What Superhero RPG would be your fave?
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What Superhero RPG would be your fave?
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Probably Marvel Super Heroes (the FASERIP version). Or V&V. It was my favorite before Champions came along (not that we had a lot of choices back then, it was basically V&V, Superhero 2044, and the modified version of Gamma World I invented in high school).
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DC Heroes. It's the closest to Champions, and actually has some advantages over it.
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Either Marvel or SAS
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I've never really come across a superhero RPG system I liked, except for Champions/HERO. All the others seem to have a set of assumptions about the setting and tone, and try too hard to encode a certain "genre feel" into the rules. You either play with their assumptions, or start editing the rules.
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Tri Stat or D20 SAS?Originally Posted by Tim
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None.
I was burned out on D&D when Hero first came out and our GMs were experimenting with various homegrown character generation and combat systems and tables. None really worked in detail as well as Hero.
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I guess V&V or MSH. Possibly DC Heroes, but the other two had a shallower learning curve for newbies.
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Well, from my limited exposure way back when, if I hadn't picked up Champions, I'd have picked up MSH or (please don't lynch me) Heroes Unlimited.
Back at the shop where I used to live, Heroes Unlimited had a more prominent place on the shelf than V & V, so naturally it stood out.
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Ye olde Advanced Marvel Super heroes with a few rules stolen from V&V.
Thank Goodness for Champs though. Whew
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I don't know... GURPS seems to be stealing, erm, I mean seems awful close to the Hero System rules.
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...I wouldn't be playing a supers roleplaying game.
I probably wouldn't be a roleplayer at all. Well... okay, I might be playing something 'else'. Dragon Warriors maybe...
Now, if 5th had merely never come out... no change.
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Superworld had this stat called SIZE that made Growth and Shrinking a breeze. I vote for Superworld.
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Hard to tell at this point ... the best bet would probably be the Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game (with the Fate deck). I had some good fun running that, though I usually need to make up my own villains.
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