Ben Seeman

Re: 10th Muse RPG After further consideration, it has been determined that this is not SPAM. It really looked like it, though, because of the nature of the original post and the replies.

All the characters and various write-ups for STAST are now available in Hero Designer format from the Online Store for only $6.99. It even includes full write-ups of the Ultimates after they've been affected by the Ophidian Plague.

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER I'm just adding another post to my post count. And to this thread.

Re: 5ER to 5E Page Numbering

Re: How do you track END? I just write on my charcter sheet. I print a new one for each session anyway.

All the villains, allies and vigilantes from Hudson City: The Urban Abyss in Hero Designer format, including the Harbinger's weapons, for $6.99. Enjoy!

Re: Rep? Correction... Acroyear got all that negative rep cuz he pissed me off.

Digital Hero subscribers interested in playtesting/testreading Hidden Lands can now find the manuscript in the usual place. The deadline is Monday, February 14th.

Digital Hero subscribers interested in playtesting/testreading Hidden Lands can now find the manuscript in the usual place. The deadline is Monday, February 14th.

Re: Unreal Tournament HERO? I've always been interested in setting up something along the same vein that involved just the HERO System combat rules. Throw 8 players into an enormous map with items and power ups and other goodies, start on Phase 12 and just go to town. The trick is developing good maps, IMO, and also dealing with the fact that in FPS's you can't always see where the enemy is whereas when playing on a battlemat all players can see where your fig is.

Hot off the press, Hudson City is now available in the Online Store. Damaged copies are not yet available but will be once we get them from the distributors.

Re: Hyperdrive System TE page 159 has an FTL Accuracy Table that may be of use. In short, in order to make it to the exact target, the Skill Roll needs to be made by 5 or more. Made by 2-4, you're off by 1d6 x 100 kilometers. Made by 0-1, off by 1d6 x 1000 kilomters. From that point, the accuracy is off by an additional factor of 10 for every 1 the roll is missed by. I would type out the whole chart, but I'd rather you buy the book.

As the title says, The Ultimate Mystic is now for sale in the Online Store. Damaged copies are also available. Enjoy!

We just received some boxes of damaged 5ERs so we're putting them back in the Online Store. These are the books that were returned because of bent corners and marked covers. We will not sell books that are missing pages or have destroyed binding. Supplies are limited so if you still haven't picked up Revised, now is your chance.

Re: Help! Xenovores are loose!! Treb asked me to delete it.

Re: Starting from 8's in Primary Characteristics Burn him! Burn him! That's an interesting approach.

Re: The cranky thread Dude...

Re: The cranky thread It's funny how those who lack perspective can behave. During my recovery period, I used their opinions as a yard stick for my actions... and for a while it was a good idea because I had completely lost grip with reality. Then as a I started to heal and learn and gain perspective through therapy, I came to see the faults that they had in their own perceptions. Kind of strange. I would recommend therapy to a few of them, but I know they'd want nothing to do with it.

Re: The cranky thread Locked and loaded with a grenade pin between my teeth.

Re: The cranky thread

Re: The cranky thread I'm hella pumped! I just got to BAN someone! Alright. Who's next? Who wants some? Who wants a little? You? You want some? Huh? You want some of this?

Re: The cranky thread Thanks for the kind words, guys... There is a hilarious ending to the story... All of us are on Tribe.net (a networking website) and we all belong to different Tribes (different bands, interests, hobbies, etc...). Anyone can make up any Tribe they want. So... my friend creates a Tribe called "Hate for Haters"... a place where people can go in and just start talking crap to each other "for fun". He sends me an invite. He sends Sarah an invite. I decline because I just don't need to be a part of that, but apparently Sarah joined just to see what was up. This morning she tells me about what's going on in the Hate for Haters Tribe. Apparently, they're all slinging crap back and forth and having a jolly old time when my friend says, "Hey, why hasn't Ben "The Hater" Seeman joined this Tribe yet. It was made just for him!" to which other people reply with disparaging remarks akin to me being a female sexual organ or I shoot eggs out of my ass and what not). Sarah promptly quits the Tribe and sends my friend an email explaining basically what I explained before. His response? "I'm sorry you two fail to appreciate the irony of the Tribe." Wow.

Re: Taunt When I did conversion to Hero for Omlevex, I simply made the Taunt ability a +15 PRE, Only in Combat(-1/2), Only to Make Target Attack (-1/2) or something like that. The effect was just a bit of hand-waving.

Re: The cranky thread Thanks. And the frustrating part is... these are the very same people who helped me through the difficult time. They were by my side, cheering me on the whole way, taking pride in my accomplishments and telling my how much they liked the new me. Bogus. Oh well.

Re: The cranky thread You know what sucks? I'll tell you... bear with me... Before I went through what Sarah and I call "The Big Ugly" and suffered a horrific ego death, I was an out-and-out prick. I had hair-trigger temper and spoke my mind no matter who it offended. I just didn't care. I felt superior to anyone and everyone and if you felt differently then you'd sure get an earful from me. As friends put it, I turned into a dung-flinging gibbon... and I didn't care. I'd hollar and piss and moan and just be total asshole. I finally was forced take a long hard look at myself. And I did. A year of therapy. A year on meds. I tore my insides apart, inspected each and every aspect of my soul, kept what was truly good and left behind everything that made me loathed by my enemies and annoyed by my most loyal friends. That was over 2 years ago and I do my very best to keep myself in check... to not let myself become the cocky bastard that I once was. To truly understand my relationship with the world around me and how my actions have an affect on everything. Here's what sucks: On occasion I will feel truly wronged and I will speak up for myself. I may get angry, but I don't become abusive. I simply state my case as plainly as possible. Unfortunately, some of my friends will simply say "Oh, here comes the gibbon again." At that point, there is nothing else that I can do. If I try to defend myself, or deny the fact that I'm not THAT PERSON anymore, all it does is add fuel to their arguement. No matter what I do. It's not fair. I've done the work. I've made the proper changes, and it is NOT RIGHT to have that thrown back in my face. Yeah and I know it can be easily resolved by talking to my friends about it, but right now I don't feel they deserve that. So I'm on a timeout with them.