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Re: Simple questions on AP caps

Perhaps this has been addressed somewhere, most likely in Fantasy Hero (which I don't have). Here is my question. I'm building a character who uses a lot of magic that involves rituals. They all take the Gestures, Incantations, Extra Time, Focus, and Concentration limitations. If an Instant power is purchased this way, what are the limitation values for Gestures, Incantations, and Concentration? His "Become Unto a Shadow" spell (Invisibility), has a lengthy preparation time, during which he must concentration, make various arcane signs, and otherwise engage in magical moogly-moogly. Do those Limitations take the values for an Instant or Constant power?

Re: Building John Carter of Mars

Re: Telekinesis Super.

Re: Characteristics in an EC Can DEX and SPD be Nonpersistent?

Re: Telekinesis Super.

Re: Telekinesis Super. Outside of balance issues, what bothers me about the idea of TK with Martial Arts is the DCV bonuses with certain maneuvers. I'm having a problem rationalizing the idea.

Re: CoC HERO feedback sought Oooh, I like that 4d6 idea.

Re: CoC HERO feedback sought Maybe INT could also (somehow) be made more granular that it is. Otherwise everybody will have a 10, 13, or 18.

Re: Telekinesis Super. How fine is his fine manipulation? Can he reach inside a target's body and seize their heart (RKA NND Does Body, or just NND, depending on what exactly he does, I suppose)? Screw with the workings of moving parts (Dispel or Suppress Technological Devices)? There's also Suppress Movement Powers...

Re: A strange setting: Trekkian alien supers Don't forget that, despite being set in the far future and with superscience levels of technology, computers run on tapes and are easily destroyed by presenting them with simple logical paradoxes.

Re: Musing on Movement: Is Velocity "Persistent" I think it depends on the situation. 1. Gopher Guy sees some agents. I does a half-move, spins, and fires an exploding gopher at them. Logically, Gopher Guy is now stopped. 2. Coward Lad is retreating, as usual, from the same bunch of agents. He's running full tilt, but ducking and weaving (not an NCM) to avoid getting hit by their bullets. Coward Lad is still moving at the end of his phase.

Re: CoC HERO feedback sought If you wanted to, you could change the costs of characteristics to reflect their CoC utility, so INT would cost 2 for 1, for instance.

Re: Access I actually bought it as this: 12 Contact: Ghouls of Boston, 8-, Contact Has Useful Skills or Resources, Good Relationship with Contact, Group Contact He can also Summon ghouls with the Loyal adder, which makes me wonder about that 8- roll. I suppose the roll is to get the "organization" to do something for you, not the individual ghouls you have just caused to claw their way up from underground.

I've been looking at the little-used Perk Access (you know, which gives you knowledge of secret entrances). I've been building a character -- mentioned elsewhere on these boards -- who is the greatgrandson of Pickman, artist-of-the-macabre and friend-of-ghouls of Lovecraft's short story Pickman's Model. I want the character to have knowledge of the network of ghoul tunnels that underlie the city (AK: Ghoul Tunnels), and also have knowledge of a number of access points to the surface that lead into useful places (forgotten basements in government buildings, for instance) or not-so-useful places (a graveyard, of course). I've been thinking about using Access for this. What do you guys think -- would you allow this just with an AK, or go with the Perk?

Re: Characteristics in an EC I just use Aid, Self Only, Costs END.

Re: Devil Dinosaur Right on Ren! Man, he looked goofy. You gotta love Kirby's big square heads. EDIT: Wow, according to Wiki, Devil fought Ghost Rider. That is too cool.

Re: Brainstorming Randolph Carter

I freakin' loved Devil Dinosaur when I was kid. How would you guys write Big Red and his flunky Moon-Boy up? How many points is DD built on? Is he just a big animal? My memory fails me. Hmmm, now I'm pontificating about Turock Son of Stone...

Re: Brainstorming Randolph Carter Hooray! A response! I've actually reenvisoned the character somewhat, making him into the grandson of Pickman (of Pickman's Model), who took a ghoul wife. He has enhanced physical abilities and senses due to his heritage, lots of occult knowledge, much skill in things related to ghouls and their ways (AK: Ghoul Tunnels under Boston, CuK: Ghouls, LNG: Ghoul [idiomatic, Fluent], and various Summon spells). Oh, and of course PS: Painter. I like him an awful lot actually.

Re: We are Seeclons, we are many I'd smack a "not through sealed walls, energy fields, or hostile environments" limitation on that myself.

Re: Dune HERO Hot sandy winds = dozens of automatic weapons blazing away for minutes?

Re: Simple Falcon/ Bird of Prey Right. So the thing to remember is that if your enemy is attacking you with waves of falcons, what you should do is hide behind a defensive shield of cheetahs.

Re: Simple Falcon/ Bird of Prey So, what happens if a falcon and a cheetah run head-first into each other at max movement?

Re: Simple Falcon/ Bird of Prey