Mutants and MasterCraft AKA Spycraft Supers AKA HeroCraft [LONG]

[Sletchman]

Warning: LONG.

The Plan:  The plan is to run a game thats one part comic book super heroes, and three parts good old fashion gritty spy game.  Obviously Spycraft has plenty of the latter, but in terms of the former its really only got Spellbound, and that just doesn't have the right feel for the kind of game I want to run.  So I did the logical thing, and created a set of rules to add what I want to the game I want to run.  This has resulted in sets of “Advanced Human Feats”.

I’ve tried to keep them as balanced as possible against regular human characters, but one of their biggest balancing factors will probably only exist in certain campaigns – that these people are a secret, at the onset of my campaign, kept from the entire world.  My plan in game is to have their level of public recognition raise from “conspiracy theory” status up to a Marvel Civil War style narrative [but one that makes sense].

Campaign Qualities [may change]: Bloodbath, Faction, Gritty, Violent, Walking on Eggshells.
House Rules: Result Caps [except cultures] lifted on all skills with 1+ ranks. Players may spend action dice to control the narrative [Its been mentioned here by someone, and I apologise to them but I forget by who exactly].  SMG proficiency no longer exists, 1-handed SMGs are handguns and 2-handed are rifles. Test subjects bonus feat can be used to get an Advanced Human Feat.

I’m also pondering making a quality where the players can gain an Advanced Human Feat in place of another earned feat [like a superhuman version of The Great Game]  I’m also considering ditching the Career Level requirements for the advanced feats.

Without any more delay, the feats themselves.  I welcome and request all input, advice, suggestions and such.  Feel free to use any / all of them if you want, but if you wish to post them elsewhere, please give credit where due.

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Super Strength Basics
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Prerequisites: -
Benefits: Your strength score increases by 1.  Your carrying capacity is calculated as if you were 1 size larger, and you gain a +2 superhuman bonus to Athletics [Bullrush, Escape, Grapple, and Smash] checks.

Super Strength Mastery
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Prerequisites: Super-Strength Basics, Career Level 6+
Benefits: Your strength score increases by 1.  Your carrying capacity is calculated as if you were 2 sizes larger, and your superhuman bonus on skill checks increases to +4.

Super Strength Supremacy
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Prerequisites: Super Strength Mastery, Career Level 12+
Benefits: Your strength score increases by 2. Your superhuman bonus on strength based skill checks increases to +8.

Shape Shifting Basics
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Prerequisites: -
Benefits: You gain the Augmented: Cal 1 Disguise Kit NPC quality.  Time required for Falsify: Disguise checks performed on your self is halved.

Shape Shifting Mastery
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Prerequisites: Shape Shifting Basics, Career Level 6+
Benefits: The Disguise Kit provided by Physical Advantage increases to Cal 2.  Penalties for your disguise checks are halved.

Shape Shifting Supremacy
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Prerequisites: Shape Shifting Mastery, Career Level 12+
Benefits: Your Disguise Kit is increased to Cal 3.  You may make Forgery: Disguise checks as a full round action, but doing so increases your Error Range by 1.

Resilience Basics
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Prerequisites: -
Benefits: Your constitution score increases by 1.  You are considered to be wearing partial armour that provides Damage Reduction 3 against melee, unarmed, and firearm attacks. This armour possesses a Defence penalty of –1 and an Armour Check Penalty of –1. This damage reduction does not stack with other armour (only the best protection and the worst penalties apply while wearing additional armour).  Finally you gain a +2 superhuman bonus to Athletics [Forced March, Speed Push], and to resist Bull Rush and Trip attempts.
Special: You may, as a full round action, have your this armour recede into your skin, where it no longer provides you with its benefits.  You still retain the other benefits of this feat.

Resilience Mastery
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Prerequisites: Resilience Basics, Career Level 6+
Benefits: Your constitution score increases by 1.  Your ‘built-in’ armour now counts as Moderate Armour, provides Damage Reduction 6, possesses a Defence penalty of –3 and an Armour Check Penalty of –2.  In addition your superhuman bonus to skill checks increases to +4.
Special: You may, as a full round action, have this armour recede into your skin, where it no longer provides you with its benefits.  You still retain the other benefits of this feat.  Alternatively you may reduce your built in armour to that provided by Physical Advantage.

