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Copyright 1995 by Mark Damon Hughes

   These rules are heavily optimized towards a low-power Fantasy Hero or Cyber Hero game - they're probably inappropriate for Champions.

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MAXIMA

    Most costs double after reaching a certain maximum limit and continue
    doubling after every "increment".
              max    inc
    CHA     (maxima) (maxima-base)
    Luck      2d6    2d6
    Unluck    2d6    2d6
    Damage   10 DC   5 DC
    Defense  10 DEF  5 DEF 
    Skills     16     5

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CHARACTERISTICS

    Strength (STR)  base 10  max 20  cost 2
    DEX - not used; replaced by REF and AGI
    Reflexes (REF)  base 10  max 20  cost 2
    Agility (AGI)   "                   " 2
    Speed (SPD)     base 2  max 4   cost 10

    OCV - not used; replace "11+OCV" with Weapon Familiarity skill
    DCV = AGI/3
    Initiative - initiative in each phase is in order of highest SPD to lowest,
        including fractions, then from highest REF to lowest.

    REF skills: Combat Driving, Lockpicking, Piloting, Sleight Of Hand, Weapon
        Familiarity
    AGI skills: Acrobatics, Breakfall, Climbing, Contortionist, Riding, Stealth

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SKILLS

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Familiarity
    base 6+(CHA/5)  cost 1/-   (8- for General skills)

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Weapon Familiarity

    base 9+(REF/3)  cost 3/-

    - New Common Missile Weapon: Thrown Object
    - Other Wpn.Fam. skills must be developed for each type of attack (Mindrip,
      Lightning Bolt, etc.)  Each Martial Arts style is a separate skill.
    - Familiarity (1-point skills) can be taken with Wpn.Prof., but an 8-
      combat roll is not very effective.
    - The Wpn.Prof. skill itself cannot be improved, but combat skill levels
      can be purchased normally (a +1 to a single skill costs 3 points).  If
      someone tries to make an attack without any skill at all, the roll is 6-.
    - Everyman Wpn.Fam. skills: Unarmed, Clubs, Thrown Object (at 8-)

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Skill Levels - Movement: (from the FAQ)

    Each skill level in a Movement mode reduces the Turn Mode by 1".  Skill
Levels in 1 Movement mode cost 2 points per +1, and may only be used in this
manner for "controlled" movement (Running, Swimming, Flight, Gliding).  For
"uncontrolled" movement (Leaping, Teleport), Movement Skill Levels may be used
to affect your OCV when you need to make an Attack Roll to land in a specific
hex.  Note: all vehicles have Turn Modes for all "controlled" movement forms.
Including Movement Skill Levels in a vehicle will make it more maneuverable.

    Unoffically, Movement Skill Levels may be used to change your Acceleration
or Deceleration from the given 5"/inch. Each Skill Level will allow you to
increase your Acceleration or Deceleration by 1".

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SKILL ENHANCERS

Warrior:
    cost 3.  Learns Wpn.Fam. easily, at -1 pt cost on the base skill, ie all
Wpn.Fam. skills cost 2 points.

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EXPERIENCE

    EP can be spend at 1 point per week of study.  Can spend 1 EP between
sessions on Background skills and Languages encountered or used during play.

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COMBAT

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Movement:
    Double all movement rates given in inches per phase; this is the movement
rate in inches per turn.  Divide this by the character's Speed, and the result
is the character's movement rate in inches per phase.

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Action Phases: (from the FAQ)

IF YOU MAKE A NON-ATTACK ACTION IN A PHASE, CAN YOU ABORT TO A DEFENSIVE ACTION
IN THE SAME SEGMENT?

    No, you may not. The definition of "attack" should be broadened to read
"any action that ends your Phase." This includes moving more than half your
movement, dodging, blocking, aborting to a defensive action, or taking any
action that requires more than a half-Phase to perform while doing nothing
else.

HOW LONG DOES A DEFENSIVE MANEUVER LAST?

    Until your next Action Phase.

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Attack Rolls:

    Replace normal attack roll with "Wpn.Fam. skill - DCV".

    See below for Suppression Fire, Double Fire, and modifications to the hit
location chart.

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Damage:

    Double all damage from killing attacks that penetrates the character's 
defenses.

    Body damage done by normal attacks is considered Armor Piercing against
normal PD/ED.  Resistant or Hardened PD/ED will stop it normally.

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Pain and Exhaustion:

    END      STUN   Penalty to CV, ECV, and skills
    ____     ____   ______________________________
    <1/2 or  <1/2   -2
    <1/2 and <1/2   -4
     =0             -4
     =0  and <1/2   -6

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Unconsciousness:

    When under 0 STUN, characters with less than 5 REC recover as if they had
their REC+5, those with less than 10 REC recover as if they had 10 REC, and
those with 10 or more REC recover normally.

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Quick NPC Damage:

    Normal NPCs die at 0 BODY.  "Heroic" NPCs under 0 BODY must make an EGO roll
each phase at -1 per BODY under 0 (ie -2 BODY is a EGO-2 roll) to take any
offensive action.  "Wound" is the percentage of each blow's BODY damage compared
to the target's normal BODY score.

 Wound    Description
 _____    ___________
  10%     Scrapes, scratchs, bruises, etc...  These wounds are immediately
              healed after combat with a paramedic roll.
20%-30%   Minor wounds involving deeper cuts, can easily heal on its own over
              time assuming average care.
40%-80%   Major wounds, broken bones, rather bad.
  80%+    Critical wounds that usually result in death if not attended to
              immediately.

