John Desmarais

Re: Heroes By GaslightDigory KirkePlayer: Val** Char*** Cost 10** STR 0 12** DEX 6 10** CON 0 10** BODY 0 23** INT 16 15** EGO 10 13** PRE 3 10** COM 0 * 3** PD 1 2** ED 0 3** SPD 8 4** REC 0 20** END 0 20** STUN 0 *6"**RUN02"**SWIM02"**LEAP0Characteristics Cost: 44Cost** Power END 11** Healing BODY 4d6, 16 Charges (+0) (40 Active Points); OAF Expendable (Very Difficult to obtain new Focus; A bit of unusual green apples he carries; -1 1/2), Requires A Skill Roll (-1/2), Extra Time (Full Phase, -1/2), Concentration (1/2 DCV; -1/4)* [16] 12** Dispel Magic 15d6, any magic power one at a time (+1/4) (56 Active Points); OAF Expendable (Very Difficult to obtain new Focus; A bit of special wood; -1 1/2), 4 Charges (-1), Requires A Skill Roll (-1/2), Concentration (1/2 DCV; -1/4), Extra Time (Delayed Phase, -1/4)* [4] 12** Enchanted Cane: Aid Energy Blast (Cane) 4d6 (40 Active Points); OAF (Cane; -1), Requires A Skill Roll (-1/2), Extra Time (Full Phase, -1/2), Concentration (1/2 DCV; -1/4)* 0 Powers Cost: 35Cost** Skill 3** Animal Handler 12-* 3** Bureaucratics 12-* 3** Conversation 12-* 3** Oratory 12-* 3** Scholar* 2** 1) KS: History (3 Active Points) 14-* 2** 2) KS: Magic (3 Active Points) 14-* 2** 3) KS: Other Worlds (3 Active Points) 14-* 5** Power 15-* 4** +2 with Cane* Skills Cost: 30Cost** Equipment END ** Apples: A couple of unusual apples* 0 ** Wood Pieces: 4 small pieces of wood from an unusual tree* 0 ** Cane: 3d6, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (22 Active Points); OAF (-1), STR Minimum 1-5 (-1/4), Real Weapon (-1/4)* 0 Equipment costs shown above are for reference only, and are not included in Total Cost.Val** Disadvantages 0** Normal Characteristic Maxima* 20** Psychological Limitation: Honorable (Common, Total)* 5** Social Limitation: Secret - Knows the way to Narnia (Occasionally, Minor)* 5** Psychological Limitation: Knows the exact time, place, and circumstances of his own death (Uncommon, Moderate)* 5** Unluck: 1d6* Disadvantage Points: 35Base Points: 75Experience Required: 0Total Experience Available: 0Experience Unspent: 0Total Character Cost: 109 Height: 1.75 m Hair: Weight: 90.00 kg Eyes: Appearance: Very typical looking middle-age English professor.Personality: Friendly but distant. Sometimes it seems as if Digory is not entirely "here" - like is mind is somewhere else.Quote:Background: As a young boy your Uncle gave you and a friend a set of rings that would transport you to other worlds. After using the rings for a period you realized that they were to dangerous and disposed of them in a creative fashion, but you realized that your uncle was a magician. In the many years that have passed since then you have spent a small amount of time studying magic yourself, although not nearly to the extent that your late Uncle Andrew did. Age: 49 Powers/Tactics: Campaign Use:

