Date Posted:20:28:49 03/18/04 Thu Author: Craig Subject: Re: Greetings In reply to:
Thormagni
's message, "Re: Greetings" on 11:50:36 03/18/04 Thu
>So, you're still in the Navy? I got out in 1993 as an
>IS2, after almost seven years.
>
>And I used to be a huge Hero fan. I have a long shelf
>of Hero stuff, in fact. I was hoping they would
>streamline it for the 5th edition, but if anything it
>got more complicated. However I picked up their new
>"Sidekick" rules last weekend and they really trimmed
>the rules back to a manageable level. But it is still
>saddled with a dice mechanic way out of step with most
>modern games. It's got a steep learning curve, but a
>good system once you get past all that.
>
>
>>Well, I just wanted to welcome you to the party. My
>>name is Craig, I've also been in the navy for 10
>>years. 31 years old. No kids, no wife. Played DnD
>>for a time. Have played quite a few non-dnd gaming
>>systems. Including the Heroes and Gurps systems and a
>>few dozen others.
>>
>>I seem to keep falling back to DnD.
>>
>>Hope to see you in 2+ weeks.
No, I left the navy last September.
And yes, the hero system did seem to require some high level of mathematics, if I can remember right. I didn't really get into the system all that much, probably because I was, at the time, amongst people who loved to shell out massive amounts of damage and have gigantic super powers. I got bored quickly.
