Dead guy on tab Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 What do people think are the best HERO system products from any edition? I personally liked Justice, Inc. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Checkmate Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product When you add "any edition" it makes things tough. If we narrowed it to only 5th ed. I'd say Terrian Empire followed closely by Star Hero. EDIT: Just noticed you said "Product" not book. That makes it extremely easy: Hero Designer bar none. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
archermoo Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product 5ER core rules book. Followed closely by Hero Designer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Desmarais Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product What do people think are the best HERO system products from any edition? I personally liked Justice, Inc. Justice, Inc. is great, although for pure usefulness the 5th Edition (revised) rulebook is hard to beat. My personal favorite Hero System book though has to be the old Justice, Inc. supplement Lands of Mystery. (Also in the running, the 5th edition Fantasy Hero and Star Hero books - both of which provide a nearly exhaustive break down of their respective genres; and the 3rd edition Champions supplement Strike Force - which taught me more about how to run a Champions campaign than any other book I've ever read.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pinecone Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product I think my most warm regards would go to Strikeforce.....I also gots the hots for Uma...Um the game supliment too...Ummm.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Killer Shrike Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product For me, the "product" is a combination of H5ER + HERO DESIGNER. They are one product in my mind -- each is incomplete without the other. For all time ENJOYMENT though, I'll have to go with HERO SYSTEM #500 -- the old slim blue rulebook. That was the vehicle for my prime years of play with the HERO System. The glory days if you will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CTaylor Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product I haven't seen a lot of the newest work, but the best book I think they put out was Strike Force. It's hard to tell that now but it was ground breaking, had terrific ideas and rules, and was a great example of a successful campaign. Justice Inc was a great product, though, wonderful source material. Golden Age of Heroes is the same way, both versions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product Hero Designer! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bwdemon Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product Original "Enemies" book Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted October 18, 2007 Report Share Posted October 18, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product Anything with my name on the cover. ... ... What? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product Fifth Edition Rules. (like KS I believe it + Hero Designer are essentially one product). I'm also a big fan of Core Rules SKU#500. It was the only 4E book I owned for many many years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Talon Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product Allowing core books, 4th edition (lots of changes, made it a lot more universal than it had been before). Supplements only, Strike Force (for reasons cited above). Hero Designer, Star Hero, and Fantasy Hero 5th Ed. are all close contenders. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lysando Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product One of these: Pulp Hero Post-Apocalypse Hero Tuala Morn Tuala Morn is the one I've enjoyed reading the most. Pulp Hero is the one that I think will be most useful to my gaming goals. PAH is just cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product Normals Unbound Pulp Hero Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BobGreenwade Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product As tempting as it would be to say The Ultimate Vehicle, many other products have been released by Hero that surpass even what I was trying to achieve with that book. So I'd put 5ER at the top of the heap, followed by The Turakian Age. This book surpasses Terran Empire by virtue of the more thorough geographical coverage, and the sidebar NPCs and other "extra goodies." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dead guy on tab Posted October 19, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product It's interesting that people mention the Hero System Rulebook - 4th Edition. I owned both the Hero System Rulebook and the Big Blue Book (Champions 4th Edition), and I seem to prefer the BBB. Once I finish reading them I think I will add The Ultimate Skill and Pulp Hero. I do like Hero Designer and agree it is a big improvement over Hero Maker. I really liked Golden Age of Champions (both versions - although the 4th ed was superior) even if I have yet to run a World War II campaign. What products do people think would be necessary to have a complete Hero collection (besides "all of them") for people like me considering picking up old source material? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Susano Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product What products do people think would be necessary to have a complete Hero collection (besides "all of them") for people like me considering picking up old source material? 4th Edition Normals Unbound Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product It's interesting that people mention the Hero System Rulebook - 4th Edition. I owned both the Hero System Rulebook and the Big Blue Book (Champions 4th Edition)' date=' and I seem to prefer the BBB.[/quote'] I like the Rulesbook over the BBB for the simple fact that the majority of my gaming in 4E wasn't Champions and the extra pages were dead weight to me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mhoram Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product 4th Edition Normals Unbound Yeah - that was one kick butt book. I've used almost a third of those characters in my games. The best Product... Toughie - Lands of Mystery, Strike Force, Hero Designer, Villiany Amok, and Fantasy Hero (5th) are what are in the running for me. Fantasy Hero is the one that gets the most use, aside from HD. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
casualplayer Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product Indisputably Champions: The New Millenium. Mmmm, mmmm, love me some Fuzion. From early editions, Champions II. Just about everything in that book was a welcome innovation. Completely reinvigorated my campaign. And, of course, Strikeforce. I strip-mined that book repeatedly for ideas and characters, and continue to do so today. From 4th, well, I've worn out 3 copies of the BBB but with the infamous binding problems that wasn't all that hard! A close second was Ninja Hero (wait for it, you will see a theme emerge.) For 5th, Champions was all that and a bag of chips. Gee, Mr. Allston, kin' I have yer autygraph? Very closely followed by Millenium City and Ninja HERO. You try following in a Champions guru's shoes! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nolgroth Posted October 19, 2007 Report Share Posted October 19, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product Okay, 5th Edition and Hero Designer are the defaults. Can't really play Hero without 'em (unless you go earlier versions ). So not counting those, Star HERO has been my favorite supplement. That whole situation I find funny, since up until HERO 5th and the Star HERO that goes with it, I was more partial to fantasy. And Champions the New Millenium? Why bother with that when you can get the core rules free. The setting was over Image-d and that made turned off a lot of people. I did like that they included both Fuzion and 5th Edtion stats in a couple of books though. An interesting aside but not 5th Edition HERO. Too bad the Fuzion system died a crib death. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product I suppose if I were to pick a supplement that was my favorite ... Ultimate Skill hands down absolute best thing printed for the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product What products do people think would be necessary to have a complete Hero collection (besides "all of them") for people like me considering picking up old source material? Normals Unbound has already been mentioned, so I'll add the 4th Ed. Dark Champions, C.L.O.W.N., all the Adventurers Club magazines you can find, and both the Hero System Almanacs. 4th ed. Dark Champions covers various subjects regarding law and the justice [sic] system, which 5th ed DC pretty much skipped. I also found the coverage of forensics in An Eye for an Eye much better arranged, and easier to follow, than the same subject in 5th ed. DC Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Mhoram Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product I suppose if I were to pick a supplement that was my favorite ... Ultimate Skill hands down absolute best thing printed for the game. For you. It will be my least used Ultimate book in the game. It's one of the few 5th books I feel I didn't get my money's worth. Different strokes and all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghost-angel Posted October 20, 2007 Report Share Posted October 20, 2007 Re: Best HERO system product For you. It will be my least used Ultimate book in the game. It's one of the few 5th books I feel I didn't get my money's worth. Different strokes and all. Oh yeah, useful is always subjective. Like UMA for instance is my least used Ultimate book. In fact, I hadn't even seen most of the pages until I did a review of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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