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Anonymous10/06/25, 13:50No.96691366/cape/ - Supers RPG
On the Origin of the Species Edition
Previous Thread >>96441201
The thread to talk about Super Heroes/Villains/Spies/Agents/Rogues be it in spandex or not.
Popular Choices for Games:
>Mutants & Masterminds
Currently the most played one, uses a d20 resolution for everything, has powers building and rules for tactical combat.
>Marvel TSR/ FASERIP
Classic Supers game from the 80s, still has a lot of fans and various retro-clones. Uses a d100 with an universal resolution table to decide the degree of success, has random character generation and abstract rules for powers and combat.
>Masks (PbtA)
Rules light game with focus on narrative. Less rules reading more making stuff up on the moment. Game is built on the concept of playing as young heroes but you can use it for more mature settings.
TQs:
>How did powers first start appearing in your setting? Was it a genetic mutation like the X-Men, deliberate meddling in the human genome like with the Inhumans, something else, or a mix?
>If powers are genetic, how does inheritance work? And do powers get stronger over the generations like Quirks in MHA?
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Anon10/06/25, 17:45No.96692907
Sorry, to distracted by Dazzler's ass. Can't think straight.
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Anon10/06/25, 20:06No.96694018
What do you do when you’re stuck on what on creating characters and/or powers for your supers that aren’t just thinly-veiled copies of existing supers like Gambit, etc.? Especially if they’re throwaway characters not meant to appear again, who you don’t want to waste too much time on. And are there any random generators that you use or would recommend beyond the one below?
>https://chaosgachaweb.onrender.com
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Anon10/06/25, 23:42No.96695707
>TQ Answer: The Tunguska incident, which occurred in Tunguska, Russia in 1908. There's been shitloads of theories around what it was, with the most likely being a meteor entering the atmosphere and exploding from the heat and friction. My explanation is that there was an ancient extraterrestrial virus contained in part of the meteor, and the explosion caused it to get into our atmosphere. It edited the DNA of the people it infected, killing virtually all of them, but the edits gave a select few powers. Others carried those genetic changes latently, and sometimes the descendants of those people express powers.This gives two distinct waves of supers, the first one corresponding with the mystery men era, and the later one corresponding with the rise of the spandex-clad superheroes. The second wave has never stopped, because descendants of supers,or even distant descendants of people that had their genomes altered can express powers of their own.
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Anon10/07/25, 01:30No.96696330
What kinds of cybernetic enhancements go well with what powers (or vice versa)? For example, an electrokinetic super, depending on the mechanics of it, would do well to have implanted batteries and/or dynamos to boost their storage/output, and maybe wires to help absorb other electricity.
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Anon10/08/25, 00:44No.96703584
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Anon10/08/25, 02:00No.96703963
Coppertop!
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Anon10/08/25, 17:48No.96708472
>it's another people fearmonger supers plotNigga, you ain't smart as you think for doing that
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Anon10/09/25, 00:53No.96711573
>lust provoking image
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Anon10/09/25, 01:00No.96711617
As it should be.
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Anon10/10/25, 07:11No.96721080
Thoughts on Invincible RPG? (free quickstart on drivethru)
iyo, does the year zero engine work for supers?
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Anon10/10/25, 22:36No.96727054
Are there any individuals or groups selling powers in your setting, like the Power Broker in Marvel or Cauldron in Worm?
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Anon10/10/25, 22:46No.96727125
Do you have street level heroes on your super team? What is their role and how are they not hopelessly outmatched by people with powers?
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Anon10/11/25, 15:08No.96731314
That isn't unsettling in the least. Profit is morally neutral.
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Anon10/11/25, 16:41No.96731878
Fun factDc comics and Mutants and Masterminds did an official crossover, where they stated a bunch of DC heros.
Starfire in the only female superhero with *two* attractive perks.Catwoman, wonder woman, power girl? They only have one attractive perk.StarFire is canonically the hottest superhero.
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Anon10/12/25, 04:51No.96735495
Imagine not being able to create matter out of nothing lul
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Anon10/12/25, 18:56No.96738860
I was thinking that one of the major villains in my world would be creating an army of clones of heroes to do their bidding, have you ever done anything similar? Because I could use all the help I can get! Speaking of cloning villains, what existing supers settings/stories have the best takes on this concept in your opinion (I was partially inspired by the Mauler “twins” from Invincible, but they mainly clone themselves)? Especially how the villain obtains the DNA from the heroes to make the clones without said heroes being the wiser, and how they target said heroes besides their personal arch-nemesis?
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Anon10/13/25, 02:30No.96741491
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Anon10/13/25, 13:05No.96743849
Where do the heroes and villains in your supers settings actually get the energy to do what they do? I mean, for some we know the supposed source, but the kind of bullshit feats Kryptonians for example can pull goes well beyond what they should be able to do with just the energy they get from the sunlight they’re exposed to. So how are your supers fueled, are they converting matter directly into energy, drawing it from some kind of external source, or just outright altering reality on a subconscious level to give the laws of conservation a metaphorical middle finger or what? I prefer a mix between the latter two myself.
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Anon10/14/25, 00:23No.96747954
Anyone got any good capeshit liveplays?
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Anon10/14/25, 03:49No.96748846
dead genre lol
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Anon10/14/25, 12:50No.96750575
I promise I don't have my dick in my hand, this is a genuine question. What superhero game has the best mechanics if you wanted to do stories involving transformation, mind control, and corruption? Like, if I wanted to run a game with a heavy dose of classic Claremont style blatant author fetish stuff, what system is best set up to handle that?
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Anon10/14/25, 20:54No.96754089
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Anon10/15/25, 02:40No.96756052
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Anon10/16/25, 21:01No.96769079
When it comes to determining how your characters in your supers settings obtained/awakened their powers, do you prefer genetics, the circumstances at the time, and/or the personality of the super in question to have a bigger impact? And how specifically did your characters get their powers? In mine powers typically react to a certain situation and gives what the new super needs to survive, so flight powers often involve incidents at altitude, etc.
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Anon10/17/25, 02:10No.96771048
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Anon10/18/25, 03:14No.96779149
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Anon10/18/25, 17:58No.96782617
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Anon10/19/25, 02:55No.96786204
How strong is your desire to kill the bumpfag
