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Tech

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  1. Re: UNTIL's Theme Song / Reality Show Boo! Booooo! That's so bad I like it.
  2. Re: [Fifth Ed Conversion] Villainy Unbound: Phobos and Deimos I know PLUNDER had Phobos & Deimos, Sleeper, Terastar & Silver Dragon. Where does MechaTStar come from?
  3. Re: M&M: this is a Nightmare? I recently bought M&M for $10. Okay, the book had some soda spilled on it and even though it was marked down $16.50 or so, I said to the guy, "I like this but I'm not paying 16 bucks for this." He lowered it to $10. I was later able to unstick the pages. M&M has some cool rules and no Hit Points, Stun, Body or anything else. I think some of the rules could be better put together (seems like everything says 'See page ###') Still, it's interesting but I'll stick with Hero.
  4. Re: AVLD's to beat the band One of my players bought 6d6 AVLD vs Ego (+3/4 since eveyrone has the defense). Yup, everyone had the defense but the weaker your Ego stat, the more damage you took. It is defined as being 'sung to sleep' so damage isn't painful - it just makes you yawn.
  5. I'm interesting in hearing someone else's take on this also. FYI though, I have a 4 ft tall hero who has Inherent on his DCV levels due to size. Although Inherent is interesting, I can't recall off-hand anyone in CKC having taken this advantage.
  6. Wow, this is similar to my campaign rules. #1 is the same. #2 & #3 is handled by simply going down the Dex again in the phase both people who held their actions act. If they both have the same Dex, roll 1d6. If 1d6 rolled is the same, the act at the exact same time. This has led to some interesting fights where both attackers KO each other after attacking.
  7. Hm, I seem to recall saying the characters had several levels they could switch around, whether to OCV or DCV. These are 8 pt Combat Levels and 10 pt Overall levels. I don't recall saying anything about buying dozens of levels or munchkinizing. Chill; don't read stuff in my text I didn't say. A Dex of 21 giving a CV of 7 with 4 levels can be OCV 7 DCV 11, OCV 11 DCV 7 or any combination thereof. I could dodge and throw all levels into DCV and be DCV 14 or I could Block and be OCV 11. With a 4 CV jump from 7 to 11, that sure makes Blocking a lot easier. It also makes protecting innocents or teammates easier, not to mention heroic in the process.
  8. Congrats Hope your first game goes well.
  9. Kdansky, you obviously feel that a Block manuever is a waste and that the Dodge manuever is incredibly more worthwhile. Go for it, it's that's how you view this manuever. Everyone while playing tends to view combat a certain way and reacts accordingly. However, being able to protect innocent civilians or teammates cannot be underestimated. Dodging may give a +3 to your DCV but with a Block, you can block multiple attacks at yourself. I have characters each with several levels and can shift those levels into DCV as I please or OCV for a Block. That +3 to DCV isn't such an incentive to those characters. Also, the character can look cool blocking multiple attacks and get to attack them first, especially with a Sweep manuever. When you Dodge, the GM has the final word whether you're hit or not. When you Block, you get the final word. In general, dodging requires the ability to move around the battlefield, if only a little; blocking does not. Blocking is more heroic-looking than always dodging, IMO. It protects yourself and potentially others. This is particularly true is a Killing Attack goes for your teammate and they don't have resistance defenses. It grants you the ability to go first. You have the final word in whether the attack hits or not. Hm, these seem pretty good reasons to me to use the Block manuever.
  10. Mmm, crunchy with a taste of iron, steel and plastic. It's delicious! Of course since I've eaten 20 of them, instead of 10d6 transform to slave it's now 200d6. (munch some more)
  11. I'd give Michael Knight some KS, some PS, Deduction, Oratory, Persuasion and Systems Operations to name a few. He does have 'real' martial arts and specifically mentions it in an episode having a black belt in some martial art. I forgot which.
  12. These are cool team logos. I've got to add two team logos I whipped up to these.
  13. Let's see: 1 EB'er 1 Brick with an EB 1 Powered Armor 1 'toon character 1 Heavy EB'er 1 technological hero (non-powered armor) 1 sharpshooter Hm, I don't really see a trend. Let's try Intelligence. (rethinks) Nope, they range from average to highly intelligent. Flight? About 1/2 of them have flight, so nope. Ah, I've got it! They have ranged attacks with at least some Damage Resistance/Armor! That took some thinking there.
  14. I think simply buying it as a robot would do. IMO, the Duplication is unnecessarily complicating things. Still, do whatever works.
