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I was going through my old collection of GURPS Traveller starship sourcebooks and I noticed they included hex-based deckplans in addition to the square-grid ones.
 
Given the lack of existing deckplans for Star Hero, these could be a valuable resource and an excellent companion to Traveller HERO.  Here is a sample Free Trader deckplan:

The Real Fun-Size Halloween Candy Is Giant Size

This song sounds more wistful to me each year:
 
Let's dance in style, let's dance for a while
Heaven can wait, we're only watching the skies
Hoping for the best but expecting the worst
Are you gonna drop the bomb or not?
 
Let us die young or let us live forever
We don't have the power but we never say never
Sitting in a sandpit, life is a short trip
The music's for the sad men
 
Can you imagine when this race is won
Turn our golden faces into the sun
Praising our leaders, we're getting in tune
The music's played by the, the mad men
 
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever?
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever? Forever young
 
Some are like water, some are like the heat
Some are a melody and some are the beat
Sooner or later, they all will be gone
Why don't they stay young?
 
It's so hard to get old without a cause
I don't want to perish like a fading horse
Youth's like diamonds in the sun
And diamonds are forever
 
So many adventures couldn't happen today
So many songs we forgot to play
So many dreams swinging out of the blue
We let them come true
 
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever?
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever, forever and ever?
 
Forever young, I want to be forever young
Do you really want to live forever?

I've had a similar problem, although I never took any medication for it. My condition wasn't as serious, though. Best wishes.
 
 
I hope your mom recovers quickly. Continued best wishes for her.

One of my colleagues has just returned from Hong Kong, and his view of the protesters is different from that of the western press. He said the protesters have trashed businesses and banks that are based in China. They break into the stores and destroy the merchandise (they claim not to steal anything). Keep in mind the workers in the stores and banks are Hong Kong natives. They also trash the subway every day. My colleague likened the protesters' attitude to that of the Third Reich in that they are racist towards their own people.

(Help wanted)
 
Hi folks. I changed my mechanics again, hopefully approaching final version this time. I would appreciate some feedback on this, as I'm still working on the project.
 
(For character conversions) Every 4 Body becomes a Hit
- Hits under this rules variant are the "health" of the miniatures.

(For character conversions) Every 4 STUN becomes Shock
- Since I changed the way Body damage works, I also had to change the way STUN works in this game. Shock represents the mental
longevity of the troops, willingness to fight and take 5 without collapsing.

Segments/phases per turn becomes randomized via playing cards
- Each side (usually the GM and players) are assigned a color (black or red) and their action turns are determined by the draw of the
card from a regular playing card deck. Speed still determines how many segments/phases in a turn a miniature can take. When a Joker is
drawn, the round ends.

Damage potential by range
- Every weapon type is graded for its capacity to inflict damage at range. Some war games call this "effective range". Weapon range
brackets are divided into Short/Effective/Extreme.
- Roll 3+ at Short range, 4-5 at Effective range, 6 at extreme range. The amount of D6s to be rolled is determined by the weapon (for
instance, most rifles cause 2d6 Killing Damage).

The TO-HIT Procedure penalties
- Normal HERO System distance penalties are ignored when attacking targets at range
- Hitting a mostly obscured target is at -8 OCV (Squads in bocage, caves, etc.)
- 50% obscured is -4 OCV (Moderate cover,  cars, stone walls, inside buildings with windows, etc.)
- 25% obscured is -2 OCV (Light cover, brushes etc.)
- Shooting at targets at Extreme range takes a -4 OCV penalty, unless equipped with a scope

Normal damage becomes Shock damage
- Every 6 rolled with a Shock damage roll becomes a Hit. Every 1 rolled reduces a Hit. Attacks always inflict Shock according to the
amount of dice that are rolled. Roll to check for 6s and 1s, to determine the number of Hits inflicted.

Each segment lasts for APPROXIMATELY 5 seconds for SQUAD -level games

Each inch on the table is about 10 yards/meters for SQUAD -level games (interchangeable for the purposes of this conversion).

Morale Mechanics
- A squad is represented by average morale of the troops (8 (Gritty) or 9 (Normal/Heroic) + [EGO+INT/10], rounding rule = Morale roll).
- Morale rolls are used to determine PIN and ROUT results. After taking Hits from enemy fire the squad takes a PIN roll. After losing
50% troops a squad makes a ROUT roll.
- To remove a PIN result off a squad, a miniature with the skill Leadership needs to roll a successful skill roll to unpin the squad

STUNNING is removed from SQUAD -level games, because Morale rules are in place for getting hit.
 
 
This is a compilation of my documents I've made for the miniatures version of Hero so far, and I'm sure it's unclear in places. That's why I'd like some feedback/questions regarding what I have in mind when it comes to particular rules that might be unclear or a bit ambiguous in their current form.
 
