Supers20 Q&A

Vigilance · Jul 30, 2008

That's been the plan.

Brutorz Bill · Jul 30, 2008

Vigilance said:
That's been the plan.

Awesome! Any ETA on a release date???

Vigilance · Jul 31, 2008

Brutorz Bill said:
Awesome! Any ETA on a release date???

Not for a month at least, we have 4 Superhero dispatches in the can right now, the WWII super-teams, so at the earliest when those are done.

Brutorz Bill · Jul 31, 2008

Lot's of Super Hero goodness coming up! Most excellent. I am really enjoying the Supers20 rules. I've been looking for a Super Hero RPG for quite awhile that fit my gaming style and Supers20 is it!

Vigilance · Aug 1, 2008

And the Eugenics Brigade is out!

Vigilance · Aug 4, 2008

Supers20 gets its first review.

zerzix · Aug 7, 2008

Hey Chuck,
Im a n0ob, so I'll ask a dumb Q: Do I need to purchase Modern d20 core rule book to play Supers 20? Or just get Supers rule book?

Vigilance · Aug 7, 2008

zerzix said:
Hey Chuck,
Im a n0ob, so I'll ask a dumb Q: Do I need to purchase Modern d20 core rule book to play Supers 20? Or just get Supers rule book?

Having Modern20 will definitely let you get the most out of Supers20.

The NPCs in the book, for example, are built using modern20 classes, there are 4 new occupations which are built to use Modern20 and some of powers rely on Modern20's reputation system.

However, the powers themselves are just feats and work off the standard d20 damage mechanic (hit points).

So it could work reasonably well with any d20 system. Besides the things already mentioned, the only possible snag I can think of would be that the system assumes you get a feat every level, which is the standard in Modern20.

zerzix · Aug 20, 2008

So far I am LOVING d20 supers, I had been using M&M system for awhile, but this flows so much better and combat feels more authentic.

Just curious - aside from Chucks conversions, anyone know of links to any famous toon write-ups in d20 Supers?

I am building a world of mixed DC/Marvel for my PC's to run around in. The converts Vig did helped alot with scale of Super to super. Just seeing if anyone else has seen any other examples.

Sunsword · Aug 21, 2008

Hi Chuck,

I've been enjoying running Supers20 alot.

I have a couple of questions:

1) Is there a particular reason you chose D4 per PL for damage? I'm mostly just curious. Its not often a designer is so active. No criticism.

2) Powers such as Aura & Blast have Saves for 1/2. How do you feel balance would be affected by removing those saves? I ask this because we are looking at tweaking Modern20 to Defenses instead of Saves. My gut tells me just to tweak the powers to be vs Ref, Fort or Will, instead of AC.

Once again, thanks for all the fun & I look forward to the revision of Modern20.