This week we begin our exploration of the City of Heroes power sets. Each article looks at a collection of power sets, organized by theme. The common themes being: Dark, Electrical, Energy, Fire, Ice, Psychic, Radiation, and Sonic. These eight core themes run across multiple archetypes; each of them tweaked slightly to fit the archetype.&nbs [...]
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City of Powers 3: Dark
This week we begin our exploration of the City of Heroes power sets. Each article looks at a collection of power sets, organized by theme. The common themes being: Dark, Electrical, Energy, Fire, Ice, Psychic, Radiation, and Sonic. These eight core themes run across multiple archetypes; each of them tweaked slightly to fit the archetype.&nbs [...]
City of Powers 2: Archetypes Rising, ...
This week we continue our look at City of Heroes archetypes and how their unique abilities can be translated to Metahumans Rising. Archetype abilities vary wildly, as they are designed to give each type of hero their own unique feel. Again, we are not looking to capture exact mechanics, but rather the feel or playstyle of each archetype. Now [...]
City of Powers 1: Archetypes Rising
City of Heroes was the first spandex wearing MMO (Massively Multiplayer Online game). Released in 2004, a solid 6 months before World of Warcraft, it was a major departure from the fantasy themes of other games at the time with an onslaught of unique power selections and gameplay that allowed players much more control. While City of Heroes w [...]
Hero Creation: Power Level
With the scope of the game established and basic character concepts fleshed out it’s time to decide the campaign’s Power Level. This decision determines the number of points players have to spend on various characteristics and helps to establish what level of power minor, average and major threats to the party might look like.
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