RSPylman Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 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 ads / disads to regeneration, but I'm wondering why it's not there in the default list, and if there's another file I should be loading to apply specifically the rule set for FHC to these characters? Thanks in advance for any assistance. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeroGM Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 Unless you have the Hero templates you'll have to do it under power. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RSPylman Posted February 24, 2023 Author Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 I ended up defining it under "custom talent," But as I said, I was hoping there was a pre-made file or set of files I could load to more accurately represent FH as a whole. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simon Posted February 24, 2023 Report Share Posted February 24, 2023 That's what Character Packs are for. HD implements the rules that are considered canon - for 6th edition, all rules and abilities that are defined in 6E1 and 6E2. Additional/non-canon rules and abilities laid out in the various supplements are only implemented when it is determined (by Steve Long) that they should be a part of the core system. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LoneWolf Posted February 26, 2023 Report Share Posted February 26, 2023 The way Hero Designer works is you need to load the prefabs for the files you purchased. They show up in a separate prefab subtab. You can then select those abilities from the prefab tab without having to build them. Depending on how many files the package is split up into this may mean you need to load quite of few of them to get everything. When I first got the software, I purchased some of the packages, but found this to be very cumbersome and had some performance issues when too many prefabs were loaded. I did try and load all the ones I purchased and due to the memory restrictions in the program it was taking causing issues. I ended up unloading all of them and have not bothered with any packages since. The base software actually works really well, but the add ones are in my opinion more trouble than they are worth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rjcurrie Posted February 27, 2023 Report Share Posted February 27, 2023 For prefabs, I just load and unload them as needed. Once you’ve added an Ability from a prefab, you no longer need it loaded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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