    Any wound of 1 BODY can be healed immedately after the combat with a proper
paramedic roll.  Minor wounds can be healed immedately by mages or priests.
Major wounds and above can only be healed by priests.  Major wounds and below
can also be healed by above average care over time (average care may make an
impairment permanent).

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CHANGED POWERS

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Adjustment Powers:
    All adjustment powers work against one power with one SFX by default.  
There is no cost change.

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Aid:
    Aid (and Healing) costs 10 points per die.

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Change Environment:

    Level           Points
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    Cosmetic           5
    Minor             10
    Major             15
    -1 to roll        +5

Cosmetic: Little to no game effect on the area. Examples: A light mist (-2 to
    PER rolls for determining identity, no penalty for targeting); a pasty (and
    harmless) slime covers the area.

Minor: Definite, but not severe, game effect on the area. Examples: ground
    turns to mud (-1" Running, -3" Superleap, -1 DCV if DEX roll is failed);
    heavy mist (-2 to PER rolls, -4 for determining identity).

Major: Significant game effect on the area__however, characters should not be
    incapacitated by this power. Examples: very heavy mist (-4 to PER rolls,
    impossible to determine identity at range > 2"); ice slick (DEX roll to
    remain standing at full CV, -1 for every 1" of ground-based acceleration);
    gravity increase (2x mass, -1 DCV from increased weight).

    For +5 points, rolls made due to Change Environment effects are at an
additional -1.  (The GM may extrapolate this penalty to other effects of the
Change Environment; for example, -1" of Running may become -2".)

    Change Environment has a one-hex area of effect free.  Increased area of
effect is a +1/4 advantage per +1" radius.

    The GM should watch for characters with Change Environments that combine
inordinately well with other powers. 

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Darkness / Flash / Images / Invisibility:

    These Powers normally affect a single sense.  Each additional sense costs 
+5 points.  Upgrading a sense to a Sense Group costs +5 points (i.e. Darkness 
that normally affects sight can be changed to the sight sense group for +5 
points, while a Flash that effected both Hearing and the Sight Sense groups 
would cost +10 points).  All other aspects of these power are unchanged from 
the Hero System Rulesbook.

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Desolid: (by karl.hiller@cccbbs.cincinnati.oh.us)

Desolidification is split up by effects:

(1) For 10 pts. the character may be immune to one of the following three attack
    forms: physical, energy, or mental.  While this power is turned on, the
    character must purchase powers with the +2 Advantage "Affects Real World" in
    order to affect the real world, no matter which of the three attack forms he
    is immune to.  For +10 points, the character may add a second immunity, and
    for an additional +20 he may purchase the third.  There must always be a
    reasonably common special effect which will affect the desolid character.
    If a character wishes to be invisible to sonar, radar, touch, and scent (ie
    intangible), this costs +5 pts. (usually only applies to characters who are
    immune to physical attacks).

(2) For 10 pts. the character may move through small holes, cracks, etc. at his
    normal movement rate (or half, depending on the special effects of the power
    and the size of the hole).  This does not imply any other powers such as
    immunity to damage or intangibility, and the character may attack and be
    attacked normally.  For +5 pts. the character may move through any solid
    (blocked by hardened defenses).

    Some justification:  The total cost here is 60 pts, which is the top cost
for Desolid.  Leave out Desolid to Mental powers (which costs 20 pts.) and it's
40, which is what it costs now.

    Say Silly Putty Man wants to be able to ooze through small holes and punch
bad guys.  He can buy Desolid, can't move through sealed surfaces, not invisible
to sonar/radar/etc., affected by attacks, and then buy his STR with affects real
world...  He can buy Teleport, but this limits him to his teleport range, he
can't see where he's going, he's not affected by obstacles (say, a hidden gas
trap in the sewer line, and he can't actually sit in a small space for any
length of time.  Shrinking is a bit closer, but it's far too expensive if you
want to be able to squeeze through cracks.  Tunnelling comes closest, but the
DEF of a surface shouldn't matter if there's a hole or crack.

    We've found this to be useful in character building.  One character, a grim
undead warrior-leader type, bought physical desolid alone; he can "set" himself
(turn the power on) and withstand any amount of physical punishment (special
effects: weapons stick in him, chop through, etc.  without doing harm); but he
can't walk through walls, he shows up on radar and smells really awful, and a
flamethrower will still ruin his day.  And, of course, he can't hit you back
without buying "affects real world" on a power.

    My character, the Slug (a human-shaped mass of slugs with shape-shift) can
crawl through sewer lines, under doors, etc.  as long as there's a hole big
enough for a slug.  He still shows up on radar, etc. and is affected by attacks.
On the other hand, he can reach up out of a drain and punch or grab while still
squeezed into the pipe.

    There are some rough edges, i.e. the GM has to decide how quickly a
character can move through a given space, but it has worked pretty well so far.

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Drain / Suppress / Transfer: (from the FAQ)

    Drains, Suppresses, and Transfers only need to cover the minimum cost of an
"absolute-cost" Power in order to render it useless.  Thus, no matter how many
Advantages you have on Desolid, you only have to Drain, Suppress, or Transfer
40 Points of it to render it useless.

