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Help finding a universal system

Started by noman, July 08, 2016, 02:33:49 PM

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Jeffrywith1e

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December 04, 2016, 01:16:56 AM
Quote from: James Gillen;908559For M&M second edition, there was a sourcebook called Warriors & Warlocks, which was about Fantasy, but still counted as M&M because it was the kind of Fantasy you saw in older comic books like The Warlord and Arion, Lord of Atlantis.  It was actually very good, and with the M&M rules and single D20 mechanic, it doesn't quite play as being D&D, even though it still uses a D20 core.

JG

I've been looking at M&M2e as a universal system. Got that Warriors and Warlocks book and it looks like it will serve well. The Mecha and Manga book also goes a long way covering other genres.

Jeffrywith1e

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December 04, 2016, 01:18:18 AM
Quote from: Omega;908680TSR's Marvel Superheroes (MSH) It may be presented as a superhero RPG. But by its very nature and scope it is a universal system. Normal humans? Can do. Demigods? Can do. Sword & Sorcery? Can do. Western? Road Warrior? James Bond? Pirates? Space Opera? Can do.

How well does this run as a universal? Are there fan-made supplements like Bond or Space Opera?

Abraxus

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December 05, 2016, 12:51:57 PM
I would usually recommend the Hero System. Unfotunatley the Vol 1 of the 6E core set is out of print. So either you pay the high prices sold by Amazon sellers. Or either buy the PDf. Or once you have the PDF print it out yourself. Except it can be very pricey. It's at least 300+ page sorucebook. Their 5E revised but even that is both out of print and somewhat expensive as well.

tenbones

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December 05, 2016, 01:00:52 PM
Quote from: Jeffrywith1e;933685How well does this run as a universal? Are there fan-made supplements like Bond or Space Opera?

What makes it universal is if you're running a Nick Fury Agent of SHIELD kinda game - nothing changes except the context of the adventure.

Space Opera? Guardians of the Galaxy. Micronauts. Kree-Skrull War - system is the same. Nothing changes.

FASERIP can handle anything. Nothing really needs changing unless you wanna retool the Karma system. It was way ahead of its time and it still rocks mightily.

Christopher Brady

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December 05, 2016, 01:34:36 PM
Quote from: tenbones;933933FASERIP can handle anything. Nothing really needs changing unless you wanna retool the Karma system. It was way ahead of its time and it still rocks mightily.

No, no it can't.  It can barely handle 70's style superheroes, to make it work for more modern styles, you need to rip out whole chunks out of certain parts.  Especially the Karma awards section.  There are no 'mook' rules, because the moment you can spend Karma for the bad guys, they suddenly double their resistances.

But that's my current experience, your house rules can and probably has fixed those.
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