lou_tennant

A friend and I have been discussing how you could make some elements of Character Construction more adequately fit the real world. So we were thinking about how you could bring random elements into HERO and make them stick.

• Example: My character is born and inherits his father's genes; he is naturally strong and well built - no gym-time required.
  
  • My character the decides to train this, it is easier for him to do this than to sit and read books and increase his INT.
    
  • My character shuns this, he may have his father's build, but he has his mother's heart and she is gentle and likes poetry - so my character studies - but finds it difficult to learn and it costs more for him to do this.
    

I know you can just build either of these into your character background and therefore spend points accordingly, but could you present this in a random fashion - some people in the world just have it easier in some areas than others. Natural aptitude, things individuals can't control - I was born like this.

I have a copy of Burning Wheel in my possession and do not like the system. What I do like is the life-paths presented there and a couple of other elements to do with character creation.

I have been thinking about what to run as my next FH campaign and I got to wondering whether I could convert BW over. Building the LPs as Packages and using this as a basis for character creation. I know HERO is a points-based character building - rather than generation - having played and GM'ed since Champions 3, early JInc, DI, etc.

I then thought, "I can't possibly be the only one in the HERO world to have had this thought", so why not check online and see how others have fared.