Christopher R Taylor

Hes been going through a lot
 

Scorsese I think has a point in his comparison, as he is a skilled film maker, and he has done more than just Mafia films. (The Aviator is a favorite). But he is bringing up the high art versus Low art dichotomy, and is assigning the MCU to the Low Art category. Not entirely fair, but not entirely unwarranted, either.  "Cinema" in that perspective, means stories the observe and comment on the contemporary human condition. "Movies" are escapist. Nothing wrong with either, but I am not much of a consumer of angst and depression.

Its a skill that short-form communication like texting and tweeting damages.

tl; dr!   🙂

Gnomes.  I blame house gnomes, its their idea of a joke.

Gnomes.  I blame house gnomes, its their idea of a joke.

Gnomes.  I blame house gnomes, its their idea of a joke.

Meanwhile I don't think Images would need any changing in a 7th edition but I agree extremely with the idea that light should be in Change Environment, NOT Images.  But there needs to be a really cheap way to make little stuff like that work, as its kind of expensive in the game right now to reverse a -4 PER penalty for darkness.

OK now this hasn't just been an exercise in theory or discussion, I have actually been working on this for a while with a thought toward publication, and Jason has given me the GO sign to put this thing out, as part of hero's Community Content Project.  If there's enough interest and excitement, maybe some additional modules and content can be released as well.
 

My group had so much fun plowing through Fantasy HERO converted War for the Crown (Pathfinder) that I've talked them into something that I've wanted to do for a long time.
 
Pillars of Eternity 1 as a Fantasy HERO campaign.
 
There's so much good Wikipedia information available for the game (spell lists, maps, lore, etc.) that I will be converting the game setting & mechanics to Fantasy HERO.
 
None of my players have gone through the PC game so there is a TON of great storytelling to be had.
 
Updates to follow.

Gunn shouldn't be working on anything remotely related to something kids might enjoy or family may be involved in, in my opinion.  He's got some serious problems.

OK now this hasn't just been an exercise in theory or discussion, I have actually been working on this for a while with a thought toward publication, and Jason has given me the GO sign to put this thing out, as part of hero's Community Content Project.  If there's enough interest and excitement, maybe some additional modules and content can be released as well.
 

OK now this hasn't just been an exercise in theory or discussion, I have actually been working on this for a while with a thought toward publication, and Jason has given me the GO sign to put this thing out, as part of hero's Community Content Project.  If there's enough interest and excitement, maybe some additional modules and content can be released as well.
 

Actually, they never did. They removed him from the third Guardians movie and pretended to sever ties with him, but it was all for show. They never "re-hired" him either since he was never actually fired in the first place.

Most artists do.

Would you please confine your spurious claims of someone being a nazi to the political thread where they belong.

It is amazing, given that I am confident I could pick up any supplement from any edition and use it in my 6th Edition game because the system is close enough that I could integrate on the fly.
 
Obviously, us fans are invested in the rules and versions of the rules, the marketplace demands new product.  To that end, a company will repeatedly update, refresh and republish its rules, it needs to constantly produce money to stay in money and over time, a new edition is a more guaranteed money generator than anything else.
 
Beyond that, most writers began as fans and want to see their vision of the game immortalised in an edition - they want to show everyone else their vision of the game. In the olden days this was an issue - the rules were printed and bought, and if a new edition came out, it was impossible to get enough copies of older editions for a new group (and there was no ebay to scour).  Today, there is ready access to the text of EVERY edition.  Everyone can play the edition they most enjoy and access those rules for any players in their group that wants them.  There are no edition cops who will swoop down on you to confiscate illegal rulesets and to punish BadWrongFun.
 
We should, now, be able to watch new editions with interest, choose to change our games in the light of that edition (or not) and to ponder the merits of old versus new without the heat, there is nothing at stake beyond personal opinion.  New editions HAVE to change things if they are to be worth producing - I would be SEVERELY upset if I bought 7th edition and it was essentially a word for word rehash of ANY previous edition.  I have them all...
 
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Ok. Mysterio does a complicated series of holograms and backing sounds, heat flairs, and smell pods to create his illusions? How is that different than Kraven the Hunter spraying your face with a hallucinogenic drug? Or being in the vicinity of The Purple Man? So mental powers vs CON are ok, but mental powers vs INT not ok? Or physical powers vs EGO, like mental paralysis? Why is one ok and the other not? Why do we have the powers Mental Illusions and Mind Control and not Drugged Illusions and Drugged Surgestions? Why? Because it all boils down to Special Effects. Kraven's hallucinogenic drug is Mental Illusions with the appropriate limitations. Same with The Purple Man's commands (except for Mind Control vs CON).
 
So, why is Mystero's illusions different enough that we have to go the Images rout? Sure, everyone can perceive them. So what.
 
One of the APG has a great thing about "Based on Characteristics". It is a good thing to look over.
 
Should Images be kicked to the side? Honestly I don't know. But I will have a hard time convincing you that Images = Illusions, and you will have a tough time convincing me that Images, in there purest function <> Illusions.

Gnome, have you ever thought that maybe you just don't like Hero?

I tend to treat INT that way: each point makes you one smarter, like Spinal Tap's amplifiers.  In game, I try to work it out so someone who has higher INT can work out clues faster, get notes helping them out more, etc.   In truth, however its defined in the rules, intelligence in Hero means more perception, memory, and speed of thought than it does actual smarts.  Someone very, very smart but slow (such as my buddy who is an actual nuclear physicist who worked at Hanford reactor in summers while in college) was very slow and methodical but terrifyingly intelligent.  Someone can have a super fast mind and be really stupid otherwise.

I used to give free background points at character generation for each point of INT (non-combat stuff) but I dropped that after a while because it was just trying to benefit higher INT and in Hero, intelligence doesn't equate to experience or wisdom.

I don't think there's any need for a shared carefully constructed cinematic universe.  Just make good, fun movies, and once in a while you can have crossovers, who cares if they're all part of one big ongoing story or not?

I don't think there's any need for a shared carefully constructed cinematic universe.  Just make good, fun movies, and once in a while you can have crossovers, who cares if they're all part of one big ongoing story or not?

Abrams' first Star Trek movie wasn't terrible, but archer's right, the guy doesn't understand what makes Star Trek Star Trek.  HIs aren't Star Trek movies:  they don't examine the human condition; they don't turn a critical eye toward social issues or even posit a positive view of the future.  They're slam-bang popcorn action flicks with Star Trek trappings.  The Force Awakens wasn't a terrible movie but it's really just a remake, so he gets scant credit from me for that.  
 
His production company might find a way to make some good DC movies but I wouldn't let him personally near one.

Why merge Images and Mental Illusions when they do two different things with different mechanics?  I'd rather fold Images into Change Environment (and no, I am not advocating that).
 
If I have to pay 5 points to ad 1d6 of HTH damage, and I can pay 5 points for +5 STR which gives me HTH damage, lifting, Grab, Escape, etc. etc., why would I ever buy HTH attack?  A martial arts DC costs less and does more.  Maybe we should price non-martial DCs at 4 points (or just price HTH DCs at 4 points, and "damage only" DCs at 3 points).
 
My comments on HKA vs RKA are upthread somewhere, but I would merge the two and get rid of "STR adds to HTH" as a mechanic.  There's your real orphan mechanic!