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Is there a source for art of the Turakian Age?  Is there a collection of Drakine art somewhere?
Or suitable substitutes for Drakine? What would be most useful is a line up of the major Turakian races, if not just the Humans by country.
 
Maybe I will have to find an artist who would undertake that project for a few shekels.

Alright, good leads thanks.  This ain't my first rodeo, and though I have no idea yet where the campaign will start or center around, I am looking forward to flexing my HERO rules from supplements I have not used in... a while
 
Namely Horror HERO, Pirates, Mythic Greece, Combat Handbook and maybe PA HERO. Not to mention APG Kingdom HERO.
 
So many dials, knobs, levers, switches and  buttons to push. 
 
 

Had the book, now have the PDF. Reading and taking notes.
 
My next FH campaign will be set using the Turakian Age. Will have to read through this thread for ideas.

Appeal to Denial of Entry of  Utgor Son of Angor
 
I am Stave, retained to argue for overturning the Denial of Entry and the Admission of  Utgor Son of Angor  to this Fair City.
 
Question 13.
This question, as probing and fair as any, was in fact answered by Utgor. The answer given did transcribe his surprise, not an objection to the question.  Utgor Son of Angor  is not now, nor has he ever been possessed, as I understand Possessed to be defined in City canon.
 
Question 17.
This question was answered in all honesty.
 
Question 18.
 Utgor Son of Angor hails from a homeland that defines the word 'they' to only refer to bipedal races.
 Utgor Son of Angor's plain understanding of the word 'they' has one frame of reference, bipedal persons he currently travels with that are also entering this fair city.
 
 Utgor Son of Angor would amend his answer to Question 18, he would strike his given answer and amend that his unnamed and well bred horse is not literate.
 
Thank you for your attention to this matter.
Stave

1) Full name
        Poltir
2) Mother's maiden name
        unknown
3) Any titles you have and where they were granted
        Blade Master, Iron halls of Myrmidon
        Uthordrak-Qog, Orc Chieftain of the Red Crag Tribes
        Kafiej-Paode, Conclave of Padashar of the Bright Desert
        Prince-Errant, Hold of the Ten Thousand Faithful
4) Place of birth
        summit of the Shattercrown Peak
5) What is your reason for visiting our fair city?
        to secure commerce or contract
6) Education
        informal 
7) List your previous three jobs
        Captain Commander, 6th Phalanx of 1st Expeditionary element of The Army of Seven Kings
        Consort Protector of the Princess  of Endless Tides, Daughter of the Moon, Ruler of the Jewel Coast
        Emissary-Khadiq, Ars Elemental Council
 8 ) List of references (preferably at least one within the city)
        None in city
        Arch-Militant Ophir, Commander of the Sequestori Defier
9) Preferred religion
        Aftagiel, Lord of Patient Silence
10) Any outstanding tax debts
          none
11) Any outstanding bounties and the circumstances of why a bounty has been placed upon you
          Bounty offered by the Pirate Xoa-Wu Qin; destruction of landing parties, City-State of Byzartium
          Bounty offered by Cult of Kjistiloth, for raid, murder of Priests and destruction of the Tower of Wisdom
12) Declare all dangerous companions and all dangerous items in your possession
          Companions, none.
          Items, I hold bladed weapons of various lengths and weight
13) Declare whether you are possessed
          I am not Possessed
14) Do you eat carrots?
          Only in stew, goulash or salmagundi
15) Emergency contact information
          Master Li Mu, Monastic Order of Salves
16) Are you literate?
          No, answers scribed by companion
17) Do you have a horse or other livestock which you are bringing into the city?
          None
18) Are they literate?
          Two are literate, the Engineer and the Minstrel
 
Giving false information on this form is punishable by fines, imprisonment, and/or execution as deemed necessary by the local magistrate and such punishments may be inflicted in any order.

We will skip over the rules for Grab, CV mods, Resisting Grab and the penalty for Object suitability for Range mod/CV for hitting another person that can generate a DCV, as well as the STR for range based on STR over the STR required just to lift the person/object to be thrown.
 
6e2 pg 80, mentioned above by IndianaJoe3.
The Limiting factors for Damage are the DEF and BODY of the object/person thrown and the DEF + BODY of the object/person being hit.
This demonstrates the idea of throwing a melon against a wall and it splattering everywhere and throwing a spear through a Shōji (look it up) wall.
 
The Troll (STR 40) picks up a human, unarmored farmer, 3 PD + 10 BODY, 100 kg., +30 STR, can Throw, 6E 81 pg., with a Standing Throw 24m ( 78.7402 ft.) the Farmer into another target, barn door, armored Knight, etc.
 
Throwing a Character, 6E2 82 pg.
 
"In either case this typically counts as a separate Attack Action, so it cannot be performed
in the same Phase when the character Grabs the object/character to be Thrown."
 
