Ninja-Bear Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 4 minutes ago, Duke Bushido said: It works either way. If they are actively impeding you in some way, it's a physical limitation, too. Good to know. I usually use it as one upmanship. So Neon (my Hero) has a rivalry with Starburst, will do something (probably stupid) if someone say “Hey Starburst can do that better!” Neon will say “watch this!” Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 Weird you can listen to High Range Radio but cannot Transmit High Range Radio. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 2 hours ago, Ninja-Bear said: Weird you can listen to High Range Radio but cannot Transmit High Range Radio. Probably a reflection of the times, where Police Scanners were cheap, but Police radios were not. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, Scott Ruggels said: Probably a reflection of the times, where Police Scanners were cheap, but Police radios were not. What do you think of giving transmit for free? High Range is already 10 pts. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 35 minutes ago, Ninja-Bear said: What do you think of giving transmit for free? High Range is already 10 pts. Now-a-days? yeah, same for anything future tech. maybe add two points for encryption. Ninja-Bear 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 3 hours ago, Ninja-Bear said: Weird you can listen to High Range Radio but cannot Transmit High Range Radio. Can't be _that_ weird. It's how the one in my truck works. Brian Stanfield 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted June 27, 2020 Report Share Posted June 27, 2020 2 minutes ago, Duke Bushido said: Can't be _that_ weird. It's how the one in my truck works. 😛 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted June 28, 2020 Author Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 7 hours ago, Ninja-Bear said: Good to know. I usually use it as one upmanship. So Neon (my Hero) has a rivalry with Starburst, will do something (probably stupid) if someone say “Hey Starburst can do that better!” Neon will say “watch this!” I feel like we could use a Famous Last Words thread in this forum.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted June 28, 2020 Report Share Posted June 28, 2020 16 hours ago, Pariah said: I feel like we could use a Famous Last Words thread in this forum.... Well, that's up there with "Hold my beer..." Pariah 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted July 2, 2020 Report Share Posted July 2, 2020 So.....no Damage shield in 3rd eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 Well Elemental Control are almost a requirement at 200 pts. They are fun though! I built a Viper rifle that I’m happy with. It’s 6D6 EB 16 chg and it has +2D6 EB on 4 chg. The additional dice is an Overcharge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 21 hours ago, Ninja-Bear said: So.....no Damage shield in 3rd eh? No range; always on. Reduced END with handwaved "1 end to maintain; full end when it" goes off. " At least, that's how we did it in 2e. Chris Goodwin could tell you more about 3e options. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 2 minutes ago, Duke Bushido said: No range; always on. Reduced END with handwaved "1 end to maintain; full end when it" goes off. " At least, that's how we did it in 2e. Chris Goodwin could tell you more about 3e options. I was thinking something like this. Muck man should have his Clinging Damage Shield! 😁 Duke Bushido 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pbemguy Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 On 1/3/2019 at 6:43 PM, Pariah said: And I've got to tell you, here's something really cool about building a character with pencil and paper. I've had to relearn how a few things work, like END (Holy cow! How did my heroes ever stay awake for more than a Turn?!) and proper Elemental Controls, but I'm now able to create a new character in ~30 minutes, start to finish. It's been a lot of fun. I can't be the only one who still uses pencil and paper? Like, no matter what edition, I still sit down with a piece of paper, a calculator, and the book. Does anyone else do this? Well, these days I usually use Notepad and a PDF of the rules--usually it's 5e, but I have 3-6 as pdf files. And I have the Calculator open. I tried Heromaker but I really have always been in love with the pencil-and-paper method. I run mostly play-by-email games now--a lot!--but to me, the pencil/paper part of it is almost sacred. I find it *so* relaxing to work through the character creation "manually" I guess you'd call it. Am I the only one? (I have no problem with the software. But to me it's like, honestly, a microwave dinner compared to cooking it yourself. Like, I'd use the software in a pinch but it's not something I'd enjoy. Which is no offense, I think the software is well made.) I guess I want to get a feel for how many people still do pencil and paper...? tec-9-7 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Duke Bushido Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 You're not. I use pencil and paper, to include a scratch paper for figuring and a paper rulebook. I have no intention of changing. pbemguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 I still do. What do think I did on a 6 hr car drive? 