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Re: [sTAR WARS] It is my turn now.

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Re: Are Hero characters too rugged? He seems to get hit a lot more often than just when he lets someone hit him. To be honest, he doesn't seem to have a very high Dex until after he accelerates to a high rate of movement. Of course we're talking about a character that moves and reacts at the speed of plot (L&C:TNAoS, Smallville, JL, JLU, etc...).

Re: Ultimate books and general utility Fantasy would probably be mystic over mentalist. Scifi/Space Opera would probably be the opposite.

Re: "Understanding limitations and advantages" Would the other kryptonians really be susceptible to kryptonite given that they are only just arriving on Earth? Unlike Superman they have spent their lives exposed to things made from their homeworld whereas Kal'el was not.

Re: [sTAR WARS] It is my turn now.

Re: Are Hero characters too rugged?

Re: Are Hero characters too rugged? "I'm not afraid of heights or falling. It's that sudden stop at the end that is the real killer" Unless your armor pads you to change the rate of deceleration at the bottom of that fall, then your poor little brain will go squish even if the bones don't break.

Re: Laser target designator "HOW?" Would probably just be a negative to the intended targets DCV to the incoming weapon which has to have the ability to perceive the mark and be guided to it. Range penalties wouldn't apply to a guided munition as it can make course corrections while inbound to a target whereas a dummy rocket or bullet can't and so are more sensitive to misalignment at time of firing.

Re: Surviving fall from orbit That sounds similar to Johnny Flame and the Rise of the Silver Surfer.

Re: Surviving fall from orbit Yep, lower pressures than found at sea level means lower melting and boiling temps. In the case of CO2 it means a lower sublimation temp (solid->gas with no liquid step).

Re: Telekinesis - Earth Only How well the gravel holds up the person would, I would think, be more a function of how well the TK is able to get a grip on the stones and keep them together. Similar to holding a pile of stones in your hand. If you cup your hands around it and have someone try and push down on the stones they don't have anywhere to go to get away from the pushing force, so they stay still. However hold a pile of stones in your flat palm and someone can cause the pile to collapse as they push down which would eventually allow them to fall through the pile.

Re: Would you allow this? Even with the DNA you would have issues making the specific due to the Epigenetics of the genome. Epigenetics is what helps a liver cell from expressing skin cell proteins or characteristcs. Even with the DNA of a subject you wouldn't be able to match up the fingerprints, retinal pattern, skin pattern, body height/weight, etc... That all is an effect of the environment in which those genes are grown up (eat lots of fast food and you won't look the same as if you grew up with a more balanced diet and exercised a lot, but you have the same genes). Identical twins don't share the same fingerprints... As for the Y chromosome making something male... Question: Why can frogs (some species) change sex? Mike A Smola Answer: This is a complex subject. Several studies have exposed some of the answers to this question, but a definitive answer is yet to be made. It all boils down to the level of which genes are activated. Studies have shown that the sex chromosomes are not necessarily the determining factor. The traditional display of a female is when an individual has two X chromosomes present. When one of these genes is a Y, it is a male. This tends to be the case for most organisms that sport individuals that are different sexes. However, the Y chromosomes has been almost always a male determining chromosome, but with molecular biology and genetic engineering techniques, a male can be made from a XX combination and females have developed from XY combinations. These are extremely rare, but they have given insight to the fact that there are other factors beside X and Y chromosomes that determine sex, probably a gene found in both chromosomes. As far as frogs are concerned (and other organisms that display this Phenomenon), apparently there are chemical triggers that respond to the number of members in a population that will activate the gene(s) that will allow for the disintegration of one set of sex organs and the development of the other. This is an advantage to a species whereby they have evolved the ability to assure their reproductive success. Steven D Sample

Re: Dragonstar Campaign Suggestions ?

Re: Help with a gadget That it turned red doesn't mean IR. The colors you see from an IR camera are an interpretation of the wavelengths that are outside our vision. You could easily change the interpretation of the wavelengths to all be shades of purple or green if one wanted to. Would be more likely that Bats was using UV like the effect you see with a black light when it strikes phosphorescent materials. The UV causes the material to fluoresce in the visible light spectrum.

Re: Help with a gadget Are you sure it is in the IR? I suspect the spray was a liquid form to the dust that forensics experts use to collect finger/hand/foot/etc... -prints. If he was following an IR signature, then he would not need to spray the air with anything, just change his vision to perceive it and hope the target spent time in each step before moving on.

Re: Surviving fall from orbit Terminal velocity for a human in the horizontal position (face down or up) is 120MPH or so. I know I have no trouble breathing when traveling that fast on a highway with the wind in my face. The problem with breathing at higher altitudes is the low partial pressure of oxygen. This is why HALO skydivers carry oxygen tanks and masks with them. Inigo Montoya: Let me 'splain. [pause] Inigo Montoya: No, there is too much. Let me sum up. This seems to be a very good summary of what has been discussed in this thread

Re: Surviving fall from orbit Or the character just keeps making attack actions thereby terminating their movement

Re: Military medals This all just keeps reminding me of M*A*S*H in the early seasons with Frank Burns trying to get a purple heart for things like an eggshell fragment in his eye and other things...

Re: Telekinesis - Earth Only Why would they fall through the gravel? They don't fall through it when it is piled on the ground.

Re: Star Wars Hero - General "The Force" power Or one could use D6 Space and the Metaphysics abilities...

Re: AI trouble First Law: Cannot harm, or through inaction, allow a human to knowingly come to harm. Common, Total Second Law: Must obey all orders from a human except where they violate the First Law. Common, Total Third Law: Must preserve its own existence except where this would violate the Second or First Law. Common, Total

Re: Doctor Who The Doctor does tend to have issues when he tries to actually target a specific time and location. He was trying for a rock concert in london and landed, with rose, a hundred years in the past in a field near the coast. So, something similar could happen to the players given that the TARDIS is at least semisentient. They try and go back to the start of the adventure and instead find themselves somewhen else with a new mystery to deal with instead.

Re: Dragonstar Campaign Suggestions ? The HERO group I'm in right now is running Dragonstar as the campaign setting, but with the HERO rules

Re: Doctor Who That depends. This current run of Doctor Who is noted as Doctor Who (2005), so it would be S03E01. http://imdb.com/title/tt0436992/ <-- Dr. Who (2005) http://imdb.com/title/tt0056751/ <-- Dr. Who (1963-89)