Genres HERO GAMES may want to avoid (intended to be humorous)

[ghost-angel]

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Level Based Hero

[tkdguy]

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Level Based Hero

Make that Class and Level-based HERO. With alignment.

[Basil]

Re: Genres HERO GAMES may want to avoid (intended to be humorous)

 

Make that Class and Level-based HERO. With alignment.

And randomly rolled Characteristics.

 

[tkdguy]

Re: Genres HERO GAMES may want to avoid (intended to be humorous)

 

And gaining experience by killing monsters and grabbing their loot.

 

For some reason, the monsters live in underground dwellings with strange architecture, apparently living off dust until they get their hands on the player characters.

[AdamLeisemann]

Re: Genres HERO GAMES may want to avoid (intended to be humorous)

 

Fortunately, D20 has options for experience other than just loot and kill. Skill rolls, dealing with people without combat, there are options that exist. Though I will admit, it's still behind the curve.

[Play4Keeps]

Re: Genres HERO GAMES may want to avoid (intended to be humorous)

 

A friend worked for a consulting firm that was very rigid in its badge naming scheme. The badge was always:

First name

Middle Initial Last Name

Since my friend had no middle name, he was issued a middle initial of "N" for "No Middle Name" -- like I said, rigid. There was another employee there named [roughly] James Phillip Enis.

 

They relaxed the naming rule.

 

Least it wasn't Harry Charles Ock!

[ghost-angel]

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Middle Management Hero

Pep Talk Hero

[AdamLeisemann]

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Pun Hero, where the Pun is mightier than the sword.

 

Soap Opera Hero companion 2: It was all a dream. Doctoer Destroyer wasn't shot after-all. But, Ironclad has something he must tell Defender:

 

IC: Defender, your daughter has made my son pregnant.

 

(pan out to a wide veiw of Millenium City)

 

D (VO): HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE!?!?!?!?!!!! (echo)

[tkdguy]

Re: Genres HERO GAMES may want to avoid (intended to be humorous)

 

Middle Management Hero

Pep Talk Hero

Working Stiff HERO.

Janitor HERO.

[Basil]

Re: Genres HERO GAMES may want to avoid (intended to be humorous)

 

Pun Hero, where the Pun is mightier than the sword.

 

Soap Opera Hero companion 2: It was all a dream. Doctoer Destroyer wasn't shot after-all. But, Ironclad has something he must tell Defender:

 

IC: Defender, your daughter has made my son pregnant.

 

(pan out to a wide veiw of Millenium City)

 

D (VO): HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE!?!?!?!?!!!! (echo)

He'll need to ask Dave and Deb Lister.

 

[Adventus]

Re: Genres HERO GAMES may want to avoid (intended to be humorous)

 

Bad Supplement ideas:

Millenium City Sewage Treatment Plant

 

Actually this would be cool for those radiation accidents heroes always seem to have. And a very interesting place to have a superfight. Sewer gas is flammable right? and can make you sick:eg: !

[Adventus]

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F.A.T.A.L. H.E.R.O. for obvious reasons.

 

 

Been having fun with corel presentations 10.

[AdamLeisemann]

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Excel Hero. Fun as an anime, but it would not work as a Hero System Game.

[Susano]

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Ahem....

 

(Note: This is incomplete.)

 

EXCEL

 

Val CHA Cost Roll Notes

10 STR 0 11- Lift 100 kg; 2d6 HTH Damage

14 DEX 0 11- OCV: 3/DCV: 3

16 CON 0 11-

10 BODY 0 11-

5 INT 0 11- PER Roll 11-

8 EGO 0 11- ECV: 3

10 PRE 0 11- PRE Attack: 2d6

14 COM 0 11-

 

5 PD 0 Total: PD ( rPD)

5 ED 0 Total: ED ( rED)

3 SPD 0 Phases: 6, 12

4 REC 0

20 END 0

20 STUN 0 Total Characteristics Cost: 0

 

Movement: Running: 6"/12"

Swimming: 2"/4"

 

Cost Powers & Skills

Martial Arts:

Maneuver OCV DCV Damage

 

 

ACROSS Issued Equipment:

 

maybe a gadget pool for all the crap she gets from Across?

12:27:39

That makes sense... Plot devices like the sonic wave device, the robot bomb and such... note that she's entrusted with them, not Hyatt.

12:28:01

Of course, she can't control how it changes at all.