Re: Heroes By GaslightIrene AdlerPlayer: Val** Char*** Cost 10** STR 0 13** DEX 9 10** CON 0 10** BODY 0 18** INT 8 13** EGO 6 20** PRE 10 18** COM 4 * 2** PD 0 2** ED 0 3** SPD 7 4** REC 0 20** END 0 20** STUN 0 *6"**RUN02"**SWIM02"**LEAP0Characteristics Cost: 44Cost** Skill 7** Acting 15-* 3** Bribery 13-* 3** Bureaucratics 13-* 3** Conversation 13-* 5** Disguise 14-* 3** Deduction 13-* 2** Forgery (Documents) 13-* 2** Gambling (Card Games) 13-* 3** High Society 13-* 3** Oratory 13-* 3** Persuasion 13-* 6** PS: Singer 16-* 3** Seduction 13-* 3** Lockpicking 12-* 3** Streetwise 13-* 3** Trading 13-* 2** WF: Blades, Handguns* 1** Language: French (basic conversation)* 1** Language: German (basic conversation)* 1** Language: Polish (basic conversation)* 2** KS: Opera 11-* 2** KS: European Nobilty 11-* 2** KS: Jewlery and Gems 11-* Skills Cost: 66Cost** Equipment END ** .38 Derringer: Killing Attack - Ranged 1d6 (-2 OCV, -2 vs Range) (7 Active Points); 2 Charges (-1 1/2), OAF (-1), STR Minimum 4 (STR Min. Cannot Add/Subtract Damage; -3/4), Beam (-1/4), Real Weapon (-1/4)* [2] Equipment costs shown above are for reference only, and are not included in Total Cost.Val** Disadvantages 0** Normal Characteristic Maxima* 10** Social Limitation: Famous (Opera Singer) (Frequently, Minor)* 15** Psychological Limitation: Loves a good mystery (Common, Strong)* 10** Psychological Limitation: Disdains royalty (Uncommon, Strong)* Disadvantage Points: 35Base Points: 75Experience Required: 0Total Experience Available: 0Experience Unspent: 0Total Character Cost: 110 Height: 1.55 m Hair: Weight: 60.00 kg Eyes: Appearance: Age has done very little to diminish Irene. She is described by the King of Bohemia as having "the face of the most beautiful of women, and the mind of the most resolute of men." Holmes describes her as "the daintiest thing under a bonnet on this planet." But she's more than just beautiful; she is a talented actress and singer, is skilled at disguise, but most of all has an excellent mind. She's clever, insightful, and quick on her feet.Personality: Irene loves the thrill of solving a mystery.Quote:Background: Born into a Jewish family in New Jersey in 1858, Irene Adler had a fine contralto voice and became the prima donna at the Imperial Opera of Warsaw. While there, in 1883, she became involved with the 'King of Bohemia'1, who treated her badly ("cruelly wronged," in her own words). Sometime after their relationship ended she moved to London; it might be surmised that in the five years between the ending of her relationship with the King of Bohemia and her move to London she was involved in some notorious activities, for she is in Holmes' files and is referred to by His Highness Wilhelm von Ormstein as "the well-known adventuress." In 1888, Sherlock Holmes was retained to retrieve some incriminating evidence in her possession; at that time her address was Briony Lodge, Serpentine Avenue, St. John's Wood, London. "A Scandal in Bohemia" is a case that Holmes still remembers with a wry smile, the only time he has ever been bested by a woman. Age: 41 Powers/Tactics: Campaign Use:

