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In HERO you can't do more than 2x base damage with manuevers and other things which add to the base damage. The Combat Handbook says you can ignore this in your campaign for martial arts so as to have weak masters who can split trees (lots of bonus MA dice). In ignoring this for MA, how does this affect powers? Thus given a character with 20 Str Martial Strike +0,+2,+5d6 Martial Throw +0,+1,+3d6+v/5 (+3 DC martial arts added in) +2d6 AP HA 1d6 HKA 1d6 HKA at Range What is base and total damage of these combinations assuming max strength used 20 Str +2d6 AP HA = ? 20 Str + Martial Strike =? 20 Str + Martial Strike + 2d6 AP HA =? 20 Str + 1d6 HKA + Martial Throw (target running at 15") =? And strangely can you do 20 Str + Martial Strike + 1d6 HKA at Range? What is the base and how much bonus dice?

if a duplicate is aided to say twice his stun and recombines, what happens to the aided stats? Does the base character get none of the aid, 1/2 the aid, or all the aid.

If I buy duplication with Variable Advantage, is it legal to create my duplicate at 0 end using the VA and then recombine the duplicate at range using the VA later?

Say I buy duplication to rapidly create 4 duplicates in a half phase. If I put the limitation costs end to activate, does the end cost change if I do not create the maximum number of duplicates I can produce at a time. In other words, if I make only 2 duplicates instead of 4 in a half phase, does it cost only 1/2 as much end?

Just for clarification: If you have lack of weakness resistant and you pick up that Viper force belt, does your lack of weakness cover the force belt? (I am generally thinking no but would like to know for sure) If Psykill has a RKA BoECV DBody with find weakness, does he need to find weakness against IronWill's mental defense and mental force field (ie: is there such a thing as resistant mental defense or even resistant power defense).

Re: What defines Hero ID So here's a question I've been mulling in my head for a bit. In Iron Man the movie, the Iron Man suit is OHID as it seems you need some elaborate way to take off the suit (thus not a OIF). The Question has a glue on mask which can't be removed without a special solvent and the mask supposedly can act as a filter (Life Support), making it OHID. Obviously, the Question really doen't have instachange as his clothes don't change. So he gets a -1/4 limitation to put on the mask. Poor Tony Stark though has to have everything bolted onto him which looks to take at least a turn. Shouldn't he get more for the limitation? If some supervillain is across the street from the Cafe where Tony and the Question are eating lunch, the Question will get to the supervillain before Tony. Tony's OHID to me seems like a larger problem than the Question's. BTW: How long does changing identity take? 1 Turn? 1 Minute? 1 Phase? I think Mythbusters showed it taking from 2 Turns to 1.5 Minutes in a phone booth.

(Ack! This is why I always disallowed speed changes until phase 12) OK, sorry to keep questioning this stuff about Speed up. I will be running a game where Speed maybe affected. Can you choose not to accept Aid? Lactose Intolerant Man-Boy is allergic to cheese and takes 3d6 every phase from being near cheese. Lickity Split Person has aid 6d6 and 12d6 suppress to Speed as his ability to control Speedforces. If LIMB is taking damage from his susceptibility, can LiSP aid his Speed to make him take more damage? If LIMB is Spd 5 and gets aided by 20 points to speed 7 on phase 2 by LiSP, will LIMB take damage every phase on Spd 7 or can he choose to stay at Spd 5? If he's at Spd 7, he won't get to do anything until 12, taking up to 5 phases of damage. If you can choose not to accept Aid, if LIMB is mind controlled into being my loyal henchmen, does that mean he won't accept an aid from Zen (who imparts peace) to Ego to help break out of the mind control effects? Afterall, a loyal henchmen wouldn't allow such a thing. If drains and suppresses work immediately on Spd but Aid waits, What happens if LiSP aids Stutter to 7 and then suppresses him down to 5. Then releases the surpress to allow him to go back to 7. ad naseum. If the rule only applies to going upwards in speed, then wouldn't dropping a person to say speed 1 from 5 using a surpress and then releasing the surpress before phase 7 mean that the character never gets to go (speed 1s don't have a phase 12, only a 7). Side note: Doesn't the rule for speed mean that a Spd 1 can never hit a normal speed from aid. Basically, they'd have to go from 1 to Spd 9? Not on speed but Aid. Will Power Defense work on Aid? LiSP has very dumb followers who don't know any better. If LIMB aids LiSP's followers in to comprehending what they are doing is bad, can LiSP give them say Power Defense devices to prevent this.

