Marvelous Phile: Character Creation Part 2
Hey, guys, Professor Bill of Comic Book University (where tuition is always free) and I’m bringing you the 11th article of the Marvelous Phile, an homage to the excerpt in Dragon Magazine back in the ’80s.
Game mechanic – character creation
The cover to Fantastic Four, vol. 1 issue 51 encapsulates The Thing’s circumstances. [Art by Jack Kirby]
Let’s say, though, you roll for your powers and you’re not happy with the low power rank of those powers. Maybe you’d like to take a limitation or two to increase your ability.
Example 1:
Ben Grimm was a pilot who took a trip into space and was affected by cosmic radiation, mutating him into The Thing. The player making The Thing rolls Body Armor and his power is a mere Excellent (EX (20). The player decides to take several limitations to increase his power. He says the power makes his skin a bright orange, rocky hide and he can never shut off the power to blend in with humanity. He’ll also reduce his agility by -1 CS permanently. The Judge decides to increase his Body Armor to IN (40) and also raise his Strength by +1 CS because she feels bad for the ugly character.
Game mechanic – generating talents and contacts
At this point you’re going to round out your character with talents and contacts. These features allow you to get bonuses to what you want to do in the game but they also make your character more interesting. Every roleplaying game I’ve ever played allows for talents and most introduce contacts, so this isn’t a huge stretch of the imagination. Simply remember that, with contacts, these only refer to major contacts strategically located around the game world to will give you access to things you otherwise wouldn’t have access to.
Example 2:
The characters just destroyed half of Allenhurst, Pennsylvania while fighting The Absorbing Man. The police want to arrest the heroes but one of the PC’s pulls out his PBA card. Yeah, his dad’s a cop in Dutch Country.
That’s it for this week, everybody. Make sure to check out my accompanying video and keep gaming.
Character profiles
Be sure to check out Comic Book University for a Behind the Judges Screen video on this subject. Thanks for reading and keep your dice-hand strong!
Professor Bill
Comic Book University
Class dismissed
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