Re: Heroes By GaslightJames Douglas HenryPlayer: Val** Char*** Cost 23** STR 16 12** DEX 6 18** CON 16 11** BODY 2 15** INT 5 13** EGO 6 15** PRE 5 12** COM 1 * 6** PD 1 4** ED 0 3** SPD 8 9** REC 0 36** END 0 32** STUN 0 *6"**RUN02"**SWIM04 1/2"**LEAP0Characteristics Cost: 66Cost** Skill 10** +2 with HTH Combat* 3** Concealment 12-* 3** Deduction 12-* 3** Paramedics 12-* 3** Persuasion 12-* 3** Riding 11-* 3** Shadowing 12-* 3** Stealth 11-* 2** Survival (Temperate/Subtropical) 12-* 3** Tactics 12-* 3** Tracking 12-* 2** TF: Riding Animals* 3** WF: Small Arms, Blades* Skills Cost: 44Cost** Equipment END ** .45 (Colt Peacemaker): Killing Attack - Ranged 2d6-1, +1 STUN Multiplier (+1/4) (31 Active Points); STR Minimum 12 (STR Min. Cannot Add/Subtract Damage; -1), OAF (-1), 6 Charges (-3/4), Beam (-1/4), Real Weapon (-1/4)* [6] Equipment costs shown above are for reference only, and are not included in Total Cost.Val** Disadvantages 0** Normal Characteristic Maxima* 10** Distinctive Features: Distinctive: Huge, muscular, African (Concealable; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses)* 5** Hunted: Watched by U. S. Secret Service 8- (Mo Pow, NCI, Limited Geographical Area, Watching)* 5** Social Limitation: (Secret) Former U. S. Secret Service agent (Occasionally, Minor)* 15** Psychological Limitation: Overconfidence (Very Common, Moderate)* Disadvantage Points: 35Base Points: 75Experience Required: 0Total Experience Available: 0Experience Unspent: 0Total Character Cost: 110 Height: 1.97 m Hair: Weight: 100.00 kg Eyes: Appearance: Dark hair and skin, standing several inches taller than just about anyone.Personality: Quote:Background: Born in Ohio 1840. His father was a legendary railroad worker, his mother Polly Ann Douglas, daughter of James Douglas, slave of the Widow Douglas of St. Petersburg, Missouri. For those not familiar with John Henry, John Douglas Henry's father; in 1858 was the famed contest between the steam driven spike driver and John Henry. John Henry bargained for his freedom and his family's freedom if he won. He did win but at a terrible loss. He suffered a stroke and was in a coma for months. During this time his wife took the family and travel farther north. James Douglas Henry was not allowed to enlist in the United States Army until after 1863 but he proved his worth prior to this by going behind enemy lines and acting as contraband in order to gather needed information. After the War Henry did indeed join the Tenth Cavalry and did see action against the Indians but his talents for tracking down outlaws gave him a special status and he was often AWOL while performing missions for the Secret Service. While working for the Sercret Service, Henry operated under the name James West (II). Age: 59 Powers/Tactics: Although not shy about making use of his prodigious strength when needed, James prefers to think his way through a problem.Campaign Use:

Re: Heroes By GaslightJohn ReidPlayer: Val** Char*** Cost 15** STR 5 15** DEX 15 13** CON 6 13** BODY 6 13** INT 3 15** EGO 10 20** PRE 10 14** COM 2 * 6** PD 3 4** ED 1 3** SPD 5 6** REC 0 26** END 0 28** STUN 0 *6"**RUN02"**SWIM03"**LEAP0Characteristics Cost: 66Cost** Skill 3** Breakfall 12-* 3** Climbing 12-* 3** Fast Draw 12-* 3** Interrogation 13-* 3** Lipreading 12-* 3** Riding 12-* 2** Survival (Desert) 12-* 3** Tactics 12-* 3** Tracking 12-* 4** WF: Small Arms, Blades, Chain & Rope Weapons* 8** +1 with All Combat* 5** +1 with Ranged Combat* 6** +3 with revolvers* Skills Cost: 49Cost** Equipment END ** Knife: Killing Attack - Hand-To-Hand 1/2d6, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Ranged (+1/2) (20 Active Points); OAF (-1), Real Weapon (-1/4), STR Minimum 1-5 (-1/4) [Notes: Can Be Thrown]* 0 ** .45 (Colt Peacemaker): Killing Attack - Ranged 2d6-1, +1 STUN Multiplier (+1/4) (31 Active Points); STR Minimum 12 (STR Min. Cannot Add/Subtract Damage; -1), OAF (-1), 6 Charges (-3/4), Beam (-1/4), Real Weapon (-1/4)* [6] ** 12 gauge full choke: (Total: 61 Active Cost, 14 Real Cost) Killing Attack - Ranged 2 1/2d6, +1 STUN Multiplier (+1/4) (50 Active Points); STR Minimum 10 (STR Min. Cannot Add/Subtract Damage; -1), OAF (-1), 5 Charges (-3/4), Required Hands Two-Handed (-1/2), Beam (-1/4), Real Weapon (-1/4), Reduced Penetration (-1/4), Reduced By Range (-1/4) (Real Cost: 9) plus +1 OCV (5 Active Points); OAF (-1), Real Weapon (-1/4) (Real Cost: 2) plus +2 vs Range (6 Active Points); OAF (-1) (Real Cost: 3)* [5] ** Lasso: * 0 ** Silver Bullets: 6* 0 Equipment costs shown above are for reference only, and are not included in Total Cost.Val** Disadvantages 0** Normal Characteristic Maxima* 5** Psychological Limitation: Wants to avenge any perceived wrong (Uncommon, Moderate)* 20** Psychological Limitation: Code Versus Killing (Common, Total)* 15** Social Limitation: Secret Identity (Formerly the Lone Ranger) (Frequently, Major)* Disadvantage Points: 40Base Points: 75Experience Required: 0Total Experience Available: 0Experience Unspent: 0Total Character Cost: 115 Height: 1.82 m Hair: Weight: 90.00 kg Eyes: Appearance: Pushing 50, Reid is still a strong healthy man. Grey haired, but still steely eyed.Personality: Always a quiet man, he has become possitively taciturn - but he still feels that old drive to avenge wrongs.Quote:Background: One of a posse of six Texas Rangers tracking a gang of desperadoes. The Rangers were lured into an ambush in a canyon, and five of them were slaughtered. The sixth, young John Reid, was left for dead. But Reid managed to crawl to safety near a water hole, where he was found and nursed back to health by a friendly Indian Reid had once helped. This young Ranger, with his Indian companion, sought to avenge the deaths of his comrades. Avenge they did, cornering the outlaw Butch Cavendish in a dramatic battle. Reid buried his past at the graves of the five dead Rangers, and set out to avenge wrongs throughout the Old West. In his younger, more active days, Reid subsisted on the income from a silver mine that he and his brother--who was one of the deceased Rangers--had discovered. Periodically he returned to the mine, which was run for him by an honest old man, to collect the proceeds and stock up on silver bullets. Now, as age is beginning to make is former lifesyle more difficult, Reid has also found that there is less need for him in the American west and has partially retired from hispast pursuits. Age: 49 Powers/Tactics: Campaign Use:

