Marvel Superheroes TSR rpg?
I'm curious to know if anyone still plays the old TSR Marvel Superheroes rpg? It has to be the single most bestest, user friendly, fast moving superehero rpg's I have ever played ... with an ever growing game universe and enough statted official characters to model anyone or anything new that might be officially introduced.
Anyway, if any of you do play, are any of you in the Victoria, BC area?
Some Stuff from my campaign/s
Here is an old and very long lived character of mine. I have some other I'd like to post, of an even more Canadian orientation. I hope its not a problem.
POWERSURGE
Jason Fontaine
(mutant)
Fighting: Remarkable(30)
Agility: Excellent(20)
Strength: Good(10)
Endurance: Amazing(50)
Reason: Good(10)
Intuition: Excellent(20)
Psyche: Excellent(20)
Health: 110
Karma: 50
Known Powers
1)Energy Generation: Powersurge can fire bolts of energy that inflict up to Monstrous(75) energy damage.
2)Energy Sheathe: Powersurge can surround himself in a field of energy of Amazing(50) intensity. This field does rank level damage to all in-coming attacks, provides rank level energy resistance, and enables Powersurge to fly at up to Remarkable(30) speeds (225 mph or 15 areas/turn).
3)Hyper-Strength: by subliminating his energies with a Green Psyche feat, Powersurge can boost his Strength to Incredible(40) for short durations (3 + 1-10 turns). Activation of the energy sheathe or use of the energy generation immediately negates this boost.
4)Pulseblast: Powersurge can release all latent energies within him in a devasting explosion that causes Shift Y(200) damage to everything within a 3 area radius. However, use of this power immedaitely drops all of his powers and FASE to Feeble for 1-10 turns. Ranks return at a rate of +1CS/turn thereafter. The strain of this power upon his nervous system is such that, with each use Powersurge must roll against a Kill or begin losing Endurance ranks.
5)Body Armour: Powersurge wears specialy designed body armour that provides him with Excellent(20) protection vs. all physical and forcebased attacks.
Talents
Ariel Combat, Martial Arts A, Resist Domination, Leadership
Contacts
X-Men
History
Little is known about the mutant that would come to be known as Powersurge prior to the manifestation of his powers. Jason Fontaine is known to have been born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, and, as far as can be told, he was your average Canadian teenager, noteworthy and distinguishable from his peers only in his religious interest in the heroes and deities of his NW European heritage.
The activation of his latent mutant powers came at the age of 18, when returning home from a friends late one night, he was jumped by a trio of thugs. As he attempted to defend himself, and his stress level rose ever higher, energy began to whisp and leak out of his body, until he was enveloped by a pulsating aura of it. The thugs fled at the sight, but the field continued to pulsate about Jason's body, growing more and more intense and smothering, before at last erupting in one violent and far reaching explosion. When Jason regained his senses, he saw the surrounding park and a number of nearby office and residential buildings had been absolutely devasted, and scores of people undoubtedly killed.
Horrified at what he had done, Jason fled Winnipeg, seeking to put as much distance as he could between him and human life. He eventually came to rest in the Canadian northlands, where he was approached by Wolverine and offered both asylum and the oppurtunity to learn how to control his powers at Xavier's School for Gifted Youngsters" in Upstate N.Y. After teaming up with the X-Man to fight off a sneak attack launched by Department H's Epsylon Flight, Jason accepted the offer and accompanied Wolverine to the States.
After but a short time at the X-Mansion Jason proved himself to be an exceptional student, with strong mental discipline, a strong heroic ethic, and very strong leadership skills. Some even fancied him "another Cyclops". However, unlike Cyclops, Jason learned to control his powers with astounding speed and aptitude. Thus, it was not long before he was given his graduating custom and dubbed "Powersurge".
However, in spite of his quick rise to glory, Powersurge's stint as an X-Man did not last long. His only significant field mission with them took place when an interdimensional traveller calling himself Drathlor the Travelmaster hurled them into the Sentinel dominated future ... threatening to align this "time zone" with their own "time zone" if they failed to find a way back within a week. During the course of this mission, the X-Men contacted a mutant underground, led an ill-fated rebellion, and penetrated an installation rumoured to hold an experimental timetravel device. Reaching this device, they returned to their own time, where Drathlor forced them into battle by threatening to align the "time-zones" anyway. After a majour rumble however, Drathlor submitted and agreed to honour the terms of his game.
