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  1. Re: How much does vehicle cost? Don't have my book here at work with me, but I'd think it would cost 143 points: The cost of the vehicle exceeds the character cost by 81 points, so I think those are paid 1-for-1. The 350 points - 40 disads = 310 points / 5 = 62 real cost 81+62 = 143. I could easily be wrong, though. If so, I apologize in advance.
  2. Re: The Candy Striper Just had to bring this tread back long enough to say that I added Candy Striper to my Champions game last Sunday. She worked perfectly! A female PC (Sentinel) works as an ambulance driver/EMT in her secret ID. Her partner (Charlie) has had a major crush on Sentinel for months, unaware that she is actually his partner. The female player has had some great role-playing with this, but the character obviously does not want Charlie's attention. Their ambulance was called to a truck stop to deal with a reported heart attack. When they arrived, they found Candy Striper had Entangled two drivers with licorice whips, but had cut one free because he was having a heart attack. She and Charlie flirted, then she took off with the (stolen) truck while the EMTs were taking care of the stricken man. Now, Charlie is over Sentinel but he's going on and on about Candy Striper. And Sentinel is not happy about this at all! (It must have hit that "I don't want him, but nobody else can have him either!" button for the player, as I don't think her displeasure was strictly roleplaying.) I'm looking forward to many repeat appearances by Candy over the coming months. I'd rep you, E84, if I hadn't already done so, but at least allow me to say "THANK YOU!"
  3. Re: Super! Absorbant! Sponge!!!!! I can't think of any powers off-hand, but if you need a Disadvantage he could always be Hunted by the male Wonder Twin, the one that can turn into water. "I can get beaten by a sponge. It doesn't even have to be a particularly evil sponge..." Oh, here's some powers: Cosmetic Transform, to clean things up. Dispel Change Environment to a limited extent (soak up oil slicks and the like) Desolidification, Does not protect against attacks, only to get through small places (squishes himself through)
  4. Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Last night's Champions game: Serendipity decided to break up with the former fiance she has just become reunited with after three years. She told the GM about her decision as he is telling her that her former finace has left her a note saying "this isn't working out, you have your own life here, I'm heading back to Dublin." Sentinel: Well, at least you and Ronan can still be friends. Squeeze: No! Not the "F" word! Serendipity: Well, *he* started it. A body, apparently of the former VIPER Nest leader, Windchill, washes up by the docks. His face has been partially eaten away by fish, in spots down to the skull. Squeeze: Hey, can we get some video of that? I want to make our own VIPER recruitment video. (describes scenes of VIPER agents marching, interspersed with video of Windchill's partially decomposed face). (Imitating a zombie Windchill voice) Join us now! GM: I'm pretty sure that's going to violate some YouTube content restriction. Squeeze: Fine. When they remove it, we'll replace it with a puppet version. GM: You mean like Harry Potter Puppet Pals??? You're going to parody your own video?! Squeeze (shrugs): Why not? Later on, the heroes are set upon by VIPER Force 1 (from the old 4th edition VIPER sourcebook). The tough bodybuilder, Rampage, is hit by an Ego Attack, to which he is vulnerable. GM: Okay, Rampage says, "I'll get you, you little... " (high-pitched screech). Squeeze: Seriously? He screamed like a little girl? GM: Yeah. Squeeze (to Synergy): Tell me we got that on video! We *so* need to add it to the VIPER recruitment video. (zombie voice) Join us now! (girlie scream) EEEEEEEEEE!! (zombie voice) Join us now! (girlie scream) EEEEEEEEEE!! Synergy: That last hit put me at GM's Discretion. GM: Okay, post-12. (looks at Synergy) Go ahead and take a recovery. Synergy: All right, that puts me at.... GM's Discretion. Still.
  5. Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Welcome to another day at Al Queda training camp! Nice to see those of you who survived the take-home test on poisoning. Your normal instructor couldn't be here today. He tried to blow up a car, and burned his lips on the exhaust pipe...
  6. Re: Answers & Questions Q: What's in the middle when you slice Rush Limbaugh into three equal pieces? A: It'll be a warm day in International Falls, Minnesota before that happens!
  7. Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat "A Fully-Owned Subsidiary of Halliburton, Inc."
  8. Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... From last Sunday's D&D game: The heroes are sailing toward an unknown port, and the captain says that they should be fine as long as they don't "cause any trouble." Devlyn: (to Yllek) Hear that? NO TROUBLE! Yllek: Me? When's the last time I caused trouble? Devlyn: The last port we were in! Yllek: Okay, before that, then. When did I cause trouble? Devlyn: The port before that! The heroes are planning to recruit some crew for the ship they captured. Ryan: Does the captain have any preferences? (someone, can't remember who): He prefers redheads... After paying 100 gold to dock... Leila: Maybe you can help us... Harbormaster: What can I do you out of? Yllek: You mean, apart from 100 gold? In port, our rogue falls under vampire's sway after horribly failing a will save: Il'Marcum: Bucky the buck-toothed sorcerer's apprentice could have gotten you with that roll! The heroes are approaching the bathhouse where the vampire has lured the rogue: Leila: (OOC) I'm next to Il'Marcum. (pause) Maybe not right next to him, since he tends to get hit a lot.
  9. Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Not a gaming quote, but I know people here would appreciate it this exchange between my daughters. Daughter 1 (watching TV and pointing at a contestant on Ninja Warrior): You know what he needs to do? Daughter 2: Get a life?