Characters As Weapons, 6E2 124
"Using another character as a club entails a weapon Size/Shape penalty of -2 OCV (if the club” is unconscious) or -4 OCV
(if he’s awake). A character used as a missile is neither balanced nor aerodynamic (minimum of -4 OCV)."
 
Long story short. Troll can do his full STR damage 8d6 against any target, melee or ranged because the Farmer has 3 DEF + 10 BODY, allowing up to 13 d6
 
The Target and the Farmer both take the same damage roll and apply it to their Defenses and then BODY and STUN.
 
In the case of using the farmer v. a Barn door, made of just fitted wood planks that is not very solid, let us call it a:

from 6E FH, 420 pg. a Light Wooden door, with discounted BODY for Poor construction
meaning 3 PD + 2 BODY
 
The maximum damage possible is 5 d6.  In this way it resonates with Knockback distance = Throw distance
 
Easy, right?

I know my world better than any player. My argument is this, players supply a character narrative, his life , events, actions, faults, abilities. No mechanics.
As GM, I build that character and the conversation continues to hone the player choices until the character build is complete and turned over to the player.
 
Defeat my argument if you can.
 
I cannot build a character creation guide complete enough that Players will not find cracks or make reductive or mechanical constructs that I must tear down and create a more adversarial atmosphere, based solely on what they read vrs. what unknown to them, yet, known to me as GM.
 
This is compounded by the use of a published HERO setting, the Turakian Age, where I have added details left undiscovered, compounded again by a middle step Black box approach to magic, from a mechanics POV.
 
Likely someone will make the claim of micro-management or even a claim of egomania on the part of the GM.
 
Which is a smaller set, player expectations and the hammering it would take to bring into compliance, or the tuning back and forth after the GM receives the character narrative with any conversation to explore what is possible?
 
HERO system is a construction set, I get it, can I write enough on all possible Optional rules, from all available HERO sources to shed light on all edge cases? I do not think it can be done. Hence, better to build from narrative of, war orphan, street urchin, pocket dip, gutter Ear, wharf scrounge, Guild member, second pilfer, Quarter rook, whisper-broker, implausible savior, reluctant contact, unlikely pupil, sociable rogue, amiable agent, clandestine disquisitive.
 
 

I should do that, just saw the thread, read it and posted.
 
Now its starting to get real.  I know it's not for everyone, have to cast as large a net as possible.

That is my hope. To form another group
 
I am a Lllooooooooooong time HERO GM / Player / Evangelist and I have my sights set on
the next thing for On line gaming.  Called Tabletop Simulator.
Available on Steam for a one time cost of 19.99
Better than Roll20 which puts you on the treadmill.
Recently a British programmer has finished a HERO Virtual Tabletop for this software and it is
being play tested, going to be released ...  <Buckeroo> Real soon </Buckerroo>
I want to learn it, master it and run a Turakian Age game.
 
TTS (Tabletop Simulator) is Virtual, 3 D and even usable with Oculus, though that part we are not doing.
 
I admit that the interface will be new, but the game itself is HERO, have that down in spades.
We would use Skype for VOIP
 
My pitch is this, I have the time for a dedicated 6 hour a week game, likely on Sat or Sun,
definitely not on a Tues. I am a Role player and enjoy Role play, Intrigue / adventure and combat
 
I have definite ideas on how Magic, Clerical and combat works in Turakian Age.
 
Turak itself is a Myth, it is a story you tell to scare children, Turak is so far removed form the events of Arduna that the Ages have made any effect it had on the world nothing but hoax or hallucinogenic fever dream, as the Gods intend.
 
If you have interest, I will consider all char submissions as character description / history and will build the characters myself, leaving !25% to be finished by the player.

Well, while it doesn't completely replace art drawn specifically to represent things in TA, or can't usually be put into other published books, for gaming session purposes the age of the Internet image search can often unearth something you can show your players at the table. For example, you want Avalar, the colossus of Aarn? Or Sa'akiv's Tower of Bone? Or a view of a fictional port city?
 

 

 

Figured it out with help from a friend.  All good.

