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5 hours ago, dmjalund said:

I believe I used HERO Designer but it was a while go

Which export did you use?

On 6/20/2019 at 4:29 PM, dmjalund said:

i created this character that could be used in a UK campaign

Lyonesse.pdf 88.5 kB · 4 downloads

how'd you do the character sheet?

On 6/21/2019 at 4:15 PM, Brian Stanfield said:

Yup, and the main reason I didn't make it to your Cereal Killers session was because I was in the other one at the same time! I really regret not seeing your costume or your cereal boxes. Truly brilliant!

I did see his costume and the PC cereal boxes.  They were amazing!  I was playing Call of Cthulu: Sorrows in Tsavo, which was an adaptation of the Ghost and the Darkness (the killer lions of Kenya) but with a CoC twist.

1 hour ago, Lord Liaden said:

Move the confrontation to a site with conditions which may force the spirit to become manifest, depending on your concept: consecrated ground; a place with traumatic emotional associations for the spirit; proximity to a device giving off energy which can affect Astral presences. Or have him come face to face with someone important from his past. Or let the PCs discover a journal describing his activities and intentions before death, and maybe after.

 

(BTW I read the thread title before I saw which forum it's in, and assumed it was a political commentary on Fox News.)

I figured it was about Fox Entertainment.  But this sounds like a fun campaign.

16 hours ago, Lord Liaden said:

Steve Long has mentioned repeatedly, ever since DOJ Inc. bought Hero Games, that the company always intended to publish a new source book for the UK. The problem as he defined it was finding a quality writer sufficiently familiar with both the country, and the latest iteration of Hero System -- at least, such a person whose services Hero Games could afford. In the end time ran out for that project, as for so many others.

 

 

Phil Masters' Kingdom of Champions for Hero 4E is an excellently-written book IMHO, and loaded with useful information. Grandmastergm, if you weren't aware, while the NPCs written up in that book don't exactly match up with your list, a number of them are essentially the same, or could be substituted for with other characters from KoC. Other organizations from the book are similar to what's in the official Sixth Edition CU, or could be integrated into it without much effort. And KoC is available today in PDF form from the Hero Games website store, for a very reasonable price:

Unfortunately, besides the differences in Hero System mechanics between editions (which are far from insurmountable for conversion), since the book was written in the early 1990s the political and social conditions it describes are in some ways woefully out of date. OTOH it includes a wealth of historical and cultural details which are just as applicable today.

Did you ever make any characters?  Anyone else try to make them?

2 hours ago, death tribble said:

British or English symbols that could be used include

John Bull

The Lion and the Unicorn

Britannia

King Arthur and his knights

 

Then of course there is an effective left wing in politics in the country at a local and national level.

Albion is as well.

Hello,

I think that the UK deserves to have its superheroes and supervillains fleshed out from the Champions 6e book.  Here is a list:

I did manage to find Albion in Golden Age Champions page 211.

New Knights of the Round Table (membership undefined in 6e)

Hyperion

The London Watch (Blazon, Yeoman, Repulse, Swift Swallow)

Nightwatch (Shade, Drune, Rhiannon, Taliesin)

Evergreen

Dreamscape

Cuchullain

Dweomer

and the villains:

Crusher

Thrash

Cat

Clockwork

Black Annis

Lamprey

Stormcloud

Claymore

The Redcap

Fomorians

4 hours ago, Cygnia said:

In my defense -- THEY WERE MURDER-HOBOES!

You were entirely justified, hence why I referred to them as "bloodthirsty."

On 5/2/2019 at 9:26 PM, grandmastergm said:

Hello,

 

I managed to get my games scheduled at Origins this year.  I am not a part of a group, but I will be running a few HERO games at Origins this year.   Here is my schedule:

 

A Life Less Ordinary (HERO System, Anime HERO): Some students in Japan acquire great powers and must stop a force of terrifying and insidious evil from consuming their college campus.  RPG. 4-6 Players.  Wednesday, June 12th from 2 pm - 6 pm.

 

Revelations 1001 (HERO System, Fantasy HERO):  The End Times of Book of Revelation are literally coming true in 1001 A.D.  Six heroes have been gathered by the forces of light, some of them far more reluctantly than others, to gather sacred artifacts that will help defeat the Anti-Christ and his forces. They must brave terrible monsters and great evil to acquire them, and then shall face the Anti-Christ and his army on the plains of Megiddo. This game is intended to be an entertaining and thought-provoking game, and every effort has been made to treat faith with the utmost respect, and no offense is intended towards anyone's individual beliefs. RPG. 4-6 Players.  Wednesday, June 12th from 7 pm - 11 pm.

