MattyHelms

I just looked through my new Fantasy Hero PDF and I'm surprised and excited by the number of templates for quick character design - something like 15 customizable racial and modification (like aquatic or lycanthrope) templates, several cultural templates, and 10 professional templates mirroring common classes. Most fans of traditional systems should be able to make characters they're comfortable with in short order.

Re: Understand all technology?

Yeah, it's understand AND use all technology, so the VPP with the touch limitation makes sense.

Thanks!

Matt

Hey, all:

One of my players wants to have a character who can fully understand how to use any technology (so far, he's only really experienced it with musical instruments in school) as soon as he touches it.

How the heck would you model this? Technology-relevant skills bought as powers?

I'm stumped and any help is greatly appreciated!

Thanks,

Matt

Re: My First Power; Feedback Appreciated

DUDE! I just posted my famous super yo-yo on another thread!

 

Anyway, here it is again so you can compare:

 

Yo-Yo

Hahahahaha! What are the chances? BTW - Your yo-yo rocks! "The Nutcracker" for your EB is a riot!

ahnen - The duration for Entangle is listed as Instant in Sidekick. Like other attack powers, I guess it happens in an instant, but the effects last.

prestidigitator and ahnen - there's nothing about putting advantages and limitations on the reserve in Sidekick, but the concept does make sense - looks like that will be part of my slow upgrade to the full book.

Thanks,

Matt

Re: My First Power; Feedback Appreciated

I just flipped open the book and slapped my forehead when I realized that all of the powers should have a -1/2 continuous Gestures limitation applied...

I'm finally taking the plunge into Hero as my game of choice. If I'm going to learn the system, I'm going to have to learn to design powers. Here's my first attempt. Please note that it was designed with Sidekick since the Big Book of Hero scares me.

I remember hearing that yo-yos were originally weapons, so I was curious what could be done with one. It could only be done one trick at time, so it sounded like a Multipower to me. Comments about power level and such are appreciated, since I'm not sure what would be over- or under-powered for a low- to average-level supers game until I get some more experience with the system... Oh, any yo-yo trick names would help too!

60 Magic Yo-Yo: Multipower, 60-point reserve

3 Trip and Tangle

Effect: Entangle 6d6, 6 DEF

Target: One Character

Duration: Instant

Range: STR Based

END: 6

Entangle 6d6, 6 DEF (60 Active Points); OAF (-1), Range based on STR (-1/4), (Real Cost 27)

3 Shield

Effect: Force Wall 10 PD/10 ED

Target: Varies

Duration: Constant

Range: STR Based

END: 6

Force Wall (10 PD/10 ED, up to 5" long and 2" tall) (60 Active Points); OAF (-1), Range based on STR (-1/4), (Real Cost 27)

1 Around the World

Effect: Swinging 12"

Duration: Constant

Range: Self-Only

END: 1

Swinging 12" (12 Active Points); OAF (Yo-Yo) -1

3 Yo-Yo Strike!

Effect: Energy Blast 12d6 against PD

Duration: Instant

Range: STR Based

END: 6

Energy Blast 12d6 (against PD) (60 Active Points); OAF (-1), Range based on STR (-1/4), (Real Cost 27)

Total Cost: 70

Thanks,

Matt

Re: Please Critique My First Character

Looks good except for one thing. The cost of SPD is prorated for that first point. SPD is the only Figured Characteristic that doesn't round up or down, but stays at whatever .x it's calculated at. With a DEX 15, you end up with a SPD of 2.5, so rasing it to 3 only costs 5 points.

 

Of course, if you left it at 2.5, it would act as a 2 during game play.

D'oh! Thanks - updated, along with touching up his disads.

Re: Please Critique My First Character

OK, here's my next attempt... Instead of just spending points on his raw characteristics, I boosted his combat ability through Combat Luck and buying up some PD and SPD. I opted against the code to kill, since I'm not sure that's a concern in a show like Hercules.

