tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post9046334935870429517..comments2024-03-27T19:02:58.368-04:00Comments on BARKING ALIEN: Superhero ScarcityAdam Dicksteinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-16077579985829456912012-05-04T22:15:15.033-04:002012-05-04T22:15:15.033-04:00Love that idea. The first season/series of Top 10 ...Love that idea. The first season/series of Top 10 was so freaking awesome.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-46038222170233870322012-05-04T19:01:29.124-04:002012-05-04T19:01:29.124-04:00I've always wanted to do a game with a backgro...I've always wanted to do a game with a background like Top 10. In their city everybody has some sort of superpower. Everybody. Now most people aren't going to have the most useful powers, or even particularly strong powers. But you never know.Philo Pharynxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14785954267292226321noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-30958690047760752822012-05-02T22:27:03.474-04:002012-05-02T22:27:03.474-04:00I like that! I've used it once or twice myself...I like that! I've used it once or twice myself. The old Villains & Vigilantes intro module 'Crisis on Crusader Citadel uses that premise.<br /><br />I seem to be in the minority in that my world(s) are pretty much chock full of superhero NPCs. The focus is always on the PCs but the reason for that focus isn't always obvious. <br /><br />And therein lies my next post! Thanks FDW.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-1013523554206754272012-05-02T20:49:10.214-04:002012-05-02T20:49:10.214-04:00Whenever I run supers, I tend to focus on the PCs....Whenever I run supers, I tend to focus on the PCs. Even if there are bigger heroes and villains, they're not here right now. In one case, I even had the party sent on a mission to rescue the big league heroes in one campaign.F. Douglas Wallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06497140550892192807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-45994298633597554622012-05-02T18:59:17.890-04:002012-05-02T18:59:17.890-04:00Very cool.
It's funny but I've never done...Very cool.<br /><br />It's funny but I've never done the "you guys are the first heroes" thing or the "you guys are the only game in town" thing.<br /><br />Usually (although not always) the PCs in my Supers games are new heroes popping up in a world that has a long history of supers. Sometimes (often lately) their introduction is not long after a recent Crisis event that killed off, injured and/or depowered many older heroes.<br /><br />There is a little of both these ideas in our Champions game, however, the Champions game setting my friend Will created established the idea that super humans were never as numerous as they seem to be in mainstream comics.Adam Dicksteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04840144928096089178noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-15644692391679831922012-05-02T17:07:57.661-04:002012-05-02T17:07:57.661-04:00In my superhero game, it is silver age set in the ...In my superhero game, it is silver age set in the 1960s, the player characters are the pretty much only heroes in LA. There are other superteams, but they are in Atlanta and NYC, so not nearby. As time goes on, there will be more heroes, but right now the LA Stars are all that holds back the tide of villain on the west coast.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2465863144787683153.post-55675553802112137272012-05-02T13:15:03.284-04:002012-05-02T13:15:03.284-04:00I always think the PCs should have room- a gaps th...I always think the PCs should have room- a gaps that they can fill. Sometimes it is that the key city lacks a real supers presence, sometimes it is that they're in another niche (vigilantes vs. big hitters), and sometimes...actually a lot of times...the group's arriving on the scene after the loss of many heroes for whatever reason. <br /><br />I know a couple of GMs in our area have done "Year One" games where the PCs are among the first few heroes, but I haven't done that yet.Lowell Francishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02359280169506945906noreply@blogger.com