IndianaJoe3

He's still active on FB, and hasn't mentioned anything drastic going wrong. I suspect he's busy with, "stuff" right now and doesn't have much time for answering Hero questions.

I'd draw on the X-Files for inspiration. Have some things that should be explainable, but aren't. How does your Ravenna setting (urban fantasy?) differ from reality? What would it look like from the perspective of someone who wasn't in on the secret? (Assuming that magic is secret, of course.)

A poorly made sugar cookie is an affront to grandmas everywhere -- especially with too-sweet chalk-like frosting.

I keep suggesting that character generation should be modeled on the, "Superhero Gallery" in the Champions genre book. Pick an archetype, a characteristic set, your class abilities, a background skill set, a Complication package, and you're done.

I did a poll. "Standard superheroic" (400/75) was by far the most popular option.

The Ranged Duplicate/Recombine trick would be 160 active points for a 400-point character. That's awfully inefficient. 

The possible existence of invisible turtles is above your clearance level, citizen.

The possible existence of invisible turtles is above your clearance level, citizen.

The possible existence of invisible turtles is above your clearance level, citizen.

The possible existence of invisible turtles is above your clearance level, citizen.

The possible existence of invisible turtles is above your clearance level, citizen.

It's reasonably easy to remove or replace the firing pin on most modern weapons. It does not require a gunsmith or special tools (or, frequently, any tools). I suspect that the condition of the gun would be ruled inadmissable, because there is no way to confirm that it hadn't been changed between the incident and when it was turned over to the police.

It's reasonably easy to remove or replace the firing pin on most modern weapons. It does not require a gunsmith or special tools (or, frequently, any tools). I suspect that the condition of the gun would be ruled inadmissable, because there is no way to confirm that it hadn't been changed between the incident and when it was turned over to the police.

It's reasonably easy to remove or replace the firing pin on most modern weapons. It does not require a gunsmith or special tools (or, frequently, any tools). I suspect that the condition of the gun would be ruled inadmissable, because there is no way to confirm that it hadn't been changed between the incident and when it was turned over to the police.

Buy some of their movement with RSR and Side Effect. Drive too fast, and you need to make a driving check. Miss the driving check, and you have an accident and take damage.

Buy some of their movement with RSR and Side Effect. Drive too fast, and you need to make a driving check. Miss the driving check, and you have an accident and take damage.

What should the main power level for this shared world be? Naturally, there will be a mix of power levels, but what should the default power level be?
 
The difference between, "no default level" and, "mix" can be a bit vague, but I'll try to explain. "No default" means that characters can be any level. "Mix" means that characters can be submitted multiple times, at different power levels. There may be an in-game reason for this, or the creator might just want to offer more options.
 
I picked, "Mix" because I like the idea of a game-within-a-game, where characters can be different levels but in the same setting. Maybe there are in-game comic books (Marvelous Comics?) where the characters have powers they don't have in the main setting, or team-up in ways they don't in the main setting.

So this how I think the license should go. The proposed copyright blurb/license is included near the end of this post. I have been using the Forgotten Realms wiki as my inspiration. It's a perfect model because it has everything statted in 5e but then there are "tabs" that have other conversions, like this.
 

 
I have used this Forgotten Realms wiki a lot. I think the Campaign World one we are envisioning will be better than the Forgotten Realms one, but will share many of the traits.
 
Anyway, getting to the point, the license agreement on the Forgotten Realms page is like this:

 
This is how our wiki license should be worded. And then, when each person adds their own material to the wiki, they can include their own ownership blurb. So, if someone writes a blurb about a dance club owned by a villain, with lots of details, then they add. "This page is copyright pbemguy. Contact pbemguy on the Hero forums for details."
 
So the license blurb for the wiki would look like this: 
Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted. 
This page is copyright <insert username>. Contact <insert username> on the Hero forums for details.
 
 
 
 

It might be useful to look at the problem from the other end - what, "attacks" has the Earth survived? The biggest one coming to mind is the Chicxulb Impact. This was estimated at between 10^24 and 5*10^25 joules, which works out to  86 DC (if I've done the math right). While that devastated the biosphere, it wasn't even close to enough to destroy the planet.

OK, I want to get this out there so I can stop thinking about it before bed.
 
One cubic meter of stone has 19 BODY. Assume that doubling the volume adds 5 BODY. Earth has a volume of ~10^21 cubic meters. That is about 70 doublings, which gives us 369 BODY for Earth.
 
Figuring out how much Damage Negation Earth has is left as an exercise for the reader.

It might be useful to look at the problem from the other end - what, "attacks" has the Earth survived? The biggest one coming to mind is the Chicxulb Impact. This was estimated at between 10^24 and 5*10^25 joules, which works out to  86 DC (if I've done the math right). While that devastated the biosphere, it wasn't even close to enough to destroy the planet.

It might be useful to look at the problem from the other end - what, "attacks" has the Earth survived? The biggest one coming to mind is the Chicxulb Impact. This was estimated at between 10^24 and 5*10^25 joules, which works out to  86 DC (if I've done the math right). While that devastated the biosphere, it wasn't even close to enough to destroy the planet.

I had a PC that traced his lineage back to the French Revolution:
 
The Scarlet Pimpernel - Zoro - Lone Ranger - Green Hornet (Golden Age) - Shadowhunter I (Silver Age, DNPC) - Shadowhunter II (my PC, Bronze Age)

Losing their IP rights will discourage people from participating. I'm on board with authors submitting their work under a Creative Commons license (probably CC BY-NC, which allows for redistribution for non-commercial purposes only). Hero Games would have to negotiate a seperate license if they wanted to publish it as a commercial product, but the original author would be able to do whatever they wanted.

I chosen the ancient option, cause I love truth in myths and stories. Also, demons, very old ones, etc.