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Re: Possible HERO System Supplement Kickstarters From Steve -- What Interests You? Let me think...I would say $25 MAX for any one book (seeing that my budget is rather on the pore side). As for what I want to see, I proably would buy a new version of Mystic Masters/Mystic Champions, then prehaps Dark Champions 6ed. What I want to see, but proably would not from you is Champions of the Rising Sun (a Champions setting book about Japan). I would write that myself, but since I am a novice who has not writen ANYTHING for a while, and hasen't writen a book before (let alone an adventure...only two Digital Hero articals), by the time I get started with the research for such a thing, you would proably have it already writen up. Yes, I know you dislike anime...but Champions of the Rising Sun is not anime, or manga. It is a setting book, filled with culture and history. Beyond that, I can't think of anything except prehaps The Champions Grimour (a book about magic in the Champions setting). But thoes are my ideals which I am spilling on the ground to see if anyone is intrested in picking up. Humm...another thought...a bunch of 'no frills' suppliments on the cheep...no artwork, just text. You think such supliments could sell on Kickstart for the equivlent of $20 MAX?

Re: World's Finest *nod* I understand. No room means no room. And Hero Central...I have no ideal how to navagate it with my device (now some group like realroleplaying.com , that shows up well on my device). To be honest, what do you think of my charater concept? Is there anything you would modifie? I ordered the Advance Player's Handbook yesterday (holaday pay, yes!), which means nothing to this group right now.

Re: World's Finest Anger, then sadness at what the anger does, can be great modivators. Beyond that, your right. If only I found the time and effert inside myself, I could of spaired myself a self destructed meltdown.

Re: World's Finest I would like to say I am sorry to the entier group. Now I need to tell you the reasons why I have yet to join the group. 1) I feal like even if I stand back and watch, that I got in by the equivelent of screaming, pounting, and holding my breath till I turn blue. And being on a waiting list is baicly an invite to wishing ill on another player so you get in. I mean, I came to play, and roleplaying is not a spectator sport. 2) If the group or the game master does not forgive me, there will be ill will twords me, and that is a death of a game right there. I don't want to see this game fold because I am in it. That is basicly it (since while hard to navagate, the lack of materials and using this brouser program can be overcomed).

Re: World's Finest The crack about the DSi...it was something I bought for myself with my tax refund check, so don't judge me and I won't judge you. As for not applying to HERO Central...what is the point. As for not contacting you, you realise that I was going to do so after Thanksgiving, but your deadline messed that up. And the charater profile was an academic thing, and only because someone said 'yes I'll help'. But what is the use of doing that NOW...it is to late. You know, it realy IS my fault. Sorry for waisting eveyone's time.

Re: World's Finest The skill list looks fine so far. I think we should give her basic Combat Driving (humm...11 or less to much?) as she drives to get to where she needs to go (It is a normal car of the time period, so you don't have to build her the 'flower-mobiel'.) Humm...how much would a flower shop 'base' cost (with a secret basement for storage)? Basicly four 'stories'...shop ground floor, living quorters upstairs, basement, secret storage basement for her 'Belladona' gear.

Re: World's Finest Forgot to coment on the Hunted. While the agents are slightly less compitent, the leader is defently on my charater's level, if not slightly more so (think Kingpin except nobody knows who s/he is). So, Compitent (for the orgization), Non-Combat Influance, 11-. For the mystery hunted, Compitent, 11-. Oh, forgot the scail with Hunted and DNPC. 8-, 11-, 14-. So make Debra and DeeDee both 11-. My bad.

Re: World's Finest *nod* Looks good. Let me guess, in 6th ed., No Normal Defence is on a sliding scail depending on how common the defences are, right? Looks good also. I thought the Joint Lock was the grab arm and bend it to cause pain attack (Grab arm, NND hard joint armor or flexability). Am I wrong? Yes...I forgot about thoes limitations. Thay would defently be a part of that weapion. The definition is a pollin induced allergy reaction which waters the eyes and induces sneasing. Pepper Spray would be to evil for the time period, don't you think? (Othoe given her knolage, she could defntly be able to create some). Bonity is a science. Gardining is a PS, as is Singing. The rest KS. Comipent, 14-.

