The one weakness of the method used is that it can be hard to keep track of items in other screens (like running point totals) without a lot of flipping back and forth. This is a very nice tool, but even without it you can build any power from the basic framework “by hand.” The powers screen looks like this:īy using this system Hero Designer lets you easily break down and control character generation. Certain powers can be loaded automatically from templated power packages, which will enter the default parameters for complex but common powers.
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The more complicated areas, such as powers, use multiple pop-up windows to handle the details of making nested and variable powers.
Meanwhile, the program calculates values for you, and can be set to use normal characteristic maxima, age limitations, and so on: Statistics, for example, looks like this, and lets you simply enter the value you want, or increase and decrease it with arrows. From there you move through the various other fields, filling out the details for each section. This page lets you set point values, either by hand or by loading a template, and lets you give name, basic details, and choose a picture for the character. From there the chosen options can be spindled, folded, and mutilated until they fit the desired parameters of the option, power, or disadvantage.Įverything starts at the opening “Basic Information” screen, which looks like this: In each screen there are various options and choices that can be chosen and added to the character. The program is navigated by using tabs for each “section” of the character – Basic Info, Stats, History, Skills, Perks, Talents, Martial Arts, Powers, and Disadvantages. Hero Designer is a workhorse program that is designed to let you build anything you could build using the Hero books, but with a computer handling the math, the formatting, the collating, and the storage for you. Though it can be something of a system hog and is not the most beautiful program ever, it does its job very well and offers substantial support for Herophiles. Made to perform the heavy lifting of character creation, it takes a lot of the pain and math (which for some are one and the same, I know) out of Hero character creation. Hero Designer is the character, vehicle, and base creator program for Hero 5th Edition.
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