loki

Wha?? Seriously now... come on... 600?!?!?! I dont know if i could spend that much!

I have a quick question for all you “hero heads†out there. What point cost are you all currently running in your groups? We are using 5th ed rules to run 265(ish) point characters. I think that this is due to the fact the a majority of the villains in my groups game a home brew verity, and built under 4th ed @ 250 points. I have found the character creation process to be much more fun at the higher levels. You seem to have the points to put in some “cool†stuff that may or may not be totally effective but is fun to have on the character. So the root question here is what power level are y’all runnin’, and do you enjoy it. Also lets say someone is running a 300 pt power level, is there any kind of source for villains at that level, or is boiling down the CKC a little as good as we can get? Lok

hide in plain site I think an interesting way to use them would be to treat them like a behind the scenes Microsoft. Why should they get their hands dirty when they can slowly dole out the technology to BOTH sides? If they were smart they would sell upgraded blasters to viper, then after 6 months or so of UNTIL getting their butts handed to them, sell them the improved FF belt. Wash Rinse & Repeat until filthy rich. Now if some heroes were to stumble upon the vicious plot well… that could be interesting with Viper, UNTIL and the heroes all working together?? Oh man… gotta go start my own campaign. Seriously though, why be in front when behind the curtain is really where the power and money are?

good post... made me think Don’t be afraid to express your opinion! Your post got me to thinking, was I truly as impressed as I think I am OR am I just in nirvana to have my hero back? I think it could be a combination of both. I guess I would say I LOVE the super hero setting, and Hero does it better than any other (IMHO). So is it the best? yes (for me), could it be better? Sure Also I think anytime you are looking at a Campaign Setting book like Champions you will rarely find something that you like “as writtenâ€. There will be bits a pieces that you will want to implement and some you may want to throw out. I have not run with a GM yet who hasn’t wanted to put their own “stamp†on the game, the setting and the play style. Perhaps if you look at it like a big bound book of campaign brain storming that will help you see value in the product. Just my thoughts and thank you for the thought provoking post. Lok

i agree... sort of I pretty much agree with the other 2 post only, you may even consider boiling it down to 10 pointer. How committed is he/she to avoiding violence? Sounds like a cool character idea though. Good luck

Ahh yes the quote from the fiance! lmao that is very funny

Now damn that is funny ha-ha!

Yeah i can understand that staement! I have run a pure brick, but i do tend to get a litlle bored with them. Although soaking up all that damage can be ALOT of fun. I think the key to running an interesting brick is REALLY developing a back story and giving them alot of personality. That makes them fun to play and gives them some versitility that they lack in combat. IMHO

Re: Do not name an NPC Johnson Markus... i beat you by like 12 hours! Funny to see we both posted on the same story though! I still smile when i think of all the low brow jokes!

low brow... but funny! Not to steal my GM’s thunder but this one is too funny to wait, AND he sleeps in later than I do. Ok a little set up. We have done some detective work and find out that (not joke here) Major Payne is stealing technology from our friendly neighborhood UNTIL clone (called FORT). Major Payne calls US to his office; we are thinking “Great we got him, no problem, game over, lets get more pizzaâ€. We get there and he tells us that it is not him who is behind it, but it was Captain Johnson. (Now admittedly I don’t think our GM had thought about the name that much and it just leapt into his mind and he ran with it… he will NEVER do that again). After the complete run down my character decides to summarize the situation: “Let me get this straight. You have a Rogue Johnson on your hands and you want us to get a hold of it for you??†Low brow I know, but damn it was funny. There were about 400 other Johnson jokes, to the point where we had to put a moratorium on all Johnson jokes for the rest of the night, which didn’t work of course, but at least we tried. Lok

Re: Why are bricks so popular? I think it has to do with the LARGE volume of stuff you have to deal with when making your first champs character. You either end up with a hodge-podge of different skills and abilities that dont really mesh into a clear concept or a brick (at least in my experiance). I think this is because bricks are by nature prety straight forward. I think for total newbies it is REALLY a good idea for a begining character. Not alot of VPP's or Multiple slots to deal with. Lok

Re: How do you know when to Dive for Cover? It sounds like from reading this that you are having a problem with your players Diving for Cover too much. If this is the case, simply make them pay for having done so. If they continue to dive for cover, then (as someone mentionied) hit them when theyare at 1/2 CV with those pesky held actions, or just have the enemy brick load up and wack em a good one. Happy hunting!

very nice Good stuff Publius! I must say even in reading the stuff on your site it just pulls me in. Perhaps i am a sucker for this kind of stuff, but it just seems to give life the world. You can see things that may turn into plot seeds and some that may go no where, and then the best is when there are things that you have NO intention of being a plot seed that the characters run off with. Good fun! Lok-

Re: A rose by any other would smell as sweet My first pass at this but... here we go: Glow Luminos (sp) Radiance You could then add an ajactive to work in the armor angle: Iron Radiance Steel Glow blah blah blah... as i am re-reading these i dont know... but at least i tried huh?

Re: Re: i think its pretty good... That is a great idea... that would shape this guy up into a real wrecking machine i would think! 6SPD, up to 14 on OCV or DCV... very nice heh heh.