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The thread to talk about superhero games - spandex, pulp fantasy, science fantasy, weird tales, dinosaurs, everything.

damn forgot the subject, mb

Do you use any kind of "fame" or "notoriety" mechanic in your supers games? Like tracking the public's opinion of PCs and having characters become more famous as they fight crime, rescue civilians, foil supervillains etc.

Love me vigilantes

magic systems in your setting?

how should things be in games?

how do you do supervillains?

why are you doing this?

If I'm a relatively new GM looking for a medium crunch option for a supers one shot around the tone/grit level of Invincible or Worm, what are my options? So far I'm looking at either Sentinetls or P&P but Ive heard SCRPG doesn't play well with that kind of tone. Thoughts? How do both deal with disparate inner-team power levels?

P&P does all power levels, any setting

>>96286194
also there's no such thing as disparate power levels, all heroes have the same trait cap and hero point total

>>96286235
Okay, so I'd have to pick a power level, and all players would make characters with that total, got it. Does that allow things like 'ultra secret agent' and 'hulk expy' to exist on the same team then, USA just puts more points into 'mundane' traits?

This is just pathetic.

>>96286408
yeah

>>96286522
Ultimately decided on P&P, thanks anon!

>>96286435
Yeah, you certainly are.

>>96273539 (OP)
What are some supers in your setting, hero or villain, with powers that are a lot more impressive than they first appear, and where do you look for ideas besides Worm? I basically copied Taylor, since my group isn’t familiar with Worm, but I need advice for next time so I don’t just repeat it or take my ideas solely from Worm.

I fucking love Pierogies & Polygons

lol he's so fucking mad

>>96292080
I mostly just rip off Lovecraft and Chambers

>>96273539 (OP)
How do I politely tell a girl at work she looks best with her hair in a ponytail like this. She started wearing it down lately and she still looks nice but it's a change for the worse

Anybody got images of cowgirls or girls with guns?

AI-generated question to bump the thread?

>>96292394
Are you attractive and single? Is she single? If yes to these things, say
>Hey, noticed you're doing something different with your hair, looks good.
>Oh thanks anon, I just decided to let it go
>Yeah, I mean, the pony tail looked really good too, but this also suits you.
However, if you're an ugly and/or socially awkward guy, keep your fucking mouth closed.

>>96292394
It doesn't matter what you say, she's going to tell you she has a boyfriend.

bump

>>96273712
yeah

>>96273539 (OP)
I’m looking to create my first supers setting, what do I have to keep in mind, both for the world in general and the specific supers/their powers? And besides DC and Marvel, and Worm of course, what are some good places to look when you need some inspiration for heroes and villains that aren’t just Superman and the like with just enough cosmetic differences to not be a perfect copy?

Stop presenting worm as if it's a relevant property that anyone knows or cares about. Buy an ad.

>>96273539 (OP)
What gadget/tech heroes and villains exist in your world? And how does their existence affect the world, can others replicate their technology or not, and if they can, how does the general tech level compare to real life? What advice do you have for this?

>>96292363
>I mostly just rip off Lovecraft and Chambers
Details please.

>>96292080
super powers are broad enough that nearly any fictional medium is useful for making them. even playing around in random generators or a tvtropes rabbit hole can get you something useful

>>96309560
>even playing around in random generators
Do you have any in particular that you would recommend please?

Does anyone else fill in your cape setting's character roster with public domain characters?

>>96306102
Ironically, gagdeteering/tech heroes are usually the ones that can make the biggest waves in my setting. Power armors are common enough that they can be deployed by the police force during high alert situations (Kaiju attacks, natural disasters, handling low range supervillains when no heroes are available.)

You can even find power suits in construction work and those kind of jobs if the companies are big enough. Gadgets are also the case, though those don't go too far into weird superscience stuff, just more efficient and optimized current tech.

All of this technology is, of course, a pale shadow of what the actual heroes and villains have at their disposal. Mostly because you wouldn't really want to give that power freely to anyone, though another part is also not wanting to give away their tricks.

I've been really looking forward to trying out Marvel Superheroes/FASERIP since I heard a lot of good things about it. Is there a quick start guide for it somewhere? Some friends and I are looking to use it for some dumb, fun OC hero stuff. I've skimmed the classicmarvel site, and I couldn't find a quick, condensed breakdown of everything.

>>96273539 (OP)
How do your heroes make money, do they have a normal job or somehow get paid for heroism? And how do they keep their secret identities in a modern setting, especially if they do the former?

>>96273539 (OP)
What are some terms you would use or have seen used for humans with superpowers in general? There’s mutants, mutates, and Inhumans from Marvel, DC uses the classic “metahuman”, and Aberrant uses the titular term and “novas” for its supers, depending on who you ask and when, etc., are there any other decent terms you can share here please?

>>96306102
I went and ripped off the villain of this one comic who's name escapes me where his tech basically ran off cartoon logic and was completely incomprehensible to anyone but himself. It also stopped functioning if it got to far away from him iirc.
I forget the name, it war one of those edgy hero turns killer things and the hero was rip-off green lantern.

>>96273539 (OP)
Who are the most famous heroes and villains in your setting? And are they actually the most powerful? Mine is basically a Supergirl rip off, and yes.

>>96305385
It's a free web serial, why would it need an ad?

>>96292394
What power would she have if she got one?

>>96320365
Supers, supes. Simple as.

>>96323197
>Supers, supes. Simple as.
What about people with powers who don't want to be heroes or villains?

>>96323349
"Supers" is a subset of people with superpowers, whether hero, villain, or neither. So it's more of an ersatz "race" than some moral qualifier.
After all, a superpowered civilian still has superpowers, as well as a potential to join either of the aforementioned groups.

>>96323525
Okay, I see I should have included that in the original post, what are some other ideas then?

>>96273539 (OP)
I'm planning to have a villain create an army of brainwashed heroes, what kinds of power(s) should they seek out in their new minions first, assuming that the local Superman equivalent or some similarly powerful hero is the endgame plan? And have you ever done a mind control plot of your own, and how did things turn out if yes?

>>96273539 (OP)
Do you guys use any random generators for supers, and if so which ones are the best?

the totally not superman of my game

>gemini: the most loved and adored superhero of the world and the very first superpowered individual
>sent to space on the gemini program, he was dosed by interstellar rays that altered his body structure
>initially believed to have been granted superhuman strength, later tests revealed that he was instead altering the fundamental attributes in an area localized on him and anything he touched
>he was not actually strong enough to lift huge masses, but objects had less inertia when he touched them
>he was not actually super durable, bullets simply had less kinetic energy when they struck him
>his ability to reduce or increase aspects of classical physics is both poorly understood and yet required re-writing of textbooks all over the world
>he wears a modified version of his gemini space suit, as his shifting of the laws of physics are not always voluntary, and by being on his body when it was bathed in super rays at the time of the event, it is one of the few objects that can limit his power and protect people who are shaking his hands from suddenly developing zero mass and collapsing

>>96317672
the sad thing is, stupid office bitches literally think their adult fucking daycare 'jobs' actually do make them 'superheroes'

>>96317672
government sponsored heroes get a steady paycheck
ones with an alter-ego have a dayjob
and of course, most of my players are just superheroing 24/7, all their needs handled at the expense of the super-team, and their lodging is free at the hall of whatever

>>96338424
What are you talking about? What’s their reasoning?

>>96273539 (OP)
What kind of plots do your villains get up to? I like mad scientists making clone armies myself.