Captain Liberty Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 I saw in another thread that several people here still remember the Coriolis Effect scenario that was published by the original Hero Games about 20 years ago. Little frightening, isn't it? In case you didn't know, the adventures of Doctor Arcane, the Black Enchantress, and others are published by the CE author, Dennis Mallonee. You can find old Doctor Arcane stories on his website. Here's the urls directly from Dennis himself. The Tales of the Arcane website is at http://arcane.heroicpub.com. Donnah Hannah (Doctor Arcane's daughter) also makes regular guest appearances on the Flare website at http://flare.heroicpub.com. The first issues of the new comic books are tentatively scheduled for release in the latter half of 2004. There are sneak previews available to registered users of the Heroic Publishing website: http://www.heroicpub.com. I am even writing some of the stories coming up in the new comics (just as I wrote the old Marksman series for the same publisher) though I am not doing the Doctor Arcane stories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Agent X Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 The links didn't work for me. BTW, love your work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Liberty Posted October 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 non-working links Yeah, they didn't work for me from this list. They work fine if I use them from the email that Dennis sent me. Copy them and paste them into your browser and see how that works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCUBA Hero Posted October 20, 2003 Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 Re: non-working links Originally posted by Captain Liberty Yeah, they didn't work for me from this list. They work fine if I use them from the email that Dennis sent me. Steve, Try taking out the . after the com in the links and see if that works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Captain Liberty Posted October 20, 2003 Author Report Share Posted October 20, 2003 urls now fixed Thanks SCUBA, that fixed it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Static UK Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 20 years ago! Wow, I'm glad I don't remember them from then! I bought mine in a closing down sale of a gaming shop some 15 years ago. I use Coriolis/ Donnah Hannah regularly in my campaign (I've just written her up in 5th- she's a monster!). Dr. Avery may be dead, but he is still able to impart information to Donnah occasionally via a crystal ball. The players hero team uses their mansion as their base now, except I relocated it to outside London. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ChuckB Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 I really liked the Coriolis Effect , a little rail-roading at times , but it had a distinctive Marv Wolfman/Chris Claremont feel to it. Fun module and it seemed to be a popular one to run for tournaments. I remember the Champs comics took a weird , softcore-porn approach later on. Not necessarily bad , but seemed a little jarring at the time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrisUlf Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Glad to see I'm not the only person who remembers the Black Enchantress, Donnah/Coriolis, and Doctor Arcane. GREAT adventure and set of NPC's! Whoever di it deserves to be proud. Two questions here: Where can I find a copy of 'The Coriolis Effect'? I lost mine years ago, sad to say. And, of those of you who ran the scenario more or less as written, how many of you used the 'Black Enchantress comes back through a male character's body' idea they recommended? (Poor Bravo... becoming a pretty teenaged girl realy didn't do much for his rep with his biker buddies.) Back when I first read that, it sounded to me like the weirdest thing I could imagine. Today it'd sound downright normal in some game systems. How things change, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Originally posted by FenrisUlf Where can I find a copy of 'The Coriolis Effect'? I lost mine years ago, sad to say. If you don't mind ordering on line, there are a couple of VG-quality copies available now at Noble Knight Games, http://www.nobleknight.com . I recommend Noble Knight BTW; class operation, and their stock of new and old Hero Games product is one of the most complete around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmallonee Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 You can also find copies of the Coriolis Effect popping up occasionally on eBay. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FenrisUlf Posted October 21, 2003 Report Share Posted October 21, 2003 Originally posted by Lord Liaden If you don't mind ordering on line, there are a couple of VG-quality copies available now at Noble Knight Games, http://www.nobleknight.com . I recommend Noble Knight BTW; class operation, and their stock of new and old Hero Games product is one of the most complete around. A thousand thanks, Lord Liaden. Now I just hope I can get what I want via money order... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted October 22, 2003 Report Share Posted October 22, 2003 Originally posted by FenrisUlf A thousand thanks, Lord Liaden. Now I just hope I can get what I want via money order... You're very welcome, and yes they do take money orders. Just check the ordering info on the first page of the website. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Re: For all of you Coriolis Effect fans I was just looking through Coriolis Effect. Can anyone explain what Coriolis' "2D6 Area Transformation (into air)" supposed to be? Is she turning targets into air? Is it supposed to be an early Change Environment power? BTW - That link from the first post is now dead, but you can view archive.org's backup of the pages from that site here: http://waybackmachine.org/*/http://arcane.heroicpub.com/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dmallonee Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Re: For all of you Coriolis Effect fans My goodness, it's been a while since anyone posted anything here. But the answer to your question is that the 2D Area Transformation attack involves transforming things (or people) into air. --Dennis Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mathew Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Re: For all of you Coriolis Effect fans Thanks for answering. Won't transform many people unless it's cumulative. It is meant to be? Or was it in those older rules? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted March 5, 2011 Report Share Posted March 5, 2011 Re: For all of you Coriolis Effect fans Yup, Transform's effect was "cumulative" by default pre-4E. And that became the default condition again as of 5E. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted March 6, 2011 Report Share Posted March 6, 2011 Re: For all of you Coriolis Effect fans hehe. I loved that one. Was always a fan of the art for it as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sketchpad Posted March 7, 2011 Report Share Posted March 7, 2011 Re: For all of you Coriolis Effect fans Coriolis Effect was a fun module ... any chance we'll ever see it for a later edition? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Enforcer84 Posted March 8, 2011 Report Share Posted March 8, 2011 Re: For all of you Coriolis Effect fans I would like to see that. Specially if Glenn could come out of retirement and draw it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest dan2448 Posted March 9, 2011 Report Share Posted March 9, 2011 Re: For all of you Coriolis Effect fans Steve Perrin? Wow: I loved the column on role-playing games that he wrote in the mid-1980s for this comic book magazine called "Comics Feature." In those pre-internet days, that was how I got all my information on new and upcoming super hero RPG products and really looked forward to it every month. And Dennis Mallonee? I really, really liked "Eternity Smith" and remain surprised today that it didn't expand beyond the comic book to success in other media, especially to a Saturday morning cartoon. "Coriolis Effect"? I still have a copy and remember buying it when it was first released. I never got to play it, though, because by the time it was released my friends and I (then high school age) had moved, lemming-like, to playing TSR's "Marvel Super Heroes." I remember it mostly because, when Eclipse published the "Champions" comic book mini-series in 1986, which I bought enthusiastically at first, many of the characters and concepts in the comic book seemed to have had their origins in that module. As yet another tangent, I was a little disappointed by that "Champions" mini series back in 1986. But then it switched publishers and started with a new #1. I can still remember picking up that new #1 issue with the expectation that I wasn't going to buy it. But there was an editor's note (on the inside cover or first page) by Dennis Mallonee, I think, explaining that he, too, had been disappointed by how the mini-series turned out. I really appreciated his candor, and was very surprised (and impressed) by that. So I started buying the series again and really liked those Herioc Publishing issues. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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