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bathawk

Hey all, Have to say I'm a little caught off guard, I literally just finshed reading the Robotech tactics core book today (well a few pages, should be done tonight)....and was surprised by some of the comments...is Robotech tactics being discontinued? or relaunched? or moving to a different company?...

bathawk

Now that the kickstarter has launched, I'm very curious....for the miniatures if nothing else Still, was disapointed with them using "old style" Deadboys that haven't been part of the Coalition States for over a couple of decades, while I admit they still look good, it does give kind of a ...

bathawk

Been trying to complete my collection, but it's been getting harder and harder to find "back issues". Currently trying to track down #48...but haven't been able to find it for the last two months. Admittedly, the main place i search is ebay, but even #50 is easier to find (though still rar...

bathawk

hey all, I hope you don't mind me cross posting here....my game is technically a GURPS supers campaign, but as my help isn't realted to the rules, i hope it's ok to solicit some advice hey all, I'm game mastering for a group of players in the GURPS IST world, but have kind of written myself into a c...

bathawk

hey all, I'm a little out of practice GM'ing, I don't think I'm doing a bad job, but could certainly do better, and would appreciate the advice (Even though this game isn't being run onHU2 rules,I'm going to be cross posting this on a few other superhero RPG boards as I'm not sure how much traffic t...

bathawk

Your welcome! a fan of one is still a fan. Going to try and hold myself to at least one entry a week....finish up the immortals, a dozen villians, noteworthy "low level" supers/normals, and finaly notable locales (the chantry, the half finished abandoned prison site outside of town ect;) s...

bathawk

Chapter 9 (yes really!) Captain Boomer/Geoffery Harper; Level 8 SPECIAL OCC...Flyboy from rifter #8 pg.21 offical source material for Systems Failure Ferdinand Medina was a an imigrant to the united States who entered the country from his native Spain in 1937 at the age of 14 shortly after the Germa...

bathawk

Lol I just logged in and saw my last post was 10 months ago! And it was officialy a year since I started Tenbray Falls. Truthfuly I had moved on to my other setting the "Daniels Countyy Project"....but thoughts about Tenbray Falls keep popping in my head on the way to work I wondered if an...

bathawk

wow has it been really month since I updated Tenbray Falls?...sorry about that(for those that noticed)...partly to blame is having to wipe my hard drive after a bad trojan hit my system

expect entries for "Captain Boomer" & "The Phantom Voice" in the next day or two

bathawk

The Immortals, Part One: Justin Credible aka Steven Lee, 7th level Expieriment, Anarchist, Minor Super abilities (5) adhesion, extraordinary physical prowess, extraordinary physical strength, longevity, nightstalking, also has hand to hand: assassin One constant over the decades is that in high scho...

bathawk

The Immortals: introduction The final "native" superheroes in Tenbray Falls (not counting kirkman act "immigrants" or the PC's) are the six immortal superheroes that The Walker is clumsily trying to shake out of thier ennui. All six have retired, but this does not mean that they ...

bathawk

Chapter 6 Rayna Wheeler/Sunshower "Don't call her "Lil Miss Sunshine" 2nd level mutant, (scrupulous) Minor abilities (3): Energy Expulsion: light, Solar powered, Wingless flight, Major super ability: Rainmaker, Unusual Characterestics: Stark White skin (albino),Odd face (angelic, beau...

bathawk

i had always been under the impression that liek "Systems Failure", Spicers was a dead line, that any expansion of the series will be limited to being published in the Rifter But now I'm seeign that thier are two Spicer books in development? did Splicer sales take a sudden upswing/ Or did ...

bathawk

Chapter 5...A little light Endymion/ Kurt Hamilton; 4th level Physical training, focus on Agility & Speed, but has traded his special combat abilities for a martial Art (Arnis; Rifter #7 pages 50-52) with the body hardening exercises of "Kick Practice" and "Stone Ox")....is c...

bathawk

Darn thought for sure it must have been in a Rifter...must be remember Gurps MArtial Arts or Hero System, ok I geuss i'll have to make do

bathawk

Was pretty sure that this martial art was in a Rifter issue, like "World Warriors" (#7) but can't find it. Am I totally off or is it just a martial art that hasn't been converted to N&SS yet?