😁 or at work? 😁. There are times I like HD. Frankly I had like it better when it was on a laptop than on PC. pbemguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 2 hours ago, pbemguy said: Am I the only one? (I have no problem with the software. But to me it's like, honestly, a microwave dinner compared to cooking it yourself. Like, I'd use the software in a pinch but it's not something I'd enjoy. Which is no offense, I think the software is well made.) I guess I want to get a feel for how many people still do pencil and paper...? When I am creating it is paper, pencil and the physical book. That is for all RPG's. I really cannot play/run an RPG if it does not have a physical book. Without it I cannot seem to engage in planning or creating adventures. I will use software like Hero Designer later to help me manage things and be able to get a clean print (I also run games with physical materials). I have tried to play remotely via chat and the whole virtual thing, but I cannot seem to engage. Without being able to see the other players and their body language I have no way to adjust the scenes. But for the creating process, characters, adventures or campaigns, I am pencil, paper and physical book. Duke Bushido and pbemguy 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 2 hours ago, pbemguy said: I can't be the only one who still uses pencil and paper? Like, no matter what edition, I still sit down with a piece of paper, a calculator, and the book. Does anyone else do this? Well, these days I usually use Notepad and a PDF of the rules--usually it's 5e, but I have 3-6 as pdf files. And I have the Calculator open. I tried Heromaker but I really have always been in love with the pencil-and-paper method. I run mostly play-by-email games now--a lot!--but to me, the pencil/paper part of it is almost sacred. I find it *so* relaxing to work through the character creation "manually" I guess you'd call it. Am I the only one? (I have no problem with the software. But to me it's like, honestly, a microwave dinner compared to cooking it yourself. Like, I'd use the software in a pinch but it's not something I'd enjoy. Which is no offense, I think the software is well made.) I guess I want to get a feel for how many people still do pencil and paper...? I do all my work by hand. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pariah Posted July 3, 2020 Author Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 I ended up buying the 6th edition character creation software a couple of months ago. I've used it a lot less than I anticipated, partly because my laptop is so redacted slow these days. Of course, most of the characters that I've created recently have been for Champions Now, and there is no software for that.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 Working on Smoke, who will be the first MP user I created. And his Partner Cinder Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 What I really like about 3rd ed is the short backgrounds for the characters. I really don’t like the pages and pages of prose for characters that other editions seem to add on. Pedro Pereira 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 1 minute ago, Ninja-Bear said: What I really like about 3rd ed is the short backgrounds for the characters. I really don’t like the pages and pages of prose for characters that other editions seem to add on. Well to be fair, that has nothing to do with the rules. That is all fluff and is akin to the player that writes a 5000 page background soap opera for their new PC and then gets upset when you decline to read most of it or rewrite you campaign to take everything into account. pbemguy 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 True Spence but if you look at Classic Enemies Dr. Destroyer gets a separate fluff page. Each Character in the BBB gets fluff more expanded then fifth happened. 😁 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spence Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 6 minutes ago, Ninja-Bear said: True Spence but if you look at Classic Enemies Dr. Destroyer gets a separate fluff page. Each Character in the BBB gets fluff more expanded then fifth happened. 😁 Very true. I think I misunderstood and responded to that misunderstanding For some odd reason I read it as the 3rd ed rules were better because somehow they made the fluff less. Not that it was the writing style of the 3rd ed era you liked. Bizarre eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Goodwin Posted July 3, 2020 Report Share Posted July 3, 2020 8 hours ago, Duke Bushido said: No range; always on. Reduced END with handwaved "1 end to maintain; full end when it" goes off. " At least, that's how we did it in 2e. Chris Goodwin could tell you more about 3e options. 8 hours ago, Ninja-Bear said: I was thinking something like this. Muck man should have his Clinging Damage Shield! 😁 It's in the Champions III supplement, which I would argue is perfectly acceptable for 3rd edition! Ninja-Bear and Pedro Pereira 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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