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  A wave of invaders from the Negative Zone spreads from galaxy to galaxy, bringing chaos and ruin to everything in its path. Starfaring empires and intergalactic peacekeeping forces are torn asunder. When Annihilus and his conquering hordes threaten even mighty Galactus, can your cosmic heroes hope to stop the Annihilation Wave? What is this? Once upon a time Margaret Weis Productions put out an awesome superhero RPG called Marvel Heroic Roleplaying. Marvel yanked the license just as MWP had their Annihilation Event Book ready to go. But this is the internet, where good RPGs live forever and, more importantly, where I can put my copy of the event book to good use. The Annihilation Event introduced the idea of cosmic level play. MWP introduced heroes and villains with vast powers and concerns far beyond the normal Marvel superhero on Earth. There are interstellar empires, alien races, ridiculously advanced technology, and much higher stakes. Such as an evil space bug trying to conquer our universe and a ragtag group of cosmic space dudes and dudettes deciding that just isn't cool. Recruitment I'm seeking 6 players to step up as PCs and face down the Annihilation Wave. You don't have to play a cosmically powerful hero like the Silver Surfer or Thor, but for example, if Daredevil and Hawkeye are getting up to hijinks on Xandar, do give me some explanation. For those who have access to the rules, pretty much any hero is open. You can modify or change power sets to fit the campaign. Original characters are also welcome. The Annihilation Event Book makes that very easy, but you can use the original rulebook to come up with a character, too. (If you go the random generation option, I suggest using what you get as a baseline and tweaking liberally into a cohesive character.) For those without the rulebooks, this is a newbie friendly game, so don't let unfamiliarity with the rules stop you! Just figure out who or what you'd like to play and I'll work with you. House Rule: Countering Reaction Normally on a successful reaction roll, a character can spend a Plot Point (or D6 if the Watcher) to inflict stress, action, or a complication on their opponent. For this game, I'm quote:On a successful reaction roll, a character must spend 2 Plot Points if countering with a D10 effect die and 3 Plot Points if countering with a D12 effect die. Otherwise, the effect die will count as a D8. You must meet or exceed the target's stress or existinging complication(s) to step it up. You can still create a new complication or an asset per the usual rule. List of Official Datafiles Defiance Industries posted:I thought I'd repost this. It's from my Civil War recruitment OP: an alphabetized list of all the characters with official data files. Milestones Given the nature of the setting, the Event Book has new Milestones that fit the campaign. Certain alien races and organizations have their own specific Milestone options, too. quote:A Small Universe After All ibntumart fucked around with this message at 11:16 on Oct 28, 2017 |
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Well, I can already tell I'm going to have a hard time picking the roster. Somehow I think having Ultron, Doom, and Loki on the same side might prove more dangerous to the universe at large than the Annihilation Wave.Lager posted:How serious do you want this campaign to be? Because I'm debating between a few different ideas, and not gonna lie, Golden Oldie is definitely one of them. I almost put up a recruitment post for the old dumb TSR cosmic modules, which would definitely not have been a serious take. But this will probably be a bit more on the level. More serious than this, anyway. Still, it's superheroes in space fighting an evil space cockroach so silliness is kind of baked-in to a degree! That said, I lean more toward a ridiculous character that Marvel earnestly meant as serious, like Mr. Demonic Babyhands dude, to Aunt May, Herald of Galactus. Alien Rope Burn posted:I'm interested, but it's a question of how goofy / non-canon I veer. I mean, I apped Galacta last time around. Her tweets were fun, but I couldn't help but wonder what her phone's roaming charges must have been. Defiance Industries posted:I thought I'd repost this. It's from my Civil War recruitment OP: an alphabetized list of all the characters with official data files. Adding to the OP and thanks! Do you still have your house rule for reaction rolls handy, by the way? Alien Rope Burn posted:In general the character creator is "throw some numbers together on a sheet that make sense". There's a random generator if you really need one of those, but Beta Ray Bill already has a premade sheet in Annihilation. Yup, this. I only ever used the random character creator as a brainstorming device. And with the Annihilation rules, creating a character can start with slapping a couple of templates together like Skrull + Privateer or Assassin + Engineer. Stray thoughts on characters so far:
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Also thinking of a lot of other ideas, too, I have too much Marvel fandom in me.
