Citizen Keen

Re: ITT: You Give Me Ideas, I Steal Them

While these are all super cool ideas, they're not quite what I'm looking for. :wink:

I'm more interested in ideas involving super-cool things that require both tech and magic. The above ideas, while awesome, seem to be cyborg animals and bio-engineered creatures - I can see both existing without technology. Basically I'm working on a campaign that's a classic High fantasy campaign in which those deviously inventive gnomes eventually got around to cold fusion and nanotechnology.

More examples:

• A Druid's Grove protected by metal and plastic eating nanites, so that no technology could get close.
  
• Stone Golems with shoulder mounted rocket launchers.
  
• A Minotaur with Doc Ok style tentacles shooting out of his back, who pins people with his robotic arms and pounds them down with his big ass wood club.

Am I making my vision more clear?

Re: Stacking Armor

Another option keeping with the HERO x2 exponential progression is to assign a thickness value to a piece of armor, call they layers just to be simple.

 

1 layer = 1 def

2 layer = 2 def

4 layer = 3 def

8 layer = 4 def

16 layer = 5 def

32 layer = 6 def

 

and so.

 

When combining layers of armor, just add up the layers and see where the new total falls.

 

Most combinations would add up to no practical differences, you'd get the higher of the Def values only. This matches the effect and method of combining STR in HERO.

 

If you're using a different exponential progression (as I do, roughly 1.54x instead of 2x), it's a little nicer as it makes some combinations workable.

I don't understand what you're doing here. Can you give an example, please?

Re: ITT: You Give Me Ideas, I Steal Them

Bas-Lag books? I've never heard that phrase. But that's China Mievelle, right?

I am working on a new campaign. I am always working on a new campaign. Anyway, it's got scifi and tech (much like RIFTS and Shadowrun). What I want to know is...

What are some cool tech/magic hybrids? Creatures, items, places, whatever. And I'm not just talking guns with +1 ToHit enchantments. I'm talking AWESOME hybrids. Some things I've already thought of:

• Full conversion cyborg-angels, in which their wings are the only visibly natural part of them left.
  
• Sky Giant Special Forces Commandoes rappelling off of clouds and laying waste to the land-bound.
  
• Halflings on tiny rocket motorcycles with built in machine guns, like a miniature version of CarWars.
  
• And lest we forget, Vampire Ninjas.
  

Now you give me more ideas, and get all cranky when they appear in a post later, only blended and awesome.

Re: D20 Conversion: Metamagic Feats?

I'm curious why you don't let characters buy the following:

Naked Advantage: Variable Advantage (Limited Advantages - Only to buy off disadvantages in the power), Costs END (X4 END)

So, if he wanted to ignore up to 1/2 of Lims, he'd buy it as a +3/4 Advantage - Double, -1/4 for the limited advantages.

Amanda the Aquamancer is a big fan of the following spell:

Amanda's Aquatic Attack of Alliteration: EB 5d6, Gestures, Incantations, OIF (Necklace).

One day, Amanda the Aquamancer is attacked by an Angry Aardvark of Alliteration, and needs to defend herself. Unfortunately, she finds herself completely naked, as female characters tend to do in role-playing games, because fourteen year olds find it both taboo and hil-frickin-arious. Not having her Necklace, Amanda uses her Naked Advantage (Naked! Get it?) to buy off the OIF. She still has to chant and dance around (naked), but she doesn't need her necklace.

After all that dancing, Amanda anticlimactically annihilates the Angry Aardvark, and allows herself an awesome afternoon of All-In-The-Family.

Re: Quick, Easy Mental CoM Question

Fox-

You bring up some good points, and I can see where you're coming from in regards to your "Sentient" class of minds.

BUT!

You say that, "in general" you think it's a bad concept. My understanding of the usage "in general" would mean that that includes the notion of classes of minds, since that's how 5RE handles mental Powers. Generally, people do things by the book. So, assuming people have the standard classes of minds (Human, Machine, Plant, Animal, Alien), why do you think it's a bad concept? I'm curious about what kind of craziness I could be getting myself into.

Re: Quick, Easy Mental CoM Question

No, that makes total sense. I'll probably make it the middle one - "Common," I think. Common, Fully Impairing. My campaign will have a healthy bit o' mental powers.

How much would you value a Disad for having multiple classes of minds? Like, a Plant Man or a Cybernetic Alien, who could be affected by Mental Powers that work with either of their two component classes of mind.

That sentence construction is horribly awkward, but I'm not sure what there is to do about it.

