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<blockquote data-quote="Crazy Jerome" data-source="post: 4788937" data-attributes="member: 54877">Hero system was brought up earlier as an option for someone who didn't like the &quot;sameness of 4E&quot;.&nbsp; I suggest that anyone who doesn't like 4E for that reason, will not like Hero either.&nbsp; Because Hero is the king of &quot;effects based system&quot;, where all the mechanics are the same under the hood.&nbsp; If you've got a fireball or punch or quarterstaff--it's all a version of the same mechanic with different special effects.&nbsp; Sure, the &quot;Killing Attacks&quot; are slightly different for swords and the like--but that is because Hero has two different kinds of &quot;hit points&quot; to target.&nbsp;But mainly, if you wanted 4E to have more variety of mechanics, the way to do that is not to give each class some unique mechanice.&nbsp; Rather, take a leaf from Hero and expand the system so that it will support more mechanics for all characters.&nbsp; Ideally, the expansion would be optional, to keep the base simple for beginners.&nbsp; If the game is more complex, then more variety will emerge in given games as people make different choices.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Crazy Jerome, post: 4788937, member: 54877"] Hero system was brought up earlier as an option for someone who didn't like the "sameness of 4E". I suggest that anyone who doesn't like 4E for that reason, will not like Hero either. Because Hero is the king of "effects based system", where all the mechanics are the same under the hood. If you've got a fireball or punch or quarterstaff--it's all a version of the same mechanic with different special effects. Sure, the "Killing Attacks" are slightly different for swords and the like--but that is because Hero has two different kinds of "hit points" to target. But mainly, if you wanted 4E to have more variety of mechanics, the way to do that is not to give each class some unique mechanice. Rather, take a leaf from Hero and expand the system so that it will support more mechanics for all characters. Ideally, the expansion would be optional, to keep the base simple for beginners. If the game is more complex, then more variety will emerge in given games as people make different choices. [/QUOTE]

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