HERO Designer
General discussions of the HERO Designer character creation software.
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I was building a character with a computer brain and was putting the unified power on everything the computer brain granted. The book states this limitation can be put on any game element. The computer brain grants the character various skills including KS and SC. Since it can be put on any game element I tried putting it on the skill enhancers. The idea would be it reduces the cost of the skill enhancer and the skills purchased in the skill enhancer. When I did that it reduced the skill enhancer properly, but it reduced the actual skill too much. I was purchasing the skill based on INT which is normally 3 points, which would be reduced to 2 points before the limita…
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Is there an export format for Roll20 available. I just purchased the Champions bundle on Roll20 and I'm just curious.
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I believe the rules say that Suppress is built from Drain with modifications. I tried to figure out how to do it in Hero Designer, but couldn't. Then, I had the idea to check Dispel. The options were there. I agree that Dispel seems like a better fit for Suppress than Drain. Was this done on purpose? Have the rules been updated and I just don't have a recent copy of 6E?
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From the warped mind of RPMiller. Originally for RTF I switched it fr HTML for something I'm working on. <!--REG_REPLACE--><!--REGSTRING-->\|([0-9])*([3489])\|d6<!--/REGSTRING--><!--REPSTRING--> 1/2d6<!--/REPSTRING--><!--/REG_REPLACE--> <!--REG_REPLACE--><!--REGSTRING-->\|([0-9])*([^3489])\|d6<!--/REGSTRING--><!--REPSTRING-->d6<!--/REPSTRING--><!--/REG_REPLACE--> <!--REG_REPLACE--><!--REGSTRING-->0 1/2d6<!--/REGSTRING--><!--REPSTRING-->1/2d6<!--/REPSTRING--><!--/REG_REPLACE--> <!--REG_REPLACE--><!--REGSTRING-->(x|\+|-|\s|\b)1/4(\D|\b)<!--/RE…
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Anyone know where this is listed in the books? A player to it, but I have no idea what rules it uses.
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I will admit that I did not look too hard (only the 1st 5 pages) but does anyone know why HD does not automatically add the bonus stats you get from Growth to the base characteristics like it does for Density Increase?
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Shrinking has a Modifier, Easily Perceived. It says the PER penalty doesn't get applied when it would be. Per 6E1 283, this is a -1/4 limitation. HD has it as -.5, so -1/2. Main6E dated 7/31/2022, which is the most recent I have.
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My HDv3.jar file is dated 10/20/2013. I have not used it in many years. But our group is about to dive back into Hero System gaming. I have the latest Java installed. The program opens just fine but it locks up my computer if I try to play with anything in any tab other than the Basic Info, Background, or Characteristics tab. I have to use Task Manager to quit Hero Designer and unfreeze my system. Is this just a matter of my HDv3.jar file being an antique that needs to be replaced?
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Im terribly sorry if this has been discussed before, but i simply could not get a good search result to find the answer. Where or how, do you access the additional powers in the ADV guides in HERO Designer? I see Possession, but where are the Powers such as Extra-Dimensional Space or Probability Alteration? I am still getting used to using HERO Designer, but i wanted to use it help speed up character creation math and double check some of the player characters i have in my game. Which, currently, i have players using the previously mentioned powers.
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I'd like to show any combat luck values for a character along with the the standard PD/resistant PD ED extra for my template. Is there any way in a template to access specific powers and their values through a tag? This would be in addition to the standard <!--IFPOWERS-- > tags. Thanks.
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Years ago I downloaded Hero Designer. I haven't had the opportunity to play in a while, but might get to play soon, so I went to fire up Hero Designer and found that it was gone - I must have accidentally deleted it at some point with some other files. I went to my old Hero Games account but I don't see saved purchases anywhere. Do I have to buy it again or is there a way to get it back? The website is very different now so I may simply not know where to look.
