GestaltBennie

And beyond... Nice to see the devs having fun, especially after the turmoil of the last year. Also, info on the free week. A sign-up is necessary, unfortunately. http://www.atari.com/support/kb/3587

Re: Hey Kids -- Comics! The comic should be on the Google Docspage, or downloadable from it, KB.

I thought this might be of interest to some folks here. A comic done by a friend of mine. https://docs.google.com/fileview?id=0B-jG5SMKplHYYTQ5MmRkZDAtZTQwNy00ZDBiLWFhZDctMTRkNDYyNTZkYjNj&hl=en&authkey=CIqtn8YD

Re: Unkindness Available in Hero Store Congrats on getting through that situation, Dave. Glad everything worked out.

Re: Succeeding The Blood I prefer the idea of a family of Empyreans, outcast long ago, as the Blood equvalent. It seems to have the Amber-like quality that the Blood possess, though I suppose it might invite the danger of the Empyreans becoming overused as a plot device or origin.

Re: CotN Outtakes Okay. One final addition: book references, and a section on NPCs, and canon villains added to the villains section.

Re: CotN Outtakes Mark Derringer, aka Avenger of SUNDER, one of the teammates from Thundrax's first team. Currently head of the Steelhead Division of the RCMP, as mentioned in Champions of the North 5th edition. He's stationed at Force Station Steelhead in Champions Online.

Re: CotN Outtakes

Re: CotN Outtakes I noticed that Cryptic folded Justiciar's origin into a battle with the Guard, so I decided to revise the writeups accordingly, and gave them a bit of polish and expansion in places. New writeups attached.

Re: CotN Outtakes Hi. You've seen the COTN outtakes file on the Hero Extras page, here's something else I've been working off and on on for the last few months. Primarily RP background for Thundrax, so you may find this dull, but there's hopefully a few good ideas here.

