Champions @ The Weirding

All characters are Familiar (8-) with these skills free of charge, including NPCs. - p. 19. They can be improved normally through point expenditure.

AK: [Home]

Climbing

Computer Programming

Concealment

Conversation

Deduction

Local Language (4 pts. - Mastery)

Paramedic

Professional Skill

Shadowing

Stealth

TF: Autos

Weapon Familiarity: Club

The HERO System's greatest asset is also its biggest detriment: the modular design.

On the one hand, it allows for great freedom, flexibility, and customization; on the other, it makes these things mandatory. As each GM is forced to develop "basics" for his game and campaign setting, no two people are playing exactly the same system, and literally everyone has to develop these basic elements for himself and his own game. HERO System games take more initial preparation than almost any other and it is time-consuming, deeply involved work. It's not unheard of for GMs to get burned-out before the game even begins! While Champions remains the bastion of all superhero games, I believe this is the reason the HERO System itself (separate from the Champions setting) didn't become more popular.

While the basics included here are for use with the Megacity Campaign and were designed for that purpose, they should be suitable for pretty much any modern campaign, superhero or otherwise. Like noted in the FAQ, all of this material is for use with the 4^th-Ed. rules set. I am not familiar with any of the more recent editions and do not support older ones.

Like everything else on The Weirding, great care and a lot of time went into developing them, but feel free to modify them to your needs. Remember that we are extremely familiar with these systems and their mechanics and even slight, seemingly inconsequential, modifications can have dramatic effects elsewhere.

-3 OCV with Offhand. Ambidexterity negates this, but does not allow any additional attacks per Phase. If Ambidextrous, all Extra Limbs can act as same; otherwise, all Extra Limbs (except the favored one) receive the -3 OCV Offhand Penalty.
Any/all attack action(s) is ¹/₂ Phase but must be the last action performed in the Phase. A power can be turned on or off at the beginning of a Phase or after the first ¹/₂ Phase, but at no other time. - pg. 140

¹/₂ or 1 Phase of an action can be held, but 2 actions can never be taken in the same segment.
Aborting an Action - pg.141
Teleporting into Solid Objects - pg. 144
Falling - p. 176
Characters can use Breakfall and/or Superleap to diminish the damage caused by a fall. - p. 176
Object List (Def, Body) - p. 177
Wounding - p.162; Impairing - p. 163
Base Climb Movement Rate: 01"/Phase.

All Champions products are trademark(s) of DOJ, Inc., used by permission. All rights reserved. The HERO SystemTM is DOJ, Inc.'s trademark for its roleplaying system. See www.herogames.com for more information. The HERO System and all associated games, game products, terms, and images are copyright 2003 by DOJ, Inc. All rights reserved. The original material presented here is my own creation, intended for use with the HERO System and/or other products of DOJ, Inc. d/b/a Hero Games. This material is not official, and has not been approved or endorsed by DOJ, Inc.

Yes, I removed several elements from the Champions department which had been online for over five years now (since @ 2003 or so) because they are included in the book and I didn't want to open myself up to litigation. The Combat Reference Chart, Competent Normal, and Skilled Normal charts were created back when I was first learning tables and, specifically, nesting tables. They were an exercise which, once completed, looked nice enough that I figured I'd share them.

From what I understand, Champions is going into a 6^th Edition now, and those charts were up for years on the GeoCities site, but GeoCities was free and did not include any advertising. The Weirding uses advertising to (hopefully) offset costs and (maybe one day) make a profit, so even though I doubt anyone would do anything other than maybe request we remove them, I decided it was best to just go ahead and take them down. These materials were only included to make the GM's job easier and no one contacted us and asked us to remove them and I sincerely doubt they are applicable to more recent editions; the decision to remove them is solely mine.

The Competent and Skilled Normal stats can be found on pgs. 133-134; the Combat Reference Chart is located on the GM's Screen and p. 153.