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ISS1002 Hero’s Book – Playing HeroQuest (2003)

Hero’s Book is everything a player needs to know to play HeroQuest. It contains all of the game’s key rules, as well as many tips for creating effective heroes, using the rules to their advantage, and roleplaying in the world of Glorantha without being intimidated by its vast scope and history. Many examples show beginning players how to get the most out of the game.

The rules are 32 pages long, but much of that is made up of text explaining attitude and approach. The actual rules are less than half of the text in this section. Another 16 pages each are dedicated to Orlanthi barbarians and Imperial adventurers, with art to enhance and invite the newcomer to share in the Gloranthan vision. Also includes 12 beginning characters (6 Heortling, 6 Lunar) as examples or even for use as players’ first heroes, as well as two complete hero bands, ready for the new heroes to join.


Details

  • By Mark Galeotti and Greg Stafford.
  • Based on HeroQuest.
  • Illustrated by Simon Bray, Heather Bruton, Marc Moreno, and others.
  • Cover art by Lee Moyer.
  • Product Number ISS 1002.
  • ISBN 1-929052-13-8.
  • $12.95
  • 64 pages, standard format

Table of Contents

  •     Welcome to the Hero Wars
  •     Making Your Hero
  •     Playing the Game
  •     Relationships
  •     Hero Bands
  •     Magic and the Gods (including Common Magic)
  •     The Heortlings
    • Who Are We?
    • The Kingdom of Sartar
    • The Storm Tribe
    • Your First Heortling Hero
    • Six Sample Heortling Heroes
    • Sample Hero Band: Garrulf’s Pathfinders
  •     The Lunars
    • Who Are We?
    • The Lunar Empire
    • Gods of the Empire
    • Your First Lunar Hero
    • Six Sample Lunar Heroes
    • Sample Hero Band: The Intrepid Company
  • Index

Downloads

An expanded version of the Pathfinders, a heroband from the bookDownload
An expanded version of the Intrepid Company, a heroband from the bookDownload

Corrections (2004)

Page 10In the left column, the magic section, 3rd paragraph, states: “An initiate, and can learn magical affinities.” This should read “An initiate can call for divine aid, and can learn magical affinities.”

  • ISS1002 Hero’s Book: Playing HeroQuest Corrections (2004)

Related Pages

  • HeroQuest 1 Support
  • ISS1001 HeroQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha (2003)
  • ISS1302 Imperial Lunar Handbook – Volume 1 – The Lunar Empire (2003)
  • ISS1303 Masters of Luck and Death (2004)
  • ISS1304 Lunar Handbook Vol 2 – Under the Red Moon (2006)
  • ISS1305 Men of the Sea (2004)
  • ISS1306 Champions of the Reaching Moon (2007)
  • ISS1307 Blood Over Gold: The Trader Princes of Maniria (2007)
  • ISS1403 Sartar Rising: Gathering Thunder (2004)
  • ISS1404 Sartar Rising: Dragonrise
  • ISS1501 Orlanthi Narrator’s Kit
2003, Greg Stafford, HW, Mark Galeotti

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