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Message: <blockquote data-quote="countgray" data-source="post: 1560319" data-attributes="member: 18338">I gotta say that I love Champions and I think it is the very best super-hero style roleplaying system ever.  It gives you the tools to create any kind of superhero you want with any kind of power and the system is very balanced so that a speedster with very different powers from a gadget-guy or a superman type of strong hero can group up with a guy that shoots ray-blasts and everyone will be evenly matched and capable in their own way.You aren't locked into classes. It's a point based system where everyone starts out with say 100 points or 200 points or wherever the GM thinks would be a good starting power-level for your group, and you buy abilities and powers with your points up to the limit.  Depending on your character concept you can make a very focused character with one or two very powerful abilities, or you can be a jack-of-all-trades with a lot of different powers of lower levels. You can be anything that you can imagine (up to the point limit that your GM sets)There are disadvantages too that you can take (such as strange looks like the Thing, or secret identity that you have to protect, or phobias, or hunted by an evil organization, or uncontrollable rage, or vulnerabilies to Fire or Kryptonite or an arrow in the heel, etc.) that pose problems for your character but give you points back that you can buy more powers elsewhere to boost you up.  These disadvantages also make your character more interesting, can help you create your backstory and can help the GM with plot points to get the game going.There is a little math involved, but once you get the hang of it it is an infinitely adaptable and elegant system that will let you run any kind of game with any kind of character or powers.  I have played in Superhero campaigns using the Hero System rules, and in a fantasy campaign where it worked very well too.  I used it for a 1940's pulp-style campaign once (sort of a cross between Indiana Jones & Call of Chulhu) that went over very well. The system is not just limited to Super-heroes but is by far and away the best system suited to gaming in that genre.I just can't recommend Champions highly enough.  You can find lots of supplements too detailing Cities, villains, organizations, etc. for use with your superhero campaign.  There have been a lot of adventures written for Champions over the years (a lot of them out of print) that you can pick up in used bookstores and on the net that are a ton of fun and might help you get ideas for adventures, examples of NPC's etc.Hope you have a fantastic time with your campaign whatever system you choose!</blockquote>

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