IKerensky Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Hello, as a beginner in the HERO system I would be delighted if there is some short introduction to the system adventure avaliable to download in the free section. The adventure could be pretty basic, but with pre-designed characters, and the stats of NPCs. Ideally the could be one adventure by genre or just one adventure wich can be adapted to any genre by adjusting the NPC/PC used. Eventually, not to slow down the production process, an adventure design competition could be set on thoses forums with experienced gamemasters providing the material. Such a thing would be greatly appreciated by beginner in HERO like myself because : - It will provide with examples of a balanced campaign environnement. - It will provide readily avaliable game to play with my players so I can interest them in the system in the first place. - It will help demonstrate the different setting avaliable, for better than pages of description. - It will help new players play and enjoy the game BEFORE spending hours and hours on reading rules and designing NPC/PC/Power with barely no knowledge on how it really work. Thanks for reading my suggestion. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sean Waters Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Re: Beginner suggestion for a free download Working on it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Panpiper Posted November 10, 2009 Report Share Posted November 10, 2009 Re: Beginner suggestion for a free download Perhaps end the adventure with the player characters stepping into the interdimensional-transmogrification chamber so as to confront the villain for the final showdown, before he turns into some sort of evil god. However during the fight, just as the villain is finally defeated, the device is turned on and the doors slam shut! A blinding flash of light is accompanied by a deafening thunderclap that knocks them all to the ground... And slowly they start to regain consciousness. The villain is gone. (Is he actually gone? Were his diabolical plans truly defeated? Will he return? Stay tuned...) But something else has happened. The heroes are different, they have all changed. So too has the chamber. If they are different, has the world changed as well? What manner of adventures await these new heroes outside that door? All shall be revealed in the following adventures of... All players may now redesign their characters, keeping any experience earned in the adventure so far. The world outside the chamber may or may not be changed, depending solely upon the discretion of the GM and what world they might wish to play in. Welcome to the game. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKerensky Posted November 18, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2009 Re: Beginner suggestion for a free download As I want to do my part here is a synopsis that can probably be adapted to any kind of hero game. It was originaly for a Superhero game set in the '50 in France as an introduction for the players One of the significant NPC of one of the player is abducted by the local mob in front of the other players. There is some armed opposition and unexpectancy that make it impossible to avoid the abduction but a tailing could be made. The identity of the abducted can be deducted from element left behind (handbag, papers...) and the player that is alte to the rendez-vous show up to be introduced to thoses that tried to help. The identity of the abductors isn't hard to find as there are famous local mobsters working for the kingpin. The DNPCs was escorted to an abandonned building for interrogation, by the boss and a lieutenant. The Heros arrives just in time (they could have tracked/tailed the abductors or be tipped on the location ) and after a quick battle the mobster flee and they liberate their friend.. YEHAA The reason of the abduction is that the DNPC witnessed the mob convoying cargo from the sewers, strange cargo not in there usual deal (magical, techonological, weaponary...). If the PC investigate, after a few sewer oriented mishap, they discover that the mobs have found a large vault of war material dating from few/some/lots of years ago and were in the process of evacuating it. The previously defeated and on the run lieutenant is there too and he equip and use some of the loot against the heroes. There is a large battle and the heroes win but not before the sewer cave collapse and all the loot and the bad guys is seemingly lost forever...but not for long. Is it generic enough ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Utech Posted November 19, 2009 Report Share Posted November 19, 2009 Re: Beginner suggestion for a free download I think you'd want not just one quicky downloadable adventure, but several. One for each of the major HERO genres. I'm afraid I don't have time to work on all that right now, but it's something for the "someday" list. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IKerensky Posted November 20, 2009 Author Report Share Posted November 20, 2009 Re: Beginner suggestion for a free download That is the reason why I suggested using a generic scenario (usable in Fantasy, Hero, Dark Hero and SciFi Hero), such as the ones I provided, then adding several "kit" with different stats for heros, opposition and traps depending on the setting you want to play the story in. One scenario, one stat sheet by campaign setting. Of course the designing of heroes and opposition is where the knowledge of experienced sytem user is the more required. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ninja-Bear Posted November 24, 2009 Report Share Posted November 24, 2009 Re: Beginner suggestion for a free download Are you looking at fifth ed rev or sixth ? I ask because I know that in the fifth rev it has sample characters. But I'm not sure about sixth. And with the sample characters one could design a simple scenario to play with. Example would be to use Yueng-Li as template (and one character) and with alittle change here and there you could design a few more. Add a simple plot, and wham-o one night play to see if you would want to delve any further. Is this something you're looking for? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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