    To Drain, Suppress, or otherwise adjust a Power or Characteristic that has
a specific number of points associated with it, you must Drain, Suppress, or
otherwise adjust the full point cost of one "increment".  Example: to Drain 1
point of Speed, you must Drain 10 Active Points of the victim's Speed before it
drops.

    Similarly, the victim doesn't regain the use of that increment until the
full Active Point cost has been recovered.  Example: at a Recovery rate of 5
Points/Turn, a character that has had his Speed reduced by 1 (10 Active Points)
would take two Turns to recover his Drained Speed.

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Entangle:

    Entangle is not AOE by default - to get an AOE Entangle, the AOE advantage 
must be taken.  There is no cost change.

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Hand Attack / Killing Attack - Hand-To-Hand

    According to Bruce Harlick, you apportion Strength among the base Power
and all Advantages.  If you have a 1D6 HKA, Autofire, Armor Piercing, and a
20 Strength, you could increase the attack to a maximum of 1.5D6, because you
must pro-rate half of your strength to the two Advantages.  There are some
exceptions, primarilly Reduced Endurance and Charges.

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Life Support:

    All Life Support powers cost 3x the listed cost.

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Mind Control:

    At the base setting, the target of Mind Control can begin making EGO rolls 
in 1 phase.  This time can be moved up the time chart one step as a +1/2 
advantage, cumulative.

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Multiform:
    Multiform is an Instant power.

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Power Defense:

    Power Defense (and attacks that work against it) is divided into the
following five types:

Dynamic - Anything that drains (or transfers or destroys) energy, life force,
    STR, END, etc.

Metabolic - Poisons, chemicals, biological agents, diseases, certain Transforms.
    Having Metabolic Defense means that the character's metabolism is highly
    resistant (super healing factor, or possibly non-organic body).

Intrinsic - Disintegration beams, anything that outright destroys the physical
    form, certain Transformations.  Having this Defense means that the
    character is made of something that is very hard to destroy, has super-
    dense tissue, etc.  Note that a character can be super-tough but still
    vulnerable to poison, or have a healing factor that shrugs off poisons/
    diseases but still be vulnerable to disintegration.

Psionic - Ego Drains, Transfers, etc.  This Defense indicates particularly
    strong willpower or a completely alien psyche.  This is generally 
    considered to be innate as opposed to Mental Defense which is learned.

Mystic - A catchall that corresponds to another game's "Magic Resistance".  The
    Defense works against all magic-based Drains, Transforms, etc.

    Each type of Defense must be bought separately, at a cost of 1 pt. per 2 
pts. of Defense.  It's cheap, but the player must specifically justify why the 
character should possess the defense, and (barring radical changes in the 
character) characters must buy the Defense when they are built and cannot add 
them later (like Talents).  This rule give the GM a good deal of latitude, as 
it turns Drains and similar powers into virtual AVLDs in many cases.  This 
tends to keep heroes on their toes, knowing that they aren't immune to 
everything.  On the other hand, when the boundaries between types of attacks 
are somewhat blurry, more than one type of defense may apply, i.e. a magical 
Disintegrate spell would apply against Intrinsic and Mystic defense combined.

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Regeneration:

    This special power allows a character to recover BOD more rapidly.  
Normally, BOD heals at a rate of 1 per point of Recovery each month.  Each 5 
pts of Regeneration moves that recovery rate one step up on the time chart - up 
to 35 pts which allows the character to heal his REC in BOD each turn (on post- 
segment-12).  For 45 pts, the character can heal BOD every time he takes a 
recovery (including post-segment-12).  Characters wishing to recover from 
wounds even faster should consider taking Damage Reduction with the special 
effect of instantly healing.

    Regeneration can go beyond merely speeding healing.  For +10 pts the 
character's rate of Regeneration is unaffected by environmental factors or 
levels of exertion.  For +15 pts, he does not bleed (doesn't lose BOD after 
being reduced to 0 BOD or suffer from the effects of the optional bleeding 
rules).  The character can also regrow lost limbs and recover completely from 
the effects of Disabling wounds for +10 pts.

Regeneration cost:  5pts per step on the time chart.  Heal BOD on each Recovery
    for 45pts.  Ignore environment/exertion: +10 pts.  Does not bleed: +15pts.
    Regrow limbs: +10.  Minimum cost = 10pts.

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Summoning:

  By taking an advantage or limitation on Summoning, summoned creatures will
have different initial reactions to the summoner.  The modifier normally only
applies to the number of points that can be summoned, not the cost of the power;
the summoner or the GM will normally select which attitude the summoned
creatures will have.  Summoning can be restricted to only summon creatures with
a specific attitude by taking 1/2 of the limitation or advantage on the power
(minimum 1/4).

Normal Attitude towards Summoner           Lim/Adv
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Violent    (equals a Total    PsychLim)     -  1
Hostile    (equals a Strong   PsychLim)     - 1/2
Annoyed    (equals a Moderate PsychLim)     - 1/4
Neutral                                      + 0
Friendly   (equals a Moderate PsychLim)     + 1/4
Dedicated  (equals a Strong   PsychLim)     + 1/2
Slavish    (equals a Total    PsychLim)     +  1

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Superleap:
    Superleap w/ No Skill Roll (HSA1)

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CHANGED POWER MODIFIERS
 
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Continuous: (from the FAQ)

    To get a Continuous effect on a Power with Continuing Charges requires the
Power to be Continuous (either Constant or Persistent), or have the Continuous
Advantage (i.e., a napalm grenade would be a Ranged Killing Attack, AoE,
Continuous, with "n" Continuing Charges of "x" duration). Powers with
Continuing Charges are considered to be Uncontrolled, and therefore must have
a reasonably common or identifiable means of turning them off.

