redux of this book? (Would there even be enough of a demand for it? Could it perhaps be considered a subgenre of Dark Champions?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derek Hiemforth Posted May 16, 2003 Report Share Posted May 16, 2003 While I have no "inside info" about either book, I'd be terribly shocked if the UNTIL sourcebook (and possibly even the VIPER sourcebook as well) didn't discuss pretty thoroughly how to do an agent-based campaign. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted May 16, 2003 Report Share Posted May 16, 2003 I agree with Derek about the Until Sourcebook. In the interim, though, might I recommend Shelley Crystal Mactyre's excellent PRIMUS e-book available right here in the Online Store? It contains some very good guidelines for running a super-agents campaign, including her detailed and useful Brownie Point system for giving agents more prestige and resources within the agency based on their performance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Monolith Posted May 16, 2003 Report Share Posted May 16, 2003 My own thinking is that Super Agents will be a sub-genre of Dark Champions. That would give the genre book the entire spectrum from Low-End Supers, to Super Agents, finally to "normal" Agents/Spies. It seems like a logical progression to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted May 16, 2003 Author Report Share Posted May 16, 2003 I've little doubt that I could "roll my own" Super Agents campaign. I'm actually in the middle of doing so right now (though whether I'll ever get to run it or not remains to be seen). I'd just like to see something official on it from HERO Games itself. It doesn't have to be next year, but by the end of the decade would be nice. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alibear Posted May 20, 2003 Report Share Posted May 20, 2003 I played in a long running supers campaign called The Agents of Fortune. We used to spend an xp every scenario on our base, agents, standard issue equiptment etc. It was very cool playing a 5o+50 agent, an Agent Agent and if and when we got in over our heads we could call up Superpowered back-up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Cadet Posted May 28, 2003 Report Share Posted May 28, 2003 Like Mr. Greenwade, I too would like to see a 5thEd version of Super Agents, especially with the recent revival of that particular genre in both movies and TV. It'd be particularly interesting to see how well cinematic super-agencies from some of the wilder '60s movies would work in a Hero campaign (just imagine the looks on the PCs' faces when they're suddenly thrust into the middle of a CMDF covert op). Space Cadet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Cadet Posted May 30, 2003 Report Share Posted May 30, 2003 Before anyone asks what CMDF stands for, here it is: Combined Miniature Deterrent Forces (from the film Fantastic Voyage, which was set in the not-so-distant future -- back when the movie was originally made -- of 1995). Space Cadet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted May 30, 2003 Report Share Posted May 30, 2003 Fantastic Voyage I think it would be more likely for a CMDF covert opp to be thrust into the middle of the PCs. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tech Posted June 6, 2003 Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 Originally posted by Monolith My own thinking is that Super Agents will be a sub-genre of Dark Champions. That would give the genre book the entire spectrum from Low-End Supers, to Super Agents, finally to "normal" Agents/Spies. It seems like a logical progression to me. The original Super-Agents campaign book was interesting, although not as indepth as I would have liked it. It would definitely need an overhaul to fit the 5th ed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted June 6, 2003 Author Report Share Posted June 6, 2003 Originally posted by Tech The original Super-Agents campaign book was interesting, although not as indepth as I would have liked it. It would definitely need an overhaul to fit the 5th ed. Oh, absolutely. It would have to be rewritten from the ground up to even come close to matching what's been done thus far with Champions, Ninja Hero, Star Hero, and soon Fantasy Hero. And with Dark Champions on the schedule for next year and Pulp Hero set out for 2005, it'll be at least 2006 (and probably longer) before we can expect to see anything along these lines. But hey, there's no rush. There are many, many books that DOJ could focus on, and there can be little doubt that they'll get around to them all eventually. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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