Re: Heroes By GaslightJules de GrandinPlayer: Val** Char*** Cost 10** STR 0 13** DEX 9 11** CON 2 10** BODY 0 18** INT 8 15** EGO 10 13** PRE 3 14** COM 2 * 2** PD 0 2** ED 0 3** SPD 7 4** REC 0 22** END 0 21** STUN 0 *6"**RUN02"**SWIM02"**LEAP0Characteristics Cost: 41Cost** Power END 8** Hypnosis: Mind Control 10d6 (50 Active Points); Extra Time (1 Minute, -1 1/2), Concentration, Must Concentrate throughout use of Constant Power (0 DCV; -1), OAF Expendable (Easy to obtain new Focus; Something small and shiny; -1), Limited Power Hypnosis Only (-1/2), No Range (-1/2), Limited Power May not take other actions (-1/4), Incantations (-1/4)* 5 Powers Cost: 8Cost** Martial Arts Maneuver 0** Weapon Element: Default Element: Blades* 5** Ballestra: 1/2 Phase, +2 OCV, -2 DCV, Weapon +4 DC Strike; Half Move required* 3** Cut: 1/2 Phase, +2 OCV, +1 DCV, Weapon* 4** Froissement: 1/2 Phase, -1 OCV, +1 DCV, Disarm; 20 STR / 10 STR to Disarm* 4** Parry: 1/2 Phase, +2 OCV, +2 DCV, Block, Abort* Martial Arts Cost: 16Cost** Skill 3** Language: English (completely fluent)* 2** Language: Russian (fluent conversation)* 3** Deduction 13-* 2** PS: Lawyer 11-* 2** PS: Professor 11-* 2** PS: Physician 11-* 3** WF: Small Arms, Blades* 2** KS: Law 11-* 2** KS: Supernatural beings 11-* 2** KS: Magic 11-* 3** Scientist* 2** 1) SS: Biology 13- (3 Active Points)* 2** 2) SS: Chemistry 13- (3 Active Points)* 2** 3) SS: Medicine 13- (3 Active Points)* 3** Paramedics 13-* 6** +2 with Fencing* 3** +1 with small arms* Skills Cost: 44Cost** Perk 1** Fringe Benefit: License to practice a profession* Perks Cost: 1Cost** Equipment END ** Knife: Killing Attack - Hand-To-Hand 1/2d6, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Ranged (+1/2) (20 Active Points); OAF (-1), Real Weapon (-1/4), STR Minimum 1-5 (-1/4) [Notes: Can Be Thrown]* 0 ** Sword, Rapier: Killing Attack - Hand-To-Hand 1d6, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (22 Active Points); OAF (-1), STR Minimum 10 (-1/2), Real Weapon (-1/4)* 0 ** .45 (Colt Peacemaker): Killing Attack - Ranged 2d6-1, +1 STUN Multiplier (+1/4) (31 Active Points); STR Minimum 12 (STR Min. Cannot Add/Subtract Damage; -1), OAF (-1), 6 Charges (-3/4), Beam (-1/4), Real Weapon (-1/4)* [6] ** Wooden Stakes: 2* 0 ** Silver Bullets: 4* 0 Equipment costs shown above are for reference only, and are not included in Total Cost.Val** Disadvantages 0** Normal Characteristic Maxima* 10** Psychological Limitation: Vain (Common, Moderate)* 15** Psychological Limitation: Overconfidence (Very Common, Moderate)* 10** Physical Limitation: Short (Frequently, Slightly Impairing)* Disadvantage Points: 35Base Points: 75Experience Required: 0Total Experience Available: 0Experience Unspent: 0Total Character Cost: 110 Height: 1.60 m Hair: Weight: 55.00 kg Eyes: Appearance: Personality: He is a small, excitable Frenchman, given to oaths, parbleu, helas, and interjections, mon vieux, and a similarly stereotyped manner of speech.Quote:Background: Age: 29Powers/Tactics: He is very intelligent, well-educated, trained, and experienced in fighting and defeating the occult and whatever random monstrous nasty he fights. (He’s also vain, voluble, and a glutton, but never mind). He uses guns, knives, stakes, silver, iron, hypnosis, or whatever it takes to slaughter the bad guys and see good triumph.Campaign Use:

