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Wasn't there a comic book series with this about a decade or so ago? One where every villain was killed, even while in jail?

Wasn't there a comic book series with this about a decade or so ago? One where every villain was killed, even while in jail?

Re: Istvatha V'han - why can't she conquer Earth? Chronosburg doesn't begin with an A. It left a little ambiguity if it were something like Austin, Arkansas, America, Australia, Africa, Asia, etc. But since this is just tinkering....

Re: Istvatha V'han - why can't she conquer Earth? Let's just hope Captain Chronos isn't trying to manipulate events so that Istvatha V'han has an easier time* to conquer Earth. Captain Chronos: "The Empress told me I would have one trillion credits and my own land if I made her victory less bloody." PC: "What land?" Captain Chronos: "Well, it's not like there's anyone left on it any way." PC: "What land?!" Captain Chronos: "It begins with an A." *Pun not intended, but I like it!

Re: Istvatha V'han - why can't she conquer Earth? Sounds like Genghis Khan. It's generally not disputed that he was brutal and evil, but if you surrendered up front (or fought valiantly and survived long enough for him to witness) you were brought into the empire. Resistance meant everyone taller than a wagon wheel was killed.

Re: Omnia I'm sure there are many that could go with it, from being flirtatious, oblivious, or even the double-standard. I've known plenty of women who dress provocatively to get someone's attention and then get angry when the "wrong person" commented on it. Although, if you were truly going for a comedic character (like Foxbat), she could have an 8- Accidental Change, (When takes Knockback or Body) "Wardrobe Malfunction."

Re: Omnia I'm surprised given the subject matter that you didn't giver her a psychological limitation regarding her looks/sex appeal. @Tom Cowan, Bulldozer was also in 5E's CKC. In my younger days, I had contemplated making a adult film star with duplication and teleportation w/position shift.

Re: How Stirkes the Warlord? It started off as yet another villain-military connection, then there was his military background which was a front line soldier, yet his nonexistent "military systems designer" skills made his suit, which looked like it belonged in the b&w movies alongside alien apes with domed heads. In addition, all the war-this, war-that members of the War Machine.

Re: How Stirkes the Warlord? When I initially read the Warlord's write-up, I rolled my eyes; however, before I finished, I was a bit more impressed and thought the Warlord would be perfect for any African country that's in chaos. I don't know how well he would meld with the Syrian mindset, so -if this were a scenario in my campaign- I would have him assist so that he can use Syria as a safe haven and base of operations until he gets the country(ies) in Africa he wants. I definitely would not use him as a third party, unless you plan on him steamrolling both sides (and this could require UNTIL to intervene). I would think he might be a part of the oppressive regime's side; however, Lord Liaden provides a good scenario for just the opposite. For curiosity's sake, do you plan on the PC's intervening here, is this background news for your campaign, or are you just putting thoughts together yourself?

Re: Istvatha V'han - why can't she conquer Earth? Like the Examiner, Istvatha V'han is essentially a plot device (with stats). Her lack of "others" could be a result of something she did when time traveling or dimension crossing in her youth. (Maybe she accidentally attacked dimension in their past and that somehow prevented her from appearing in other dimensions.) If a GM were interested enough, he could create a campaign with the sole purpose of battling Istvatha V'han. Her existence takes place on a parallel Earth, so perhaps the Earth in each dimension is a cornerstone of each foundation. Remove that one planet and her hold begins to weaken. The PCs could travel to Earths where V'han is attacking, to where she rules and to where rebellions are happening. Maybe the PCs even go to a planet where Destroyer has conquered Earth and they have to convince him to prepare for the external threat instead of simply internal ones. Maybe the PCs can find a way to send Mechanon into one of V'han's dimensions where she's already controlling an Earth. Then there could be the rare planet that Takofanes controls. And if the PCs land on an Earth where V'han hasn't succeeded (and hasn't even appeared), do they rest and go to the next dimension or try and convince these people of this unknown, unseen threat? Should the PCs ever have the rare opportunity to attack her own home dimension, they know that -should she be defeated- there isn't another one of her to take her place.

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Re: Star ships to fighters Since Hero Central still isn't up (and hoping that it does return), I was interested in joining and had started creating a couple of characters. I've started a human pilot and have a Toractan security officer in the making. Terran Empire is currently the only Star HERO book I have, but wondered if those species in there were acceptable, just Humans + Species Of The Empire, or just humans?

Re: Istvatha V'han - why can't she conquer Earth? Now that this particular obstacle has been removed, I see an invasion soon.