    A Continuous Attack Power requires that a character spend a half-phase
attack action to maintain the Power. He could make a half-move, but could not
make any full move maneuvers, nor could he launch any other attacks. To be able
to launch new attacks or do full moves the Attack Power would also need to be
Uncontrolled for a total Advantage of +1 1/2.

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Concentrate:

    This Limitation on a Power requires the character to concentrate partially 
or totally on turning on the Power. This will limit the character's ability to 
take other actions, and may affect his DCV as well.  If the Concentration is 
broken, then the Power turns off, and any preparations must be redone.  
Concentration will be interrupted by any Power requiring an Attack Roll that 
successfully gets through the character's defenses (including Drain and Flash, 
for example). Even if the Concentration only applies to an Instant Power, the 
character must concentrate until his next action Phase.

    Concentration Effect                Bonus
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    Full DCV                             -0
    1/2 DCV                             -1/2
    0 DCV                               -3/4

    Aware when using Power               -0
    Unaware when using Power            -1/4

    Only when starting Power             -0
    Throughout use of Power             -1/4

    Power also has the Extra Time Lim.  -1/4

    The bonus listed is that for Powers that only require Concentration while 
they are being turned on. This includes all Instant Powers (like attacks); it 
can also be used for Constant Powers that do not require Concentration once 
they have been turned on.  There is an extra -1/4 bonus for a Constant Power 
that requires Concentration throughout its duration.  Normally, the character 
can observe what is happening around him. However, reacting to events in any 
way that distracts the character's attention (raising DCV above the limits 
imposed by Concentration, performing a maneuver that takes 1/2 Phase or longer, 
etc.) will cause Concentration to be broken. For a -1/4 bonus, the character 
notices nothing of what's happening around him while hk, he must turn off his 
Flight first.

    Example: Slowpoke buys a 10d6 Energy Blast with the Limitations Extra Time: 
1/2 Phase (-1/4), and Concentration: Full DCV. (This would normally not be a 
Limitation, but since the Power also has the Extra Time Limitation it is worth 
-1/4.) If Slowpoke wants to use his EB, it will take a Full Phase action, 
rather the 1/2 Phase an attack normally requires.

    Example: Mind Needle buys Telepathy with the Limitation Concentration: 0 
DCV, Unaware, Throughout use of Power. The Limitation is worth (-1).  Mind 
Needle decides to read the mind of a VIPER agent to get some vital information. 
While she is doing this, a VIPER squad finds her and prepares to open fire. 
Mind Needle cannot perceive anything with her own senses, but fortunately she 
is reading the surface thoughts of the agent, and notices him thinking about 
the imminent attack.  Breaking off her Telepathy, she turns and gives the 
agents a proper welcome.

* Concentrate Limitation Cost: See above.

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Extra Time:

    DEX Order Zero    -1/4
    Full Phase        -1/2
    Extra Phase       -3/4

DEX Order Zero - Putting this Limitation on a Power means that the Power will
    become activate at DEX Order Zero in the Segment in which it is activated.

Full Phase - Putting this Limitation on a Power means that the Power will
    become active on the Characters DEX Order in the Next Segment in which the
    Character gets and Action Phase.  A character may not activate a Power with
    this Limitation if Holding his Phase

Extra Phase - Putting this Limitation on a Power means that the Power will
    become active only after Two of the characters Phases have passed.  It is
    like Full Phase in every other way.

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Focus:
    Unbreakable   +1/4
    Personal      +1/4
    mimimum lim = -1/4

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Mental Power Based on CON:
    -1 Limitation.

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Linked:

    All powers to be linked must have one of the two link advantages, 
though they can be mixed - Starburst's EB would have an Option Link, his Flash 
would have a Full Link.  Two "attack" powers can not be used at the same time 
unless they are all on the same link.

    Option Link  +1/2   - Allows a power to be used with other powers on the
                          link, or it can be used independently.
    Full Link    +1/4   - The power can only be used if another power on the
                          link is also used; it can not be used on its own.

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NEW POWER MODIFIERS

Gradual Effect (FH)
Area Effect: Linear Cone (HSA1)
Area Effect: Thin Cone (HSA1)
Restrainable (HSA1)
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Uses Long Term Endurance:

    A power with this limitation causes Long Term END loss while it is being
maintained, even if the actual END cost is zero.  For a -1/4 limitation, the
character loses 1 point of Long Term END per 10 points of Active Cost for every
5 hours the power is maintained.  For each step up the time chart, the lim. is
increased by -1/4.  Thus, 1 point of long term END loss each minute (for every
10 AC) has a limitation of -1.  (Note: this limitation can be used to balance
out the effects of the 0 END advantage.)
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Not Persistent:

    A persistent power with this limitation becomes a constant power.  This lim
affects the Active Cost of the power, and is applied before other advantages
and lims.

* Not Persistent Limitation: -1/2.

