Xavier Onassiss

Re: Hello new hero here. Welcome to the Hero Forums, Shinzuer! Here's a handy little item I've bookmarked for threads like this one that get too silly....

Re: More Complications, Please

Re: Everyman Complications ...and of course "Dependent on air."

Re: More Complications, Please What I've found is that not all my characters need to the same number of complications to feel 'complete' -- some of them are good with 50pts, others have backgrounds/origin stories that have 100pts (or more) of complications 'built in' so it's a struggle to pare them down to a lower point total. It's hard to pin down a single guideline that works for all cases. One size does not fit all! That being said, I've been fairly happy with complication totals on the few superhero level characters I've done in 6e, but I do a lot more heroic level character designs, and 50pts of complications is a bit light for most of them. I've found a good benchmark for my own use is to make up about one-third of the character's total points in matching complications: 60pts for 175pt characters; 75pts for 225pt characters; and 90pts for 275pt characters. Sometimes 90pts is a bit much, but for a heroic level campaign, 275pt characters are pretty rare, anyway. One particular issue I've run into complication totals is the use of templates in character creation -- many templates have a few 'built in' complications, sometimes as many as 20 or 25pts. This becomes a problem when multiple templates are used; they tend to 'fill up' a character's allotment of complication points with template-based complications, which results in rather bland characters who all have the same complications. I need to add a few points to include unique complications which personalize the characters.

Re: "Neat" Pictures I'm a Time Traveler, but not a very good one. Forward, always forward, one second at a time.

Re: A Thread for Random Videos I missed this last week. Astronaut Cady Coleman (on board the ISS) and Jethro Tull's Ian Anderson (theoretically on Earth -- hard to tell with him) performing a flute duet in honor of the anniversary of Yuri Gagarin's first orbital flight.

Re: A Thread for Random Videos I can't rep this, but I tried. Little help here?

Re: .600 Nitro Express Revolver These days, the cost of a (legal) elephant hunt would also require the wealth perk, at an even higher level, so the firearm would just be a detail, anyway. I'm not 100% sure if any country still issues licenses to hunt elephant. (And rhino? I'm very doubtful....)

Re: A DC Animated-style HeroMachine Thanks, DusterBoy -- I totally missed that one, too. (Never watch the Disney Channel, for some reason.)

Re: The Non Sequitor Thread Oooh, eee, oooh, aah, aah....

Re: "Neat" Pictures They made my all-time favorite Dr. Who into (what appears to be) a Maine Coon -- the most awesome-est of cats, IMHO.

Re: "Neat" Pictures

Re: A Thread for Random Videos This guy is my hero!

Re: The Non Sequitor Thread Shower tonite, or play in the rain tomorrow?

Re: The cranky thread Wrong valve... crude oil splattered everywhere... I smell kinda funky now.

Re: A Thread for Random Videos The ultimate parody: Porklips Now! (in 3 parts)

Re: A Thread for Random Videos Well, this is kinda weird... A-Pooh-calypse Now.

Re: The Non Sequitor Thread I love the smell of crude oil in the morning....

Re: The cranky thread So today I learned that "powder actuated fastening tools" like this one... ...will give you a nasty case of tinnitus. Note to self: Wear some ear plugs next time! Yeah, I've got another job that involves lots of "toys" which can hurt me.

Re: Combat Incompetence Sacco Miserabilis? Or something like that.

Re: Quote of the Week From My Life. Me, at my new office: "The entries in this database don't seem to follow any consistent pattern." My new boss replies, totally deadpan: "I'm shocked."

Re: The Non Sequitor Thread Because Monday falls on Tuesday this Wednesday, Thursday's meeting will be held on Friday this coming Saturday.

Re: The Non Sequitor Thread Hypothetically, I should have a life....

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? It's kinda like a 21st-century answer to the old Peter Gunn Theme.

Re: "Neat" Pictures Warning: many hours of wasted time ahead! Link for larger pic: http://fc01.deviantart.net/fs70/f/2011/094/2/2/periodic_table_of_storytelling_by_computersherpa-d3d6rdj.png