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11395
My first post. As I've not played this game since 1987-92, I've grown a little rusty in the rules. Heck, we used Rules Lite back then and now that I'm starting...
Moritz
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Jun 2, 2005
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11396
My second post. I'm on a roll. How many powers can be running at the same time??? Let's use Jean Grey as an example here for she's able to do numerous things...
Moritz
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Jun 2, 2005
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11397
In the MSH game, when a heroic user of magic creates a device/object/magic item and it is used to do bad things by another individual, such as kill people, the...
Moritz
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11398
Uhm, it sounds like you played the original Marvel RPG game. This is the 2nd system, the one produced in the 90's, using the SAGA game system. No dice, and...
MutantSentry
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Jun 2, 2005
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11399
Yeah, 1987, bummer. Thought by the name of the title of this group, "Marvel Super Heroes Adventure Game by TSR" implied that it was the original game, not a...
Moritz
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Jun 2, 2005
2:19 pm
11400
Marvel Super Heroes: Adventure Game was the full name of the 90's SAGA game, which was produced by TSR, and more or less died as Wizards of the Coast bought...
MutantSentry
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Jun 2, 2005
2:24 pm
11401
Guess I missed all that when I stopped playing Marvel for Champions/Hero system. And we know what happens when Wizards doesn't make money on something, they...
Moritz
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Jun 2, 2005
2:55 pm
11402
Well, SAGA is a system that TSR incorporated in their new (in 1998) superhero game. As the Sentry said, it uses a unique set of cards instead of dice. ...
Nathan Fairchild
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Jun 2, 2005
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11403
I'm a bit Rusty on the classic rules myself, Moritz. I'll check my rulebooks and get back to you later in the day. Incidiently, if you're looking for a good...
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Jun 2, 2005
3:03 pm
11404
Thanks to you all. While sitting in my office, I found an obscure refrence to the Tech Hero Question I had in the Players Book: Example: Iron Man's armor is...
Moritz
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Jun 2, 2005
3:20 pm
11405
To my dismay, that's what I've noticed as well. Take for example the newest Marvel roleplaying game, aptly named Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game. It was out...
Nathan Fairchild
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Jun 2, 2005
4:24 pm
11406
I want to assume you're asking a question about Marvel Super Hero Adventure Game (MSHAG), since you used the word "stunt". If so, I believe you can have them...
Nathan Fairchild
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Jun 2, 2005
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11407
I think that it depends. In the case of Iron Man, that you gave in the last post, I would have had him lose his Karma since everyone seen it as him. Likewise,...
Nathan Fairchild
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Jun 2, 2005
7:13 pm
11408
Okay, but quick question: Wasn't it written in the rule book that one power can be used at a time for actions? Shouldn't it include stunts? Since a defensive...
Pierre Bousquet
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Jun 2, 2005
7:14 pm
11409
... Adventure ... Stunts existed in MSH too for the record. ... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus...
sidhain
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Jun 2, 2005
9:19 pm
11410
In classic Marvel you'd lose popularity for such actions not Karma, popularity being how your hero is being seen, not how your hero is acting--unless you...
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Jun 2, 2005
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11411
... of ... For the record I love both games they tie for No 2 best supers games slot on my list (sometimes one is highter than the other based on my current...
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Jun 2, 2005
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11412
... The Marvel book lists your example Iron's Man's Armor one--however, in this case it be a judges ruling really. Building lethal weapons is a "Bad" thing ...
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Jun 2, 2005
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11413
... The classic MSH list is I beleive marvelrpg@... If you wish to join it as well. But the official name of the SAGA rpg was "Marvel Super Heroes...
sidhain
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Jun 2, 2005
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11414
I didn't know - I only played the game for one night. :P ... From: mshag@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mshag@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Sidhain Sent: Thursday,...
Nathan Fairchild
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Jun 2, 2005
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11415
... Technically it depends on the powers--a force field doesn't need to be maintained IIRC classically. So once up its up until smashed down. She would need...
sidhain
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Jun 2, 2005
9:23 pm
11416
They tie for Second, huh? May I guess what takes First? H&S? ... From: mshag@yahoogroups.com [mailto:mshag@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Sidhain Sent:...
Nathan Fairchild
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Jun 2, 2005
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11417
... No Endurance costs for powers, he could effectively do it all day if he wanted. You can of course make him perform an Endurance feat when he has spent "too...
sidhain
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Jun 2, 2005
9:25 pm
11418
... Right, I wrote, and it does things I love. Like makes success and failure /based/ mostly on "Why are you a superhero" and less and dice--oh sure dice exist...
sidhain
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Jun 2, 2005
9:29 pm
11419
... I've always had a problem with that interpretation of the power though, something specifically brought to my attention by another Narrator's player with a...
DuexExMachina@...
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Jun 2, 2005
11:23 pm
11420
Um, except my recollection of the classic system is that karma is based, in large part, on how your hero _feels_ about something, not just whether something is...
DuexExMachina@...
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Jun 2, 2005
11:35 pm
11421
Hearts & Souls, RPG of super-heroic drama, action and adventure coming 2005. www.silverlionstudios.greyearth.com/HS for more information ... From:...
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Jun 3, 2005
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11422
... coming 2005. ... to be ... down. ... though, ... Narrator's player ... This guy ... to the ... up a ... turn to ... the turn ... classic MSH ... get both, ...
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Jun 3, 2005
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11423
... That doesn't say "You can keep putting up forcefields." ... -- No virus found in this outgoing message. Checked by AVG Anti-Virus. Version: 7.0.322 / Virus...
sidhain
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Jun 3, 2005
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11424
In Saga and Force Fields also note Force Fields require concentration as well which may limit what else one can do. So the system suggests that "concentrating...
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