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Another export format question -- I'm trying to replace line breaks ("\n") in the data from the "Background" tab in Hero Designer. The documentation doesn't say exactly where you'd use REG_REPLACE. Do I put it at the head of the HDE file, or...? Do I expand the comment tags and put it inside them, like this: <!--PERSONALITY--><!--REG_REPLACE-->..<!--/REG_REPLACE--><!--/PERSONALITY--> Thank you!
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Hi! I have an export template where I changed this: <table class="Container"> <!--IF_BACKGROUND--> <tr> <td class="CharacterNotesLabel">Background:</td> </tr> <tr> <td class="CharacterNotesContent"><!--BACKGROUND--></td> </tr> <!--/IF_BACKGROUND--> <!--IF_PERSONALITY--> …
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I just bought Hero Designer, followed the installation guide, used jarfix, but I have an error when launching it: "Could not find the main class: com.hero.Launcher. Program will exit". Please, help
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Hi, it's me, the idiot, again. Sorry. So I purchased Fantasy Hero Complete (FHC) and the Hero Designer (HD) software. I'm wanting to introduce my player group to FH as a possible alternative to That Other Fantasy Game, and as that introduction, I'm making a character for each of them in a very basic fashion to teach them about how FH / Hero System works. However, as I'm working on the characters, under "talents" in FHC, on page 48, I find "Rapid Healing." I've got HD set up for "Hero System 6th Edition rules, with the "Heroic" sub-section. Under "Talents," I do not find "Rapid Healing." I know that I could build my own rapid healing by applying …
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Okay; apparently I'm an idiot. I purchased and downloaded the Hero Designer software, but I can't figure out how to install and start it on my Winders computer. Help?
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endurance in hero desinger is 1 for 1 CP in hero designer instead of 1 for 5 end.... how do i change that cost?
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Does HD work on Apple computers? If yes, what are the Mac requirements, and what special steps might I need to take to get it set up? Many thx.
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Hi, I hope this is the right place to post this! I bought the source code for Hero Designer some time ago (on another account; I forgot I had this one. D'oh!) Anyway, I finally taught myself enough Java to add some new features to the software, and now I'd like to donate my version back to Hero Games. Can some Admin tell me how to properly do this? The things I've added include: Added in all the new Powers from APG2 Added the ability to give Common Modifiers to Compound Powers Added a few new tags Added "Slot Cost" to items within Multipowers; Changed "Real Cost" to show cost before MP divisor Wrote a .reg file so one …
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The "Print to pdf" function in HD (Build 20190530) is not working, regardless of what kind of character I try to "Print", I always get the exact same error message (screencap attached for reference).
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I am trying make a power where the character is Invisibility to Infrared Perception. What is the best way to do that with the Hero Designer without have to select a sense power first and give it No Fringe? Would I better of creating it as a Custom Power where I use Custom Adder then edit the text of the Power by changing the Custom Adder to No Fringe?
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Build 20210804 I bought a skill (Computer Programming) at the 10- (Proficiency) level and then tried to add five points to it through Custom Adder. Those additional points weren't added to the cost unless I picked a full skill roll. When I picked Familiarity or Proficiency, they didn't add on. EDIT: Saved the character and then re-opened it, and the extra points were added then. Nothing else changed.
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Hi, I am recently having trouble accessing or loading HDP files and many of the older HDC files (viper, UNTIL, Star Hero etc) I get 3 different error messages. 1st Error occurred retrieving the template used for the saved character. using"Standard Super" template Error message: Error on line one of document file 2nd An error occurred loading the character. Data loss may occur if you save. Error message: Error on line one of document file 3rd [Red Stop sigh image] An error occurred loading the character. Data loss may occur if you save. Please restart Hero Designer and try again. Any…
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When a package deal is set to automatically load a prefab, does it embed the prefab into the package deal somehow? If I was providing the file(s), would I need to provide both, in other words?
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Anyone know what changes/fixes etc. are in the "new" 8/1/22 version? (go to herogames.com, click store, click manage purchases, scroll to HD, and voila, 8/1/22 version available for download) Just curious since HD doesn't have a "release notes" file that lists changes in each release. Thanks in advance!
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