tcabril Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 I have been working on my Hero System Champions 6e campaign (which I hope to start later this summer). I hope to incorporate lots of different ideas to make this a Marvellesque Horror game - kinda wierd but since getting my hands on this system (I am a late to the game - only started with 6th edition) I want to push the bounderies a bit. What I wanted to know is has anyone made a Vampire Template that one could steal? I am going to guess that it will be in the Beastiary when it comes out but I am going on vacation soon and it will be a great chance to work on things. I did a similar thing in Freedom City with Mutants and Masterminds with Vampires "coming out" and being granted Constitutional Rights (yes stolen from the Anita Blake novels) - was very screwy for my PC's but they loved it and I was thinking of doing something similar with Champions. So any thoughts or help would be great! Thanks Todd PS - Wish me luck! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kahuna's bro Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Re: How to build a Vampire Template? urban fantasy HERO hasa vampire template that can be upgraded to 6thed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Re: How to build a Vampire Template? About the Vampire template in 5th Ed Bestiary, why is blood drinking defined as an RKA w/No Range, when it should be an HKA, since the vampire has to make physical contact with his victim? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ockham's Spoon Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Re: How to build a Vampire Template? About the Vampire template in 5th Ed Bestiary' date=' why is blood drinking defined as an RKA w/No Range, when it should be an HKA, since the vampire has to make physical contact with his victim?[/quote'] I think the argument is that a 60STR vampire can't really do any more damage with his bite than a 30STR vampire; the teeth are only so big. And if the damage comes from blood loss, STR doesn't have any bearing on it anyway. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DusterBoy Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Re: How to build a Vampire Template? Meh. . . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted June 9, 2010 Report Share Posted June 9, 2010 Re: How to build a Vampire Template? Here are several templates of different Vampire types: Buffy style - http://angel.fcpages.com/pavampire1.html (0 points) Charmed style - http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/pavampire2.html (20 points) Palladium style - http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/pavampire3.html (225 points!) Underworld style http://home.comcast.net/~mathewignash/pavampire4.html (0 points) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wick Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 Re: How to build a Vampire Template? Making the bite a RKA with no range is an easy way to remove the extra damage from Strength that is normally added to a HKA. I suppose that you could also just make it a HKA with a lim of no or zero strength added instead. What kind of vampire are we talking about here? There are many different interpretations of the powers of a Vampire (just look at the variety of powers in Vampire the Masquerade) Just like when you simulate a character from any book, movie, TV..etc you need to know what they can do first and then build the powers/abilities to simulate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
torchwolf Posted June 10, 2010 Report Share Posted June 10, 2010 Re: How to build a Vampire Template? Making the bite a RKA with no range is an easy way to remove the extra damage from Strength that is normally added to a HKA. I suppose that you could also just make it a HKA with a lim of no or zero strength added instead. The Limitation value of "STR Does Not Add To Damage" is the same (-1/2), so it's mostly a matter of taste for blood. These related threads below give a lot of suggestions, some further links, and display a variety of arguments on types of vampires: http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php/78463-The-Vampire-PDF-that-won-t-die! http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php/77138-How-do-you-build-a-vampire-template-in-6E Here is also some World of Darkness Hero writeups (for 4th edition but still useful): http://surbrook.devermore.net/herosource/other/whitewolf/WODHERO.html TheQuestionMan has collected quite a lot of various horror resources, and game conversions including some horror games, respectively: http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php/63842-Horror-Hero-Resources http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php/63848-Hero-Adaptations-Conversions-amp-Resources Finally, in the "How-do-you-build-a-vampire-template-in-6E" thread, Panpiper designed and uploaded a classic movie vampire template: http://www.herogames.com/hdPackageDeals.htm?genre=Horror+Hero&ruleset=6E Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlHazred Posted June 11, 2010 Report Share Posted June 11, 2010 Re: How to build a Vampire Template? I just posted my version of the World of Darkness vampire template for 6E to the Other Genres board. I'm looking for feedback; makes for nice synchronicity that you're looking for something similar : http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php/80518-World-Of-Darkness-Kindred-Template Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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