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Re: 1945a

Re: Military Spacecraft Designations

Re: Generation starships and their internal society structure

Re: Genre-crossover nightmares gr8!

Just for the record, I believe this question is the same for 5th and 6th edition; if not, please consider the question with respect to 6th. First, the Grab maneuver allows the attacker to throw the character grabbed. Can the attacker "throw him to the ground" (target falls) and maintain his hold by going to the ground with him voluntarily? (This would simulate the most common wrestling takedowns.) Or must I make a separate maneuver with grab (3 pts), "throw" (target falls 1 pt), and "you fall" (-1 pt), which comes to the same point cost? (Unless 6th edition Martial Arts will change this when it comes out.) Second, some published characters, for example Diamond from Champions Universe News of the World, have maneuvers that combine the "normally considered offensive" maneuver grab with block (Diamond's "Grappling Block") and escape (Diamond's "Reverse"); does this mean that that the "attacker" can do this as long as he does not do damage (from crush or throw) until the next turn? (That is how I interprete it.) Assuming the answer to +2 is yes, for the grappling block is a second roll required, one to block, then one to grab (only if the first is successful)? Thank you.

Re: Postapocalytpic Antarctica (Problems/Questions)? Have you considered making it millions of years in the future? Continental drift could move Antarctica north, it doesn't have to be that much north to change everything. Once part of its land extends north enough that you don't have the "free ocean circle" between Antarctica and South America the weather seriously changes. Of course you have to work out why there are still humans, but that is possible. Their ancestors went into cold sleep or better yet stasis (for whatever reason) and you can have a stock of current day animals that were also preserved, along with the new animals evolved in the meantime. If you have seen the Discover channel program "The Earth is Wild" you can get some ideas there.

Re: Genre-crossover nightmares

Re: YACttTOR (Yet Another Challenge to the Theory of Relativity): Space-Time no More Off hand, (it has been MANY years since I studied relativity [heck, it was a previous millenium]) I do not see how getting from Sol to Alpha Centauri instantly via a worm hole (or jump drive) violates causality. The arguments that FTL=time travel all seem to involve MOVING at FTL speed (and the resulting frames of reference); how does a worm hole with instantaneous travel equal (retrograde) time travel?

Re: How many character points do you think a 20th level DnD character would have? At the risk of repeating myself, I don't think this question can be answered without first deciding how man points a first level character is.

Re: Generation starships and their internal society structure I think that you are confusing "democracy" with "constitutionally limited government." In a pure democracy, 51% of the people can vote to space the other 49%, and if is legal.

Re: The myth of the starship

Re: How many character points do you think a 20th level DnD character would have? It has been a LONG time since I played D&D, but I think a first level fighter would be about 25 point base with No More than 25 points disadvantages (limitations). So a 250 to 300 point character would probably be right for a 20th level fighter. Maybe a bit more to reflect the castle and vassals of a powerful lord, assuming the PC has gone that route. BTW, I would allow the PC to add points from extra disadvantages, such as new hunteds.

Re: Ultimate Pulp Cover Got to agree. But why is Doc Silverback there? Did he use a time machine?

Re: Celebrity "Pulp" Death Match! Agreed. Even without his aides, Doc is out of the others' class. Spider vs. Shadow, don't forget the Spider has quite a few dice of luck.

Re: Long Distance Communication It worked so well for the Kangas in Apocalypse Troll. For a while, anyway.

Re: Genre-crossover nightmares Aw, he deserves it!

When a character has been mind controlled, does a presence attack from a friend trying to get them to: "Snap Out of It! You've been mind controlled! Fight it!" give the character an immediate breakout roll? Assume the presence attack rolled better than the mind controlled character's PRE.

Re: Will Stronghold Depending on how old the kids are, PS238 might be a better introduction for them.

Re: Castle Base and Followers

Re: Long Distance Communication I always liked the FTL com system from the novel "We all died at Breakaway Station."

Re: 7 Sci-Fi Series Ripe for Movie Reboots

Re: Hero System Good Idea/Bad Idea... Ouch!

Re: Online Fantasy HERO: Campaign genre Right on!

Re: Classical Greek-Roman Campaign "Classic Greek" civilization predates the Roman Empire. "Mythic Greece" predates it by quite a bit. Troy is a contemporary of mythic Greece. But considering "Hercules" movies are suggested as a data source, real historical accuracy does not seeem required. So you can easily make classical Greece, Rome, and Carthage contemporaries.

Re: Sky Scorcher 1 megaton air-to-air missile (1956) Actually, it will be less than a week before the round won't give a significant explosive yield.