Tassyr

Oh we've played before- just not HERO.

So... I've run into a wall in chargen. The game says you don't buy your gear with points. Fair enough. But there's no cost listed for ingame cash either. So... how do I know what to pay for a gun, say?

So I'm new to HERO, as is everyone else in my little group. I'm desperately trying to get my friends into the system so we can run a particular game under it, but we keep running into a certain metaphorical brick wall; Chargen seems AMAZINGLY complex at first glance. There's more stats and variables here than in any system I've seen before, and the powers section completely leaves us in the dust. What I was thinking is someone who understands this sort of thing more than I (Admittedly, that's most everyone) could possibly work up a document about character generation, written assuming that whoever will be reading it might never have played before. Things explained in detail but without wandering all over the place- and organized into tables and charts, rather than just blocks of text. That sort of thing. I know it'd probably be a pain in the butt to make, but it'd really help us newbies.

Honestly considering the story he's from I figured he'd be RIDICULOUSLY OP; the guy in story is basically invincible and capable of doing things like beating a gargoyle (Stone creature) to death with a TIRE IRON. I was looking for a bit less broken than -that!- xD

Excellent, thanks. Any other advice? I've literally never made a char before for this system- so anything you could toss my way would be welcome!

So for a char based on heavy guns and melee, str cranked up to 20 would be... good? Underpowered? Overpowered? I know I can't get to 30 at chargen, but.

So I'm new to the whole HERO system; I cut my teeth on Pathfinder/GURPS. This is my first attempt to use this thing and the sheer amount of stats makes my head swim a bit. I'm getting past that, sort of, but the big problem I'm hitting is... what's a reasonable stat? I mean technically I can crank these things through the roof at chargen, but I have no idea what a 'good starting template' would be. I checked out the MHI Hunter template, but that seems relatively... weak... somehow. I have -no- idea what number values to shoot for! Help!