Hi this is my first time post and I'm coming back to the hero system after using d20 for several years now. I used 4th edition quite a bit back in the day and always felt that Hero had the best rules for combat, damage, and all around ability to create any character.
but the one thing I never really liked was the skill rolls, 8-, 11-, 14-
I was thinking of keeping the rules "as is" when it comes to point spending but skills would convert to a d20 style roll. Rolling 3d6 plus your skill vs a difficulty number like many other games do.
1 point = +1 rank
3 points = +2 ranks
5 points = +4 ranks
7 points = +6 ranks
Characteristics would give a bonus number just as d20 does, so 14 Dex is +2 to dex skill rolls, 16 is +3 and so on.
So a character with 16 Dex and 5 points in Acrobatics would have
Acrobatics +7
Do any of you long time experts see any problems developing with this? Or are there any similar house rules you can link me to that have already been developed? It's mainly for changing the feeling of the game.
Thanks!