Tywyll

LOL
 
People always tend to react to change.  IIRC there was a bit of push back on the piers when things like forklifts and container cranes came into being.  This is just replacing the forklift and driver with a person that is a forklift.  Or as in one case in the book a flyer that was just that a flyer and not too fast at that worked as a fall safety restraint for high work.  Just hover above the workers hooked into their rigs in case of a fall. 

Thanks for the bug report and including your characters, I'll have a look and see what I can do.

Wow, you plan on giving your stuff to my daughter as well? That's extremely generous of you!
 
 

Unless 6th changed this, you can make any number of sepperate attacks with one roll...so I Blast 'em, uh with my Photon Ray, And my Blinding Flash attack!

"Holy resurrection Bat Man!"
 
Yes, after 7+ years, we're about to resurrect this campaign world!
 
Making new characters tomorrow!

From the journal of Master Gunz – American Hero
 
The year is 2030 and Earth has changed, everything has changed.
 
On December 21st, 2012 – when the Mesoamerican’s long count calendar ended, the solar system that Earth is in, passed through an area of the Milkyway galaxy which the Mesoamericans called “The Void”; an area of the Milkyway galaxy which looks like a rift, as it is devoid of many stars.  A place very important in their mythology and a place located in the plane of the galaxy.  The Mesoamerican’s put much mythological/religious significance to this event.  We now know, that there was real, scientific significance as well.
 
It had personal significance for me too, cause that’s the day I joined the US Marine Corps; I had just graduated from Boot Camp.
 
There was a bunch of crazies back just prior to 2012 that made a bunch of money talking about how the world was going to end, cause the Long Count calendar ended on that day.  Bunch of idiots.  It didn’t of course; the calendar is based on a 25,695 year processional cycle of the equinoxes through the galaxy.  This procession is broken into segments of the processional cycle, lasting just over 5100 years.  We are now in the 1st segment after a full cycle of the 25,695 years.  This is why the long count ended, because we started over on 12/22/2012.
 
But, at the end of the day, none of that really matters; what matters is what it was tracking, which is where we sit in the Milkyway.  Why?  Well, because it turns out, our little corner (solar system) of the galaxy oscillates across the galactic plane.  So, why’s that so important, I hear you asking.  Well I’m here to tell ‘ya, it’s about the most important thing we’ve ever discovered.
 
So, turns out there is a radiation that exists on one side of the galactic plane, that isn’t present on the other side.  A simple fluke of galactic geography and some event which took place in our galactic past?  Could be.  It’s been around 17 years since we crossed over and were exposed, so our scientist are still trying to figure it all out; in between figuring out what the Hell happened to those of us susceptible to this radiation, and dealing with the arrival of the aliens…  So cut ‘em a little slack, I suppose.
 
So, this radiation has many uses.  Most people are not affected by it directly.  Only like .0001% of the earth’s population is susceptible to the effects of this radiation on their genes.  So, in 2012, when we crossed the galactic plane, that was about 700,000 people on the planet earth.
 
Today we call it Sudden Unexplained Radioactive Genetic Expression, or SURGE.  .0001% of the human population of Earth have a gene, which when exposed to this radiation, expresses some sort of random mutation.  Many people have small effects, some don’t ever even notice; lucky bastards.
 
Some of us, well, some of our “random mutations” can cause Hell on Earth.
 
So think about that.  700,000 random people; in every clime and place, every culture, every socio-economic level, suddenly had powers that our ancestors called Gods.
 
Oh, did I forget to mention that?  Yeah, this happened before.  As I said, we oscillate across this plane, so using our current calendar, between 8239 and 3114 BCE we were on this side of the plane, and they had .0001% (of a much lower) population express these SURGE powers.  Turns out that’s where much of our mythology, folklore, stories and many of our religious beliefs came from…  But today, we don’t have those same quaint ideas; instead, we have Superheroes.  Of course, if you have Superheroes, it stands to reason that you also have Supervillains…
 
So, think about it again, back in 2012; .0001% of the two-bit punks, street thugs, gangbangers, organized criminals, serial killers, white-collar criminals, corporate criminals, and international criminals got juiced.  But that wasn’t the worst of it.  That was reserved for the crazy extremist of all stripes.  From Jihadist Terrorists to White-power Aryan Nation wackos, to the anti-governmental nutbirds.
 
