[QUOTE=Nitrowing;44956478]I'm planning on running a mixed cheesy-serious superhero-based game in the somewhat near future, what sort of systems do you guys recommend? I've heard about Mutants and Masterminds but I've no idea if it's the best one for these sort of things.[/QUOTE]
Only alternative I can name is the Hero system, which is another "any superpower you can imagine" type deal, but I've only had limited, yet... wonderous experience with Mutants & Masterminds. There are some Marvel-based superhero games you could look into that are a bit simpler.
Mutants and Masterminds is rad
Ive joined three mutants and masterminds games, but not played a single mutants and masterminds game.
For some reason, the game explodes on itself before it even begins.
gonna be running a game over the summer for some buds
I tried asking them what they want in a game, but being unfamiliar with rpgs what they gave me was kinda piecemeal
they want something not sci-fi
fantasy is liked
they want something more about investigation/problem solving than just combat (but still including combat)
a dystopian setting would be very liked by one guy
one guy wants something game of thrones esque
ideas?
Sounds like good old D&D would suit you fine?
With your own low fantasy dystopian city setting
Exalted solves all problems. It makes a bunch more, but ignore that.
[QUOTE=Mellowbloom;44957222]gonna be running a game over the summer for some buds
I tried asking them what they want in a game, but being unfamiliar with rpgs what they gave me was kinda piecemeal
they want something not sci-fi
fantasy is liked
they want something more about investigation/problem solving than just combat (but still including combat)
a dystopian setting would be very liked by one guy
one guy wants something game of thrones esque
ideas?[/QUOTE]
Honestly, the A Song of Ice and Fire RPG (SIFRP) is exactly what you guys want.
It focuses heavily on intrigue, investigation, and diplomacy, but also focuses just as heavily on combat, battle, and large scale warfare.
Save for the thing about dystopian settings, its perfect.
[QUOTE=Funktastic Dog;44957412]Honestly, the A Song of Ice and Fire RPG (SIFRP) is exactly what you guys want.
It focuses heavily on intrigue, investigation, and diplomacy, but also focuses just as heavily on combat, battle, and large scale warfare.
Save for the thing about dystopian settings, its perfect.[/QUOTE]
the problem with that is that aside from the guy that likes GoT none of us have watched it or have any idea what it's about
[QUOTE=Mellowbloom;44958133]the problem with that is that aside from the guy that likes GoT none of us have watched it or have any idea what it's about[/QUOTE]
You could fairly easily take the bare rules out of there.
[QUOTE=Mellowbloom;44957222]gonna be running a game over the summer for some buds
I tried asking them what they want in a game, but being unfamiliar with rpgs what they gave me was kinda piecemeal
they want something not sci-fi
fantasy is liked
they want something more about investigation/problem solving than just combat (but still including combat)
a dystopian setting would be very liked by one guy
one guy wants something game of thrones esque
ideas?[/QUOTE]
warhammer fantasy
[QUOTE=Mellowbloom;44957222]gonna be running a game over the summer for some buds
I tried asking them what they want in a game, but being unfamiliar with rpgs what they gave me was kinda piecemeal
they want something not sci-fi
fantasy is liked
they want something more about investigation/problem solving than just combat (but still including combat)
a dystopian setting would be very liked by one guy
one guy wants something game of thrones esque
ideas?[/QUOTE]
clearly you should play Naruto d20
[QUOTE=Mellowbloom;44957222]gonna be running a game over the summer for some buds
I tried asking them what they want in a game, but being unfamiliar with rpgs what they gave me was kinda piecemeal
they want something not sci-fi
fantasy is liked
they want something more about investigation/problem solving than just combat (but still including combat)
a dystopian setting would be very liked by one guy
one guy wants something game of thrones esque
ideas?[/QUOTE]
Eclipse Phase, I'd suggest a game set on Mars.
Or maybe Shadowrun
[QUOTE=RearAdmiral;44958987]Eclipse Phase, I'd suggest a game set on Mars.
Or maybe Shadowrun[/QUOTE]
He said [b]not[/b] sci-fi.
[QUOTE=Mellowbloom;44958133]the problem with that is that aside from the guy that likes GoT none of us have watched it or have any idea what it's about[/QUOTE]
I was familiar only with the first book (and one future character) and HATED it before I played the ass-loaf RPG and I did relatively fine. You could all watch a few episodes of the show for inspiration and to get a feel for things.
Maybe. I don't know anything anymore.
[QUOTE=Mellowbloom;44957222]gonna be running a game over the summer for some buds
I tried asking them what they want in a game, but being unfamiliar with rpgs what they gave me was kinda piecemeal
they want something not sci-fi
fantasy is liked
they want something more about investigation/problem solving than just combat (but still including combat)
a dystopian setting would be very liked by one guy
one guy wants something game of thrones esque
ideas?[/QUOTE]
Warhammer fantasy is a pretty solid choice for that.
