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Scarred Lands Baby! I started out in Greyhawk and used that for a number of years. After the Forgotten Realms came out I decided to use a homebrew and stuck with that. Over the last year I have been using the Scarred Lands material and I have been quite pleased with it. SL is both simple and...

Both of these books list prices of weapon and armor, as well as many other items and living standards, in the Middle Ages: Standards of Living in the Later Middle Ages, Christopher Dyer, Cambridge University Press, 1989 English Weapons & Warfare, 449-1660, A. V. B. Norman and Don Pottinger...

For the idiots who do not read their own posts, a "cutting edge" weapon was half a year to a full years income for a peasant. It did not have to be "masterworks" or anything special. Just trying to buy a regular, run of the mill, flintlock would set a peasant back a half a year. In the real...

Just for reference, in 14th Century England a common laborer made a maximum of 2 Pounds a year. It cost on average 5 Shillings a year to rent a cabin. A knight at this same time would make 2 Shillings a day. Barons generally made between 200-500 Pounds a year during this peroid. A simple 17th...

Both of these statements show you complete lack of understanding in both modern production and rural economy. Even today, a sword - and I mean one made by hand - can cost you several hundred to several thousands of dollars. Something that is made by hand is much more expensive than something...

Well, the examples I was using were from 17th through early 20th century America. I just used the word "Lord" instead of Government. As far as bows, peasants who have them either made them or traded something they do have to someone who makes them. Once again this is a barter thing. "My wife...

Most peasants would have a spear or bow in the house. They would also use things like pitchforks and other farming implements. A sword should be fairly rare and would only be found in the home of someone who served in the military in his youth or was part of the militia and thus supplied the...

I suggest you read the section on Elemental Controls for a better understanding of them. Not all characters have a clear character concept, and that seldom has anything to do with whether the character should have an EC or not. Sometimes characters are just thrown together with only a few...

Stat costs have nothing to do with it. The problem is that over the last 20 years Hero Games has ignored the entire Elemental Control issue and never bothered to give any real guidelines until 5th Edition. Because of this a lot of stupid Elemental have been created over the years. It all comes...

WotC still has what, some 250 employees left? Considering that WotC only produces 2 game supplements a month I am surprised they have that many around. What does the company really need? 4-5 to come up with some ideas. 4-5 more guys to implement those ideas by hiring freelancers and overseeing...

This is partially addressed in 5th Edition by raising the starting point total to 350 points. At that point-level it is fairly simple to get the type of character you want right from the get-go. If you think about it, characters in comic books and fiction seldom change. I comic character's...

There is a whole Forum devoted to it on the Hero Games message boards. Go to www.herogames.com and click on the Discussion Boards link. The Hero Designer forum is about in the middle.

The character generator is very basic. It only covers a few power options at this point. There is a character generator coming out called Hero Designer that looks really good. I help with some of the preliminary definition entering for powers on that. I think if you buy HeroSphere expecting a...

I have it. It is not a combat simulator in the terms of what most people would think a combat simulator is. Herosphere is the beginnings of a computer game using the HERO System. The game allows you to move your characters around the battlefield and attack when it is your turn to attack, and it...

Advancement is handled by the GM giving out Experience Points. From that point on, the player decides how he wants to spend those points. The player still needs to ok it with the GM, but the player ultimately decides if the character will get more powerful (more attack power), more skilled...

The ability to grant spell? Buy all spells as Usable By Others. Precise Telekinesis (i.e from crushing some nerves to sending poisoned dart)? Telekinesis: Multipower a: Manipulation: 40 STR TK with Fine Manipulation b: Nerve Pinch: 6d6 NND c: Poisoned Dart manipulation: 1d6 RKA, NND, Does...

There is a group mentioned in the new Champions Universe called Ameriforce One. They are basically all Navy Seals with super powers. Just regular Seal uniforms and Seal attitudes. They go in and get done what the regular Seals can't. :) Each branch of the Military also has its own superheroes...

I will start off with a couple. Lazarus The concept is that this person is THE Lazarus who was raised from the dead 2,000 years ago. The problem is he cannot die. He has tried hundreds of times, in hundreds of different ways, to end his life. Lazarus came to the conclusion that the only way for...

The next time you order something from Amazon.com, which you expect to arrive in a week, and it takes 4 months to get to you, and repeated emails are not answers, and you are beginning to wonder if you have just lost that $150.00 and who are you suppose to contact to get it back, remember that...

mmadsen, No wonder you do not like Hero. Anyone who would take a simple process and convolute it to what you just wasted time writing really should not be playing the game. You listed all these formuli, but what you forgot to mention is that is that those formuli are only used during character...