Re: [SG2] Heroic SG

Games Workshop's Lord of the Rings (no, no don't turn away in disgust, 
bear with me ...) gives the heroes in the game a number of points with 
which they can affect events in the game by modifying dice rolls in 
their favour. One point of Might (as it is called) can add or subtract 
one point from a roll (which are all d6) and is a finite resource - once

it's gone, it's gone for good (with one or two special exceptions). A 
hero can use as many points as he wants (up to his maximum) on a single 
roll if it is important enough. This gives the heroes distinct 
advantages without making them all powerful and does work very well 
IMHO. Characters typically have between one and three points.

They also have special abilities which are handy but again not overly 
powerful (Legolas can fire three arrows in one turn, Aragorn regenerates

one point of Might every turn, Rohirrim are less likely to fall off 
their horses).

Adrian Johnson wrote:

>This is certainly one way to work it.
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>Another, similar, would be to put abilities on cards - kind of like the
>Carnage Con Queso "cheese" cards that we've used at GZG-ECC a few times
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>but without the silliness.
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>You could give the hero some "generic, use all the time" abilities (1
or 2)
>to create, as outlined below, a tough guy or a shooter or whatever, and
>then give them a few "specific, one time use" special event cards that
>allow for something really "heroic" to happen, but only once (to avoid
>unbalancing the game or making it silly or turning it into a one-model
show
>or whatever).
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>Also, with one-time use cards, you could incorporate things that don't
fall
>within the normal rules, and not have to worry about constantly
figuring
>out the effects of that special ability in terms of how it interacts or
>balances with other rules, etc.  You put all the details on the card,
and
>for the one action that the card takes place, it supercedes other rules
>that might conflict.  But only ONCE, thereby not driving the other
players
>crazy...
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>-Adrian
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>>I see heroes as having varying abilities.  Perhaps making a list of
speci=
>>al abilities to choose 1 or 2 from could add some individuality to
you're=
>>particular character.
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>>Some possibilities:
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>>Sharp shooter
>>Tough guy
>>Enhanced leadership skills
>>Martial Arts
>>Tactical genious
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