Resilience Supremacy
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Prerequisites: Resilience Mastery, Career Level 12+
Benefits: Your wounds are now calculated as if you were one size larger.  Your ‘built-in’ armour now counts as Full Armour, provides Damage Reduction 9, possesses a Defence penalty of –5 and an Armour Check Penalty of –3.  In addition your superhuman bonus to skill checks increases to +8.
Special: You may, as a full round action, have this armour recede into your skin, where it no longer provides you with its benefits.  You still retain the other benefits of this feat.  Alternatively you may reduce your built in armour to that provided by either Physical Advantage, or Resilience Mastery.

Regeneration Basics
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Prerequisites: -
Benefits:  You heal damage of all types [including critical injuries] at double the standard rate.  You also gain the Augmented: Cal 2 Healing Gadget NPC quality that you may only use on yourself.

Regeneration Mastery
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Prerequisites: Regeneration Basics, Career Level 6+
Benefits: The time between your healing intervals is decreased to half standard [Ex. Heal career level vitality every half hour of rest].  Additionally your Healing Gadget increases to Cal 3.

Regeneration Supremacy
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Prerequisites: Regeneration Mastery, Career Level 12+
Benefits: Your healing Gadget is increased to Cal 4. In addition, as long as your body is not Destroyed or Annihilated you may spend 1 action dice to grant the campaign the Revolving Door campaign quality.  When using this ability you return 2d10 rounds after the start of the next dramatic scene, rather than the next mission.

Power Absorption Basics
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Prerequisites:  -
Benefits:  Upon touching an advance human [half action touch attack] you gain access to one of their powers for a number of rounds equal to your starting action dice.  If they have more than one you may choose which one to gain.  You only gain access to the “Basics” Level.  You may use the ability once per combat, or once per scene outside of combat.

Power Absorption Mastery
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Prerequisites:  Power Absorption Basics, Career Level 6+
Benefits: You may now gain access to an advanced humans powers at a range of 30ft as a half action.  You gain all the targets powers at a “Basics” Level, and a single power up to Mastery Level.  These powers now last an entire combat, or the duration of a non-combat scene.

Power Absorption Supremacy
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Prerequisites:  Power Absorption Mastery, Career Level 12+
Benefits:  You now gain all the targets powers at “Mastery” Level, and a single power at “Supremacy” Level.  You may now use this ability twice per combat, or twice per scene outside of combat [upon the second use you automatically discard previously absorbed powers].

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Telekinesis Basics
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Prerequisites: -
Benefits: As a half action, you may move 1 unanchored object within 30ft weighing up to 5 lbs. at a Speed of 15 ft. Objects may not be manipulated in complex ways, nor may you manipulate opponents gear.  This action requires concentration and line of sight.

Telekinetic Mastery
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Prerequisites: Telekinesis Basics, Career Level 6+
Benefits: The force you may impart with your Telekinetic ability is now calculated as that of a medium character with a strength score equal to your Wisdom score.  You may now manipulate objects in complex ways [possibly requiring a skill check], and can now move these objects at a base speed of 30ft [adjusted for encumbrance as appropriate].  You still require concentration and line of sight.

Telekinetic Supremacy
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Prerequisites: Telekinetic Mastery, Career Level 12+
Benefits: You may now use your Telekinesis to make Bull Rush, Disarm, Grapple, and Trip actions, using the normal method, but substituting Wisdom for your normal attribute.  You may also make attacks with telekinetically wielded weaponry [including improvised versions], again using Wisdom for the attacks.  Finally you may create a set of Telekinetic Tools, allowing you to ignore the penalty imposed by the gear [GER] tag, and make checks with the gear only [GRO] tag at -4. You still require concentration and line of sight.

Telekinetic Flight
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Prerequisites: Telekinetic Mastery
Benefits: You may use your Telekinesis to “Fly”, allowing you fly at a speed of 30ft [adjusted for encumbrance].  While flying you cannot use other types of Telekinesis and are considered 2 sizes smaller for the purposes for Bull Rush and Grapple checks.  While flying your Acceleration is your Wisdom Modifier, and your Turning is your Dexterity Modifier. You still require concentration and line of sight.