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CHANGED DISADVANTAGES

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Dependance:

    Dependent Substance is              Points
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    Very Common                            0
    Common                                 5
    Uncommon                              10
    Very Rare                             15
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    Deprived of Substance How Often     Points
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    Almost Never                    -none at all (maybe 5 points
                                     total if you beg the GM)-
    Infrequently                         + 0
    Frequently                           + 5
    Very Often                           +10
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    Time Before Taking Damage           Points
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    1 Hour                               + 0
    up one level on time chart           +2.5
    down one level on time chart         -2.5
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    Take Damage Again Every             Points
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    1 Hour                               + 0
    up one level on time chart           +2.5
    down one level on time chart         -2.5
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    # of Dice (or Points of Effect)     Points
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    1d6 (10 points)                      + 0
    2d6 (20 points)                      + 5
    3d6 (30 points)                      +10
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    Aquakid (from the example) now gets 20 points (Very Common Substance=5,
    Frequently Deprived=+5, 1 Hour Base=0, 1 Hour Increment=0, 3d6 Damage=+10)
    for his rather crippling disad, rather than 5 points as the book would have
    it.

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Vulnerability:

    In addition to the existing values, points are awarded as to how obvious
the Vulnerability is, as is shown in the following chart. These points are
applied _after_ the Vulnerability Multiplier.

    Obviousness        Points
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    Obvious              +5
    Deducible            +0
    Inobvious            -5

Obvious - The vulnerability is obvious to anyone with half a brain, and would
    often be the first thing tried.  Example: A Fire using character Vulnerable
    to Water or cold based attacks.

Deducible - A character with the right knowledge would be able to deduce this
    vulnerability.  Example: A suit of armor causes owner to be vulnerable to
    Magnetic or Radio Frequency Attacks.

Inobvious - The vulnerability would only be learned through observation or
    trial and error.  Example: A Fire using character who is vulnerable to
    Magnetic Attacks.

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True Identity:

    True Identity        Points
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    No Identity             5
    Hidden Identity         5
    Deadly Identity        10

No Identity - Character has no home or friends to turn to, this can be appro-
    priate to some wandering characters.

Hidden Identity - The Character is hidding something about themselves (e.g.
    they are a ninja, a robot, etc.), which if found out would make life very
    hard for them, but which does not require the upkeep of a Secret Identity.

Deadly Identity - The Character is hidding something about themselves (e.g.
    they are a demon, an assasin robot, etc.), which would result in many
    people (appx. the same as a 20+ point Hunted) trying to kill/capture them
    if it was found out, but which does not require the upkeep of a Secret
    Identity to conceal.

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Vehicle: Limited Passenger Restraints:

    Limited Passenger Restraints     Points
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    No Passenger Restraints            30
    Limited Passenger Restraints       15


No Passenger Restraints - In these vehicles passengers will be bounced
    around by impacts (like attacks) regardless of damage to the vehicle.
    Passengers (and crew) will take an equall amount of damage to the attack
    that hit the car, but the type of damage will be reduced in severity:
    Killing Attacks will become Normal Attacks and Normal Attacks will become
    Stun Only Attacks.  Stun Only Attacks on a vehicle will not affect the
    pasengers and crew.  Example: If the vehicle were to be hit with a 6d6 RKA,
    the passengers would each take a 6d6 normal attack. Each passenger damage
    should be rolled seperately.

Limited Passenger Restraints - Just like above but the damage the passengers
    take is halved.  Example: If the vehicle were to be hit with a 6d6 RKA, the
    passengers would each take a 3d6 normal attack. Each passenger damage
    should be rolled seperately.

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HERO SYSTEM GUNS

Muzzle Energy               Damage
ft-lbs (not Joules)         in d6's
___________________         _______
   0 -   16                  1 pip
  17 -   34                  1/3d6
  35 -   74                  1/2d6
  75 -  149                   1d6-1
 150 -  299                   1d6
 300 -  599                   1d6+1
 600 - 1199                 1.5d6 or 2d6-1*
1200 - 2399                   2d6
2400 - 4799                   2d6+1
4800 - 9599                 2.5d6
9600+                         3d6

* 2d6-1 is used for 5.56mm NATO and the Russian equivalent used in the AK74.

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DOUBLE FIRE
 
------------------- quoted directly from Danger International -----------
DOUBLE FIRE
    Normally, a character may only fire his gun once in a phase.  This Combat
Maneuver allows a character to fire his gun twice in a phase.  However, you may
not Double Fire with Controlled Burst, Burst Fire, or Automatic Fire.  A
character may only Double Fire if he takes a full phase to do so.  His DCV is
halved, and he takes a -2 OCV on both shots.

    The character may take both shots at the same target, or at two different
targets, as long as he is already aware of the targets' positions.  Only
semi-automatic or double action guns may Double Fire.
------------------- quoted section ends. comments follow ----------------
 
    Any character can use this maneuver to fire up to a maximum of two times
(i.e. no Triple Fire, etc.).  This means that with this maneuver, a character
can:

    1) Fire a single gun at the same target twice in the same phase;
    2) Fire a single gun at two targets in a single phase;
    3) Fire TWO guns simultaneously at a single target in a single phase;
    4) Fire TWO guns simultaneously at two different targets in a single phase.

    In each of these cases, the character is at -2 OCV for both shots, at 1/2 
DCV, and must take a full phase (i.e. No Half Moving and Double Firing).  In 
the case of a character firing TWO weapons simultaneously, he/she/it not only 
has the -2 OCV from the Double Fire, but also an additional -3 OCV for the 
weapon fired from the Off-Hand (unless Ambidexterity is bought, of course).

