Beast

Hi, I'm Maggie Ravenwood 1/2 human(genentic construct) ,1/2 machine(nanites)

I'm a shape shifting brick
 

On 9/22/2019 at 6:32 PM, Pariah said:

I would like to see a remake of Starship Troopers that wasn't a complete middle finger to the original book.

 

As far as The Princess Bride is concerned, I think anyone who suggests a remake should be put into the Zoo of Death.

 

(It's possible that I'm a little opinionated where these movies are concerned.)

I could see a cgi of the RUS and that is about it

redo all the DCU flicks except WW and Aquaman

On 9/22/2019 at 12:44 PM, death tribble said:

I am one of those awful people who like Starship Troopers. But then I like the director. I have read the book and I understand why they did the film in the way they did. You can't show a lot of emotion if you have your actors covered in armour. I can and have watched the film multiple times. Would you like to know more ?

Just do what they did with RDJ in the Iron Man flicks
and if you cannot act with your ,voice you cannot act

On 7/18/2019 at 4:02 AM, Kaze9999 said:

If you’re open to online play by post I’m running a 6e Hero System Monster Hunter game that is always open to new players, and is largely for the purpose of building a community of people who know Hero System, so they can run games on the site that I can play in too!

I would like to join in online

I love it
it does all the math

there are lots of formats you can download to suit how you want your character sheet to look for free

go to the down loads area of this forum to look at others character sheets
25$ is not a bad price

instead of lower  the starting CP from 400pts to 300pts
why not just lower the AP/DC caps from 75 active/12 DCs to 60 active/10 DCs?
this should give plenty of extra points to round out beginning characters w/skills, perks and talents

2 minutes ago, Sketchpad said:

 

I apologize, Beast. I must've misinterpreted. However, I would still avoid a boxed version of a core book these days. They work better as introductory sets, particularly if you can keep them inexpensive. The Essentials Kit is only $25, which is a great price these days for a printed box set.

Accepted

Wildstrike was a cheap intro to Fusion that now could be done as a free pdf
then a boxed version of CC would be the 2nd step of bringing more into the fold
as it would have more inhand support than having to download and print

12 minutes ago, Sketchpad said:

If you're looking at a starter kit of some kind, I would leave Champions Complete out of it. The idea for most beginner boxes is to create sales for core products. For such a product, I would include a limited version of Sidekick that covers the basics and maybe gives a handful of templates to play with. Then include an adventure book, a flip map, some standees (or pawns), a good set of 12mm d6s, and a pad of simple character sheets. I would really recommend looking at the D&D 5e Essentials Kit as an example of how to do such a product.

Sketchpad, you took me out of context as I started by using a version of Wildstrike as an intro to Hero system, THEN a boxed version of CC

9 minutes ago, BigJackBrass said:

 

It was a Champions New Millennium boardgame of superhero combat, packaged as a little ziploc game. Not bad for what it was trying to do. 

 

It was a fairly cheap entry intro for Champions combat(PIT FIGHTING)

1 minute ago, Spence said:

 

Put a copy of CC in the box.

A pregenerated superhero team in the box.

A "lets learn to play Champions" short adventure that does a quick demo of skill resolution, movement and combat.

A short three or for chapter mini-campaign.

Maps for the above

and a few hero dice.

 

And there it is. 

The Champions Starter box. 

there needs to be a starter setup that is about 20 pages including 10 starting heroes and maybe 1 Boss encounter

On 7/14/2019 at 11:26 AM, dmjalund said:

what we need is a Champions Starter Box

not a starter box but a free pdf of an updated Wildstrike and Hero system in 2 pages
with a bit of exp spending
then Champions Complete in a starter box or as a starter pdf package

On 7/10/2019 at 7:33 AM, BoloOfEarth said:

Or am I overthinking this and should I just make it a very broad Change Environment?  For example, Change Environment (5 TK STR), Varying Combat Effects, AoE (256m Radius; +1 3/4), Varying Effect (Limited machinery haywire effects; +1/2), 0 END (+1/2); No Range (-1/2), No Conscious Control (-2).  And then handwave / wing it with the actual effects?  ("Joe, your IR goggles seem to be fritzing out, make a PER roll at -2.  Dana, your jetpack seems to be acting up, make a DEX roll at -1 to maintain control.")

I would go with the 6e CE Stunning adder but go vs Int or an Int drain vs machines

2 hours ago, dsatow said:

 

Shouldn't that be 20190530?

you are correct
need to wear my glasses mo for the small stuff

2 hours ago, Lord Liaden said:

 

Known to the people who live on it. Who haven't even set foot on other planets. Life elsewhere in the universe might consider that a rather provincial perspective.

