Scott Ruggels

I had a character with both. Military power suit.

This is why I suggested it as Crowd Funding Campaign. If ti works, Hero gets the money to re-issue, If the campaign fails, no loss. The point was to NOT burden Hero on things it cannot afford.

What? Really? Yeah... no. That would not fly.

I was not familiar with the material as my Video game days may be past, as My reflexes are crap these days, but I did watch and enjoy it. A friend from Germany, we discussed it and he has read the books and says that the plot is mostly from the books, and not the game material. The Non-standard treatment of time, was something I only caught up with later, but I did catch it. I would recommend this to anyone that likes gritty fantasy, and understood the movie, "Inception" without help. Now on My end I may steal a lot of this for any future FH Campaign because this show was not D&D< but it was FH through and through.

Dragons are endothermic Saurians. So breathing fire is like nothing a Cold blooded Reptile could do.

The more and look and think about this, a commemorative 40th anniversary re-issue of 2e with Viper's nest, maps Dice, and a catalog would work.

Okay, I sort of get it, though I am still stuck in a 4th and earlier frame of reference. A Talent is a Power that requires a skill roll?

Looks great so far. When will it be on the Apple store?

Bingo!

Both. Long winded-ness and the incorporation of rules in previous supplements into the next book (Martial Arts is a major culprit). The size, Lond winded-ness, and the greater granularity of powers all served to make 6e a tax manual.

It started in in 4th edition, Second Edition Champions was 72 pages total.Third Edition Fantasy Hero was a 110pg book. Fantasy Hero 4th edition was a 256 page book. The fourth edition Big blue Book was 214 pages plus a 58 page source book, and a 60 page Champions Campaign. So 332 pages total. fifth edition was 360 pages, plus an Index(a first for Hero at the time), rounding out to a total of 372 pages. I never figured that out. still havent, which is why I used Heromakr,exe until i lost the disk. Hero Designer I still can't figure out. Total Math-tard. here.

WellI subscribe to the Dinosaurs are large birds theory. So avian traits for dragons, minus feathers, for me works. Drogon was my favorite.

Still don't understand. But then assume my experience with the system stops at 4e.

Announced somewhere today and I forget where, that Netflix was more than happy to sign a second season.

Depends on how one bases their dragons. There has been a shift towardss Saurian looks, with Drogon from GoT having a rather therapod type head, and suarian hind legs. Then comes the arguments that a quadrupedal dragon is a Wyvern, and a true dragon is a hexapod. so, no matter how you slice it the design isn't set yet. As for mammals with boobs, guilty as charged.

What about How Harbinger of Justice did it in Dark Champions?

I could not give you a Like or a thank you as I am not grateful or like it, but I cannot argue with the truth. This just strengthens my argument for a 2E or 3e re-issue.

Second Edition is complete. it's just not as granular or detailed as 6e. but it was more than adequate back in the 80's

Outstanding fight scenes. Reminded me of a couple of FH campaigns I have been in. Will be scraping it for ideas, on Episode 3.

Going back to 2e serves several purposes. 1.) Nostalgia of the old guys. Having a 40th Anniversary edition publicized would be how money is raised to print it and support Hero. The Strike Force Kickstarter raised a two amount of cash. I think that a publicized Second Edition would as well. Add in stretch goals supporting it would be helpful. 2.) Second Edition is slim, yet complete. Players and GM can learn reading from reading the book, leaving the adventure(s) for the GM. 3.) Hero is backwards compatible. Most of what the new players learn carries forth to later editions. Once they know the basics, then they can search out later; newer products if they so choose, or they can stick with it and this will still grow the player base. Character creation has become far more complex, since then, but basic combat is generally the same. Once players have the basics down, then they may be ready for further complexity. 4.). Having a Collector’s Item type physical copy, may get copies, however briefly back into our FLGS. An effort to bring GMs at the same time to those shops to run games would at least expose players to the system. Some people learn by doing rather than the reading. 5.) Second Edition does not need the electronic help that 4th edition and beyond need for character creation. They may help, but they are not necessary. Leaving a sheet of paper in the box that on one side has web addresses for the support materials for Second Edition supplements available on DriveThru RPG, and on the reverse has information about Hero as it is now, and where to get it. Blank character sheet and sample characters (the original Hero Team?) can and should be included. 6.) Other Genres can be re-introduced if the is successful by re-releasing the 3rd Edition genres, if other players find Superheroes an unattractive genre for them. Your other points are sound regarding presentation and materials. I do not think that the current edition can really be unpacked and streamlined enough to not be intimidating to new players and without writing powers as a 3 sentence paragraph, and following that 2nd Edition format. Authors writing new material need to be paid for their time. Sure, it could be prettier, but new art also needs to be paid for. Launching a super slim 6e Superhero Essentials like WOTC is doing, would be exp naive, and do s not have the attraction of nostalgia. Bringing 2e players forward may be easier than SrA ting them fand on 6e to begin with. I also think it would be far less expensive, and a way to generate some good Will.

Season 4 of The Expanse. So good! I binged it Friday and Saturday.

Well that fits as the show runner is one of the two or three people that wrote Avatar.

As was I, though my introduction was with Steve Petersen, and Bruce Harlick running it at Pacific origins in the late summer of 1981. My General RPG introduction was at a friends Dinner Table learning D&D from some 7th Graders.

So rather than a re-issue of the First Edition for the 40th Anniversary, you would suggest a re-issue of the Second Edition Boxed set, with the Viper adventures, Dice, Map sheet, and such? Seems eminently plausible as 2nd Edition as I remember, wasn't that different from First Edition... was it? But I think a possible solution to the whole complexity issue is to have new players come up into Hero the way it was done in the past. introduce the complexity in stages, rather than dropping 6e on them. If they like Hero, they may climb the ladder themselves. But in all seriousness, the way to get more players is to get more players into F2F situations and play. I don't see a lot advocacy for itinerant GMs putting up flyers in FLGS or other venues, offering to run. Almost all RPG players started as visitors to someone else's table.