Karma Awards
Personality Taglines, Catchphrases or Battle Cries
This is an old school game, but the predecessor of FASERIP and also some other older games had some interesting ideas as far as Fortune and Subplots go. New school games like to have characters with direct story tie-ins as part of character creation, such as Aspects in FATE games or Hooks in 12 Degrees games to name a couple.
Consider the use of these in FASERIP to add to the flavour and fun. Superheroes have always gone by flamboyant subtitles to start with, whether Orphan Child of Cryptworld, Speediest Woman Alive, Sunshine Sleuth. You can use those directly, as well as any Subplot style ideas or as Fate style Troubles or handicaps, disadvantages, quirks or whatever else other game systems might consider naming them.
You can just have one, being the main subtitle or moniker of the hero, from Atlantean Princess, to Woman of Tomorrow or Strongest Robot There Is.
You could handle this a couple of ways. Allow the hero to invoke this particular line a small number of times per session to gain +1 RS to their results. Or you could give them a Fortune award to bank if they forgo the automatic +1 CS and roll anyway. Perhaps 40 at low level hero games and 30 for standard mutant level, 20 at defenders of the planet level and 10 for Cosmic level.
The flipside to this is the hero’s tagline getting them into trouble, or taking them away from where they need to be. Shadowy Secret Agents may be out all night tailing a suspect, missing dinner with their mum, walking the dog and training the staff, getting them penalised. Still true to their own particular idiosyncratic heroic nature, however. If the player does it themselves, award them. You can however suggest it to them, dangling the Karma points like carrots to get them into both nogoodnik conflict and subplot trouble.
Fun and games
Gaming tables, whether physical or virtual should be entertaining for a FASERIP game. You should definitely award Fortune for being entertained, for funny jokes, amusing stuff, etc. If it is completely character appropriate and roleplaying, then double it.
Good roleplaying should also get some Karma awards.
Then have the aliens invade to let them spend some.
Opposition
The rules suggest awards based on the threat level faced. However, not all threats are equal. One giant robot or radioactive lizard stomping your city with their Amazing ability is not as bad as three, from the character’s point of view. Consider adding to this awards based on the power levels of the opposition, if significant. VanDemon taking out 27 Wallaby bikie gang hoodlums is no big deal in that sense. If he fights 5 mutant ninja crocodile women it certainly is. The same applies to the Justice Squadron stopping a megalomaniac supervillain. If he has six superpowered flunkies they have to deal with as well, that is harder and worth more Fortune.
General Advice
Don’t be stingy and the players will be happy to call on their Karma when they need it, as heroes will. If you skimp they won’t want to use any for playing and possibly try and save it all for advancement. If you are playing where lots of Fortune is flowing the games should be more fun anyway, more problems, more desperate ations.
MU1: Gamer’s Handbook of the Marvel Universe: Abomination thru Dreadnought
Definitely more bad people in this one.
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Aguila, Alpha Primitives, American Eagle, Ancient One, Andromeda, Ant-Man, Arabian Knight, Archangel, Asgardians [Frey, Frigga, Heimdall, Hermod, Hoder, Idunn, Sigyn, Tyr, Vidar, Volla, ], Aurora, — Absorbing Man, Air-Walker, Angar the Screamer, Ani-Men [Ape-Man, Bird-Man, Cat-Man, Dragonfly, Frog-Man, ], Annihilus, Apocalypse [Pestilence, War, Famine, Death, ], Aquarian, Arcade [Miss Locke, Mr Chambers,], Ares, Ariel, Arkon, Armadillo, Arnim Zola, Astronomer, Attuma, Avalanche,
Balder, Battlestar, Beast, Beta Flight [Goblyn, Manikin, Purple Girl, ], Binary, Black Bolt, Black Crow, Black Knight, Black Panther, Black Widow, Boom Boom, Box, Brother Voodoo, — Baron Blood, Baron Mordo, Baron Strucker, Baron Zemo [I, II, ], Basilisk, Batrock [Machete, Porcupine, Living Lasers, Swordsman, Whirlwind, Zaran,], Beetle, Belasco, Beyonder, Black Cat, Black King, Black Queen, Black Talon, Blacklash, Blackout, Blastaar, Blizzard, Blob, Boomerang, Brothers Grimm,