Re: Superhero movie serial-style Champions I would be intrested, but I fear with my recent rant over in Worlds Finest that I might not be alowed by you to join. In any case, you must promous me one thing...you have to do the two big chestnuts in the serials...the buzzsaw and the tied to the train tracks. Of course, I wonder how it will be with multiple heros. At the most superhero serials only have one costumed hero, and the goodguy suport system (which also at times act as the people the hero has to save).

Re: World's Finest OK...even if it is to late, this might be an intresting side project, so hear goes nothing. The one sentence concept: After her sisters and herself were captured by The Mad Music Man (a crazed clasical music fan who ploted using the girl group in a plot to mind control all who listen to them into rioting), Donna Bell used her knolage of flowers to stop them, and deciding it was fun, became Belladona. Concept abilities: Sleep Dart Gun (NND Energy Blast, Physical, OA Focus "Dart Gun", enougth charges to be neather a advantage or limitation. Defences are Imunity to Poison, No Need To Sleep, active Force Field, Armor defined as not harden skin.) Judo: Judo excape, Judo throw, Joint Lock. Don't remember if block or dodge is a part of the martial art. Flower Bolo: Entangle, OA Focus, 3 Recoverable Charges, Cost END (she has to swing the bolos to use them), Restranable (grabing her will stop them, as well as trying to use them in tight spaces). Pollin Gun: Flash (Sight and Smell/Taist), OA Focus (flower gun), NND (Defences, imunity to poison, no need to breath active, being a plant-like lifeform), Charges (again, enougth to be negable on advantages and disavantages, Boostable). Concept Skills: Bontany Singing KS: The Music World KS: Gardening Concept Disavantages: Coad VS Killing Beleves Strongly In Woman's Equality/Rights DNPC: Debra Bell (older sister, former member of The Southern Bells, now owner of the coffie shop The Flower Pot) DNPC: DeeDee Bell-Ringer (younger sistet, former member of The Southern Bells, and owner of the record shop The Swaying Leaves with her new husban David Ringer) Hunted by The Shadow Syndicat (inciderous group of normal crinimals lead by The Shadow Boss) Hunted (the second, undefine hunted eveyone must buy) Secret ID (Donna Bell)

Re: World's Finest Well, I might be intrested in eather Golden Age or the Serial ideal, but I'm afraid that I ran out my welcome with the rant, and might not be so easly forgiven.

Re: World's Finest Thank you for the willingness to help (it's to late now, right). As for the 'smartphone' remark, you realise that the DSi is a portable game system...Nitendo DSi, right? With a web brouser program which forces you to find a for free and open online thing. Same difrence, thoe...except that I hate that the program has such low power compared to the 3DS (which can even show YouTube contact).

Re: Bring Out The Old! Popgun was the guy created originaly in CLOWN as the guy who repersents eveything CLOWN is not...violent and not in it for the jokes. He is an ex member of that orginzation (haveing been kicked out for harming inocents during a robery, if I remember corectly). He dresses like a cowboy, compleat with an oversize hat, and carries two traidmark cork guns (which explanes his name). As for the team...it should be made up of prehaps people who have a dangerous ideal of what 'fun' realy is, and are greedy.

Re: World's Finest OK. I understand that part. In other words, your saying to me that I just got outpriced from my own hobby. Because of that, the only blame is to myself, right? I hate this...eveything right now. Don't make enougth to get the basics of my hobby. And if I could make enougth, I can't find the books I need localy. And, does anyone in Milwaukee even do face-to-face roleplaying with the HERO System anymore?

Re: Create a Villain Theme Team! Wish I had some rep to give you, csyphrett.