 

Lord Ilpalazzo Is Counting On Me!: +X STR, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2); No Figured Characteristics (-1/2), Limited Conscious Control (-1)

Lord Ilpalazzo Can't Be Kept Waiting!: Running +x", Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2); Limited Conscious Control (-1)

 

Perks:

Contact: Great Will Of The Universe

1 Membership: Across

 

Talents:

Skills:

What Lord Ilpalazzo Says Goes!: +2 Overall Levels; Limited Conscious Control (-1)

0 AK: Home Area 8-

0 Climbing 8-

0 Concealment 8-

0 Conversation 8-

0 Deduction 8-

0 Language: Japanese (native)

0 Paramedic 8-

0 Shadowing 8-

0 Stealth 8-

0 TF: Bicycle

WF: Small Arms, Blades

3 Jack-of-All Trades

1 PS: Baseball Pitcher 11-

4 PS: Janitor (Toilet Cleaning) 14-

1 PS: Office Lady 11-

1 PS: Sales Girl 11-

1 PS: Teacher 11-

Total Powers & Skills Cost

Total Character Cost

 

XXX+ Disadvantages

Accidental Change:

Age:

Dependence:

Distinctive Features:

DNPC: Hyatt, Frequently Dead Sidekick

DNPC: Menchi, The Emergency Food Supply

Enraged:

Hunted: Lord Ilpalazzo (Watching)

5 Money: Poor

Physical Limitation: Always Hungry

25 Psychological Limitation: Utterly And Blindly Loyal To Lord Ilpalazzo (VC, T)

Reputation:

Rivalry:

Social Limitation: Secret Identity

Susceptibility:

Unluck: 6d6

Vulnerability:

Experience

Total Disadvantage Points

 

Background/History:

 

 

Personality/Motivation:

 

 

Quote: "Obliterate! Eliminate! Lord Ilpallazzo told me so! Genocide! Manga artist-cide! And an order of homicide to go!"

 

Powers/Tactics:

 

 

Appearance:

 

 

Designer's Notes:

Used properly, Excel allows you (as the GM) to tear down the 4th Wall, wad it up, and toss it over your shoulder. She can comment on the game, the characters, game mechanics, and die rolls freely, and even talk to the players (no, not the PCs, the *players*!). Of course, a character this wacky isn't really suitable for most settings (Here's an idea -- don't have Excel come to the PCs, send the PCs to Excel's world!), although she is less annoying than CLOWN. Finally, for all of you who can't even begin to conceive of a use for Excel in your campaign, I offer this suggestion -- every where you see the name "Lord Ilpalazzo" on the character sheet, cross it out and write in "Foxbat." 'Nuff said...

 

( created by, character sheet created by Michael Surbrook)

[Susano]

Re: Genres HERO GAMES may want to avoid (intended to be humorous)

 

And just to be complete...

 

HYATT

 

Val CHA Cost Roll Notes

8 STR 0 11- Lift 100 kg; 2d6 HTH Damage

12 DEX 0 11- OCV: 3/DCV: 3

5 CON 0 11-

5 BODY 0 11-

14 INT 0 11- PER Roll 11-

10 EGO 0 11- ECV: 3

10 PRE 0 11- PRE Attack: 2d6

18 COM 0 11-

 

2 PD 0 Total: PD ( rPD)

2 ED 0 Total: ED ( rED)

2 SPD 0 Phases: 6, 12

4 REC 0

20 END 0

20 STUN 0 Total Characteristics Cost: 0

 

Movement: Running: 6"/12"

Swimming: 2"/4"

 

Cost Powers & Skills

Martial Arts:

Maneuver OCV DCV Damage

 

Drain Life: Drain BODY

Disturbing Tendency To Come Back From The Dead: Healing, Regeneration; Regeneration Only (-1/2)

 

Perks:

1 Membership: Across

 

Talents:

Skills:

0 AK: Home Area 8-

0 Climbing 8-

0 Concealment 8-

0 Conversation 8-

0 Deduction 8-

0 Language: Japanese (native)

0 Paramedic 8-

0 Shadowing 8-

0 Stealth 8-

0 TF: Bicycle

WF: Pistol

3 Jack-of-All Trades

1 Office Lady 11-

1 Sales Girl 11-

1 Teacher 11-

Total Powers & Skills Cost

Total Character Cost

 

XXX+ Disadvantages

Accidental Change:

Age:

Dependence:

Distinctive Features:

Enraged:

Hunted: Lord Ilpalazzo (Watching)

Physical Limitation: Very Weak Constitution, Gets Ill Easily, And Dies Frequently

Psychological Limitation:

Reputation:

Rivalry:

Social Limitation: Secret Identity

Susceptibility:

Unluck:

Vulnerability:

Experience

Total Disadvantage Points

 

Background/History:

 

 

Personality/Motivation:

 

 

Quote:

 

Powers/Tactics:

 

 

Appearance:

 

 

Designer's Notes:

 

 

( created by, character sheet created by Michael Surbrook)

[Lucius]

Genres HERO GAMES may want to avoid (intended to be humorous)

 

Ahem....

