Wow! There's going to be a tabletop COH RPG!
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Adamant_Soul,
Posted on: 2005-03-14 18:29 in CoH and CoV General Discussions
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"City of Heroes. It turns you into a devil worshiping goth neo-nazi pegan vegetarian!"
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NOT BLACKLEAF!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO..........
Hehe.. thanks for the chuckle.
WOOOOT! I ran into a fellow that addapted Fueng Shui for COH (he did a damn good job too.) Now we will have the real thing. Considering Statesman's background I should've expected something like this. Eden has come up with some very solid game systems in the past that are easy to play and don't take a calculator (which is fine in mini's not so fine in RPGs IMHO) *cough* Champions *cough* I will be picking it up at my local game store.
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City of Heroes already has a great campaign setting. It's well fleshed out and has a lot of possibilities for an extended campaign. The only thing that may hold it back is the rule set. I'm just not familiar with Unisystem. Frankly, the d6 system from West End Games always struck me as the best system for a superhero game.
oooo.. interesting.. does this mean we can bring back the 5th? 
I wonder if D3 can make darkness stronger
For anyone interested there is a press release floating around here: http://www.gamingreport.com/article....e=&order=0
announcing that Alderac has acquired the rights to do a CoH CCG.
I'm not familiar with the source rules. Anyone care to give me a brief lesson? I've been playing d20 for around 5 years now and it's all I know.
We had a hint about this a few months ago, but it's good to finally see some details.
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A CoH PnP RPG (wow, that's a lot of letters that stand for stuff)
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I supose you mean a lot of acronyms?
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For anyone interested there is a press release floating around here: http://www.gamingreport.com/article....e=&order=0
announcing that Alderac has acquired the rights to do a CoH CCG.
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Oh.. my.. god.. What is next? CoH ring tones? A breackfast ceral? Statesman underwear?
Take a look at this, I can't wait.
CCG (Collectable Card Game) is a big rage after MTG (Magic the Gathering)
Its fast and furious play.. and highly competitive...
CoH The Breakfast Cerial
CoH The doll
CoH the Flamethrower - kids love this
hehe.... the key is merchandising!!!!
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Oh.. my.. god.. What is next? CoH ring tones? A breackfast ceral? Statesman underwear?
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<Pictures her room looking like Bart's from the Simpons except putting in Statesman instead of Crusty>
<Looks at the top of her computer monitor and sees the free Hero-clicks Statesman looking benevelantly down at her>
<Desides that this is an all-to-real possibility and desides to go seek help. After she buys some Statesman underoos>
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Take a look at this, I can't wait.
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And yet another prestige power. Maybe this time it will be a new sprint speed movement power with a weird special effect. 
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Take a look at this, I can't wait.
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"He is seeking it, oh his thought is bent upon it."
The books of power shall be mine!
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CCG (Collectable Card Game) is a big rage after MTG (Magic the Gathering)
Its fast and furious play.. and highly competitive...
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The collectible aspect, that's what I'm afraid of...it would be like if they sold Hami-O's in an online store that you paid for with real money. I'm all for a card game, just include every card in the set. Something like Flying Buffalo's old "Nuclear War" games.
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Oh.. my.. god.. What is next? CoH ring tones? A breackfast ceral? Statesman underwear?
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<Pictures her room looking like Bart's from the Simpons except putting in Statesman instead of Crusty>
<Looks at the top of her computer monitor and sees the free Hero-clicks Statesman looking benevelantly down at her>
<Desides that this is an all-to-real possibility and desides to go seek help. After she buys some Statesman underoos>
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Lol.. lets not talk about collecting stuff (looks around her room fill with anime collectables.... figurine, books, mangas, toys, and other nicnacks)
luckily I don't have any one's underoos.
edit: well.. I can guess Hami-O will be like Moxes in MTG.. ultra rare cards
that will go for a pretty penny on ebay.
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However, CoH has a great deal of mechanical complexity in how the combat turns wout. We as end users don't see the complexity since the software handles it for us, but for a tabletop game, I just don't see how anything but a d20 system or some proprietary equivalent can do the job. CoH is far more complex than most people would give it credit for.
