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Re: Philosophy & Principles of Power Design For me, the HERO system has always, if not demanded, at least implied the need to codify everything down to the most minor difference in how you use an Ability. It leads to discussions about how many points you need to spend for your fire mage to be able to light a candle at will, for example, or the perennial problem of a "light spell" to use Fantasy examples. I have a hard time letting those sorts of things go, and simply saying that much of the nuance may well be better dealt with with a Power Skill. Which then leads me to the question of how much of a limitation it would be to say that an Ability can't be modulated and used in interesting ways by way of a Power Skill... old habits die hard.

Re: VPs, charges, triggers & multiforms Not based on the specific powers, but on the nature of the character - useful out of combat, facilitating the sort of play that others want to do, and potentially more powerful than anyone could imagine - makes me immediately think of Gandalf in LotR.

Re: Hero System Vehicles While I understand the harsh realities of the market, I too would like to see a 6th edition of Ultimate Vehicle make it's way into print (PDF for me, but you know what I mean). Until then, anyone got any good guidelines on how to adapt the 5th edition version to 6th edition rules?