01 – Campaign Guidelines

Contents

  1. 1 Character Design Guidelines
    1. 1.1 Character Abilitiy Guidelines Table
  2. 2 Using HeroDesigner
  3. 3 Races

Abbreviations

HSG: Hero System Grimoire

HSEG: Hero System Equipment Guide

FH: Fantasy Hero

6E1: Hero System 6th Edition Volume 1

6E2: Hero System 6th Edition Volume 2

APG: Advanced Players Guide

The goal of these campaign guidelines is to create a default standard campaign that aligns with published material such that those materials can be used without modification. 


Additionally, any guidelines should be enforceable within Hero Designer.



Starting Points: 150

Matching Complications: 50

Characteristic Maxima: No

Character Abilitiy Guidelines Table

Characteristics Powers Free Resources

Points
Base
SPD		 OCV/
DCV		 OMCV/
DMCV		 PD/ED/
Mental		 rPD/rED/
Power
DC
Skill		 Standard
Active		 Complex
Active
Equip		 Vehicle/
Base		 Follower/
Contact
50 13 3 5 4 6 5 6 12- 45 18 20 0 0
60 14 3 5 4 6 5 6 12- 45 18 23 0 0
70 15 3 5 4 6 5 6 12- 45 18 25 0 0
75 15 3 5 4 6 5 6 12- 45 18 28 3 0
80 16 3 5 4 6 5 6 12- 45 18 30 5 0
90 17 3 5 4 7 5 6 12- 45 18 33 8 0
100 18 3 6 5 8 6 6 12- 45 18 35 10 0
110 19 3 6 5 8 6 6 12- 45 18 38 13 0
120 20 3 6 5 9 6 6 12- 45 18 40 15 1
125 20 3 7 6 10 7 7 13- 55 22 43 18 2
130 21 3 7 6 10 7 7 13- 55 22 45 20 3
140 22 3 7 6 11 7 7 13- 55 22 48 23 4
150 23 4 8 6 12 8 8 14- 60 24 50 25 5
160 24 4 8 6 12 8 8 14- 60 24 60 27 7
170 25 4 8 6 13 8 8 14- 60 24 70 29 9
175 25 4 9 7 14 9 9 15- 70 28 75 31 11
180 26 4 9 7 14 9 9 15- 70 28 80 33 13
190 27 4 9 7 15 9 9 15- 70 28 90 35 15
200 28 5 10 8 16 10 10 16- 75 30 100 37 17
210 29 5 10 8 16 10 10 16- 75 30 110 39 19
220 30 5 10 8 17 10 10 16- 75 30 120 41 21
225 30 5 10 8 17 10 10 16- 75 30 125 42 22
230 30 5 10 8 17 10 10 16- 75 30 128 43 23
240 30 5 10 8 17 10 10 16- 75 30 133 44 24
250 31 5 11 8 18 11 11 17- 85 34 138 45 25
260 31 5 11 8 18 11 11 17- 85 34 143 46 26
270 31 5 11 8 18 11 11 17- 85 34 148 47 27
275 32 5 11 8 19 11 11 17- 85 34 150 48 28
280 32 5 11 8 19 11 11 17- 85 34 153 49 29
290 32 5 11 8 19 11 11 17- 85 34 158 50 30
300 33 6 12 9 20 12 12 18- 90 36 163 51 31
310 33 6 12 9 20 12 12 18- 90 36 168 52 32
320 33 6 12 9 20 12 12 18- 90 36 173 53 33
325 34 6 12 9 21 12 12 18- 90 36 175 54 34
330 34 6 12 9 21 12 12 18- 90 36 178 55 35
340 34 6 12 9 21 12 12 18- 90 36 183 56 36
350 35 6 13 10 22 13 13 19- 100 40 188 57 37
360 35 6 13 10 22 13 13 19- 100 40 193 58 38
370 35 6 13 10 22 13 13 19- 100 40 198 59 39
375 36 6 13 10 23 13 13 19- 100 40 200 60 40
380 36 6 13 10 23 13 13 19- 100 40 203 61 41
390 36 6 13 10 23 13 13 19- 100 40 208 62 42
400 37 7 14 10 24 14 14 20- 105 42 213 63 43

Using HeroDesigner

HeroDesigner is a great tool for building and tracking all of this information. However, Resource Pools and Magic Systems where spells aren’t paid for with points are often difficult to juggle within HD. The most precise way is to create a separate character file for a wizard’s grimoire, as well as a separate file for equipment. If vehicles and followers are built that means those are additional files as well. This will allow you to fully keep clear totals of all of your resources. There are also creative ways to store information in HD without assigning points or even using power builds – use the notes tabs in the file. These are nice, simple, text only spaces where you can document as much as you want. If you are using standard built gear from the Equipment List you could simply record that you have a Longsword and that is 7 points of your Resource Pool (Equipment).


Players need not build the spells in HeroDesigner. Simply noting the spell’s name and page reference is sufficent. Players should have a listing of their spells handy during play to keep the game moving.