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<blockquote data-quote="Sketchpad" data-source="post: 1486035" data-attributes="member: 9168"><p>I've been a fan of Hero for years <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile :)" data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /> While I've been running d20 for the last 4 years, I've recently picked up 5th ed and found it a great book! Streamlined from 4th ed, the newest edition is a monster book which goes under the title of a "Toolkit" and that's exactly what it is. You can build any campaign with this system and there are already a ton of campaigns in the work ... from Fantasy Hero to Star Hero to Champions and many, many more in the works. Author Steve Long said in a recent chat that the newest of genre books, Dark Champions, will include military packages for use in Hero ... allowing GMs to run a more modern adventure saga. </p><p>How hard is Hero? Well, for someone just getting into gaming, I would say it's intimidating ... but really hard? I never found it that way and I learned it when I was 15 (you know, back in the stone age). With the resources on the web, one of the best character programs made and a wealth of material kicked out by Steve Long on a fairly steady basis... make mine Hero <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" /> </p><p>Do I still run d20? Yup ... for odd things and various campaigns we've been playing. It's a good system, but I'm hoping with 4e we'll see things escape the box ... make it easier to create balanced classes, magic items and species ... d20 needs construction rule.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sketchpad, post: 1486035, member: 9168"] I've been a fan of Hero for years :) While I've been running d20 for the last 4 years, I've recently picked up 5th ed and found it a great book! Streamlined from 4th ed, the newest edition is a monster book which goes under the title of a "Toolkit" and that's exactly what it is. You can build any campaign with this system and there are already a ton of campaigns in the work ... from Fantasy Hero to Star Hero to Champions and many, many more in the works. Author Steve Long said in a recent chat that the newest of genre books, Dark Champions, will include military packages for use in Hero ... allowing GMs to run a more modern adventure saga. How hard is Hero? Well, for someone just getting into gaming, I would say it's intimidating ... but really hard? I never found it that way and I learned it when I was 15 (you know, back in the stone age). With the resources on the web, one of the best character programs made and a wealth of material kicked out by Steve Long on a fairly steady basis... make mine Hero ;) Do I still run d20? Yup ... for odd things and various campaigns we've been playing. It's a good system, but I'm hoping with 4e we'll see things escape the box ... make it easier to create balanced classes, magic items and species ... d20 needs construction rule. [/QUOTE]
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