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azato

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  • Birthday 07/30/1967

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  1. I have avoided POD services because I believed they were too expensive. If you can get something of this quality at that price...it is well worth it for me to look into. I am definitely interested in which service you used.
  2. I am not drawing out every tree to model line of site for a number of reasons. The party will have vastly superior firepower but would like to give the natives a "home team advantage" in regards to terrain. The weapons will be firearms for the playing party, and bows for the home team. Regardless of the specifics of the scenario, this is something I have thought about for awhile. I think the 2/2 rule is very simple to remember and utilize ... and it also makes sense. A reduced maximum range is in order too..but it may not come into play. Great stuff, guys!
  3. It appears that environmental movement rules pertain to modifiers to DCV and OCV. The question I have is, what about imposing movement penalties for such environments and allowing and Environmental Movement ability to negate it? If so, what would make sense. Also, shooting in woods can be difficult as there are plenty of obstacles (trees) in the way. Waht would be an reasonable OCV penalty for shooting through woods (say -1/5 meters)? Or does that even make sense?
  4. Re: Scion Hero - One more time For the Others, those that chose to intermingle with society had to give up an aspect of their race (or kind)..becoming much more "mundane" but still having that aspect within their personality that works itself out in interests and occupation. While the Others do intermingle with man, they also try to maintain a safe "distance". They will be on police forces join legal firms, but rarely will they ever take high government office. While some are state congressmen, the Others would use all their means to keep another Other from achieving a higher office or position. They feel that they are at risk if mankind ever found out about them and they have done a fairly good job up to this point in maintaining their position in society. For instance: 1. A saytr has to give up its ability to magically enchant, but will still follow its carnal and Bacchanalian ways. 2. A troll gives up its mindless blood rage but will be a bouncer in a bar. 3. Likewise...groups of orcs will be much more "civilized" (no cannibalism an such) but may form street gangs and mafia groups 4. A vampire loses the need to feed on blood and many of her former powers but may be a surgeon. But now that The Barrier is starting to fall, they are able to make a choice.....to go back and embrace their former natures or to remain as they are. To revert may place them at odds with their kindred who have chosen to "remain".
  5. After putting this down for a while I picked it up again today. I posted stuff in the past that was hazy but now it is time to get things firmed up. I wrote this in one sitting and is probably full of grammar spelling mistakes. Take a look at it and give me your thoughts and questions. I will post more as the days progress.... Scion:Hero Thousands of years ago the world shook from the battles of ascendant men and monstrous creatures and stories of those epic times passed from generation to generation down to us. While historians have always suspected some sliver of truth in those tales, the truth was actually greater than their beliefs would allow them. About eight thousands years ago the gates of magic suddenly shut by The Barrier and the age of the deities and monsters ended suddenly and seemingly irreversibly...until now. 33 years ago you were born into this world, regardless of what your mother may have told you, in a most dramatic way. Showing no signs of pregnancy (because moments ago she wasn’t pregnant) your mother suddenly gave birth to you....immediately. This makes you special, but it doesn’t make you unique because this happened at the exact same instant all over the globe. Three months ago you world was turned around when you received a message from an attorney something about an inheritance. You and your “siblings” are the sign of the new age that is now come. Endowed with power you stand between the darkness that seeks to engulf the world. Whatever you thought about your family was shattered that night when the truth was unveiled. Not only was your “innocence” stripped bare but also the magic protection that kept you from the eyes of Others. The gifted of knowledge and your item of power, it is your time to shape the destiny of this world. With your powers you seek to hold the evil at bay. Evil isn’t limited to the mighty Titans and their spawn, but even those whom the godpower has been given. ------------------------------------- The conceit: The Titans are the Cthulhuoid things, and the spawn of cthulhoid things, that are responsible for a lot of very bad things that go bump in the night. There are other realms that had easy access to our world and took great advantage of that access until The Barrier shut keeping them for accessing our world but at the same time trapped many of them here in our world. Over time many of them learned to integrate in with mankind, even some of the most aggressive of the races. Those that have chosen to integrate with human society, even the most monstrous, are able pass as human to other humans. Those that rejected human society remain as strange creatures and monsters to humans. With the erosion of The Barrier, access to and from the various realms is becoming much easier but the loyalties of those who were trapped may not necessarily lie with their native lands or their ancestors. There are some of the former scions who were also trapped in this world but yet were able to survive over the millennia. They are growing in power quite rapidly, but they are taking more to the sidelines. The ages have taken a severe toll on them and while they may have the ability to tip the scales they may seek, instead to keep any side from succeeding. ------------------- 1. Players pick a deity to pattern their character after. This does not mean that the character is the reincarnation nor does it mean that the character is a child of said deity, but rather it helps the player create an iconic persona to model their character after. Perhaps even more basic, the player should think of an aspect that the player represents [war, love, dreams, the hunt, the sun, etc). 2. Pick a “normal” profession that the character has been engaged in until that fateful date. The profession should somehow match the diety/aspect that you have chosen for your character. Thus if you pick Thor, perhaps you would work in a foundry, be an auto mechanic, a soldier, or Hockey Player. 3. Spend X points on super powers. You have to spend at least “x” points through your onee, special focus. 4. The foci go mostly unnoticed by most humans. They see it but often treat is as less significant that what it is...unless it is being wielded. For instance, a magic pistol may be seen as a pocket knife until he fires it and then it is a gun.
