I must have missed this in the CRB...where does it discuss Hero Points


Rules Questions


In reading these boards I occasionally run across someone talking about Hero Points. I must have missed reading about these in the CRB? What exactly are these Hero Points and where in the rules do I read about them?

Thanks in advance.


Hero Points are in the APG.


GreyWolfLord wrote:

In reading these boards I occasionally run across someone talking about Hero Points. I must have missed reading about these in the CRB? What exactly are these Hero Points and where in the rules do I read about them?

Thanks in advance.

It's an optional rule. It's in the Advanced Player's Guide but keep in mind that the system itself is rather lackluster and you'll most likely end up houseruling more stuff into it.

I personally like the idea of daily hero point expenditure and being able to use them for an extra standard action.


Scavion wrote:
GreyWolfLord wrote:

In reading these boards I occasionally run across someone talking about Hero Points. I must have missed reading about these in the CRB? What exactly are these Hero Points and where in the rules do I read about them?

Thanks in advance.

It's an optional rule. It's in the Advanced Player's Guide but keep in mind that the system itself is rather lackluster and you'll most likely end up houseruling more stuff into it.

I personally like the idea of daily hero point expenditure and being able to use them for an extra standard action.

Wow. Even mythic doesn't grant that until 2nd tier. Why not just go all-in?


Hmm, we just started looking at the APG stuff, I'll keep an eye out for the Hero Point idea while going through it.


blahpers wrote:
Scavion wrote:
GreyWolfLord wrote:

In reading these boards I occasionally run across someone talking about Hero Points. I must have missed reading about these in the CRB? What exactly are these Hero Points and where in the rules do I read about them?

Thanks in advance.

It's an optional rule. It's in the Advanced Player's Guide but keep in mind that the system itself is rather lackluster and you'll most likely end up houseruling more stuff into it.

I personally like the idea of daily hero point expenditure and being able to use them for an extra standard action.

Wow. Even mythic doesn't grant that until 2nd tier. Why not just go all-in?

I would easily do 1 mythic tier over hero points. All in all a more robust system that adds thematic justification to the abilities.


blahpers wrote:
Scavion wrote:
GreyWolfLord wrote:

In reading these boards I occasionally run across someone talking about Hero Points. I must have missed reading about these in the CRB? What exactly are these Hero Points and where in the rules do I read about them?

Thanks in advance.

It's an optional rule. It's in the Advanced Player's Guide but keep in mind that the system itself is rather lackluster and you'll most likely end up houseruling more stuff into it.

I personally like the idea of daily hero point expenditure and being able to use them for an extra standard action.

Wow. Even mythic doesn't grant that until 2nd tier. Why not just go all-in?

Quite possibly because sometimes you want to be heroic with the perks of actually being able to do heroic things without the baggage of being demigod-like and granting access to mythic stuff.


I'm not a fan of the hero points (I think they do far too much). My group does use action points based on the Heroic Surge from D20 Modern / SWd20-R which you can spend to get +1 standard/move/swift action during a round. However they're in limited supply.

Community / Forums / Pathfinder / Pathfinder First Edition / Rules Questions / I must have missed this in the CRB...where does it discuss Hero Points All Messageboards

Want to post a reply? Sign in.
Recent threads in Rules Questions
Id Rager question