neogeo69

Re: Cassandra's Corner Some fantastic ideas Cassandra! I've always liked your character profiles. Question - in the case of the SPD drain deathray, what does it mean when the hero has Power defense 10 then?

Re: A pit. Beast, I think you're 100% correct. I re-read the rules for Usable As Attack, and imo, Pit really does describe an event similar to Flight, Usable as Attack, only downwards. So... Tunnelling, Ranged, Usable as Attack essentially will be the way I'm thinking of doing it. Maybe even AE - One Hex as an option. Someone suggested the Body of Ground was, what's the DEF? Thanks

Re: A pit. Thanks everyone for the ideas!

Re: A pit. Of course, if you followed it up with another Transform that filled up the pit afterwards.... that would be nasty to anyone who didn't have Life Support and/or flight or leap.

Re: A pit.

Re: A pit. I guess, the deeper the pit, the more falling damage. And if it was implemented as an entangle, I can't see how using an energy blast would get you out of it...

Ok I'm looking at either a witch or an earthy based superhero. How would you build the ability to create... a pit? As an attack that is. For example. GeoDude spots villain. He gestures and a pit opens up villain. Villain falls in. Would it be an entangle? Some type of TK? Tunnelling Ranged? Obviously flying or superleaping victims can get out easily. Others... not so. Thanks!

Re: The Super Darwin Awards I think Curiousity is the leading cause of Darwin type deaths for PC's...

Re: A 5th Edition Starburst Thanks Moonblade - a good read! I remember Starburst from way back - was he originally 1st edition?

Re: Silver Age Superman Cassandra, Question - I noticed that you gave Supers a life support - 200 years longevity. How long is he expected to live in comic book canon? He's not immortal is he - just long lived? Thanks

Re: Characteristics in an EC Meh, I certainly don't see anything special in Mongoose to allow for SPD and DEX in the EC. It's just another player using concept to try to bargain for more powers within the point allotment. As the previous poster said, if PC's really want to play that way, so can GM's and NPC's have a lot more points.

Re: Silver Age Superman Great work Cassandra! You could enfeeble Superman even more to save more points. How strong was Silver Age Superman when influenced by Kryptonite? in your build, his base Str is 30, which is still pretty strong when compared to the average human.

Re: Favorite 60-point Power Construction 60 Point Power Construction eh? 1. +45 Pre (AP 45) 2. Presence Attack, Does Knock Back. (AP 14) "You WILL DROP YOUR PANTS!"

Re: The Classic Justice League starting members on 350 points Thanks Moonblade, Jmoz and Hyper-man. Yah - that's kinda what I thought. I had read somewhere that he had a limited nine Lives thing but then he was basically a boxer with no other special powers... except that he was supposedly one of the best hand to hand combatants and was a good teacher. Hmm... Interesting that there isn't a teaching skill in Champions is there? Perhaps with that ability you could teach someone else the skill... Otherwise, I guess it would be lots of level to duplicate his expertise in hand to hand combat.

Re: The Classic Justice League starting members on 350 points Hyper-Man this is a great read - and I appreciate every one of your builds. Quick question - would Wildcat be essentially a martial artist boxer, designed on a 350 pt system?

Re: What does a "20 Comeliness" look like to YOU? What does 20 Com mean? I guess it depends all on House Rules. If the assumption is that Str 20 is the maximum for ALL humans, i.e. Olympic weightlifters, then similarly COM 20 would be the supermodel equivalent. If Str 20 was the maximum for normal humans, but Legendary humans like Schwarzenegger was Str 30 (at his prime) then I can certainly see legends like Marilyn Monroe with a COM 30.

Re: Where can I find Absorption description? Re: Assault While I can understand that Sidekick is a summary and not designed to undercut Hero System sales, it would have been useful to know what is NOT included in Sidekick before I purchased it - the description was incredibly vague. Likewise, since I can't seem to find it - I'm assuming that Variable Point Pools are not included in Sidekick either right?

Re: Where can I find Absorption description? Argh - thanks Assault! I didn't realize I would be missing out on these power descriptions...

Re: Where can I find Absorption description? I can't seem to find it. Which page?

Re: HERO System Sidekick Is there a description of the power Absorption in the Sidekick manual? I can't seem to find it in mine...

Absorption? I just bought the Sidekick manual but there's no mention of the Absorption power - or am I missing it somewheres? Thanks

Re: Totally noob question Bwahahaha! I loved Classic Enemies... and then there was old Ogre ,Dragonfly and Pulsar from the book...

Re: Totally noob question Thanks Everyone! Question #2: Should I wait for 6th Ed? When is that supposed to come out?

I'm an old Champions player from the original Champions I version. I haven't played for over a decade but saw it in a local store recently. This is a really really stupid question I realize, but all the books were wrapped so I couldn't open them. What books do I need to start again? The Hero System 5th edition book (cost $50)? Or the Champions book (cost $30)? From what I've read on the website, I think I need - the Hero System describes the framework, powers, active points and character generation while the Champions book describes more the genre and some sample characters... am I right? thanks, neogeo69