Hey folx! Just wanted to let you know that in anticipation of
CHAMPIONS UNIVERSE being published in book form in just a couple more weeks, we've gone ahead and made the PDF version of the book, and the Hero Designer Character Pack for the book, available today!
You can get the PDF at:
https://www.herogames.com/viewItem.htm?itemID=247924
You can get the Character Pack at:
https://www.herogames.com/viewItem.htm?itemID=247925
The PDF will also be available at various online gaming PDF retailers shortly, just as soon as we can get it posted there.
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Don't have room in my new house for all my gaming stuff so getting e-versions of rulebooks/ sourcebooks really works out great for me.
2) What is specifically in it? Lore? Or just rules on how to play?
I've been able to download to multiple machines: records of the transactions stay on the Hero Games site. Once you've bought the book, you can download it as many times as you need.
The book is a collection of game lore, as developed for the PnP game, but approved for Champions Online by Cryptic. It contains game stats, but for the paper-and-pencil game, not the computer game, which as people on other threads will tell you, use two very different systems.
How many pages is it, are there pictures, and how much lore and we talking about? I've been wanting to get my hands on something like this I reckon.
EDIT: I'm mostly focused on alien lore in the Champions Universe. If it has significant details on that subject let me know
Is there a way for me to get the books and the PDF as well without having to buy em twice?
The book's breakdown is as follows:
CHAPTER ONE
GIANTS WALK AMONG US: A HISTORY OF SUPERHUMANITY (24 pages)
CHAPTER TWO
BEING SUPERHUMAN: SUPERHUMANITY IN THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (8 pages)
CHAPTER THREE
POWERS AND SUPERPOWERS: SUPERHUMANS AND SOCIETY (29 pages)
CHAPTER FOUR
WORLDS UPON WORLDS:THE MULTIVERSE OF THE CHAMPIONS UNIVERSE (39 pages)
CHAPTER FIVE
WHOS WHO IN THE CHAMPIONS UNIVERSE (24 pages).
CHAPTER SIX
GAMING IN THE CHAMPIONS UNIVERSE (27 pages)
APPENDIX
(Game stats for the Champions and others, about 30 pages)
INDEX
(10 pages)
There's probably about 8 pages devoted to extraterrestrials in the book, with much more to come in Champions Beyond, which I believe will be released late this year. And yes, there are pictures, lots of color, most of them excellent, and useful sidebars for quick reference.
Once we actually have the hardcopy books available (which won't be for another couple weeks), we will put up one of our "bundle deals" in the Online Store, which gives you the book + PDF for a discounted price.