BrandonBussell

Thanks thats what i needed to know peace bb

I am an old gamer...i still have my 3 copies of the original champions at my parents house. However... I am leaping back into Champs and want 5th edition. I have the champions 5th edition already ordered and was wondering if most thought buying the main Heroes 5th book would be beneficial. I am putting together a gritty pseudoreality capmaign so I htink maybe 5th might be good to have, but what extra does it really grant? thanks for the input bb

How we are rolling! First off, thanks all for the input. About the recruiter: Something I havent revealed that will change things i think. It will be a PC. Well sorta. I am far away from my old gaming troupe but still very much in touch with them. I have asked my old WoD GM to play via the internet on occassion, and he is slated to play the recruiter. I will nudge him in directions but overall thwe future of the character is his. So in many ways not much has been decided for the character... although I am thinking there will be some deceit either way. About nationalization: Anyone ever played around with a Genesis style game... where the PCs are seemingly members of the first wave of supers? OObviously the story can change at any point... revelaing old supers... but at launch these might be people dealing with new found super powers in a world where no one has had to deal with supers yet...atleast publically. I thik my mind sometimes is too much in the WoD... where hidden agendas and secrets rule above all else. I however want to play champions and need to get a good somewhat original setting. please keep the info coming. bb

Alan, Thanks for your time and your concise information. I guess I wonder about this. If we were to let players with blossoming superpower they dont really understand into a somewhat realistic setting where places, people, and concepts can be recognized, does it hurt the story? You speak of the restraint it puts on GMs, but I am not sure that i think it is restraining as much as it is challenging to the GM and the players. I love champions. It is the best game i have ever played. Combat is so fun it would be enough to make a night of gaming worth it. However I am almost 30, and I am looking for Roleplaying... for beautiful moments of internal struggle... of personal achievement... of difficult communication and every other thing that makes roleplaying fun. Silver and golden age seems to cut and dry... too Idealistic... I could be very very wrong about all of this. Id like to hear everyones thoughts. thanks bb

I just wrote a long reply... but i accidently went back and erased it. SO can someone clarify 4 color for me? Ill rewrite my stuff later. peace bb

Todays thoughts Well about recruitment. I am thinking something a bit more devious. Ever seen or read Contact? The old entrepeneur character... with all the money who pulls strings to get the Jodie Foster character on the ship... i think the recruiiter wil be like him. Some guy who has more pull but less press than the President of the US. SOmeone with his own... possibly crooked agenda. He could be the greatest asset to the heroes or there greatest enemy. I am fleshing him out in my mind as we speak. I think that alot of the NPCs might be government retained. Tell me what you think Is there any reason to buy the 5th edition Main book... if i get the new Champs book? peace B

RedMenace Strikes again! Thanks so much RedMenace I have been thinking alot if there owuld be any GMs out there who would want to help me create a setting for my campaign and maybe run their troupe in this cocreated setting? I think this would be an awesome way of building sotries and mythos in a new and exciting world. We would exchange notes of how our games are running and each troupe would hear snippets about the other troupes.... and maybe even meet them some time. I would love to hear more from all of you, so keep it coming! thanks Brandon

I am a long long time gamer played my first game of basic DnD in 79 at the age of 5. Been through most of the games... spent a decade with ADnD a decade with WoD and a bunch of champions mixed in. After a 3 year hiatus due to moving away from my gaming troupe, I have decided to get back into PnP gaming. MMORPGs and the like on computers and consoles are just huge disappointing wastes of time. I want the meat and potatoes of RPGs... roleplaying. So i am here to kinda get up to speed with what everyone is playing and how 5th edition looks? I love the Hero system and Champions is definitely the game i want to play right now. My only hang up is the lack of story resources. WoD really got me excited because of all the information on storylines... the system is loose and fun but lacks definition... and structure... this is where Heroes just rules the roost. I am interested in info on the settings and stories you all are telling... i think my story will be gritty modern Graphic Novel style Supers... no spandex in sight. But I would like to hear all about your stories... and how they are panning out... maybe even sone characters... pc and npc that you like. I hope this thread will grow.. and we will trade info.. and good times. Brandon