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Yeah, but it's still limited to creating solid light constructs imagined by the wearer, yeah? It can't bend reality or anything, right? (honest questions, I'm not a DC fan) That doesn't seem so overpowering to me, but maybe I'm missing something. Anyway, I would say that those kinds of...

The download link actually loaded the PDF into my browser, which took forever. So it seems you should right-click and do a "Save Target As". Anyway, thanks to Stacie GmrGrl for bringing this up. After skimming it, it looks like an interesting blend of various fantasy games.

Yes. There are several fan-created examples in the link that Stacie posted. Breaking a game how? Can the rings travel through time? Grant unlimited wishes? Render all other characters obsolete? (and if so, why isn't the JLA known as Green Lantern & Friends?)

The new Marvel Heroic Roleplaying game might be a good fit. It sets its goals on emulating superhero comics rather than superhero physics, and thus (IMO) avoids the common superhero RPG problem of having to precisely define every aspect of a character's power set. But it's hard to say without...

You can get one free die from each power set (OM7, sidebar). And Spider-Man's webshooters are a separate power set from his other spider-powers. Herobizkit did it correctly.

While Planescape's cosmology originated with D&D, nothing is stopping one from moving that cosmology to a different system. I think your friend is right as far as that goes - the stuff that makes PS (or most other settings) interesting isn't found in the rules, it's found in the setting...

I think the difference that I notice in Marvel Heroic Roleplaying vs more codified or "traditional" RPGs is that MHR, like superhero comics themselves, doesn't sweat the small stuff. It doesn't have a lot of rules to cover every possible situation (nearly impossible in the supers genre anyway)...

The Watcher sets the starting doom pool for each chapter. It can range from 2d6 (the standard) to 4d10 for "catastrophic stakes" on a "cosmic" scale. After that, it grows mainly when players roll 1's or when NPCs use a negative distinction. It can also increase through some player or NPC...

You're mostly correct. There's also a "distinction" category that's similar to aspects in FATE, which can be used positively or negatively. You can look at some sample character writeups on the MWP site, although they're hidden in the downloads section I think. Here's Cap, Hawkeye, and the...

Thanks for the lengthy writeup, Merric! I always love reading your play reports. MHR is the best superhero RPG that I've played, and I was happy to see it win three ENnies last week, including gold for best rules. As far as the game speed goes, you might find some tips at the MHR message...

1) I would be happy if 5e was a huge success (like early 80's D&D success), because more players is good for the hobby. Otherwise I am fairly indifferent. 2) I'd be willing to try it, sure, but not to "support the D&D brand." D&D had its time in the sun. It was all things to all people for a...

Well, either the alternate styles are encouraged, rewarded, prompted, and enabled, or they're not. That was your claim, that 4e didn't do any of the above. Meanwhile, I'm wondering how "Game of Thrones style power plays" are encouraged, rewarded, etc. by D&D, period. If I wanted to play such a...

The same is true of every other edition of D&D, as well. So... what's the point in singling out 4e for this?

For the record, I liked Gamers. Never saw the sequel. I walked out because 3 funny jokes (and lots of lame wannabe jokes) in a half-hour does not make a worthwhile comedy. I have better things to do with my time. I've still got a season and a half of Community to watch, for example, and that's...

Knights of Badassdom Trailer - HD - YouTube Got into a preview screening of this earlier this week. Walked out after about a half-hour. If it even gets a theatrical release, I recommend not paying money for it. There are a bunch of roleplaying jokes that I was probably the only one to get in...

meh.

If you joined someone ahead of you, wouldn't your character be under-leveled or under-equipped? Or is that not an issue? I suppose the same is if you were helping a friend who was behind you. Wouldn't you stomp everything while he/she tagged along?

There's I think 41 super villains in the book, plus a bunch of other stuff (SHIELD agents, dinosaurs, Sentinels, etc.). A lot of the villains are C-listers, because they're tied to the Breakout adventure, but there are some big names in there. I dunno what rules you need for the heroes to...

I love the game but I have to echo Felon 's complaints about the website. The flow is very poor. You arrive, click on the giant Marvel banner and get sent to a page that has: a link to buy the book. a link to find a preferred retailer. a link to Cam Banks 's latest blog post, about why the game...

Your first example has no real PC spellcasters (some have spellcasting abilities, but no full-blown casters). Your second example is of 1st-2nd level PCs, which no one is claiming to have an issue with. I don't see how these examples are relevant to the discussion, which is about higher-level...