tgrandjean

Re: Final Fantasy potions and items and Monsters *cough* Double (at least!) the cost of the X-potion....

Re: Giant Robot RPG (carry over post to SH from DC)

Re: Final Fantasy potions and items and Monsters Hmm... For the Marlboro I'd probably add +1-2" Stretching, 1-2" Knockback resistance (for the large size). For Bad-Breath I'd also add ~2d6 NND (No need to breath) KA with the delayed effect limitation (to simulate poison).

Re: I am a comic book dinosaur. I'll toss in another vote for JLU. As far as DVDs though I'll toss in a few more. Marvels Ultimate Avengers and Ultimate Avengers II are pretty good. (To be honest, the Ultimates line of comics are actually pretty good most notably Ultimate Spiderman... except for Ultimate X-Men which is pretty ick...) Also, the Iron Man DVD is decent and I'm looking forward to Dr. Strange. The Hellboy: Animated series movies are also worthwhile. As far as comics, the ones listed previously are excellent. For a few more suggestion I found quite a lot of DC's Vertigo lines to be excellent along with much of Dark Horse's lines- Hellboy in particular, but Ghost as well as Concrete were also fun reads. To be honest, there is quite a lot of good stuff out there. Quite a lot of crap too, but that's what you'ld expect and why you browse first.

Re: Fogilioverse HERO Heh. Judging from the current panel I'd say Agatha makes damn good coffee...

Re: Fogilioverse HERO Anyone else waiting for Agatha to break out in "Javajavajavajava...."?

Re: What If? Empire Wins Yup. It's why he killed off Fett as he did in Jedi, killed off Darth Maul in the 1rst movie, gave Darth Tryannus such a minor role (be evil, gloat, two fight scenes), and killed off Grievious with of all things- a blaster. Meanwhile, Jar-Jar lives though all three prequels. But, I've got to admit that he tells a good story- poorly. Nothing a better script/dialog writer couldn't have fixed... but Lucas wanted total control so this is what he got- wooden writing and bloated SFX.

Re: Things That Make You Go "Hmmmm...." On average 35 pts. Doing a little quick math in my head (and sans book) 10d6 Suppress AOE: radius (+1) 100pts (Suppress at 5pt per 1d6 iirc), No range (-1/2) 67 real 10 END So... it would loose ~3d6 each time it was used?

Re: What If? Empire Wins Actually, I kinda remember during an interview at one point during the making of the prequels that Lucas was pretty much distressed over the popularity of Vadar, Fett, etc. He felt as villains they should be reviled and hated, not thought of as 'cool' and so sought to have their deaths be as ignomanious as possible. Anyway, one possibility that I like is 1) the force field generator on Endor isn't destroyed 2) Vader kills the Emperor etc. as usual 3) But the Death Star is still intact, the rebel Fleet is still entrapped and destroyed. Given this case, the Admirals divide up the galaxy but cannot muster the resources for large scale constructions (such as the SSDs and Deathstar) and a new group of rebels form fighting a fractured Empire. On the one hand, it's an Empire without guidance from the darkside of the Force. On the other, no insane leadership. If Luke survives (unlikely as that is) he's left with a shattered alliance fighting a hydra.

Re: Something That Makes You Go 'Hmmm...' Once. (It Drains itself below point value with 1rst application unless you're allowing 1/2d and 1 pip levels.)

Re: Things That Make You Go "Hmmmm...." It Suppresses the Suppression power in a 10 hex radius... Including itself. Hope they have some power defense. 'Love to hear the SFX behind it though.

Re: Should I keep going with this article? Duh! Continue! Please! Really aside from ego massaging, it's always interesting to hear the thought process behind design choices. And as always, you are one of the pre-eminent Herophiles out there. So get cracking!

Re: Random Question IIRC: Genocide is Champs U's anti-mutant organization.

Re: What have I missed? Hmmmm...... Well, without narrowing it down to genre I'd go with: Hero System 5th, Dark Champions, The Ultimate Martial Artist, The Ultimate Vehicle, and Star Hero. That would cover pretty much every Tech/Action/Sci-Fi movie angle. If you were thinking Fantasy, I'd drop Dark Champions, The Ultimate Vehicle, and Star Hero and replace with Fantasy Hero, Hero System Beastiary, and Fantasy Hero Grimore. Hmmm.... I might also recommend The Ultimate Skill and The Combat Handbook.

Re: Sonic Character Build help needed I'd go with the quick and easy Side effect: EB or RKA w/ + possible linked sonic SFX Flash if the focus is removed. They wouldn't get the disad bonus from Focus unless they lose the Multipower if the foci is removed; it is certainly an option though if the character can access her side effects (without control) without the device. Just watch that they aren't getting an actual benefit from what is supposed to be a disadvantage. As for fun stuff, try asking the player what their attack sounds like. Is it a scream, or is it the voice of MOM? Let them come up with clever quips to yell.