Welcome to Digital Hero, our on-line magazine. Here you will find articles about the Hero System and Fuzion, character conversions, errata, and other information about our game systems. We plan to update this section at least once a week, so check back and see what's new.

We're always looking for items to put in this section. If you would like to contribute an article, character, artwork, or anything else, please contact the webmaster at brucehh@earthlink.net.

This Week (1/28/99):

  1. Transitional Fantasy: Curtis Gibson provides some thoughts on how to make your run 'not just another Fantasy Campaign'.
  2. College of Animal Magic: An expansion of this Fantasy HERO spell college from Bob Hall.

From the Week of 1/21/99:

  1. It's Not The Fall That Kills You...: Kevin Wiley has written up these optional rules for falling damage in the HERO System.
  2. College of Air Magic: An expansion of this Fantasy HERO spell college from Bob Hall.
  3. Arimite Knifefighting: Roland Volz has converted this fighting style from Talislanta.

From the Week of 1/17/99:

  1. Creation Workshop/Creator Help Files: (248K): This is a PDF (Acrobat 3.0) file of all of the text from the Creation Workshop/Creator Software Help Files. A great reference for anyone who uses this software.
  2. Magical Rings: Bob Hall gives us this new collection of magical rings for Fantasy Hero.

From the Week of 1/7/99:

  1. Arcane Avenues: Jaster's Dust and Powder Emporium: Rob Bose's Fantasy Hero column continues with this installment. Look for a new Arcane Avenues every month. And if you'd like to contribute a column to Digital Hero, drop Bruce Harlick at line at brucehh@earthlink.net.
  2. Kanquan: Roland Volz has converted this fighting style from Talislanta.
  3. College of Dueling Wizards: This new spell college for Fantasy Hero comes to us from Bob Hall. You'll be seeing a lot of FHmaterial from him in the near future.

From the Week of 12/31/98:

  1. Technology in the HERO System: This look at differing tech levels in the HERO System is provided by Carl Gilchrist.
  2. Cyber-Tech Plug-In: Gary Townsend has given us another look from his upcoming Starfire Master Force campaign book. This time it is the cyberwear plug-in for Fuzion.

From the Week of 12/17/98:

  1. Tazian Combat: Roland Volz has been converting some of the fighting styles from Talislanta to the HERO System. Here's the first one: Tazian Combat.
  2. FUZION: Powers Plug-In: Gary Townsend and Robert Kwon have revised the Fuzion powers plug-in for use with their upcoming campaign book. Check out this very exhaustive list, and give them feedback!
  3. Inspirations: This is a new section, featuring bibliographies from some HERO books. Here you'll find a list of books that helped inspire our various authors in their creation of these books, and you can even order the titles through Amazon.com. One-stop surfing!

From the Week of 12/14/98:
I am late this week due to meetings and other non-work related factors. Sorry about that! Enjoy, and send us articles! We need them.

  1. McQuark's Corner: The Multi-Bond 2000: Dr. McQuark returns in this new monthly column. This month, the good doctor offers a solution for keeping the villains you caught. And if you'd like to contribute a column to Digital Hero, drop Bruce Harlick at line at brucehh@earthlink.net.

From The Week of 12/3/98:

  1. Arcane Avenues: Alz House of Golems: Rob Bose's Fantasy Hero column continues with this installment. Look for a new Arcane Avenues every month. And if you'd like to contribute a column to Digital Hero, drop Bruce Harlick at line at brucehh@earthlink.net.

From The Week of 11/19/98:

  1. Side Effects: An Alternate Look: Paul Vinsand has prepared this very detailed examination of the Side Effects Limitation from the Hero System. Perfect for Fantasy Games and games with unreliable powers or powers that have a cost (other than points...)

From the Week of 11/12/98:

  1. Instant Fuzion: Here is a very quick write-up of Instant Fuzion. Of course, it's got just about all the information you need to play the game. Check it out.
  2. Mecha and Vehicles Plus: A Plug-In For Fuzion Powered Games: Gary Townsend and Robert Kwon have contributed this Fuzion Plug-In. Check it out -- they're using a version of it in their upcoming project, and would appreciate feedback.

From the Week of 11/5/98:

  1. Arcane Avenues: Daria's Daggers: Rob Bose has a new column on Fantasy Hero debuting this week. Look for a new Arcane Avenues every month. And if you'd like to contribute a column to Digital Hero, drop Bruce Harlick at line at brucehh@earthlink.net.
  2. Mounted Combat and Archery: Mr. Fantasy Hero Martial Arts, Franklin Cain, has yet another offering to help jazz up combat in your game.
  3. The Humanity Factor: A Plug-In For Fuzion Powered Games: Gary Townsend and Robert Kwon have contributed this Fuzion Plug-In. Check it out -- they're using a version of it in their upcoming project, and would appreciate feedback.

From The Week of 10/8/98:

  1. Cursed Items in Fantasy Hero: Bob Hall looks at cursed and flawed magic items in Fantasy Hero campaigns.
  2. Windholme Panther Style of Combat Mastery: Another Fantasy Hero Martial Art from Franklin Cain.

From the Week of 8/27/98:

  1. Mounted Combat in Fantasy Hero: Franklin Cain has contributed this martial art write-up for Fantasy Hero campaigns.

From the Week of 8/20/98:

  1. Conversion Corner: Here's Proteus, in his Hero System glory.
  2. Hero Creator Tips: New York Times Best-Selling Author Aaron Allston contributes these tips for using our new Hero Creator software.
  3. Vehicle Source Book Review: Your Webmaster gives you a short review of this book from Chameleon Eclectic Entertainment.

From the Week of 8/13/98:

  1. Conversion Corner: Foxbat's zany agents get converted to 4th Edition Hero System.
  2. Benchmarks for Characteristics in the Hero System: Filksinger gives us this look at Hero Characteristics and the real world.

The Staples:

These are the departments that will stay around through thick and thin. No matter how much we trim out our Digital Hero section (and remember, these articles are only around for a limited time), these pages will be here.

  1. Files Central: Download a 4th Edition character sheet, a New Millennium character sheet, and five different flavors of hex paper! If you have anything you'd like to add to this collection, please let me know. I'd like to expand this section.
  2. Fuzion Errata: If you're looking for the latest corrections to Fuzion, check here.
  3. Conversion Corner: 4th Edition Conversions of the the New Millennium characters!
  4. The Hero Universe: If you want to know how Fantasy Hero, Justice Inc., Champions: New Millennium, and CyberHero all hang together, this article will tell you. Steve Peterson and Steve Long look at the Hero Universe throughout the ages. This document is full of adventure settings (and book ideas!). Note: If you are interested in writing for Hero Plus, you want to check this out! It is full of great ideas for campaign settings.

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