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The Blood of Heroes: The Superhero and Villain Role-Playing Game »

Authors: Pulsar Games Inc Staff
ISBN-13: 9780966528039, ISBN-10: 0966528034
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Pulsar Games
Date Published: December 2000
Edition: (Non-applicable)

Author Biography: Pulsar Games Inc Staff

Book Synopsis

	Read this First!	1
Chapter 1	An Introduction to Blood of Heroes	6
	Anarchy Man's Night on the Town	14
Chapter 2	Character Design	18
	Terminology	19
	Character Creation	20
	Experience and Character Growth	34
	Advantages and Drawbacks	37
	Bonuses and Limitations	55
	Powers	59
	Skills	108
Chapter 3	The Rules	119
Idea 1	Attribute Points	120
Idea 2	Attributes	121
Idea 3	Rolling the Dice	122
Idea 4	The Action Table	123
Idea 5	The Result Table	124
Idea 6	Powers, Skills, Advantages, and Drawbacks	126
Idea 7	Hero Points	126
Idea 8	Automatic Actions	127
Chapter 4	APs and the World	130
	General Rules	131
	Movement	131
	Throwing Things	132
	Breaking Things	133
Chapter 5	Combat	136
	Time	137
	Actions	137
	Keeping Track of Position	137
	Combat Sequence	137
	The Nuts and Bolts of Combat	140
	Damage	141
	Recovery	142
	Knockback	143
	Initiative Combat Maneuvers	144
	Offensive Combat Maneuvers	144
	Defensive Combat Maneuvers	149
	Special Combat Situations	150
	Perception Checks	156
	Example of Combat	157
	Putting It All Together	160
Chapter 6	Character Interaction	161
	Types of Character Interaction	162
	Resolving Character Interaction	162
	Time	164
	The Charisma Skill	164
	Interaction Maneuvers	164
	Character Interaction Against the Player's Characters	165
	Role-Playing	165
Chapter 7	Gadgetry	166
	Basic Concepts	171
	Building Gadgets	172
	Modifying Existing Gadgets	177
	Repairing Gadgets	177
	Replacing Destroyed Gadgets	178
	Omni-Gadgets	178
	Mystical Gadgets	179
	Gadgets in Combat	179
	Real World Gadgets	180
Chapter 8	Magic	184
	Magic Wielders	185
	Magical Powres	186
	Ritual Magic	186
	Memorizing Rituals	188
	Occultist Mentoring	188
	Transcribing Rituals	189
	Occult Experimentation	190
	Ritual Disciplines	191
	Occult Premonitions	192
	Artifacts	193
Chapter 9	Wealth	194
	Buying Items	195
	Charity	195
	Purchasing Parts for Gadgetry Attempts	195
	Upkeep	195
	Bankruptcy	196
Chapter 10	Gamemastering	197
	Being a Gamemaster	198
	Running an Adventure	200
Chapter 11	Adventuring	202
	Creating an Adventure	203
	The Elements of an Adventure	203
	Standard Awards	206
	Distributing Standard Awards	208
Chapter 12	Subplots	210
	Gamemastering Subplots	211
	Playing Subplots	218
	Subplot Categories	218
Chapter 13	Game Situations	221
	Fundamental Rule	222
	Learn to Improvise	222
	Skills vs. Powers	222
	Powers vs. Powers	222
	Skills vs. Skills	222
	Combining Actions	222
	Using the Universal Modifiers Table	223
	Energy vs. Kinetics	223
	Aging	223
	Rolling Infinite Doubles	223
	Power and Damage Type Info Table	224
Chapter 14	Genres	225
	Genre Rulings	226
	Custom Genres	226
Chapter 15	Power Creation	228
	Core Powers	229
	Factoring Costs	229
Chapter 16	The Blood of Heroes Universe	232
	Characters	238
	Animals	346
	Charts and Tables	351
	Character Sheet	360

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