 

Legacies (HERO System, Champions):  You are descended from the superheroes that won World War II. Can you uncover the mystery behind their disappearance?  Could it be the work of their old nemeses? RPG. 4-6 Players.  Thursday, June 13th from 7 pm - 11 pm.

 

The Temple of the Three Valleys (HERO System, Martial Arts HERO): Set in late-16th century China, a group of heroes from all over the world have come to a village to find a long-lost temple that contains the secrets of martial arts and great riches.  They must also use their martial arts skill and superhuman wu shu abilities to defeat a ferocious tyrant and his minions. RPG. 4-6 Players.  Friday, June 14th from 10 am - 2 pm.
 

Kazei 5: Juke Joint Jezebel (HERO System, Kazei 5): Set in the anime cyberpunk world created by Susano/Michael Surbrook, a group of mercenaries find themselves in over their heads when they instigate break-in at a corporate facility.  RPG. 4-6 Players.  Saturday, June 15th from 10 am - 2 pm.

1) A Life Less Ordinary ended with the party breaking up after defeating the malevolent student council.  Magical Girl Callisto didn't care much for the bloodthirstiness of the other PCs and left them to fight the demon behind the student council.

2) Revelations 1001 ended with the PCs defeating the Anti-Christ and then speaking with the resurrected messiah that humanity deserved another millennia before the last judgement.  Their wish was granted and things returned back to normal 999 A.D.

3) Legacies ended with the new Freedom Legion defeating Baron Von Blackreich and his returned fascist supervillains (the old nemeses in the description), along with their New Reich and Murder Brigade allies.  

4) The Temple of the 3 Valleys ended with Feng Wu administering the deadly Dim Mak to his nemesis Minister Mao (the tyrant mentioned in the description) and becoming the new master of the Temple of the 3 Valleys.  Sanzo Sakai made sure that only he had the secrets of martial arts though, as he didn't entirely trust the other PCs with them.

5) Juke Joint Jezebel ended with the Black Company and their police cyborg frenemy Obriareus defeating the rogue AI ALEX with the assistance of Jinsei Corporation.  They ended up getting paid their standard fee from Gunkoku and their standard fee+bonuses+medical care+new battlesuits from Jinsei.

1 hour ago, Cygnia said:

D'OH!  Right at the top of the thread...

 

Hubby & I will be doing A Life Less Ordinary.

 

 

1 hour ago, Cygnia said:

Anyone know who's running (if it's anyone here) the Anime HERO game on Wednesday from 2-6?  Trying to figure out how many d6s I need to pack...

That's me.  It depends on your character.  PM me and I can send you the characters if you'd like.

On 6/4/2019 at 5:48 PM, mattingly said:

I'm filling in for a canceling GM in the Rogue Cthulhu room. Since I'm a last-minute change, my games aren't on the event grid.

 

I'll be running games Wed 2p-6p, and Thu/Fri/Sat 9a-1p. I haven't decided which will be when, but I'll have these prepared:

 

Meep on the Borderland, HERO muppet fantasy adventure

 

Spideys on Infinite Earths, Marvel FASERIP Spider-Verse characters that weren't in the movie like Lady Spider, Supaidaman, Kraven the Spider, and Spider-Punk.

 

Monster Hunter All-Stars, Dresden Files RPG starring Hellboy, Constantine, Venkman, Hermoine, and others

 

Cereal Killers, HERO breakfast icons fight monsters

 

 

Nice.  I kind of want to see Meep on the Borderland or Cereal Killers.  I burst out laughing when I read the character sheets on the website.  Did you do the character sheets for the cereals?

Hello everyone,

Is there a reference for the various Tiger Squad membership and their stats?  I know Volume 2, Villain Teams has them in there- but there are only 5 listed.  

Please post them here.

5 hours ago, Doc Democracy said:

This will be the last time that I post the character sheets, they are all here except for Tank.  They have been playtested and so likely only to be tweaked in future.  Ladies and Gentlemen, I present to you, The Union.….

 

 

GA-ColMustard.pdf 302.6 kB · 1 download GA-RoddyReyburn.pdf 362.56 kB · 1 download GA-TamOShanter.pdf 325.79 kB · 1 download GA-ThePreacher.pdf 255.86 kB · 1 download

How did you make those character sheets?  Do you have some kind of hero designer export template?