Telepathic Basics
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Prerequisites: -
Benefits: You are able to communicate mentally with one character within 250ft, and within your line of sight.  This communication is no faster than talking, however only another Telepathic character may “listen in”.  You may also make mental Diversion and Taunt actions, removing the hearing tag from these checks.

Telepathic Mastery
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Prerequisites: Telepathic Basics, Level 6+
Benefits: You may send a telepathic message to a familiar character, anywhere.  This message can only be up to 25 words in length and requires a minute of concentration to mentally connect with them.

Telepathic Supremacy
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Prerequisites: Telepathic Mastery, Level 12+
Benefits: You gain the ability to force a target to take certain actions.  Make a half action Intimidate [Wis], opposed by the targets Sense Motive [Wis], if successful the target must take a single move action of your choice.  On a critical success [or a critical failure for the target] they must make two move actions of your choice, or a single half action of your choice.

Technopathic Basics
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Prerequisites: -
Benefits: You gain the Augmented: Cal 1 Electronics Kit NPC quality.  Your Electronics and Electronic based security checks take half the usual time.  You only need to touch the electronic device to use various skills.

Technopathic Mastery
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Prerequisites: Technopathic Basics, Career Level 6+
Benefits: Your Electronics Kit increases to Cal 2.  You now count as a computer with a PR equal to your INT modifier [class abilities and feats that alter personal computers apply to this “virtual pc”].  If unopposed, your hacking attempts take half standard time.

Technopathic Supremacy
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Prerequisites: Technopathic Mastery, Career Level 12+
Benefits: Your Electronics Kit increases to Cal 3.  You may now interact with electronic devices [including computers] at a range of up to 30ft.

Psychometric Basics
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Prerequisites: -
Benefits: Upon touching an object, you may request a Hint about the items owner, or their goals.  If this hint is denied, you either gain an action die, or retain the use of this ability.  For the purposes of this ability “owner” doesn’t necessarily refer to legal owner, just the person who possesses it.  You may only use this ability once per scene.

Psychometric Mastery
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Prerequisites: Psychometric Basics, Career Level 6+
Benefits: While using your Pyschometric ability you may sense more specific facts about the objects owner.  Make a Sense Motive [Wis] check, consulting the following chart to determine what information you gain.

Result	Knowledge
>15	None
15+	Gender
20+	Age [within 5 years]
25+	Highest Class
30+	Emotional State

Psychometric Supremacy
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Prerequisites: Psychometric Mastery, Career Level 12+
Benefits: While using your Psychometric ability, you project your vision and hearing back in time, following the movement of the object. You may observe events in real time or skim them at up to 60 times their normal rate (e.g. observing a minute in a second).  Make a Sense Motive [Wis] check, the time you are trying to view determines the DC of the check.  This action requires 10 minutes of meditation, in a calm environment.

Check DC	Time Period
>15	None
15+	Last Hour
20+	Last 24 Hours
25+	Last Week
30+	Last Month
35+	Last Year
+5	Each Additional Year

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Electrical Control Basics
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Prerequisites: -
Benefits: You gain Electrical Resistance 4.  You also gain the following attack types.  It takes a half action to charge your fists for the Electrical Strike attack, after which it can be used at will.  During this time something is noticeably happening with your hands, and people will react accordingly.

Name [Proficiency]	Damage	E/T	Range	Qualities
Electric Strike [Unarmed]	2d6 EL	1/20	-	-
Hurl Electricity [Hurled]	1d6 EL	1/20	15ft x 4	IMP

Electrical Mastery
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Prerequisites: Electrical Control Basics, Career Level 6+
Benefits: You gain the ability to power electrical devices by simply touching the power conduit.  These devices must be DC powered, and of relatively low power requirements [e.g. power a computer, jump start a car].  This action requires concentration, and is incredibly taxing, requiring an ongoing successful Fort Save [DC = Rounds spent powering the device] to avoid becoming Fatigued.  Further, your attacks increase to the following [you may elect to use the lesser variants].  The Electrical Field is a Sphere centred on your character, and allows a reflex save for half damage [DC = Damage].  Using the electrical field leaves your character fatigued for 1 minute [10 rounds].