ENnie nominations came out today. Categories where HERO was nominated: Best Supplement * Lucha Libre Hero (Hero Games) * Mysteries of the Hollow Earth (Exile Game Studio) * Nobis: The City-States (Pantheon Press) * Player’s Handbook 3 (Wizards of the Coast) * Rebellion Era Campaign Guide (Wizards of the Coast) * HM: Cthulhutech: Damnation View (WildFire) Best Game * Dragon Age: Set 1 (Green Ronin) * Hero 6th Edition (Hero Games) * Pathfinder (Paizo Publishing) * Shadowrun – 20th Anniversary Ed. (Catalyst Game Labs) * Wild Talents 2nd Edition (Cubicle 7) * HM: Labyrinth Lord (Goblinoid Games) Best Rules * Atomic Highway (Radioactive Ape Designs) * BASH Ultimate Edition (Basic Action Games) * Diaspora (VSCA) * Hero 6th Edition (Hero Games) * Wild Talents 2nd Edition (Cubicle 7) * HM: Earthdawn 3rd Edition, Player’s Guide (RedBrick LLC) Also: Best Art, Interior * Escape from Tentacle City (Willow Palecek) * Pathfinder Core Rulebook (Paizo Publishing) * Rogue Trader Core Rulebook (Fantasy Flight Games) * Shadowrun – 20th Anniversary Ed. (Catalyst Game Labs) * Warhammer Fantasy RPG (Fantasy Flight Games) * HM: Hero 6th Edition (Hero Games) -------------- In addition to this, there's a Hero System book out for Day After Ragnarok, which was nominated for best setting. Other categories. Best Adventure * The Grinding Gear (Lamentations of the Flame Princess) * Pathfinder AP #31: Stolen Land (Paizo Publishing) * A Song of Ice and Fire: Peril at King’s Landing (Green Ronin) * Trail of Cthulhu: The Armitage Files (Pelgrane Press) * WFRP: The Gathering Storm (Fantasy Flight Games) * HM: Trail of Cthulhu: Shadows over Filmland (Pelgrane Press) Best Aid or Accessory * Battlegraph Dry Erase Boards (Longtooth Studios) * Campaign Coins (King of the Castle Games & Paizo Publishing) * Gaming Paper (Gaming Paper) * Hero Lab v3.6 (Lone Wolf Development) * Pathfinder GM Screen (Paizo Publishing) * HM: A Song of Ice and Fire Narrator’s Kit (Green Ronin) Best Art, Cover * Eclipse Phase (Catalyst Game Labs & Posthuman Studios) * Pathfinder Bestiary (Paizo Publishing) * Rogue Trader Core Rulebook (Fantasy Flight Games) * Trail of Cthulhu: Rough Magicks (Pelgrane Press) * WFRP: The Gathering Storm (Fantasy Flight Games) * HM: Star Wars: The Unknown Regions (Wizards of the Coast) Best Blog * Critical Hits * Gnome Stew * Kobold Quarterly * NewbieDM.com * One Geek to Another * HM: Sarah Darkmagic Best Cartography * Aces and Eights: Judas Crossing (Kenzer & Company) * Dungeon of Terror Virtual Box Set (0one Games) * Maps of Mastery: Swamp Caves (Maps of Mastery) * Pathfinder City Map Folio (Paizo Publishing) * Revenge of the Giants (Wizards of the Coast) * HM: Death Frost Doom (Lamentation of the Flame Princess) Best Electronic Book * The Great City Player’s Guide (0one Games) * Heroes of the Jade Oath BETA (Rite Publishing) * To Kill Or Not To Kill (Rite Publishing) * Pathfinder Society Scenario #29: The Devil We Know Part 1: Shipyard Rats (Paizo Publishing) * Shambles (A Terrible Idea) * HM: Fey Folio: The Unseelie Court (Alluria Publishing) Best Free Product * Advanced Players Guide Playtest (Paizo Publishing) * Combat Advantage #15 (Emerald Press) * Lady Blackbird (one.seven Design) * Warriors Adventure Game (HarperCollins Children’s Books) * Wayfinder #1 (Paizo Fans United) * HM: Hexographer (Inkwell Ideas) Best Miniature Product * Alkemy Minis (Kraken Editions) * D&D Minis (Wizards of the Coast) * Fortress of Redemption (Games Workshop) * Gaming Paper (Gaming Paper) * Maps of Mastery: Swamp Caves (Maps of Mastery) * HM: Battlegraph Dry Erase Boards (Longtooth Studios) Best Monster/Adversary * Aces and Eights: Rustlers & Townsfolk (Kenzer and Company) * Hellfrost Bestiary (Cubicle 7) * Pathfinder Bestiary (Paizo Publishing) * Pathfinder: Classic Horrors Revisited (Paizo Publishing) * Supernatural: Guide to the Hunted (Margaret Weis Productions) * HM: Fey Folio: The Unseelie Court (Alluria Publishing) Best Podcast * All Games Considered * Atomic Array * NewbieDM.com Minicast * Open Design * Power Source * HM: The Gamer’s Haven Podcast Best Production Values * Eclipse Phase (Catalyst Game Labs & Posthuman Studios) * Pathfinder Core Rulebook (Paizo Publishing) * Rogue Trader Core Rulebook (Fantasy Flight Games) * Shadowrun – 20th Anniversary Ed. (Catalyst Game Labs) * Warhammer Fantasy RPG (Fantasy Flight Games) * HM: Mysteries of the Hollow Earth (Exile Game Studio) Best Regalia * Battletech: 25 Years of Art and Fiction (Catalyst Game Labs) * Buried Tales of Pine Box, Texas (12 to Midnight) * Cthulhu 101 (Atomic Overmind Press) * Grind (Privateer Press) * Three Dragon Ante: Emperor’s Gambit (Wizards of the Coast) * HM: Best of All Flesh (Elder Signs Press) Best Setting * Day After Ragnarok (Atomic Overmind Press) * Goblin Markets (White Wolf Publishing) * Kerberos Club (Cubicle 7) * Judge Dredd (Mongoose Publishing) * Rome: Life and Death of the Republic (Cubicle 7) * HM: Shadowrun: Seattle 2072 (Catylst Game Labs) Best Website * d20PFSRD.com * Epic Words * Obsidian Portal * Pathfinder Wiki * Pen & Paper Games * HM: Hexographer Best Writing * Eclipse Phase (Catalyst Game Labs & Posthuman Studios) * FantasyCraft (Crafty Games) * How We Came to Live Here (Galileo Games) * Kerberos Club (Cubicle 7) * Victoriana 2nd Edtion (Cubicle 7) * HM: Colonial Gothic (Rogue Games) Product of the Year * Doctor Who (Cubicle 7) * Dragon Age: Set 1 (Green Ronin) * Eclipse Phase (Catalyst Game Labs & Posthuman Studios) * Geist the Sin-Eaters (White Wolf Publishing) * Kerberos Club (Cubicle 7) * Pathfinder (Paizo Publishing) * Rome: Life and Death of the Republic (Cubicle 7) * Shadowrun – 20th Anniversary Ed. (Catalyst Game Labs) * Warhammer Fantasy RPG (Fantasy Flight Games) * Wild Talents 2nd Edition (Cubicle 7) * HM: FantasyCraft (Crafty Games) * HM: Savage Suzerain (Cubicle 7) Congratulations to all nominees. Nice to see us back in the hunt after several years of absences.

