MicroMike

Re: Favorite 60-point Power Construction Just a shade over at 62pts. Empowerment: Succor 10d6 any one characteristic (one at a time) standard effect 30pts. Really broken if you apply it to say INT and thus all INT skills, PRE and all PRE skills, etc. (bonus of +6) Need a quick 60 END? Pow! +60 COM? Wow. Apply to yourself or a teammate.

Re: Favorite 60-point Power Construction Uh, never encountered a GM that rips up character sheets because he/she didn't like the powers-just as easy not to allow the character in the game. While mechanically questionable, the Speed is only for defensive actions, no offense, that keeps it from being abusive. IMO, YMMV.

Re: Favorite 60-point Power Construction I'll pick two offensive, one defensive, and misc. power. All from the same character.... Digger rounds: Tunneling 3" through 13 DEF material. Tranquilizer rounds: Suppress SPD 12d6, 4 clips of 4 continuing charges, lasting 1 minute each (+0) vs. taking a Recovery as an action. (more cheesy) Withstand the Pain: Absorption 5d6 (energy, STUN) 40pts worth + Absorption 5d6 (physical, STUN) 40pts worth. this works with SPD 6 character.... Second Chance: +6 SPD, "defensive" actions only (Block, Dodge etc.) (-1) So I don't have to abort to Block or Dodge.

Re: how do you deal with guns and superheroes in your campaign Try this one:

Re: Cool Guns for your Games Some pulp era guns in pdf form.

Re: how do you deal with guns and superheroes in your campaign Wow, I guess I'm really in the minority here, but a normal with a gun is not helpless, even against Energyblasteater. Look at one of the more powerful handguns, a .50 Desert Eagle. 2d6+1K, +1 STUN mod. Averate damage of 7 BODY, 24 STUN, might not do much to Energyblasteater, but what about above average of 11 BODY, 55 STUN? A normal can Haymaker, just like a superhero. The Desert Eagle Haymakered does 4d6-1K, +1 STUN mod. An above average roll could do over 20 BODY and 100 STUN. Of course, our normal has to hit, and that can be tough. The smart normal fades into the background, delays, and waits for Energyblasteater to be at half or 0 DCV from being Stunned, knocked to the ground, grabbed, or whatnot. Then unloads and hopes for the best. That is non-military. Military get Kevlar to take a hit, and a rifle with Desert Eagle damage, and Autofire, and training to use it. (Skill and/or Autofire skills) Haymaker does the same damage as before, 4d6-1K, +1 STUN, Autofire. Not enough for you? Enter the best military weapon in the game, the LAW Rocket. 6 1/2d6K Explosion, Armor Piercing. Takes an extra phase to fire, but takes no crew to use. A one-shot weapon, but really, how many shots do you need? Have I mentioned normals with Demolitions training? Have I mentioned normals with Poisons training? How about Medical and Pharamacology training? A normal is not as helpless as some would think.

Re: Teleport Tactics One last ditch teleporter trick that can be effective is to teleport directly into the villian. (or hero, whatever) Use with caution!

Re: Munchkin Build Contest? Munchkin Man buys 1d6 of COM Aid with an Extreme Side Effect that always affects the recipient of the benefits of the power only. That's 12d6 STUN with NO defense applied. And the Villian looks great knocked out.

I know you can't buy Increased END and Reduced END on the same power. But..... Say I build Aidman, with a 5d6 Succor STR for 30 points, and thus 3 END. Not content with that, I buy 1/2 END cost for +1/4. Now the tricky part. Could I buy Increased END x5 only vs. others? And Increased END x10 only vs. non-humans? I'm looking for a way to make a Succor that is super-cheap on END for myself, and costs a lot more if I use it on other humans, and even more on non-human targets like animals or aliens. I tried to partly limit it, but adding extra dice costs more END, not less, and I don't want to have more effect on others than myself. IE 5d6 Succor 1/2 END plus 1d6 Succor x10 END only vs. others. If you think this is more a design question, please boot me out to the appropriate forum. Thanks.

Re: Hangliding and Hero Val Char Base Points Total Roll Notes 0 SIZE Length 1", Width 0.5", Area 0.5" Mass 100 kg KB 0 13 STR 12- HTH Damage 2 1/2d6 END [3] 14 DEX 12- OCV 5 DCV 5 4 SPD 4 Phases: 3, 6, 9, 12 3 DEF 10 BODY 0" Ground Movement 6 -12 0" 0" Water Movement 2 -2 0" 0" Leaping 0 0 0" 20 Total Characteristics Points Cost Powers END 24 Gliding 30"; Stall Velocity 5" (-1/4) 0 -3 DEF: Does Not Protect Occupant (-1/2) for up to 9 Active Points of DEF 0 Skills 9 Contortionist 15- Total Powers & Skills Cost: 30 Total Cost: 50 This represents a top line hanglider that you could buy today. Top speed is 44 MPH combat/88 MPH NCM. My game starts pre-apoc, then BOOM then post-apoc:D Contortionist to represent it breaks down into a backpack. Besides, I needed it to run 50pts, for mathamagical reasons. LOL Hanglider Hero Thanks to all.

Re: Hangliding and Hero I think I'll build it as a vehicle, dropping the Spd 1 or 2 and increasing the Gliding to 30" or so. They can be smaller than I thought, fitting into a large 30-40lbs. backpack. Set-up/breakdown takes about 5 minutes. I'll post my build later, with thanks to the above design.

I'm going to be running a post-apoc. game, and one of the PC's wants a hanglider. I know nothing about hangliding. How big are they? How much time to set up? Do you need any permits? Should I build it as a vehicle, or just buy gliding OAF bulky and call it a hanglider. How much gliding should it have? I looked in both Vehicle Sourcebook and Untimate Vehicle to no avail.

Re: Phase 12, GM's what do you allow? It was just the first phase 12 in a combat. I'm not sure why, something I had done for years without question. Now I do full actions on 12, and all is right with the world.

Re: Phase 12, GM's what do you allow? Sight tangent here-I've always allowed players to only take a 1/2 phase on 12. Instead of move and shoot, it's move or shoot. Is that a stupid thing to do?

If I have 6" of Stretching, I can add 2 DC's damage. If I stretch non-combat for 12", can I get 4 DC's (at OCV 0)?