Monastery Outreach Projects

[With the announcement of 6th Edition, and the appearance of the 6ed discussion boards, I thought I should post this before it becomes irrelevant.]

The HERO System's skills are good, but they do seem a bit complicated for new players. In the interest of making life easier for those who wish to learn our favorite RPG, I present the following oversimplification.

This is based upon more "open-ended," or "rules light" systems (for example, RISUS). In ...

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PRIMARY CHARACTERISTICS

Code:

Base   Primary               Cost Per  Maximum
Value  Characteristic	     Point      Value
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10      Strength (STR)       1           20
10      Dexterity (DEX)      3           20	
10      Body (BODY)          2           20
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10      Ego (EGO)            2           20
10

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"What the Characters Know" timeline

This is a list of basic info that the characters could easily find by going to the library:

1930 Super Humans first emerge
* Shadowy "Masked Men" fight unseen villainous powers.

1933 The Kong Incident
* The Skull Island expedition captures the creature known to the natives of the island as "Kong," and brings it to NY for display. It breaks free, causes considerable property ...

Er, okay . . . we will start by enumerating the Hero projects that I have swirling around in my brain (sometimes I wish I had a pensieve). I am not saying that I am actively working on these, but if I am inspired I do add to my own notes. The fact that I do not have an active gaming group right now means that these may be only intellectual exercises for me, so if they inspire someone else, more's the better.

Anyway, in no particular order:

Power Cycles
The Power ...