  6. Re: Microverse : what did you do with it ? After looking through my old Micronauts comics I looked to see what other had hopefully done and came across this thread. The comic series was decent, and as was mentioned, doesn't jive with modern understanding of matter. But the background is somewhat like Star Wars (no surprise there considering it was written in the late 70's), and the characters/races are memorable. The fact that it is supposedly at the atomic level could be ignored -- but simply allow for planets to be connected together like atoms. Yeah that does play havoc with reality..you could, I suppose have the sun rotate around the planet chain..or simply ignore it.
  7. Re: Has anyone tried doing an Hyborian/Conan game using Fantasy Hero I ran a S&S game....and it went fairly well. I think it would have been more fun for me if the players were more engaging with the world, but they had fun. I put the players into various situations and would present a sort of "moral dilemma". The lack of instant (or even quick) healing makes people think twice about the actions they take.
  8. Re: NBC Revolution Preview doesn't look too bad. Generally, i don't like Abrams work, but this might be good for visuals for a post apoc game.
  9. Re: Post apocalyptic HERO I would like to..but I am not sure which direction I would take.
  10. Re: Fantasy worlds you had to "rework" years later once you've grown up and knew bett I have a logic problem with most settings. My head gets in way much too often. I have am thinking about doing one from "scratch" using google maps, pasting some greyhawk, and throwing in some odds and ends.
  11. Re: Scion Hero Conversion Tentative Plan Scion Hero On Dec. 21st, 1979 a strange phenomenon occurred all over the world in which women, who were not previously pregnant, suddenly (and without warning) gave birth to a child. Needless to say, this had profound effects on the lives of these women. Some women, after giving birth walked away in shock and disbelief. Some took the children to be a divine gift, and cared for them. But for the vast majority of these children, they were given up for adoption. While news of this event did make the tabloids, this went mostly unnoticed by the world at large, except for those watching and waiting for this to happen. The children born on this date are of unearthly origin...they are the "children" of the beings known to us as the pantheons of ancient world religions. Born of the Titans, they are beings of immense power but it was that power, and their own, will that placed them in opposition to the Titans, of whom they imprisoned. But that imprisoning isn't permanent, with every cycle the bonds on their prison weakens and they try to break free. It is during those cycles that the deities send forth their seed to bring forth children, Scions, keep the Titans properly imprisoned. Mythology has, with surprising accuracy, recorded the personality and essence of both the deities and the relationships between them. While they are beings of immense power, they are plagued by petty rivalries and behavior, by modern mortal standards, that is questionable at best Their fear of the Titans is so great that they exiled themselves unto another plane, creating more layers and more barriers between themselves and the eternal enemies, the Titans. Earth the first in a line of defenses erected to protect themselves. While both the Titans and the deities stand are blocked from earth, they still have the ability to affect and to influence life here on earth. During cycles, the barriers are their weakest. For the pantheons, this allows them to send forth their seed to raise up champions to defend their interests. For the Titans, it is during these cycles that their human followers work to further weaken their bonds so they might be free. The Titans have other children, those that vary in power , motivations and influence. Some living among mankind, while others who stayed in deep and remote places. There is a coming conflict, between the Titans and the ancient Pantheons and mankind stands in the middle. Can the Scions, work together to save the world, or will their own squabbling and weaknesses bring forth their ruin? Players start the game: * As 33 year olds whose back story and profession and personality aligning with their celestial parent. * Knowing who they are. * With a back story of how they know at least one other Scion playing the game. * As a Scion to a member of the Greek Pantheon
  12. Re: Starting a Hero System Podcast .... who is interested? If you are interested in helping out...i need you to sign in to Google plus link (given above) or suggest some other means of collaboration. I am doing a lot of commuting in my new job, getting a home ready to sell and finding a home to purchase thus need to make this process as efficient as possible and this thread isn't feasible.
  13. Re: Starting a Hero System Podcast .... who is interested? I got a google page set up....still not sure...but it is a start. I think for those interested...you must get connected via this site....https://plus.google.com/103035855587067835459
  14. Re: Starting a Hero System Podcast .... who is interested? Suggestions on the platform.
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