What about that Head Hunter from Papua New Guinea, or that newly found Amazonian tribe?  Doesn't matter to you much when they stayed where they were; but, what if the Head Hunter can fly over here to hunt now?  What if the Amazonian tribesmen wasn't very well liked, and mistreated by his people, and now can run 4000 mph?
 
But, there were some of us on the other side of those tracks; local cops, Feds, and us in the military; well, .0001% of us changed too.
 
There have been a bunch who just decided not to get involved, I’d say the majority.  Might have been a good idea, if you could do it.  Cause some nations hunt us SURGE’ers down and burn us at the stake.  Other’s, they want to use us, however they can.  And many of them, want us in a lab.
 
So, from early 2013 through 2015, the human race had to recalibrate.  It wasn’t easy.  There were about 20 SURGE’ers in the US Marine Corps with me, we’ve lost almost half.  But midway through 2015, everything changed again.  Cause that’s when the alien residents of HAT-P-11B decided to open a Lorentzian Stable Transversable (LST) or Morris-Thorne Wormhole (MTW) using powerful engines that use this new (to us) radiation as the Exotic Matter to hold the wormhole open and stable.
 
Suddenly, right in the middle of all our chaos about SURGE, we found out we weren’t alone in the galaxy.  And the neighbors had stopped by for coffee and cake.  Since then, we’ve had another neighbor stop by too.  Lucky for us, both neighbors have been fairly friendly.  Cause at that time, we’d have had some major issues dealing with them if they weren’t.
 
So, after 15 years of getting used to the new neighborhood, things were going much better.  We’d all settled down about SURGE, and our visitors.  Our science and technology sectors have been going nuts figuring out what it all means; from the new radiation (known as “Z-rad” by the media), to the MTW’s the aliens use to move about our galaxy, and what the extent of us SURGE’ers abilities might be.
 
Now it’s 2030, and you had to know it; at some point the bad neighbors would show up, and the neighborhood would go to Hell.  This year, we finally noticed that some of the changes we’ve been experiencing for the last several years, on Earth and our friendly neighborhood alien’s planets too, aren’t due to Z-rad or anything random, they were early deployment of resources to help soften us up, cause this year, the Empress showed up…  And all bets are off now.

Well, current recommendation is still to wear masks indoors regardless of vaccination status.  So while this is not technically a "restriction," I don't want to wear a mask during play, and I do want to follow the recommendation, so I won't return to meet-up play until that recommendation changes.  After it changes, I will be doing a mix of online and face-to-face, but for now, it's still all online.

Yeah a Gm has to keep a close watch on it like many powers, such as saying "if you always have that stat at that level, you should buy that stat up, not use aid as an end run around it."

I know this is the single most unpopular opinion on this board, outgunning even Linked and Shapeshift, but I think it's helpful to keep it in mind:
 
Martial Arts in the HERO System is a hyper-tweaking of Skill Levels.
 
You can have Skill Levels in Ranged Attacks and in HtH Attacks; you can have a Martial Art that includes both.
 
 

The sidebar on page 100 of The Ultimate Martial Artist (5E) specifically addresses this question.

with VPPS, only the control cost is effected by modifiers. The pool cost isn't

It comes into play heavily if you take the position that...if you can be photographed, you show up on cameras generally.  So it wouldn't let you sneak in;  rather the opposite, in fact.  In some cases you become much MORE noticeable...eyeballs say nothing, camera says something???  OHHHHhhh something's up!!!  
 
