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Re: "Matrix" Sentinel build? LOL, I should have known that'd draw commentary... does it make it worse that they're both my roommates?

Re: "Matrix" Sentinel build? Will do, I work a lot and have 2 girlfriends so it'll take me a while probably, but I'll get around to it.

Re: The Ultimates Bundle The problem I have with Genre books is I tend to blend genres a lot. The game I'm getting ready to run borrows elements From Fantasy, Champions, SciFi, and Gritty "Dark Heroes-esque" material, flavor, and power sets. I don't particularly want to buy all of those, I think between my ideas and the HM files available online I can find enough builds for utility that I'm not sure what else I'd be getting out of the genre books. Maybe I'm underestimating the broad utility of the genre books though.

Hey guys, I was browsing the online store and found the Ultimates Bundle: The Ultimate Vehicle Hero System Vehicle Sourcebook Ultimate Brick Ultimate Mystic Ultimate Metamorph Ultimate Speedster,Ultimate Mentalist Ultimate Skill Ultimate Energy Projector Total price: $200. I know this is a bargain in terms of overall cost, but assuming that $200 is more or lessa hand-wave and all I have at the moment is the base book, would this be a good first purchace to round out my HERO stuff? In other words, if you only had the Big Black Book and 200 bucks to spend, would you spend it on this bundle?

Re: Does anyone have any idea why this is legal?

Re: 8pt CSL It's just another option. Once you factor in NCM, added damage capabilities, and the choice of how you apply your bonuses each action, it's almost as good as DEX even without the bump to your SPD. IME and IMO it's fairly balanced, but it's slightly more effective when NCM apply. It also lets you model characters more accurately that: -are skilled in combat but not unusually "graceful" -armor that defelects some attacks -attacks that are larger that normal but fall shjort of a 1-hex AoE And so on. Of course DEX and SPD are desireable, but they may not fit the concept you're trying to model.

Re: "Matrix" Sentinel build? I smell what you're cooking. Since I'm not actually trying to build an exact replica of the sentinels that'll be more than enough to get a good start on it, thanks.

Anyone made or seen a write-up for the sentinel squid-like robots in The Matrix movies? I'm thinking of a BBEG that's going to borrow liberally from that basic concept. (at least in gross physical form)

In my opionion: If you don't want a player re-trying ad infinitum to succeed where it's not reasonable or in keeping with your plot, impose consequences for failure, fudge the difficulty, or give them an explained or unexplained failure that makes it clear further attempts will fail as well. If no reason exists for preventing the further attempts (including common sense), just let them keep trying.

Re: The great debate, this time with Java!

Re: Simple questions on AP caps Thanks guys, I have 4 players (and maybe a fifth) and none have played HERO before. Fortunately they all seem to grasp the underlying theme of chargen (to wit, anything is fine the concept isn't consistent with the campaign and setting. Let me worry about how t's written and I'll show you what I'm doing to help you learn) One of the guys is asking if he can base his character on "Sonny" (the robot) in I, robot. This is a little amusing because it recalls a question I've though of in the past- To those of you who have seen the movie, what is Sonny's DEX anyway? It's clearly superhuman, but what would you rate it at?

Re: Simple questions on AP caps Thanks for the reminder... I wasn't looking at making things quite that turtley though

Re: Simple questions on AP caps

Re: Simple questions on AP caps Thanks, I knew there had to be a chart somewhere with guidelines. I'm starting with 125/125 because I'm envisioning a relatively rapid climb in experience to begin with (First session or two will be "normal" exp gain, then bumped up to double ot triple gain for possibly 2-10 sessions as appropriate, then back to normal gain). The 125/125 lends itself to character expansion slightly more readily than 150/100, because once you get some more experience, you're going to be very similar to a typical 250/150 build.

Re: Simple questions on AP caps

Hey all, I'm starting a supers campaign where I want to start out the players at 125 points and 125 possible disads. A few quick questions- 1. What's a "typical" or advisable AP cap for that tier of power? 2. What cap should I put on defenses as a rule of thumb? 3. I intend to "start small" and award experience more liberally to start with so the players can "grow into" their character concepts. Assuming they grow into the next tier of power, should I adjust the AP caps up at some point? When? 4. Where could I have found these answers myself?

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... GM: "If you guys don't calm down you're going to find yourselves each fighting your wieght in weasels." Elf: Even me? GM: "Even you." Monk: "So... two weasels."

Re: Quote of the Week from my gaming group... From a male character: "I gather information using my attack ovaries."

Re: Thoughts on having more than one liaison This thread made me think of the campaign I'm getting ready to run... I've seen the value of having police contacts in the past, but in my campaign most "police" are corporate security acting as law enforcement in the corporate sectors of the city. Quick background: Imagine Norfolk, VA has been divided between 4 or 5 corporations and most of the real estate is the direct property of one of these corps. In a given region, if the area belongs to say, FORGE, Inc., any cop you see is going to be wearing a FORGE badge. Two questions about this... 1) If you wanted to have a finger on the pulse of significant events on the area, would you just take multiple liasons and/or contacts? That's the only solution I see since there's no "main office" for law enforcement of the whole city. 2a) What complications can you see in having multiple contacts from competing corps providing you information (I can think of a few, but I'd love to see if you guys can think of more and make me look smarter later). 2b) What are some examples of good info sources you can think of in a heavily urbanized environment that could provide info on the whole city, when almost all the law enforcement, public works, and utility functions are run by sector by different organizations? Sorry for the derail, and thanks in advance for your input.

Re: Navy Plots Unmanned, Heavily Armed Fleet

Re: Navy Plots Unmanned, Heavily Armed Fleet

Re: Who's doing that? Why not just run and scream along with everyone else? Too undignified?

Re: U.N. Armament I didn't say he was "speaking out against soldiers"... what I meant here was the things you choose to address say things about what you view as "second best". If you are in a car wreck and your wife dies and you constantly talk about the cost of replacing the car, people will assume you don't miss your wife (or don't miss her much). Similarly, complaining about profiteering while soldiers are dying fails to highlight their noble sacrifice by spotlighting the financial aspect of the problem. I didn't accuse him of attacking soldiers, only of exhibiting what was (in my opinion) bad taste by choosing what to complain about. If you don't know who I am, then you don't know my qualifications. If you don't know my qualifications, then you presume (that's the root of the word presumptious, FYI) to know my qualifications but can't base your statements on facts (since they're unavailable). Basing statements on presumptions not supported by fact is the practice that created the need for the word presumptuous in the first place. Here- let me explain it another way... In other words, if you draw a conclusion based on your opinions or previous experience rather than empirical data it can be said you presume. The most common adjective to describe one who presumes is presumptuous. Ergo, if you: A) Don't know, Admit you don't know, C) Form an opinion anyway: you have made a presumption. It's a word whose purpose it is to describe those actions. If you D) share this opinion with others, some of them may describe this as presumptuous. Most actions (verbs) have a modified form to describe a tendancy toward that action or an instance of committing that action (adjective). So- in English, using the Rules As Written, this is going to have to fall under "presumptuous". Sorry. Don't worry though, there is hope! If you aren't comfortable being described as presumptuous, do a quick check before you post and verify you haven't followed these steps. That way, if someone calls you presumptuous, you can show them the dictionary and prove that they chose an inappropriate word. I'll try to sleep tonight knowing I've disgusted you.

Re: Never GMed HERO before, a few pointers?

Re: What rule don't people know? This reminds me of one of my favorite answers to uncomfortable questions about task completion in the workplace: "Provided you have absolutely no follow-up questions whatsoever; yes."