Cannonball, Captain America [Super Patriot, Captain America II, Captain America III, Captain America IV, ], Captain Britain, Captain Mar-Vell, Captain Marvel, Captain Universe, Sean Cassidy, Champions of Xandar [Nova Prime, Protector, Comet, Crimebuster, Powerhouse], Chance, Clea, Cloak, Rusty Collins, Colossus, Cyclops, Cypher, — Caliban, Captain Ultra, Black Tom Cassidy, Celestials [Arishem, Eson, Gammenon, Hargen, Jemiah, Nezar, One Above All, Oneg, Tefral, Ziran, ], Champion, Changeling, Chief Examiner, Chthon, Circus of Crime [Blackwing, Bruto Clown, Fire-Eater, Great Gambonnos, Human Cannonball, Live Wire, Princes Python, Rajah, Teena the Fat Lady, ], Collector, Constrictor, Contemplator, Controller, Corruptor, Count Nefaria, Crimson Dynamo,
Dagger, Dakimh the Enchanted, Daredevil, Darkstar, Deathlok, Devil-Dinosaur [Moon Boy, ], Doc Samson, Doctor Druid, Doctor Strange, Drax,
— D’Spayre, Darkoth, Death, Death-Stalker, Death-Throws [Ringleader, Oddball, Bombshell, Tenpin, Knicknack, ], Deathbird, Destiny, Destiny I, Deviants [Cro, Reject, Karkas, Ghaur,], Diablo [Air, Water, Earth, Fire, Trans-Mutant,], Doctor Demonicus, Doctor Doom [Doctor Doom II, Doomsmen, Guardian Robots, Guardbots, ], Doctor Octopus, Doctor Pym [Ant-Man, Giant-Man, Goliath, Yellowjacket, ], Doctor Sun, Dormammu, Dracula, Dragon Man, Dreadknight, Dreadnought,
0.79 Character Density
FASERIP Forever!: Astro City Trinity
Settings Data | Marvel Superheroes Gamer
Marvelous Phile: What is FASERIP the Marvel RPG? – Nerdarchy
Apotheosis Drive X: Neon Genesis Cybertron
FATE: Apotheosis Drive X - Neon Genesis Cybertron
The Angel threat has been defeated in a surreal apotheostic haze. Or so we thought. An independent astronomy station saw it first. A much, much bigger threat. Titan Angels.
Draft 1.1 April 22, 2013 - Blue Tyson
SETTING
The near Evangelion future. The humans have fought off the Angel threat. Or so they thought. Pragmatic reality intrudes on psychedelic reverie. A not-quite finished project is scrambled into action to try and stop the threat. The only defense that can possibly work is a MegaTitan and this weapon can only be piloted by a Titan. Three senior Titan pilots draw lots to fly the prototype and Ayanami wins.
A cataclysmic conflict leads to a victory of a sort after a 17 second confrontation. Along with the loss of North Korea (which no-one ever noticed in anime anyway) and most of the MegaTitan. A recovery team finds what is left of the pilot inside the scrap, in a coma, short a couple of limbs. At the same time, some sort of backlash effect leaves the other two pilots curled into foetal balls, gibbering about horrors from beyond space and time. Nothing can bring them out of it, and only an abundance of stuffed penguins seems to calm their ravings.
With their only hope of operating MegaTitans about as competent for combat as fluffy pet rabbits the military and civilian heads agree that the time has come. The authorisation of the reactivation of a secret Antarctic base.
Roll out: Stasis Project Cybertron.
Containing the only known beings capable of piloting a MegaTitan unaided.
Optimus Prime.
Megatron.
ISSUES
Test the MegaTitans
Build a new MegaTitan Green
Don't get shafted by Megatron
Mediate Autobot-Decepticon Conflict
Finish hybrid crewed MegaTitan Pink
Politics and spy games
Restore The Korea Zone
Rumours ask: Is there a God Machine?
Deal with tougher Titan Angels
THE PLAYERS
TRANSFORMERS
Note, statistics are given for Autobots and Deceptions on Transformers scale.
Optimus Prime
Autobots, Roll Out!
We Must Live Together With the Humans
Freedom Is the Right of All Sentient Beings
F: Incredible +4
A: Excellent +2
S: Amazing +5
E: Monstrous +6
R: Excellent +2
I: Excellent +2
P: Excellent +2
Resources Excellent (+2)
Popularity Remarkable (+3)
Other Skills
Incredible (+4) Blaster, Courage, Leadership, Warfare
Remarkable (+3) Body Armour
Excellent (+2) Speed: Truck Form, Drive
Good (+1) Engineering
Megatron
Decepticons, transform and rise up!
I'm In Charge!
