Quote from: RPGPunditI'd recommend Hearts & Souls for this.

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That was my first thought, though in all honesty, I almost think that Hearts & Souls is too good for Heroes. Specifically, I think that the H&S Drive System places an emphasis on things that aren't all that important in the show. The two exceptions would probably be Bennet's relationship with Claire (and, ironically, in that case Drive would better model the non-superhuman's motivation than it would the hero's) and DL's love for his family. Heroes wants to be about deep things but in the end, it's really more about style over substance and less about those things that H&S stakes its reputation on (i.e., relationships).

Nobody hit me...but what BESM (first ed) ?

Regards,
David R

Quote from: David RNobody hit me...but what BESM (first ed) ?

Regards,
David R

Actually, either that or OVA might work very well, given the limited range of power that most heroes possess.

Quote from: David RNobody hit me...but what BESM (first ed) ?

Regards,
David R

Can I give ya a high five instead?  Just picked up BESM 3rd the other day. Think it would worl well for it.

#1 M&M2e using the Masterminds Manual's Random Roll power list.
#2 Create a Normal Person PL 2-4 at best. You know a Normal Person, nothing special, no special training.
#3 Then Roll on the Random Roll chart for the "1" Power that the HERO will have.
#4 Roll a d20 to see at what Rank the Power will be starting at. If they roll High cool. If they roll low, well that is something to work on with XP.

This would help with capturing the show's feel and mood better IMHO.

Very nice BESM getting some love

Regards,
David R

Quote from: jdrakehThat was my first thought, though in all honesty, I almost think that Hearts & Souls is too good for Heroes. Specifically, I think that the H&S Drive System places an emphasis on things that aren't all that important in the show. The two exceptions would probably be Bennet's relationship with Claire (and, ironically, in that case Drive would better model the non-superhuman's motivation than it would the hero's) and DL's love for his family. Heroes wants to be about deep things but in the end, it's really more about style over substance and less about those things that H&S stakes its reputation on (i.e., relationships).

I don't know, it seems to me that everything in Heroes hinges on relationships, between the Petrelli brothers, between Rajesh and his dead father, Hiro and Ando, etc etc.

It seems to me that this is pretty centrally what Heroes is about, and what makes it a really good TV show; in fact it takes something that is present in good comics (the relationship-aspect of superheros) and pumps it to the max to mix into the "Soap Opera" nature of a primetime weekly TV drama.

H&S also puts a strong emphasis on these sorts of things, so its a good match; its central to the mechanic in a way that other "supers" games like Champions, M&M etc. just don't. The other games are just "adventure RPGs with guys with superpowers", while H&S is trying to recreate the emulation of the comic book genre.

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Quote from: RPGPunditI don't know, it seems to me that everything in Heroes hinges on relationships, between the Petrelli brothers, between Rajesh and his dead father, Hiro and Ando, etc etc.

I think it started off like that but by the end of the last season (for me, anyhow), the only real substantial relationships were those that I mentioned previously. All of the others seemed to lose quite a bit of steam, being reduced to background imagery.

Quote from: jdrakehI think it started off like that but by the end of the last season (for me, anyhow), the only real substantial relationships were those that I mentioned previously. All of the others seemed to lose quite a bit of steam, being reduced to background imagery.

I noticed a bunch of normals dissappearing. Simone. Zack. Claire's bro. Claire's mom (wtf even happened to her?) Even Ando, sorta. Not necessarily that these folks are dead... just not in any of the eps anymore.

One of the things I found awesome in the show was the fact that normal folks were still important, and dangerous even.

On an unrelated note....
Remember when Sylar was captive and one of the Primatech dudes was all...
"We've isolated the codons for the telekinesis."

An ominous statement if you ask me.

Well, one of the only things that disappointed me about the show was that eventually you were seeing that everyone and their cousin had "secret" superpowers. I think it would have been better if more of the "Normal" characters had stayed "normal".

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Quote from: RPGPunditWell, one of the only things that disappointed me about the show was that eventually you were seeing that everyone and their cousin had "secret" superpowers. I think it would have been better if more of the "Normal" characters had stayed "normal".

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I can really only think of two or three for this one. Namely, Charlie Andrews (waitress... with a masculine first and last name), Claire's mom, and... uh... crap, how far has the England broadcast gone? To avoid spoiling: "The cook."

Are there any I'm missing?