Mentor

Re: Update to 6ed? The layout and organization are much improved as are some of the Powers, especially Life Support, merging of NND and AVLD, and the tightening of the Deflection and Reflection descriptions. Edit: And Barrier. I really like Barrier. The changes in Characteristics were a neutral to me as I don't yet see the advantges of them. Granted I have been playing Hero for over 25 years so I am very comfortable with the original CHA builds and points so I may only be dealing with familiarity and comfort zone issues. The only negative IMO is the elimination of Elemental Control. I always considered it a good concept reward and the duty of a GM to rather than the rules to prevent abuse. 6E is very much worth getting but I don't see any reason to convert our long running campaign or PC at this time. At the same time, we may well retcon the new and improved versions of the powers from 6E if the balance holds. Steve always does good work and since his gaming philosophy has always seemed to agree with ours, I didn't really expect a disaster.

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Re: [PA Hero] Limited Nuclear War Not So Good How many nuclear bombs worth of stuff were kicked up into the atmosphere by the eruptions of Pinatubo or Mt. St. Helens? OTOH, if we are going to get mutant powers or zombies from the post apocalyptic "science" why not mass starvation to give us those one billion potential zombies?

Re: Musings on Random Musings You looked at their bewbs and counted the wheelchairs? Allright, another vote for Guliani.

Re: Musings on Random Musings Thanks, Zorn, and I have to say that the perverse temptation to review more ABBA titles to fully flesh out the concept is equally hard for me to resist.

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Re: Musings on Random Musings My wife and daughter have already become fan's of "Mama Mia", the musical, so you don't get the blame for most of the damage. "sigh"

Re: Musings on Random Musings I hate you!!!

Re: Musings on Random Musings American AWACS standing by proud to serve alongside our British cousins and assist in targeting, sir.

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Re: Telepathy As the power sounds like the Telepath is only tryng to reach the "surface thoughts" of the receiving brain, a simple "equals EGO" should be sufficient, but Mental Defense would still operate, so you would need rather more than a couple of D6 effect to have a guaranteed success.

Re: Fifteen points of wealth is very justifiable Exactly so. My billionaire PC, Cyberknight, is expected to be invited to the high fallootin' affairs during which the the mayor's daughter is to be kidnapped, the Hopeless Diamond is being worn by the Sultan of Swing and the Matter Transmogrifier is being demonstrated by Professor Squid for his financial backer. One might as easily ask if the PC is getting Disads without the points as well as are they getting something extra for the money. The answer is that the character gets the good and the bad that comes with (hopefully) solid character concept.

Re: Musings on Random Musings Dang! I'm too slow gain.

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Re: Musings on Random Musings Oil tycoons ain't pirates. You Vikings all think you own the franchise?

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Re: Rant? Speed in Hero I have an idea. We could dispense with SPD and just use DEX and instead of PD we have something called armor class and instead of having these weird Hero inconsistencies of human reality, what if we just give them hit points have the PC progress, say in something like different levels. Yes, we shall let them improve only when they increase in level...

Re: Traveller Hero Adventures... I was always a Megatraveller fan as the CT universe seemed too consistently civilized to me until one got to the edge of the Imperium. It was hard to feel all that tough in an armed trader when there was always the possibility of an Imperial Cruiser rounding the planet.

Re: I was expecting someone taller... Good approach. I think we may see that.

Re: Hero Sales Figures, new blood?

Re: Musings on Random Musings Dear Bonedaddy, I find your position intriguing and I would like to sign up for your newsletter. Mentor

Re: Musings on Random Musings I had forgotten the extent to which she helped make the 80s a more pleasant decade.

Re: Thoughts on SPD Exactly so. Many Bricks are afraid of Zl'f after they have fought her the first time, although she looks pretty harmless at first. She is a powerful and adept PC. She also is a hero and as such get beat up plenty as well. She is brave and aggressive without being suicidal or foolhardy. IOW, any encounter that she has with any supervillain is likely to be unpredicatble as to outcome, which to me indicates a pretty darn well constructed and campaign balanced PC.