I wanted to get people's thoughts/methods for dealing with hero selection at the beginning of a game.
Do you just play the standard rules of each player draws a random hero and go with it, or do you have give the heroes extra chances to form a balanced party, get rid of completely crap characters (like Aurim), etc?
I'm generally the Overlord in my group (with 4 heroes), and to this point I've allowed each player, if they choose, to put the hero card they draw back in the pile, reshuffle, and draw a new card (completely overriding the original selection in every way). This is done in sequence, so the first player does it blind, the second only knowing who the first hero is, etc. Is this too much of a benefit to the heroes? Am I being too nice to them?
Part of me wants to just play the rules as is, but part of me feels that hero composition can make or break a game before it even starts and so I've tried to give them a bit of a better chance to get a balanced party.
I currently think everyone getting a redraw is too powerful, and so I've considered allowing one total for the entire party. How does this sound? Or should I just play the rules as they stand? For those who play the rules as is, do you find that the heroes sometimes get screwed over with a horrible party that really has no chance of winning?
Sorry for all the questions...I've just been really wrestling with this in my head. Thanks for the help.