Re: Heroes By GaslightMartha CanaryPlayer: Val** Char*** Cost 15** STR 5 15** DEX 15 15** CON 10 12** BODY 4 13** INT 3 13** EGO 6 15** PRE 5 10** COM 0 * 3** PD 0 3** ED 0 3** SPD 5 6** REC 0 30** END 0 28** STUN 0 *7"**RUN22"**SWIM03"**LEAP0Characteristics Cost: 55Cost** Skill 2** Animal Handler (Equines) 12-* 3** Climbing 12-* 6** +2 with handguns* 10** +2 with Ranged Combat* 3** Fast Draw 12-* 2** Gambling (Card Games) 12-* 1** Language: Cherokee (basic conversation)* 3** Paramedics 12-* 3** Riding 12-* 3** Stealth 12-* 2** Survival (Desert) 12-* 3** Tracking 12-* 2** TF: Riding Animals* 10** Two-Weapon Fighting (Ranged) * 2** WF: Small Arms* Skills Cost: 55Cost** Equipment END ** .45 (Colt Peacemaker): Killing Attack - Ranged 2d6-1, +1 STUN Multiplier (+1/4) (31 Active Points); STR Minimum 12 (STR Min. Cannot Add/Subtract Damage; -1), OAF (-1), 6 Charges (-3/4), Beam (-1/4), Real Weapon (-1/4)* [6] ** .45 (Colt Peacemaker): Killing Attack - Ranged 2d6-1, +1 STUN Multiplier (+1/4) (31 Active Points); STR Minimum 12 (STR Min. Cannot Add/Subtract Damage; -1), OAF (-1), 6 Charges (-3/4), Beam (-1/4), Real Weapon (-1/4)* [6] ** Dagger: Killing Attack - Hand-To-Hand 1d6-1, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Ranged (+1/2) (20 Active Points); OAF (-1), Real Weapon (-1/4), STR Minimum 1-5 (-1/4) [Notes: Can Be Thrown]* 0 Equipment costs shown above are for reference only, and are not included in Total Cost.Val** Disadvantages 10** Social Limitation: Famous "Calamity Jane" (Frequently, Minor)* 15** Psychological Limitation: Overconfidence (Very Common, Moderate)* 10** Social Limitation: Socially unacceptable (drinks, gambles, fights, and otherwise refuses to comport herself as a lady) (Frequently, Minor)* Disadvantage Points: 35Base Points: 75Experience Required: 0Total Experience Available: 0Experience Unspent: 0Total Character Cost: 110 Height: 1.70 m Hair: Weight: 75.00 kg Eyes: Appearance: Personality: Martha Jane Canary was born in Princeton, Missouri. This hard drinking woman wore men's clothing, used their bawdy language, chewed tobacco and was handy with a gun.Quote:Background: Calamity Jane was the oldest of six children, having two brothers and three sisters. Both of her parents were born in Ohio. Her mother died in 1865 in Black Foot, Montana after the family's five month emigration via a wagon from Missouri to Virginia City, Montana; her father died shortly after in 1867. Legend states that she and James B. (Wild Bill) Hickock were involved during the gold mining years in Deadwood, So. Dakota; however, there is no evidence supporting this theory: Hickock was married at the time, writing letters home to his wife in Ohio. Age: 47 Powers/Tactics: Campaign Use:

