The misbegotten waif thread a/k/a The Fray

[DistractingFlare]

Thanks for the suggestions, Relique! It looks like I'll be trying to dig up a 2e book! The system sounds great, and I'm a huge superhero fan.

[sblock=Personal sidenote]My dream job would be to work as a scholar, analyzing graphic novels and myths - stuff like that. My term paper for last semester was an analysis of how comic books form an incredibly long continuity by passing from creator to creator, allowing for the medium to form stories that last for many decades.[/sblock]

If I become familiar with the system, I'd be happy to run a PbP game. I think most of my players would agree that I do a decent-to-good job as a GM. (Please let someone chime in and corroborate )

 

[Relique du Madde]

I agree. I'm not familiar with all book, but the main book and those two are the best I know to have around if you have your own homebrew world.

That's not even mentioning how the later setting books like trolling ideas from Ultimate power and often include the line "Check out the XXX option from the Mastermind's Manual for additional info or additional options."

 

[Relique du Madde]

Personal sidenote

That reminds me about a quote which basically said that "shared universes" particularly those that exist within comic books are the modern equivalent to mythology.

 

[Insight]

I should point out that you pretty much need Ultimate Power because of the way it lays out how powers and effects are created. Without it, you're rather limited in how you can create characters (this goes both for players and GMs).

 

[Insight]

Up to now, only a single game in PbP have been a success to my opinion. It last over a year if I remember well. The plot was great, I liked to hate some NPC. The PC had good background, well define personality and interesting to follow each of them. I was playing a Mimic, son of a billionaire, who was bragging around and had a great need to demonstrate he was the best, causing him to do mistake after mistake and end up dead, but a death worth of comics.

I would like to find a new interesting M&M game that doesn't die after 1 month or two. Quite rare.

Best M&M game I've run was a Star Wars version of it. Pretty fun. It was "face-to-face", not online.

 

[DistractingFlare]

I should point out that you pretty much need Ultimate Power because of the way it lays out how powers and effects are created. Without it, you're rather limited in how you can create characters (this goes both for players and GMs).

Thanks, Insight! I'll put it on my shopping list. Now, if could just get the funds...

 

[HolyMan]

Ok enough with the Un-Fray-ish postings.

This is Fray-ish and keeps on the topic above.

Complete this sentence-

If I could have any superpower it would be _______, so I could _______.

I'll go first:

If I could have any superpower it would be the ability to shoot electric bolts so I could fry Leif with them for creating this thread.

j/k but this is taking away from my regular postings. LOL

HM

 

[Relique du Madde]

Ideally,
If I could have any superpower it would be use magic like a D20 3.x/Pathfinder wizard, so I could do anything I want anytime I want and be broken as hell...

However if that's not "realistic enought"..

If I could have any superpower it would be teliport, so I could go-out like a punk by teliporting into a solid object...

 

[Leif]

It Maximizes, Enlarges, and Heightens the spell?

And it makes your 'vapors' incredibly vile as well!

 

[DistractingFlare]

If I could have any superpower, I would have the ability of telekinesis. Obviously.