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I have to agree. It seems to be a very good system. I am actually looking forward to giving it a try. This was probably the best $10.00 I have spent in quite some time. So when can we see some world info? Some more villains? Some more heroes? I need more stuff! :)

Thanks for the information Lady Dragon. I appreciate it. With so little non-d20 information I'll probably give the book a pass. I feel like I have spent half my game prep time converting, and it is growing old quickly. While I have not considered Mongoose's Slayer's Guides to be exceptionally...

Non-d20 Usefulness? I happen to be a dwarf fan, but I am not a d20 system user. Does Hammer & Helm have enough interesting information about dwarves, or is it primarily just full of Prestige Classes, Feats, and such? I would be far more apt to buy Hammer & Helm, as well as any other...

Is the game going to be supported with a regular product line or is it going to be the rules book, a city book, and maybe a villain's book and then that's it? Since superhero games are comic book-based, it seems logical to me that those types of games need more support material than many other...

There are many powers that a different in 5th Edition. Some are major differences and some are minor. Some of the changed powers include: Aid, Change Enviroment, Darkness, Enhanced Senses, Flash, Force Wall, Healing, Life Support, Multiform, Shape Shift, Stretching and Transform. There are...

Hero Downloads You might want to run over to the Hero Games website and check out the "Free Stuff" section. There's a Genre by Genre download and an Intro to the Hero System download in pdf format. Those might be a good place to get started at. The company's homepage also links to the Hero...

Since I don't have the patience to read the 5 pages you just posted, I'll just say you win. :) Play whatever and however you like. Personally, I don't design character only for combat efficiency. I design character that I think are interesting to play. If that means they can take someone out in...

The only time numbers really come into play is when creating a character or spending experience. That's it. If you do a 12d6 Nova Blast, you don't need to know any "numbers" to roll the damage. The only time you need to know numbers is if you want to increase that Nova Blast to 13d6. There's...

I do it all the time. I run six hour game sessions and generally have between 3-4 combats per session (1-2 small encounters and 1-2 major encounters). I'd suggest you check out some FH sites on the web. I've never created a Hero System character that was more than 3 pages long, and that...

I snipped the whole thing as I don't have time to cover all your points. I'll just cover the things I think are important. Point #1: Changing someone into a carp: Your statement is correct, but your premise is wrong. I'll just run with your example about the carp and the energy blast. You...

You are comparing apples to oranges here. In D&D your character might have 1 polymorph spell to use at your discretion. In FH the character can throw the polymorph spell every single attack if they wish. If you allow the character to succeed (allow them enough points to do it with one attack)...

Examples please? You can make a broad statement like that about any game system. Before 3e, D&D didn't allow you to create a human Fighter/Mage like Elric. It took 25 years to fix that problem. :) And to think, thousands of gamers managed to play the game for over a decade without character...

For some reason this section got deleted! :) Combats can take some time, especially when you're just learning the game. Allot of that has to do with superhero games though, where the characters are rolling anywhere between 10 and 20d6 every attack. Rolling lots of dice can take allot of time to...

Yes. There's an option for Variable Power Pools. With those you can create virtually anything that you might want. You can easily make 20-30 "pre-designed" spells that you can use in the pool. If you want to be able to create something on the fly, it's just a question of knowing a few simple...

[/color] Well, first off the game systems are as different as night and day. D&D allows you to pick a class, or classes, and advance from Geek to God. Hero, on the other hand, lets you simulate anything. There are no class restrictions, only the restrictions imposed by the GM. I have characters...

I think the book's too large for anyone to get a review out yet. :) I will say that there is quite a bit more changed than most of us were initially led to believe. There's nearly two dozen new skills, or major modifications of older skills, perks and talents. There is a new powers: Healing...

I picked mine up this morning. It looks good and it's big. It's going to take me a week to read it all! :)

The dwarves of Burok Torn have been fighting a "secret war" against the dark elves for a couple of millennia. Burok Torn: City Under Siege discusses how the dwarves live in a perpetual state of warfare with the dark elves and there is a great hatred between the two races.

I think that just goes to show how subjective art really is. I enjoyed most of the art in Geanavue, especially the grayscale work by Ditzig and Denmark. I will agree that the guild badges art is imposing (it's simple black and white line art) , but they're not bad and do compare with the art in...

Have you looked at many Conan covers? How many bare-chested men are on the cover of romance novels? There is no double standard at work here. In advertising you cater to your fanbase. That means for RPGs it's primarily male. I don't know the statistics, but I'd guess that 80% of the RPG market...