 

But I stand by my statement: as a celestial body the Earth is unimpressive.

we have landed people on the moon
and have sent out at least 2 address adverts inviting any who could read our address for naked hot tubbing party

1 minute ago, Duke Bushido said:

 

 

Name me one other planet with gummy bears.

 

I dare you.

 

 

 

 

or Hersey Kisses

6 hours ago, Tech said:

The simplest is best: I'd go with Steve's 3 pt level for a bounce.

2 hours ago, Greywind said:

Mjolnir doesn't bounce unless Thor wants it to.

Bouncing is for Capt's shield
 

lots of stretching
weapon is just a special effect or focus

22 hours ago, dmjalund said:

Include a self address stamped envelope?

just engrave "Return to Sender" on it

1 hour ago, Lord Liaden said:

I got the impression from Thor: The Dark World that Loki was closer to Frigga than to Odin. A free Loki might rescue Frigga from Malekith, only to sacrifice her to obtain the Soul Stone. IMO that would pretty much cement Loki's path to pure evil.

2 hours ago, dmjalund said:

who would Loki sacrifice to get the Soul stone? I'm thinking Odin

Problem is Loki's love of himself out weights his love if any for anybody else

Just now, Toxxus said:

 

In this particular case I believe the issue is that the rule for recovering from being stunned is unnecessarily punitive and leads to some pretty anti-heroic scenarios.

 

I've beat this horse into a fine red puree by now, but taking damage shouldn't stop you from recovering from being stunned unless it is sufficient to stun you again.

 

The rules aren't even consistent with themselves:

1-  If you have a lower DEX than your attacker then you can recover from being stunned in the same segment despite having taking sufficient damage to stun you in the same segment.

2-  If you hold your action - You lose it and cannot recover from being stunned.  Now you're effectively stunned for 2 phases (current phase & next phase to recover - maybe).

3-  If you have a higher DEX than your attacker then you can recover from being stunned ONLY if you don't take any damage at all in the next segment you have a Phase in until your DEX arrives.  Any damage at all stun-locks you - indefinitely.

 

Situation 1 makes sense to me.

Situation 2 I don't like as much.

Situation 3 I have to house rule so I can continue to have players and not have my boss monsters stun-locked by a single critical hit.

I've seen the stun lock scenario in plenty of movies and comics(hero might feign being dead or KO'ed then surprise attack the villain)

It is the GM's choice to use it or not
The Team needs to keep and eye on each others 6 o'clock and bail them out if possible
a possible out is to either target the agent with a full power attack(most will fold) or wait till the bottom of the phase and have a ranged attacker haymaker vs the super power level stun locker and reverse  the scenario

you phase lasts from when do something with your full move(this can be broken up into many actions percieve1/2 move ,percieve  other 1/2 move or attack) till the start of your NEXT phase

a speed 6 character has a phase every 2 seconds and his full move takes 2 seconds it is just done as a if it is instant otherwise we would be playing Starfleet Battles where each movement is 10kkm/1m when your phase comes up
 

20190520 is the current update
just got it

20180805 is what I have(going to check for an update
if you cannot access your purchase(store/client area/purchases)you will need to repurchase or prove to Dan you bought it  
there was there was a big revamp of the website back in 2017

where there was no way to transfer over previous purchases
it was a 4 month process so everybody was warned to back up your downloads
HD3/6 was the only thing Dan could extend  yo the new system but you had to contact him ,so he could manually

yes this stun lock is something that a GM could do
WTH is the rest of the TEAM doing
Team means you help out you TEAMMATE if the are in trouble
a TEAMMATE in trouble might mean grabbing your fallen and REGROUPING and reassessing who engages who

Going solo invites this action and means a deathtrap for the solo or a reason for the team to regroup and come up with a new plan to engage the villain and rescue the solo

On 6/11/2019 at 8:42 PM, Christopher R Taylor said:

Related, I use a house rule where knockout levels are dependent on your CON.  Its a subtle change, but it helps make CON matter more and fits in my mind

 

So instead of 

 

0 to -10 stun = recover per phase

-11 to -20 stun = recover every post 12 phase

-21 to -30 stun = Recover per minute

etc

 

Its now

 

0 to -CON in stun = recover per phase

-CON+1 to -CONx2 = recover every post 12 phase

etc

 

Basically the hardier you are, the more abuse you can sustain before it puts you down long term.  This applies only for PCs, of course.

the old CalTech game I was in for 25 yrs used body for the break points so near death could have you in a very long coma time if no healing was availible(could mean a quest for the rest of the team and maybe something like visiting the pearly gates)