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Some questions and thoughts on submissions so far. Retro Futurist/Ghost Rider Three power sets seems a bit much, especially since the third one is basically a slightly weaker version of the second. Also, the Mephisto milestone probably should get switched out for something more likely to come up in play. Other than that, I love the idea of cosmic Ghost Rider. Just keep in mind the Annihilation wave hasn't happened yet, so he'll be out there for unrelated vengeance infliction duties first. Defiance Industries/Doctor Doom and Saitama Unwilling Xandar exile Doom looks good. I can easily imagine him taking on the Annihilation wave and trying to shoehorn himself in as Grand Admiral Doom of the coalition of armies in its wake. Plus him and Johnny Storm having to be on the same side would be fun to watch. As for Saitama... I don't like anime much and it doesn't like me, but dammit that is one punchy power set. And D12 Space Leaping. I have to see that in play sometime. I need to run the decidedly less serious cosmic game at some point.... WereGoat/Ultron and Dr. Peter Corbeau Digging the Ultron idea, but my one question is what its motivation will be for sticking around to help everyone against Annihilus (who might be perfectly happy to have an amoral killer robot on his crew, like a super scowly HK-47). I could always have the Nova Corps put in some sort of "Don't Be Evil (US Trademark Law Doesn't Operate in Intergalactic Space, Suck it Google)" microchip installed, but a mind-controlled PC is probably not the best option. Absolutely love seeing Hulk's old roomie. My only suggestion is to rethink having only a vehicle-related power set. Especially as vehicles in this Event are their own thing---you could still tool around in the Starcore-S without having it as a power set. As could anyone who boarded and hijacked it, not that you have any reason to think that would happen, of course. Ferrosol/Loki No problem with the datafile, so just looking forward to the write-up of what Loki is up to tooling around the galaxy. neaden/Human Torch Love the justification for his seeing the galactic sights and the milestones work, too. I look forward to the inevitable whirlwind romance and heartbreak with the Worldmind. Lager/Master Pandemonium Love the write-up. You may have written up the one character whom Annihilus *won't* try to steal powers from. John Dyne/Nova Tyson To be honest, kind of iffy on the superhero Tyson. I laughed, but they cross my line of what may be too silly for this game (and yes, I write that while also considering a man with demon baby arms and a fiery starhole in his chest). Plus it's a real world guy who has had some real serious issues with drugs, booze, and grappling with anger issues... not sure I will be able navigate the line between fun game and just being mean here. thelazyblank/She-Hulk I enjoyed Slott's She-Hulk and now I can't escape the image of Walters trying to stop Annihilus via legal machinations. Loving the idea of a galactic law practice for a bored superhero lawyer. Dachshundofdoom/Silver Goblin The Goblinized Power Cosmic power set looks good. The milestones and backstory fit well, too. ibntumart fucked around with this message at 07:47 on Oct 19, 2017 |
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The deadline will be Monday late afternoon/early evening/whenever I get back home and am sufficiently recaffeinated. Retro Futurist: Defiance Industries's advice is sound. I am going to take a pass at the datafile and see if I can't consolidate/revise the power sets a bit more. John Dyne: Love the background for Venom's space superheroing. Also am wondering if his webbing can patch minor hull breaches. And the Thing would make sense if the Human Torch is around, and be even more fun if Doom is, too.... Astus: Deadbeat dad space pirate looks good. For the 3 xp Shi'ar milestone, maybe when you face or successfully evade a Shi'ar attempt to bring you in? RandallODim: Nova Shocker was really something that had to happen. The expert artist rendering is  Weregoat: The Ultron Identity/Ultimatum/Supremacy approach makes sense and I think the three potential entry points do, too. (Though my favorite is the pirate salvage and subsequent joining up.) Corbeau's Star space gear is very interesting, though I'm curious what the Transmutation involves.
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Sorry all, the last few days were unexpectedly busy with travel and trying to find a way to not be unemployed. Things are cool now. So onwards.... Here is the future frontline against the Annihilation Wave:
And yes, that's more than six, but there is a poo poo ton of things happening in this Event book and people will no doubt split off on various missions on a constant basis. Astus, for Corsair's third SFX, maybe something like Killing Strike. Step back the highest die in your attack pool to add a d6 and step up physical stress inflicted? Defiance Industries posted:The other thing I was saying is that, unless ibn wants to correct me, we're using the house rules for counter-attacks I cooked up in one of my other games, where counter-attacks increase in cost as their power increases. Making them free is therefore a net savings of up to 3 PP instead of just one. We are indeed using modified counterattack rules, which I will add to the OP presently.
