Anyone tried FASERIP?

[Velderan]

I was poking around DriveThruRPG and came across FASERIP. Has anyone given it a try? How close does it come to the old TSR Marvel Superheroes RPG from the 80s?

 

[TheHand]

I was poking around DriveThruRPG and came across FASERIP. Has anyone given it a try? How close does it come to the old TSR Marvel Superheroes RPG from the 80s?

I have a nostalgic fondness for the old MSH 80's game, though I would personally write a lot of tweaks to the system if I were to run it today.

As far as your question goes, I'm not that familiar with this particular "FASERIP" clone, but skimming through it, the core engine more or less looks the same. A few details got changed, such as they changed the names of the original ranks (such as 'Decent' instead of 'Good', or 'World Class' instead of Remarkable) and the chart on the back cover uses a much more muted color scheme than the original. It looks like they may have tried to clean up the skill system a little, but all in all, it seems pretty much the same... even down to random charts to determine super powers!

 

[ThrorII]

I can't speak for a retroclone, but we played the hell out of MSHRPG back in the 80s!!

 

[Umbran]

Yeah, I cannot speak to the clone, but the original was a blast.

The original is not for people who give a hoot about balance.

 

[MGibster]

The original is not for people who give a hoot about balance.

Are you kidding? My Aunt May/Galactus team up worked great!

 

[Bayushi_seikuro]

One thing I loved in FASERIP was the karma system for gaining and losing karma. If you kill, you lose ALL Karma unless it gets revealed you killed an android or some weird Marvelism - and they talked about having a team pool to offset Wolverine, for example. The other X-men soaked up his Karma penalties.

 

[Shades of Eternity]

didn't just tried, but played two different games of it in the last year and a half.

One involved pinky and the brain having the infinity gauntlet.

 

[MGibster]

One thing I loved in FASERIP was the karma system for gaining and losing karma. If you kill, you lose ALL Karma unless it gets revealed you killed an android or some weird Marvelism - and they talked about having a team pool to offset Wolverine, for example. The other X-men soaked up his Karma penalties.

We often wondered how the hell Punisher had any Karma. I think "mysterious" deaths caused you to lose half your Karma, but most of Punisher's were very sterious.

 

[DrunkonDuty]

Also played the hell out if back in the day. I've looked over the modern clone and, yeah, it looks pretty close to the original.

 

[Umbran]

We often wondered how the hell Punisher had any Karma. I think "mysterious" deaths caused you to lose half your Karma, but most of Punisher's were very sterious.

Well, for one thing, the Punisher wasn't a hero, and, IIRC, villains had different Karma rules.