From the back of the book: The best has just gotten even better! The Hero System 6th Edition brings new levels of flexibility and creativity to the acclaimed HERO System, allowing players to create any sort of character, power, gadget, spell, vehicle, monster, or weapon they can think of. Whatever you want to do, in any genre, setting, or time period, the HERO System 6th Edition rules let you do it. The 6th Edition Rules come in two core Rulebooks, Character Creation, and Combat and Adventuring. Together these two books feature: - The full HERO System rules, revised and updated for greater consistency, flexibility, creativity, and ease of use - Options for nearly every element and aspect of the HERO System so you can better create and define characters, campaigns, powers, and everything else to suit your style of play - Hundreds of example powers, gadgets, abilities, weapons, and spells for all genres, plus a dozen example characters - A detailed, comprehensive index