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;44959244]I was familiar only with the first book (and one future character) and HATED it before I played the ass-loaf RPG and I did relatively fine. You could all watch a few episodes of the show for inspiration and to get a feel for things.
Maybe. I don't know anything anymore.[/QUOTE]
did you ever?
I know many people who are raging drooling fans of Game of Thrones, but I don't know anybody who talks about it more than Disco
[QUOTE=elowin;44959287]did you ever?[/QUOTE]
The wisest thing anyone can realise is knowing they know nothing.
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;44959485]The wisest thing anyone can realise is knowing they know nothing.[/QUOTE]
deep
I know I'm gushing about this way too much, but this is the final cover art for the Technology Guide.
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[quote]It’s one thing to face a dragon armed with a longsword and a suit of magic plate mail, but what if you had an atom gun and powered armor? How many zombies could you blow up with a rocket launcher? What happens if you’re standing next to a graviton reactor when it explodes? All of these questions and more are answered within the pages of the Technology Guide—an invaluable manual of items, hazards, and character options for use in science-fantasy settings like Golarion’s Numeria, land of savagery and super-science!
Within this book, you’ll find:
Rules for dozens of new technological items, including weapons, armor, force fields, hologram generators, grenades, cybernetic implants, nanotech devices, remote controls for robots, and more!
New feats, spells, and archetypes for technologically savvy characters, along with rules for how your skills interact with super-science.
Extraordinarily powerful scientific items and artifacts, such as extinction wave devices, powered armor, and nuclear reactors!
The technomancer prestige class, which allows you to use magic to command robots and power your technology .
Rules for artificial intelligences, the effects of the passage of time on technological items, the dangers of radiation, the seven skymetals of Numeria, technological traps, and more!
[/quote]
So basically, it's Pathfinder, 40,000?
[QUOTE=SiberysTranq;44960197]So basically, it's Pathfinder, 40,000?[/QUOTE]
Can't be 40,000. There aren't half a dozen races dedicated to the destruction of humanity.
[QUOTE=SiberysTranq;44960197]So basically, it's Pathfinder, 40,000?[/QUOTE]
Kinda, but the Tech guide focuses on actual high-tech stuff like plasma rifles, not stuff like AK-47s or other firearms that use bullets.
[QUOTE=LiquidNazgul;44960114]I know I'm gushing about this way too much, but this is the final cover art for the Technology Guide.
[IMG]http://static3.paizo.com/image/product/catalog/PZO/PZO9272_500.jpeg[/IMG][/QUOTE]
[QUOTE]The technomancer prestige class, which allows you to use magic to command robots and power your technology .[/QUOTE]
It's what I've always wanted. Clanking robot army with laser faces here I come!
Honestly the Numeria books seem they'll give a whole new scope for people to take campaigns in if they wish. I have to try not to implement this into my campaign I have going now. I don't think the party would be too happy if I sprung a giant highly advanced battle machine on them.
[QUOTE=Trooper-guy1;44961464]It's what I've always wanted. Clanking robot army with laser faces here I come!
Honestly the Numeria books seem they'll give a whole new scope for people to take campaigns in if they wish. I have to try not to implement this into my campaign I have going now. I don't think the party would be too happy if I sprung a giant highly advanced battle machine on them.[/QUOTE]
As long as it wasn't completely out of nowhere and we could potentially beat it, I think we'd all be fine with it.
[QUOTE=DiscoInferno;44956540]... wonderous experience with Mutants & Masterminds...[/QUOTE]
[QUOTE=Mellowbloom;44957165]Mutants and Masterminds is rad[/QUOTE]
Found the rules for M&M and it seems quite well fleshed out so I'll probably be going with that. I've just been writing up loads of nifty/cheesy villains and heroes for the past few days so anyone who joins is in for a good time in a setting that Axecop would not feel out of place in. Just as a reference/teaser for anyone interested, one of the 'episode/missions' will involve a Zombified Issac Newton and another may include a marauding band of Space Vikings looting and pillaging a major metropolitan city from their open-top space-longboat.
[QUOTE=LiquidNazgul;44960295]Kinda, but the Tech guide focuses on actual high-tech stuff like plasma rifles, not stuff like AK-47s or other firearms that use bullets.[/QUOTE]
Well, as long as this doesn't become standard for players to use, its alright I guess.
[QUOTE=Funktastic Dog;44962134]Well, as long as this doesn't become standard for players to use, its alright I guess.[/QUOTE]
It's only as standard as the GM wants them to be. Just as you can ban certain classes or races, so too can a GM ban "any material from the Technology Guide".
[QUOTE=LiquidNazgul;44962242]It's only as standard as the GM wants them to be. Just as you can ban certain classes or races, so too can a GM ban "any material from the Technology Guide".[/QUOTE]
But what about pathfinder society?
[QUOTE=Funktastic Dog;44962323]But what about pathfinder society?[/QUOTE]
Well there are scenarios in Season 6 that specifically deal with the Technic League, so I'd expect some Numerian technology being involved. But beyond that I'm sure they have taken the Technology Guide into account in terms of PFS.
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