  10. Greetings, Herophiles! I am the new coordinator of Haymaker!, an Amateur Press Association magazine (APAzine) supporting the Hero System, and we're looking for a few good writers to join us. Haymaker! has been around since 1992 and is published as a PDF on a quarterly basis. As an APAzine, it is distributed only among contributors (who currently number around 20, though the number that contribute to any given issue is often less than that). Our contributors include Dave Mattingly, Mike Surbrook, and Bob Greenwade, all of whom I'm sure you know from Digital Hero and other Hero Games publications. Haymaker! is not available by subscription or sale to the general public, so you don’t get paid to contribute. However, authors in Haymaker! retain full rights to their own work (at least, until they later decide to sell their work). For contributors, this APAzine can be both a wealth of gaming material and an excellent source of feedback from other writers. If you have any questions, feel free to ask. Or, you can check out our website* (http://www.haymaker.org), look at our Contributor's Guidelines, or even email me directly (RayL@haymaker.org). *We are in the midst of a major update to the website, so please excuse the parts still under construction. PS: Thank you to Darren for allowing me to post this on the Hero boards. PPS: There is a matching thread on the Digital Hero forum. I will be checking both threads, so post to either one.
  11. Re: Double The Hero Excitement! Hmmm... major announcement... The letter "H"... Today Hero Games announces "Hillary/Huckabee Hero". That's right, the 2008 presidential election will be run as a Rage-in-the-Cage superpowered grudge match, with the last candidate standing going on to the White House. Hero shows us how to turn politicos into powerhouses... Nah. I got nothin'.
  12. Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat (This one's just for the Tribble...) Gillian Anderson's home. Well, at least as close as you can get without violating the restraining order. NT: Explain again what you did that made that celebrity get a restraining order against you...
  13. Re: Thou Shalt Not Speak Its Name I only really used them in one campaign (except as background), and that seemed to go okay. This was way, waaaaaay back, but lets see what I recall... In one adventure, the heroes learned that CLOWN was doing a scavenger hunt to determine their new leader... and one of the items on the list was a "superhero in a pink tutu". Of course, each of them pretty much was dead set on NOT being the super-ballerina. One of the heroes had electrical powers, and he had a sidekick (Electro Lad) who eventually ended up in the tutu. So, no real embarassment for the PCs. The players loved tagging off in combat to send poor Tag careening across the battlefield after his next target. A gadgeteer PC ended up taking Merry Andrew as a contact and helped plan a gag or two, IIRC. I think the PC heroes even sicced CLOWN on the other hero team in town once. One of the female PCs ended up dating Trump Knight for a time. (Come to think of it, that particular female PC dated a number of male supervillains... Trump Knight, Firewing, heck, even Shamrock got lucky with her.) So CLOWN can be run without making the heroes feel bullied.
  14. Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Dug too deep, and I hit water. Oh, not *that* kind of well... NT: Worst job given to Evil Overlord's Minion #1427-J.
  15. Re: Thou Shalt Not Speak Its Name In my game, I revamped Dot and added him to the Foxbat Five. His powers are now intrinsic. Basically, I kept the look but ditched the powersuit. My Dot is an homage to the Spot from Spiderman comics. Unlike Spot, though, Dot's multicolored "dots" access multiple dimensions, not just one. Most of these dimensions are too dangerous to enter directly, though opening a portal to those dimensions is a good way to generate attacks on opponents. His multi-dimensional portal powers include Stretching (does not cross intervening space), Teleport, Clairsentience, Flash, EBs (physical - water cannon; energy - heat), STUN Drain (radiation), and Entangle (expanding a portal to trap an opponent).
  16. Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat Trying to get his name legally changed. I mean, if you had a name like "Puxatawney Phil", wouldn't you?
  17. Re: Answers & Questions Q: What would you call it if women went topless in below-zero temperatures? A: He washed it down with a gallon of napalm.
  18. Re: Answers & Questions Q: That apartment building used to be six stories tall, but now it's seven stories tall! What happened? A: I don't know, I'm not an epidemiologist!
  19. Re: What's the story about the Haymaker! zine? I'm strongly considering offering to coordinate. I haven't cleared it with the boss (aka my wife) yet, but I doubt she'll say no. I have the full Adobe Creative Suite, but haven't fully learned how to use it yet, so the first issue or two will be a learning experience and take a bit longer to put together. But with a quarterly publishing schedule, I think I can do that. So I believe I can handle the nuts-n-bolts of putting each issue together. My big worries are: (1) the website -- that'll need a lot of work, and graphic design and website maintenance aren't my strong suits. While it doesn't need to be done overnight, the sooner the website is working to full effect, the more people we can attract as contributors. (2) cover art -- I've never worked with artists before, except for Bill Jackson, so I don't know how hard it will be to line this up regularly. I'd REALLY like to restart the Cover Art Caption Contest, which would require the website to be functioning better. I should probably take this, plus some other thoughts, to the Haymaker! discussion list and find out what the current contributors think.
  20. Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat A Few Good Men: "You can't HANDLE the TRUTH... JUSTICE... or the AMERICAN WAY!"
  21. Re: NGD Scenes from a Hat I don't know about the 84 ways, but he brags that there's 50 ways to love your lever.
  22. Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... Yeah, but imagine if a necromancer raised all the dead in Nebraska. Even the "living-but-think-they're-dead" will be under his sway. Hey, wait, my family is from Nebraska...
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