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Hero Points, or Hero Soul, the new Heroquesting mechanic


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12 hours ago, Dissolv said:

That ship sailed in the 80's.  My campaign is right now, and I would like to make the first Heroquest as memorable as possible.

In that case, may I recommend the Electrum-selling Secrets of HeroQuesting, a summary of my nearly 40 years of Gloranthan HeroQuesting?

Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. 

www.soltakss.com/index.html

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11 hours ago, Shiningbrow said:

I'm in 2 minds.

Middle World mind and Hero Plane mind?

11 hours ago, Shiningbrow said:

Firstly, if it's part of *your* soul, you should be able to put points in any time. Given that Jeff offered these choices *after* the HQ, that would fit.

I think in "Gloranthan Reality" it happens while you are in the Hero World. You leave part of, or an imprint of, your soul behind. Remember that POW points are a RuneQuest mechanic, other game systems may not have a concept of a points pool that a chunk can be split off from. And the player making the choice might parallel the adventurer's realization that they have taken a step into a larger world.

11 hours ago, Shiningbrow said:

However, the point** is to empower your presence on the Hero Plane, so mythically logically, you should have to be there to do that... 

That's how I see it.

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11 hours ago, Shiningbrow said:

I'm in 2 minds.

Middle World mind and Hero Plane mind?

11 hours ago, Shiningbrow said:

Firstly, if it's part of *your* soul, you should be able to put points in any time. Given that Jeff offered these choices *after* the HQ, that would fit.

I think in "Gloranthan Reality" it happens while you are in the Hero World. You leave part of, or an imprint of, your soul behind. Remember that POW points are a RuneQuest mechanic, other game systems may not have a concept of a points pool that a chunk can be split off from. And the player making the choice might parallel the adventurer's realization that they have taken a step into a larger world.

11 hours ago, Shiningbrow said:

However, the point** is to empower your presence on the Hero Plane, so mythically logically, you should have to be there to do that... 

That's how I see it.

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18 hours ago, Dissolv said:

?  You reacted to my post mentioning that very book, and even citing which page the Hero Soul rules were on.  😄

That doesn't mean that you bought it. You could have just seen the Table of Contents somewhere!

But, please forgive me for mentioning it at every possible opportunity. 😀

Simon Phipp - Caldmore Chameleon - Wallowing in my elitism since 1982. Many Systems, One Family. Just a fanboy. 

www.soltakss.com/index.html

Jonstown Compendium author. Find my contributions here

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