Old School Marvel Superheroes Campaign

Game Master Bill Kirsch

Anything and everything not related to actual game play can go here. Eventually, advancement stuff like how to invest your karma can go here, too.

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Noted.

Yep. Here as well.

You all having fun so far?
Remember to try and not use player knowledge as much as you can. Most of you probably recognize the baddies by the description, but it remains to be seen if your characters do.

Here's a copy of the chart should anyone need it.

http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8258/8692361274_c8114e65e8_b.jpg

If I could commander a bike i might get to the action faster, but I like the visual of me hopping aroung, Oh is there a away to do a double jump?

And yes i get to play a concept i have had for awhile. I have the rules for this system, but if I wanted to play it I would of had to DM. So I am thrilled to be playing!

Red results allow you to do exceptional things!

Great! So I changed my action to a midair grab.

How many times do we do an amazing feat to make it a powerstunt, or is there a way to do it with out Karma...Didn't know so I thought I would ask

You need to declare that you are attempting a Power Stunt (pinballing off several objects at once would certainly qualify). A red is necessary for 1st success, then a few yellows for 2nd and 3rd, then several greens (I don't have my book in front of me for the specific numbers)until, finally, it becomes part of your normal abilities. There may be a karma cost, too.

It is all outlined in the Player's Handbook.

In MSH combat they have players roll INIT each round, do you want to do that for pbp? That might slow things down unless we roll ahead for a few rounds.

And you said I needed an RE feat to do something else did you mean RM (Remarkable)??

Going to take my turn as we can work out all bugs as we play :)

Yeah, sorry. Sometimes I put RE instead of RM.
And yes, in the interest of speeding up combat, we'll just roll initiative once and stick with that order.

Nice strategic use of Karma, JB. FYI your stun beams force a roll against Stun, but they are not a guaranteed stun. Lucky for you, Shocker's endurance sucks and you got the result you wanted.

Hitting the sack. See you guys tomorrow.

Nice strategic use of Karma, JB. FYI your stun beams force a roll against Stun, but they are not a guaranteed stun. Lucky for you, Shocker's endurance sucks and you got the result you wanted.

I am wondering about this myself and how it works. I know that if you get a stun result: red Blunt attack, yellow Edge etc that the opponent makes an Endurance check to see if they are stunned or not.

But the Power - Stunning Missile - allows for auto stun 1d10 rounds if the Intensity of the power is greater than the Endurance of the target. I gave this to Blacklight for taking out thugs and it doesn't kill the target.

Let me know if I am reading this wrong, been a while since I played MSH.

Hmmm. That's pretty powerful. Stunning is one of the best results you can get. I don't know if I'm comfortable having it happen automatically. How about a Force Blast, with stun results on a Yellow or Red?

Yeah hopefully I can get a few decent throws against Scorpion! I'm still new to these rules a bit, never really played much with them but i do like them.

That's what I thought too, it being on the powerful side. I tried weakening it a bit by keeping his Agility low, since he needs to hit first.

I was just thinking of maybe a tier system for something like this and other things that would work on Intensity vs Endurance (tear gas, stun grenades, tasers, etc.)

What if it went by rank?

- If Endurance beats the Intensity = no effect (taser vs The Hulk)

- If Endurance and Intensity are the same = Endurance roll on Stun Column

- If Endurance is lower than Intensity by one rank = roll off (whoever gets the better result tie goes to highest die roll) for either no effect or stunned 1 round (this gives the Intensity a slight edge since it is a little higher)

- If Endurance is lower than Intensity by two ranks= stunned 1 round

- If Endurance is lower than Intensity by three ranks or more = stunned 1-10 rounds

I don't usually like adding a lot of houserules but this power is very ambiguous at best. It only has the one paragraph with no examples.

Let me think about it and I'll get back to you.

Goodnight, heroes! Sleep tight, and don't let the Scorpions bite.

To not take up space over on the game thread I'll roll my rounds unconscious here.

1d10 ⇒ 3

So the rules on Inventions and what not since I have the Hyper-Invention and intend to modify remake new Oddballs like Hawkeyes arrows and Boomerangs boomerangs?

Uh, what?
If you are saying Hyper-Invention will allow you to make new Oddballs, then yes. But it will take time and money to do so.
Unless you kit-bash.

Yeah planning an using villains weaponry i come in contact with and assimilating to my uniform and Oddballs.

Cool just read the rules of the power, I can learn new technologies at power rank, as well as modify new technologies at -2CS resource so if it would normally cost Excellent it lowers to Typical. Some goes for time as well. this is familiarity to it though, if I don't have a familiarity to it than it seems i have to be normal.

Going over Intensities and figuring in Stunning attacks. Here's what I have come up with. The Power has an Intensity so is used to determine what color a foe needs to achieve to successfully avoid being stunned 1-10 rounds.

Endurance Higher than Intensity = green
Endurance Equal to Intensity = yellow
Endurance Lower than Intensity = red

Note that from Judges book a character can have an automatic success if his Endurance is three ranks higher than the Intensity. And Impossible if the Intensity is two or more ranks above their Endurance (GM's options on Auto fail/save).

I just needed to refresh myself with the Judge's book is all.

