Editing SPOILER: Taking an Active Role (section)

==Health==

Within this category, there are a number of subsections including helping the elderly, assisting those with physical and mental disabilities, helping those recovering from addiction, and participating in research groups. Some ways to help the elderly include driving them to and from the doctor, grocery store, relatives, etc., or delivering medicines or groceries to them as needed. Many local organizations of this type exist across the country. An adventure could occur when a hero PC is delivering Mrs. Bagley to the hospital for an examination, and discovers that the pharmacy has been robbed, all medicines taken, and all the pharmacy’s employees are unconscious.

The next section in Health is assisting those physical and mental disabilities. Ways to assist include reading for the blind, volunteering to help those with depression (a psychology talent or skill is a must), and helping build walkways and ramps for businesses to comply with the Americans With Disabilities Act. Heroes with medical training or healing powers could find careers in curing some individuals. Organizations include the United Cerebral Palsy Association, Recording for The Blind, and the American Psychological Association. An adventure could begin when the PCs are working with a building group (to weld metal railings for ramps) when a villain mentally controls the building group to fire the PCs and cancel the project’s funding for no apparent reason.

There are many possibilities for heroes to help fight addiction. How do you help a teenager stay off drugs, or a businessman not drink? Again, heroes with healing powers could provide assistance. Organizations include Al-Anon, Alcoholics Anonymous, and DARE (Drug Abuse Resistance Education). An adventure could begin when a villain starts selling an illegal drug that makes people more susceptible to his mind control, and the heroes hear about it through a child at a DARE program.

The final Health section is participating in disease-research organizations. If a hero is a scientist or engineer, he could be vital in researching new theories and building new equipment to combat illness. Research organizations include the Muscular Dystrophy Association, the American Cancer Society, and National Institutes of Health AIDS research. Campaigns could start with a hero character making public appearances for the American Cancer Society when his grandfather contracts lung cancer.