bathawk

If you wanta TRUE pacifist you can adapt the Monk scholar from the Old Ones for the Palladium fantasy RPG they must be vegetarians, and cann't take offensive actions...they even have a "martial art" which allows them to gain parry and doge bonuses...but no attacks.....the plus side of the ...

bathawk

I actualy just got those two books as well as Dyval as part of a palladium sale that went on last month, haven't finished them (except Dyval) But Heroes of the Megaverse, i don't really see as an HU book it's mre of a way to put juiced up cosmic hereos in your Phase World compaign....now of course i...

bathawk

I would go with the rules found in N&SS pg.164...and I agree that for a "normal" giving up a physical skill/two secondary is goign to have a much bigger impact on him than other "super" characters But it's also somewhat considered "out of date, case in point, pg48 of the...

bathawk

Well he's only a "minor" mutant as far as the rules for Minor Heroes in PU2...he has only one Major and one minor ability (a normal mutant with one major still has at least two minor abilities) regardless, if anything about The Walker seems cool enough to add to your campaign, take it and ...

bathawk

Simply because he's not a super accurate gunman. At best he has the makings of mysterious vigilante once he gets his act together....at the worst he's a douche with a very powerful gimmick thats going to get the wrong people killed. I wanted t make a charcter who creates a legend that is bigger than...

bathawk

lol thanks. As long as the views keep going up and I get the occasional pat on the back I'll keep expanding....pretty much have the next dozen or so entries already figured out, just takes time to write that typo filled mess next "chapters" The "almost heroes" of Tenbray Falls I ...

bathawk

ok...Anti-heroes..characters part 4 "The Walker" Level 4 Minor Mutant w/ Invulnerability & Unnoteworthy/forgettable (Anarchist) Some would actualy claim that Estevan "Stefan" Medina came from a family of immortals. This is not true, well his family ages, maybe a decade or two...

bathawk

Considered Psychic omni-sight, but niether "Psionic senses", or "Psionic Sight" allows for it as an option, and havign her as a a psionic even a latent would make her too powerful at later levels besides I liked the idea of her having to get close to a target to "mark" ...

bathawk

Part 3 Anti-Heroes Catharsis 1/"The Whistler" Pocket Origin: Up until age nine, Desiree Tanner's life was the definition of "upper middle class. Her mother was a housewife. And her father was a corporate real estate agent, who traveled throughout the midwest showing properties to to v...

bathawk

I have several cities I created for my campagn setting: Bastion Bay, Michigan--the site of a major alien invasion (a Salar mystic- created portal directly in the waters of the Bay). Empire City, Illinois--the most advanced city in the world due to its founder, the Mega-villianous Emperor. Trapp Cit...

bathawk

yeah have to agree with Pepsi Jedi....if the rifter was monthly...a yearly swimsuit issue would be a nice little tradition but when one out of four books is nothing but a few character write ups, is that really worth the cover price? I'm amazed that it hasn't killed the number of subscribers, who ar...

bathawk

Part 2 The Locust Morrison Kane Morrison Kane lived the good life in Tenbray Falls. His family had a sprawling estate in Metcalf Springs, and his family, already rich in the pharmeceutical business, also owned land near crestview marina, whose value skyrocketed over the years as it became "The ...

bathawk

OK been about a week, geuss I'm ready to start on "powers & personalities" of Tenbray Falls. Bor my own benefit if nothing else. Going to try and back away from giving full character sheets So others can fill in the blanks... *breaks fingers* Heroes of Tenbray Falls heroes are in short...

bathawk

still very flattered, the OP said he wnted a "city of shadows" so I tried to create a "Gotham City" where you can still have all sorts of power ctaegories

if your GM wants to message me thats great, I have a day off tomorrow and should be able to start my next "chapter"

bathawk

on one hand I'm flattered, on the other...geuss this mean I have to continue wiht personalities, noteable superhumans, plot seed, and nearby locations?

