ShadowRaptor

That is a really cool spell system.

I'm asking cuz I was confused by it. Some of the suggestions look cool, but I was hoping to find something that would cost about 50 to 60 AP max.

How do you design a sleep spell using the Hero system? I understand Hero enough to do the more obvious effects, but its the more subtle effects that confuse me. Things like sleep, or just warming up a small area like a campfire effect, things like that. Sometimes, because of the variety of options available, I just get confused and that's why I come here, to get help. And I know that someone...**killer shrike**....will be able to help.

Hello to everybody, I'm finally back to having internet access and will be stepping in more often than previously. I agree with this. I would have much preferred a equipment book with just weapons, armors, cybernetics, generic items, and left out all the spaceships and vehicles for a different book, or made the spacer's toolkit a much larger book. As it stands, I will only be using the first chapter of that book. TE as a setting, to me, is very uninspiring. I bought it and I like it, for the equipment primarily. The setting itself is kind of bland to me. It doesn't spark my imagination like Star Wars does (okay, I like space opera a lot more and TE isn't that space operatish to me). As for this book of worlds...why not just combine the book of worlds and the book of enemies into one large, 300 page book and charge us 30.00 for it. Design the worlds, create some enemies that could be found on those worlds, create some creatures that inhabit those worlds, perhaps some new equipment that is originally from those worlds...and give us a really kick butt book that really gives us our money's worth.

What are the specific limitations of having an EC, MP with or without Ultras, and a VPP? What exactly can, and cannot be done? Can all of them cast multiple spells at the same time, or have multiple spells going off in the same round?

I think this thread is a good idea, being an Exalted fan who likes the game a bunch. Post all your ideas in this thread, I think this would be fun to see occur.

Okay, I think I'm going to work on a floating continent world and air ships are standard transportation on most of the continents. It will have a few typical races, and some not so typical. Now I'm just trying to come up with a logical reason as to how all the air ships are able to float through the air. I'm also debating how magic will work, but I am leaning towards the Force from Star Wars and just put that as the 'magic' of the world.

Thanks for the link, this will really come in handy.

Can I get an email of your Shadowrun conversions? My email is kevpruitt@yahoo.com I tried the link on the prevoius page, but it doesn't work.

This trilogy is my favorite trilogy of books. If you happen to create anything related to this trilogy for HERO please post in text cuz I don't have HD...I would appreciate it.

The World Builders Guidebook is an excellent sourcebook for building a world. It does the job. That said, each person will develop their kind of world differently than anybody else. Me, if I were to try to create a setting of my very own, first I think of a concept of that world. Something small, either a single sentence or a small paragraph to get the feel of the world. Then I think of the kinds of peoples and cultures that could possibly work within the scope of the concept. I stress possible because this is still the brainstorming area, and I write down anything I can think of. ***Always write down any idea that comes, no matter how wierd it may seem*** Then I come up with a brief history of how the world came to be, within the scope of the concept. This is usually nothing more than a page or two, briefly describing how things came about. When I write this I usually envision some kind of being looking down on the world for the duration of the history, seeing how the world turned out and became what it is today. Then I look at what's been done, see if anything in those settings could work in mine, twist it to fit my concept if I think those 'ideas' could work, and so on...and I try to come up with non-stereotype settings... ***In one world idea I had the elves as the bad guys trying to destroy the rest of the races as they saw themselves as the divine race from beyond time*** and so on... Sometimes I come up with cool ideas, and sometimes I come up with ideas that upon later retrospect I toss out... But most important, if you want to create a campaign setting of your very own...NEVER give up!!!!!

Those are cool characters. Are you using Hero Designer to generate them?

I always found the Earthdawn system to be one of the better systems out there, along with its magic system and class design for gaining levels. Superior to most other games in the last fifteen years, IMO of course. As for Air Ships and Pirates, play Skies of Arcadia for Gamecube if possible. That game is perfect to mine for ideas if this is the route you want to go. It does a good job showing how Air Pirates live, the kinds of adventures they go on, and so on.

Now that this awesome tome of infinite fantasy knowledge has made its way into our grubby little hands and sparked our wild imaginations into the infinite abyss of gaming creativity, what kinds of campaigns are most of you going to be running? Don't be shy, spill the beans...I need some good ideas to mine from.

LOL!! after my stomach stopped hurting from laughing, I do hafta say...this is harsh!!