Re: Heroes By Gaslight Thomas Carnacki Val** Char*** Cost 13** STR 3 13** DEX 9 13** CON 6 12** BODY 4 18** INT 8 21** EGO 24 15** PRE 5 10** COM 0 * 3** PD 0 3** ED 0 3** SPD 7 6** REC 0 26** END 0 26** STUN 0 * 6"** RUN 0 2"** SWIM 0 2 1/2"** LEAP 0 Characteristics Cost: 66 Cost** Power END 8** Electric Pentacle: Force Wall (12 PD/12 ED) (60 Active Points); Independent (-2), Extra Time (1 Turn (Post-Segment 12), -1 1/4), OAF (Focus: Electric Pentacle; -1), Limited Power Power loses about half of its effectiveness (Power only works on supernatural things; -1), No Range (-1/2), Gestures (Must assemble device.; -1/4), 1 Recoverable Continuing Charge lasting 5 Minutes (-1/4)* [1 rc] Powers Cost: 8 Cost** Skill 3** Linguist* 1** 1) Language: Arabic (fluent conversation) (2 Active Points)* 1** 2) Language: German (fluent conversation) (2 Active Points)* 1** 3) Language: Greek (fluent conversation) (2 Active Points)* 1** 4) Language: Hebrew (fluent conversation) (2 Active Points)* 1** 5) Language: Irish (fluent conversation) (2 Active Points)* 1** 6) Language: Latin (fluent conversation) (2 Active Points)* 2** PS: Photographer 11-* 5** +1 with HTH Combat* 2** +1 with revolvers* 2** WF: Small Arms* 3** SS: Psychology 13-* 3** Scholar* 2** 1) KS: Ancient Manuscripts (3 Active Points) 13-* 2** 2) KS: Antique Books (3 Active Points) 13-* 2** 3) KS: Magic (3 Active Points) 13-* 2** 4) KS: Magic (3 Active Points) 13-* 2** 5) KS: Occult Lore (3 Active Points) 13-* Skills Cost: 36 Cost** Equipment END ** .45 (Colt Peacemaker): Killing Attack - Ranged 2d6-1, +1 STUN Multiplier (+1/4) (31 Active Points); STR Minimum 12 (STR Min. Cannot Add/Subtract Damage; -1), OAF (-1), 6 Charges (-3/4), Beam (-1/4), Real Weapon (-1/4)* [6] ** Knuckle-duster: 4d6, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2) (30 Active Points); OAF (-1), STR Minimum 6-14 (-1/2), Real Weapon (-1/4)* 0 ** Parts for the Electric Pentacle: * 0 ** Miscellaneous stuff:: reels of thread, baby ribbon and piano wire, sealing wax, adhesive wafers, a plate camera with plates and flash, developing chemicals, candles, holy water, various herbs, chalk, assorted tools, a magnifying glass, a recording phonograph, overalls and a dark lantern* 0 Equipment costs shown above are for reference only, and are not included in Total Cost. Val** Disadvantages 10** Psychological Limitation: Fear of the supernatural (Uncommon, Strong)* 15** Psychological Limitation: Inexplicably attracted to the supernatural (Uncommon, Total)* 5** Distinctive Features: Speaks with a (Oxford) university accent. (Easily Concealed; Noticed and Recognizable; Detectable By Commonly-Used Senses)* 5** Reputation: Ghost Hunter, 11- (Known Only To A Small Group)* 0** Normal Characteristic Maxima* Disadvantage Points: 35Cost Summary:Base Points:75Disadvantage Points: 35Total Experience Available: 0Total Character Cost: 110Height: 1.75 mHair: Weight: 80.00 kgEyes: Appearance: Personality: Carnacki has an odd personality; he feels a fatal attraction to the supernatural, while simultaneously fearing it. Paradoxically, his courage is at its highest when he overcomes this fear and he would be a much less interesting character if he were immune to it. He has a university accent, but tends to speak quickly and with slightly "foreign" phrasing when stressed.Quote:Background: Thomas Carnacki is perhaps the most baffling figures of the psychic scene; a man with no apparent reason for involvement in supernatural affairs, who scorned most aspects of psychic research, but nevertheless dedicated his life to its study, who was afraid of the supernatural but continued to risk his life and soul investigating it, while remaining so isolated that he was unknown to most of his contemporaries. He seems to have had few interests outside his work, apart from some knowledge of billiards, gastronomy and bibliography; and collecting pipes. Were it not for a few moments of fame, his friendship with the author Dodgson, and his importance in the history of the supernatural, it is likely that he would now be forgotten Age: 27 Powers/Tactics: Campaign Use:

