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Generally speaking as a GM I require something subtle or sneaky to be purchased that way: An Inobvious focus, or Inobvious/Invisible power effects.  However, it is reasonable that if you are first introduced to something not clearly an Area Effect attack, you won't know what it will be until you see it go off. 
 
For example, Gegolas the Elf has different arrows, and while the gray ones do normal damage, the green ones are poisoned and the red ones are explosive.  How will you know until you see Geg fire off one of the red ones?  On the Other Hand, the Old Soldier pulls out a pineapple grenade and everyone knows that it will go boom in all directions.  Everybody knows that the dragon's breath is a huge area of some kind, but that druid's acorn that blows up might catch someone by surprise, the first time.
 
This is where special effect plays a bigger role than might initially seem obvious.  Its like how The Living Ember can light a candle with his flames, but Chill Dame cannot with her frost beam.

CON Drain. Lowers the pain threshold, but still causes an effect. The more pain you're under, the more it makes sense that you resistance is lowered. 

I would gladly take a new Cyber Hero or Horror Hero. But I would love to see a new Danger International or an updated Post Apocalypse Hero.

I would gladly take a new Cyber Hero or Horror Hero. But I would love to see a new Danger International or an updated Post Apocalypse Hero.

Speaking as a comic book reader, capes and their like are often used to take advantage of a situation. It has happened to Superman, Batman, and countless others. In game terms, I just treat it a bit like a limb when it comes to grabbing it. 

Speaking as a comic book reader, capes and their like are often used to take advantage of a situation. It has happened to Superman, Batman, and countless others. In game terms, I just treat it a bit like a limb when it comes to grabbing it. 

Soft and as a fan of the Older GAC, I find it very usable and worth the effort. If you don't like it I'll buy it from ya

On the second point: Maybe something like the Player Guides that Pathfinder makes for their adventure paths? Offer advice specifically for this series, while also giving guidelines, etc. 
 
On the third point: I would recommend kickstarting/crowd sourcing so art and design can be paid for. Plenty of companies do such a thing just to fluff their art budget.
 
As far as setting, it might be easier to revisit older books, like Millennium City, to give you the setting you would like. Or you could create a generic city that has just enough info to feed into the adventures, but enough open so groups can flavor and reskin it. Really, using the CU as the backdrop may provide you with some of the story backbeats. 

On the second point: Maybe something like the Player Guides that Pathfinder makes for their adventure paths? Offer advice specifically for this series, while also giving guidelines, etc. 
 
On the third point: I would recommend kickstarting/crowd sourcing so art and design can be paid for. Plenty of companies do such a thing just to fluff their art budget.
 
As far as setting, it might be easier to revisit older books, like Millennium City, to give you the setting you would like. Or you could create a generic city that has just enough info to feed into the adventures, but enough open so groups can flavor and reskin it. Really, using the CU as the backdrop may provide you with some of the story backbeats. 

Markup is done. I did a lot of editing and will drop the final file into Google Docs to do another editing pass. Then P&P character sheets.

Still doing markup. So far, the Intro, ALR, Blood, and Circle are done. 

I also redid the content order, so it makes sense. The sections are:
 
Introduction ALR The Blood The Circle The Cult of the Beast The Families The Hell-Raisers The Wanderers Yooso Once markup is done, I get to convert everyone in AASF and SFO to P&PUE. Why? Because a) I like the system, I develop for it, and it has a lot of fans, b) I want P&P fans to experience the wonders of the Strike Force setting.

Update on Strike Force Organizations. I am currently working on markup, which means inserting things like <h1>, <strong>, and <em> into the text. Once I am done, it will go to Jason for layout. The only thing I will have left to do is create character sheets for P&PUE, which will be added to the back of the book.
 Per Jason, no. The income from the HERO Patreon is used to fund book projects. 

I've used Foxbat in nearly every Champions campaign I've run.  (He has yet to make a named appearance in my current campaign, but a news article talked about one of his antics without naming him.)
 
He typically has a team in my worlds - The Foxbat Five (obviously greater than the Fantastic Four, at least numerically) and Foxbat Force being the most used names.  I'm pretty sure Exo-Skeleton Man has been in all teams, though the rest of the roster has changed with each campaign.
 
IIRC, The Foxbat Five were Foxbat (naturally), Exoskeleton Man, Dot (I stole the pic from CLOWN but made him more like Spot, the Spider-Man foe), Harmonious Fist, and The Amazing Static Man.  At some point, I think I replaced The Amazing Static Man with Garble.
 
Foxbat Force added the Foxbots (mainly comic relief), Professor Robert Steriaca, Blinky, and The King (claims to be the real Elvis Presley kidnapped by aliens).
 
Along the way he got a love interest (Batfox), kinda the Harley Quinn to Foxbat's Joker.  
 
And of course, he had the Centipedemobile, the multi-pod vehicle, with each pod having its own special movement power, sensor, and weapon for when they separate.  That was fun to write up, and I even got a set of multicolored ping-pong balls (with velcro to attach them to each other) to use on the battle map to represent his crazy vehicle.
 
He has appeared alone a few times, but only when facing off against a lone hero.  Otherwise, he's with his team.
 
Many, many fond memories of Foxbat and his crazy crew...