Name [Proficiency]	Damage	E/T	Range	Qualities
Electric Strike [Unarmed]	4d6 EL	1/20	-	-
Hurl Electricity [Hurled]	3d6 EL	1/20	20ft x 4	IMP
Electrical Field	2d6 EL	-	10ft Sphere	-

Electrical Supremacy
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Prerequisites: Electrical Mastery, Career Level 12+
Benefits: Your Electrical Resistance increases to 8.  Further, your attacks increase to the following [you may elect to use either of your lesser variants].

Name [Proficiency]	Damage	E/T	Range	Qualities
Electric Strike [Unarmed]	6d6 EL	1/20	-	-
Hurl Electricity [Hurled]	5d6 EL	1/20	25ft x 4	IMP
Electrical Field	4d6 EL	-	15ft Sphere	-

Fire Control Basics
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Prerequisites: -
Benefits: You gain Fire Resistance 4.  Further, you may manipulate a source of fire within 30ft of you increasing or reducing its damage by 1d6 per half action of concentration [its size is still limited by its fuel source and oxygen supply].  Finally you may cause it to shoot a stream of flame at a target as the following [You may target a character or a square].

Name [Proficiency]	Damage	E/T	Range	Qualities
Flame Thrower [Hurled]	2d6 FR	2/-	15ft	AP5, IMP

Fire Mastery
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Prerequisites: Fire Control Basics, Career Level 6+
Benefits: Your ability to manipulate fire now allows you to increase or reduce its damage by 2d6 per half action of concentration.  Your flame throwing ability increases to the following, and you gain a new attack option [you may still use the lesser variant].

Name [Proficiency]	Damage	E/T	Range	Qualities
Flame Thrower [Hurled]	4d6 FR	2/-	20ft	AP8, IMP
Fire Ball [Hurled]	2d6 FR	2/20	20ft x 4	AP5, IMP, BLS [5ft]

Fire Supremacy
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Prerequisites: Fire Mastery, Career Level 12+
Benefits: Your Fire Resistance increases to 8, and your attacks increase to the following [you may still use lesser variants].

Name [Proficiency]	Damage	E/T	Range	Qualities
Flame Thrower [Hurled]	6d6 FR	2/-	25ft	AP12, IMP
Fire Ball [Hurled]	4d6 FR	2/20	25ft x 4	AP8, IMP, BLS [10ft]

Ice Control Basics
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Prerequisites: -
Benefits: You gain Cold Resistance 4.  Further, as a half action, requiring concentration you may generate a layer of ice crystals around your fists granting you an attack with the following profile.

Name [Proficiency]	Damage	E/T	Range	Qualities
Ice Gauntlet [Unarmed]	+1d4	+1/+1	-	AP2, KNL, SUR

Ice Mastery
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Prerequisites: Ice Control Basics, Career Level 6+
Benefits: You may now create objects out of ice using ambient air moisture.  These objects can be no larger than Small, may not possess any moving parts or electronics, and require a fabrication check to determine the quality of the object.  As these objects are made of ice they are extremely fragile, and make somewhat poor weapons.  While you hold these ice objects they will not melt, but as soon as you put them down or hand them to someone else they will melt as normal.  You cannot use this ability in an area without air moisture.  Additionally you gain the ability to coat a 5ft square with an Ice Slick, as a full round action.  Both these actions require concentration.

Ice Supremacy
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Prerequisites: Ice Mastery, Career Level 12+
Benefits: Your Cold Resistance increases to 8.  You may now create a wall of ice pushing characters and objects into adjacent squares (with a successful Reflex save [DC15], a character may wind up on the side of his choice; otherwise, you choose his new location). The wall provides 3/4 concealment and total cover. If it suffers 20 points of damage a single-square hole is punched through.  You can create a 20ft x 20ft segment of wall per full action of concentration.  This wall need not be vertical [you may for instance create a dome, or a layer of ice on a body of water].  Your Ice Gauntlet ability increases as follows [you may use the lesser variant].

