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<blockquote data-quote="ShinHakkaider" data-source="post: 3407196" data-attributes="member: 9213">I'll be the voice of dissent and say that after running a M&amp;M game for 6 months or so that I really prefer HERO SYSTEM for my superhero games. I discovered that I really dont like the Hero point or GM Fiat mechanics at all. The Hero point mechanic I find places too much power in the hands of the players and thier PC's and the GM Fiat just feels like flat out cheating. I know people will then counter with the fact that it's a great way to emulate the genre but they quickly forget that the actual genre is manipulated by writers and this is an actual GAME. I don't have access to my HERO books at this moment but I'm also fairly certain there is a mechanic for emulating power stunts in HERO. The only problem now is finding a group to run HERO for because most people want to run or play M&amp;M. Which sucks. M&amp;M is an elegant retooling of the D20 system to accomodate supers gaming but really, REALLY not my particular cup of tea. And this is not some monday morning quarterbacking I'm doing, this someone who ran a game with 3-5 players for about six months. If I can't find a HERO group I'll probably try running it again...</blockquote>

[QUOTE="ShinHakkaider, post: 3407196, member: 9213"] I'll be the voice of dissent and say that after running a M&M game for 6 months or so that I really prefer HERO SYSTEM for my superhero games. I discovered that I really dont like the Hero point or GM Fiat mechanics at all. The Hero point mechanic I find places too much power in the hands of the players and thier PC's and the GM Fiat just feels like flat out cheating. I know people will then counter with the fact that it's a great way to emulate the genre but they quickly forget that the actual genre is manipulated by writers and this is an actual GAME. I don't have access to my HERO books at this moment but I'm also fairly certain there is a mechanic for emulating power stunts in HERO. The only problem now is finding a group to run HERO for because most people want to run or play M&M. Which sucks. M&M is an elegant retooling of the D20 system to accomodate supers gaming but really, REALLY not my particular cup of tea. And this is not some monday morning quarterbacking I'm doing, this someone who ran a game with 3-5 players for about six months. If I can't find a HERO group I'll probably try running it again... [/QUOTE]

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