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ned-kogar

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    Getting even older. Been playing Champs since 3rd Edition. Lurked here for years.
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  1. Nice to see some new pics after all these months! I did manage to find a link to a purchasable version of FH16, and bought it for c. £2.40: http://www.fabricadeherois.com.br/p/compre-aqui.html Sadly, there are no female bodies in it, as he appears to have run stopped working on the project for the time being. Ned
  2. I've had a good search for something similar and can't find anything free... The files for Hero Machine appear to be available, but I've no idea what to do with them.
  3. I had a Scarecrow character, similar to Lord Liaden's suggestion, adding an Absorption from Body to Presence - the more battered he got, the more demonically frightening he became.
  4. Looks like this handy tool is no more - what are people using to generate costumes these days?
  5. Remarkble idiocy. Although... I guess deportation of all U.S. jews to Israel would give the Israeli army a sizeable boost...
  6. Personally, I'd consider a non-skill solution, such as allowing the Co-ordinated 'combined damage for stunning' if two (or more) characters manage to hit the same target on the same Dex/Phase and make their individual To Hit rolls by X amount (eg. everyone rolls < half of what was required.. if you're not using Criticals). Then allow a 2pt CSL in Co-ordinated attacks, that increase the chance of an individual's roll. It's cheap enough that members of a team might all buy into it, but also means a character can increase the overall chance even if she's co-ordinating with someone unfamiliar - a knack for team-ups, a perception of other's styles, perfect timing in matching someone else, etc. Ned
  7. Sometimes I find it easier to figure out the personality and feel of a character before naming them, cos it can be the key to the underlying concept- and helps narrow down what they're likely to call themselves... depending on the tone of the campaign. Is he a Columbo-style slovenly magical detective, with pockets full of useful stuff that he unhurriedly rummages through in the midst of battle? (Just a nice colourful surname would do, or one that loosely alludes to his powers, eg. Packer, Speck, Crumb, Gulliver) Is he an obsessively meticulous maths obessive also capable of super-accurate estimates of size and weight, who imposes his re-calculations on reality? (The Reckoner, Fraction, Determinator) Are his powers due to being a descendent of a trickster god, and he honours his ancestor by quietly stealing a little of what he shrinks, so it never quite fits again? (pick a Trickster figure: Kid Coyote, Puck, Reynard) Is she a small, quiet, shy small town girl whose powers developed from a latent wish-fulfillment ability after she moved into a cramped big city apartment? (Smallsville, Speck, Pint-Size, Bitsy, Lilliput) Ned
  8. It might be nice to include items that look like flavour / forgettable nothings (and might be discarded), but that come in useful later on, whether it's because the enviroment changes radically (eg. you get gloves and a scarf in a tropical jungle but need them in a snowstorm two days later) or because they contain more worth than is initially apparent (eg. a comic book contains vital clues to the coming obstacles). Also, I guess - given that it's televised - anything that will make the paticipants more photogenic (make-up, shampoo, hairbrush). Of course, if the broadcasters/audience want them to suffer (and LOOK like they're suffering) they'll maybe deny them all these things unless specific goals are reached. And never forget the delight of clean underwear after a few days without changing clothes. And toothpaste.
  9. This happened not far from me. If we're to believe the dodgy police explanation of his death - "the result of accidentally locking himself inside the bag" - he must have had Contortionist <18, but Lockpicking <8...
  10. Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4iOYMzdh_Io
  11. They're Australian? Well, an Aussie folkhero who famously incorporated metal into his schtick (though externally, not integrally) is Ned Kelly, so you could riff off that. But if you really want to insult a cyborg who yearns to be a man, just call him The Machine. As for a female Aussie mentalist, give her glowing light SFX (at the point of effect, rather than source of power) and call her Min Min, after the mysterious wandering Min Min Lights of Queensland. Or give her the ability to psionically mimic others' brainwaves (and appearance, perhaps) and call her Lyrebird.
  12. Yeah, that's a good point, rules-wise, and perhaps it wasn't a very useful comparison. But the mechanic of balancing a temporarily held bit of kit with some built-in temporary complications proved an enjoyable addition to thhe game.
  13. In some versions of the folklore, Redcaps use their big iron shoes to stamp / land on people with when leaping down from towers, etc... so rather than just clinging boots, why not have a built-in effect of extra Hand-to-Hand damage for kicks or even a no range AE Radius stomp? And an isolated tower is about the most fairly tale base available...
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