Just 'cause I'm bored I thought I'd post a group of character that I put together for a series of convention games. A note about demographics. I typically run convention for six players - but there are 9 characters here. This is because I plan (in vain most of the time) for the party to be one-half female so I create three female characters (and let me tell you, for this group, coming up with three female characters was an interesting bit of research). Convention reality being what it is though, I always create enough male character to fill the entire party with males if need be. p.s. Kudos to Killer Shrike for the way cool Hero Designer export template.

Re: Terran Empires - FF + Body armor? If the cummulative affect bothers you, starting arming the bad guys with Force Field disrupters.

Re: Need feedback on house rules for my new campaign The last time I played a half-giant in Fantasy Hero he had a STR of 35 and was a pacifist (had to make a EGO roll just to enter combat - fun character).

Re: Balance issues My games haven't really seen a power increase - 60 active is still the normal top end. What they have seen is a lot less jumping through hoops to make the powers fit into 250 points. Fewer "questionable" limitations, less reliance on frameworks. Also, a general increase in non-combat abilities (skills, perks, talents, etc, etc).

Re: Limiting new players (balance ques.) This wasn't a rule book quote, merely a personal observation of what makes up a balanced set of powers.

Re: Where is da links? http://www.herostuff.net/webdir I won't claim it's the best (and I've not been as diligent as I would like about removing dead links) but I do continue to add new ones all the time.

Re: Limiting new players (balance ques.) If you're willing to run a social experiement, just let them build what they want, hit them with a group of well balanced villains who work as a team, and let the game balance smack the players in the head. There are are kind of three rough categories of powers that a super hero needs: Offense, Defense, and Movement. If someone spends an excesive number of points on one of them, one or both of the other suffer. So, your player that you think will buy a large FF + Damage Reduction + Armor probably won't have a lot points left for offense and movement - which has a good chance of making him kind of useless in a fight. If you do this though, the one thing you do need to do is pay very careful attention to the potential abuse of power constructs and meaningless limitations (a couple of juicy limitations that don't actually get in the character's way can give him enough points to overcome "I spent to many points one one aspect" problem. Remember, a limitation that doesn't limit isn't worth anything. Then, after you soundly trounce the heroes, give the players a chance to build reasonable, well-balance heroes for the next game.

Re: Review my campaign guidelines Why? Do you really care if a player decides that they can work with less than 350 points? (Personally, I frequently work with fewer disads than is expected for teh point level of game, just because I'm willing to have a character built on a few less point for the freedom of fewer disads).

Re: Need resource opinion (5er VS UMA)!!! 5th Edition Revised is a nice book, but not remarkably different from 5th Edition. If you can only buy one right now I'd go for the UMA.

