Heroes Unlimited

Heroes Unlimited

Infobox RPG
title= Heroes Unlimited


caption=
designer= Kevin Siembieda
publisher= Palladium Books
date= 1984 "(1st edition)"
1987 "(Revised edition)"
1998 "(2nd edition)"
genre= Superhero fiction
system= "Megaversal system"
footnotes=

"Heroes Unlimited" is a superhero role-playing game written by Kevin Siembieda and first published by Palladium Books in 1984. The game is based upon the Palladium Books "Megaversal system" and is compatible with any other game on the Palladium system, including "Aliens Unlimited" and "Villains Unlimited".

The game features superheroes fighting supervillains in a comic book-like world. The game's introduction states that the game was designed to be a "thinking man's" Superhero RPG, where the characters were vulnerable and could not amass an incredible number of skills or abilities. The experience point system of the game gave great awards to novel thinking and heroic sacrifice, in addition to defeating one's enemies. Characters in the game are defined by their ability scores, skills (dependent on education level), and class, which allows the selection of certain powers or enhanced skills or equipment. The classes allowed for a wide range of play-types, from super-powered beings to aliens to technology-based or special-training-based characters.

However, the character creation system was widely divergent - some classes such as robotics allowed intense customization, while others were extremely random. Some classes and super powers (such as the ancient master class or the invulnerability power) started very powerful but hardly matured, while other classes and powers had effects strongly tied to character level.

The revised edition added new powers and minor rule changes, allowed many classes to take small "minor" superpowers to slightly expand play options, introduced the option of "crazy" wild-man heroes, and most notably added magic-powered characters to the game at the request of the players. The revised edition also included a short rules summary of the Palladium game "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Other Strangeness", adding mutant animal character rules and a shortened selection of animals for character creation. However, mutant animals make characters that are in general much weaker than standard heroes, as the TMNT supplement "Turtles Go Hollywood" noted.

The second edition of the game saw something of a renaissance in the line's production. In addition to the options previously provided, and updates of the previous supplements, Palladium Books produced several supplements for the game. These included a "Gamemaster's Guide", a book on the Mutant Underground, and the setting of Century Station, with the nearby prison of Grammercy Island. Palladium has also published a series of supplements called "Powers Unlimited", providing more character options for use in the game. A further product has been announced, tying in with the Megaverse-wide Minion War, named "Armageddon Unlimited".

External links

* [http://www.palladiumbooks.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Category_Code=H500 "Heroes Unlimited" Source Books]
* [http://forums.palladium-megaverse.com/viewforum.php?f=7 "Heroes Unlimited" Forums]


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