Precinct Omega
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Dark Heroes
🕑 Added 2020-01-11 21:41:31 +0000 UTCTaking into account patrons' feedback and, importantly, where I think there's a market to speak of, I think one of the first Zero Dark supplements will be Hero Dark* (Mrs Precinct Omega has suggested an Ancient Rome supplement called Nero Dark, but I'm resisting). The actual first supplement will be a campaign book for the Fallen Earth, picking up the story from the end of Operation Gemini, with three linked operations to play through in solo or coop modes, plus new PvP missions. But although that's cool, I'm really thinking about heroes, now.
Originally, I had classic comic book superheroes in mind, but as I've sketched ideas out, I'm increasingly looking more along the lines of Glass or Kick-Ass than Infinity War. This means that the supplement will focus on extraordinary rather than superhuman individuals.
Hero teams will choose to stand on the sides of Order and Anarchy, whilst heroes themselves may be good, neutral or evil within the same team.
As well as rules for creating your heroes, with a new set of specialisms, gadgets, traits and allies, each hero will have an agenda, based on their alignment, that will earn them extra XP. As you may imagine, this will add a new dimension to coop play if you don't know your team mates' agendas!
The bad guys won't be neglected either. I have plans for special new bogeys (including character bogeys, which you'll encounter first in the Fallen Earth campaign book), new complications, and a full campaign. In fact Hero Dark will have an entirely new setting, probably (but not definitely) unconnected with Horizon Wars.
Let me know what you think of the idea in the comments!
*It's not impossible that my enthusiasm for this project is 90% based on how much I enjoy this pun.
Comments
Precinct Omega
I like the pun enough that I won't write this off. Obviously, as things stand, ZD is aimed towards the mundane end of scifi (no psychic powers, no aliens). But I've dropped at least one hint in the beta that it could go off that cliff. The HW setting has Era 4, after all...
Patrick Lefèvre
How about a supplement called Xeno Dark? With, yup, you guessed it: aliens because we ALL love some good old fashioned shoot up in damp, filthy, badly lit corridors with the 'heroes' tossing one-liners around like rice at a wedding. " Is this gonna be a standup fight, sir, or another bug hunt?"
