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Re: How to get out of the Inner Earth?

The only problem is that although there are many ways to get to the inner earth in the setting document there is virtually no way to get out and back to the surface.

 

Any suggestions?

The two options that the members of Justic Inc. have in my campaign are to build a hot air balloon and use the polar opening, or use the crashed Mongo Rocket ships jump engine to jump them out, ( In my game there is a crashed rocket ship in the Ghost City of Ketetos.) to Egypt or Mongo!

Re: Casual Survey: Age of players and Hero's utility vs. other games

I'm 41 and have been playing Hero since 1981 when it was called Champions. I still refer to Hero as Champions every now and again. I started gaming with Metagamings The Fantasy Trip around 1977 or so. I havew also played D&D, Whitewolf, Traveller, V&V, Call of Cthulhu, Man Myth and Magic, and a host of other systems.

Re: What Comic Book Titles are you Buying (Not Reading, Buying)

Capt. America

Thunderbolts

She Hulk

JSA

JSA Classified

Astonishing X-Men

Young Avengers

Ultimates

Ultimate Iron Man

Re: New Avengers

Well if this poster for the upcoming Civil War story is accurate Puck, Guardian and a critter that looks an awful lot like Sasquatch will survive the Bendis off screen killing of Alpha Flight.

Re: THRILLING HERO TALES — A Campaign Chronicle

The fun thing is' date=' I didn't make that up. The island (now known as Sentosa, IIRC) was called that, and that's what the Malay name translates to. Someday I hope to find out how it got the name. [/quote']

 

Here is what I found.

 

"Sentosa was known in the immediate years after World War II as Pulau Belakang Mati, roughly translated from Malay as the Island of Death From Behind, because most of the defending artillery guns in Fort Siloso then were pointed to the south, facing the sea in expectation of a seaward Japanese assault. However, the Japanese eventually invaded and captured Singapore from the north, after having done the same to Malaya (now known as West or Peninsular Malaysia)." http://sentosa.biography.ms/

Re: Marvel's Best Martial Artists

Mantis just plain sucked.

Well, Mantis was a Saigon bar girl, so I suspect she did at that. However, I liked Mantis and believe she was a better martial arts than anyone else in the Marvel Universe.

Re: If YOU have been playing Hero since the 80's why do you still keep coming back?

I've been playing since Champions came out in 1981. What do I like about the system?

1. It let's me design and play the character I want to play.

2. No levels

3. No classes

4. Universial system can play fantasy/scifi/horror/supers/etc.

Those are the biggest reasons I continue to play Hero.

Re: Marvel's Best Martial Artists

Would you put Dr. Strange in the top 10 or 25 of martial artists? And he got a hit on Mantis who you put in as #1? And Mantis proves ineffectual in how many stories?

I wouldn't put Strange in the top 10. Not sure about the top 25. Not sure how many stories Mantis proves ineffectual in, but she did one punch Thor. Much of the ineffectual stuff I believe is a plot device. So in the Defenders comic where Strange hit Mantis, it more to show that Strange is trained in Martial Arts rather than he is on par with Mantis.

Re: The Invisible World

Couldn't one use a Perk: Aware of the Invisible World to simulate this?

Re: Marvel's Best Martial Artists

Don't let the hype fool you - she got punked' date=' in hand-to-hand combat, by none other than Dr. Strange.[/quote']

 

Not so much...Dr. Strange got in one hit but then had to make with the magic to take down Mantis. This happened in Defenders vol. 1 #9 during the Avengers/Defenders War.

 

1. Mantis/Moondragon (they had the same training)

2. Cap

3. Shang Chi

4. Iron Fist

5. Black Panther

6. Daredevil

7. Black Widow/Falcon/Moon Knight

8. Nick Fury/Red Skull/Electra

9. Mockingbird/Night Thrasher

10.Punisher

Re: Dinosaur Toys to Scale

My son got the pirate ship for Christmas, it was in the bargin bin for $11! I haven't checked the scale but it is one cool looking ship. All I could think of was how I can work it into the Supers game I am running.

Re: The New Avengers - Good Or Bad, Threat Or Menace?

The New Avengers, in my opinion, are crap. The death of Hawkeye, Vision and turing Scarlet Witch and Quicksliver into insane villians was a slap in the face to long time Avengers fans like myself, again in my opinion. The whole "New" Avengers reminds me of the Heros Reborn Avengers, and as with that cluster I believe this too shall pass.

