Forum: 6th Edition Discussion

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I've been gaming for about 31 years now, mainly D&D in its various incarnations. I've always loved the idea of Hero System, and every year or so I pull my books out and try to become confident enough...

Leaping and Swimming as is in 5th edition aren't quite appropriate for heroic games. Running isn't far off. I would like to see NCM jive with World Records. Superheroic games wouldn't be impacted...

HERO character sheets, especially for supers and other character types with many Powers, have always tended to be more detailed and "busy" than those for many other games. To a large extent that's a...

Before I go on I have to lay down my Hero geek cred. I can use the system, I can run this system like a well oiled machine, I can make it my bitch. I love this game. It is in my top five and has been...

From day one, back when I was first learning how to play Champions when I was 14 many, many eons ago, constantly accounting for and tracking expended Endurance points has always been a hassle and...

One thing I have noticed about hero is it's lack of good old modular microbooks. While the books I have bought so far are well written and designed, I have found that small focused books that can be...

I wouldn't mind a "tweak" such as when Champions 2 and three came out way back when. But I really hope this dosen't totally reboot the series. I mean I really don't need another two or three books...

I have no reason to believe that there will not be a new Fantasy HERO released (perhaps sometime in 2010), but I find myself wondering what such a book would include. Assuming that translation...

There is a long-standing tradition that PCs and NPCs are designed using the same rules. Does anyone think that now that we are moving to a 6th Ed of the Game, that maybe this long-standing design...

I've read the intro, etc. There's a handful of suggestions I would love to make, but I don't have it in me to read, e.g., the entire Combat Issues thread to make a small suggestion about movement...

You know, I like the speed chart. Really, I do. It is a bit cumbersome but it is easy to understand. So when I was thinking about it and about what I'd do if there were a whole new Hero System coming...

I believe spiral binding to be the superior binding option. It lays flat from the first page to the last with little chance of the binding breaking. You can fold it on its self so you can read it...

I am serious. :think: If the Hero system could be done as some kind of hybrid of character level advancement and point building, I believe that this would open up some interresting benefits. ...

My only real request: please simplify the game. I started with first edition FH ('85) and then moved on to 4th edition. I remember telling people the thing I liked best about Hero was that it had...

Hello, So I am seeing a lot on possible updates and changes to the rule book for 6th ed but haven't seen much on HD. Although I could have easily over looked it. I was wondering if there are...

Greetings. I know I am new to these forums, but I have been playing and using hero system for the better part of two decades. I have spent time reviewing various threads on changes to the...

A lot of talk about the new 6th ED has tilted towards the Supers end of the spectrum. HERO can do anything to an extent, but what it's always done best is represent larger then life super hero...

A number of game store owners in my area have suggested to me this. Mike...you sort of know these guys and freelance for Digital Hero. Please tell them this: The book needs to be smaller. There...

OKies here is your turn to try to really defend com and keep it as is in the game, (at this point in steve's thinking it will probably go away or be replaced). start off with I like it as is, most...

Greetings All, :) Will we have a new Champions Universe with this new edition? Will the history change, or will we just have rewrites for all the characters?

One of the problems I see running is that many characters have well defined hunteds as disadvantages. They will buy up a hunted to 14- and then be depressed when the hunted doesn't show up on a 14-...

I've been thinking on what I'd like to see in 6th Edition, and I have come to realize my needs aren't great. I'd like to see some fine-tuning, I know that. That said, a rough list -- ...

Steve, As you consider all the proposed changes to the Hero System, both those proposed by yourself and by others please do all of us who are fans of this system a huge favor. Crack open the...

I'd quite like to see 'formal' automata rules for characters; let's face it quite a lot of people ignore the injunction anyway, so perhaps officially introducing them for characters, a sort of...

I think that one of the unique selling points of the Hero System is that it is set up to toolkit new games. I for one think that a new edition would be a tremendous time to ensure that this...

This might go in several different categories above. It deals with Characteristics, Combat, Advantages, Limitations, and maybe some other stuff as well. This is a radical game design change. It...

I suppose I'll be crossing into "sacred cow" territory here, but here goes... One of the complaints frequently heard about the Hero System is the complexity. GMs love it, but players scratch their...

One of the game mechanics I've always wished that Hero system had was something from the D6 Star Wars game (of which, no doubt tons of other games had - but I'll stick with Star Wars since I know...

I played Champions in the 80's when it was one paperback rulebook about 150 pages or so. It was easily my favorite game. I quit playing in college and came back to the game after many years, when...

I have to admit that I'm a little saddened to see 6th Edition being cut into two books. That being said, go for it! It makes perfect sense. Every other system is two or three core books, and if it...

DOJ is taking a risk with 6ed. They're balancing maintaining a fanbase with drawing in new customers. Frankly, I don't even them the position. There's plety of fans that have been playing Hero...

Don't know if this is really rules, but it ties in to the base ideas of the system, and I didn't see it on other threads, so I wanted to bring this up. Please please please keep the system...

For those that haven't seen it and are interested. Since it seems at least part of the goal is to draw in new players this seemed relevant. For Hero, rpg.net is New York city. "If it can make it...