Heroes are heroic individuals: people who are tougher, meaner and more powerful than the average warrior. Perhaps they are faster than a typical member of their race, maybe they are stronger, more skilled with weapons, or they could be natural leaders with the power to inspire others.

In reality an individual could have almost any combination of unique abilities, but on the tabletop we find it sufficient to divide heroes into three broad types: Champions, Heroes and Lords.

In some cases these are known by different names appropriate to their nation or race. Orc characters, for example, are known by the 'Orcy' titles of Bosses, Big Bosses and Warbosses.

Of course, these three types of valiant individual cannot really represent every nuance of distinction between mighty warriors, but it does enable us to fight with comparably powerful characters, whether they are goodly knights or the most rotten-hearted perpetrators of evil.

Champions, Heroes and Lords have superior characteristic values compared to ordinary members of their race as shown on the chart at the top of the next column.

For example, in the case of men the values are shown below.

In the case of Orcs the values are as follows. As you can see Orcs and Goblins have different names for the three types of character: a Champion is called a Boss, a Hero is a Big Boss, and a Lord a Warboss.

From these examples it is clear that the three types of character are quite different.