{"id":51,"date":"2005-04-07T13:30:27","date_gmt":"2005-04-07T18:30:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/index.php\/2005-04-07\/problems-with-hero-system"},"modified":"2005-04-07T13:41:23","modified_gmt":"2005-04-07T18:41:23","slug":"problems-with-hero-system","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.blackgate.net\/blog\/problems-with-hero-system\/","title":{"rendered":"Problems with Hero System"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s no secret that I am, and always have been, a huge fan of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/exec\/obidos\/ASIN\/1583660003\/rpglibrary\/\">Hero System<\/a> (what used to be called <em>Champions<\/em>, back when it was a role-playing game rather than a collection of rules). Yet, there are things about Hero that bug me. As elegant as the system is, it exerts pressure on the player toward some character types and away from others. I have never really sat down to analyze this, but I will some day. 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