Did you do Toxic Avenger or Swamp Thing?

Here is the Punishers.

3 hours ago, cptpatriot said:

I thought that picture looked familiar.

Do you have a deviantart account?

54 minutes ago, death tribble said:

I saw this the other day on Deviantart. Congrats it is very good

Thank you.  Let John Becaro know- us players just gave him instructions, pictures, and recommendations.

11 x 17 picture here

This super-team was created by my current Champions tabletop roleplaying group around 2008 or so.  It comprises Kabosh (a male demon who bonded with a good witch), Silverbolt (a speedster), Knightman (a power armored vigilante), Nemesis (a teleporting martial artist), the Black Enchantress (a sorceress), and Magic Marker (an artist who can reshape reality).  Kabosh and the Black Enchantress were originally villains that were turned to the heroic side by the Li family (a family of metahumans that ran an academy for heroes), while Knightman, Nemesis, and Magic Marker were all students at the academy.  Upon graduation, the heroes traveled to New York City and made their home base in Freeport (a fictional district of the city).  The campaign has been running for over a decade, although not consistently.  The heroes formed a super-team called The Punishers, owing to their harsher and more violent response to mystical, alien, mutant, and technological threats than four-color heroes (Knightman very much behaves more like the Punisher and Batman).

Silverbolt joined the team in 2015. She is my character, and was created for another group in 2013 that disbanded a year later.  Still, I had a fondness for that character so I brought her into the Punishers.  She's probably the most well-adjusted, least violent, and nicest member of the team besides Kabosh's host (who is now a federal agent).  Nemesis' player sadly passed away in January 2018, and I commissioned this piece to honor the history of the gaming group and to provide a permanent memory of all the characters.

This team portrait was drawn, colored, and rendered by the multi-talented and amazing John Becaro.  

1 hour ago, Brian Stanfield said:

I tried to sign up, but I was too late. The Revelations session is at a bad time for me because the guy I’ll be with has to be up early for meetings. So I couldn’t sign up for that one. I’m totally shut out of the HERO sessions this year! I really wanted to do the Ninja Hero session. 

Bummer.  Yes, there were a few GMs I like to play with (Rich Downey, Paul McNeil, and Shane Harsch) that I wanted to game with, but sadly their games were all sold out.

Keep checking, there are always cancellations-  if you want to play in the Legacies or the Temple of the 3 Valleys games, I could run those for 7 players.  Let me know what I need to do to get you a slot.

I have sold out A Life Less Ordinary, Legacies, Temple of the 3 Valleys, and Juke Joint Jezebel.  Revelations 1001 still has 3 tickets left unsold.

Anyone on the forums going to play in my games?  Just curious.

Storn Cook,  Derrick Thomas, and Elissa Cain.

Here are two, Anagram and Adonis- both buffed to 300 points.

Adonis.hdc Anagram.hdc

Any chance you could do some color conversions from 5th edition?

Hello,

I managed to get my games scheduled at Origins this year.  I am not a part of a group, but I will be running a few HERO games at Origins this year.   Here is my schedule:

Kazei 5: Juke Joint Jezebel (HERO System, Kazei 5): Set in the anime cyberpunk world created by Susano/Michael Surbrook, a group of mercenaries find themselves in over their heads when they investigate a break-in at a corporate facility.  RPG. 4-6 Players.  Saturday, June 15th from 10 am - 2 pm.

On 4/30/2019 at 1:34 PM, PamelaIsley said:

 

Your version is more efficient than mine.

Thank you.  There are some interesting ones from Dark Champions the Animated Series, so I'll post them here once I pass this exam this weekend.

On 4/30/2019 at 1:30 PM, PamelaIsley said:

 

Combat is definitely faster.  Aren't there far less actions per round per player for a start?

 

I'm not sure why he thinks movement is more complicated.  Maybe movement powers are overpowered?

Yes, there are less options that players have for the most part.  Newer players tend to find HERO's initiative to be confusing due to the speed chart.

The problem with movement is that it's really easy to make a character that moves so fast that he or she can run off the map as a move action.  It's much easier to do maps and grid combat in HERO than M&M.  There was an optional rule called tactical movement that prevented players from abusing movement, but that tended to cause player bitching.

Oh well.  I do think M&M is a simpler system and easier for players to learn, but HERO has better combat rules and more interesting flaws/complications.