specks

Is Foxbat in the equation as well? 🤪

NO CAPES!!!

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LUCY!!!!!!!!!!

YOU GOT SOME SPLAININ TO DO!!!!!!

I too watch the old shows (Mission Impossible, I Love Lucy, Star Trek. Bewitched, etc...) because I can't get into the new TV network shows.

I'm probably showing my age too!

I also came up with doing this in a previous thread. I did Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman.

I'm kind of curious what you expected of CHATGPT? Did it live up to your expectations? Do you think it will be replacing human character/adventure generation?

Or Detroit!🤥

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There is always next season

These words are the utterances of frustrated Detroit Lions fans for decades now!

It would be great for them to reach the Super Bowl but my cynicism says otherwise.

Many blame William Clay Ford (of the Ford family) for the mismanagement of the team and the bad seasons they have had.

Lets hope the next generation of Fords can pull the team together. So far so good but, like I said, my cynicism says otherwise!

I know it's early but I want to wish everyone a Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!!

Enjoy

I told it to design <insert name> using the hero system 6e rules 🙂

I just wanted to see if could make an accurate representation of the characters using the 6e rules.

SUPERMAN

Attributes:
Strength: 60
Dexterity: 20
Constitution: 60
Intelligence: 20
Ego: 20
Presence: 30

Skills:
Acrobatics: 10
Combat Skill Levels: +4 with All Combat
KS: Kryptonian Lore: 20
Languages: Kryptonian (Native), English (Fluent)
PS: Reporter: 10

Powers:
Super Strength: +60 STR
Super Speed: Running 240m, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Persistent (+1/2)
Super Leaping: Leaping +240m, Running Jump 120m
Super Durability: Armor (12 PD/12 ED), Hardened (+1/4)
Flight: Flight 60m, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2)
Heat Vision: Ranged Killing Attack 10d6, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), No Range Modifier (+1/2), Continuous (+1), Unified Power (+1/4)
Freeze Breath: Change Environment (Create Blizzard) 6m radius, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Continuous (+1), Personal Immunity (+1/4), Unified Power (+1/4)

Advantages:

    Contact: Daily Planet Staff
    Deduction: Analytical
    Eidetic Memory
    Favor: The People of Earth
    Reputation: World's Greatest Superhero

Disadvantages:

    Dependence: Yellow Sun (Common, 1 Hour)
    Hunted: Villains and Aliens
    Secret Identity

Combat Values:
OCV: 12
DCV: 12
OMCV: 5
DMCV: 5

Defenses:
PD: 30
ED: 30
rPD: 12
rED: 12

Body: 120
Stun: 120

Movement:
Running: 240m
Swimming: 12m
Leaping: 240m

WONDER WOMAN

Attributes:
Strength: 40
Dexterity: 20
Constitution: 30
Intelligence: 20
Ego: 20
Presence: 20

Skills:
Acrobatics: 12
Combat Skill Levels: +4 with All Combat
KS: Amazonian Lore: 15
Languages: Amazonian (Native), English (Fluent), Greek (Fluent)
PS: Diplomat: 10
PS: Warrior: 10

Powers:
Super Strength: +40 STR
Super Speed: Running 80m, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Persistent (+1/2)
Super Durability: Armor (10 PD/10 ED), Hardened (+1/4)
Lasso of Truth: Entangle 4d6, 4 DEF, Cannot Be Escaped With Teleportation (+1/4), Area Of Effect (3m Radius; +1/4), Based On EGO Combat Value (+1), Extra Time (Full Phase, Delayed Phase, -3/4), Set Effect (Only Allows Target To Speak The Truth; -1 1/4), Unified Power (+1/4)

Advantages:

    Contact: Amazonian Military
    Deduction: Analytical
    Eidetic Memory
    Favor: The Justice League
    Reputation: Amazonian Ambassador

Disadvantages:

    Hunted: Villains and Enemies of the Amazon Nation
    Secret Identity

Combat Values:
OCV: 9
DCV: 9
OMCV: 5
DMCV: 5

Defenses:
PD: 15
ED: 15
rPD: 8
rED: 8

Body: 70
Stun: 60

Movement:
Running: 80m
Swimming: 4m
Leaping: 40m

I decided to see what kind of character generator chatGPT was especially for the Justice League (6e). These are the results for Batman, Superman and Wonder Woman.