Re: FYI: why more people aren't playing HERO (rpg.net) [rant] Pet peeve. I really hate statements like this - particularly in a demographic (gamers) that generally consider themselves of above average intelligence. At what point in our society's history did simple addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division come to require a strong grasp of arithmetic? The math involved in Hero character creation is stuff I learned when I was 9 - my 10-year old son has already learned it. There is a difference between a lot of arithmetic and hard arithmetic. Hero character creation (well, really, mostly Champions character creation) can involve a lot of arithmetic - but it does not involve difficult arithmetic. Everytime a non-Hero player hear's someone complain about the "high-level" math involved in character creation that gamer promptly categorizes Hero has "one of those games they won't ven try" - and that's real shame. [/rant]

Re: FYI: why more people aren't playing HERO (rpg.net) I think I'd file this one under Dust Raven's "Lazy" category. Of course, these are also the same people who will tell you that Hero is full of complicated and difficult math. Personally, I've never had to do any math beyond what I learned in elementary school (add, subtract, multiply, & divide) - I have a hard time thinking of this as complicated or hard (its small numbers - I do it my head)

Re: FYI: why more people aren't playing HERO (rpg.net) Kind of depends on how you count books. I count it as 4 books vs 5. (I am uof the opinion that anyone who can put together a D&D campaign without one of the campaign setting books could also put together a Fantasy Hero campaign with one - so I would either put them into both lists or put them in neither list). D&D Players Handbook Dungeon Masters Handbook Monster Manual Setting Book (Forgotten Realms, Ebberon, Dragonlance, etc, etc - even Greyhawk has the Gazeteer book) Hero Hero System Rule Book Fantasy Hero The Fantasy Hero Grimoire Beatiary Setting Book (Turakian Age or Valdorian Age) From my prespective, the biggest difference is the need to buy a separate book for spells (The Fantasy Hero Grimoire) - but it's cheap book. I think if someone wanted a more favorable comparison with D&D (insofar as teh number fo books you must buy) they would need to include in the setting book enough spells to constitute a viable magic system. Personally, since you have the rules for making spells (ie. the Hero System Rule Book), I don't think it's that big a deal - but a Hero System neophyte might.

Re: Help! I need a gnome! A few selections from "that other game company's" website. You'll have to resize, but that the easy part. http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ph35_gallery/PHB35_PG27_WEB.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/pgtf_gallery/78828.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ros_gallery/83269.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/rof_gallery/49709.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/rof_gallery/49711.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ros_gallery/83270.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ros_gallery/83271.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ros_gallery/83272.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ros_gallery/83273.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ros_gallery/83297.jpg http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/ros_gallery/83303.jpg

Re: Effective Concepts Your GM WON'T Allow. I actually played with someone who ran a character similar to this. Called Tiger (we called him Paper Tiger) his only real power was a mosterous amount of PRE bought through a focus (a big honkin' gun). He'd show up, point the gun at someone, demand that he surrender, and PRE attack the poor twit. Later, he spent some experience to make the gun a Multipower with the second slot being a humungous RKA usuable once. Then he'd show up, point the gun at something, blow it to kingdom come, then point the gun at someone, demand that he surrender, and then PRE attack the poor twit (thereby getting the bonus for just having performed an incredibly violent action). As a rarely used character it was cute and amusing. If it had been used frequently it would have been a nuisance.

Re: Computer Programming Or maybe even just call it a a freebie for anyone who has grown up in a technologically progressive society.

Re: Wild West Hero

Re: Wild West Hero Source of ideas... Adventures (GURPS, but easily convertable) http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/Roleplayer/Roleplayer22/BringBackAlive.html http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/Roleplayer/Roleplayer28/BleedingKansas.html Another Adventure (FGU) http://d_little.tripod.com/Games/Western/ww1/ Character Ideas (Again, GURPS) http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/Roleplayer/Roleplayer25/OldWest-Characters.html Western Loot http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Ring/8473/loot.html Flavor http://www.sjgames.com/gurps/Roleplayer/Roleplayer29/OldWestBrawl.html http://www.readthewest.com/ http://www.oldwest.org/

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