Hero Designer 6th Edition - Hero Games Company

38 ■ Configuring Hero Designer Hero Designer 6th Edition
Designer not to react to linking different slots of
a Power Framework by selecting Ignore from the
Linking different slots of a Power Framework
dropdown list.
When the current character is based on a HERO
System Fifth Edition character template, the Rules
tab contains additional rules options for features
like Elemental Controls and Figured Characteristics
that are not part of the HERO System Sixth Edition
rules.
Settings Tab
The Settings tab includes a variety of additional
settings that will be applied to characters to which
this set of rules is attached. The screenshot below
shows the defaults values for this tab.
The Active Points per END field specifies
how many Active Points of an endurance-using
ability (except STR) cost 1 END to use. The Active
Points per END (STR) does the same thing for
STR. By default, both these fields are set to 10 for
superheroic templates and to 10 and 5, respectively,
for heroic and normal templates.
When the Equipment Allowed checkbox is
checked, the Equipment tab becomes available for
all characters to which these campaign rules are
attached. Additionally, when this box is checked,
several equipment-related fields become available.
The Monetary Units field lets you specify the
symbol or string that represent monetary units in
your campaign. For example, you might specify “$”
for a modern Champions campaign, “GP” (for gold
pieces) for a Fantasy Hero campaign, or “Cr” (for
credits) for a Star Hero campaign.
The Prepend unit string to value checkbox
specifies where the symbol or string specified where
the Monetary Units field should appear in relation
to a monetary value. When this box is checked,
the string or symbol appears before the value (for
example, $1.00). When it is unchecked, the string or
symbol appears after the value (for example, 1GP).
The # CU per $1 field specifies the value of 1
current monetary unit in the generic currency units
used by Hero Designer to track prices. The $1 in
this field’s name is altered based on the value of the
Monetary Units field. For example, if Monetary
Units is set to “GP” and the Prepend unit string to
value checkbox is unchecked, the field name will be
# CU per 1GP.
The purpose of this value is to allow easy
conversions between currency. For example,
suppose an American GM creates a prefab full of
modern day equipment with prices in American
dollars and a # CU per $1 setting of “1” in the
campaign rules. This GM then shares the prefab
with a British GM who likes the prefab but would
prefer the prices to be in British pounds. To
accomplish this, the British GM simply sets the
# CU per ₤1 field in his campaign rules to “1.57”
(the current value of a British pound in American
dollars). Thus, when adding equipment from
the prefab to characters with these campaign
rules attached, the prices
of the equipment will
automatically be displayed
in British pounds.
The decimal places field
specifies how many decimal
places will be displayed
for monetary values. For
example, for American
dollars, you would likely set
this field to “2”, yielding a
display of $1.00, while for
fantasy gold pieces, you
would likely set this field
to “0”, yielding a display of
1GP.
Finally, the Notes Tabs
section allows you to add
up to five additional tabs
to the main Hero Designer
window. Each new tab is
essentially one large text
box in which information
about the character not
included on other tabs
can be entered. To add a
new tab, check the Enable
checkbox for the tab and
enter the desired title for
the new tab in the Tab Title
field. By default, the five