Re: World's Finest Excues me, but I think it is unfair. Unfair! Let me explain. I do not have much disposable income. So I can't get my hands on a FReD, let alone the BBB or even the curent edition of the rules. I asked for help with my charater. What I got was varry limited help, if any at all. Well, it could be worse...I could of goten help from Foxbat (his help is worse than doing nothing at all). And now I am told that there is no room for my charater. This would be good and I would slink into the darkness IF I HAD A FAIR SHOT. If I had the rules book, I could of created the charater myself. If I had a real computer and not my DSi, I would proably have a Hero Central acount by now (Where is the join button? Why is it takeing so long for my DSi to respond?) But being a utility clerk who has to do things like pay rent, food, and other nesesities, I am up poo creak, without a paddle (at least I have a boat, as small as it is). Hear is a list of what I needed for my charater: 1) Stat cost and the formulas for secondary stats. 2) The stats for basic Judo. 3) Cost for advantages and limitations on my charater's Thorn Gun (How much is NND again? How many charges make a net of +/-0? How much is OA Focus?) 4) Cost for Hunted, Psychological Limitation, Secret ID, and DNPC. After all that, I could do a basic charater outline which can, WITH HELP, be molded into a charater which would be Belladona. Now, I have to wait till there is an opening which will never happen. Unfair! And it is takeing all my muster to keep from flaming and using harder language. What will this group do about it? What will the GM do about it to help my wounded fealings? Stanley R. Teriaca.

Re: World's Finest Haven't read the decription yet. Anyways, anyone contact me on adapting Red Tiger's stats to pass for Belladona? It's going to take more than a little crunching. For one, aisan martial arts at that time were usaly not taught to westerners with the exception of Judo and the foruner of Jeet Kuan Do (Bruce Lee established his first dojo in the 60's). Because of JKD, the other arts started takeing in westerners in the late 60's.

Re: World's Finest Humm...visuals...try a 'Battle Gavel', and a gadget filled judges robe. Gives new meaning to 'hammers of justice'.

Re: World's Finest I can see using the Red Tiger as basic, minus the sonic powers, plus the half-Poison Ivy as a hero plus Batgirl's utility purse.

Re: Create a Villain Theme Team! That is OK because I'll deleat one of them. But who? (It was a case of haveing an ideal which must come out) Who does eveyone on the bord think is more worthy of deleation, Green Knight of Thorn, or Mar Mayhem of the Maid? One has to go...the other has to stay. I'll leave it up to the group. Meanwhile, consider my contrabution to be one, and continue with the group.

Re: Create a Villain Theme Team! The folowing charater does not exist. Feal free to ignore it, or read the stuff hidden by spoilers to get a chuckle as you read about the charater who does not exist.

Re: World's Finest You know...itsallwayssunny has a point. Not power wise, but simple in world view and life. Heros were heros. Men did things. Women help but do not take charge. I expect Belladona being gently told that this line of work is to dangerous for a woman at every turn, and have her bound and gaged by the big villian evey three adventures or so. Not like she's going to quit being a hero. OK, so thay don't dair tell Wonder Woman to get to the kitchen. But Batman does chide Batwoman about her choice (this was way before the new reality reveled she is 'one of the boys'). And don't get me started on Sups attatude twords Lois... Well, that WAS the attatude of the day...and it WAS changing for the better. So lets drop this 'complicated/not complicated powers' debate and get to adventuring...or at least saying intrest.

Re: World's Finest This is true. This is extremly true. This was the age of heros haveing a 'friendly scripwriter' who knew almost nothing about real science using scientific catchphrases to alow the more established heros to do almost anything. DC was one of the chief abusers of this in pre to early Silver Age, with Batman haveing a one-use special costume or utility belt gadget. And don't get me started on Sups...give him Red Kript., and watch his charater sheet morph out of control.

Re: World's Finest Belladona Basicly a Black Canary homage, Donna Bella was a singer in the group The Southern Belles, who one day witnessed a crime and created the persona Belladona to fight crime. No, she dosen't have a sonic scream. Instead, she is an expert in Judo. She is a skilled singer and botnast (since her singing group disbanded, she had to go back to running her famaly's flower shop). She has trained herself in detective work. Her weapion of choice is a dark gun with poison darts (of the 'go to sleep' kind), grapeling rope/swing line, a fast car, and that's about it. She might carry around a sachal varieant of the Batman Utility Belt also, a low powered VVP with lockpicks and the like.

Re: World's Finest OK. Color me intrested in a play by e-mail game. Except whatever rules we agree to, someone else will have to write up my charater (cause I don't yet have 6th ed, and no longer have 4th or 5th ed eather).