Allensh

Re: Posted Some Pulp Hero Characters

So where is this Hero Designer archive at? I plan to purchase v3 next month, thought I'd bookmark the site and see what's there.

Allen

Re: Posted Some Pulp Hero Characters

There's a real lack of Pulp Hero characters in the Hero Designer archives. This needs to change. I've posted another three characters tonight, and I hope other people will do the same.

 

I know finding PD photos or artwork is a real pain, however it'd be nice to make it easier for people to use Hero Designer to quickly pick up a Pulp Hero PC, and for that we need to fill the archive.

Where are these archives at?

Allen

Re: Now that I've seen Reality Storm

With Hero managing the project' date=' please. I've come to like on-time shipping...[/quote']

 

Well, Green Ronin is somewhat better about that than GoO appears to be. although that hasn't held true for the M&M Annual #1, but there may have been other issues with that. Still, I agree that Hero would be the best choice to head up such a project.

 

Allen

Re: Now that I've seen Reality Storm

Just got the book. I have not yet delved into the conversion system but I have read the stats and scanned the adventure. It looks like an excellent book to me and I am proud to FINALLY be able to add it to my collection

Now we need to start lobbying for Reality Storm 2: Crisis in Freedom City .

Allen

I actually have the DC Heroes Newsletter those glasses appeared in. And as I later recalled, it was sorta an April Fools Day thing. So the 186 AP glasses were never really official- just someone at Mayfair having fun.

Allen

Originally posted by Ben Seeman

See, I just don't get that. I think that's the best part of his costume.

 

Why does no one find anything wrong with Batman's big ass ears sticking up?

because they're just ears. They don't look like he has a chicken on his head. Now, if you made the hood black but had just a stylised beak on front, it would still look birdlike but not like he has two sets of eyes. or make the hood cowllike and have the beak (still black) come off his nose. The rest of the costume is just fine.

Edit: Sketchpad's look is EXACTLY what I was thinking of! Now that's a Nighthawk to be feared!

Allen

Originally posted by CrosshairCollie

Hmm ... I'm remembering one issue of Superman I read (possibly Pre-Crisis, so it may not count) where it was revealed that Clark's glasses (which were made out of fragments of his original rocket) amplified his very weak 'super-hypnosis' power ... so without really ever trying to, he made himself look smaller, thinner, weaker than Superman. Add that to the way the costume seems to amplify the ripped bod o' steel, that's supposedly another aspect of keeping his secret.

 

(I think this was also after the same writer claimed Superman had 'super-telepathy', since he had Superman and someone else (Supergirl?) talking in space, sans radios or life support gear, for two issues straight, and he had to make something up to explain it. Comic readers can be so picky sometimes. )

THE dumbest Superman story ever written, came out in 1979. "The Secret of Clark Kent's Glasses". I wish I could find a back issue of this, just to show people how bad it was

Rumor has it the story was so bad they were forced to retract it...

Allen

Originally posted by death tribble

If you have been around comics a bit then you know this sort of cover.

 

It looks good, though.

yeah, it's a parody of the DC vs. Marvel cover.

Fits right in with the other parodies of famous covers in Silver Age Sentinels

Allen

Awesome!

Let me add my voice to those singing the praises of this amazimg tome. It is absolutely wonderful, and I am so happy with it that I am running some Champions this very week just to get to use it Great job, guys

Allen

Flying around

I dunno, there seemed to be a lot of people flying around under their own power in Ann Arbor during the sixties...

Allen

Ann Arbor

Sad to say, but maybe ol' Doctor Destroyer was an Ohio State fan and trashed Ann Arbor along with Detroit...even more reason to hate him

Allen

retconning

Gee, you guys remind me of the DC letter columns from back in the 70's.

"perhaps the reason Superman's hair was red in panel 6 rather than black was because he had come into contact with a weak form of Red Kryptonite between panels that wore off quickly."

LOL

Allen

In the interests of anality (is that a word?) and being as I am from Michigan, I would like to point out the only factual error that I have found thus far in the Millenium City book.

On page 45, it is mentioned that Michigan State University is located in "nearby" Lansing. Having been there yesterday, I can confirm that it is in fact in East Lansing, which is a separate community adjacent to Lansing proper; a suburb, I would say, although I am not sure how they actually define it. In fact, I purchased my copy of Millenium City in East Lansing.

If this is the only "error" in the book, and I suspect it is, then you folks have done an absolutely amazing job

Allen

Sorry about the incorrect reference there..I meant Heroplay.

I don't expect Steve to copy the UPB, of course, but Mr. Martin did a considerable amount of research on powers and such and that knowledge might be useful. The folks who did the short-lived DC Universe game for West End must have thought so...their Directive on Superpowers book was co-written by David Martin and is essentially the UPB rewritten for the DC game (with approproate changes, of course). if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

Allen

Here's what I think you should do for the Big Book O' Powers:

1.) Go to Heroplay and download the PDF version of the Marvel Super Heroes Ultimate Powers Book. (it has all the corrections in it and has the approval of the author. or you can ask him for a copy on CD in step 2).

2.) go to http://www.classicmarvel.com/phorum/ and contact David E. Martin, creator of above work, and get him in on the project.

3. ) Translate said powers from said book into Hero terms, each with three levels: Low (say, 250 point heroes), standard (scaled for 350 point heroes) and High-Powered (500 pts. plus). Many of those powers will likely have to be done in Frameworks but that's ok.

While Marvel had it's problems and was in no way superior to Hero, the UPB remains to this day THE reference work on comic-book style superpowers. You could do far worse than to just do a Champions version.

My understanding about this book (and what I am hoping it will be) is a shopping list of pre-made powers for people who don't want to take the time to construct them from scratch. while it will obviously provide examples of how these powers are built, it should not be primarily oriented toward that function, although some "designer's notes" for the more complex powers might be in order.

Allen