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By: Blog Carnival: Super Heroes in RPGs : Critical Hits

Blog Carnival: Super Heroes in RPGs : Critical Hits — Mon, 27 Sep 2010 16:39:40 +0000

[...] ran with the idea with his ‘Fantasy Superheroes‘ [...]

By: Stargazer

Stargazer — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:45:57 +0000

Hey, that's a cool story!

By: Kull

Kull — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 17:33:06 +0000

In an AD&D campaign of 5-6 years ago I played a poet and thespian (using the bard charachter class) who mantained a cowardly and effete persona in public and when needed donned a dark blue 'arabian nights' outfit (complete with face-covering keffiyeh) and became El-Phantazi, the Fantastic one…he was an accomplished swordsman (duelist prestige class) and had a specially crafted figurine of wondrous power who turned into Boraq, his faithful steed gifted with neigh-human intelligence (watch out for the bad pun!).

It was an unusual idea who made the campaingn fresh and enjoyable for me and the rest of the party (initially the rest of the charachters were unaware of my secret identity…even if their players figured out from the usual comic book lines of reasoning "Why is Rinaldo never around when El Phantazi shows up?"…later, with growing trust and confidence, I did partake my secret with my comrades).
.-= Kull´s last blog ..WFRP (2nd ed.): Project Eastern Tilea =-.

By: Vampir

Vampir — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 09:51:57 +0000

Excellent post… it suddenly reminded me of Exalted and made me realise I should think of it more in the terms you described rather than worry it's not Fantasy enough…

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» Blog Carnival: Super Heroes in RPGs — Wed, 01 Oct 2008 05:01:28 +0000

[...] ran with the idea with his ‘Fantasy Superheroes‘ [...]

By: Stargazer

Stargazer — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 14:04:50 +0000

Ok, PL 10 is perhaps a bit too high, but I think PL 6 to PL 8 should be fine for what I had in mind.

By: greywulf

greywulf — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 13:38:43 +0000

Good to see I'm not the only one who's into this idea

We're considering trying out a PL 6 Mutants & Masterminds D&D. We've run a few successful PL 4 sessions, but think that 4e D&D-style play has bumped things up a notch.

PL 10? That'll be right into 20th level style D&D and beyond, I reckon

By: Questing GM

Questing GM — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 05:32:22 +0000

I think this could also work with 4E, with a little reworking of the rules and throwing out some of the balanced issues (like XP and Magic Item tables). It's definately an awesome idea and Greywulf's advice really fit the bill. Questing GMs last blog post..Word of Wizards - 26/9/2008

By: MadBrewLabs

MadBrewLabs — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 16:07:46 +0000

Yeah, it was a shame that Battle Chasers could never maintain a publishing schedule. I loved the art, layout, and story of that book. I think M&M could easily be adapted to the fantasy genre. MadBrewLabss last blog post..Artist Profile: Frank Frazetta