13 STR

15 DEX

11 CON

11 BODY

13 INT

10 EGO

12 PRE

12 COM

10 PD (7 pts) 3 rPD

3 ED (1 pt) 3 rED

4 SPD (15 pts)

5 REC

22 END

24 STUN

Ambidexterity

Combat Luck

Acrobatics 13-, Climbing 12-, CSL +1 HTH or Ranged OCV or DVC, Concealment 12-, MA - Defensive Strike, MA - Leg Sweep, MA - Escape, MA - Martial Strike, MA - Martial Dodge, MA - Martial Kick, PS - Old Hunting Tricks (INT-based) 12-, Riding 12-, Shadowing 12-, Stealth 12-, Streetwise 12-, Survival 13-, Tracking 13-, WF - Common Missile Weapons, WF - Common Melee Weapons

Hot-Headed (Very Common, Moderate) Ego+5

Hunted - Floating Warlord (More Powerful, Limited Geo, NCI, Kill) 8-

DNPC - Flaoting Friend/Girl/Etc (Normal powered) 14-

Watched - Greek Pantheon (More Powerful, NC!, Watching only) 8-

Thanks for all the help - Hero has easily handled everything I wanted to do with this character! Soon, I will be diving into Powers!

Re: Please Critique My First Character

I now have the full rules, which means I now have access to the Combat Luck talent. Go, me!

Seriously, I get your points about the Disads. I haven't watched many episodes, but Iolus doesn't seem to have too many bad points other than being hotheaded. I'll ditch the "always help" - it's what he should be doing any way. I will stick with the "hot-headed" disad, since it really seems to get him into trouble. I will also keep the martial arts, since Iolus specifically mentioned studying out East early on in the series.

All the numbers were based on character conception, rather than min-maxing, and it seems like you're all on that wavelength. He'll start low-powered, but I've never minded characters working for advancement.

Re: Please Critique My First Character

Cool - thanks for the advice, everyone! While the numbers looked good on paper, I needed the benefit of experience to see how those numbers actually play out.

I'll do some tinkering with him tonight or tomorrow - lower the DEF, raise his STR, raise his INT (which will help with his hunting-style skills), raise his PD, buy some Combat Luck, fix his CLs, maybe buy him another WF (he has one in common missile weapons, buy he could probably use one more for melee weapons), and get him some equipment.

Thanks!

Matt

Hey, all-

After years of looking at the Hero system, I've finally decided to take the plunge. My copy of the the revised fifth edition book shows up tomorrow, so I've been working with Sidekick to get a feel for the system.

For me, the best way to learn a new system is by creating every character I can think of. Because of the mass of information involved with powers, my first character is straight-up Heroic. I happened to be watching a first season episode of Hercules: The Legendary Journeys and decided to stat up an Iolus-style character - a scrappy hot-head who can take a beating and always does right in the end.

I'm curious how the characterstic values I've chosen go towards that character conception... If anyone wouldn't mind helping out a 34-year-old Hero virgin here, any advice would be great:

12 STR

20 DEX

11 CON

11 BODY

10 INT

10 EGO

12 PRE

12 COM

5 PD (yes, I bought up 3 levels here)

2 ED

3 SPD

4 REC

22 END

33 STUN

Ambidexterity

Acrobatics 13-, Climbing 13-, CSL +1 OCV or DVC all HTH Combat attacks, CSL +1 OCV or DVC all Ranged Combat attacks, Concealment 11-, MA - Defensive Strike, MA - Leg Sweep, MA - Escape, MA - Martial Strike, MA - Martial Dodge, MA - Martial Kick, PS - Old Hunting Tricks 16-, Riding 13-, Shadowing 11-, Stealth 13-, Streetwise 11-, Survival 11-, Tracking 16-, WF - Common Missile Weapons

Code vs. Killing (Common, Total), Always tries to do what's right (Very Common, Moderate), Hot-Headed (Very Common, Moderate)

Thanks!

Matt