Re: CHAMPIONS VILLAINS -- What Do *You* Want To See?

Re: CHAMPIONS VILLAINS -- What Do *You* Want To See?

Re: Serpent Lantern is Out No, it's plenty bright with that damn Serpent Spirit in it.

A bit more content, more costume parts to grind.

Re: Official Hero Boards Super Team And Chat Channel! When I'm on, I'm usually willing to give Legionaires a hand, particularly if you have a tough mission or two. or you feel like doing an open mission. I wouldn't mind doing a few special events together, though I'm not a big fan of lairs.

Re: Serpent Lantern Info Page Added It is indeed, LL. Getting your head handed by them, not so much.

A link to info on their new adventure pack, an expansion which offers a new chain of new adventures and accompanying goodies, coming in June. http://www.champions-online.com/serpent_lantern

Re: CHAMPIONS OF THE NORTH Outtakes I hope so; I've been meaning to get this out for awhile. Hope people enjoy it.

Re: CHAMPIONS VILLAINS -- What Do *You* Want To See? This is my CO shot of Grond. Thundrax is 6'7". ((image deleted)) Hope this helps. Damn, image won't shrink. Here's the link: http://i81.photobucket.com/albums/j229/GestaltBennie/Grond.jpg

Re: CHAMPIONS VILLAINS -- What Do *You* Want To See? If you rework the origins of the bad guys, Steve, I'd like to see some greater ties to the established places of the Champions Universe. There's a lot of kooky corners in the world now, which weren't explored when you did CKC. Going back to those and tying a few established characters into those places, where appropriate, would be a nice added value for the book.

Re: List Your CO Heroes! Vibora Bay is *very* nice. I could live without some of the refs, though the chance to beat up Edward is pretty darn sweet.

Re: Gestalt: Architects of Change: What Would *You* Like to See Okay, i've come to a bit of a decision on this book. It's almost done, but the Eiko invasion scenario continues to be a brick wall. So I'm going to jettison the sections on the Eiko for another book, finish. edit, polish and index the rest (which should be a reasonably short process) and publish as soon as I have art for it and Dave can get it in the channels. It's still a big book -- the manuscript's at 174 pages at the moment -- so I'm confident you'll get value out of it. Once I get the superlink version done (provided that life allows me the privilege), I'll start work on a third book to cover the Eiko and maybe add some material on the Gestalt Dimension. There might be a 6th edition HERO version, provided there's interest, which may well end up being a Gestalt 2nd Edition.

Re: List Your CO Heroes! Did an alteration on Thundrax's main costume. This is probably his new suit (including cape) for awhile. He's also currently mullet-free, but that's an RP related thing and very temporary.

Re: Who's still playing and when? I've been playing early mornings and evenings, most nights. BTW, anyone up for a SG run through of VB when it hits? I played the version on PTS and have really enjoyed it.