 

(Designer's Notes:

Used properly, Excel allows you (as the GM) to tear down the 4th Wall, wad it up, and toss it over your shoulder. She can comment on the game, the characters, game mechanics, and die rolls freely, and even talk to the players (no, not the PCs, the *players*!). Of course, a character this wacky isn't really suitable for most settings (Here's an idea -- don't have Excel come to the PCs, send the PCs to Excel's world!), although she is less annoying than CLOWN. Finally, for all of you who can't even begin to conceive of a use for Excel in your campaign, I offer this suggestion -- every where you see the name "Lord Ilpalazzo" on the character sheet, cross it out and write in "Foxbat." 'Nuff said...

 

( created by, character sheet created by Michael Surbrook)

 

Shouldn't she have Clairsentience, Extradimensional, into the dimension the game is taking place in?

 

Lucius Alexander

 

Still trying to upgrade the palindromedary's Extradimensional Movement.....

[Basil]

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Susano: just FYI, you're supposed to have no more than 5 dice of Unluck.

[tgrandjean]

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Human Occupied Landfill. It's scifi on acid - fun to read, weird to play.

Wikipedia is your friend - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hol_(role-playing_game)

 

I also like the HOL skill of -

"Making Sharp Things Go Through Soft Things That Scream and Bleed"

 

HOL does have the best skill list of any RPG.

My personal favorite: Telepathy through Pummellation.

Besides where else can you have Pope Man and Altar Boy, The Spud and Tater Tot, The Man with No Nam, etc...

 

HOL Hero... hmmm.... spicy.....

[Susano]

Re: Genres HERO GAMES may want to avoid (intended to be humorous)

 

Susano: just FYI' date=' you're supposed to have no more than 5 dice of Unluck. [/quote']

 

This is Excel we're talking about....

[Lucius]

Re: Genres HERO GAMES may want to avoid (intended to be humorous)

 

This is Excel we're talking about....

 

Where if you try to change one cell in an array, it crashes your whole system?

 

Lucius Alexander

 

"Dude, you brought a boss battle into a spreadsheat program?" The palindromedary has been reading Kid Radd lately.

[Susano]

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Where if you try to change one cell in an array' date=' it crashes your whole system?[/quote']

 

That sums of the anime Excel fairly well, I think.

[Black Omega]

Re: Genres HERO GAMES may want to avoid (intended to be humorous)

 

I've never been any good at comedy games. But if I ever tried something with it, I'd use Excel Saga. I think my players would revolt, though.

[DangerousDan]

Re: Genres HERO GAMES may want to avoid (intended to be humorous)

 

Threes Company HERO

 

Your normal life HERO

 

HEROs playing HERO HERO (also known as Reentrant HERO)

 

Dreaming HERO

 

Canceled after one episode HERO

 

Nihilist HERO

 

EBay shopping HERO

 

Psych Ward HERO

 

Fate HERO (everything that happens to your character has already been predetermined by the GM)

[Play4Keeps]

Re: Genres HERO GAMES may want to avoid (intended to be humorous)

 

Loner HERO: Want to play an antisocial misfit who'd rather shlep down the bad streets whining about his lousy life, then be a hero? Want to force the GM to drag your character into doing stuff, to come up with his motivation for giving a s**t about the looming End Of Life As We Know It? Passive/agressive grab the spotlight your bag? Then Loner HERO is for you!

 

{Gun to shoot the player who does this sold seperately.}

[tkdguy]

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Loner HERO: Want to play an antisocial misfit who'd rather shlep down the bad streets whining about his lousy life' date=' then be a hero? Want to force the GM to drag your character into doing stuff, to come up with his motivation for giving a s**t about the looming End Of Life As We Know It? Passive/agressive grab the spotlight your bag? Then Loner HERO is for [i']you![/i]

 

{Gun to shoot the player who does this sold seperately.}

Does that mean I've been roleplaying that my whole life?