I kind of enjoy the Critical Role take on Resurrections. At it's base, it's a ritual spell that requires those casting to "sacrifice" a few things to appease the gods. Maybe it's a feather, or a nice jacket, or even some coin. A variety of rolls are made based on the offerings by each participant (who also each offer something). If successful, the being is brought back. If the rolls aren't great, maybe they're brought back with a problem, or maybe a pact is made. If failed, the soul is laid to rest and cannot be resurrected in this manner again. 

I have to agree with Sketchpad that they are only guidelines.  The title of the chart that you are referring to is actually Character Ability Guidelines table.  I use them to make sure that the characters are within the ranges they should be.  If you scroll down in the book there are a few more tables giving more guidelines.  The characteristic comparison table shows that characters with that range (5-9)  fall within the competent to legendary classifications.  A few pages latter there is a table called Characteristics Maxima Table, which gives the normal human maximums.  That table lists the normal human maximum for ocv/dcv as 8. 
 
As a GM I will use these to set campaign limits.  Those limits are usually a bit higher than the ranges presented to allow some variation and use of tactics.   Even with the limits it also depends on the nature of the character.  A character that relies on skill levels to increase the damage needs more flexibility than one that can reach the campaign DC l limit without needing anything else. If the character has to make a choice between damage and accuracy they are usually less of a problem.  I also look carefully at characters using 2 point skill levels to boost a single attack.  Those are more troublesome than a character that spent more points to achieve the same results.    

I always found averaging out the PCs CV and Defenses helps to keep a game balanced. If I know a group of six players have heroes with an average CV 6 and Defenses 15, I have a  rough idea to give an opponent a similar CV (or higher if I want to challenge the PCs), and an appropriate damage roll (like a 5d6 vs. Def 15, or higher for a challenging encounter). 

As far as keeping the CV in line with the examples, I find them more like guidelines. I might bump it a bit higher as the PCs gain more Experience, or allow for specific Levels. Things like Martial Arts tend to balance themselves at times. Gaining a +X OCV sometimes has a -Y DCV. So while it might easier to hit a foe, it also leaves the hero open to another attack. 

I found it!  The 6th edition conversion thread!  26 pages of character conversions, most of the art sadly has been internet scrubbed but the groups can be found in the downloads section and I have a bunch of the colored images on my pinterest page.

I cannot find it right now but there is a huge thread on this forum of updated characters to 6th edition, part of them from Euro enemies (with colored pics!).  We were trying to cover any that were not reprinted somewhere else.  Panda, Racoon, Sledge, Wyvern, and I think one other* [ed: Hideous!] are updated in the 6th edition version of Island of Dr Destroyer as well.
 
 
*Oh yeah, and Vibron!

Yes, I did.

It's done. ~136,451 total words.

I would build it as a Compound Spell with the Heal effect and maybe a KB Only effect linked. Maybe something like:
 
Healing Rebuke (Incantations, Gestures (Both hands), Requires Divine roll (11-)
• Heal 3d6; AOE 4m Radius (Selective)
• 4d6 Blast; AOE 4m Radius (Selective), Double KB, Only vs. Undead or Unholy Creatures

The latest on Strike Force Organizations:
I have revised the introduction to account for the added material. Alien Research Laboratories is done. 14,228 words. 10 characters, a base, a vehicle, and a computer. The Blood is done. 34,100 words. 13 characters, 1 template, a base, several vehicles and computers. The Circle is done. 22,900 words. 9 characters. The Wanderers is done. 27,100 words. 8 characters, 1 template, computers, vehicle. The Cult of the Beast is done. 3.250 words and one character. The Families is done. 15,678 words. 10 characters. Yooso is done. 10,775 words. 8 characters. Hell-Raisers is the last group. I have made all of the character sheets, I just need to put all the parts together. After I am done, I will send all of the files to Jason (posted to a Google Drive folder), and he will send out previews to the Patreon). Then I build P&PUE versions of all characters as a accessory product.

Strike Force Update -- Yooso is done. 10k words. The characters are mostly the same as what you saw in Ninja Hero for 4e, except Kami has a lot more powers, and there are several new members. I also was able to dig out a lot of information on how Yooso's members fared over the years the team existed. The Hell-Raisers will be next. I am going to present the initial team, as well as I can. I will also see if I can dig out any background.

Update --
 
As noted, ARL, the Blood, the Circle, the Wanderers, and the Cult of the Beast are complete. I have made a few edits, but I feel they are done. The Families has grown a bit. It is a 4k words and most of that is a list of notable Families members, each with a short description. I have found a number of character sheets to add to the Families section. A few actual Families members and then a scattering of agents of the Reapers. The file I am working from lists a lot of people, but there is nothing there to work with. After the Families it will be Yooso. For those who own Ninja Hero 4e it is pretty much the same guys, just updated to 6e. In fact, if Dirt (Tsuchi in NH4e) is anything to go by, its the same character sheets, just updated to 6e. We'll see. The Hell Raisers had a lot of members. Like... a dozen or more. And multiple leaders (including Dark Seraph). I decided to present the team as it first appeared (which is also how the team appears in the GURPS Supers adventure School of Hard Knocks). I hope to be done around the end of March.  
 

Do you allow Power Stunts? An inventive player could reason out a quick KA if you do. 

"I'm going to focus my eye beam tight and see if I can blast through this double!"