He-Man and the Masters of the Universe System

Necrozius · July 22, 2015, 07:35:49 AM

Quote from: Armchair Gamer;843427epic post of MotU resources

Thank you for this information. You are my best friend now! I got the recent "art of" book, which was amazing, but yeah I need that minicomic collection.

Armchair Gamer · July 22, 2015, 04:49:18 PM

Quote from: Necrozius;843555Thank you for this information. You are my best friend now!

You're just saying that because I have Eternia.

QuoteI got the recent "art of" book, which was amazing, but yeah I need that minicomic collection.

The art book is quite good. If you can find a copy of The Power and the Honor Foundation Catalog, Vol. 1 for a reasonable price, that has even more concept art in it.

Christopher Brady · July 22, 2015, 10:12:39 PM

Quote from: Necrozius;843555Thank you for this information. You are my best friend now! I got the recent "art of" book, which was amazing, but yeah I need that minicomic collection.

Are willing to share him? Cuz, that is awesome information!

APKlosky · July 23, 2015, 12:25:55 AM

I'd do Barbarians of Lemuria over Savage Worlds, for sheer simplicity.
That said, I do think that CAH makes the best fit, despite the OP's distaste for it.

Marvelous_Metal_Man · July 23, 2015, 03:18:37 AM

Warriors and Warlocks maybe?

RPGPundit · July 25, 2015, 03:23:10 AM

DCC?

David Johansen · July 25, 2015, 08:22:57 AM

Given that Masters of the Universe started out as a riff on Jack Kirby's New Gods, I'm thinking it needs to be a superhero system. Champions or Villains and Vigilantes. V&V might be most appropriate as the random powers seem very much in keeping with the random craziness. In my Heroes Unlimited campaign there's a recurring hero called Manly Man who is basically a bondage themed He Man.

Just Another Snake Cult · July 26, 2015, 02:23:27 AM

Quote from: David Johansen;844198In my Heroes Unlimited campaign there's a recurring hero called Manly Man who is basically a bondage themed He Man.

OK, now that's just fucking hysterical. You win.

Just Another Snake Cult · July 26, 2015, 02:27:14 AM

Quote from: RPGPundit;844167DCC?

Start the game at around 5th level and "Re-Skin" things to be all KIRBY! and 80's steroid science-fantasy.

I played 2nd level DCC and it felt like 5th or 6th level D&D.

Matt · July 26, 2015, 10:27:30 AM

A He-Man/She-Ra RPG sounds awesome but it'd need to be designed specifically for the setting. No existing RPG can do justice to Eternia and Orko.

RPGPundit · July 28, 2015, 12:41:35 AM

Quote from: Just Another Snake Cult;844427Start the game at around 5th level and "Re-Skin" things to be all KIRBY! and 80's steroid science-fantasy.

I played 2nd level DCC and it felt like 5th or 6th level D&D.

My DCC game has had PCs hit 5th and 6th level, which feels like epic level (though a lot cooler, frankly, than epic level D&D). I wouldn't say it feels quite like Masters of the Universe, more like some kind of insane Tarantino movie, but that may just be my campaign...

Panjumanju · July 28, 2015, 04:49:33 PM

First - let me shamelessly plug my own He-Man RPG, the download link of which is in the signature to this post. In play style it's probably somewhere between converting a OSR game and using Cartoon Action Hour.

I agree with some posts on here that if you were looking for something slightly more serious, use a superhero system - say, He-Man using FASERIP. It wouldn't be difficult to put together, and I think it would capture the source material well.

//Panjumanju

TristramEvans · July 29, 2015, 02:40:24 AM

I feel obligated to recommend Under a Broken Moon, the unofficial Thundarr the Barbarian RPG.

RPGPundit · July 31, 2015, 12:30:32 AM

Quote from: TristramEvans;845024I feel obligated to recommend Under a Broken Moon, the unofficial Thundarr the Barbarian RPG.

Great game!

Korgul · July 31, 2015, 10:28:56 AM

Quote from: TristramEvans;845024I feel obligated to recommend Under a Broken Moon, the unofficial Thundarr the Barbarian RPG.

By the way, I read about the author of a game called "sorcery and supersience" (and roughly inspired by Thundarr) working on a second edition based on faserip. I once read a copy of the quickstarter of the game, and find it somehow inspiring, but if suffered from really wonky mechanics. A faserip edition it's something I'd play.

Speaking of Faserip, I think it could do Master of the universe much better than many other suggestion. With the characters being do-gooders or evil henchman, defined more than thei peculiar powers than by skill or career, and with nobody ever killing anybody, I see a system written to support comic superhero more fitting than a ruleset concieved for S&S (as BoL).