Ninja-Bear Posted April 24, 2018 Report Share Posted April 24, 2018 Hello Herophiles, im finally sitting down to post about a game I would love to play in Hero system, Kung Fu 2100. I have the original Pocket Box version and the Gurps version. The premise is simple. In a near future, Clonemasters hold all the power (& technology). You are a super martial artist know as a Terminator, able to Dodge bullets and break down doors with your bare hands! Your mission is to destroy the local Clonemaster. However besides having a local police force, the Clonemaster has his own force of super martial artists which have failed to be Terminators and now work for the enemy, they are derisively known as Jellies. What’s not to love? Gurps does flesh this out a little more. The biggest thing I need to get is to set the power level correctly. On a preivious thread I stated that I keep falling into the trap of trying to do an exact translation instead of a paraphrase of you will. One element I would like to keep if possible is that in the PB version, Terminatora and Jellies can lose their super martial abilities. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted April 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 Found my old notes. I believe for ease of build, I’m going to set the rules to Superheroic. Originally, I was going to build them in Heroic. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted April 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 Also I’m looking at to start- 225/50 CPs for Terminators. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted April 25, 2018 Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 On 4/24/2018 at 12:21 PM, Ninja-Bear said: Terminatora and Jellies can lose their super martial abilities. Lose them how? Can they find them again after losing them? If an ability is lost, can someone else find it and if so, what can they do with it? Can I attach a bug or radio homing beacon or something to my super martial ability so that if I lose it it's easier to find again? If I find a super martial ability that someone lost, should I keep it or turn it in to the super martial ability lost and found? Lucius Alexander If a palindromedary eats it, is it a supper martial ability? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted April 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 25, 2018 In the pocket box game, if you take a hit, you lose an ability. If you lose all of them, you are considered unconscious. It’s a odd but ingenious way of tracking health and managing resources. Do I lose Monkey Soul which allows me to climb and avoid gunfire? Or do I lose Iron Fist and an ability to take out foes easier. If you lost all combat abilities, you fought under untrained column - which is horrible. In Hero terms I could see it as possibly tied to a custom form of Impairment. (Note this wasn’t translated into the GURPS version). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted April 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 Here are the list of abilities: Iron Fist- Punching used to destroy doors and equipment. Lightning Foot-Kicking used to destroy doors and equipment. Body of Mist-Provides total protection against Punches and Untrained Attacks. Monkey Soul-Useful for scaling walls and Dodging bullets, total protection from Lightning Kicks Mountain Heart- It’s an ability which you can lose a level but on recovery phase, may recover. Jellies have access to 4 weapons which Terminators won’t use. Throwing Spikes (which go first), Yawara, Bo staff, & Nunchucks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 57 minutes ago, Ninja-Bear said: Here are the list of abilities: Iron Fist- Punching used to destroy doors and equipment. Lightning Foot-Kicking used to destroy doors and equipment. Body of Mist-Provides total protection against Punches and Untrained Attacks. Monkey Soul-Useful for scaling walls and Dodging bullets, total protection from Lightning Kicks Mountain Heart- It’s an ability which you can lose a level but on recovery phase, may recover. Jellies have access to 4 weapons which Terminators won’t use. Throwing Spikes (which go first), Yawara, Bo staff, & Nunchucks sounds ok here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted April 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 Now comes the fun part, I know I want to write up each ability as a separate power. I would like the possibility of a Terminator/Jelly to lose an ability. What I’m thinking is a phy lim: lose one ability if takes body. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Amorkca Posted April 26, 2018 Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 Would that be better represented by a Side Effect? It always happens if they take body? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted April 26, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 26, 2018 54 minutes ago, Amorkca said: Would that be better represented by a Side Effect? It always happens if they take body? Not sure. That’s why I’m spewing out ideas. Thanks. My next question is how to determine what advantage/disadvantage each has. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted April 27, 2018 Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 On 4/25/2018 at 6:21 PM, Ninja-Bear said: In the pocket box game, if you take a hit, you lose an ability. Check out the Automaton Power, Takes No Stun. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary suggests buying the abilites Linked to BODy.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted April 27, 2018 Author Report Share Posted April 27, 2018 (edited) I like the linked to Body idea! I’ll also check out the automaton power though I’m not against using STUN in this game. Though Terminators and Jellies will have a high CON. Also Since Mountian Heart in the PB game was an ability which you could lose so as to protect your other combat abilities, I’m thinking that it could be an Aid Power which allows you to temporarily offset the previous damage. In the game, the sfx is that the Terminator fools his body into thinking he’s not as wounded as he really is. And in long term he isn’t healed just able to fight the 12 Turns of Combat. (The PB has turns and phases too). Roughly I’m thinking, like this, Leaping Dragon you take 3 Body, you lose one ability. LD says I want roll MH, if he gets 3 Body then he doesn’t lose any ability however he needs to keep track of his real Body. If he rolled 2 Body then he must choose an ability loss. Edited April 27, 2018 by Ninja-Bear More thoughts Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted April 28, 2018 Report Share Posted April 28, 2018 Give them Takes No Stun and perhaps Life Support vs Disease and Poison, and they can dispense with CON entirely in mechanics terms while still being "Very tough constitution" in terms of the game world. Also, Mountain Heart: (Total: 1 Active Cost, 1 Real Cost) Custom Power: Dummy Ability (1 Active Points) (Real Cost: 1) Lucius Alexander Palindromedary Heart Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted May 3, 2018 Author Report Share Posted May 3, 2018 First Ability Iron Fist: +4 HA AP (+1/4) ACT 25 Real 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted July 8, 2018 Report Share Posted July 8, 2018 check out the HERO martial arts PDF Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted July 27, 2018 Report Share Posted July 27, 2018 anything else to add ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted July 30, 2018 Author Report Share Posted July 30, 2018 No, it’s been put on the side burner for now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted August 5, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 5, 2018 On 7/8/2018 at 1:45 PM, bubba smith said: check out the HERO martial arts PDF I already have Ninja Hero 4th, Ninja Hero 5th, UMA 4th UMA 5th, what would this add? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted August 7, 2018 Report Share Posted August 7, 2018 On 8/5/2018 at 9:58 AM, Ninja-Bear said: I already have Ninja Hero 4th, Ninja Hero 5th, UMA 4th UMA 5th, what would this add? I had the platers convenience in mind in regard to the cost you probably have enough resorces Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted August 9, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 9, 2018 Since you reminded me about this though, I floated around the idea that each Power in Hero terms might be a multipower. So Iron Fist might be say a HA in one slot and Tunneling in another instead of trying to build One power to cover both descriptions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted September 13, 2018 Author Report Share Posted September 13, 2018 After watching Iron Fist, I have a better visual on how the Terminators bust down a steel door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted September 14, 2018 Report Share Posted September 14, 2018 13 hours ago, Ninja-Bear said: After watching Iron Fist, I have a better visual on how the Terminators bust down a steel door. he didn't believe he did that did he ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted March 11, 2019 Author Report Share Posted March 11, 2019 On 8/7/2018 at 7:15 AM, bubba smith said: I had the platers convenience in mind in regard to the cost you probably have enough resorces For my birthday, I picked up HSMA book. So I might graze through this again. Power level, I’m thinking really by the power description, it should be Wuxia. I’m not sure why before I was trying to be Cinematic MA when they can really do Super powered things! To be clear, they still are “normal”. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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