1) Full name
        Poltir
2) Mother's maiden name
        unknown
3) Any titles you have and where they were granted
        Blade Master, Iron halls of Myrmidon
        Uthordrak-Qog, Orc Chieftain of the Red Crag Tribes
        Kafiej-Paode, Conclave of Padashar of the Bright Desert
        Prince-Errant, Hold of the Ten Thousand Faithful
4) Place of birth
        summit of the Shattercrown Peak
5) What is your reason for visiting our fair city?
        to secure commerce or contract
6) Education
        informal 
7) List your previous three jobs
        Captain Commander, 6th Phalanx of 1st Expeditionary element of The Army of Seven Kings
        Consort Protector of the Princess  of Endless Tides, Daughter of the Moon, Ruler of the Jewel Coast
        Emissary-Khadiq, Ars Elemental Council
 8 ) List of references (preferably at least one within the city)
        None in city
        Arch-Militant Ophir, Commander of the Sequestori Defier
9) Preferred religion
        Aftagiel, Lord of Patient Silence
10) Any outstanding tax debts
          none
11) Any outstanding bounties and the circumstances of why a bounty has been placed upon you
          Bounty offered by the Pirate Xoa-Wu Qin; destruction of landing parties, City-State of Byzartium
          Bounty offered by Cult of Kjistiloth, for raid, murder of Priests and destruction of the Tower of Wisdom
12) Declare all dangerous companions and all dangerous items in your possession
          Companions, none.
          Items, I hold bladed weapons of various lengths and weight
13) Declare whether you are possessed
          I am not Possessed
14) Do you eat carrots?
          Only in stew, goulash or salmagundi
15) Emergency contact information
          Master Li Mu, Monastic Order of Salves
16) Are you literate?
          No, answers scribed by companion
17) Do you have a horse or other livestock which you are bringing into the city?
          None
18) Are they literate?
          Two are literate, the Engineer and the Minstrel
 
Giving false information on this form is punishable by fines, imprisonment, and/or execution as deemed necessary by the local magistrate and such punishments may be inflicted in any order.

A power that acts as another Power, is that other Power.
 
The spell proposed only wants to do one thing. Display information, albeit to a specified target or targets.
 
This is Images. It does not do damage, it affects more than one target, has nothing to do with willpower.
 
Images can select for Senses or Sense Groups. Trigger has the only mechanic that links a Detect specifically to it for X variable.  I do not see the argument for MI.
 

APPLICATION FOR ENTRANCE TO THE CITY
 
 
1) Full name
  Grognak Skullcrusher
2) Mother's maiden name
  Bloodletter
3) Any titles you have and where they were granted
 "the Horrible" - Last Date
"The walking bicep"- Wizard companion
"Champion Triumphant"- The Weepin' Warlock Tavern drinking contest
4) Place of birth
  My mother's bed, duh.
5) What is your reason for visiting our fair city?
  It was this or D'troyt
6) Education
  My grandfather had a backhand you wouldn't belive
7) List your previous three jobs
  Mass slaughter on goblin raiders and their village when the paladin gave me the okay
 Given task to escort Noble man's virgin daughter to her future husband, mostly done; daughter did arrive sans purity but with smile (No, I'm not bragging, blame our bard)
 See Drinking Contest (Won a pretty good pot from that one)
 8 ) List of references (preferably at least one within the city)
 Beggar on corner I paid off to get me a name on this list
 Merchant on caravan expressed surprise we didn't steal anything (That's a reference right?)
Wimbly's Mace Imporium
9) Preferred religion
  Krom!
(I do visit Bachanallias)
10) Any outstanding tax debts
None living.
 
11) Any outstanding bounties and the circumstances of why a bounty has been placed upon you
  Remember that bit with our bard and the noble expecting his bride? Yeah...
12) Declare all dangerous companions and all dangerous items in your possession
  I could break a man's neck with my bare hands, I have a mace with flanges that...well, see Surname.
Wizard has been known to hurl fireballs and hurtful remarks about my intellect
We have a relic, some talking skull with a bloodstone in its forehead that cackles every new moon. So far it seems harmless but thought you should know.
13) Declare whether you are possessed
  We are not.
14) Do you eat carrots?
  Only if the carrot is in a roast boar
15) Emergency contact information
  See any of my adventuring allies, tell them it's a #7. They'll know what it means.
16) Are you literate?
  X
17) Do you have a horse or other livestock which you are bringing into the city?
  I am riding a heavy warhorse descended from the hellsteeds  of the Tormented Lands, he has killed almost as many people as I have; his name is Binky.
18) Are they literate?
Binky says no

A power that acts as another Power, is that other Power.
 
The spell proposed only wants to do one thing. Display information, albeit to a specified target or targets.
 
This is Images. It does not do damage, it affects more than one target, has nothing to do with willpower.
 
Images can select for Senses or Sense Groups. Trigger has the only mechanic that links a Detect specifically to it for X variable.  I do not see the argument for MI.
 

6e? My condolences...

A power that acts as another Power, is that other Power.
 
The spell proposed only wants to do one thing. Display information, albeit to a specified target or targets.
 
This is Images. It does not do damage, it affects more than one target, has nothing to do with willpower.
 
Images can select for Senses or Sense Groups. Trigger has the only mechanic that links a Detect specifically to it for X variable.  I do not see the argument for MI.
 

Re: Rifts HERO?
 
Errr... Here now my Skelebot conversion