This is a pretty common interpretation of invisibility as a *mental* power, rather than a physical one.  What's it worth?  Depends, unfortunately, on the campaign and even the character.  In a combat-heavy campaign it might not be worth much.  If stealth and/or infiltration are a big part, it's significant.

You could do the same thing but with distributing drinks.
 
Call it Scatter Shots.

Short answer is no, there isn’t any restrictions that I’m aware of. So if it makes sense to you-go ahead. I actually bought a Ranger Maneuver for my one King Fu villain. He had generic Kung fu with the metal hoops and he a Ranged Attack because he could throw them. It was based off a villain in Deadly Rendezvous.

Use a partially limited power.   Basically you apply an extra limitation to part of a power.  In this case it would apply to the adder for regenerates from death.    
 
So buy the regeneration at the level you want like normal.  Then add on the regenerate from death and apply the extra time limitation to only that part of the regeneration.

I don't think you are technically supposed to buy adders apart from a power but... what's the difference between "Position Shift" and "0m Flight with Position Shift" in the end?

Thanks! These are 6th Edition but would definitely give me some ideas.
 
I forgot about Prof Paradigm, though I find that character to be pretty tasteless as it is pretty clearly making a mockery of Phil Brucato, the game designer responsible for Mage the Ascension. 
Thanks! Very interesting.

Every character is subject to a GM's interpretation, but I used the DC Heroes (Third Edition by Mayfair Games) to create the adaptation. Under that system a Green Lantern's Power Ring is listed under equipment, just like Batman's utility belt, so it's safe to say that it's a Focus and not SFX. I've also collected Green Lantern comics and related titles on and off for a dozen or so years (e.g. Justice League since Green Lantern was a member), and have seen what happens when the ring is de-powered, stolen, etc. or even used by someone else.

I have several DC, Marvel, and other comic universe character write-ups that I previously used at game conventions for players to select and use for the session. Some may be interested in downloading for themselves.
 
Do I post them here or in the downloads section?

The Omlevex supplement had a surfer homage called Omega max.  I translated him from M&M to Hero and I'll post him here:
 
 
 
Feel free to adapt and modify as you see fit!

Thanks! This is really helpful.
 
I wish they hadn't felt the need to change the name of some limitations (limited power has been around forever, why change it's name and make it more complicated?).

No, there's a goodly number of DC homages: the Star*Guard (Green Lantern Corps), Meteor Man (Golden Age Green Lantern), Nighthawk (Batman at least in style), Kinetik (Flash), Scarlet Archer (Green Arrow), Black Harlequin (Joker/Toyman), the Witness (Phantom Stranger), the Brain Trust (Brotherhood of Evil), Queen Mara of Atlantis (Wonder Woman), the Drifter (Specter), Pantera/Lynx (Cheetah), Franklin Stone (robber-baron Lex Luthor), the Kingdom of the Apes (Gorilla City), the Justice Squadron (Justice League), Mordace (Sinestro), Megaera (Captain/Mary Marvel)... I could go on, but I think I made my point.
 
IMO the biggest reason there isn't a clear active Superman analogue in the present-day CU, is the same reason the office of Archmage remains officially unfilled (other than in Champions Online). Too many ultra-powerful NPCs steal the limelight from the PCs.

Viperia's build IS Supergirl...right down to the heat vision. Depending on the campaign, you might want to give her some Damage Negation or Damage Reduction, but she's generally in that power range.

I have to disagree about Supernova. His style and power set is much more Silver Surfer than Superman, with some similarities to Marvel's most recent Captain Marvel; although parts of his design could certainly be adapted for a Superman clone. Supernova is a wholly space-based character, and his unique mental gestalt of personalities makes him a hero only on occasion, and a villain on others.

Vanguard is the CU's equivalent to Superman, but is strictly a background, historical character. I've seen two Superman tribute writeups, Viperia in Viper: Coils of the Servant; and Supernova, in Galactic Champions. I don't much like the Viperia writeup, but Supernova is an elegant design that does practically everything you want from a Superman at a low, low 2000 points or so.