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Thread: HERO System
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2009-08-24, 05:01 PM (ISO 8601)Barbarian in the Playground
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HERO System
Could anyone please summarize the differences between 5th and 6th edition to me? I'm considering buying the new edition but the cost seems pretty steep if its not a serious upgrade.
"All men dream, but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find that it was vanity; but the dreamers of the day are dangerous men, for they may act their dream with open eyes to make it possible." - T.E. Lawrence
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2009-08-24, 11:00 PM (ISO 8601)Dwarf in the Playground
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Re: HERO System
Differences are huge apparently. I haven't read it myself. But no characteristics are figured any more. So more Dex doesn't automatically give you more Speed for example. And CVs (OCV, EDCV, etc) are all now fully independent stats which are purchased separately. Much of the various effects of characteristics have been altered, and Comeliness has gone away completely.
Originally Posted by Grey Paladin
There are a dozen new base powers, a return of several others from pre-4th edition, and virtually no power has been left un-reworked.
Likewise just about everything was taken out and re-examined. Advantages (AoE was greatly reduced), Disadvantages (Completely reworked and renamed to Complications), Limitations (many were absorbed into Complications), Frameworks (Elemental Control is gone, partially replaced with a new limitation), Skills (actually I haven't heard of any changes to skills).
Good? Bad? I don't know yet. I'm hoping we'll get some full reviews in the next couple of weeks.
If you are leery of buying the base rule books (there are two this time around "Character Creation" and "Combat and Adventuring"), there is supposed to be a light version of the rules in the $10-$20 range coming out in a few months. It might well suit you to wait a bit.
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