Wake me when Bendis leaves will ya?

Re: Learning how to play HERO

Well DnD does have the advantage of having an online course you can take through Barnes and Noble on how to play the game.

http://educate.barnesandnoble.com/educate/bn/home/catalog/overview.jsp?productId=50689&src=fark

Maybe Hero could set something like that up?

Re: Ghostbusters

Here is a link to a photo of the ghost hunting kit Harry Price used.

http://www.harryprice.co.uk/Gallery/Price/price_ghostkit.htm

Re: Ghostbusters

How about using Harry Price? He was the father of ghost investigation.

http://www.harryprice.co.uk/

Re: I need a name for a society of adventurers

How about Justice Incorporated?

Re: Why no heavy cavalry?

 

The Roman era didn't have horses large enough to have heavy lancers, though war elephants did exist; elephants are not lance-type animals, though. They tend to go berserk when combat starts, and although that is gratifyingly destructive, it isn't the steerable charge that horse cavalry gets you. Horse cavalry in that era were slashing-sword types and horse archers.

Rome also didn't have the stirrup. Which made it very difficult to charge with a lance.

Re: New Avengers?

 

Though I do hear good things about Astonishing.

I like Astonishing Xmen, but then again I am a Whedon fanboy. I don't care for Bendis, so I can't give a non biased opinion on New Avengers.

Re: Let's Talk Lovecraft

The five rules of rolepalying in the world of H.P. Lovecraft

1. Don't go in the attic

2. Don't go in the basement

3. Don't go out at night

4. Don't go out alone

5. Save the last bullet for yourself

I have never had much luck using HERO for simulating the helplessness of Lovecraftian horror. I have always found that my HERO Lovecraft games turn into quasi-supers games, or shoot 'um ups rather than the experience of cosmic terror that they should be.

Re: Thinking Differently About SPD

 

Further I believe that SPEED score does not make the speedster. Lightning Reflexes or DEX, Defense Manuver 1-4, Speed Tricks MP, and of course a high movement rate those are the defining features of a speedster. Using this philosophy a great speedster could be developed on any speed score you assigned. I have one based on a streamlined SPEED F2F game with a 4 Speed (but then all Supers have a 4 speed in that game).

Very interesting. I have been troubled by speed infaltion in some of my games and discourage character with more that 5 SPD. Did your players have a problem with a 4 speed limit? I like the idea that other powers/skills/talents and movement are what make a speedster, not the SPD characteristic. I will experiment with this in my games.

Re: Adult themes in gaming, a rant of sorts

I've been in two games in my life that touched on sexual topics.

 

I ran played a homosexual, drug pushing, posoning pedophile. He had a network of young boy informants who were his lovers and his information collection/drug distribution system. Again, this ended up working out as completely amusing

Amusing? No! Sick? Yes!

Re: How much XP do you give and why?

So I ran Champions last night for the first time since Fred came out and the Heros got kinda spanked (lost the fight) but kept the bad guys from getting the loot. Now I am faced with how much XP to give, back in the days of BBB 3-4 was the norm with the group I play with. I would like to know how much you guys give per game also........

 

Do you give the same to every player?

 

Do you have a flow chart type way of coming up with a number?

 

Do you give a bonus for anything?

 

Any advice on this topic would be welcome.

I usuall give the same amount to each player although if someone does an exceptional job of roleplaying I may slip them an extra point or two. I really don't have a flow chart for comming up with the points I give. I just use my own judgement on what I think they should receive.

I tend to wait quite a while before I give out experience. I usually wait until the group has earned 10-15 points of xp and then give it out all at once. This seems to work well for my group as it makes them think about how they will expend xp when they get it. This would probably drvie many players nuts having to wait 4 or 5 sessions before getting xp, so it's best to judge the temperment of your group before doing it.

Re: Auto fire on an area of effect attack?

Thanks for all the comments. Maybe I will suggest scaling the attack back to 2d6 RKA.

Re: Can any comic fans fill me in on current Marvel continuity?

Bendis has gone on a killing spree and we are back to the days of mega plots that require you to buy every comic Marvel puts out to follow a story.

Would the rest of you let this type of attack in your Champions game?

4d6 RKA autofire, area effect one hex

Not sure what the player had in mind for it, but I thought it was a bit too much to combined area of effect with auto fire.