During the course of this mission, Powersurge and Rogue, whose relationship had always been something of a love-hate deal, came to learn that their altnerate-future selves had not only married, but had also had a child; suggesting the possibility that they were able to touch each other without ill effects. Nevertheless, while an new level of intimacy began to evovle between them, their deeply ingrained fear of hurting others with their powers served as a great strain on both sides.
Thus, when msysteriously approached by a United Nations representative soon after their return, and offered a place on a new superhero team called the Protectors, Powersurge was driven to accept.
After a time of set-up, preparation and intensive study and training of the superhumans involved, the Protectors were offically unveiled to the world, with Powersurge as their field commander. As the leader of the Protectors, Powersurge fought such well known threats as the Kree and Ronan the Accuser, Terrax the Tamer and Dr. Doom, Gladiator and the Imperial Guard, the Super-Skrull, Galactus(!!!), such less known threats (ie. homebrew) as the Shadowlord, Dominion and the Geoforce, Metallica, and Drathlor, and on the odd occassion even such hero-groups as the Avengers, the West Coast Avengers, the Fantastic Four, and Alpha Flight.
Unfortunately, conflict with such participant nations as the USA and Russia, not to mention Canada, along with other completely unintelligable political nonsense ultimately led to the collapse of the program and the disbandment of the team.
As both his and Rogue's lives had taken different turns since his departure from the X-Men, Powersurge returned home to his native Canada after the dissolution of the Protectors, where he currently lives under a professionally crafted assumed identity.
Current Campaign (residents of TO go easy!!)
Thunder
(Nathaniel Jones; Synthetic humanoid)
F - Remarkable(36)
A - Excellent(16)
S - Monstrous(63)
E - Amazing(46)
R - Typical(4)
I - Poor(3)
P - Typical(4)
Health: 161
Karma: 11
Known Powers:
1)Body Resistance: Thunder's toughed physiology provides him with Remarkable (27) resistance to all physical/force based attacks, Excellent (17) vs. energy attacks, and Unearthly resistance to all poisons, toxins and disease.
2)Sound Generation: Thunder's unique vocal cords give him the Amazing(46) ability to generate sound. He can use this to create a concentrated attack against a single opponent for Amzing(46) force damage. He has also developed the following power stunts:
*Sonic Flight: enables flight at up to Remarkable speeds, but is always accompanied by a slight rumbling, reminscient of thunder.
*Thunder Clap: by slapping his hands together and amplifiying the sound, Thunder is capable of generating an omnidirectional stunning attack against everyone in the same area as himself. This attack is of Incredible intensity, and requires End feats vs. power rank in order to avoid being stunned for 1-10 turns.
3)Thundercrack: By tapping into internal power stores, Thunder can deliver blows of absolutely devastating force. He can enhance his punching damage by either +1CS or +2CS. In the former case he must roll vs. a Stun (or be stunned for 1-10 turns) with each use, while in the latter case his FASE drops by -2CS for 1-10 turns in addition to a possible Stun. Lost ranks return at a rate of +1CS per turn.
Talents:
Martial Arts B
Law Enforcement
History:
Thunder is the brainchild of Doctor Alfred Stone, a leading mind in genetic research and one time employee of the top secret Canadian Department H. Disliking the direction Department H was taking, Stone broke away at the first available oppurtunity and went on to become both the chief scietist and a major shareholder in Gentech Inc. It was under the aegis of Gentech that the sythetic humanoid that would become known as Thunder was born. Over a period of five years the synthoid was grown to physical adulthood and encultured by Doctor Stone. He grew to look upon Stone as a father, even as Stone came to regard him as something of a son.
Now confident enough in the synthoids social skills (not to mention its fine motor control!!) both Dr.Stone and Gentech has released him into the community under the identity of Nathaniel Jones, a Security Guard at Gentech's HQ just outside of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He has also been given a costume and the codename Thunder, and charged with the protection of the city, country, and it's citizens as a representative of Gentech.