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If you've never checked out Good Guys Finish Last, it might be right up your alley.
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I think we can also chalk up some not-entirely-functional relationships between different writers at Marvel into the mix as well...
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Fair point. That could be but there’s nothing calling that out. The section is otherwise fairly detailed on how disasters function. So...
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There have been some attempts at that I've seen in some other games here too (I want to say Hero and BASH UE).
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Supers! and Supers! RED have systems for natural disasters. I say "systems" because IIRC they're different between editions. They're...
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The one general exception is the teen-supers genre, where some visible advancement is almost always present over time. That's...
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Just talking Iron Man since he's in the example, Extremis was such a power up and made such an impact to his power level that they had...
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Mostly, yeah. Take Superman as the big counter example. He was already an adult in his first appearance in 1938 and all he's got is...
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This is an element where I think Savage Worlds Super Powers Companion strikes a good balance. By RAW a character’s powers (and the level...
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I am not a fan of character advancement in superhero RPGs. I was an '80s Marvel kid, and powers stayed fairly consistent. If or when a...
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I was working in a comic shop in the mid-to-late 90s. All the Liefeld art, reboots, character deaths and resurrections, revamps, issue...
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I'll be honest, but the rampant power creep of characters, particularly with a lot of the X-Men, is one of the things that increasingly...
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Fun Fact: GH authors Simon Burley and Peter Haines were under the impression that they'd be developing a Marvel RPG for Games Workshop...
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GH is such a great game! Instead of turns for character actions, it has "panels" like comic books which is very cool. The system is kind...
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The big question with a lot of those is whether they actually are in a lane, or are in the lane they say they're in though. Like, what...
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