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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Greg K" data-source="post: 5793827" data-attributes="member: 5038">If you go to rpg.net Cam has revealed some info.  It looks like it is going to be very much an "indie" game.The products will be event based (e.g., Breakout,  Civil War) rather than traditional team books or Marvel Handbook collections and will come in two formats: Premium with the basic rule book ($40)  and one without $30.  Event Books for 2012:  Civil War, Annihilation, Age of ApocalypseThere will be a basic rule book ($20) that you can buy separately which is why there will be a cheaper version without the basic rule book.  The event books will have write-ups for characters based on their appearance in the event (I am not certain, but I think there are supposed to be books for tie-ins as well)The default assumption is that you will be playing the Marvel characters in the events although you will be able to make up your own characters using the basic rules (think of the original yellow Marvel FASERIP boxed set) No traditional attributes (strength, agility, etc.) unless super and the ratings will be d8 to d12.Characters are rated by the following:1. Affiliation:  how they perform in  Solo, Buddy and Teama. You have a d6, d8, d10 and assign one to one of the three2. Distinctions: a. Every character has 3 distinctionsb. Distinctions are kind of like Fate Aspects in that they can be a benefit or a hindrance depending upon circumstancesc. If you a hindrance, you roll a d4  you get +1PP , because it causes troubled. When beneficial, you you roll a d8 (not sure if you can have higher or lower)3. Power Sets rating goes up to d124. Specialties:  a. The list of specialties are: Acrobatic, Business, Combat, Cosmic, Covert, Crime, Medical, Menace, Mystic, Psych, Science, Tech, Vehicles b. Specialties are rated  d6, d8=Expert, d10=Master.  c. You can split dice into multiple smaller dice.5. Milestonesa. Characters write-ups have milestones based upon the character's appearance in the event or tie-in bookb. You get XP for each milestone you meet6.  Players get Plot Points.7.  The GM is called the Watcher and has  a doom pool8.  There are no hit points, but two sets of three tracks which increase in dice that can be used against you. a. There are Physical, Mental, and Emotional Stress; andb. Physical, Mental, and Emotional Trauma. "Think of Stress as being bashed up, bruised, and battered, while Trauma is what happens when you take lasting injury and hurt. Your opponent gets to use your Stress or Trauma for free as a bonus die in opposition to you, just like Smallville.  Physical, Mental, Emotional"9. Heroes in the Main book (write-ups based upon Breakout): Armor, Beast, Black Panther, Black Widow, Captain America, Colossus, Cyclops, Daredevil, Emma Frost, Human Torch, Invisible Woman, Iron Fist, Iron Man, Luke Cage, Mister Fantastic, Ms. Marvel, Sentry, Shadowcat, Spider-Man, Spider-Woman, Storm, Thing, and Wolverine. (Note: No Hulk or Thor due to Ragnarok and Planet Hulk.)You can find a <a href="http://www.margaretweis.com/images/stories/bonus_content/data_file_captain_america_promo_2.pdf" target="_blank">Captain America write-up</a> and a sneak peak of the <a href="http://www.margaretweis.com/images/stories/bonus_content/mhr_breakout_preview.pdfhttp://www.margaretweis.com/images/stories/bonus_content/mhr_breakout_preview.pdf" target="_blank">Savage Lands </a>at the Margaret Weiss Productions website</blockquote>

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