Big damn heroes. That's you and your crew. Don't matter where you are in the 'Verse or how you aim to pay for those Fruity Oaty bars. Could be you're flyin' a ship held together by spit and duct tape, haulin' cargo that the Feds would consider a mite questionable. Could be you're flyin' a Piao Leong cruiser, doin' righteous work for the Alliance. you and yours are Big Damn Heroes and, as such, you need a Big Damn Heroes Handbook. Which, as it happens, is what you're holdin'. In this book, a partner to the Serenity Role Playing Game, you'll find new Traits such as Ain't Got Time to Bleed and Glory Hound. There's expanded and clarified rules for character and ship combat. More information on Chinese culture in the 'Verse, including the Tongs and new Chao Ji Chinese phrases and proper names. And you say you want to a little business with your old buddy, Badger? You'll find his description and game stats, along with a host of other NPCs-some friendly, some not so much. There's an awful lot more in this very fine book, but we're runnin' out of room to tell you about it, so best you just pick it up. Here's to you and your Big Damn Heroes. Keep flyin'!
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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
A nice supplement by a devoted ensemble team,
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This review is from: Big Damn Heroes Handbook (Serenity Role Playing Game) (Hardcover)
I enjoyed the BDHH. It is obvious that the BDHH was written by fans of Firefly and the Serenity RPG (SRPG).
The BDHH was packed with useful, practical information on how to enhance the SRPG experience. The BDHH was actually equally designed for players and for the aspiring GM. It has some clarifications on rules for the SRPG, but mostly the BDHH has a series of optional new gaming and meta-gaming material to supplement the SRPG. For example, there are sections on creating hero backgrounds, how the party meets, creating scenarios, and the obligatory section on new skills, talents, complications, etc. There are also portions on how to make the SRPG more compatible with the evolving Cortex(tm) RPG system. This is the root system that the SRPG is based on, similar to the OGL for d20 or Chaosium's Basic RPG system. If you liked the SRPG system and are looking for ways to expand it then you will also like the BDHH. That said, truth in lending, the BDHH is in no way, shape, or form necessary for playing, enjoying, or participating in many a varied and fun SRPG campaign. If you liked Firefly and the Serenity movie and this is going to be your first purchase in the world of SRPG then I would just pull my hat down and mosey on to buying something else. In service, Rich [...]
5.0 out of 5 stars
Great addition to the Serenity RPG,
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This review is from: Big Damn Heroes Handbook (Serenity Role Playing Game) (Hardcover)
This has a lot of extra information that adds onto the already great Serenity RPG. It has a lot of added character information and also added ships and information on running the game. It also includes modified combat rules that make combat run smoother and easier. This really is a must have if you're already playing the Serenity RPG.
6 of 10 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
Big Damn Dissappointment: Rules not Resources,
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This review is from: Big Damn Heroes Handbook (Serenity Role Playing Game) (Hardcover)
Supporting cast write up was great. Found the optional Character generation methods possibly interesting, especially if enforcing more balanced character creation is an issue.
Did not like the incredably large amount of space spent on mechanics for enforcing training wheels on poor roleplayers. I don't think mechanics will turn a roll-player into a role-player. Section of additional assetts and complications was pretty good. Really was hoping for more resources, ie static location write-ups, maps, maybe more ships and crews. I do not play other cortex games, so bringing the original rules into compliance is probably mostly lost on me. One rule mod I find intriging and may try to use is using die values for assetts and complications with a balanced generation model. Overall glad I have it, but it should have had more atmospere and less gutter guards (bowling feferrance)for lousy roleplayers.
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