________________________________________
    There is also an almost identical maneuver for attacking twice in Melee
combat as well.  It works slightly differently:
 
DOUBLE STRIKE
    This Optional Combat Maneuver allows a character to strike the same target
twice in one phase.  The character must take a full phase to do so, and is at
1/2 DCV throughout.  The character is further at a -2 OCV for BOTH strikes.
There are only certain weapons that this may be performed with.  A single Short
weapon may be used for this maneuver (hands and feet are, by definition, Short
weapons).  Two Short or Medium weapons (one held in each hand, or two 
simultaneous hand or foot strikes) may also perform this maneuver, but in this 
case, the Strike taking place with the Off-Hand will suffer an additional -3 
OCV modifier.
 
    Both of these maneuvers are mechanically identical to the standard Sweep 
maneuver.  The only difference is that it may be performed against a single 
target, and if the first Attack Roll misses, the second may still be rolled.

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SUPPRESSION FIRE

Suppression Fire is a 1/2 Phase Optional Combat Maneuver that
permits a character with an Autofire attack to lay down fire over
an area; anyone coming into that area is automatically attacked.
Suppression Fire uses up a lot of ammunition, but it is useful
for pinning down a large number of enemies, or attacking enemies
who cannot be perceived.

To use Suppression Fire, the player defines a cone of hexes that
the character will be firing into. (The cone originates at the
character's firing position and expands outward; players should
keep in mind that objects behind the target area may be
affected.) The player should also decide how many shots the
character will be firing__this number of shots will be used
during each _Segment_ of Suppression Fire. (This number cannot be
higher than the shot limit of the Autofire; thus an attack with
+1/2 Autofire can fire no more than 5 shots per Segment.)

Suppression Fire takes a half Phase and is a combat action. The
Suppression Fire lasts until the start of the character's next
action Phase, unless he states that he is using his next Phase to
continue Suppression Fire. Suppression Fire works in a manner
similar to that of a Continuous Area of Effect attack: anyone (or
anything) that enters the area covered by Suppression Fire is
automatically attacked. There is no way to "sneak" through the
area, move through the area on the character's off Phase, or run
through the area without being attacked. Note that several
targets may take damage, even if they enter the area on different
Segments. Each target will be attacked upon entering and every
time the attacker's Phase comes around (assuming he elects to
continue the Suppression Fire). The attacker's OCV is modified
for the size of the area being fired into, as well as the number
of bullets being fired. The exact modifiers are shown below:

SIZE OF CONE:
Size of area     OCV modifier  Max. number of hits
_______________  ____________  ________________________________
Line of hexes        0         # of shots fired per Segment
30 degree cone      -2         1/2 # of shots fired per Segment
60 degree cone      -4         1/4 # of shots fired per Segment
90 degree cone      -6         1/4 # of shots fired per Segment
120 degree cone     -8         1/8 # of shots fired per Segment
etc.                etc.       etc.

Cone Size: Using Suppression fire on cones larger than 120
degrees should not be possible with "normal" modern weaponry;
however, characters with appropriate special effects may be able
to cover larger areas.

Cones are normally assumed to be more or less two-dimensional. If
the character wishes to fire in a three-dimensional cone, then
each 30 degrees of vertical angle adds an OCV penalty of -2 and
another x1/2 to the maximum number of hits.

Number of Hits: The maximum number of hits can never drop below
one.

NUMBER OF SHOTS:
Shots fired
per Segment  OCV modifier
___________  ____________
   1-3           -2
   4-5            0
   6-10          +2
  11-20          +4
  21-40          +6
   etc.         etc.

NOTE: This assumes 2x shots for +1/4 Advantage. If you use +5
shots for +1/4 (which is recommended), then adjust the table
accordingly.

Whenever a character enters the Suppression Fire area, or when the
Suppression Fire manever is begun, the attacker must make an Autofire
Attack Roll using the OCV modifiers above plus any other applicable
modifiers for range, skill levels, etc. (Note that penalties for not
being able to perceive the target do _not_ apply.) The target's DCV is
figured normally. Like a normal Autofire attack, the target takes one
hit for every 2 points the Attack Roll is made by. The maximum number
of hits is determined by the number of bullets fired per Segment,
modified for the size of the Suppression Fire area.

Maneuver         Phase OCV   DCV   Effect
Suppression Fire 1/2    0     0    Continuous fire on hexes, must be autofire

Testing examples:

Joe wants to abuse the Suppression Fire rules to attack as many agents
as possible with his machine gun (Autofire 5). The agents are lined up
6" away, 1 per hex. A 30 degree arc will get 3 or 4 of them at -2 OCV
(3 hits max each) plus Range Modifiers; a 60 degree arc will get 8 or
9 at -4 OCV (1 hit max each). Assuming Joe is SPD 3, with a base OCV
of 10, and the agents are DCV 4, he will be able to attack 3 or 4
agents at 6 OCV (13- to hit), or 8 or 9 agents at 4 OCV (11- to hit).
Either way, he will use up 20 bullets.

