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Re: [Demo] Jason at the Mages Realm, Sacramento CA, Saturday Sept. 29

Re: [Demo] Jason at the Mages Realm, Sacramento CA, Saturday Sept. 29 Game went very well, with Jason giving a great mix of just enough suspense and uncertainty, a bit of oddness, and some obscure mythological/historical stuff. The group was relaxed and fun while keeping a focus on the game most of the time. The quote of the evening was Jason's description of the villains as "The creme de la crap." Had to leave a little early (game started a bit late and had to drive back to Bay Area.), so don't know how it ended.

Re: LHC 'Malfunction' No Accident? Well, don't often do thread necromancy, but this is interesting news. http://scitech.blogs.cnn.com/2009/11/06/baguette-toting-bird-stalls-atom-smasher/ http://www.crunchgear.com/2009/11/05/breaking-large-hadron-collider-shut-down-by-precision-bird-strike/

Re: New Product: Crystalline Counters [accessory] Hey Guys, Here's a link to a higher-res image from the 3 Sages Web Site http://threesagesgames.com/product-images/5-25-combo.jpg The only photoshop work I did was merging the image of the tube onto the background shot. Tom

Re: superuseless superpowers Hmm... How about... Buckaroo Bonzai Power... Wherever you go, there you are: Teleportation, always on, persistent, 0 end, must pass through intervening space, only to one fixed location (location is inside clothes currently worn), power limitation (if not wearing clothes, total power loss)

Re: ninja heroes from each state Well, while we are on CA... Two Words: Hippie Ninja

Re: Famous People Super Heros Samuel L. Jackson -- Duplicating Uber-Presence Brick (He is in every movie ever made... )

Re: Scientists claim warp drive is possible Rep

Re: Foxbat and... Foxbat takes command of Generation Viper

Re: Foxbat? Why am I not surprised... It's all part of Foxbat's plan to get rid of his competition Excellent

Re: Disads for Dana Scully Hmm... Hunted: The Lone Gunmen, More Powerful, 11-, Watched = 10 Points I put them as More Powerful; while they don't have the FBI resources to call upon, they are fairly powerful individuals in that universe and they have an almost unlimited freedom of movement and action. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lone_Gunmen p.s. The first batch of non-superhero characters I ever wrote for the Hero System were Mulder, Scully, Colombo, Monk, and the then-sidekick of Monk (Sharona)

Re: Has anybody played "Spirit of the Century" FATE and Fudge are specifically rules-light systems. In that aspect, they are on the opposite side of the spectrum from Hero and will deliver a different feel of play when "Bang! Bang! I shot first, Billy! No, I shot first Bobby!" components (ie. mechanics) are activated. I play both Hero and Fudge because sometimes I want a crunchy-munchy candy bar, sometimes I want silky-smooth ice cream Read most of Spirit a few months back, but haven't had a chance to play it yet so can't say how FATE works in an actual game as opposed to older more-or-less-standardized "Five Point Fudge" From the read, I really like the way in which character generation is a collaborative effort between all of the players. Also of note is the optional "wait to set your skill slot until you do it (and then backstory it )" which is definitely the feel I personally get from watching the occasional old film serial of the 30's and 40's.

Re: Hero All-Stars 2008 If you need a psycho killer bad guy around that time frame, look no further than John Wesley Hardin http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wesley_Hardin

Re: Gestalt is Online Hey Scott! Glad to hear the train trip went smoothly (My flights went smoothly, but as always some folk ended up playing "where was my connector changed to?" roulette at the airport.) GenCon was a great show and I've got some freelance work that's taking up most of my time at the moment. I've managed to give a few small chunks of Gestalt a full read... WOW.. there is a ton of some really amazing stuff in there. Steal Away Jordan was also my IPR purchase at the show. I find the historical perspective amazing and really hits home to someone used to 'standard' roleplaying situations. How many games do you roleplay a character that starts out with the "+5 vorpal sword" constantly about to come down on his neck? As you said, it isn't everyone's cup of tea, but that's one of the greatest things about this industry and human beings in general. Also picked up a couple of DOJ books, but you probably guessed that

Re: Faerie's Tale I was part of the Firefly Games booth crew this year at GenCon Any Advice for Running FT at Conventions & Similar Venue A lot of people were talking about running games at conventions (particularly in YP rooms) and after-school programs. Thought I'd start a thread on that board for folk to share GMing advice with each other.

Re: Hero vs D20 Future If you are looking for an inexpensive pre-built scenario geared toward new players, I will mention Rescue at Karadonna https://www.herogames.com/viewItem.htm?itemID=203076 You can get away with just the rules book if you use it as a one-shot, and it is specifically designed as "newbie-friendly." It has a dozen pre-generated characters including base OCV noted next to various weapons. Everything has the same SPD, so the players aren't swamped with learning everything at once (Ie. They learn the ever-important How to Hit and Kill Things during their first game. Then they're ready to move on to other stuff. ) The one thing I would change is to put the module in 2326 instead of the 2365. This puts your characters in prime shape for some great political fireworks if you go with Alien Wars.

Re: Now that is a space suit... Thus begins the Popular Science yearly "sorta-swimsuit" issue

Re: 5th Edition Champions Art you liked! In Teen Champions I thought a lot of the images really hit the mark with the genre. My 3 favorites at a quick glance: The expressions of all the characters when the very young-looking Motor City Defenders try to get into the Palamino Club using fake IDs (p 38.) There's a lot of really nice subtlety to the images of the Head Gardner on page 50. Where did Hugo get the section of pipe? And is the liquid he's standing in flammable? (Pg 56.) CT

Re: Top 10 Action Hero One-Liners "I know this music." - Zorg, Fifth Element

Re: Top 10 Action Hero One-Liners "Son of a b**** must pay!" - Big Trouble in Little China

Re: Anime series as a campaign I could definitely see Witch Hunter Robin working for a Dark Champions game or maybe Dark Champions the Animated Series. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Witch_Hunter_Robin Currently about 2/3 of the way through the show. Seems to be a good amount of depth to the overall plot.

Re: El Santo cartoon preview Es Muy Brutiful!

Re: Lux Aeternum Dave, that cover is cool. But I must admit that I feel it begs for a "What is this guys thinking?" contest....

Re: This is why I play Fantasy Hero I wonder what the attacks of opporunity would be like?

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER That's the one spot in the Bay Area that we've taken every visitor. We're thinking about getting a yearly pass (it's pretty cheap and well-worth it). If you ever have a few vacation days at the end of the year you need to use up and the weather is nice, I whole heartedly advise going there on a weekday during the Christmas shopping season. We went in December on a slow Monday with my visiting Sister-In-Law and her family. They were all busy taking pictures of the kid, so I walked ahead of them to Cathedral Grove. It was around 4:30 (the sun is at a cool angle then at that time of the year, and you get a lot of "light columns" because of the slight fog) and I was the only person in all of Cathedral Grove for about 15 minutes and it was very quiet except for a few small animals. Surreal.