Re: Istvatha V'han - why can't she conquer Earth? That's a blanket argument that falls flat considering she's conquered ~ 100 millions dimensions already. When you break down your points, it's worse. That's quite a stretch. For all this to even happen, V'han has to have conquered already, so right there it doesn't explain why she cannot conquer Earth. Aside from that, you have requirements where IF supers capable of dimensional hopping and IF they have discriminatory abilities are found and IF supers capable of specific time travel are found and IF enough supers can be found to form an effective task force and IF they can work well together for the time allotment required, then "suddenly" she's going to be attacked? If we go for giggles that somehow her sweet 16 birthday is when she has finished conquering her first dimension and that the "heroes" have pinpointed her location, you're assuming she'd be unguarded or ineffectively guarded. This is someone who had to conquer her planet, then her galaxy then her home dimension, so she's aware of coups and other possibilities, including traveling back in time to warn herself. You're also risking everything on this already-a-long-shot gamble. If you do not absolutely defeat her (which would most likely have to end in her death), you've now notified her of your own dimension's presence and -not knowing how old she truly is- she may attack our dimension in the year 1,000,000 BC where she has no supers to contend with. Except nearly none of these are genre-rational reasons of why V'han cannot conquer Earth. You'd have to caveat them into stating these were things happening in an alternate dimension that took invading resources away. Having stated that, the reason I created this thread was for some "hard numbers/facts" that could be used as canon, since there was no source book. Now that I've returned to HERO and that there's a book for her, I was wanting to see what the official reasons were (and they seem to be some of what we had offered previously).

Re: Star ships to fighters What were you wanting the singularity to be? A singularity is not a black hole (unless you want it to be/to be in one). "Well, a singularity is a very unpleasant thing in physics - basically it means you have a place where things "blow up" - that is, diverge to infinity, and it usually means there is something wrong with the theory. People up till now have not been too upset about singularities in Einstein's theories because they thought they were always cloaked in black holes. Now it turns out they are not. Basically, a black hole is defined by the paths that light takes. Light cannot escape from inside a black hole. Since part of this singularity is outside a black hole, presumably light can escape from it. But, since something in the gravitational fields is diverging at this point, it would definitely be a very unpleasant place to even be near to. Probably would be fascinating to drop stuff into though - you could actually see matter being crushed and torn apart by arbitrarily large forces." - Link I have been interested in this game since I saw the post on HeroCentral, but HC hasn't been working since late yesterday.

Re: Istvatha V'han - why can't she conquer Earth? Does know if the book explains why she couldn't/didn't conquer it before? (Feel free to post it in a spoiler.) I'd presume it does; unfortunately, I doubt I'll be able to order the book for another 3-4 months.

Re: Whatever Happened To: I liked the husband and wife team of Thunder and Lightning from Classic Enemies as well as many of the characters in Enemies for Hire. I would love to see modern versions of them.

Re: Rules You Didn't Know Until Champions Complete Already done.

Re: HKA's and STR in Champions Complete Okay, that makes a bit more sense. Thank you. I think I can see where they were going with this.

Re: Rules You Didn't Know Until Champions Complete Actually, I deduced it was "essentially what the rules state." The House Rule comment was tongue in cheek. (Hence the very obvious wink/grin emoticon.) Sorry if that hurt your feelings. :shrug:

Re: Rules You Didn't Know Until Champions Complete I heartily agree. Unfortunately, that's not a rule we aren't aware of.

Re: HKA's and STR in Champions Complete Thank you for actually answering the question. Sounds like a detrimental rule that would lead to more stress than enjoyment. I used to make martial artists that had flaming swords, which allowed both energy and physical. Sounds like it might not be allowed in 6E or that somehow it would be under much scrutiny. A flaming sword is obviously not a real weapon, yet it wouldn't qualify as "admantium," either. Just another reason for me not to purchase 6E and enjoy picking up the 5E stuff I don't have.

Re: HKA's and STR in Champions Complete That's irrelevant to the issue and dodging the question. Take any 90 STR character and give him a 1d6HKA (OAF, -1). Does he get to add his full STR to that?

Re: HKA's and STR in Champions Complete My apologies. The questions sounded rhetorical since the answers are obvious to me: 1) If you purchase a power, you don't have to buy a skill for it; you know how to use it (whether it's shooting lightning bolts from your hand or an OAF). 2) If OAF is the only Limitation, then it can't be broken just by use.

Re: Rules You Didn't Know Until Champions Complete Isn't this essentially what the rules state, as opposed to this being a House Rule? Using a Bulky Focus puts your character at a 1/2 DCV (p. 245, 5E), using an Unfamiliar Weapon is -3 OCV (p. 247, 5E, Heroic). If you're throwing an item, it's OCV will have penalties if it's not aerodynamic and/or unbalanced (p. 247, 5E). While I cannot currently find it, I'm certain there's a rule about the objects of opportunity as well.