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<blockquote data-quote="DrunkonDuty" data-source="post: 8281380" data-attributes="member: 54364"><p>When I say jargon I also mean all the rules for building powers. Many (most?) players would rather just pick "fire powers" and be done with it. But HERO supplements put all the building rules up front. It's very intimidating for a new player. I know that stuff was intimidating for me back in the olden days when I was introduced to the game (4th ed. Champions.) But I had the benefit of a couple of fans who helped me through it.</p><p></p><p>Even when you get examples of powers (and characters and monsters) they have all the build notation included in the write ups. This leads to very busy and confusing sheets. With a bit of experience it becomes easy enough to ignore that stuff. But one has to build up the experience to do that. It's easy enough to do write ups that ignore all but the pertinent information, making for less confusing write ups and thereby reducing the barrier to entry. But you try telling HERO Games that.</p><p></p><p>I don't recall a manouevre that requires finding the square root of anything. But I'll pull out my copy of Ninja Hero and have a look! I mean, I don't need an excuse to go through old HERO supplements, but's it's nice to have one.</p><p></p><p>Ah yes, DnD and "Levels." I recall there is a very old OOTS comic on this very subject. <rummage, rummage> AH! here it is.</p><p></p><p>[URL unfurl="true"]https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0012.html[/URL]</p><p></p><p>(Wow, it's strip #12. Well old.)</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="DrunkonDuty, post: 8281380, member: 54364"] When I say jargon I also mean all the rules for building powers. Many (most?) players would rather just pick "fire powers" and be done with it. But HERO supplements put all the building rules up front. It's very intimidating for a new player. I know that stuff was intimidating for me back in the olden days when I was introduced to the game (4th ed. Champions.) But I had the benefit of a couple of fans who helped me through it. Even when you get examples of powers (and characters and monsters) they have all the build notation included in the write ups. This leads to very busy and confusing sheets. With a bit of experience it becomes easy enough to ignore that stuff. But one has to build up the experience to do that. It's easy enough to do write ups that ignore all but the pertinent information, making for less confusing write ups and thereby reducing the barrier to entry. But you try telling HERO Games that. I don't recall a manouevre that requires finding the square root of anything. But I'll pull out my copy of Ninja Hero and have a look! I mean, I don't need an excuse to go through old HERO supplements, but's it's nice to have one. Ah yes, DnD and "Levels." I recall there is a very old OOTS comic on this very subject. <rummage, rummage> AH! here it is. [URL unfurl="true"]https://www.giantitp.com/comics/oots0012.html[/URL] (Wow, it's strip #12. Well old.) [/QUOTE]
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