BATMAN

Attributes:
Strength: 20
Dexterity: 20
Constitution: 20
Intelligence: 20
Ego: 20
Presence: 20

Skills:
Acrobatics: 15
Detective: 20
Martial Arts: 20
Stealth: 15
Technology: 20
Vehicles: 15

Powers:
Utility Belt: Multipower (70 points)

    Batclaw: Swinging 20m, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Usable by Others (+1/4)
    Batarang: Ranged Killing Attack 5d6, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Indirect (Same origin, always fired away from attacker; +1/2)
    Smoke Pellets: Darkness to Sight Group 3m radius, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Area Effect (3m radius; +1/4), Continuous (+1)
    Grappling Hook: Swinging 10m, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2)
    Flash Grenade: Sight Group Flash 6d6, Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2), Area Effect (3m radius; +1/4), Continuous (+1)
    Gas Mask: Life Support (Self-Contained Breathing), Immunity to All Gases and Vapors
    Rebreather: Life Support (Self-Contained Breathing), Immunity to Suffocation (All)
    Taser: Hand-to-Hand Attack 1 1/2d6, Area Effect (2m radius; +1/4), NND (Defense is Life Support [Self-Contained Breathing]; +1), Continuous (+1), Reduced Endurance (0 END; +1/2)

Advantages:

    Wealth: Filthy Rich
    Contacts: Police, Informants, Scientists, and Others
    Deduction: Environmental Analysis
    Eidetic Memory
    Familiarity: Gotham City
    Reputation: World's Greatest Detective

Disadvantages:

    Code Against Killing
    Hunted: Criminals and Supervillains
    Psychological Limitation: Driven to Seek Justice

Combat Values:
OCV: 8
DCV: 8
OMCV: 7
DMCV: 7

Defenses:
PD: 12
ED: 12
rPD: 12
rED: 12

Body: 20
Stun: 20

Movement:
Running: 14m
Swimming: 4m
Leaping: 4m

I have a question about endurance characteristic.

Do you use the END characteristic in your games or do you ignore it?

If you do use it how do you keep track of it?

Do you have any house rules concerning it's use?

I noticed we've been getting a lot of new people trickling in to Hero System. I thought it would be nice to introduce each other and I have put together a list of questions I thought would help. Some questions are hero related but others just general questions I could think of. Enjoy 🙂

Why your username?
-We are nothing but specks in time and space

Why your avatar or if no avatar why not
-I am Marvin the Martian fan

What area do you live in?
-I moved from Detroit to Tampa recently

What's your profession?
-I'm in IT/Cybersecurity (I think most of us are IT geeks here :))

Are you Windows, MAC or Linux?
-Windows and Linux, a little MAC

Are there TV shows and/or movies you like to binge watch?
-I like MASH, Hogans Heroes, NCIS, Turner Classic Movies and those B- Scifi films

What drew you to the Hero System?
-I like superheroes and I like point building systems

Which edition did you start with?
I started with 1st edition and still going

What have you used the game for?
-Our group has used it for supers and pulp hero setting

What point system have you ran or played in?
-400 mostly but we have played in 150 or 225

Do you still play or GM the Hero System
-Not lately, I moved and I may have to find a new group or teleconference

Our there other games you play
-I have played Pathfinder, Seven Seas, GURPS, D&D (1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc....), Star Trek

On an A to F scale how do you rate the system overall
-I give it an A it has it's flaws but it still is one of the best systems to build and run

Followup question: If you rate the system below B- why are are still playing or using it?

What are some house-rules, if any, you use in the past?
-I think the only one we used was to eliminate the stun lotto and started using that in the 5th edition

If you could put together a 7th edition what are some things you add, omit and/or change?
-I don't want a 7th edition, I am happy with the 6th edition
(If you get too long winded, put it in a PDF) I think some of you are frustrated writers !!!