 

To give some perspective to the violence inherent in the system, nearly all of the robots featured in this video weigh just shy of 250 lbs.
 

Since the last update where you win the day on the website, I have often gone months without winning the day. I won in June. So I noted yesterday that I had won on the 15th. And now again yesterday. Two days in a row is wonderful. and yes it does make me happy.

Just got home from lunch with bro D.. We went to Bastard Burgers down on Byxtorget ("Pant's Square" -- don't ask), that serve American street food with a Swedish touch. As usual, I had their New Texas burger ("Bastard barbecue. Smoked bacon, red onion, lettuce, double cheddar, Fire & Flames BBQ sauce, and chipotle dressing") with a side of their sweet potato fries and BB's original dip sauce.
 
Three perfect bites in one meal? Yes please!

My kiddo recently decided she wanted to learn how to cook.  She's barely 10 years old.
 
She has rapidly progressed to the point where my wife and I get to enjoy a nearly home cooked meal (Blue Apron provides the recipe & supplies) 3x a week.

What's Up, Doc? also has one of the greatest in-jokes in cinematic history;
 
Streisand: Love means never having to say you're sorry.
O'Neal: That's the dumbest thing I've ever heard.

Speaking of which, the annual Slashstreet Boys' Halloween music video has dropped, this time based on the Backstreet Boys' As Long As You Love Me.
 
 

Got called by the doctor to say that my mother survived and she is in one of the ICU wards. The surgeon said in a rather jolly fashion that they had cleaned out the puss which if it had been allowed to stay would have killed her. I understand that doctors have to have a coping mechanism but still it grates. Saw her briefly and visiting times are 6 hours, 11-2 and 4-7. Passed info around and also contacted friends.

Sorry to hear that, Pariah. That really sucks.
 
 
On my end, I'm probably getting rheumatic arthritis.

Looks like the link to the Sam Bell write-up is broken, but the one to Matt Ignash’s seems to work. http://www.sysabend.org/champions/gnborh/text/Scarlet_Witch-mi.txt
 
I’ll get the Sam Bell one fixed shortly (I need to fix a lot on that site)
 

Scarlet Witch
 
Val Char Cost
15 STR 5
20 DEX 30
20 CON 20
10 BODY 0
13 INT 3
20 EGO 20
15 PRE 5
18 COM 4
5 PD 2
5 ED 1
4 SPD 10
7 REC 0
40 END 0
28 STUN 0
Total Characteristics Cost: 100 Points
 
Cost Skills
3 Concealment 12-
3 Contortionist 13-
3 FB: Federal Police Powers
2 Lang: Fluent English
0 Lang: Native Romanian
3 Lockpicking 13-
2 Navigation [Air] 12-
3 Security Systems 12-
3 Sleight of Hand 13-
3 Streetwise 12-
Total Skills Cost: 25 Points
 
Cost Powers
15 Armor +5 rPD +5 rED
40 Multipower (50 Points) Gestures (-1/4)
4 u) EB 10d6
4 u) Entangle 5d6 DEF 5
4 u) Mental Illusion 10d6
4 u) Telekinesis 20 STR, Fine Manipulation, 1/2 END (+1/4)
4 u) Telepathy 10d6
5 ES: Radio Perception & Transmit, OAF: Avegers ID Card (-1)
15 EC [Telekinesis]-15 Points
15 1) Flight 10", 8x NCM
15 2) Force Field +10 rPD +10 rED, No END (+1/2)
Total Powers Cost: 125 Points
 
Total Cost: 250 Points
 
150+ Disadvantages
15 Hunted: Brotherhood Of Evil Mutants (More Powerful) 8-
5 Hunted: Magneto (As PowerfulMild) 8-
20 Normal Characteristics Maxima
15 PsyL: Feels Obligated To Fight Crime (Common/Strong)
15 PsyL: In Love With Vision (Common/Strong)
20 PsyL: Protective Of Innocents (Very Common/Strong)
10 SocL: Public Identity [Wanda Maximoff] (Occasionally/Major)
Total Disadvantages Cost: 250 Points
 
This is a variant of my Mystic Template.  I gave her the Gesture Limitation which she has in the comics, and used the extra points to give her Entangle and Telekinesis.  I'm not sure is she's a mutant, or if that matters because she's a member of The Avengers.

A defiant, maybe hopeful, maybe merely imploring anthem from the late 1960s:
 
 

I am ashamed of how much this made me giggle. 
 

Yeah, this Orwellian newspeak is on a cat's intellectual level. Hey, would-be wits! Stop failing to be cute and clever and write the damn words intelligibly!

... I'm with the cat.