Andrew Byers

Re: Gestalt: Architects of Change: What Would *You* Like to See Just wanted to quickly add that I am very much looking forward to the setting expansion when it comes out. I've always enjoyed Gestalt and am looking forward to having the already published and new material compiled.

Re: [Characters] Wildguard; The Pacific Watch! Hey, I just wanted to say thanks for doing those great write-ups and posting the link to the announcement of the new Wildguard mini-series next year. Wildguard is a really, really fun title (I just wish it were monthly) and has some great character concepts that would work great in Hero.

Re: How To: Doppleganger Dear God, they're more hideous than I had imagined!

Re: Hyper Intelligence Sounds neat. If you can remember anything more that might help us find the thread, that would be cool. I tried some obvious searches, but couldn't come up with the one you're talking about (not surprising, given the sheer number of threads that reference Batman).

Re: Animated objects Great character concept and the art is nice too! Any chance you could post a character write-up for her and the various "goblins"?

Re: [Review] Solar Smith And The Sky-Pirates Of Arcturus

Re: COPS, CREWS, AND CABALS -- What Do *You* Want To See? This probably isn't quite the right book for them, but I would love to see updated write-ups (and expansions?) for Aaron Allston's The Blood.

Re: Alien Conversions

Re: Alien Conversions I like it. It's elegant and probably the simplest way to represent them. Thanks!

Re: Alien Conversions I'd love to see someone write up a description of the Tines from Vernor Vinge's A Fire Upon the Deep. Description of the Tines from Wikipedia: Dog-like creatures that think in packs of 4 to 6 individuals. (In other words, an individual consciousness consists of several persistent biological entities, who share their thoughts through high-frequency sound. A single creature is as smart as a clever dog; two to three can form dim intelligence; four to six is the standard; packs of more rapidly degrade into incoherence, although a genius pack of eight was known as one exceptional case. Other configurations are possible. Examples include, long sentry lines with a continuous mental link and garrisoned slave teams.) Anyone have any ideas on the best way to simulate them in Hero?

Re: IK Hero? Personally, I'd rather see you concentrate your efforts on magic. I agree with you, I think we can figure out the character/profession archetypes easily enough, but in the past I've found it somewhat of a pain to convert D&D/d20 spells and the like to Hero. I'd love to see your take on IK magic.

Re: Lensman/Pulp Sci-Fi Well, I second the request for your notes. I'd love to see them. I have GURPS Lensmen, which is a good reference, but nothing beats a good Hero conversion.

Re: The Wheel of Time I think it will. He mentioned channeling briefly when he was talking about the encyclopedia, which makes me suspect he's probably going to list/describe all known weaves. I can only assume he'll include which powers are used in each. I remember someone asking specifically about more detailed maps as well, and Jordan said that he thought the encyclopedia would have a series of new, detailed maps as part of the package.

Re: The Wheel of Time Thank you very much for cleaning that up and putting it into Word! I've grabbed it from the other thread and put it with the other shadowspan write-ups that Nolgroth wrote (trolloc, dragkhar, and gholam).

Re: The Wheel of Time