It seems like summons and duplication are more like special effects than straight powers. Doc Democracy built a character named Madding Crowd w/o using the duplication power and instead used it as a special effect. Some ideas:

Clairsentience = Summon a bunch of people to look around (as above)

Density Increase = A bunch of duplicates on top of someone

EB w/ Area Effect = Attack a bunch of foes with dozens of duplicates

You get the idea. The Madding Crowd character is in the download misc section so take a look.

I have a plot seed concerning Destroyer changing to a female:

The Doctor realizes the armor can longer sustain him, his body's DNA is becoming unstable and must use other methods to survive. Through research he finds a way to digitally download his brain to another body with similar physiology. The one he seems to find that is almost identical is an upcoming model/actress named Wendy Allen with no close family ties. He clones Wendy and transfers his memories into the new body.

He destroys both his original body and stores the "actress" memories on file in case of necessity like inquiring fans or paparazzi.

"Wendy Allen" is becoming a major superstar thanks to the use of digital suggestion (and natural beauty) to make him/her an icon in the acting world. The Doctor is using this a possible stepping stone for control of the entertainment industry and manipulate the minds of a new generation of movie goers to eventual global control.

I guess one question I had out of this was why range is not permitted with the duplication advantage? Followers are an option of course but do you think

teleportation would suit the way of having them appear in different directions?

Another example I was thinking of is Billy Numerous from the Teen Titans even though he did not appear everywhere but his duplicates can create duplicates.

I was glancing through the rules about duplication and it said ranged duplication was not allowed.

I was also watching Matrix: Reloaded and Smith made duplication's come through a door and through a fence.

Does this go against the rules of the game or is this the use of the indirect advantage, a special effect or something else?

I was thinking about the timeline in the universe. I would also remove the "with magic gone supers will go". I would also like to see how superheroes and villains would interact eras like the Terran Empire.

Have you used VIPER, DEMON, ARGENT, etc... in your campaigns? Are they a hunted or have you used whole games with them? Are they easily defeated or do the pose a major threat? What has been your encounters and how did they affect the PCs?

If we were to reboot Champions Universe what changes would you like to see. My choices:
-Change Dr. Destroyer. A previous thread mentioned making him a female but I would drop the Nazi WWII story and make him/her a time traveling villain from the future who came to conquer the past. Destroyer is big enough in points and resources to already represent a major threat so why not a temporal threat as well.
-Bring back Seeker. I think he needs a greater number of martial art skills and weapons. Maybe give him a beard give him more character.
-I think it is time to have Leech cured. He did not ask to be what he was so I think maybe some mystical hero might change him back. Have him back to drive a cab again :)
-Drop Millennium City as the default setting. I think it would be nice to not be pigeon-holed in one city. Many individual villains (and organizations) have a global reach so why not pick and choose different cities for villains instead of one.

I have some more but I think that these are good starting points.

What is your experience been with Variable Power Pools

Do you have any house rules concerning VPPs? Do you allow them at all and if so what limits do you place on them?

Have you or anyone else in your game used a Cosmic Power Pool? What was the outcome?

I have a similar thread about the master villains you're discussing if you want some ideas.

Hope this helps.

I need help in building a character who can see. hear, smell, etc... with his future and past self simultaneously.

Would it built with clairsentience or mind link with w/transdimensional advantage or maybe something I am missing?

Thank you in advance 🙂

What in any way is the tactics skill used in your games?

I know some master villains have it (ex. Doctor Destroyer) and supers like Batman and Captain America have used it in their adventures.

Do you tie it in with a power (i.e. clairsentience) or skill (add points to other skills), do you roleplay it or use it at all?

I'm curious how luck is used in your games?

I know some use it as form of bennies for every six rolled or have the GM decide what it means.

My group came up with an idea that for every 6 rolled it would give the PC 5 points/per as a sort of "mini VPP" to pull a rabbit out of a hat (a contact, a secret power, a weapon, etc...)