From what I read in the Speed changing rules (change speed in turn requires the target to wait until both speeds share a common phase), if a speed 5 character gets hit by a speed aid on phase 2 and goes up to speed 7 (20 points of aid), he does not get to do anything until phase 12 (the only common phase between Spd 5 and Spd 7). Am I reading this correct? Phases for Speed 5 = 3 5 8 10 12 Phases for Speed 7 = 2 4 6 7 9 11 12

RE:#2 Question: So if I buy a trigger that resets automatically, in an multipower slot, from what I read and I think you are implying is, the power will not reset unless the slot is accessed. So theoretically, one would never want to have the trigger reset automatically on a slot in a multipower.

If you have a power in a multipower and it has a trigger, what happens when 1. The power is set and the multipower is reallocated? (ie: The Mad Bomber sets a 20d6 Explosion with trigger from his multipower of bombs. If he uses a different slot, what happens to the blast he set?) 2. The power is triggered and the multipower is not on the slot of the power (assuming you can do this), what happens about the reset portion? (ie: The Mad Bomber has triggered the explosion against Road Runner, the trigger is set to automatically reset immediately. Does it actually reset or does he have to actually shift his multipower into that slot? 3. If the trigger is designed to react to an attack, does the triggering attack work first or does the triggered power work first? Example, if you have defenses set with a trigger. (Ex: The Mad Bomber has a trap set for Road Runner. When Road Runner attempts to move through him, it triggers a force wall to come up and defend him against Road Runner. Is the Mad Bomber crazy or crazy like a fox?)

Re: Believe it or not! LOL: I actually remember the old art with all same the bulges in the pants on ALL the figures. Sorry, trying not to be vulgar here. I think the art has gone through a massive improvement since Champions I.

Re: Cleanse the Planet If the entire planet is covered with something, how would you get rid of it ? Heh, I thought, 150d6 KA AoE should destroy the planet fairly well.

Just wondering... It's well documented that for every 5 points in Strength, the character's carry capacity or lift doubles. The question is, does this apply to all primary characteristics? Thus is a person with 15 Int twice as smart as a person with a 10 Int. Is a 15 Con twice as healthy as a 10 Con person and so on? If yes, what about secondary characteristics? Lastly, many long time GMs and Players associate this also to powers such as EB and KA. Since damage output between a 50 Str and 10d6 EB are equal, should we think that a 10d6 EB has an equivalent power output in terms of physics?

Re: Shtick! Sounds heavily abuse-able but what the hell. It's a nice concept for an in-house campaign where the GM can moderate it. It's a scary idea for a GM getting a character from someone else's campaign to their own or who is running the game at a convention. I personally would probably allow a single schtick per character so as to not unbalance things, and in a way I agree/disagree about skill twids (as we call them where I GM) effectiveness in a campaign. While skill twids do have a tough time in combat, they usually outshine others in role-playing problems. Before I proceed, I do think its a usable concept if you are comfortable with your players and know how they play and control their experiences and actions. In a round robin GM group, this might be problematic if one GM allows one set of skills and another doesn't. However, I assume you need a devils advocate here, so... 1) What to prevent a schtick from being used abusively? World's greatest detective could be cool like Batman or kill mystery campaigns out of the water. How about World's Greatest Scientist? A plague threatens the city, WGS comes to the rescue. Villain about to blow up the world, WGS deactivates the bomb. Aliens threaten the earth, WGS comes up with the ultimate weapon. etc. 2) How about multiple schticks? I am WGS, World's Greatest Detective, Sorcerer Supreme, etc. Any problem beside combat, I am your man! 3) What if your view on the schtick and their view don't match? Vamp might be interpreted as sexual predator. Vamp might be interpreted as Goth Girl. vamp might be interpreted as a real Vampire. Seduction may be in all these schticks, but in one version may not have a social retribution skill which a sexual predator vamp might have.

Sounds silly, but here is the most common type of situation. I have bought armor built as the special effect luck in not getting hit as bad as first thought. Does the special effect hide the power from the agents firing at him? In this case the agents will continue to use their guns with the massive ammo supply and lower damage vs. their rocket packs which though do more damage, are less accurate and have a severely restricted number of uses. I have often used the reverse logic, you have armor which is clearly visible as heavy armor, so the agents begin use with the heavier firepower. Or I have a limitation on my damage shield not usable in vacuum; its a fire damage shield. Its based on the fact that fire can not combust without oxygen but the hero has life support need not breath. As part of the special effect, it produces an amount of smoke (light/heat, smoke, smell of smoke) In a "sealed" room or garage, can he burn out all the oxygen or otherwise asphyxiate agents without the need for the power skill (after all, he isn't using the power in any special way).

Re: Dodge Giant Blows Personally I think diving for cover is fine for this. Just give the gnome character +2 levels for DCV/dive for cover (10 points) only vs Giants (-1). This makes the gnome more capable of diving for cover or dodging and gives the option to the gnome.

