Greywind

Re: Mc2 Mainframe, Stinger, J2

Re: Poster map - Hudson City Besides, what makes you think that map is in Steve's house? Master Villains never work out of their house unless they have an island somewhere.

Re: New Game; New Characters... oy vey I've been with the system since '82. My impression from meeting him and his character, no, he doesn't have much playing experience with the system. It will be interesting as we tear down and rebuild. I hope he is a decent player.

Re: New Game; New Characters... oy vey Also, I've come to find out that the player isn't new to the Hero System. He doesn't have much knowledge beyond Champions III.

Re: New Game; New Characters... oy vey I've installed HDv2 on the work comp. Only down side to the work comp is we don't have a printer that works with it right now. I'll have to try the printer tomorrow. Boss is going to Fla for a week. Lovely peace and quiet. I intend to show him the character sheet that we did up, using his sheet as the basis. I also need to get the form printed up and copied off of the ground rules that we'll be proceeding under. The guy that I was discussing this with yesterday figured the character's creator decided that '50' was a nice round number to work with.

Re: The Champions Universe DB Would you be doing this from a reader perspective or a character perspective? Who's Who and OHOTMU were done from a reader perspective. I've had a player keep a file similar, but strictly from his character's perspective.

Re: New Game; New Characters... oy vey Is that like Alfred taking the mallet to the bat-cowl?

Re: New Game; New Characters... oy vey I'm still trying to figure out how he came up with a cost of 15 on the multipower. Self Only isn't an option for Danger Sense, as it is inherently Self Only. Density Increase with no Mass increase to avoid buying the stats and the knockback resistance. Tapping both Focus and OIHID. Penetrating on a Stun Only attack. Ego Defense went away after 3rd. Mental Defense is a blanket for that now. Money twice? The character, what we could do legally, is about 500 points. This character would rarely be hit in combat, and any attacks that somehow managed to hurt him, would not be enough to put him down before his Regen and Rec got him back to perfect health. I don't want to stifle creativity or the guy's enthusiasm, but the veterans of the group have already dealt with a character-creating idiot. One of them already said that if this is what we can expect, he doesn't want the guy playing.

Re: New Game; New Characters... oy vey Me and one of the seasoned veterans decided to put this through Hero Designer. We got a lot of "You can't do that" or "you shouldn't do that" warnings. I think Dan created an AI with that program and it learned what pain is.

Re: New Game; New Characters... oy vey Oh, we intend to do that. There will be one day set aside, before actual play starts and we'll discuss characters, rationale and builds. If you look closely at the build, somethings are just out-and-out illegal.

Within a month, I will be restarting my Champions game. I had an individual come into work and purchase the last copy of Hero 5th that I had. During the course of our conversation, he was very elated to find that there was going to be a game taking place. Yesterday he delivered his character to me to look over. Save me from the munchkins! Str 50/15 10d6/3d6 HTH damage Lift 25 tons/200 kg Dex 50/20 OCV 16/6 DCV 16/6 Con 30 Body 35/15 Int 25 Ego 15 Pre 20 Com 25 PD 47/3 ED 43/6 SPD 6/3 REC 20/9 END 60 STUN 75/38 SKILLS 3 Acrobatics 15- 3 Breakfall 15- 16 CSLs: All Combat +2 5 Criminology: Mutant Psyche 17- 9 Interrogation 18- 22 Martial Arts Choke Hold Legsweep Martial Block Martial Disarm Martial Dodge Martial Escape Martial Throw 2 PS: National Security Protocols 16- 3 Stealth 15- 3 Streetwise 15- 3 Survival: Urban/Suburban 16- 3 Tactics: Small Units 16- 3 Security Systems 16- 3 Computer Programming 16- PERKS 5 Money $500,000/yr 8 Money $3,000,000/yr (Investments) TALENTS 5 Eidetic Memory 23 Danger Sense 18 Out of Combat Immediate Vicinity Self Only POWERS 15 Multipower (150 points) Power Battle Armor: Nanite Genejack Armor 3 Armor PD: 30 ED: 30 [1/4 END Cost +1/4] - Full Resistance 2 Damage Reduction: 3/4 Reduction: Resistant vs Killing Attacks 2 Density Increase: +35 STR; -7 KB; PD/ED +7 [0 Mass Increase +1/4, 0 End +1/4] 4 Characteristics: +25 Body, +25 Dex 2 Flash Defense 25 Points, Power Defense 25 Points 3 Flight 50" (x8 NCM) 1 Enhanced Senses: Nightvision, Infrared 3 Regeneration: 8d6 Body [0 End; Persistent; Extra Time - 1 Turn; Self Only] Limitations on Multipower Only in Hero ID Limited Power: Inoperable in a Vacuum Limited Power: Inoperable in intense magnetic fields OIF Very Difficult to Obtain Focus 4 Energy Blast: 12d6 Stun Only Penetrating Limitations on Energy Blast OIF Very Difficult to Obtain Focus Linked to Battle Armor No Proportion Required Greater Power at Full Value Only in Hero ID Limited Power: Inoperable in a vacuum Limited Power: Inoperable in intense magnetic fields 8 Retrocognition Range: 40" Blackout Extra Time 1 minute 30 Mental Defense/Ego Defense Ego Defense 15 points Mental Defense 15 points DISADVANTAGES 10 DNPC: Grandfather, Inventor, Paralyzed, CEO (Viamerica Research Tech) 20 Psych: CvK; Total 10 Psych: Super Patriot 15 Social: Secret ID 5 Psych: Vengeful (Moderate) 20 DNPC: Grandmother, Homemaker, Incompetent, Unaware 5 Distinctive Features: Nanite Armor 15 Psych: Honorable

