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Re: Starfall - A Gamma HERO campaign To piggyback on Zac's post I think it would be interesting to have distinct ideologies around Pures and what their nature means. this could run the gambit from Self loathing and feeling left behind by evolution to a radical supremacists or believing that each species exists for a distinct purpose (purpose varying from something like the earth finding a balance to X group is good slave stock). Obviously most people would fall somewhere in the middle but the idea of playing on these ideas could be fun in game.

Re: What can you do with five points? Anyone else have a sudden urge to watch Dragonball Z?

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Re: Genre-crossover nightmares Nice find!

Re: Single Most Powerful Super Hero EVER!!! So when do we get the follow up post with the poll?

Re: A Thread for Random Videos No embedding it' s from the onion. http://www.theonion.com/content/video/dea_recruits_lil_wayne_to_use_up

Re: Single Most Powerful Super Hero EVER!!! Thanks, someone has to stand up for the little guy... with the bowel disruptor.

Re: CHAMPIONS POWERS: What Do *You* Want To See? This may be beyond the scope of the book but if the powers are broken down into categories like Fire, Ice, Time, Gravity ect... I'd like to see a sample starting character built around that theme. Not necessarily with direct ports of powers but with build notes such as for this character the powers X Y and Z fit perfectly powers A and B were close to what I wanted for the theme so I modified them in this way to bring them in line with the background story and feel of their other powers.

Re: Single Most Powerful Super Hero EVER!!! I'll try to avoid repeats but Doctor Manhattan is a high contender here. My list: Starbrand (Any of them from New Universal, debatable the original from New Universe) Franklin Richards (This character may be out of the running following Universe X) Jesse Custer (Although he only uses "The Word" for basic command over people there is more than one instance where it is hinted at being much more powerful.) Loki (Universe X) Nightcrawler (Universe X) Honorable Mentions To Spider Jerusalem (Took down a regime with just words) Mohammed Ali (he did beat up Superman)

Re: Starfall - A Gamma HERO campaign Looking at the characters that have been proposed I had a few questions. Do you think we need a Pure character also, someone with bartering, merchant skills seems like it would be important.

Re: Manhunt: The Greatest Game On Earth While it may seem to be a safe way to stay alive Stalkers who hunt Badlanders who pose no threat to the City-States are regarded with a particular distaste. Those who gain the rather dubious distinction are called: Bottom Feeders, Bungs, Peelers Scabs or Scabbers, Yellow Jockey or Woundless. Most of these names target the Stalkers lack of skill or inability to get to the real problems in the Badlands.

Re: Manhunt: The Greatest Game On Earth You're probably right. What I was trying to establish in the post though was more a matter of what players can expect. To try and balance out what one might see in a stalker. This way there can be a more even mix of Stalker personalities and not just a collection of sadists.

Re: How can you make the stone age cool? Nice post Lucius Come on and join in start a rep train....

Re: Demo version of Champions Online available This seems to fall in line with other things they are doing. They did free trials early on and this seems to be a clean way of preventing that from being exploited. Also, throwing out two rather detailed events for Halloween and Christmas I hope this is a sign of things to come with regular events to spark people's interest. That said I also hope that these events do not take the place of actual content being added.

Re: Anyone ever run a campaign with *really* young kids? You may consider going with 5th Ed Rev. Although, they are working on getting out supplemental materials quickly for now there is still a larger body of work for 5th. Plus the character creation has more varied math, normally I use Hero Designer for my characters but since this is for a 7 and 8 year old no reason why they can get a lesson out of it.

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

Re: Character Review - Venus In this build the Thorns were removed and her strength increased to 25, the Clinging to costs end throughout and dropped the Extra End requirement. To try and balance out her defenses the Regen was dropped to a per hour rate and resistant defenses to 4 with 6 total PD & ED. The End cost was also lowed for Part of the Environment. Oddly the added Strength helps clean up some End issues by increasing her Recovery. The Cryptography was actually an error on my part. The skill has been removed and her Survival and languages have been expanded. Other changes include an increase in body from posts left over after dropping her defenses down. Lastly I went though and did a major overhaul on her Disadvantages adding in a Vulnerability to Fire a Susceptibility to Pesticides and a Hunted by the Darwinists as these all seemed to fit with the concept and it gives plenty of room for mad scientists. For ease of reference I've included the character below instead of updating the previous post again.

Re: Starfall - A Gamma HERO campaign I think a large branch or a rock wouldn't be out of the question a knife on the other hand would be.

Re: Hero System Good Idea/Bad Idea... Can't they want both?

Re: Character Review - Venus One of the things I wanted to do with Venus is develop her plant like abilities over time. For now she has no advantage for breathing but as she matures I'd like to pick up an extended breathing or expanded breathing (Nitrogen) depending on what's appropriate for the game. Like Pures and other creatures she still has the basic needs. I pictured her needing good soil and water. A friend and I were actually taking about this and got a chuckle over the following possible conversation: (GM): So you'll all be heading into the desert. Anything you need before leaving? (Venus): Twenty kilos of potting soil. It was around this time I realized that the old phase you've made your bed now lie in had a rather special meaning for Venus. Taking the time to convert a patch of ground she cold sleep there and wake up refreshed. Then again at the same time spending a night in say an underground bunker where all the floors and walls are concrete would cause her to starve. Part of the Venus concept is that she is human-like so she has these basic senses and sensory organ equivalents. No special senses or defenses, yet... The idea of her having thorns as an attack was primarily to prevent her from needing technology to compensate, I didn't picture her using weapons. As for her Strength this was something I debated, I'd actually really like to take Venus's Strength and Body higher. For whatever reason even though her background she's fungal I picture her as being tougher, more like a tree in my head. Overall, I think these notes actually give me ideas on how to advance the character as she gains experience, grow into her body so to speak. Right now, part of her is still trying to reconcile her human heritage so there may be things that she could do now if she realized it but her mind hasn't accepted it. Other things might be her body simply developing.

Re: Champions Sneak Peek #1: The Cover! I'm not sure but one of my friends was rather amused by his lack of resistant defenses.

Re: Genre-crossover nightmares I don't know but Deep Roy would play all the non-speaking passengers.

Re: Champions Sneak Peek #1: The Cover! Okay lets get back on topic here people: 5th Ed Defender who ears power armor or Champions Online Tron Spandex Defender. Let's keep the conversation clear here. /e Dives for cover.

Re: Starfall - A Gamma HERO campaign I've updated the Venus post. Went through and corrected the Extra Time. That was an idiot move on my part. To keep the costs relatively the same I've upped the End cost on these powers. Notes: Hero Designer put this at -3/4ths. Do you want me to change try and change it to -1/2 manually or is this okay? This sounds fair to me I wasn't looking to do long term world altering changes but I thought it made for a good story element. I pictured her shunning most technology reliying on her natural abilities more. There is a disadvantage to go with hat as well. To compensate I bumped her Thorns to 2d6k. Venus is now at 7 PD/ED and rPD/rED. Removed the Not Trusted, lowered the Distinctive Features and added a second along with upping her Dreams from Moderate to Strong. For her physical limitation, I tried to take the idea of her biology as both a benefit and a flaw using Life Support and the Unique Biology Disadvantage. Does that make sense? To bring her damage and defenses up to snuff I went ahead and dipped into the 10 points I had set aside. Let me know what you think. The changes so far were easy enough.

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