Dayson

Has anyone made this character in Fred?

Is there anyone else in the area that would be interested?

I am really enjoying mentoring a player, who is new to the Hero system, take his first steps into a larger world.

It's just about to make positive contact with the rotary oscillator.

Just a quick update: I am receiving positive feedback from  the players so far. They say they are enjoying the game and want to continue. I am having a blast. It had been a long time since I have been excited about the hobby. Hero system rocks!

It is not a death trap. I designed it to be more of an exercise in teamwork. They have to work together to escape their current predicament. However, there is a time element to it. Whomever is holding them will eventually be coming back. There is also a risk vs. reward element. Do they stay and fight or sneak away and escape? That is up to them. "Stay tuned citizens, same Bat time, same Bat channel!"

I have both my players trapped in the basement of the Egyptian pavilion during the 1939 World's Fair in Queens NY.  They still have to work out how to escape. Let the fun begin.

After some wrangling, I was able to get everyone together. Our PBeM Golden Age game started today. I am  using most of the excellent suggestions from the above posts. 

8 hours ago, Doc Democracy said:

No way to combine them?  Three heroes offer more than one does...

Sadly no, there is not. We all have very different schedules.

On 11/4/2019 at 11:25 AM, Dayson said:

I am going to run a 6th ed. Golden Age Champions tabletop game for my friend. This will be his introduction to Hero. I want to get some advice as to what scenario to use for his first experience in our wonderful system. I plan on using the bare minimum rules so as to not overwhelm him. Any help is very much appreciated. 

My buddy from work found out about this and wants me to run a game for him also. "When it rains it pours." I went from 0 games to 3 in a months time. This one is going to have to be a PBEM game. WHEW!

Wow! I am overwhelmed by all the help and good will. Thank you all. This community  is awesome and one of the reasons that I chose Hero as my system.

1 hour ago, csyphrett said:

I don't know if you have access, but some of these golden age adventures used to be online. See if your friend has something from that time period he might want to play like the Ray, Captain America, Samson, or the Whizzer. That will help with what kind of powerset he needs. 

CES

I don’t have access to those. However, I am using the posts above for inspiration, at least for act one. Thank you for your wonderful ideas.

41 minutes ago, Cassandra said:

Perhaps you should have the players built the characters with a bare minimum of limitations, and at a low power level.  Most Golden Age Heroes were basically Martial Artist with a few gimmicks or one major power.  All should take Code Of The Hero and Superpatriot, and be vulnerable to Ambushes and Treacherous Attacks.  Pulling Punches should be for free.

These are all great suggestions and all true. I will be using them to help my friend build his character. 

1 hour ago, Christopher R Taylor said:

Yeah go with a really straight forward, simple character: this guy is strong.  This guy is tough.  This guy can fly.  Then combine that with a pulp hero character (he's a photographer for a news organization, he's an archaeologist who gets into wild adventures, he's an airplane pilot that goes to crazy places or does stunts).

I love the pulp angle. I plan on keeping it simple and add some pulp flavor. Thank you for your excellent suggestions.

1 hour ago, Doc Democracy said:

Something simple.  Something straightforward.  Something that allows him to use his powers and to generate that feeling of awe among the general populace of just how awesome this mystery man actually is.

 

The classic is to have something go wrong at the World Fair, robot coming to life, a sea monster attacking, some villainous agents coming to rob the great and the good.

 

Really the nature of the PC should drive the detail of the scenario - something tailored to show off the abilities rather than to test them to destruction.

 

Doc

Those are all awesome ideas. I get the gist of what you are telling me. I will use a few of them. Thank you.

I am going to run a 6th ed. Golden Age Champions tabletop game for my friend. This will be his introduction to Hero. I want to get some advice as to what scenario to use for his first experience in our wonderful system. I plan on using the bare minimum rules so as to not overwhelm him. Any help is very much appreciated. 

1 hour ago, Tjack said:

   Good luck, kick butt, and don’t forget to drop a line to let us know how the game goes.

I will. 

It seems that I found an online game. Thank you for all the feedback.

20 hours ago, Shigeru said:

Sent you a PM

I read it and replied to you.. Thank you for getting back to me. 

I am very willing to join an online Champions game, if anyone is aware of one.

51 minutes ago, Duke Bushido said:

My apologies, Dayson. 

 

A striking resemblance to a young Alec Guinness is something I thought was quite praise-worthy. 

 

I would love to pick up another game, though.  My youth concluded a couple of weeks ago, and my decades-long Brunswick group has all but disbanded, following the deaths of two long-time friends, and my Statesboro game will be drawing to a close by January or so, I think.... 

 

I wish I could join your group, but the commute would be awful. 

Maybe in the future

On 9/17/2019 at 3:26 AM, Tjack said:

   I know some players in the Nashua area, but they’re currently juggling work, going back to college to get degrees and raising their two kids.  

   If they get a spare minute they just kind of sit, stare at the walls and take a recovery.

Thank you for your help

On 9/17/2019 at 3:26 AM, Tjack said:

   I know some players in the Nashua area, but they’re currently juggling work, going back to college to get degrees and raising their two kids.  

   If they get a spare minute they just kind of sit, stare at the walls and take a recovery.

Thank you for answering my post . I will send you a PM.

On 9/15/2019 at 10:21 PM, Catseye said:

Sadly I am now in Florida or I could be interested

That is too bad, but thank you for getting back to me.

Does anyone have interest in an Hero game in the Southern NH area near Rockingham county?