Name [Proficiency]	Damage	E/T	Range	Qualities
Ice Gauntlet [Unarmed]	+1d6	+1/+1	-	AP4, KNL, SUR

Kinetic Control Basics
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Prerequisites: -
Benefits: You gain the ability to charge items of up to Fine size [such as coins, playing cards, balls] with a degree of kinetic force, causing them to explode on impact.  This takes a half action and requires concentration.  An outside observer will notice something is odd about the item, but cannot tell what unless they have experience with others possessing this ability.  You can use this power in the following ways.

Name [Proficiency]	Damage	E/T	Range	Qualities
Wide Blast [Hurled]	2d10 EX	1-4/-	10ft x 4	BLS [5ft]
Bright Blast [Hurled]	2d8 FL & BN	1-4/-	10ft x 4	BLS [10ft]
Focused Blast [Hurled]	1d10 EX	1-4/-	10ft x 4	AP5, BLS [2.5ft]

Kinetic Mastery
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Prerequisites: Kinetic Control Basics, Career Level 6+
Benefits: Your ability to charge items increases, allowing you to put a more controlled level of kinetic force into an item, allowing you to make them a timed detonation.  When you charge an item choose when you wish it to go off, any time within a number of hours equal to your starting Action Dice.  You also gain the ability to charge bullets, arrows or other ammunition types allowing them explode on impact.  They do an amount of damage equal to a normal charged item of yours, but gain the range increment and threat range of the weapon used.  In the case of bullets they must be breach loaded one round a time.  This type of ammunition imparts a +2 error range on the weapon used.

Kinetic Supremacy
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Prerequisites: Kinetic Mastery, Career Level 12+
Benefits: Your ability to charge items increases, allowing you to put more kinetic force into an item, allowing you to charge larger items.  Charging larger items takes an additional half action for every size above Fine that it is, if you are interrupted during this process the charge dissipates at the same rate it accrued.  This process is extremely taxing, and requires a Fort save each half action [DC15 + 1 half action] to avoid becoming fatigued.  In addition, you may increase the damage of your blasts as follows [You may use lesser variants if you wish].

Name [Proficiency]	Damage	E/T	Range	Qualities
Wide Blast [Hurled]	3d10 EX	1-4/-	10ft x 4	BLS [10ft]
Bright Blast [Hurled]	3d8 FL & BN	1-4/-	10ft x 4	BLS [15ft]
Focused Blast [Hurled]	2d10 EX	1-4/-	10ft x 4	AP10, BLS [5ft]

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Sensory Basics
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Prerequisites: -
Benefits: You gain the ability to sense other advanced humans.  Make a Sense Motive [Wis] check opposed by the targets Bluff [Cha] check.  This is a half action check requiring line of sight.  Further you may discern the general direction of an advanced human you are familiar with by concentrating for a full round.

Sensory Mastery
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Prerequisites: Sensory Basics, Career Level 6+
Benefits: When making a Sense Motive check to determine if the target is an advanced human, you also determine the nature and approximate power level of their advancements.  Further, when determining the direction of an advanced human you are familiar with, you also determine approximate distance.

Mark of Evolution [Chance Feat]
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Prerequisites: Career Level 1 [only].
Benefits: You gain a +1 bonus to damage caused by your advanced human feats. Further, your base attack bonus and career level are considered 3 higher for the purpose of meeting Advanced Human feat prerequisites. Finally, the starting disposition toward you of any character possessing 2 or more Advanced Human feats worsens by 2 grades.

There, warned you it was long...

EDIT: Modified Super Strength, Resilience, Power Absorption, Ice Control.
EDIT2: Added new powers, and a new chance feat.

[Sletchman]

Making this a seperate post for convienance.

My main concerns right now are the Superhuman bonuses from the pysical feats.  I was gonna do a more "You count as larger for all purposes" type thing, but smash checks [which i figure super strong types should be great at] don't get a size bonus.  My current idea is maybe make it + x to a small group, and have you count as larger for other checks.  I don't like the idea of counting as Gargantuan when your medium because you can't get the leverage on a large thing.  /shrug.

