Heroes Unlimited

**Heroes Unlimited** was a book released set in what would later be known as the "Heroes" or "Supers" universe.

## About

The book was one of the largest books Palladium produced with a number of Sourcebooks. The Book is the main Core Sourcebook for the "Supers", and is required for all additional Sourcebooks and is largely required to play all additional Sourcebooks, whereas the Mutants from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle & Other Strangeness or After the Bomb Sourcebooks often supplied all the details to get started in that setting. This meant that the book was at times almost essential for getting started.

After the Revised Edition Update, which not only made it more Rifts compatible, it updated to add Animal-Mutants from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle & Other Strangeness, as well as Mega-heroes. It is also fully compatible with the Mutants books, Compendium of Contemporary Weapons and Ninjas & Superspies.

The book was extensive, detailing a number of possible "Supers". The book did not contain any scenarios and this was left to additional Sourcebooks, but the amount of content in the book was great enough that this wasn't needed. However, until Villians Unlimited, there also wasn't any real solid way to create villains, aside from re-using the details of Superheroes to create Supervillians. Therefore the biggest issue with Heroes Unlimited is not that it lacked the ability to create characters, as it did this well enough, but that it lacks any world-building depth.

More Powers, Hero types, and other details were added in additional Sourcebooks.

## Character Creation

Character creation begins as normal. After the initial character the player then chooses what type of hero they want their character to be.

## List of Super Heroes

There are several Types of Superheroes creatable with the book, each one has a different set of experience charts to go by based on balance.

* Alien - an Alien is a creature that was sentient and came to Earth. While they have advance technology at times, they are little useful on low-tech Earth.
* Hardware - these Heroes use Equipment to fight in various ways. The pocess no Powers but make use of various equipment to fight crime. There are several types; Electrical, Mechanical, Weaponry, Super Vechicals, as well as Analytical which does not share the same Experience Chart. These characters specialize in gadgets.
* Mutants - There are two types; Human and Animal-based mutants, both have have minor or major powers.
	+ Animal Mutants covered by the books are; Alligator and Crocodile, Bears, Birds of Prey, Wild birds, Buffalo, Coyotes and Wolves, Dogs, Deer, Elephant, Jaguar and Leopards, Lions, Tigers, Mountain Lion, Domestic Cat, Mice and Hamsters, Rats and Guinea Pigs, Frogs. While all these animals are a sample of what was in the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle & Other Strangeness Sourcebook, some were updated in *Heroes Unlimited*. The updated versions are generally an improvement over the original. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Adventures can be used to add Superpowers to mutants to allow them to compete with Supers in Heroes Unlimited.
* Robotics - There are 4 types of this Superhero; the Robotic-suit, the True Robot, The Exoskeleton, and the Android. Robotic characters differ from Hardware characters in that they make use of AI in some form to aid them, while Hardware characters remain dependant on their own IQ.
* Experiments - they do not have natural powers and have artificial means and in some respects is similar to "Mutant" Supers. The player is transformed but the end was more then just manipulation on a genetic level. They were often Supersoldiers.
* Magic - Magic users fight using mystic arts and use spells.
* Physical Training - Physical Training creates a human that is at the peek of human physical strength and ability. They cannot have Han to Hand combat or Boxing but have a variety of physical and espionage (or rogue if Alignment is 'Selfish' or 'Evil') skills. They focus on melee and are brawlers.
* Special Training - this is the opposite of Physical Training, the user focuses on skilled fighting. There are 5 types of training; The Anicent Master, The hunters/manhunter/vigilante, Secret Operative/spy, the Magician/Master of Illusion and the Sleuth/Detective.
* Psionics - use mental powers to achieve results.
* Mega heroes - these heroes have an unstoppable power and are among the strongest in the game. They do, however have a huge weakness such as an allergy or love interest.