CptPatriot Posted September 2, 2011 Report Share Posted September 2, 2011 Steven S. Long (07:59.30 PM) Gooood evening everyone! matthew fink (07:59.32 PM) hmm, that's odd..instead of my login name it's my real one. ehh, I'll survive Ralph Young (07:59.59 PM) Good evening matthew fink (08:00.11 PM) howdy hey Lord Liaden (08:00.29 PM) Welcome, Steve Steven S. Long (08:00.51 PM) Hope everyone's doing well to-night. Gregory (08:01.14 PM) I see APGII is out on PDF! Steven S. Long (08:01.22 PM) Indeed it is. Gregory (08:02.05 PM) It will be mine!...shortly. Ralph Young (08:02.09 PM) Any highlights? Steven S. Long (08:03.21 PM) Oh, all sorts of good stuff. Social Combat rules, expanded Focus creation rules, guidelines for doing Skills like combat and combat like Skills, lots of juicy tidbits. Indiana Joe (08:03.28 PM) Hi everyone. Steven S. Long (08:03.34 PM) Hi, IJ Several new Powers, and on and on. It's a great book! (he said modestly). Gregory (08:04.33 PM) How is the Empress book progressing? Lord Liaden (08:04.38 PM) Hello, IJ Christougher (08:04.39 PM) What are the names of the new powers? Indiana Joe (08:04.42 PM) I'm waiting for the dead tree version. Ralph Young (08:04.55 PM) I am ambivalent about "social combat." It seems to be a hot-button issue with designers these last five or six years, but I don't see the utility much. But, then I'm old. Steven S. Long (08:05.11 PM) The new Powers are (let me see if I remember 'em all): Extradimensional Space; Object Creation; Probability Alteration; Time Stop; and Replay. Gregory (08:05.25 PM) TARDIS!!!!!!!!!!!! matthew fink (08:05.45 PM) ohh, probability alteration sounds fun! Steven S. Long (08:05.51 PM) Time for announcements! I guess we've all hit on the first one: APG2 is now available in PDF! Into the print queue it goes and we hope to have hardcopy versions in the "soon" timeframe. I haven't seen anyone post any reviews yet, but I expect HERO fans will enjoy it and find lots of useful stuff in there. Second, to answer Gregory's last question, I'm currently working hard on THE BOOK OF THE EMPRESS! Lord Liaden (08:06.58 PM) Just testing -- three consecutive posts eaten by the chat software. Ralph Young (08:07.35 PM) Book of the Empress! Yay! Steven S. Long (08:07.36 PM) Yesterday I finished Chapter One (History); today I finished most of Chapter Two (The Empress herself). Tomorrow I will write a brief description of her daily routine, and then Ch. 2 will be done except for the alternate genre V'hans, which I'll save for later. LL, I find that putting dashes in a post makes it more likely to be "eaten." I suggest avoiding 'em. Tomorrow I'll then proceed to Chapter Three (The Imperial Legions). I've already written up six sample superhumans for her, and will proceed with some more information on that part of her force (the Imperial Battalion, it's called), then proceed onward to mundane troops and forces. Chapter Three's gonna be a looooong one, as you might imagine. Chapter Four (the Multiverse) is already done; after that is another loooong one, describing the Empire itself. Then the GMing chapter, IIRC, and it's all done. Whew! Gregory (08:09.46 PM) and then on to the gods book? Steven S. Long (08:09.55 PM) Yes, then on to MYTHIC HERO. Ralph Young (08:09.58 PM) Does her empire include parallel earths? Steven S. Long (08:10.25 PM) Ralph, yes it does. Quite a lot of them. Also alternate V'has, and alternate versions of many other dimensions. And of course non-alternates. Lord Liaden (08:11.12 PM) Steve, is there a distinction between a "parallel Earth" and an "alternate Earth?" Ralph Young (08:11.44 PM) I've noodled with a visit to Kinematik and Lancer's world, only to have it invaded by