HERO System Martial Arts

[Steve Long]

Here's our back-cover text for HSMA:


MASTER THE FIGHTING ARTS!

Can your kung fu beat your enemy’s kung fu? It can if you’ve got HERO System Martial Arts! A comprehensive guide to martial arts in the HERO System, HSMA is filled with information and rules about every aspect of the martial arts. It’s got everything you need to create and play a martial artist character in any campaign, genre, time period, or setting. It includes:

—Information about, and HERO System rules for, over 160 real-world martial arts styles and variants, plus numerous fictional styles

—Over 200 special abilities for martial artists

—An expanded list of Martial Maneuvers, plus rules for creating your own martial arts maneuvers and styles

—Rules for martial artist character creation

—Additional hand-to-hand combat rules for the HERO System

—Over 130 martial arts weapons

—A thorough look at the Martial Arts genre, with details on subgenres, character types, gamemastering, and more

Get ready to learn the secret techniques of the master warriors with HERO System Martial Arts!


DOJHERO1005
978-1-58366-124-6
$29.99

[yamamura]

Looks great Steve. I am so buying this.

[Susano]

Yeah, so am... oh, wait... ^_^

[kahuna's bro]

i'm going to get a copy

[gabriel17]

From the description sound like Ninja Hero for 4th (the content of NH 5th + UMA ampliated and updated for HS 6th), I mean this will count even as a genre book?
(Sorry if the grammar suck, English isn't my native language )

[Susano]

I believe the intent is for HSMA, along with the Bestiary and the Vehicle book (among others), to become one of the "core books" central to the 6E rules set.

Steve will probably be along presently to explain it greater detail. ^_^

[Steve Long]

From the description sound like Ninja Hero for 4th (the content of NH 5th + UMA ampliated and updated for HS 6th), I mean this will count even as a genre book?

It does cover the genre to some extent, but I wouldn't really refer to it as a "genre book." I think of it more simply as a HERO System Core Library supplement. The exact terminology really doesn't matter, though, as long as you enjoy the contents.

[digimod]

Is it hard or soft bound?

[kahuna's bro]

i'd say soft bound

[kahuna's bro]

i was wondering why did they break with tradition and abandon the NINJA HERO title?

[yamamura]

Well Ninja HERO makes one think that the game is centered around ninja/shinobi. But Martial Arts is a very wide field and so a title that implies a greater range. That is just my opinion. Also I suspect Steve aligning himself with pirates in the internet meme.

[EvilDrPuma]

The short answer is, because all of the core library supplements (will) be titled "HERO System _____." Presumably this is for ready identification and a unifying theme across the key universal rules supplements.

[kahuna's bro]

Well Ninja HERO makes one think that the game is centered around ninja/shinobi. But Martial Arts is a very wide field and so a title that implies a greater range. That is just my opinion. Also I suspect Steve aligning himself with pirates in the internet meme.

also since the books a COMBINATIONof NHand UMA the name change was justified

[Escafarc]

Of course everyone knows that Pirates are cooler than Ninjas!(Mr. O'Flynne! Hoist the Jolly Roger and run out the guns! Stand-by to repel boarders!)

[Susano]

What about ninja-pirates?