Re: Is Mind Scan broken?

Re: Is Mind Scan broken? Also keep in mind, while you are re-rolling to hit the guy in combat, he's also trying to hit you. Fair exchange. He gets actions when you miss.

Re: Jon Sable: Freelance My wife had a fit when I bought IDW's hardcover of the original 6 issues. I've already got it in softcover from way back in the day. This one is one of the signed and numbered books. The six episode thing introduced Rene Russo to the world. She played Eden Kendall.

Re: DEX: and the Marvel Universe In terms of City of Heroes, Spider-Man is a level 50 that still stops the purse snatchers.

Re: DEX: and the Marvel Universe One thing to keep in mind when it comes to building characters is everyone has a "comfort level". If your comfort level to justify Spider-Clone is to give him a 40 dex, do so. If your comfort level requires you to give your character Acrobatics at 22- and 8 Dex related skill levels, do so. That's the joy of this game system. When you play with superheroes, by definition, realism goes out the window.

Re: DEX: and the Marvel Universe Pardon me while I quote Steve Long: "The whole damn book is with GM's permission."

Re: O.m.a.c. She brought a sword, an axe and a shield at the least. Considering where they were fighting and the conditions of the battle, sorry, there weren't any dumpsters to drop on her and Diana went in to kill Medousa. Until she blinded herself, Diana was on the losing end of the fight.

Re: O.m.a.c. I'm not familiar with Nightwing killing Medusa. Rucka's use of Medousa ties directly to Greek mythology. The only person prior to Diana to behead her, was Perseus. Medousa was resurrected at the behest of her two sisters, by Circe. She went after Diana because, like Perseus, Diana is Athena's Champion.

Re: Marvel Second Stringers. Help me out. Hector Ayala (previous White Tiger) died on the courthouse steps during his trial. The current White Tiger is his niece. She was a detective with the FBI, if I recall correctly.

Re: O.m.a.c. Diana deliberately did it to herself so that she wouldn't have to/couldn't be forced to look upon Medousa and be turned. She did it so that she could continue to fight and eventually defeat Medousa.

Re: O.m.a.c. Diana actually used one of Medousa's snakes that she had cut off during the fight. The venom from the snake is what blinded her.

Re: Masked Vigilantes In Trial One problem I've always run into using telepathy to verify anything where the courts are concerned is that it tends to fall into "unusual invasion of privacy" or when used on the criminals, either is dismissed as evidence due to the unusual nature of the search and seizure, or it violates the 5th Amendment.

Re: DEX: and the Marvel Universe A man of Daredevil's build shouldn't be able to roll a limo single-handedly, but he's done that and recently. The changes that occured to Daredevil were senses, strength and agility. This goes back to the very beginning. A lot of writers have ignored the strength and agility factor. Doesn't change the fact that they were there from inception.

Re: O.m.a.c. There isn't a clear time break down between Batman remembering what occured with Sue (which according to issue 2 was the focal point for him creating Brother I) and now.