Greg decides to abuse the Suppression Fire rules in a superhero game.
His character, Suppression Fire Man (SFMan for short) buys a 1d6+1 RKA
Autofire, 15 shots maximum, 250 Charges, for a total Active Cost of 60
points. SFMan can spray a line of hexes with 15 bullets; everyone in
that line is attacked at +4 OCV, and can be hit up to 15 times. If he
wants to spray a larger area, SG Man can hit everyone in a 60 degree
cone at -0 OCV with no more than 4 hits each, or a 120 degree cone at
-4 OCV with no more than 2 hits each. However, he burns 15 shots per
Segment; assuming he's SPD 4, that comes out to 45 Charges per Phase.

Abuses / Suggested Rules Changes:

In the current rules, buying extra shots for an Autofire has little
advantage. You can fire into more hexes if attacking multiple foes,
and you have the chance to hit a single target more than 5 times (if
you make your To Hit roll by 12 or more).  With these rules, extra
shots also increase your OCV when using Suppression Fire, which can be
a considerable advantage. The GM should consider raising the cost of
extra shots to +1/2 Advantage for every 5 extra shots.

The biggest potential abuse of these rules is using Suppression Fire
with 0 END Autofires, which allows a character to essentially get an
AOE attack for free. On the other hand, 0 END plus Autofire is already
a +1.5 Advantage, and there are OCV penalties involved. Since buying
up the number of shots fired could negate the OCV penalties, doubling
the Advantage cost of extra shots for any Autofire attack bought at 0
END might be a good idea.

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HIT LOCATION CHART

Rod <freier@mail.physics.utah.edu> spake:
    I've had some problems with the Hero/Champions hit
chart.  If you're interested, please look over what I've
done and send feedback.

    Here's the standard Champions/Hero hit chart, along with various
probabilities:
                                               Probabilities including
                                               the to-hit roll
                                              /----------------------------\
                Probability (%) of selection  Odds of 
               /---------------------------\  hitting an      Odds of hitting
               standard  high shot  low shot  equal here      an equal here
Roll  Location   3d6      2d6+1      2d6+7    on 3d6    (CV)  when aiming here

3-5   Head        4.63    16.67      0         2.89     (-8)     0.463  *
6     Hands       4.63    11.11      0         2.89     (-6)     4.63   
7-8   Arms       16.67    30.56      0        10.41     (-5)     9.62   *
9     Shoulders  11.57    13.89      2.78      7.23     (-5)     9.62
10-11 Chest      25.00    19.44     13.89     15.63     (-3)    25.9    
12    Stomach    11.57     5.56     11.11      7.23     (-7)     1.85   *
13    Vitals      9.72     2.78     13.89      6.08     (-8)     0.463  *
14    Thighs      6.94     0        16.67      4.34     (-4)    16.2
15-16 Legs        7.40     0        25.00      4.63     (-6)     4.63
17-18 Feet        1.85     0        13.89      1.16     (-8)     0.463  *

     First some explanations.  The high shot and low shot are
explained in Ninja Hero; I'm not sure where they were introduced
first.  The odds of hitting an equal in a specific location were
calculated by assuming an attacker and defender with equal CV's.
So, for the attacker to hit the defender, he must roll 11 or less,
which is a 62.5% chance.  This is multiplied by the probability
of rolling each location to give the odds of actually hitting
the defender there.  The odds when the attacker aims are calculated
simply from the odds of rolling 11-(CV for that body part).

     There are several problems with this chart.

     1)  The legs (which I assume means below the knee) are
         always easier to hit than the thighs on a random roll,
         3d6 or low shot.  The legs are lower, smaller, and
         more mobile than the thighs, so I believe they should
         be harder to hit.  
     2)  On a 3d6 roll, the hands are no more likely to be hit
         than the head.  This seems strange to me.  The hands
         are more involved in the combat and less protected
         than the head.
     3)  You can hit the shoulders on a low shot, but not the
         arms or the hands.  Does the defender constantly 
         have his arms up in the air?
     4)  2d6 + 7 can produce 19.  What do you do then?
     5)  Note that if you intend to aim for a particular
         body part, you are NOT helping yourself unless
         you aim for the chest or the thighs.  (When you aim at the
         thigh, your odds of actually hitting it improve by
         a factor of about 4 over a non-aimed attempt!)  The rows
         marked with (*) are the locations that are  harder to hit 
         when you aim at them than if you just fired wildly.
         (When you aim at something, it's presumably because
         you want to improve your chances of hitting it, right?)
         This leads me to believe that the CV ratings for these
         body parts are grossly overestimated.



      I have attempted to construct a new 3d6 hit chart that
will maintain as many properties of the first as possible
while removing the 5 problems above.   Feedback please, especially
about the changes in CV for head and thighs:

                                               Probabilities including
                                               the to-hit roll
                                              /----------------------------\
                Probability (%) of selection  Odds of 
               /---------------------------\  hitting an      Odds of hitting
               standard  high shot  low shot  equal here      an equal here
Roll  Location   3d6      2d6+1      2d6+7    on 3d6    (CV)  when aiming here

3-5   Head       4.63     16.67      0        2.89      (-5)    9.26
6-7   Shoulders 11.57     25.00      0        7.23      (-4)   16.2
8     Upper Arm  9.72     16.67      0        6.08      (-4)   16.2
9-10  Chest     24.07     25.00      8.33    15.00      (-3)   25.9
11    Forearms/
      Hands     12.50     8.33       8.33     7.81      (-4)   16.2
12    Stomach   11.57     5.56      11.11     7.23      (-4)   16.2
13    Vitals     9.72     2.78      13.89     6.08      (-4)   16.2
14    Thighs     6.94     0         16.67     4.34      (-5)    9.26
15,19 Legs       4.63     0         16.67     2.89      (-5)    9.26
16    Knee       2.78     0         11.11     1.74      (-6)    4.63
17-18 Feet       1.85     0         13.89     1.16      (-6)    4.63


