Iron Heroes...what's your opinion?

[Will]

Well, personally, I would argue about just how universal that is.

But it's not the only example... consider 'arctic born.' Someone can't be a religiously ordained character from the arctic/jungle/wherever?

Or Highborn, or...

 

[Bagpuss]

yes but I think the point is you can be from an arctic area without taking arctic born as a traint.

 

[Will]

Of course, but I can easily imagine someone for whom artic-born is as important as highborn. Or whatnot.

Though I will grant 'artic and jungle born' doesn't make sense. I think I'll go with 'GM call.'

 

[Acid_crash]

My opinion of Iron Heroes: I Like It!

I even like the magic system.

 

[sinmissing]

I gotta say, this will probably be the last Malhavoc purchase I ever make. I found IH to have the least Fun to Dollar ratio of any of the MP products. I guess I just have a different style of play, and for all the effort to make a well written, pleasing game, it just doesn't jive with me. I'm not even sure what I can take from IH to port to my game. It doesn't suck, don't get me wrong, but I just don't like it.

 

[Bagpuss]

Yeah it is probably less portable than even Arcana Evolved, since the classes can't really be ported into a standard D&D high magic campaign. The challenges and stunts are about all that's worth taking for a standard game, and perhaps converting some of the new feats, or the skill system.

I think the zones and some of the ideas in the next book might be easier to transfer, but its a case of wait and see.

I wouldn't buy it if I wanted to add something to my existing homebrew based on D&D. But this is just the thing for a low(no) magic campaign I've always wanted to run.

 

[ddougan]

Does anyone know if the upcoming Mastering Iron Heroes fixes the magic system?

If so, I'll consider buying it, otherwise I'm going to wait for Iron Heroes Evolved - there's a player in my group who always loves playing a spellcaster, so I can't play IH without a better magic system (she's my wife, so there's no chance of me having any say in her character choice )

 

[wizofice]

It won't.

There are several people at work on various solutions, including using ENWorld's own Elements of Magic, Green Ronin's Black Company, and many others. Some folks are porting in the Hexblade, I think.

 

[iwatt]

It won't.

There are several people at work on various solutions, including using ENWorld's own Elements of Magic, Green Ronin's Black Company, and many others. Some folks are porting in the Hexblade, I think.

the warlock port is very simple as well. There is work to create a Wiki with all the different systems. I ahven't decided what solution I'm gonna ripoff , since some pretty cool ideas by many people have come up.

 

[Mustrum_Ridcully]

Yesterday, we had our first Iron Heroes game (only a short one).
The game was fun, though we weren´t even remotely able to experiment with all options available to us. (And some of us would have prefered better dice rolls - the Master of Arms with the best AC suffered a critical hit in 2 of the 3 fights, and dropped unconcious in these fights (great for my Berserker - free 5 Tokens!) - he eventually died bleeding in the last fight. And the Executioner and Archer constantly missed (or failed class-related skill checks) )