Istvatha or Tyrannon at the end. Gregory (08:12.25 PM) There's always Wimp World! Steven S. Long (08:12.33 PM) AAMOF, Ralph, that particular world gets a brief description in Chapter Four. The formal name is "Emperor Martinez Earth," which provides a bit of a clue to some of its background. Ralph Young (08:13.05 PM) Cool! You are incorporating bits of Champions in 3-D type material? Steven S. Long (08:13.21 PM) There are quite a few other fun dimensions in Chapter Four. Then in Chapter Five are descriptions of dimensions ruled by the V'hanian Empire. Ralph, no, not precisely. I am simply describing various dimensions of interest, both within and without the Empire. Some material similar to parts of C3D may appear in Chapter Six (GMing), but I'm not copying anything from that book per se. They're just both partly about the same subjects. Ralph Young (08:14.37 PM) Yes, thats actually what I meant. Champions Beyond incorporated space settings, Book of the Empress alternate dimensions. Steven S. Long (08:15.44 PM) On the assumption that it's relatively easy for the GM to concoct "the world where the Romans still rule" (or Aztecs, or Vikings, or whatever), I'm trying to delve a bit farther afield and come up with alternate Earth and other dimension ideas that are less likely to occur to the average GM. Ralph, that's a good way to put it. Between CBY and BOTE we'll be covering the CU away from Earth pretty darn thoroughly. Lord Liaden (08:17.38 PM) Steve, do any of these alternate Earths include alternates of Skarn or Bromion, and their realms? Ralph Young (08:17.38 PM) LO, do BOOK OF THE TIME TRAVEL about Captain Chronos and describe different Epoch settings like Turakian Age et. al. Steven S. Long (08:18.19 PM) Well, Ralph, we do have TIME TRAVEL HERO on the schedule, so yeah, we've got that covered too -- though I'll be focusing on historical settings rather than ones we've previously published. Lord Liaden (08:18.24 PM) I.e. alternates to the other Sephirothic dimensions Steven S. Long (08:19.46 PM) LL, not all dimensions, and not all beings, have alternates. Certainly Bromion, as a cosmic entity (even a fallen one), isn't going to be duplicated from reality to reality. Ralph Young (08:21.46 PM) There is only one Foxbat in the multiverse. Any more and reality itself would be overwhelmed by awesomeness. Steven S. Long (08:22.17 PM) No, there are plenty of alternate Foxbats. Lord Liaden (08:22.19 PM) Will the Multifarian be treated? If so, will it include the latest developments from CO? Archie (08:23.05 PM) OMG, a Foxbat that actually became a good guy?! matthew fink (08:23.47 PM) or even scarier, a Foxbat who was competent Steven S. Long (08:23.48 PM) LL, the Multifarian gets a section in Chapter Four. There can be many types of Foxbats. Chapter Four even includes ::drumroll:: Foxbatworld! How's *that* for an alternate Earth, True Believers??!? Archie (08:24.43 PM) Maybe that's the world where he ran for President and won? matthew fink (08:24.44 PM) BOOM!!!!! (head explodes) Steven S. Long (08:25.05 PM) You'll just have to wait and see what it's all about. Ralph Young (08:25.12 PM) Too... much... awesome... Archie (08:25.42 PM) Ralph, you need to stop watching so much Kick Buttowski. Ralph Young (08:26.35 PM) Stop watching.. start LIVING What kind of variety do we have for D-Soldiers? Archie (08:28.08 PM) BTW Steve and gang. Scott "Thundrax" Bennie and I are trying to get regular lair runs going on Thursday Nights at 7PM Server Time every Thursday in Champions Online. Steven S. Long (08:28.27 PM) More than your mind can comfortably encompass, Ralph. That's one reason Chapter Three will be so very very large. Ralph Young (08:29.24 PM) Set