  15. Never mind? Naaaaah. I'd give Cloak a couple attacks: 1) (I don't like this but...) Xtra Dimen, usuable against others 2) Entangle (no range, takes damage from attacks against Entangle) + NND (no range, linked) Cloak has released people from his cloak and they were freezing cold. Of course, I haven't read or seen C & D for years now so I'm not up-to-date.
  16. Re: Increasing Casual STR Oh yeah, I guess we forgot to tell you: yes, we think it's legal but I guess ya figured that from our posts, eh?
  17. Nobody thinks it should be -1 1/4, -1 1/2 or -1 3/4? I bring this up merely because it's so easy to jump from 1 to 1 1/2 to 2, ignoring the other inbetween numbers.
  18. Damage Reduction can be difficult but since I'm a wiz at math, it doesn't bother me. I believe it's already been suggested but having charts for combat is a quick method. You roll the 3d6 and consult the chart which DCV you hit. Not having agents/villains get up after being knocked to zero, not using END and having simpler characters for beginning players adds up in time-savings. I personally use END, even for villains but as I mentioned, math doesn't bother me. I have a hero with variable PD & ED with Damage Reduction but I'll add - yes, that can strain even my brain. Still, for my villains with D.R., rarely does any player realize they have it (unless I mention it for the sheer pleasure of letting the players know.) Another suggestion is ignoring Knockback or the BODY done from an attack, unless a Killing Attack.
  19. How to speed up combat? How about: a) Flip a coin when you attack. Heads - you hit, tails - you miss. If you hit, heads - the villain's defeated, tails - he's not. Oh, you mean a serious suggestion! I would qualify the statement by saying 'Avoid giving unseasoned players Damage Reduction.' Seasoned players should be able to handle it. Everyone in my campaign is a seasoned player. Everyone can handle D.R. and it doesn't slow things down.
  20. I'm rather glad CLOWN isn't around anymore. Neutral Ground just never worked for me, either.
  21. I gotta check to see if I can even find the logo I created on my computer. So far, cool logos!
  22. When designing an NPC, there are generally two things that assist me in creating an NPC: 1) inspiration and/or 2) the need. Sometimes, I see or read something that inspires me to create an NPC, whether villain, normal person or whatever. Let's not forget that normal people are those the characters interact with in life the majority of the time. If inspired, I may create a new cab driver that Captain Fist happens to need to get to the crime scene and becomes someone intertwined in the plot, much to Captain Fist's displeasure. When a NPC is around for awhile, sometimes a player wants to know a specific statistic, such as how intelligent the NPC is (genius, average, dumber than a doorknob, etc), attractive or something else. If I intend to have an NPC around a long time before introducing them, stats will be created. If it's a non-written NPC and players like the NPC, I'll create stats. It's surprising how often players will grab onto a NPC you just introduced (& didn't intend on keeping arond) and suddenly, that NPC is popular with the players. For villains, I always create statistics, even for a 1-shot appearance villain. For those villains, it's sufficient to give basic stats and powers and don't worry about rounding them out. As mentioned before, if I intend from the start to have the villain around awhile, I give careful consideration as to which hero or hero team will be meeting them and adjust the power level and skills accordingly. (It's really interesting & fun to take a villain designed to handle one hero and throw them against a different hero in a different team.) One team may be technologically skilled whereas another team may be more medically or more versed in languages and diplomatic skills. All of these have to be taken into account at villain creation for long-term use. I hope this made sense. This didn't come out as concise as I hoped.
  23. I agree though I personally favor 17d6 RKA AoE Megascale. If the character survives that, the character deserves to be alive.
  24. I do not think the Hero System is flawed. It has had awards given to it and deservedly so. It was #1 in the top 50 or 100 lists of all games (unfortunately, I forgot which magazine ) However, there are a few things I do not like: a) The 5th ed mandatory use of Continuous on Damage Shields. The 5th ed Regeneration or Instant Change. c) The costs of acquiring full Life Support. For 4 editions, 30 pts or so would take care of it. Now, it's up to 45 or 50 pts. I do however, like the break downs in 5th ed. d) 5th ed Hardened defenses needed on regular & damage resistant defenses. e) Freebie break-out rule on Mind Control nullifying it easily. Still, used carefully, Mind Control is effective. Of course, that opens up another can of worms - a world class villain like Menton shouldn't have his Mind Control easily broken. f) 5th ed Shapeshift. Too costly to get achieve an effective shapeshifter. g) Not being able to take Density Increase, Growth or Shrinking as Always on, instead being forced to take it as a disadvantage. There are others but these will do. Since I don't care for them, I intend to change them in the campaign.
  25. I also like the coloring. Are the words intentionally a little blurred?
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