Blackmoor Vituperative

It’s no secret that I am, and always have been, a huge fan of Hero System (what used to be called Champions, 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. In the meantime, David Blue recently posted a damned good description of this phenomenon. If you play Hero System (Champions, Fantasy Hero, et al.), you really should take a look at this, and give it some serious thought.