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Re: Full Metal Alchemist Sweet. I'll probably be playing around with the display on that page later tonight.

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Only 7 hours and 30 minutes of overnight shifts left to go!

Re: Full Metal Alchemist I still think, however, that using a VPP and your custom limitation are really one in the same. And as we are looking at the same value in limitation it really makes it moot which it is that is used. This, mind you, has always been the hurdle with the alchemy system.

Re: Full Metal Alchemist I agree on two skill rolls for an Alchemist. One to "remember" the alchemic ritual you plan on using and one to perform the ritual.

Re: Full Metal Alchemist katal3, are you on Aldaric Gaming yet? I'm posting the Fullmetal Alchemist conversion over there. That information on the law is pretty darn good and would fit on it pretty well if you want to just add it up there.

Re: Full Metal Alchemist I had totally forgotten about this thread and had thought it had run off on its own when I saw it resurface. Good shot at Alchemy as you have addressed several of my issues but at the same time there are some slight issues with it. I'm going to take what you have done and go with it and then you can correspond from there. 1. Extra Time (5 Minutes; Can Perform More Quickly; -1) Doing it this way makes Alchemy restrictive and cheaper and yet allows more skilled alchemists (such as Ed or Mustang) perform quick maneuvers in combat. This is what is used in Valdorian Age and having seen it in effect, let me say it is definitely a good system. I'll want to come up with special rules for what happens when you fail a skill roll for this, but I can worry about that later. 2. Laws of Alchemy (-1/2) I'm replacing Diagram with Laws of Alchemy. The reason for this is kind of complicated. First, Physical Manifestation is that a power, when used, creates a sort of physical focus that goes with it that can be attacked or taken away. I can only think of a couple of examples when this would be appropriate. First, there is the alchemist symbol when a human is bound to Armor or some other device. This is either a method of healing a Transform or the counter to the Reincarnation from Death power that is Inherent with those individuals. Then there are the times when the diagram is being actively used such as a seal on a homonculus. Instant effects such as Mustang's fire don't have an appearance. Laws of Alchemy is a sort of catch all for the miscelleneous rules of Alchemy that do not fit in a particular limitation. This includes, amongst them, the side effect of attempting to perform a human transmutation and the law of equivalent exchange. 3. Gestures (Throughout; -1/2) I debated this one a lot in my head. This is good and this is correct. If someone uses Alchemy as a 1/2 Phase action they are going from an (AP/10 Penalty) to (AP/10 + 12). So a 60 AP Alchemy Ability is giving them a -18 to their Skill Roll. I think they can get away with "throughout" even though snapping a finger or punching stone normally wouldn't qualify. The Focus Problem and Solution Their is a problem with a focus is that it is so darn flexable. Mustang can snap his fingers with a glove on but that glove only allows him to do fire. Armstrong can reshape stone with his fist because of the symbol he wears but only can reshape stone. You can draw a symbol in the dirt but it only takes a strong wind to blow it away. You also don't need both hands but sometimes you do. Well lets take a look at this. 3a. OIF (-1/2) & [Alchemy] Only (-1/2) Total: -1 3b. IIF (Difficult to Replace; -1) & [Alchemy] Only (-1/2) Total -1 3c. IAF "Writing Implement of Opportunity" (Arrangability; -1 1/2) Total: -1 As all three ways of doing the focus are -1 that means we have a perfect use of Variable Limitation. I don't have my book so I can't remember if it is a -3/4 or a -1/2 but there we go. The Tattoo Alternative It is possible to tattoo yourself so that you have a permenant Alchemy circle on you. For this, we have a simple solution. It is much like the above but we either have a restriction to a single type of Alchemy or the more expensive focus limitations above. You have to go with the lowest value for a limitation for Variable Limitation so we are looking at: Alternative 3 #1. Variable Limitation ([Alchemy] Only or appropriate focus limitation; -1/4) The Gate Alternative Ed, or anyone else, who has performed a Human Transmutation has a hunted does not need the limitation above. Instead he has only to touch his hands together to perform Alchemy. This is restrainable, yet at the same time, isn't as he can touch or write an alchemy circle if one hand is somehow disabled. For this, it is the following limitation: Alternative 3 #2. Seen the Gateway (-1/4) 4. Requires an Alchemy Skill Roll (-1/2) So here are the final total limitation costs for an Alchemy VPP: Traditional Alchemist: Either -3 or -3 1/4 depending on a rules check. Alchemist with an Alternative system: -2 3/4 I estimate Ed has a 120 pool meaning his control cost is 60 base and after limitations is 16 points. Making his total VPP cost 136 points. Where as someone like Armstrong or Mustang is maybe a 60 pool and a 7 point control cost. This gives characters like Havoc or Hughes a lot of extra points at their disposal as they didn't get into Alchemy.

Re: Musings on Random Musings I do that from time to time but not to spread around the rep. I do it because I like to do what I call a "newbie catapult". It is fun to see how many pages you can toss a newbie when your sort by reputation.

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Re: A Thread for Random Musings If you think "Ignorance is Bliss", you obviously haven't worked for a bank.

Re: Why the "Big Release" Polls Are Flawed Well, perhaps in the primaries.

Re: ? "I made it that so the answer wouldn't be obvious."

First, mind you, I am not currently running a Superheroic level game. Even if I was, I don't think I'd plan something like this for a while. But I'm curious how you would run an epic battle. An epic battle is when the battle lasts hours in game. It needs to tax the characters to the limit, use up their resources and pull them to the limit. It should be a battle where heroes fall, recover, and fall again. The city would be evacuated. It should be of the scale that heroes outside of the city in question give up dealing with local crime because this needs their immediate attention. As an example, Doomsday vs. Superman comes to mind. How would you do a fight like that in Hero System?

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Re: Winged Ape Not in a thread dedicated to Monsters.

Re: Musings on Random Musings I can't believe how many people who were upset at how respectful Alice and I were by NOT shoving cake all over each other on our wedding night.

Re: Winged Ape What order are you working on them? It certainly isn't in the order they appear in the books. I'm curious how you will will do the spider venom from The Tower of the Elephant.

Re: Package Deals in 5ER I refer to Package Deals as Cookie Cutters. They are in the book for ease purposes only. It cuts a nice little outline for your character and lets you do the decorating yourself.

Re: Human Batteries You can actually use END Reserve to seperate the "battery" power from the player's natural reserve. As for the ability to transfer energy and such, instead of giving them a whole power, give them the Power Skill which is can similate a 1d6 Tranfer of END or other tasks.

Re: Gun-Fu or MA with guns question Don't forget, you can never go higher than double the base damage of the weapon. It makes sense to have maneuvers with a + or - to OCV/DCV based on how it is being performed. I can also understand not wanting to allow more damage. That is a simple custom rule.

Re: Eating your lunch... Move Zig.

Re: Eating your lunch...

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I wish Ben would alter the Rep boxs to compensate for the fact we have some insanely high rep now on the board.

Re: Eating your lunch... Maybe not but you didn't deny that you called him a self-rightous bigot.

Re: Eating your lunch...

Re: Eating your lunch... Well the difference is he called the system filth and you essentually called HIM a self-rightous bigot. Now you are whining because people are calling you on it.