You always get a chance to roll against the Stun by doing an Endurance check, regardless of Intensity. That's why that column exists on the Universal Table in the first place.
You are correct about how intensity works in most other situations, however.

I think that column is for when someone gets a stun result when attacking you. I don't think you use it when being attacked by a specific power. But I could be wrong here still refreshing myself with the rules.

Waiting to see what happened to The Green Tail after SAS's attack.

So, I'm aware that I posted out of order, and then got hit by the water guy, but did that somehow negate my action altogether?

Did you check the thread? You knocked Scorpion through the water guy. I'm waiting on your damage.

Ah, gotcha. Thanks. Isn't my damage just my strength rank? Yellow result is a potential stun, but i don't think that makes the damage any higher.

(it's been a few years since I've played this game)

It depends on the strength of the material in the pole. If it's at least as high as your Strength, you do +1 CS of damage with it.
And, yes, I could look up your sheet, but it saves me time if you list it along with the color. Yellow's a slam, Red's a stun with Blunt attack. Yellow is a Stun with an edged attack.
No worries. We're just getting the bugs worked out.
So did you do Ex or Rm damage?

We never determined what the material strength of the pole was. All I know is that I spent points on it to have it. The rules don't cover special weapon costs if there isn't a power associated with them. You never told me it's properties.

Let me consult the material strength chart and get back to you.
If you're constantly whacking bad guys with it, it's gotta be tough.

Bits and pieces of how the system works are coming back to me.

Can't you sacrifice your next action to get an emergency defensive maneuver, or something like that?

Okay. I'm going to rule the pole is Rm(30) steel.
When you use it as a Blunt attack, it up shifts your damage to Rm(26) according to the Player's Handbook. So he took 26 points, some of which you can tell was absorbed by the suit.

Hmmm. I don't recall that. I don't have the time tonight to research further, but I'll look into it when I get a chance.
The rulebook I'm using is available as a PDF on the Marvelforever site. FYI.

Thanks.

I'm gonna need to upgrade that at some point. Titanium at least.

Going over Intensities and figuring in Stunning attacks. Here's what I have come up with. The Power has an Intensity so is used to determine what color a foe needs to achieve to successfully avoid being stunned 1-10 rounds.

Endurance Higher than Intensity = green
Endurance Equal to Intensity = yellow
Endurance Lower than Intensity = red

I just needed to refresh myself with the Judge's book is all.

I can live with this, but the question is, do you do damage on top of this? Or is the Stun the only consequence? The way I read the power, I'm thinking it's the latter, but I want your input.

I believe that all you do is stun the target. It is a good non-lethal way to deal with minions and the occasional bad guy.

Okay. Done deal. That's how it will work from here forward.

I have rapid healing 10, but I don't remember how it works in combat. I seem to remember having to roll for it or some such. (im on my phone at the moment and can't access the book)

Bill can you give me a quick reminder?

I can't check that at work, but I'll get back to you. I think it's the number of hit points you get back per hour, so it's doesn't really apply to a tactical situation. I remember Wolverine gaining +3 hit points per round, but his healing factor was much higher than yours.

DM NOTE TO EVERYBODY: Spoilers are meant for the character they appear under. That way I don't have to PM constantly. Please don't click on Spoilers meant for other characters. Gamer's honor!

Not singling out anybody, but I guess I should have made that more clear.

GM, will you please post this link in the Campaign Description section of the campaign info page?

That will put the table at the top of the game page. Super handy.

Here's the unlinkified version if you want it-

http://www.classicmarvelforever.com/cms/assets/files/other_stuff/updated_un iversal_table.jpg

Hey guys, just a heads up. Standard's got the chart linked right next to his health and karma stats, so anybody that ever needs access, just click on that, okay?
Secondly, it looks like we lost a player. I will continue Blacklight as an NPC as I feel he adds some necessary abilities to the fledgling team.
Finally, if you wish to start a Karma Pool, now would be the time to do so. Read up on the rules for it, determine how much each person would like to add, and assign somebody to keep track of it. Let's keep track of it (and have any discussion related to creation of the pool) in this thread so as not to clutter up the play thread more than necessary.
Also, if you wish to advance any stats, discuss it here. I make advancement a little easier than the rulebook. The cost is 5 points x the new level. So going from Ty(6) to Ty(7) would cost 35 points, for example. Cresting (moving from Ty to Gd say) is a flat 100 pt in addition to the regular cost. In my experience, it is relatively easy to raise low scores (under EX), but much harder to raise higher ones.
I suggest upping Intuition and Endurance whenever you get the chance.
Hope everybody's enjoying the game thus far!

The only thing that irritates me so far isn't your fault. It' just a fluke of the rules.

I Hate how defensive actions work in this system. It's completely counter-intuitive, takes an action, and even if you successfully dodge or evade, there's a pretty good chance that you'll end up getting hit anyway just because you weren't defending against the right kind of attack.

I'm going to have to have Standard pick up combat precognition (call it "reading body language" or something) in order to be able to roll my defenses in reaction to attacks, rather than trying to anticipate and preempt them.

Ok. I dont mind starting a pond but I think after next outing to truely find ourselves and role as a team.

Will post later tonight I am currently at work, and my home PC is getting fixed