the bar higher! More than the fingers on one hand is too much for my mind to encompass. Steven S. Long (08:29.28 PM) I've got regular D-Soldiers, specialist D-Soldiers, special forces D-Soldiers, genetically-enhanced D-Soldiers, you name it. Heimdall (08:29.30 PM) Hihi Steven S. Long (08:29.37 PM) Hey, Heimdall, come on in. Archie (08:29.40 PM) Hey, Heim! Eddie! (08:29.51 PM) Sorry I am late fell asleep after two beer. What I miss Heimdall (08:29.52 PM) I have an errata for apg2 will do Lord Liaden (08:30.30 PM) This may be obvious, but is the "D" intended to stand for "dimensional?" ;-) Eddie! (08:30.33 PM) What does "D" stand for again? Ralph Young (08:30.40 PM) Cup size? Steven S. Long (08:30.43 PM) LL, well, yeah. Eddie! (08:30.54 PM) snickers Archie what level characters we using Lord Liaden (08:31.24 PM) Just thought it would've been cool if they were the baseline troops... Eddie! (08:31.40 PM) D-Help is on D-Way Steven S. Long (08:31.43 PM) LL, they are. The basic D-Soldier, as seen in CV1, is her standard troop. Lord Liaden (08:31.51 PM) ... and the higher grades were the "C," "B," and "A" soldiers. Steven S. Long (08:32.09 PM) Nope, that'd be too predictable. Eddie! (08:32.20 PM) Insert Species/Racial modifications here Ralph Young (08:32.20 PM) Because every dimension uses the Roman alphabet! Steven S. Long (08:32.48 PM) Ralph, that's actually discussed and dealt with in the Introduction. Eddie! (08:32.51 PM) What about their Imperical Guard or Elite Troops? Lord Liaden (08:32.54 PM) Hey, V'han might have conquered Roman Earth! :-p Archie (08:33.04 PM) @Eddie, We will be announcing it on the Hero Forums here. Steven S. Long (08:33.05 PM) Eddie, what about them? Eddie! (08:34.14 PM) Steve must resist the Mythic Hero Gods of the Champions Universe K Heimdall (08:35.07 PM) no problem.. its a minor quibble doh Eddie! (08:35.23 PM) Did someone say Tribble? Lord Liaden (08:35.27 PM) Does Istvatha have any family? Eddie! (08:35.43 PM) Friends? Is she Dating? Steven S. Long (08:35.50 PM) LL, you'll have to read the book to find that out. } Lord Liaden (08:36.36 PM) You seriously think I won't? :-D Ralph Young (08:36.43 PM) Just wondering, any mention of the Janus Key, since we're talking alternate dimensions? Eddie! (08:36.58 PM) Latest Hard Copy releases if HERO Games Products are? Archie (08:36.58 PM) Janus Key? Lord Liaden (08:37.04 PM) Oh yeah, Janus Key! Wondered about that myself. Steven S. Long (08:37.10 PM) Ralph, you'll have to read the book to find out about that, too. Archie, the Janus Key is a powerful dimension-related artifact once wielded by the Silver Age villain Dr. Macabre. Ralph Young (08:37.41 PM) Any explanation regarding what happened to Jimmy Hoffa? Steven S. Long (08:37.47 PM) No. Ralph Young (08:38.09 PM) Couldn't hurt to ask. Archie (08:38.18 PM) Eddie, Star Hero came out very recently. Lord Liaden (08:38.29 PM) That would be an interesting alternate. Hoffaworld! ;-) Narf the Mouse (08:39.00 PM) Is APGII supported in Hero Designer at this point? Steven S. Long (08:39.18 PM) Eddie, that'd be STAR HERO, which was released at GenCon, and CHAMPIONS BEYOND, which arrived in the warehouse last week IIRC. Archie (08:39.22 PM) "I ain't gonna hear that, see? We're wise to that, see?" Narf the Mouse (08:39.24 PM) @LL: What happened to the other Hoffa it? Steven S. Long (08:39.47 PM) Narf, not specifically. You could handle a lot of it with "Custom" options, though, I assume. Lord Liaden (08:39.57 PM) @Narf: It ended up Hoffa world away. Archie (08:40.25 PM) Speaking of which, any word on what's his name and continuing updates on HD? Narf the Mouse (08:40.34 PM) @LL: That's a Hoffal run. Christougher (08:41.17 PM) Hey, don't