Re: Yet another cyber-question: Chipware Socket

Um, I'm just curious about your limitations - IIF and Cyberware.

IIF? Do your characters ever have their cyberware taken out?

And what does the "Cyberware" limitation entail?

I'm just curious why you didn't go with the book's idea of the -1/4 version of "Restrainable".

Re: Time Control powers

USPD, baby... Got a whole chapter on Powers built with the Temporal Manipulation Special Effect.

Re: Pop Culture Hero?

As far as women go... howzabout the three Angels? Barbarella? Bambi and Thumper?

Re: Pop Culture Hero?

Michael Knight and KITT from Knight Rider.

Re: Hammer

Awesome. Thank you very much.

So, 5RE lists a "Hammer" as having an A/R cost of 26/9, but my build right now comes to 19/9. Can someone help me? Right now, I'm building it as

Hammer: HKA 1d6, +1 Increased STUN Multiple (+1/4) (19 Active Points), OAF (-1), STR Minimum: 10 (-1/2), Real Weapon (-1/4) Real Cost: 9 Points

Re: Why does STR vs. STR use Normal Damage Body?

I tend to agree with this perspective.

 

In some ways, I like the GURPS approach, they also use 3d6, but the roll is not 9 + CHAR/5. Instead GURPS uses a straight roll based on the attribute in question.

 

8 DEX gives a DEX roll of 8- on 3d6

14 DEX gives a DEX roll of 14- on 3d6

I'd be interested to know how GURPS handles Supers. In a Heroic game, that sounds awesome. Even when you get above 18, it works. 25 STR (which would cost 20 points), still leaves room to fail (with penalties, etc.)

But when you get to SuperHeroic... I just can't picture a GM saying "Ok, make a Strength check minus 3." Player: "Ok, I roll an 11, minus 3 is 14... Yup, that's less than my guys 55 Strength."

Re: What is Casual STR meant to be?

I've always used Casual Strength as a rough estimate - I don't use the number, I just gauge it off of their max lift.

I define it as whether or not you become aware of your muscles. I lift a bottle of soda, I'm more aware of the coldness and wetness of the bottle, not my biceps. I lift a light duffle bag, or push open a door, I'm not really aware of my body pushing. But a six year old child or an older person, they have to strain to push open a door. I'm a big, big guy. My female coworkers have to strain to lift the jumpstart box with two arms, I do it with one without thinking.

Because I'm hyperaware of the effect size has on physical interactions, I also factor in size when dealing with Casual Strength. A 30' tall robot with a STR 100 can easily lift a tree. A 6' tall brick can't, not with me. Why? Because I'm 6'6", and I can lift 15 lbs. without trying. But a 15 lb, 30' tall structure made of balsa would will cause me to exert myself.

-cK

Re: CHARACTER: the dirt

Is this guy a player, or an NPC Villain? If Villain, he can be over 350, especially since the ability to ressurrect himself desn't immediately help him in combat.

Re: Super_Talk.com 6/29/05

People can make there own - I don't care. It's fandom work - all the copyrights belong to DoJ, not me.

Re: Funniest ingame event

The GM was 45, the Fighter was 40something, the Cleric was early thirties, and the mage and thief were in high school.

It wasn't stupid GM testing (I did get pitted at 3rd level against the Turask - LAME), there were some low level acolytes trying to summon her, and we kept doing the wrong thing, and instead of stopping them, helped them. Time and time again, until the GM decided it was time for us to get eaten.

Re: The Algernon Files come to Hero!!!

Looked over the samples. Looks cool. I like it. Not that I would ever give up HERO, for anything, but M&M looks like a well crafted simple system.

Re: Funniest ingame event

My funniest moment was in a D&D campaign, all ages, back when I was in high school.

Four mid level characters, ignoring all the signs, walk into a portal and summon the evil dragon god Tiamat.

Oh boy.

Characters look at each other and resign themselves to their fate.

Fighter: "I pull out my sword and charge the dragon."

Mage: "I start casting Fireball."

Cleric: "I cast Continual Light at her eyes."

Thief: "I pull out my Wand of Cannot Be Hurt By Tiamat!"

Re: The Algernon Files come to Hero!!!

What the....

Can I get a link to the press release?

Re: Brooklyn Superhero Supply Company - Omigod...

That is so awesome it makes want to carp myself.

As shown in this thread. I think we all know who respective copyrights belong to. If a moderator/DOJ Rep doesn't like me doing this, please do what ya gotta.