Re: More Abusive characters Sounds like one of Ben10's forms. I could be wrong but I am under the assumption that you always go with the worst DCV modifier. So in the case of the "double" haymaker, your DCV should be halved with the additional -1 DCV on top. Not sure if you meant that or not. Also, normally WF:Off hand is used for heroic level games, I would have had him buy a 5 pt DCV level or a 3 pt DCV only in HTH level. Question: Why is ambidexterity 0 pt.?

Re: Silver bullets, garlic grenades, and all that stuff I don't agree. I believe its better as a disadvantage. In building villains or heroes, it is usually better to build to react to an outside influence than it is to affect a target. When you react to an outside influence, then, it become easier to adjudicate when an effect happens what happens to the target rather than constantly deciding each build's effect for a situation. Does each bullet have the same damage bonus? Why should a .22 do +1d6K when a .50 is a much bigger round only doing +1d6. Should a shotgun do +1d6 too or should it be based on the number of pellets striking the target. If the damage is low, then wouldn't the amount of damage also be lower? Etc. By building an affect attack, you also open the doors to the infamous (though I admit fun from a mental exercise) how many points as a wooden chair? Is it TK only used to prop up a character? Should it be a "shotgun" like attack if the legs were somewhat sharpened against a vampire? Should that cross beam in the chair work as a cross to repel vampires? Etc. Finally, the disadvantages already reflect how common/common knowledge the vuln./sus. is. Werewolves suffer a very common allergy to silver because it is common knowledge not because silver bullets are common. Now you may not have a trouble with this and each gaming group is different. Your gaming group may play perfectly well with this method. However, I believe it better to simply adjust the character than each possible attack. This leads to in my eyes a simpler game and a game/campaign which is more portable allowing players to come and go with less hassle. (as in a convention game or an open game recruiting new "blood" so to speak)

Re: Question about Velicoty based Hero Assuming a Str 10, 30" movement, 5 PD, 3/4 PD Reduction Resistant. He should on the average do 5" knock back on a move through and take 4 stun. If your numbers do not match, then yes, you are doing some calculation wrong. Tips on speedsters. When judging whether a speedster is abusive or not, treat them like martial artists and calculate damage as if a move through was a offensive strike and a move by a defensive strike. Also, if he didn't buy the movement as running (i.e. flight), check his turn mod. Note that advantages to flight for turn mod make it more effective and thus should count as part of the active point of the attack. Strategies against the speedster. The obvious delay and throw the character. A martial throw generally adds to the damage based on the velocity of the target. Also a martial throw is generally used as a sort of block against speedsters. The martial block works just as well against speedsters as it does against other melee people. Damage shields are useful against all sorts of melee people but in 5th the costs make thier effectiveness low. Still a 1d6 entangle damage shield can ruin a lot of weak strength melee artists plans. A combo move in a team is great for taking out a speedster/high DCV martial artist. The first person sets up the victim a DCV reducing move such as entangle, flash, or knock back. The second person finishes the target off at the reduced DCV. Against move through artists, bracing against knockback with strength is a common move by GMs where I played. Its basically the manuever you see in comics where the brick leans into the attack and the ground suffers beneath him. Knockback resistance ruins many move throughs. Just 6 points can do wonders. AoE entangle sticky is the fly paper against move by/through artists. Remember, you can always abort to go desolid or teleport away. This is effectively useful if they are trying to do a suicide run into a wall with you in between.

Re: 6th Ed Champions Universe Follow up question A while back you developed a timeline for the products for 5th Ed, going from Atlantean Age (or earlier) to Star Hero. Are you still going to adhere to that product timeline?

Re: More Abusive characters How about this one? Torpedo Man! A man with 10 Strength and Accurate on strength. Has 5" of movement and tons of doublings (for a 12d6 game assume 10 levels or x2048 NCM). Use NCM to Move-Through target. If its a miss, comeback around at full speed and try again since its doubtful the target can target something over 5km away.

Re: More Abusive characters I am guessing the teleporter had AoE and teleported himself and the target into rock.

Re: More Abusive characters The only problem with Pit Fiend as written is you need another power for movement, otherwise the target just sits there, unable to affect anything, which in and of itself is pretty annoying. Oops, I guess its for the pit. My bad!

Re: More Abusive characters I gots one more (possibly quasi legal). 9) Dead Man - Regeneration bring back from the dead and repair limbs, 11 Body. 1 Body on stats. Recovery linked to Regen. You do anything to him, he kills himself and returns to life removing all conditions against him since a corpse can't be flashed, mind controlled, etc. PC: "I flash him for 96 segments!" GM: "He commits suicide on segment 12" PC: "What?!" GM: "He comes back to life on segment 3 and attacks."

Re: More Abusive characters Oops I forgot some more 7) The T999a - Robot (takes no stun) with regeneration to it's body. It keeps going and going. 8) The Mechanic and his Carbot - A super mechanic who can repair vehicles and has healing/aid to vehicles. And Kitt the autocar who does the attacks.