Gone to layout!

[Horacio]

Heh. Even *I* haven't seen what it looks like printed out yet. You printing it in b/w or colour?

Don't waste all your ink on this though - you'll need to print out the final version on Monday or so!

It's not my ink, it's the (empty) Electronics Department's ink
And it' only b/w. But believe me, it's PRETTY!

 

[FullTinCan]

Horacio - bad news, I'm afraid. It doesn't look like it'll be ready in time for your first session (it should be ready by Monday, though - just a few odds and ends left to do).

If you like, I can send you the current version for free...

I'm doing it for Horacio because he has been vocally enthusiatic about it from the moment it was announced. And because he has a game planned for tomorrow!

Morrus, this is why you rock! Helping an addict get his fix Actually, its good to see you giving a free advanced copy to Horacio.

Horacio, best luck with your upcoming session. I hope that you are able to start a Story Hour forum before the book is released, so that Morrus can get a "preview" posted.

I am eager to get the book, but I don't know if I can convince the misses that it is a "must have" item. So I will await your review.

 

[Lizard]

I'm confused.

Since Captain Marvel and Superman have nearly-identical powers, why is one easy and not the other?

If you can do the Hulk, you can do the 'Guy changes from one form with no powers into a totally different form with powers', so, why not CM?

 

[Psychotic Dreamer]

I can not wait to get my hands on this book. I have been waiting, and waiting and waint... It seems the time is almost near.

92 Pages? Thats a lot to print. How much of that is setting and characters and such?

 

[RangerWickett]

Actually, it's more of a problem that I don't really know the whole story of what Captain Marvel can do. For the Hulk, he just has to take the Circumstance Suppression restriction "does not work when not angered" for all his powers. If Captain Marvel can just say Shazam and become captain marvel, it's almost not a restriction at all. If I knew more, I could give a more accurate answer.

 

[Lizard]

Actually, it's more of a problem that I don't really know the whole story of what Captain Marvel can do. For the Hulk, he just has to take the Circumstance Suppression restriction "does not work when not angered" for all his powers. If Captain Marvel can just say Shazam and become captain marvel, it's almost not a restriction at all. If I knew more, I could give a more accurate answer.

Hm. How do you handle things like "Bruce Banner: Int 16, Hulk: Int 4"?

Yeah, CM just has to say "Shazam", but, really, in both cases (Hulk and CM, and, for that matter, Thor/Don Blake, and several others), you really have TWO characters. Thor can't perform surgery, for example. Some sort of 'dual embodiment' option is needed, with each character having their own skills, stats, levels, etc. (Doc Banner is a medium level Expert (Scientist), Billy Batson is a first-level Commoner, etc)

 

[Horacio]

The book rocks!

Absolutly!

Best d20 supers game ever. Seriously, I don't want to tease you (well, I want, but that isn't the matter), but it's truely good.

The main difference between this and the other d20 supers is that you can use this one (i don't know if Morrus would let me tell you the final title...) with other d20 games, over D&D or Dragonsatar, or Spycraft, and game balance is mantained, very elegantly.

More on Monday...

 

[Morrus]

Good luck with your game, Horacio! Let us know how it goes!

 

[Morrus]

Hm. How do you handle things like "Bruce Banner: Int 16, Hulk: Int 4"?

Yeah, CM just has to say "Shazam", but, really, in both cases (Hulk and CM, and, for that matter, Thor/Don Blake, and several others), you really have TWO characters. Thor can't perform surgery, for example. Some sort of 'dual embodiment' option is needed, with each character having their own skills, stats, levels, etc. (Doc Banner is a medium level Expert (Scientist), Billy Batson is a first-level Commoner, etc)

There's an alternate form power, but it doesn't go quite to the extent of having two separate characters. That's definately an idea for the Big Book of Superpowers, though.

 

[Forrester]

I must confess I am anxiously awaiting this . . . looking forward to seeing how this compares with the New Improved Monk class I've been working on (who is forbidden from using magic items of any kind, but makes up for it with cheaty super-powers, some of which are similar to what Morrus and RangerWickett described).

Monday, eh?

*drool*

 

[Psychotic Dreamer]

This was originally supposed to be out in March, right? Waiting sucks

 

[Morrus]

This was originally supposed to be out in March, right? Waiting sucks

Sssshhhh! We don't talk about that!

 

[Psychotic Dreamer]

Couldn't resist. I've been waiting for this since it was announced. Between this and Dragonstar stuff I'm getting used to waiting.

 

[RangerWickett]

So, Horacio, did you manage to run a game? If so, give us some highlights.

 

[Morrus]

Couldn't resist. I've been waiting for this since it was announced. Between this and Dragonstar stuff I'm getting used to waiting.

There's actually a story behind it. At the last minute, our artst, who had pretty much a book full of art for us suddenly disappeared. We didn't want to commission new art, so we waited around a while, tried to contact him in all sorts of ways, all to no avail.

Eventually, we just had to start from scratch again on the art (JL Jones came through like a trooper!).

Just this morning, we got an email from the missing artist. Turns out he's been in hospital for the last few months having been run over by a truck - quite a serious accident, apparently - lots and lots of broken bones. He's back now, and his hand, which he feared crippled for life, is well on its way to recovery.

 

[Horacio]

Just this morning, we got an email from the missing artist. Turns out he's been in hospital for the last few months having been run over by a truck - quite a serious accident, apparently - lots and lots of broken bones. He's back now, and his hand, which he feared crippled for life, is well on its way to recovery.

Sometimes reality is more bizarre than fiction

 

[Psychotic Dreamer]

Just this morning, we got an email from the missing artist. Turns out he's been in hospital for the last few months having been run over by a truck - quite a serious accident, apparently - lots and lots of broken bones. He's back now, and his hand, which he feared crippled for life, is well on its way to recovery.

Wow. That is very bizzare. Well I'm glad he is well. Very sorry to hear about the accident.

 

[Lizard]

Just this morning, we got an email from the missing artist. Turns out he's been in hospital for the last few months having been run over by a truck - quite a serious accident, apparently - lots and lots of broken bones. He's back now, and his hand, which he feared crippled for life, is well on its way to recovery.

I'd call that a valid excuse...

In my line of work (programming), we are continually nagged to document our code because "What if you get hit by a truck?" I have always wondered why the hypothetical can't be "What if you win the lottery?"

Good thing the guys hand recovered. I am deeply envious of anyone who can drawn, and I'd hate to see someone lost that gift.

 

[netnomad]

Comments and Questions...

First off I just wanted to say great job! This was the kind of thing I have been looking for. I have been making classes left and right to fit in my campaign how I can use the "toolkit" to make some really unique villains. Woe is my players!

I also wanted to mention it looks great printed out on a color laser. You guys did a much better job with the layout on this than Wild Spellcraft.

I do have a question though. Where is the quick print OGL stuff? That was one of the things I really like about PDFs. I used to cut and paste the relevant stuff and use it as handout for my players. (Such as spell descriptions) You can't do that with print products. Custom made info to go!

David The NetNomad

 

[RangerWickett]

We did that in Wild Spellcraft, but we got perhaps 2 comments on the attached rtf file, one of which was probably, "I don't really mind it." So we thought it wasn't worth the effort of padding the zip file with an extra few hundred kilobytes. If there'd been more interest, we'd still be doing it.