The Low-Level Rules

The Heroquest system is a points-based system. All character start as a basic, with a fixed set of skills regardless of the eventual race or class. Subsequently characters gain points from going on adventures, typically one point per hour of the adventure. These points are then spent by the player buying skills, powers and abilities for their character.

Before a character can begin choosing skills on which to spend their points they must choose a race and a class. This choice will determine how many points the various skills and abilities will cost you to purchase (a human warrior is able to gain life points for less points than an elven mage for example).  Please find information on:

• choosing your race
• choosing your class
• the cost of low-level skills for each race/class combination.

A character with between 1 and 199 points is referred to as "low level" in the rules.

In-game, your character is a green adventurer who has not yet been accepted by a guild. You live in large barracks with all of the other aspiring guild members and continue to receive training in the fundamentals of adventuring.