hassle the Hoffa.. Lord Liaden (08:41.31 PM) Hm... wasn't sure if asking about Dan Simon was politic. Eddie! (08:41.34 PM) I already decided that my Champions Universe, the Milky Way Galaxy has difference Natural and Elemental Laws. Visitors from the Andromeda Galaxy for instance find their Powers lessened in the Milky Way Galaxy while visitors to the Andromeda Galaxy find their Powers dangerously increased. Thus capable of playing both a Galactic Champions and Champions Beyond settings. Narf the Mouse (08:41.57 PM) @Chris: Don't worry, we're just Hoffing some fun. Eddie! (08:42.16 PM) Planet Baywatch, Ruled by the Hoff? Narf the Mouse (08:42.16 PM) Besides, everyone knows he's in the underground kingdom under Greg Dean's old car seat. Eddie! (08:43.28 PM) Awesome, now I need them in my hands. Ralph Young (08:44.04 PM) On a tangent, is Robert Caliburn = Archmage part of the PnP license canon continuity? Steven S. Long (08:44.33 PM) Ralph, that remains to be seen. We haven't reached a point where that needs to be addressed in print. Until it does I see no reason to lock myself into anything. Lord Liaden (08:45.18 PM) I figure a new Vibora Bay sourcebook will have to decide on a lot of issues raised in CO. Eddie! (08:45.19 PM) In Galactic Champions "The Book of the Archmage" i srumored to have resurfaced. Ralph Young (08:45.27 PM) So the cat is still alive and dead. Eddie! (08:45.36 PM) Chat needs an edit function That old Horse beaten to death comes back as a Nightmare Archie (08:46.21 PM) Eddie, it wouldn't be feasable due to the origin of the chat program. Eddie! (08:47.06 PM) Heh Christopher I am enjoying Rainbow's End and New Heroes Welcome! Thanks for the booster. matthew fink (08:47.25 PM) Hero Chat is actually the secret identity of an Evil AI trying to take over the world Eddie! (08:48.07 PM) I thought we determined that Steve was an AI with a Cat and a Human Mind Controlled Slave? Indiana Joe (08:48.08 PM) Must not be trying very hard. :-) Lord Liaden (08:48.22 PM) I wish more AIs would find a rewarding hobby instead. :-( Archie (08:48.39 PM) You mean like that penguin and the guy in PvP? Eddie! (08:49.11 PM) One of my Gaming group is teleconfrencing this week for the session. Should be interesting. Ctrl+alt+Del Lord Liaden (08:49.32 PM) I'm hoping Mythic Hero will have lots of statted artifacts to equip superheroes with. Archie (08:49.50 PM) Sorry, mixed them up Eddie! (08:49.58 PM) Like the Bow of Artemis? Lord Liaden (08:50.00 PM) The likes of Gungnir, the Tablet of Destinies, the Varja, that sort of thing. Narf the Mouse (08:50.11 PM) @Eddie: http://nodwick.humor.gamespy.com/ffn/index.php Steven S. Long (08:50.35 PM) LL, it will certainly have quite a few, assuming your heroes want to get their hands on Mjolnir, or the Aegis, or the Aegishj�lmr, or the Sampo, or the Xiuhcoatl... stuff like that. Eddie! (08:51.11 PM) Ahhh... sublte I throw a Beautiful Cosplay Star Trek Gaming Geek infront of Pip and watch his head explode. Why do the Gods leave this stuff lying around? Archie (08:51.53 PM) Heh... Steven S. Long (08:52.19 PM) OK, folx, it's time for me to skedaddle. I gots ta get ma beauty sleep! See you next week, same Steve-time, same Steve-channel. Indiana Joe (08:52.33 PM) Night! Eddie! (08:52.37 PM) Damn... Sleep is for the weak Night Steve Post the Game on the Forums yet Archie??? matthew fink (08:53.12 PM) oh no Hero Chat has eaten Steve! Archie (08:53.20 PM) Because it is part of the "Master Plan™" I need to talk with Scott about it, but you could try ringing in on the thread on the CO forum here on Hero Games. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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