I Deserve to Rule All Cybertron
Primes! We hates them, precious
F: Incredible +4
A: Excellent +2
S: Incredible +4
E: Amazing +5
R: Excellent +2
I: Excellent +2
P: Good +1
Resources Excellent (+2)
Popularity -Remarkable (-3)
Other Skills
Amazing (+5) Blaster
Remarkable (+3) Body Armour, Leadership, Warfare
Good (+1) Engineering, Speed
Bumblebee
Hot Car
The Least Likely Can Be the Most Dangerous
Must Prove Myself
F: Excellent +2
A: Incredible +4
S: Remarkable +3
E: Remarkable +3
R: Good +1
I: Remarkable +3
P: Excellent +2
Resources Good (+1)
Popularity Remarkable (+3)
Other Skills
Amazing (+5) Drive
Remarkable (+3) Speed: Car Form, Sonic Blaster
Excellent (+2) Body Armour
Good (+1) Engineering
Ironhide
Autobot Muscle
Hi-tech circuitry is no replacement for guts
Protecting is What I Do
F: Remarkable +3
A: Excellent +2
S: Amazing +5
E: Amazing +5
R: Typical +0
I: Good +1
P: Good +1
Resources Good (+1)
Popularity Good (+1)
Other Skills
Amazing (+5) Body Armour, Shield
Remarkable (+3) Blaster
Excellent (+2) Speed: Truck Form
Jazz
Stylish Autobot
Right Hand Autobot
Pop Culture is cool
F: Remarkable +3
A: Excellent +2
S: Remarkable +3
E: Remarkable +3
R: Typical +0
I: Good +1
P: Good +1
Resources Good (+1)
Popularity Excellent (+2)
Other Skills
Incredible (+4) Communications
Remarkable (+3) Blaster, Speed: Car Form
Excellent (+2) Body Armour, Contacts, Arts [Popular Culture]
PROJECT PEOPLE AND TECHNOLOGY
Civilian Head
Secretive Bureaucrat
F: Typical +0
A: Typical +0
S: Typical +0
E: Good +1
R: Excellent +2
I: Excellent +2
P: Excellent +2
Resources Incredible (+4)
Popularity Good (+1)
Other Skills
Incredible (+4) Administration, Politics
Military Head
Aging military genius
F: Excellent +2
A: Good +1
S: Excellent +2
E: Good +1
R: Good +1
I: Excellent +2
P: Excellent +2
Resources Incredible (+4)
Popularity Excellent (+2)
Other Skills
Incredible (+4) Leadership, Politics, Warfare
MegaTitan (Green/Orange generation)
F: Monstrous +6
A: Incredible +4
S: Monstrous +6
E: Monstrous +6
Other Skills
Monstrous (+6) Blaster
Amazing (+5) Body Armour
Incredible (+4) Speed
Titan Angel
F: Unearthly +7
A: Amazing +5
S: Unearthly +7
E: Unearthly +7
Other Skills
Unearthly (+7) Blaster
Monstrous (+6) Body Armour
Amazing (+5) Speed
ADVENTURING
The Titan Angels will keep coming. Probably getting worse. The third MegaTitan is to be a hybrid that requires one of the other Autobots [or Decepticons if that is how you fly] to pilot it, along with a team of humans. Eventually the Project wants them to be human only for obvious reasons. Any humans trying to operate the Green or Orange MegaTitans will be brainfried after a few minutes. As in out of Fate Points.
So player characters could be Autobots etc. or the team of humans working on the new MegaTitan - pilots, scientists, engineers, etc. It will require a crew of several to fly it. One robot, several small people.
Are the rumours about the God Machine true? Is there another level of Titan? How big is it? How does it work? Joining? A three level Matrioshka? Other?
SCALE
There are three :-
Human
Titan/Autobot/Decepticon
MegaTitan/Titan Angel
THE LADDER
Being a big Marvel Super Heroes fan from way back, this is how I like to think:
Value Adjective
+13 Cosmic 5 (Class 5000)
+12 Cosmic 3 (Class 3000)
+11 Cosmic 1 (Class 1000)
+10 Legendary Z (Shift Z)
+9 Legendary Y (Shift Y)
+8 Legendary X (Shift X)
+7 Unearthly (Epic)
+6 Monstrous (Fantastic)
+5 Amazing (Superb)
+4 Incredible (Great)
+3 Remarkable (Good)
+2 Excellent (Fair)
+1 Good (Average)
+0 Typical (Mediocre)
-1 Poor
-2 Feeble (Terrible)
-3 Awful 0 (Shift 0)
-4 Abysmal
FASERIP - basic human attributes
Physique is split compared to Core, into a Strength component and an Endurance component, the latter of which should be used for the Stress track. Reason is native intelligence.
Fighting (Fight)
Agility (Athletics)
Strength
Endurance
Reason
Intuition (Notice)
Psyche (Will)
secondary
Popularity is a measure of charisma, reputation and public influence. If you like, bad people can have a negative popularity ladder equivalent. Supervillains, mass murderers, ruthless thugs in The Ball, etc.
Popularity
Resources
REFERENCES
Neon Geneis Evangelion : Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neon_Genesis_Evangelion
Transformers: Wikipedia - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Transformers
Ron Frazier’s FATE Transformers - http://evilhat.wikidot.com/community-fate-core-extensions
Project Wideawake
For the Basic game.
