ScottishFox Posted August 16, 2019 Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 One of my favorite aspects of running D&D and Pathfinder adventurers using HERO system is customization. A few weeks ago one of my friends stepped up to take the GM reigns for a few weeks so I could avoid burnout (been DM'ing that table for over a year straight). In comes my Autolycus inspired rogue - Dirk Daggerman. Pretty standard rogue fare with a few HERO system tweaks that caught the players offguard. Character Defining "powers": +7 rPD - hardened/inpenetrable - only against sharp metal objects. No blade would willingly hurt Dirk Daggerman. Major Transform - Dagger from thin air - No matter how well you've disarmed Dirk Daggerman - there's always one more knife on him. Major Transform - Restraints (ropes, shackles, etc.) into open/untied restraints - No lock can hold Dirk Daggerman. At one point in the adventure the party finds a lich-like entity that is stuck in some gruesome torture device where golems mindlessly stab it over and over for all time. The responsible party members wander off to get a quest item we hadn't recognized was important earlier. The lich thing begs for the freedom of death. Dirk transforms the creatures bonds into unlocked restraints and says, "There you go, buddy. Die however you like.". Party member1: You can do that!!?? Party member2: Why would you do that!? Lich: Die puny mortals! In games with hard rails you just can't get the level of spontaneity nor fear of villains that comes along with not knowing what they're capable of doing. Amorkca 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted August 16, 2019 Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 That is some Order of the Stick level situation there... *Chuckles* ScottishFox and Gawain 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thumper Posted August 16, 2019 Report Share Posted August 16, 2019 5 hours ago, ScottishFox said: Party member2: Why would you do that!? I'm with this guy. ScottishFox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lord Liaden Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 Dirk Daggerman sounds like an agent of chaos (not Chaos, just chaos). If I was in this game I would love him. My PC, of course, would probably try to kill him. ScottishFox 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scott Ruggels Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 I know a Paladin that uses high strength min Morning stars.... He's also a careful sort.... >__> Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gnome BODY (important!) Posted August 17, 2019 Report Share Posted August 17, 2019 5 hours ago, ScottishFox said: Party member1: You can do that!!?? Strange, I get that reaction a lot in every game. I think what you need isn't so much HERO System as it is players who don't read the books. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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