kjamma4
Oct 26th, '05, 08:17 AM
I played HERO for the first time at GenCon this year. Since then, the members of my regular group have joined a twice monthly Pulp HERO game run by one of the players from GenCon.
Yesterday was an off day from the pulp campaign so the guy in our regular group who normally is the DM for D&D 3.5 tried running a Fantasy HERO game. Unfortunately, due to work/school/home schedule, there were only two players instead of the usual four to five.
The game went really well. As we are all new to the system, we made a few mistakes in regards to bookkeeping (especially our END). However, we were all impressed with the combat and the options you have. It was a bit less "hack-and-slash" and more using tactical options. The fact that we are becoming familiar with the system through playing in the pulp campaign helped alot. It will be interesting to see what happens when all the players are there.
We also learned that we need to have "cheat" sheets for all the players. These will include the hit location chart, the damage class chart, and will probably be customized for each player's specific martial maneuvers.
All in all, an enjoyable night. It seems like we will be putting the system through its paces in one genre or the other in the upcoming months.
Yesterday was an off day from the pulp campaign so the guy in our regular group who normally is the DM for D&D 3.5 tried running a Fantasy HERO game. Unfortunately, due to work/school/home schedule, there were only two players instead of the usual four to five.
The game went really well. As we are all new to the system, we made a few mistakes in regards to bookkeeping (especially our END). However, we were all impressed with the combat and the options you have. It was a bit less "hack-and-slash" and more using tactical options. The fact that we are becoming familiar with the system through playing in the pulp campaign helped alot. It will be interesting to see what happens when all the players are there.
We also learned that we need to have "cheat" sheets for all the players. These will include the hit location chart, the damage class chart, and will probably be customized for each player's specific martial maneuvers.
All in all, an enjoyable night. It seems like we will be putting the system through its paces in one genre or the other in the upcoming months.