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See...now this is the BAD side of nearly every freakin' game out there adopting a d20 system: nobody can even fathom anything else. D20 is great for certain genres, and it's great that once you know d20, you can almost insta-play any of dozens of different RPGs.
However, where is the creativity? Things like Champions, Marvel Superheroes (original), DC Heroes (original), etc... all had very creative, very different systems that were fun in their own right.
I love d20 for D&D and for Star Wars...it works well there. I found the system a bit forced on M&M, and thus welcome a different rule foundation for CoH.
hehe.. I remember the original Middle Earth PnP.. now that is a hard game to play... and very slow.
quick combat can be achive via PnP system. I bet they (the devs) will make it into simpler form of Attacking power vs defending power and of course you have your modifiers.. (+1 for this -2 for that) until you haev the result number.
It won't be hard really.. now coming up with a unique way and keep it fast would be interesting to see (I will look into this game when it hits the shelves)
Still won't solve the problems with the Mob AI
This is a song about a super hero named Tony. Its called Tony's theme.
Jagged Reged: 23/01/04
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See...now this is the BAD side of nearly every freakin' game out there adopting a d20 system: nobody can even fathom anything else. D20 is great for certain genres, and it's great that once you know d20, you can almost insta-play any of dozens of different RPGs.
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I agree with this. D20, much like GURPS, FUZION, and Silhouette, just don't work well for some game settings/genres. Anyone ever play Deadlands or Fading Suns? They had awesome rulesets that were perfect for the setting. However, they were re-published as D20 games in order to reach a wider audience, and they now lack character. The original Deadlands rules were awesome... using poker chips and playing cards in addition to dice was brilliant!
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I cast Burn on the darkness.
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I there are Catgirls there I want to DO them!
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DM: It's a gazebo. You can't Nightfall it.
PLYR: Then I BLACKSTAR it! Damn thing! Die before The Dark Elf!
DM: The gazebo eats you...
In Munchkins... isn't the Gazebo level 7??
"George Vasilakos"
that guy is worin' on it right?
jack said he named the Vahz after him
Dr. Vahzilok
Mr. Vasilakos
im not sure he that guys is a doctor...but i'm sure hes not a zombie lord or anything
*checks Eden fourms*
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Welcome to the City of Heroes forum.
This board is intended for discussion of the City of Heroes RPG.
Eden staff will monitor these forums regularly and will answer posts as quickly as we are able.
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Eden Studios
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where are the cheetos!
Anyone notice that Jack contributed to the Eden books? Busy busy boy, he is. 
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However, CoH has a great deal of mechanical complexity in how the combat turns wout. We as end users don't see the complexity since the software handles it for us, but for a tabletop game, I just don't see how anything but a d20 system or some proprietary equivalent can do the job. CoH is far more complex than most people would give it credit for.
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See...now this is the BAD side of nearly every freakin' game out there adopting a d20 system: nobody can even fathom anything else. D20 is great for certain genres, and it's great that once you know d20, you can almost insta-play any of dozens of different RPGs.
However, where is the creativity? Things like Champions, Marvel Superheroes (original), DC Heroes (original), etc... all had very creative, very different systems that were fun in their own right.
I love d20 for D&D and for Star Wars...it works well there. I found the system a bit forced on M&M, and thus welcome a different rule foundation for CoH.
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I played the Marvel Superheroes and DC Heroes RPG's, they were really fun. If I recall the used (2) d10's on a precentage table, at least the DC one did for sure. We used to create our characters and make paper drawings of them and everything. I remember staying up all night playing this game, oh to be a teenager again 
The Wolf
PS, I also played the AD&D games as well, lots of fun, the good old days.
I still have the DC heroes in the box.. almost mint condition...
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Where did you find a venue that could hold that many people?
At the annual "We Hate FireIron" meeting. Man, it was great!
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Who knew George Bush could breakdance?
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Great, thanks. Now I've got the image of pagan vegetarian neo-nazi devil-worshiping goth breakdancing Dubya in my head. Just what I need.
"Destiny's powerful hand has made the bed of my future, and it's up to me to lie in it. I am destined to be a superhero. To right wrongs, and to pound two-fisted justice into the hearts of evildoers everywhere." -- The Tick