AirborneRob

Re: Your PCs might be overpowered if... If your team upgrades the Infinity Gauntlet as a side project while the they are on vacation. The cosmic deities watch from their domains as the team upgrades the Infinity Gauntlet and take notes. The team pimp slaps the being that created the Infinity Gems for not working the bugs out ahead of time. I'll apologize now if the Infinity Gauntlet/gems have already been utilized in this thread

Re: How do Hero System players/GM view DnD?

Re: Tell me what you think Lol, dont hold back, tell me how you really feel No, in all seriousness, designing true to genre sensors for a Starship doesn't feel like a VPP is necessary. Thats why i cant wait for the Starhero book to come out, never seen any version of one and would like to see what they consider proper.

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Re: Tell me what you think

Re: Tell me what you think This Heavy Carrier is defined as a Frontier starship for force protection and projection. With the ability to deploy 2 heavy escorts and 4 squadrons of fighters, it allows for staying power in the face of a threat race. The ship itself is also designed with self-defense in mind. Trying to use current naval carrier doctrine as a model is not accurate though i understand why you asked it. At that level of technology and the fact that Starfleet is a bit on edge post Dominion War, a ship that allows for the types of missions this one can undertake is very plausible. I look at the after effects such as post Dominion War, Starfleet no longer has the ships available to range its own borders. A Starship like this was intended to accomplish ranging mission, exploration, force protection/projection.

Re: Tell me what you think LOL, voodoo science huh Hey just because 80% of a ships systems can be repaired with a Phased Flux Inhibiter or Self Sealing Stembolt, doesn't mean its a problem

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Re: Tell me what you think Based on a conversation regarding a conversion of Star Trek into HERO, a friend of mine wanted to actually see a Carrier Class Starship. It is still a work in progress for me but i think it has the big stuff covered. Class/Type: Andromeda/Experimental Heavy Carrier Shipyard: Utopia Planetia Commissioning Date: 2376 Size: 890.03 x 500.65 x 220.15 meters; 7,600,150 metric tons; 58 decks Crew: 2000 Propulsion: Epsilon Mk-1 Warp Drive (Cruise@7.5, Sustained@9.85, Emergency@9.992 for 16 hours) Sensor Systems: Long-Range@19 LY, Lateral@3 LY Weapon Systems: Pulse Phaser Banks: 6 (3 Port, 3 Starboard), 12d6 RKA, Autofire (5 shots Max), Penetrating, Megascale (1m=200km) 360,000 km max range, Reduced Endurance (1/2 END) Type XII Phaser Array: 10d6 RKA, Autofire (5 shots Max), Penetrating, Megascale (1m=200km) 300,000km max range, Reduced Endurance (1/2 END) Torpedo Launchers: (2 Forward, 1 Aft), 15d6 RKA, Autofire (5 shots max), Penetrating x2, Megascale (1m=2000km) 4,500,000km max range, Reduced Endurance (1/2 END) Deflector Shield: 36 Resistant PD/ED (Hardened, Impenetrable) Hull, 25% Resistant Physical/Energy DR Craft Supported: 2 Defiant Class Heavy Escorts docked in the secondary hull 24 Starfleet fighter craft (4 squadrons of 6) docked in the secondary hull 10 Runabouts When we were tossing the idea around, i settled on the concept of the Heavy Carrier being a more frontier vessel. This is really the first attempt at doing a basic write up of a Starship and the core idea behind the conversion into HERO is so at some point, i will run a heroic lvl game. I wanted to introduce something different yet plausible for a Starship concept and we settled on the idea of a Heavy Carrier. By all means, if you folks have any thoughts, i would love to hear them. I didn't try to build this using points for 2 reasons: First, the core books for 6E didn't really give me the impression that it covered something of this scale; Second, because the characters will be built on heroic points and Starfleet owns its ships, didn't see a need.

Re: Your PCs might be Underpowered if... ... When they watch Mystery Men repeatedly........so they can take notes

Re: You are unappreciated when . . . ... When you are billed by the city everytime you use a power ... When the world is threatened by a meteor and they ask the villains for help first ... When you arrive on the scene to help the police stop the bad guys and the police attack in both directions

Re: Vehicles with Vehicles? Im no expert but wouldn't you just make the platform a focus for flying to keep it simple and fairly accurate?

Re: You are unappreciated when . . . ...No, lol SKJAM!, its when he/she switches sides and becomes your Arch-Enemies DNPC so the kids will stop taking his/her lunch money

Re: Political/Religious Space Colonies? Lol, i tried to rep you for the reference to that particular ToS episode but its not letting me. Maybe i already repped you for it, lol, cant remember.

Re: You are unappreciated when . . . ...When the guys that made D&D the movie want to make a movie about them

Re: How do Hero System players/GM view DnD?

Re: How do Hero System players/GM view DnD? Gary, Wolf...You guys rock. Watching the both of you go back and forth is almost better than a movie, i just need popcorn I am really trying not to jump in on the D&D aspect of the conversation, lol, it's getting harder to behave

Re: How do Hero System players/GM view DnD?

Re: You are unappreciated when . . . ... When the city actually wants rent on the space occupied by their base ... When the mayor tells them to pay for damages ahead of time ... When the banks wont loan them the money to pay for damages ahead of time

Re: Ballad of Ardor

Re: How do Hero System players/GM view DnD?

Re: Ballad of Ardor Nice, i didn't know that. I thought once the singing started, you were comitted. I think i have found a happy middle ground. It's a slight tweak from Sean's recommendation early in the post, tell me what you think. +2 OCV, +2 DCV, +1 SPD ( 30 character points worth of Characteristics), Expanded effect ( OCV,DCV,SPD) +1, UOO ( Grantor can give power to one recipient, recipient must be within limited range for power to be granted) +1/2. With this, i lose the AoE effect, but i can keep the intended effect and then apply it one person at a time. Like i said, the group size will be small and having to cast it a couple of times is not a major issue for me. I still have to put the limitations on it, i just wanted to make sure the intended effect would fit within our 80 AP cap.

Re: Ballad of Ardor I like the build, singing throughout is very appropriate. The only real trick is that we may end up with a party of 2, so singing throughout effectively eliminates 1 from the fight while he maintains the buff. If push comes to shove, i may just alter the overall buff. I may be trying to squeeze to much into one song.

How would you folks view a Heavy Carrier Class starship in a Star Trek conversion to HERO and what would you want to see with a ship like that i.e. defenses, size, should it be able to carry something larger than the standard starfleet fighter craft or a combination. Should it be a part of a task force or could you see it as a stand alone vessel. I have a basic write up that a friend of mine wanted to see done and i'll post it when im able. The time frame for this class of ship is 2376, about 6 months post Dominion war