Hey guys. Last night I broke down and finally got myself a one year membership to Super_Talk. Don't know if it was worth the $29.95, but whatever. Anyway, I thought I'd share the stuff that pops up on the News Boards.

 

Airlock Failure at GATEWAY

 

This evening, [Note: I copied this over last night, so this is referring to Tuesday evening - cK] UNTIL confirmed that its GATEWAY Space Station suffered a minor power outage for fifteen minutes this morning, around 7:30 AM Eastern Time. The blackout resulted in the temporary disabling of all external airlocks on the station, which were functioning again at 4:00 PM Eastern.

Said UNTIL representative Lt. Antonio Dominguez: "It was a minor power glitch, nothing important. All major systems were back online within minutes. The airlocks shut down as part of an automatic security precaution. The station was never in any danger." Lt. Dominguez went on to remind us that the GATEWAY station is the most advanced station orbiting the Earth, and that, as with any structure of that size and complexity, occasional problems would arise.

An anonymous source at NASA, however, claimed that UNTIL agents on the station were unavailable on any of their independently powered communication devices. Lt. Dominguez denied any knowledge of failed attempts at communication with the GATEWAY station.

As always, you'll hear more as soon as we know it!

 

HOLOCAUST HITS HAYSTACK!!

 

Or rather, a needle! The SPACE Needle, that is. HAHA! Word is just in that HOLOCAUST, that wacky wannabe world leader we all know and love, has just been defeated at the Seattle Space Needle. Apparently, Holocaust attacked the restaurant and demanded that police evacuate everyone within two miles or he would tear the Needle down. CRAZINESS! Luckily, two teams of PRIMUS agents, along with the assistance of an UNTIL team and Seattle's own RAZOR and the rookie KNIGHTBOY, were able to thwart Holocaust. Witnesses have been emailing in, saying he flew off and escaped. No reports yet on whether he's been apprehended or is still AT LARGE.

Right now, the Needle and the Tram are CLOSED! I'l keep you posted! YOWZA!

-MEGA MARK BINNAKER!

UPDATE!!! (18:21)

The NEEDLE is CLOSED FOR BUSINESS! Officials say it will open NEXT WEEK!

-MEGA MARK BINNAKER!

There's a really cool photo of Holocaust just layin' into KnightBoy, but Simon won't let us link to images. (Sorry, had to do it!)

 

Charm Girl Stampede

 

News just in of a stampede caused by the surprise appearance of Charm Girl at the opening of the movie "Charm Girl Goes To Millennium City." Charm Girl arrived unannounced (after previously stating she would not attend) at the premier of the anime extravaganza. Fans stormed past the barricades in a desperate rush to touch the superhero. Eight people were hospitalized, and dozens more injured. Charm Girl was very apologetic - we'll have her words as soon as they're translated.

Current speculation abounds regarding the handsome, yet mysteriously composed stranger on her arm before her arrival. The gaijin didn't speak a word during the entire ordeal.

You'll have more when we hear it!

 

NC/AM Update

 

The latest news in off the forums about the NC/AM incident:

Hey guys! Long time lurker' date=' first time poster! Just thought I'd let you know that MC's own Nar-Cola has recently filed a defamation suit and breach of contract suit against New York City's Amazing Man. Just wanted to let you know![/quote']

As you remember, last Friday, Amazing Man, famed spokesperson for Nar-Cola, was quoted saying "I HATE Nar-Cola. That stuff tastes like a--, and I only drink it because they pay me to. And it's addictive!"

The BOC claims that Amazing Man's contract prohibits him from saying anything negative about Nar-Cola' date=' or drinking other sodas (Amazing Man's been sited recently drinking Dr. Pepper), and the defame claims he has no knowledge that Nar-Cola is addicting, and that the statement is false and libelous.[/quote']

More when we hear it!

 

I'll keep the HERO Boards updated on Super_Talk.

Re: Stat Increase = Skill Increase?

Ok, I've read a few pages, I'm not going to read any more. So what i'm about to say may have been said already.

1.) I believe by "Base Roll," when referring to "Base Roll = 9+(CHAR/5)", they are referring to the Skill roll before any circumstance/environment modifiers.

2.) The justification for knowing more about "Ancient Egypt Lore," when you get smarter (and shouldn't you really be looking for justification about why you suddenly got smarter), is that you are more able to make more connections between the facts you know. That's how I see it.

(EDIT: I see that the smart-justification thing has already been noted. Jeje.)