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Hello All, I just watched the classic 1963 Jason and the Argonauts. And in it has the skeleton fight. Watching it as a Hero player it strikes me that in Hero terms, those skeletons were stunned. What do you guys think, should skeletons have to be bought with Takes No Stun?
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I am working on a magic system for fantasy hero and wanted to get some feedback on it. Since wizards have to buy their attacks as spells instead of getting them free I am giving them a couple of things to kind of offset this. First is that for purpose of when combat spells count as mental powers. Since a Wizard is going to have a decent EGO this means they don’t need to worry about DEX as much. Reducing the cost of their skill levels makes it easier to match other characters OCV. Spells also get a -1 limitation to further reduce the cost. I implemented a rule dispel magic does not require the +1/4 advantage to be able to target any spell. This was done to fix the pr…
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After a few months hiatus, I'm getting inspired again to revitalize a Fantasy Hero campaign that has been in my archives since the mid to late 1990s and was briefly updated for Palladium Fantasy and featured on a fan's website. My personal preference is 5th Edition over 6th, and I was wondering: which 5th Edition Sourcebook replicates TSR's Greyhawk Adventures or Margaret Weis & Tracy Hickman's Dragonlance Saga the best? I have the digital version of Atlantean Age, which seems more along the lines of characters as mythic level heroes/avatars, demigods, and planeswalkers and a bit too high in power level for what I was to use. Thanks for your help in advanc…
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I've had a fit of pseudo-creativity again, and wanted to put the results to words, and also perhaps get some constructive criticism. It's a fantasy setting -- a plane somewhere on the outskirts of the multiverse, a small world that started out sort of standard Sword & Sorcery-ish, with different folks living . But about twenty years ago, the ransom travels of the plane took it into the attention of a Qlippothic Hell that started to drain the vitality out of our little world. Over the past generation, disease has spread into plagues, bountiful fields have become dust bowls, all gods but one has fallen silent, and lately no children of any kind have been born. …
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After extensive study, including watching testing on shows like Forged in Fire, I have come to the conclusion that it is very likely that the armor (and weapon) stats used in pretty much every fantasy game published is just not right. For example, I've long used armor piercing on bodkin arrow heads to represent all that force on a small point. But watching real life archery and testing archery against various armors, either the bows aren't doing nearly the damage listed in games, or they aren't actually armor piercing. Also, armor seems to have been much more protective in real medieval combat than in fantasy movies and games. A fully plate weari…
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At some point in the future, I will be releasing the equivalent of the "Player's Handbook" for my Jolrhos Fantasy Hero setting. You know, races, house rules, combat tips, how to build a character, that kind of thing. Initially I was thinking about doing a full writeup as if this was a separate, new game but with some of the changes in Hero policy and the work that it took to write up Western Hero which is enormously less complicated than a Fantasy Hero setting, I've decided to release just "here's what's different and how to use Fantasy Hero in this setting" and people will have to get Fantasy Hero Complete to use it properly. Still at that I'm realiz…
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This will be an ongoing document, so feel free to make suggestions or improvements.
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Hey Herophiles! On the evening of September 27 I'm appearing on Marc Tassin's awesome Out Of Character podcast! Please come give us a listen to hear us talk about fiction, gaming, and all sorts of related topics!
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I have completed and published the digital version of The Jolrhos Codex! Its up on DriveThruRPG in the Hall of Champions section. I hope to have it up here on Hero soon as well as in print. The Codex is the rewrite of my old Fantasy Codex, with doublechecked math, new spells, streamlined layout and content, and specifically built to be for my Fantasy Hero campaign setting rather than generic. Also added are Bard Songs and Priest rituals, as well as campaign rules for building spells. As a result its slimmed down, but has more content. The full spell builds (and NPCS, songs etc) are all in hdc files that are bundled with the book. Because of th…
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Making my Clerics all Alchemist actually makes for an interesting pairing. Everyone loves potions and here we get a ready made source for them. Of course two potions from the same deity will have different SFX. Like Heal from Themis (Law/Prot/Veng) may feel like an emergency medic quickly stitching things together, while Readaer (Know/Magic/Heal) will feel like a comfy blanket wrapping around the wound. As a fast short hand to the Limitations 1 Charge that may be continuous up to 5 minutes (depending on potion)' OAF fragile Extra Time (you do have to drink it) Restrain able To make the potion you need the skill Potions and Ta…
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Talismans are the other facet of Cleric Alchemy. These are at best 20 AP BUT have multiple uses OR one use for a long duration (One has a duration of a season) These represent the small holy magic relics that people buy at the temple. As a result I have also made them specific to each deity. This is one where I really can use some help in fleshing out some options. For example Orchen (God of fire and Speed) I could not think of anything that wasn't already a potion! Or am I overthinking this? Anyway, I present... Talismans:
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What method do you use to track combat in Fantasy Hero? If it is a paper sheet could you post it.
