Re: items in narrative

From: Bryan Thexton <bethexton_at_...>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2000 20:06:16 -0000

>
> Any item listed in the character writeup should be given a rating,
> even if it seems like a mundane. (My character Nallindia's boat
> "Snapper" wasn't magical in my original conception, but it sort of
> turned that way in play, which probably encouraged me to put points
> into it.)
>
This is, IMO, one of particularly tasty things about Hero Wars, it lets you essentially make your own magic items by building abilities into them (either at the start or in play).

Just a quick compare & contrast with RuneQuest. My favorite runequest character was essentially a skirmisher, but against the most monstrous foes always seemed to end up fighting with his spear, and striking the killing blow with it. That spear killed a vampire, a sea monster, a chaos horror, amongst many other things. I always wanted to take that spear and do something special with it, since I knew my character had more faith in it than any other weapon on earth.....but how? In Runequest only through cludgy spell matrices. In contrast, in herowars, I could buy it the ability "Slay Monstrous Foe," an augment that I could use when facing particularly horrific enemies. (Jeff, if I ever convert Nylek, the spear is going in the write up!)

--Bryan T.