Iron Heroes or the book of Iron Might?

[Gundark]

I want to use more dynamic fights in my next D&D campaign setting. I own Iron Heores and really like it. I'm curious about the book of iron might. Which one would you suggest?

 

[Aus_Snow]

IH.

 

[Olaf the Stout]

Iron Heroes changes PC's so that magic items no longer have such a big influence on a character. BoIM basically brings in a called shot type system where you can take negatives on your to-hit rolls for the change to hit a specific location. If you do hit you can then do things such as blind your opponent, etc.,

It depends what you're after really.

Olaf the Stout

 

[Varianor Abroad]

Ironically, I think that the answer is "both". If you want stunt and action options to add on to regular D&D, that's Book of Iron Might. If you want to go with a campaign where there's little magic and all action, that's Book of Iron Heroes. (Warning: the latter has heavy errata. You'll want to download it if you use Iron Heroes.) I have both and I use both depending on the need. Generally, I run Iron Heroes as a stand alone game.

 

[Pbartender]

If you want stunt and action options to add on to regular D&D, that's Book of Iron Might.

Actually, that's also Iron Heroes... skill challenges, combat challenges and combat stunts from Iron Heroes are easily added into D&D and would add a lot to the game.

 

[Odhanan]

I'd go with Iron Heroes personally. Actually, that's what I do: that's the way I handle stunts in our Ptolus game. I just adjudicate on the fly, interpreting what the players want their characters to do requiring this or that roll or applying this or that modifier to attack and/or damage rolls.

The Book of Iron Might is cool too, for the Ironborn, for instance.

 

[Edheldur]

For my D&D games I use the Book of Iron Might, plus the stunts and zones rules from Iron Heroes. I don't use the challenges from IH because they do more or less the same than the maneuvers from BoIM.