> Since the focus of discussion has shifted to hard suggestions, I
> thought I would offer the following.
>
> 1. Abolish handing out Hero Points as a form of experience points
> entirely.
>
I can see the logic behind this - separating 'bumping' hero points from experience points, but as somebody who *likes* the gradual improvement of characters (at least up to a point), I think if you're going to separate them, you just separate them, not ditch one of them altogether.
>
> 2. Award a single Hero point when you roll your skill number exactly.
>
I've never liked this sort of approach. I'd rather hand out rewards based on what the characters did, and how well they did it, than on simply what they rolled. I wouldn't feel that I'd *earned* the hero point, just that I'd happened to roll a lucky number, and that takes away a lot of the fun.
>
> 3. Add more options for making story based changes to your character's
> stats 'solid' by the expenditure of a Hero Point. (I know this already
> exists, but I think it should be expanded. Guidelines for the amount
> of Hero Points required for changes, based on the magnitude of the
> stat added or changed would be a start.)
>
This makes me slightly wary, but it depends exactly how it was done. It could be a good thing. (A lot of my aversion to it may have been instigated by poor descriptions of it way back when HW was in the development stages, and so may not be entirely justified).
>
> 4. Add more guidelines for staging conflicts on the fly, like "Use the
> best combat ability +10 for a minor challenge, BCA +20 for an average
> challenge, etc."
>
You've lost me on that one, I fear. What do you mean?
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