      Good points:
      1)  This solves all 5 of the problems above.
           (The proof is left as an excercise for the reader.)
      2)  For the Standard 3d6 roll, most probabilities are within
          1% of what they were in the old chart.  The Head, Shoulders,
          Stomach, Vitals, Thighs, and Feet all match exactly.
          The chest is only .93% off.  The only real discrepancy is
          the leg is much less likely to be hit, and the knee takes
          the balance of this chance.
          The hands/arms of the old chart have changed into
          upper arms/forearms-hands in the new.  But 
          the probabilities of hitting the arms or hands is
          21.3%, while in the new chart, the probability of hitting
          the upper arm or forearm/hand is 22.2%.  So the
          odds of hitting the arm/hand system have not changed much.
       
      Bad points:
      1)  The high-shot and low-shot are much different 
          than they were.  I happen to like them more,
          but that's just MHO.
      2)  The forearm and hand are now done as a group.
          Some may not like this, but I think it's justifiable.
          The muscles which controll the fingers are mostly in
          the forearm.  So injuries to the forearm will likely
          cause crippling similar to hand injuries.  The GM
          could arbitrarily decide whether the hit was to the 
          forearm or to the hand without changing the nature 
          of the crippling, and thus without much bias.
      3)  The knee.  What the hell are you supposed to do with
          the knee?  I don't know.  I just needed to fill 
          in the 16 slot with SOMETHING.  It was either that
          or make 16 the ROLL AGAIN slot.  That would have
          put us back where the 19 had us in the old chart.
      4)  Some may complain that with CV's all above -7,
          people will be calling shots left and right, and
          the game will be much more deadly.  IMHO, it should
          be a little deadlier.  Furthermore, the system SHOULD
          encourage people to aim.  People aim quite often in
          real life.


Thanks for reading this far.  I didn't think
anybody would. :)

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CONTINUOUS STRENGTH TABLE

              Lift    |                Lift    |                Lift
 Strength     (kg)    |   Strength     (kg)    |   Strength     (kg)
__________  ________  |  __________  ________  |  __________  ________
   -25          .8    |      20       400.0    |      65      200 ton
   -24          .9    |      21       460.0    |      66      235 ton
   -23         1.0    |      22       530.0    |      67      270 ton
   -22         1.2    |      23       600.0    |      68      310 ton
   -21         1.4    |      24       700.0    |      69      360 ton
   -20         1.6    |      25       800.0    |      70      400 ton
   -19         1.8    |      26       920.0    |      71      470 ton
   -18         2.0    |      27      1060.0    |      72      540 ton
   -17         2.4    |      28      1200.0    |      73      620 ton
   -16         2.7    |      29      1400.0    |      74      710 ton
   -15         3.2    |      30      1600.0    |      75      800 ton
   -14         3.6    |      31      1850.0    |      76      940 ton
   -13         4.0    |      32      2100.0    |      77      1.1 kton
   -12         4.7    |      33      2400.0    |      78      1.2 kton
   -11         5.0    |      34      2800.0    |      79      1.4 kton
   -10         6.4    |      35      3200.0    |      80      1.6 kton
    -9         7.0    |      36      3700.0    |      81      1.9 kton
    -8         8.0    |      37      4200.0    |      82      2.2 kton
    -7        10.0    |      38      4800.0    |      83      2.5 kton
    -6        11.0    |      39      5600.0    |      84      2.8 kton
    -5        12.0    |      40      6400.0    |      85      3.2 kton
    -4        14.0    |      41      7350.0    |      86      3.7 kton
    -3        16.0    |      42      8400.0    |      87      4.3 kton
    -2        19.0    |      43      9600.0    |      88       5 kton
    -1        22.0    |      44     11.1 ton   |      89      5.7 kton
     0        25.0    |      45     12.5 ton   |      90      6.4 kton
     1        29.0    |      46     14.7 ton   |      91      7.5 kton
     2        33.0    |      47     16.9 ton   |      92      8.6 kton
     3        37.0    |      48     19.2 ton   |      93      9.9 kton
     4        43.0    |      49     22.3 ton   |      94     11.4 kton
     5        50.0    |      50      25 ton    |      95     12.5 kton
     6        57.0    |      51      29 ton    |      96      15 kton
     7        66.0    |      52      34 ton    |      97     17.3 kton
     8        75.0    |      53      39 ton    |      98     19.9 kton
     9        87.0    |      54      45 ton    |      99     22.8 kton
    10       100.0    |      55      50 ton    |     100      25 kton
    11       115.0    |      56      59 ton    |     101      30 kton
    12       132.0    |      57      68 ton    |     102      35 kton
    13       150.0    |      58      78 ton    |     103      40 kton
    14       174.0    |      59      89 ton    |     104      46 kton
    15       200.0    |      60     100 ton    |     105      50 kton
    16       230.0    |      61     118 ton    |     106      60 kton
    17       264.0    |      62     135 ton    |     107      69 kton
    18       300.0    |      63     155 ton    |     108      79 kton
    19       348.0    |      64     178 ton    |     109      91 kton

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