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I added the counter reaction house rule to the OP. I should have the first IC post up later today.Alien Rope Burn posted:Ah, I wish I'd known you were so down on that notion. Alas. Not at all! I almost went for having 10 PCs, but my craziness does have limits. I think. Plus there are scenes where new PCs can easily be slotted in, so I'm treating the other applications as a reserve roster. John Dyne posted:Also Cheetah looks like a lady in pajamas but is actually a deity, so there's that. Huh. I always thought she was basically an acrobatic furry with claws.
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Sorry IC thread isn't up yet---I've been madly prepping for an international flight. Depending on airport wi-fi and charging stations, I'll try to have it up a bit later.Alien Rope Burn posted:I also have a spare Fin Fang Foom writeup that almost saw the light of post as well, if you like! But just let me know if it comes up. You should put the writeup up anyway.  Is there even a Marvel or general superhero thread anymore? I miss the brainstorming and write-ups in the old thread.
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I want to see Thor, but am worried it will be dubbed in German and I won't be able to (1) understand or (2) stop laughing at what will surely be over-the-top dubbing for Hemsworth and Blanchett. Also: IC thread will go up soon. Sooner if the Matterhorn lift is closed due to excessive rain. 
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I swear upon the ruins of Asgard the IC post is coming this day... already partially written, but new job decided we're starting at a crazy early hour today. Mea culpa! Also, I saw both the European and US release of Thor: Ragarok. Main difference is about three seconds of in-your-face uncovered Hulk rear end in the hot tub scene.
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Well, I hosed up with jumping back into things.  I'll spare you the excuses, I still should have checked in.That said... life is normal and on track and looking pretty good for the near future. Which means I really, really want to run a game of super-powered space dudes and dudettes doing crazy poo poo to save the universe. If anyone is still in (and that includes Galacta), chime in please.
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IC https://forums.somethingawful.com/showthread.php?threadid=3845534 There is no way you are *not* playing Fin Fang Foom in space, Alien Rope Burn so I wrote the IC post accordingly. Also that is a pretty cool space bike, but chipper Ghost Rider waving creeps me out big time.
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WereGoat posted:Getting Ultron post together, just a quick rules q, if I'm creating something like a "course inputted, captain" asset for Corsair to use, can I use the Starjammer powerset as an additional powerset? So would it be (example): What Astus said.
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Easily fixed! I will write you in when I get home from work tonight.
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I added Silver Goblin's entrance post into the original IC post. I'm about to put up the Aks'lo and Kyln post, and will be rolling out the Xandar updates after (possibly at work since my phone is big enough to actually read and type out forum posts now). RandallODim posted:Shocker has done his first police job and I think he's done a very good job indeed. His episode of Cops: Nova Corps Edition is going to get plenty of YouTube views, don't worry! RandallODim posted:Let me know if I grabbed too much NPC control or anything, Urban Shadows has spoiled me a bit and I can rein back if necessary/desired. I don't know Urban Shadows, but no worries, that was well done. I don't mind PCs adding or acting for OOC extras when it makes sense.
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So this is what the Timer does:quote:The Watcher may spend a doom die of any size to create a Timer complication. This defaults to d6, but particularly time-crunched situations (as stated in the Action Scene) may start higher. Place the Timer in the action order as if it were a Watcher character. Whenever it acts, the complication automatically steps up to the next die size. If it reaches beyond d12, it immediately doubles and moves to the doom pool, giving the Watcher the power to end the Scene. The Timer complication is also included in any Watcher reaction pool where time is a factor. You can target the Timer Complication with whatever you can narratively justify. I can defend the same, using either the Doom Pool or NPCs. But you can't reduce it beyond D4.
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Defiance Industries posted:So, was I supposed to do something else or something? I think you skipped me. I was going to put all the Xandar updates at once, but didn’t finish before I had to head to work. Sorry...will have it up when I get home. Retro Futurist posted:Ok so uh...What should I do? No problem! So let’s say you want to put together a basic attack roll. You start with your solo die. Next see if you can justify a distinction (you almost always can, and should) and decide if it’s D8 or D4. Then you pick the power you want to use from your power set (or more than one if you have multiple power sets) and add that die. Then pick an appropriate specialty if you can (often Combat). You can add an asset or stunt, or use an opponent’s complication against him/her/it. Make the roll and remember you generally want both a high number and a high effect die.
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Sorry for no updates the past few days... I've been chugging cold medicine after my commute (thankfully not before) and have been super loopy the past few nights before passing out. Probably for the best Xandar did not have tourists visiting from the Cookie Monster planet, in other words. Hoping to get out of work early today and not take anything stronger than coffee tonight.
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