The framing theme is Henry Peter Gyrich’s organisation, Project Wideawake, but it isn’t about that.
Instead it is a mutant supplement, detailing Heroes and Villains like the Hellfire Club (which was great for gaming) and various human characters like Stevie Hunter and Val Cooper.
So definitely a mixed collection but does contain a good number of villains.
This supplement packs a lot in – so is great value and gives you an X-Men game in 36 pages at the time. Top notch basic supplement.
Angel, — Avalance,
Banshee, Beast, — Black Tom, Blob, Brood [Queen,],
Cannonball, Colossus, Cyclops,
Dazzler, — Destiny,
Havok, — Hellfire Club [Tessa, Harry Leland, Emmanuel da Costa, Selene, Sebastian Shaw, Donald Pierce,], Hellions [Jetstream, Roulette, Tarot, Empath, Thunderbird, Catseye,],
Iceman,
— Juggernaut,
Karma,
Magik, Magma, Marvel Girl, Mirage, — Magneto, Mastermind, Mystique, Morlocks [Callisto, Sunder, Plague, Caliban, Masque, Leech, Healer, Others,],
Nightcrawler,
Phoenix, Polaris, Professor X, — Pyro,
Rachel Summers, Rogue,
Shadowcat, Storm, Sunfire, Sunspot, — Sentinels, Silver Samurai,
— Toad,
— Unus,
Very Important People [Doug Ramsey, Peter Henry Gyrich, Moira Mactaggert, Dr Valerie Cooper, Amanda Sefton, Forge, Candy Southern, Stevie Hunter, Empress Lilandra Neremani, Mariko Yashida, Lockheed the Dragon,] — Vanisher,
Warlock, Wolfsbane, Wolverine,
X-Forces: the Mutant Update
In the early 90s mutants were big, so they again updated them for the Advanced Game.
This similar campaign set has a 63 page roster book of heroes and villains, including newcomers like Trevor Fitzroy, Omega Red, Lady Deathstrike and more.
Also has stats for Domino, I noticed and some X-Factor the later.
— Apocalypse, Archangel, Avalanche,
Banshee, Beast, Bishop, Boom Boom,
— Buzz Cuts, Banisher, Black Queen, Blacklight, Blob, Black Tom Cassidy,
Cable, Cannonball, Captain Britain, Rusty Collins, Colossus, Val Cooper, — Crimson Commando, Cyclops,
Dinosaur, Domino, — Deadpool,
Forge, — Feral, Flashing Blades, Trevor Fitzroy, Foreman,
Gambit, — Gideon,
— Havok,
Iceman,
Jubilee, — Juggernaut,
— Lady Anguish, Lady Deathstrike,
Marvel Girl, Fiona McKenna, Meggan, Multiple Man, — Magneto, Mr Sinister, Mystique,
— Nightcrawler,
— Omega Red,
Phoenix II, Polaris, Professor X, Psylocke, — Pyro,
Quicksilver,
Rogue, — Robot,
Shadowcat, Shatterstar, Siryn, Skids, Storm, Strong Guy, Sunspot, — Steel Cavalry, Sabretooth, Sauron, Sentinel VII, Shinobi, Spiral, Stryfe, Super Sabre,
— Terra Firma, Toad,
Warpath, — Wolverine, Wolfsbane,
1.17 Character Density
Legion of Super-Heroes Founders
Legion Founders
Cosmic Boy
Rokk Krinn
F: RM (30)
A: IN (40)
S: GD (10)
E: EX (20)
R: IN (40)
I: RM (30)
P: RM (30)
H: 100
K: 100
Res: EX (20)
Pop: RM (30)
Powers
Magnetic Control: Shift Z
Talents
Martial Arts A, B, D, E, Leadership, Military Science, Pilot
Contacts
LSH, Braal
Lightning Lad
Garth Ranzz
F: EX (20)
A: RM (30)
S: GD (10)
E: EX (20)
R: IN (40)
I: RM (30)
P: IN (40)
H: 80
K: 110
Res: MN (75)
Pop: GD (10)
Powers
Lightning: Unearthly
Talents
Medicine, Science, Gadgets, Farming
Contacts
LSH, Winath
Saturn Girl
Imra Ardeen
F: RM (30)
A: RM (30)
S: TY (6)
E: GD (10)
R: IN (40)
I: IN (40)
P: UN (100)
H: 66
K: 180
Res: MN (75)
Pop: GD (10)
Powers
Telepathy: Shift Z
Hypnotism: Shift Y
Mind Blast: Incredible
Mind Shield: Remarkable
Talents
Pilot, Martial Arts A, B, C, D, Science, Resist Domination
Contacts
LSH, Winath