"They're not stereotypes - nor are they cloned from a motion picture or television screen. Real heroes are unique. Even when made larger than life, they still vibrate with that last keyword: "LIFE!"
Yet so often, role players fall back on stereotypes - flat, un-original, cliché characters. If characters are developed at all, it's in terms of their possessions or powers. Can someone really be defined by the car they drive or how well they throw a punch?
With the Central Casting:TM character creation system, characters take on lives of their own. They gain families, friends, enemies, personalities, detailed past histories, and most importantly, - they gain motivations for life and adventuring. Complete a Central Casting history for a character and you will know where she carne from, what she's done with her life, and who she knows - both her friends and her enemies. You'll have a real character on your hands.
The Central Casting system is a stand-alone network of tables, charts and roleplay guides for creating thoroughly individualized characters. By following step-by-step instructions, Game Masters and players can give life to any character. All you need is dice."
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This review is from: Central Casting: Heroes Now! (Character Creation System - 20th Century) (Paperback)
This was the third book in the Central Casting series, and each one got progressively better as time went on. The only thing I could possiblly fault this book for is bowing to the PC police.
Central Casting: Heroes NOW! is designed for any era of 20th or early 21st century games (Though some of the information about technology and geography is a little dated), from Wild West, to Pulp, Horror, Espionage, and SuperHero. Even time travel. The books are designed to allow you to plot out significant events in your character's history from before birth through adulthood, and the personality ramifications of each encounter. You will need a complete set of dice, including d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, and d20. While some charts are very similar to previous volumes, Heroes NOW! has the advantage of being able to define many more stable elements of modern times, and take advantage of what was learned from Heroes of Legend and Heroes of Tomorrow. Though now out-of-print, with a little effort, you should be able to find a copy for $40-45. I highly recommend buying a copy of this book to help whenever you are in need of assistance breaking through writer's block. Happy gaming, and may the dice roll in your favor.
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