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Originally Posted by drohem
Well, I don't necessarily see a conflict between this type of mechanic and grim settings. After all, there are heroes in grim settings as well.
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I think there is no conflict as long as you dont define "hero" as someone who has more chances to resolve a game situation than an ordinary person just because his figure is a PC and not a NPC. In my rather gritty and grim games heroes are not predetermined. Of course there is heroism sometimes too, but it comes from a decision a player makes during the game and not because he has the privlege to use a dice manipulating "hero tool".
I would not have a problem to use hero points in games like James Bond (for some stunts he really needs every hero point) or LoTR setting. But normally I find such settings with predetermined heroes rather cheesy and bland and dont want to play it.