Re: DnD4e to HQ2 (was Greetings)

From: Jeff <richaje_at_...>
Date: Sat, 13 Aug 2011 09:52:51 -0000

> Interestingly, I dislike it precisely because I feel it doesn't allow me
> to define my character through their abilities. This probably has a lot
> to do with me not liking to focus my abilities - I find that having a
> wide spread of different abilities really allows me to flesh the
> character out instead of having to just focus on a few key attributes
> that are never enough to define them in the way I want to. Horses for
> courses; I certainly wouldn't say that it's a negative feature of HQ2 in
> any objective sense, it just doesn't work for me.

That works for you. However, we found that people *grasp* characters better with a few keywords or archetypes plus a handful (best is a dozen or less) of additional things (be it notable items, unique relationships, specializations, or whatever). Look at how characters are defined in fiction (or non-fiction for that matter) - they are very rarely long laundry lists of different abilities!

FWIW, I haved used HQ2 mainly long campaign arcs (our gaming group plays on average every week except during vacation time). I have really only discovered how handy it is in one-shots at the last two conventions (Eternal Con and Ropecon)!

Jeff