The Stuff Heroes are Made Of

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If there is not table of contents click <a href="index.html">here</a> (this, of course, assumes that you're browser support frames).</p> </td> <td valign="top" rowspan="2" width="15"> </td> <td valign="top" rowspan="2"> <div align="right"></div> <div align="right"> <table width="100%" border="1"> <tr> <td> <p align="center"><b>Check out our other Champions / Hero System related site: <a href="http://www.sysabend.org/champions/gnborh/index.html" target="_top">The Great Net Book of Real Heroes</a>, the largest collection of Hero System conversions on the web.</b></p> </td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> <tr> </tr> </table> <hr> <h3><b>What's New (21-Dec-2001)</b> - Hero Games (or at least the assets thereof) has been purchased. The new owners are DOJ, Inc. The new line editor is Steve Long. For full details, check out this message from <a href="stevel1.html">Steve</a>.</h3> <p><b>What's New (13-Dec-2001)</b> - Now in the "<a href="spoo/index.html">Spoo</a>" section, more of my articles from <i>Haymaker</i>. Included in the new articles, a complete magic system inspired by <i>Ars Magica</i>; advice on converting characters from comics (and other sources) to <i>Hero System</i>; and a bunch of creatures from <i>Record of Lodoss War</i>, suitable for use with <i>Fantasy Hero</i> or other <i>Hero System</i> games.</p> <p><b>What's New (3-Dec-2001)</b> - Well, it's not 5th Edition, but it is kind of cool. The new Fantasy Hero Book Collection on CD is on it's way back from the replicators/printers. </p> <p><b>What's New (29-Nov-2001)</b> - More from the kids over at Hero Games. Their hiniting around about announcing a release date early in December (that is, they will make an announcement in December, not necessarily release it in December). Source: <a href="http://www.cybergames.com/ubb/Forum31/HTML/000002.html">Hero Game Discussion Boards</a>.</p> <p><b>What's New (16-Nov-2001)</b> - The kids at Hero Games are trolling for interest in pre-buying 5th Edition as a means of financing a printed book (as opposed to an electronic one). <a href="stevem3.html">More from Steve M.</a></p> <p><b>What's New (08-Nov-2001)</b> - More 5th Edition goodies. Check out some <a href="http://www.herogames.com/Hero5thSAMPLES.htm">sample pages</a>.</p> <p><b>What's New (01-Nov-2001)</b> - Looks like the sale of Hero Games by CyberGames is off. Check out <a href="stevem2.html">Steve M's statement</a>. </p> <p><b>What's New (29-Oct-2001)</b> - We have a nearly official statement from Hero Games as to the format the new 5th Edition rules publication will take. Check out <a href="stevem1.html">Steve M's words</a>. <p><a href="Oldnews.html"><b>Old News:</b></a> Past news items about this site.  </p> <div align="center"> <center> <table border="4" bgcolor="#ffffff" cellpadding="3" background="images/white.gif"> <tr> <td> <p align="center">This  <a href="http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=TCOH;action=home" >Circle of Heroes</a> site has been visited by  <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> s="na";c="na";j="na";f=""+escape(document.referrer) </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript1.2"> s=screen.width;v=navigator.appName if (v != "Netscape") {c=screen.colorDepth} else {c=screen.pixelDepth} j=navigator.javaEnabled() </script> <script type="text/javascript" language="javascript"> function pr(n) {document.write(n,"\n");} NS2Ch=0 if (navigator.appName == "Netscape" && navigator.appVersion.charAt(0) == "2") {NS2Ch=1} if (NS2Ch == 0) { r="&size="+s+"&colors="+c+"&referer="+f+"&java="+j+"" pr("<A HREF=\"http://www.TheCounter.com\" TARGET=\"_top\"><IMG"+ " BORDER=0 SRC=\"http://c1.thecounter.com/id=22496"+r+"\"><\/A>")} </script> <noscript><a href="http://www.TheCounter.com" target="_top"><img src="http://c1.thecounter.com/id=22496" alt="TC" border=0></a> </noscript>  heroes. </p>  <div align="center"> <center> <table width="340"> <tr> <td align="right" width="112" height="70"> <a href="http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=TCOH;id=10;action=prev" target="_top"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">[ Back ]</font></a><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> <a href="http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=TCOH;id=10;action=sprev1" target="_top">[ Skip Back ]</a><br> <a href="http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=TCOH;id=10;action=prev5" target="_top">[ Last 5 ]</a><br> <a href="http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=TCOH;action=list" target="_top">[ List ALL ]</a></font></td> <td width="113" height="70" align="center"> <img src="images/cohshield.gif" width="124" height="70" border="0"> </td> <td width="113" height="70"> <a href="http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=TCOH;id=10;action=next"><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" target="_top">[ Next ]</font></a><font size="2" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br> <a href="http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=TCOH;id=10;action=skip1" target="_top">[ Skip Next ]</a><br> <a href="http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=TCOH;id=10;action=next5" target="_top">[ Next 5 ]</a><br> <a href="http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=TCOH;id=10;action=rand" target="_top">[ Random ]</a> </font> </td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3" align="CENTER" width="332"> <a href="http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=TCOH;action=home" target="_top"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">The Circle of HEROs</font></a><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2"> proudly endorses this website created by <a href="mailto:john.desmarais@attglobal.net"> John Desmarais</a>!<br> Want to <a href="http://www.ringsurf.com/netring?ring=TCOH;action=addform target="_top">join</a>?</font> </td> </tr> </table> </center> </div>  </td> </tr> </table> </center> </div> <center> <center> <p> </p> <div align="center"> <center> </center> </div> <p align="center">Want to be notified anytime this site changes, click on <a href="Netminder.html">Netminder</a>.</p> <p align="left"><small><strong><font size="-1"><a name="Disclaimer"></a>Disclaimer:</font></strong> <font size="-1">Hero System, Champions, Fantasy Hero, Star Hero, Justice Inc., Horror Hero, and a few other names that I missed are trademarks of Hero Games, Inc. 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