bathawk

Part three Metcalf Springs what else is ther eto say about the rich part of town? everyone probably knows the stereotype from Beverly Hills to Manhattan, it's expensive as hell to get in, Snobbish in the extreme, and pity you if you can't get in. At least thats the way it was. the probablem with cor...

bathawk

Part Two Redlawn This is the blue collar area of Tenbray falls. t has an inordinately high number of trained mechanics, metal workers and welders, and has grown exponetialy in just a few years. With lay offs growing to an all time high, many families were desperate for ways to cut costs. The cheap m...

bathawk

*cracks knuckles*...again I hope folks read this FYI the big crackdown on all the high profile crime and corruption in Tembray Falls is called "the Big Bust"...make the jokes you want, but I think it's apt..."busting" all the officals and police, nearly "busted" the cit...

bathawk

ok, outlining some city districts and and interesting locations for "color" already have some rough ideas on some "stret level" super villians, more "dark champions the animated series" than the "punisher max"....but should start posting them tonight or tomorrow

bathawk

Um? Is this about Eugenics? ack, yes sorry about that, think I pposted that question around 4 am....but yes that's in regard to Eugenics Found what i was loking for on page 29...in regards to super senses at least, the charcater dosen't recieve the combat bonuses, or attribute bonuses, but seems no...

bathawk

no other comments? damn thought i was onto somethign good here, geuss I can stop workign up street level villians and plot seeds

bathawk

it's a relatively new development, and the city wants to go slow in filling out it's ranks to make sure there aren't any misteps...thats why the Kirkman act is hopignto emply superheroes....making up for a lack of quanity with hopefully quality

bathawk

*cracks knuckles* Ever since it's earliest years, Tenbray Falls had grown in Detroits shadow. Crime in Detroit either Feeded or fed off Tenbray Falls close location, and many a criminal used Tenbray Falls to hide thier illicit activity, or themselves hide when the heat in Detroit got too high. From ...

bathawk

I don't "quite" understandthe OP....are you saying that all classess should be relatively equal in a fight? After all has anybody really complained that the stage magicial special training can't stand up to to a demigod class? yes psionics and mages are limited by thier "energy pools&...

bathawk

your more than welcome...need anythign more? on the way to work, I figured out Tenbray Falls founding history, recent devlopment cureent issues and major businessess

bathawk

sorry, long thread so I apologize for not reading every post I'm not sure of the technical legality. Bu those of advanced combat skills in the real world register themselves as a lethal weapon. So if you can shoot fire or lasers, i think there is a precedent for that requirement by that same token h...

bathawk

just wondering hw physical skills are applied to the gestalt superbeing? for example if one member knows acrobatics, does the superbeing get the bonuses to attributes and such as if he knew it himself? what about SDC bonus? the member gets an SDC bonus from such a skill....does this bonux get multip...

bathawk

touche'

even went through the entire list of cities in Michighan...found plenty of "shores", "harbors", and yes, even "beaches"

but dosne't matter!...i now have......

Tenbray Falls!

(shadow falls)

bathawk

well without any erratta going to stick with N&S...if my character has 6 skills to "burn" on special martial arts...why not?

bathawk

well one thing i like about "century Station" is it's one of the few cities that don't have "City" in the name...how unoriginal!...Coast city, Gotham city, Central city, hudson City, Delta city...ugh lets see, your city is the "city of Shadows" located near detroit....D...

bathawk

AlanGunhouse wrote:Um? Is this about Eugenics?

ack, yes sorry about that, think I pposted that question around 4 am....but yes that's in regard to Eugenics

bathawk

can't recall If I remember right, if you get a super power equivilent with a "mod" you get the base power....but not the extras but I can't remember if "extras" meant attribute increases, bonus increases, or both pretty sure at the very least you don't get the attribute increases...

bathawk

Of course if HU2 is correct and only Special/Physical Training charcaters can have N&S martial arts....that means Mutants can't...which includes Mutanta Animals....which in turn means Leonardo & Raphael are out of luck

bathawk

pg.164 of Ninjas and Superspies gives guidlines on including "special" Martial Arts with the core 10 Heroes Unlimied Power Categories (in short all but aliens and magic are allowed) However page 48 in Heroes Unlimited states only special training and and physical training are allowed acces...

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