EDIT: Modified resilience.

[brazen_saint]

Very interesting.  To make an extensive list of every possible superhuman power that players (or you) might want will be very time-consuming, but this looks like a very good start.

One question: Should super-strong characters get an HP bump?

[glimmerrat]

Ok you have my attention.

I'm going to make a character using these rules and see what holes I can poke in them...  

*EDIT* Some sort of super dexterity, super intelligence and super charisma might be a thought.

[Mister Andersen]

A good starting point would be a copy of the D20 version of Aberrant

[Sletchman]

Very interesting.  To make an extensive list of every possible superhuman power that players (or you) might want will be very time-consuming, but this looks like a very good start.

One question: Should super-strong characters get an HP bump?

I tried to make a list of every simple non-obvious power.  I watched a heap of heroes and xmen and found they're all combinations of about 20-30 powers of varying strengths, just with flavour text.  I stayed away from anything obvious due to the nature of the game I'm running [at some point I'd love to flesh it out into a fully function add on of its own, so it can be used to run any kind of supers game, but time permitting and all].

My person opinion is super strong characters shouldn't have more HP.  They're strong, not tough [bear in mind most of your classical super strong characters also have super toughness, which does increase HP].  In my original draft of resilience supremacy, they calculated wounds as if they were one size larger, I've put that in again.

Ok you have my attention.

I'm going to make a character using these rules and see what holes I can poke in them...  

*EDIT* Some sort of super dexterity, super intelligence and super charisma might be a thought.

I tried to come up with something for Super Speed, but it all ends up kinda broken, not matter what I come up with.  Super Intelligent in spycraft is already pretty doable - Brainy Test Subject Scientist / Inventor.  Charisma hit up a Charismatic faceman, or sleuth.  The reason I stayed away from "real" super intelligence is that having huge skill points in spycraft makes it too good to pass by.  I didn't do a proper super charisma, because I can't think of any "super" powers that are based purely on personality that you can't do in raw spycraft.  Plus I don't want to write an ability that gives you endless thralls.

A good starting point would be a copy of the D20 version of Aberrant

I've played Storyteller trinity, but never read the D20 aberrant, I'll check it out if I get a chance.  Any opinions on what I've got so far?

NOTE: Resilience updated.

[snake]

Excellent stuff.

[Big_Jim]

Have you given any thought to using the Shadow Force Archer 2.0 updated Psionics rules?  They seem to fit in well with this.

[Deral]

I tried to come up with something for Super Speed, but it all ends up kinda broken, not matter what I come up with.  Super Intelligent in spycraft is already pretty doable - Brainy Test Subject Scientist / Inventor.  Charisma hit up a Charismatic faceman, or sleuth.  The reason I stayed away from "real" super intelligence is that having huge skill points in spycraft makes it too good to pass by.  I didn't do a proper super charisma, because I can't think of any "super" powers that are based purely on personality that you can't do in raw spycraft.  Plus I don't want to write an ability that gives you endless thralls.

I've had the idea of a super-powered game cross my mind and an idea that I've had before might work well for some of the sort of in-between stuff. I like the concept of a series of tricks, from more minor stuff like skill boosting "you can use your precognition to aid in stealth/your telekinesis to help you jump, slow your descent, whatever" to little steps of super speed "do X in half the time" "Make Y number of Z type actions as free actions every round," they could be tied around with core abilities, feats and even proficiencies- might just help close the web in a bit and allow for a little more variance. How to lay them out would be a little more difficult, but if you were running a super-powered only game you could set up another progression based on level, or just let players spend their proficiencies to purchase them, it'd really depend on how powerful you'd want to make them.  Of course in the same light, I guess it'd be more writing, you've done a great job so far though!

[tenebrae]

I'd suggest looking at the d20 appendix for Godlike, which was available as a free PDF, for what the effects of super-[attribute] might be like, as well as a range of other powers.

[Sletchman]

Excellent stuff.

Thanks.

Have you given any thought to using the Shadow Force Archer 2.0 updated Psionics rules?  They seem to fit in well with this.

