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Re: Alien Species - Blind/Deaf Alien that shares senses with Dog-like pet

Re: Alien Species - Blind/Deaf Alien that shares senses with Dog-like pet Which is what makes Hero so much fun. There are a million ways to achieve any given result. Of course, Hero gamers are all about the min/maxing, so it usually comes down to the numbers.

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Slap -- the sound of a solid facepalm.

Re: Alien Species - Blind/Deaf Alien that shares senses with Dog-like pet While I understand your perspective, I'm at a loss as to why you said that the complication approach was okay for the alien, but not for Daredevil. I'm still a bit baffled by that. Also, it is "Spatial Awareness" not "Spartial Awareness." And as I mentioned previously, I wouldn't have allowed the 5E "Blind" complication to be purchased for him because that is simply against the rules. You can't take a complication and then buy powers that circumvent that complication. That is a no-no. You are either blind, or you're not. However, you can be partially blind for less points, or in his case, "Not-really-blind" for a couple points. Remember in Hero we work from effect. So what is the effect that we are looking for in the character? Well, the character is blind in the sense of not being able to see colors, or read signs, but I don't want him to be hampered during combat. Okay, than he isn't blind, he just isn't able to see colors or read signs. However, the special effect will be that he looks blind and if medically examined will be shown to be blind, but that is just the special effect.

Re: Alien Species - Blind/Deaf Alien that shares senses with Dog-like pet Considering that he is able to "see" everything around him, and in complete silence, it is definitely not hearing; although, he does have enhanced hearing as well. I can't remember off the top of my head the limitations on Spatial Awareness, but I seem to recall it doesn't provide fine details, which he is able to "see." I only read Daredevil up through the early 90s, so I'm not sure what changes they may have made to him after that, nor do I know anything about Ultimate Daredevil. However, I do know that through the couple decades that I was reading him, he could always "see" pretty much everything with the exception of things like text on a page, but his sense of touch was acute enough that he could "read" the text like braille. So in terms of mechanics, he was effectively not blind. Nor did he suffer any of the combat penalties that would normally be applied to a blind person, which ultimately is where we really need to focus. Does this blind alien suffer any blind penalties either in combat or in day to day adventuring? If so, are they always applied, or just under a specific circumstance? If only under a specific circumstance, what is it? If it is when the companion is not around, then we can safely conclude that Sean Waters and your posts above, are indeed the correct way to go with this. Which brings me back to being a bit surprised that you would build Daredevil by buying off his sight, and the reason for my question. By all accounts, from a mechanics perspective, he isn't blind, but he does have a some complications that would be clumped together into a "Blind-but-not-really" complication.

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Bump-bump... bump-bump... bump-bump. The sound of someone making sure it's dead.

Re: Alien Species - Blind/Deaf Alien that shares senses with Dog-like pet

Re: Alien Species - Blind/Deaf Alien that shares senses with Dog-like pet

Re: "Neat" Pictures I used to use a really nice inventory software for the PC called Libre. It had barscanning capability via a webcam, and tied into several Internet databases including Amazon's. It tracked video games, books, movies, albums, etc. And best of all it was free. Unfortunately, they discontinued development and so it didn't get updated for Windows 7 or for 64-bit. I would love to find an equivalent especially if has the same capabilities. The interface was awesome as well because it would use the barcode to find the product and download all the relevant information for you including an image of the cover and display it in a virtual bookcase. It had tracking capabilities as well, which allowed you to record who you loaned the item to and when. So if anyone knows of such a beast for PC, please let me know either here or via a PM.

Re: "Neat" Pictures That should buff right out.

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Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Not my daughter. She has been raised to understand proper priorities. She has a boyfriend currently; however, but she's got a good head on her shoulders and has explained to him that her education and life come before their relationship. And he is a smart enough guy to accept that, and he gives her plenty of space as well. She's received an invite to the honors program at the university, and is considering joining just to stay away from the "partiers." But since it is a private university, most of the students (or their parents) are shelling out some serious cash, so hopefully those sorts of influences will be minor. We already had the "college boys" talk as well, and she's assured me that that isn't her "thing." She just wants to get her degree and get out, and then she'll worry about "relationship stuff."

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER So my daughter starts college in August. Any tips from a professor's perspective, Cancer? She graduated with a 4.22 GPA. She took mostly all honors classes, and is going to be focusing on music education. She'll be attending a private university since she was able to get enough scholarships and grants to pay for most of it. I've already given her the whole spiel about how college is harder, always be aware of your surroundings, focus on school, etc.

Re: "Neat" Pictures And you can't turn it over and cut out the bottom, why?

Re: "Neat" Pictures And there are those of us that simply enjoy a good book.

Re: "Neat" Pictures The thing that always strikes me as ironic when the religious Right get all hurt about the book, is the fact that Card is a Mormon.

Re: "Neat" Pictures Ahem... http://www.herogames.com/forums/showthread.php/40283-A-Thread-for-Random-Videos?p=2323029#post2323029 And the post right before it for completeness. BTW, that armor cost $4000 to build.

Re: "Neat" Pictures NatGeo's picture of the month: [ATTACH=CONFIG]43142[/ATTACH]

Re: Longest Running Thread EVER Looking at picking up some light. fun reading?

Re: "Neat" Pictures Expensively fast.

Re: "Neat" Pictures I'd start with "expensive."

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Re: "Neat" Pictures Not sure if that is neat or creepy...

Re: "Neat" Pictures Ah, so there's my problem. I don't watch professional wrestling... Neat move though.

Re: "Neat" Pictures How do you even practice that? How do you come up with that? Awesome display of the smaller opponent getting the upper hand.