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    HERO System Equipment Guide now in Online Store

    Hey hey! The Equipment Guide is now up in the Online Store in both printed and PDF format. A book/PDf bundle will be posted soon and there may be a Hero Designer Character Pack in the works, so once that is done the CP and book/PDF/CP bundle will also be available.

    Enjoy!
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    Re: HERO System Equipment Guide now in Online Store

    Quote Originally Posted by Ben Seeman
    Hey hey! The Equipment Guide is now up in the Online Store in both printed and PDF format. A book/PDf bundle will be posted soon and there may be a Hero Designer Character Pack in the works, so once that is done the CP and book/PDF/CP bundle will also be available.

    Enjoy!
    Since it's not on the shelves in my friendly local game store yet where I can thumb through it, I'll ask here. Is there any new material in this book, or is it all taken from previous publications?
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    Re: HERO System Equipment Guide now in Online Store

    For the most part it is all material from the books listed in theproduct description with a few new ones thrown in. It is mainly a consolidation of gear from other books.
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    Re: HERO System Equipment Guide now in Online Store

    I picked this up at Origins this weekend. While it is a compilation, this is exactly the kind of book I need, so I don't have to flip through Dark Champs and Fantasy Hero and every other book to find what I need.

    Good stuff!
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    Re: HERO System Equipment Guide now in Online Store

    While some of the gear (or at least the gear's page references!) is updated for 5ER, the only "new" stuff that hasn't appeared in one of our books before is the nuclear bomb (which was in an issue of DH), the biological and chemical weapons, and the poisons.

    Oh, and the award certificate, of course.
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    Re: HERO System Equipment Guide now in Online Store

    Umm... wow. I was going to buy it thinking it was all new stuff, but now you almost UNsold me on buying it.

    Of course being a HERO fanboy and geek I will buy it anyway. Sad buying a book just because it is HERO. Not the first time and won't be the last I am sure.
    Sigh....I am CON stunned again. Dang...everytime.

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    Re: HERO System Equipment Guide now in Online Store

    Well, we certainly don't want to deceive anyone. We've stated all along that it was a compilation of existing material, with only a little bit of new stuff. Even the back cover text (which is part of the "Our Products" listing) says so.
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    Re: HERO System Equipment Guide now in Online Store

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    IT MUST BE MINE!!!

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    Seriously, even though it's not new stuff (with the exceptions noted by Steve), it's worth it to me to have it all in one book instead of leafing though multiple books.

    I will admit, though, if money was tighter, this would be one of the first Hero products to drop off the list (for me).

    Fortunately, I now *almost* exclusively collect Harn and Hero stuff, and there's enough cashflow to support that.
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    Re: HERO System Equipment Guide now in Online Store

    Quote Originally Posted by SCUBA Hero

    Seriously, even though it's not new stuff (with the exceptions noted by Steve), it's worth it to me to have it all in one book instead of leafing though multiple books.

    I will admit, though, if money was tighter, this would be one of the first Hero products to drop off the list (for me).

    Fortunately, I now *almost* exclusively collect Harn and Hero stuff, and there's enough cashflow to support that.
    Yep, this is pretty much my case exactly except for the HARN thing
    Sigh....I am CON stunned again. Dang...everytime.

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    I'd buy it just for the WMDs
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    Re: HERO System Equipment Guide now in Online Store

    We've found the WMDs and they're in the Hero System Equipment Guide. Invasionary forces are on their way.
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    Re: HERO System Equipment Guide now in Online Store

    Quote Originally Posted by Ben Seeman
    We've found the WMDs and they're in the Hero System Equipment Guide. Invasionary forces are on their way.
    While I'm probably going to pick up the Equipment Guide anyway -- I love equipment guides of any kind (excepting d20 equipment guides) -- I never had a problem building WMDs. It's those sissy little pistols I have trouble getting just right.

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    Re: HERO System Equipment Guide now in Online Store

    The Equipment guide I am picking up for the collector side, but I will find it useful upon occasion - I run too many cross genre games for it not to.

    The other compilation book is the one I will find most useful as a reference and cannot wait for.

    Drooling for the Combat Handbook

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    Actually, I'm very excited about it. Along with the Bestiary, it'll be nice for a quick reference.
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    Re: HERO System Equipment Guide now in Online Store

    Quote Originally Posted by Lord Mhoram
    The Equipment guide I am picking up for the collector side, but I will find it useful upon occasion - I run too many cross genre games for it not to.

    The other compilation book is the one I will find most useful as a reference and cannot wait for.

    Drooling for the Combat Handbook
    Speaking of which, it'd be great to see a flowchart and checklist in such a book.
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