Campaign History, Character Creation and RPG Philosophy

I started playing the Hero System when it was just Champions, about 1982 so I’ve been around through five editions and seen a gradual refinement in the whole thing.  As they moved from edition to edition little things changed, some for the better some I didn’t like but never did I encounter a new edition I didn’t wholeheartedly embrace.  Until 6th Edition.

I have nothing but best wishes to DOJ on this new product, trouble is, I’ll never use it.  There are just too many major changes in the system I’ve been playing for the last 27 years.

For years players have been bitching about things like the Killing Attack lottery, the usefulness of COM, the relatively cheap cost of STR, figured characteristics, Alteration powers . . . Sixth has addressed many of these concerns and in doing so, fundamentally altered the game I love.  Some changes are probably a good idea but as you grow older you become comfortable with the way things are.  That’s me and 5th Edition.  I am not claiming it’s perfect, ain’t no such thing, but it’s perfect for me.

Some time in the future I plan to purchase the HERO System Basic Rulebook just to see if it will convince me to change but I hope DOJ doesn’t hold their collective breath.  I promise that after I’ve had a chance to read it, I’ll come back with a scathing . . . er . . . honest opinion of the new system.  Until then . . . this is a 5th Edition site.

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