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From ICv2.com....

'Hero System 6th Edition Core Rulebooks'
Due in August
Published: 03/27/2009 10:07pm

Hero Games has announced the August publication of The Hero System 6th Edition: Characters ($39.99) and The Hero System 6th Edition: Combat and Advertising ($39.99), two core rule books that form the basis for the latest iteration of the Champions RPG, which was first published in 1981 and was one of the first RPGs to base character generation on a point-buy system rather than random dice rolls and is arguably the oldest superhero role-playing game still in existence.



The two new core rulebooks, which feature full color art throughout, bring new levels of flexibility to the Hero System by allowing players to create any sort of character power, gadget, spell, vehicle, monster, or weapon that they can imagine. Steven A. Long, who was responsible for the 5th Edition of Champions, which was published in 2002, has written both 6th Edition Core Rulebooks, making sure to provide guidelines for converting characters from 5th Edition to 6th Edition that make the transition easy and insuring that books written for 5th Edition rules are completely compatible with 6th Edition.

" The Hero System 6th Edition: Combat and Advertising ($39.99)", Advertising? Superman sponsored by Soder Cola.

Someone IM'd me this....

Know, O prince, that between the years when the oceans drank the old forum setup and the gleaming cities of TSR fell to upstart card companies, and the years of the rise of the sons of 4e, there was an Age undreamed of, when shining kingdoms lay spread across RPG.net like blue mantles beneath the stars ... Hither came Future Villain Band, the Admin, dark-haired, sullen-eyed, banstick in hand, a scholar, a law clerk, a banner, with gigantic melancholies and gigantic mirth, to tread the jeweled thrones of the forums under his sandaled feet.

And know, too, that once Future Villain Band came across Thornhammer, who would start threads within halls of Tangency designed to provoke and anger, but never return hence to respond to the replies. And tiring of this cowardice and provocation, Future Villain Band said unto him, 'By Crom, you will post again to these threads once you start them, on my oath, or I will see ye banned from Tangency, and forced only to post in Other Media, with the swarthy Shemites, or Roleplaying Open amidst its fair-haired beauties and villainous brutes.'

'And to cement this lesson of steel," Future Villain Band brooded, 'I shall give you a ban from TO, lasting 10 days, which is appealable to the other admins. And hopefully, you will know then what is good: to respond to posts; to see your enemies driven before you; and to hear the weeping and lamentation of those upon their friends list.'" -- The Nemedian Chronicles

From the Green Ronin website.....

Winter is almost over but today it's snowing in Seattle once again. That portent can only mean one thing: Winter is Coming! Yes, it's true; A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying has been approved and is now at print!

YAY!!

From an article about Iceland's banking problems...

For richer, for poorer: the struggle to survive after banking collapse

On three shiny floors of a former fish factory is CCP, a company best known in computer gaming for Eve Online, which has 300,000 participants all over the world - as many inhabitants as Iceland itself. However, restrictions on access to foreign currency for individuals and businesses and on foreign investment into Iceland are making life difficult. "To make new games, we need foreign investors," says Eyjolfur Gudmundsson, formerly an assistant professor at the University of Akureyri, who supervises Eve's virtual economy. "The present currency restrictions are putting us in a straitjacket. We are in talks with the government, but if we can't let capital in, we might be compelled to leave Iceland, even though this would be against our wishes.

Been poking around with Primetime Adventures and PDQ to run some games. Regardless of what system I use I came up with some pitches of things I would like to run that could appeal to my regular cast of lunatics.

Please let me know what you think.

( ideas behind the cut )

Today is Veterans Day where we honor those that have protected our country. So in honor of that day.........

CAPTAIN AMERICA & BUCKY! THE SUB-MARINER! THE HUMAN TORCH & TORO! During the darkest hours of World War Two, these five heroes banded together as THE INVADERS -- to battle the Axis Powers to the death, in the name of freedom!
Stan Lee Presents: The Invaders!

( The Invaders )
( Liberty Legion )

Been working on these for a few weeks. The problems with some of the MC2 characters is they havent had a lot revealed about them; so its hard assign them Qualities at times.

So without further ado its Spider-girl and her Amazing Friends.......
(Note: The Fantastic Five is next up)

Spider-girl aka May “Mayday” Parker
Good [+2] Wizard with the basketball, Good [+2] Believes in others, Good [+2] Big heart, Good [+2] Natural athlete, Good [+2] With great power…., Poor [-2] Has the Parker luck

Master [+6] Meta-power- Spider powers
(Good [+2] Spider-sense, Good [+2] Wall-crawling, Good [+2] Spider-strength, Good [+2] Spider-agility) Good [+2] Web-Shooters (Stunts: Impact Webbing, Web-shield, Stingers)

( rest of the Good Guys behind the cut )

crossposted at tandj_asmp

Watched the season two finale again last night and was inspired to write these up. May do more later. This is based more on season one perceptions.

Sam Winchester
Good [+2] College education, Good [+2] Trained Demon Hunter, Expert [+4] Uncontrolled Psychic, Good[+2] Boyish charm, Good [+2] Tough in a fight, Poor [-2] Wants a normal life

Dean Winchester
Good [+2] Damn tough, Good [+2] Trained Demon Hunter, Good [+2] Crack shot, Good [+2] Black four-door 1967 Chevrolet Impala, Good [+2] Impressive arsenal
Good [+2] Con artist, Poor [-2] Protective of family

John Winchester
Expert [+4] Tough S.O.B., Expert [+4] Veteran Demon Hunter, Expert [+4] Dogged foe, Good [+2] Deadeye, Good [+2] Dirty fighter, Poor [-2] Obsessed with find “The Demon”