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Re: The Sound of One Hand Clapping Hand to Hand Attack (no range) Transdimensional (one dimension) The answer to the Zen riddle of;"What is the sound of one hand clapping" is to strike one's hand against that of the Buddha's hand.

Re: Disads on a suit of powered armor? It seems you intend to let players grab this armor in such a case I agree with my felllow heroes here and be careful not to imbalance the groups power. Focus:Obvious Inaccessible (-1/2) Extremely Difficult to obtain new focus (-1) Real Armor (-1/4) [Needs regular care] Burnout [14 or less] (-1/4) [ All the bugs haven't been worked out yet] Recharge (?) [Depending on power source] Were you thinking; Hunted [people want this suit, BAD ! ] Distinctive Features [ Bulky, Ugly, etc ] you pick Vulnerability [Flaw in the design ]

Re: Mental If you are trying to find away to be invisible to mental powers, such as you have mentioned, why not buy Mental Defense or DECV levels.

Re: FRPG Ideas from D&D that ain't necessarily so 26) That the same spell when cast by different classes will not be of the same spell level. 27) Certain races cannot understand magic spells as a wizard, but they can use clerical magic. 28) A diety will almost always notice if their name is said in disrespect, but fail to hear when called upon for help in a dire emergency.

Re: Telepathy Is there any reason why this can't be built with IMAGES (sound) Only to simulate speech? Telepathy can get past language barriers which isn't eaxctly what you were asking for. It can also "talk" to deaf people , again doesn't look like what you wanted.

Okay here it is; All the superhero characters that you play in various games meet. They are chosen to form a superhero group. Which would be the leader? What would group politics be like? Who would be friends, and who would wind up killing one another?

Re: "Not in the face, I'm a pretty man!" You might try a Cosmetic Transformation attack , perhaps with Rapid Recovery.

Re: Alien Stereotypes Lets not forget the half breed telepaths (Star Trek; Spock /Vulcan and Troi/Betazoid) . What about the Cylons from the original BSG? Then there's; Time Lords, Jedi, etc There was a book called Barlow's Guide to the Extra-terrestial's try that for quick ideas.

Re: Help me fill in the plot holes If I understand you correctly Blackstaff was once a member of the hero team. With that you might consider.... If he wants revenge go after their firends INDIRECTLY, not an attack but with causing them trouble that way when they finally meet Blackstaff he will enjoy having humiliated the heroes closest friends. Then he says; "Well now you know how I felt" Go after the PC's secret id's, again INDIRECTLY. If one is a reporter lets say (always a favorite) make a call to where he works with a "mysterious" tip which turns out to be a trap. Would the player risk exposing their secret to escape ??? Wanna be cruel? Rob a bank, leave the money at their place (in the bags) and call the police. Even better do it in their hero persona's costume (leaving a copy of their costume in an easy to find location in the house)

Re: resist being stunned by EGO attack with EGO not CON? Don't forget that Ego Attack isn't the only Ego power that can do stun. What about Energy Blast BOECV ? Damage from a Mental Illusion that rolls well enough? What about AVLD or NND attacks ? I must admit the idea is interesting enough to think about.

Re: My Failed Project Just because your attempt didn't meet your expectations doesn't mean it failed. It was a learning experience at least;) Why do the X-Men or any other established characters have to exist in your world ? If the players want to meet them for some reason you can always have them do a cameo or just say they are too busy etc. Save yourself alot of headaches, please.

Re: The Mind Controlling Hero To be fair lets consider that not all people with mental powers have the same ethic system. I had a character who had mind control and used it to make supervillians fight their own teammates. He didn't have any psych limits about using his power on people (based on his origin). The GM of the game I played this character in was more concerned about his Ranged Killing Attack then his Mind Control. Each GM must decide for himself if such a power is amoral or not, just don't punish others, or yourself, if you can justify why the character Mind Controls someone.

Re: Limited STR: Only for Pushing, Pulling, Lifting, etc +25 Strength; vs Inanimate Items only (-1/2), Only for STR vs STR rolls to overcome objects movement (-1/2)

Re: Seeing By Other People senses Actually this happened to a character I was playing years ago. We were fighting VIPER agents, they used their flash grenades and I recovered first in the group. There was one other PC who used TELEPATHY to help himself see through my eyes and the GM okayed it. TELEPATHY only to read surface thoughts/sensory input. Receive Only (-1/2), and some form of Communication only (-1/4)

Re: "Life Shield" - Reasonable Power? [+More] If you are GMing this character the question is do you think it is unbalanced? #1 - You do; A person with this power will be extremely hard to keep down as they will be waking up from being knocked out alot. # 2- You don't; Build the power another way that is legal. Maybe Damage Reduction (delayed effect) .You really only take 20 STUN but it acts like you took 40 STUN and you "heal" the rest? As for enchanting an item try; Aid (Body) ??

Re: New try in combat I tried a variation on this; I only told the players what damage got past their defences. It makes it harder for PC's to gauge the attackers power level.

Here are some things a character might do on any other phase but when it comes to phase 12 there are some questions about it mechanically. 1- Hold Phase 12 until next turn 2- Taking any action which requires additional time. (Extra time disad for example) 3- Use an extra segment/phase for extra time bonus I'm sure there are many other examples, but you get the idea.

Re: A different spin on Tigra First of all I like this idea for a character; combining 2 seperate, different types into 1. I remember the Marvel Write-up of Tigra you could easily make her a Standard Power Level character. 1-What is the source of her power? 2- I assume you are planning to use Shapeshift, correct? 3- Why is she a hero? What is her background?

Re: Help me make Awesome Presence How about -> Suppress: Presence with Drain Presence? HERO 5 REV page 38. A negative Presence causes victims to run away or cower in fear. Maybe Mind Control:Fear might also work:eg:

For anyone who is interested; Book of Exeter I read this years ago, it's great !

Re: Attacks OK Defenses No Way? From a purely intellectual point of view try this; Multipower (25 points) u Force Field [Flash Defense 20 points] Hardened u Force Field [Mental Defense 20 points] Reduced endurance u Force Field [Power Defense 20 points] Difficult to dispel Whallah !

Re: Rope Don't forget SKILL: POWER- Rope.

Re: Pool like effect without a pool What about making the spells a 1 use Bulky Focus with Expendability. PC finds a spell book, casts a spell from it then that spell is lost. In a Multipower the slot cost would be almost next to nothing in this case.

Re: Pool like effect without a pool Why can't you do it with VARIABLE POWER POOL with the limit of 1/day only and Only from pregenerated list of spells ?

Re: Teleport as a defensive move Some time ago I gave Cheshire Cat a very similar ability, I called it Micro-teleporting. I used Force Field, but now I might consider Combat Luck or even DESOLIDIFICATION. That way the attack hits the lined up opponent as you want, or at least gets you out of harms way. Have fun with it !!!