Some of the ability were inspired by SFA [check ESP skill vs the Psychometry rules, theres a degree of sync].  The main issue is I have the deadtree of all of SFA, and can't afford to buy them again for the updated rules.  So using them wholesale is out of the question.  I also don't like the idea of supers being powered by "burning" vitality.  Originally I thought of a Spellpoint style system, but veered away from it in the end.

I've had the idea of a super-powered game cross my mind and an idea that I've had before might work well for some of the sort of in-between stuff. I like the concept of a series of tricks, from more minor stuff like skill boosting "you can use your precognition to aid in stealth/your telekinesis to help you jump, slow your descent, whatever" to little steps of super speed "do X in half the time" "Make Y number of Z type actions as free actions every round," they could be tied around with core abilities, feats and even proficiencies- might just help close the web in a bit and allow for a little more variance. How to lay them out would be a little more difficult, but if you were running a super-powered only game you could set up another progression based on level, or just let players spend their proficiencies to purchase them, it'd really depend on how powerful you'd want to make them.  Of course in the same light, I guess it'd be more writing, you've done a great job so far though!

We actually seem to be thinking along the same lines.  But rather then set it in stone I've actually let my players invent uses for their powers and I assign skill DC's or, in rare cases, action dice costs.  Ex. My telekinesis player wanted to slowfall [he hasn't got telekinetic flight] so I said allright, make me a Wisdom based Atheletics [Falling] check, and that'll reduce your falling damage depending on level of success.  I've always found that I can come up with about half of what my players can, so letting them ask if something works then making a descision usually works best for me.  And its less writing I have to do as well.

I'd suggest looking at the d20 appendix for Godlike, which was available as a free PDF, for what the effects of super-[attribute] might be like, as well as a range of other powers.

Never heard of it, you wouldn't have a link to a place I can find the appendix would you?  I'll certainly check it out.

[tenebrae]

Looks like it's still up on the website: http://www.arcdream.com/godlike/downloads.php
Rightmost column, towards the top.

[Sletchman]

Looks like it's still up on the website: http://www.arcdream.com/godlike/downloads.php
Rightmost column, towards the top.

Thanks, certainly some food for thought.  When i get a chance I'll have good read thought.

[snake]

Just passing by and firing off a few thoughts which may be helpful.

Most superheroes tend to be very competent in terms of character options eg Attributes or Skill levels, as well as having superpowers. Many are described as "Olympic level athletes" in write-ups abouit them.

Even "Trained human" types like Batman and Captain America are at the peak of human physical prowess and skills. 

For this reason, I'd think about starting your Spycraft Supers at a high Career Level say Level 5 for Street Level or Teen Supers and Level 10 for more typical "Avengers" type heroes.

It would also let you multiclass to get the right combo of abilities. Eg if you were creating Batman say at Career Level 10, you could take Intruder 3 Scientist 3 Sleuth 4  and add in lots of gadgets.

Similarly, Cap America starts as Soldier 10 and gadget (shield), Mr Fantastic as Scientist 10 plus powers etc. 

[Sletchman]

Just passing by and firing off a few thoughts which may be helpful.

Most superheroes tend to be very competent in terms of character options eg Attributes or Skill levels, as well as having superpowers. Many are described as "Olympic level athletes" in write-ups abouit them.

Even "Trained human" types like Batman and Captain America are at the peak of human physical prowess and skills. 

For this reason, I'd think about starting your Spycraft Supers at a high Career Level say Level 5 for Street Level or Teen Supers and Level 10 for more typical "Avengers" type heroes.

It would also let you multiclass to get the right combo of abilities. Eg if you were creating Batman say at Career Level 10, you could take Intruder 3 Scientist 3 Sleuth 4  and add in lots of gadgets.

Similarly, Cap America starts as Soldier 10 and gadget (shield), Mr Fantastic as Scientist 10 plus powers etc. 

I started them off at 3rd level, but it is before they know they have super powers [kinda like the first ep's of heroes], but with a reasonably quick level up rate early on.  As far as batman type heroes the fact that all spycraft agents have above average stats [with regular mooks having straight 10's], I've kinda left that as it is.