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I'm overthinking Swords and Sorcery again. This time I'm stressing about characters that are pirates and bandits. While it doesn't appear in actual Conan stories, it's stated that a fair bit of his career was spent doing morally reprehensible things. Essentially he was the kind of person that would be a villain in a more morally focused game Actually that is interesting A lot of games could be about fighting Conan types
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There have been fan write-ups of Robert E. Howard's Red Sonja for D&D, so here's my interpretation of the famous character of the sword and sorcery genre for Fantasy Hero. Included is the Hero Designer file, Microsoft Excel, and Microsoft Word to use, edit, and print as you see fit. Enjoy! 🙂
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As I was pondering about my "World" I thought about introducing one in a section in my world but for a change of pace make it a matriarchy. BUT... I am not terribly familiar with matriarchies other than what I learned about the Iroquois Confederacy, so I turn to the learned sages here to direct me to any sources of information so I can make it believable. I do NOT want Talislanta Viragos, but something more acceptable!
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The latest Full Frontal Nerdity webcomic posed an interesting question and then some possible explanations. http://ffn.nodwick.com/?p=2470 Given the wealth and power of royals, why do they never seem to get brought back from the dead when such magic exists?
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Looking to release 4 Dragon Bestiary titles. Basically there will be stats for Dragons of three different ages. In addition, there will be stats blocks for each type of dragon. Examples: Chromatic, Metallic, Gem and Other, right of each type. There will be tricks and ecology suggestions for each as well. Any thoughts or things you'd like to see?
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The other day I reread Autoduel Champions. The most obvious thing was that building characters for it was quick and easy. Part of it was that the setting was well defined and what characters did was also straightforward. It wasn't a case of "you can play anything". Instead it was a case of "you can play any of these options that fit into the setting". The result was a decent range of choices that didn't require you to sit around fiddling with the system. So that's what I want. I need a setting where what PCs do is simple and obvious. But going down a damp and smelly hole in the ground isn't the default... …
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I have been making Cleric type NPC recently as I was trying to integrate Divine types without going the heal-boy route. So I have twelve deities that control various domains. Yes I was stealing from DND, but then expanded it. Now the Clerics look more like DND sorcerers. Each MP represents a spell level (0-15= L1, 15-30= L2, etc) with a max of 76-90 or L5. Also each MP has own charges /uses. Finally, the spell lists will be very limited, only going on the Domains of the deity. Want a Fireball, well unless the deity has the fire domain, NOPE! So with those ground rules I present Eladrin, Follower of Toubaris, God of Commerce, Skills, Travel, Liberation and Oaths …
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OK, player characters in my game are either members of the gentry, or members of the social class below them. At the moment I am calling the lower class the Yeomanry. But what do you call the members of that class that aren't male? Think Jeeves and Wooster, or less dumb versions of this. What do you call a female"yeoman"? Or non-male, whatever.
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Hear me out. rather than casting spells a cleric has learned to focus their faith and belief into a more portable form. Sort of like the old Bard Games alchemists. They used Force of Will to make Agents react in a certain way to make "..potions, inks, dusts, creams, salves, unguents, elixirs, simple explosives, smoke bombs, agents and reagents, glues, poisons...". Though some potions are universal Cough Healing Cough, some will be distinctive to the deity in question. So what do you guys think? At worst it explains all those potions in circulation!
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So my clerics get spells based on their domains ranked from 1 to 5. Right now I have one power per level per domain, but I am prepared to allow more spells as long as they meet the domain criteria (no Call Lightning if you have the Heal domain for example.) BUT.... Some low level abilities almost seem to be universal So I come to you people for ideas. Help me flesh out the ALL domain. This is what I have so far All Level 0(1-15 pts) Healing BODY 1d6+1 (13 Active Points); 4 Charges (-1), Magic: Detect A Single Thing 12- (Unusual Group), Discriminatory, Analyze (13 Active Points); Protection…
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So I've bought this little adventure for the Hero System in the summer of 2007 from Drivethru. Of course I've lost it in the mean time and it's impossible to download again, although it's still shown in my library as a zip. The adventure itself is still there for sale, but it's for Tunnels & Trolls/Fudge now and has a different cover. Would be great if someone here has a good idea, how I can get my hand on a copy of this module. I've even tried to contact the author Thomas Rafalski, but so far he hasn't answered.
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Hi all, I found a hard copy Fantasy Hero book many years ago in a used book store. (pic attached) Its contents are identical to the other book in the attachments which is 2nd edition Fantasy Hero. I have been running Fantasy Hero games for many, many years and through all the editions but I never heard of a hard copy of the 2nd edition book. Can anyone tell me when this book came out and if it is a special release or something? It doesn't have any numbered copy or special note like I got in my 25th Anniversary Champions book - Number 112 of 200, which I am very proud to own! Much thanks. Laser
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Regarding racial package deals in Fantasy Hero: has anyone come up with a package deal which would allow FH GMs or Players to create hobgoblin characters or NPCs for campaigns? Major Tom 2009👨🏫
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