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''Fantasy Hero Companion'' is a supplement for '' Fantasy Hero'' presenting mass combat rules, 12 sample adventure locations, many new monsters, additional new magic items, and 13 colleges of spells. The 142-page product outlined combat rules, unit reference material, locations with maps, a bestiary, and information on spells and magic items.Publication history
In 1981, Hero Games published the superhero role-playing game (RPG) '' Champions'' that used a new form of rules. In 1985, using the same " Hero System" of rules, they produced ''Fantasy Hero'', a fantasy role-playing game. Hero Games then ran into financial difficulty, and was eventually taken over as a subsidiary of I.C.E. In 1990, Hero Games/I.C.E. published a ''Fantasy Hero Companion'', a supplement to ''Fantasy Hero'' that used the latest update of the Hero System rules set. The 144-page softcover book was edited by Rob Bell, with a cover by Larry Elmore. Shannon Appelcline noted that when Iron Crown Enterprises began publishing '' Hero System'' genre books, that "ICE never supported these individual genres — as Hero had rarely supported anything but ''Champions'' — with the only exceptions being ''Fantasy Hero Companion'' (1990) and ''Fantasy Hero Companion II'' (1992). However, they did begin publishing sourcebooks for the ''Hero System'' as a whole, which could be used with all genres."Reception
Sean Holland reviewed the manual in the February–March 1991 issue of ''White Wolf''. He advised its utility was greater for those running a Fantasy Hero campaign versus playing in one, noting that "it's a good book, and if you need a map, an interesting magic item or unique spell, you might want to take a peek at it too". He rated it overall at a 3 out of 5 possible points.Reviews
*''Papyrus'' Issue 6 (1992, p. 6) *'' Adventurers Club'' Issue 16 (Summer 1990, p. 4)References
{{reflist Hero System Role-playing game supplements introduced in 1990