Old School Superheroes

[Atomic Ray]

Indeed all of that makes sense

And playing games with Superman level powers...I am not on board...icon grade games are bad news...planet punching should be left to DBZ lol

[Agrippa]

How about this for a challenge. Try statting out Midnighter, Elijah Snow and or Spider Jerusalem. All Warren Ellis characters of course.

[gentleman john]

And playing games with Superman level powers...I am not on board...icon grade games are bad news...planet punching should be left to DBZ lol

Superman-level games draw their interest not from the foes that the characters fight, but from the quandaries that you put the players in. When you can defeat almost any enemy, there needs to be something else to drive the game forward. I've always fancied running a truly cosmic-level SHRPG, and I've imagined it as being something like Jack Kirby's Fourth World or the Heavy Metal Galactus story. However, I have neither had the courage nor (or so I believe) the right players for such a game. Im more likely to get to run a game of Deathwatch than something like that

As for DBZ - no thank you. Fifteen minutes of waiting for Namek to explode while ever-more-ultimate forms are exposed ... Although I have considered using the core of the DBZ game for a Streetfighter-style game.

Getting back on topic, old school superheroes would definitely not fit into my vision for a cosmic-level game. Too much philosophisin', not enough flexin'.

[Atomic Ray]

Getting back on topic, old school superheroes would definitely not fit into my vision for a cosmic-level game. Too much philosophisin', not enough flexin'.

All that is true...but the flexing would mean all that much more if they are the strongest around

[Atomic Ray]

How about this for a challenge. Try statting out Midnighter, Elijah Snow and or Spider Jerusalem. All Warren Ellis characters of course.

I will! Give me a day or two...been working 14hr days...I am a contractor for ship electronics...a bit wiped right now

[Agrippa]

How about this for a challenge. Try statting out Midnighter, Elijah Snow and or Spider Jerusalem. All Warren Ellis characters of course.

I will! Give me a day or two...been working 14hr days...I am a contractor for ship electronics...a bit wiped right now

Oh, that's okay. I've been working on a Midnighter writeup for a little while using a mix of Mutant Future and RC D&D and some home brew for it including my streetfighter/ruffian class.

[Atomic Ray]

Look forward to seeing them...it was tough getting behind these characters, I did not know them and they were not the type I would look to

[Agrippa]

I can understand that they're not the type of hero you would look to, but I did say it was a challenge. Now I just need to know how a tonfa would be handled in LL or Mutant Future.

By the way these are some of the quotes I might use for Midnighter.

”Each drop is as deadly as every other part of my body, Jack. I beat AIDS in six weeks and a cold never stays in my system for more than a couple of minutes, remember? Un-blocking the opiate receptors in The Doctor's brain should be like Bruce Lee fighting an octogenarian. My anti-bodies can kick the crap out of anything.”

“Cyborgs. Well, that explains a lot. Like the unusually strong scent of fuel and oil. What it doesn’t explain… is why the hell are cyborgs stealing cats in Suburbia?”

"Let me make this situation clear for you. I know what special abilities you have. I can see the enhancements. I can detect the increased electrical activity in your brain. I know what moves you're preparing to make. I've fought our fight already, in my head, in a million different ways. I can hit you without you even seeing me. I'm what soldiers dream of growing into. I'm what children see when they first imagine what death is like. I'm the Midnighter. Your Move.”

[Atomic Ray]

Tonfa are a fun item.

A club for damage or used for special purpose...close combat block, I would think a savings throw maybe...to represent damage over a certain amount?

Sacrifice an action for a block up to a certain damage rating or value?

If over that value then maybe a block and a successful saving throw could mean half damage?

[Agrippa]

Yeah, something like that could work. This site and video have some more tonfa details. Though there is a problem with some of his other weapons.