My most recent purchase and I'm pretty damn happy. ;D
FASERIPopedia Rules Cyclopedia
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/424637/FASERIPopedia-Rules-Cyclopedia?src=hottest
I know we already had classic marvel forever but to have everything in a digital tome is bliss (for me).
Well... I simply can't ignore this.
That would be silly. MSH is glory.
Edit - They offer print options off Amazon! I might hold off until they get all the errata completed.
Quote from: tenbones on February 02, 2023, 10:29:58 AM
Well... I simply can't ignore this.
That would be silly. MSH is glory.
I was very pleased with such a find. Brings me back to when i was a young man we played this endlessly (and DC).
I run MSH as one of my main systems for my group. It's been a mainstay. I've considered doing my own "neutral" version with a lot of my "homebrew" rules, but I'm always too busy doing other stuff.
But I'm a sucker for anyone that brings a new version to market.
Quote from: tenbones on February 02, 2023, 10:40:09 AM
But I'm a sucker for anyone that brings a new version to market.
Me as well. Especially when it's such a labor of love and so in-depth.
I'm also a big fan of the latest G-Core another game that deserves way more love.
Sorry. Newb question.
What's so great about FASERIP?
I hear about it quite often that it stands for the attribute names, and it was a good superhero game. I've never played it.
We had Palladium Heroes Unlimited, so we didn't need it. Is FASERIP better somehow?
Quote from: weirdguy564 on February 03, 2023, 07:02:02 AM
Sorry. Newb question.
What's so great about FASERIP?
I hear about it quite often that it stands for the attribute names, and it was a good superhero game. I've never played it.
We had Palladium Heroes Unlimited, so we didn't need it. Is FASERIP better somehow?
First and foremost is the clean abstraction of mechanics. So yes, each letter represents a Stat, but the real genius is in the scaling of the Ranks.
So each stat, power (and skill - since Skills are just Stat checks with bonuses) are Ranked, the universal table is simply a percentage roll with scaling effects based on each rank. This sounds like gobbeldy gook without looking at the universal table.
Since each rank is supposed to represent a doubling of power (relatively) it allows the sheer power of the game to scale to wildly high levels. At the Unearthly Rank (88-125) is not just a numerical difference from Typical (6) what it represents narratively is vastly larger. In strength terms a Typical(6) is lifting 200lbs, whereas Unearthly(88-125) you're lifting north of 100-tons.
Each stat scales relatively comparably. The table is all you need to determine results, which also have scaling success.
The last piece of the puzzle is how Feats operate in relation to one another. The assumption that any Rank sufficiently high enough (3+ Ranks higher) than the difficulty (also a Rank) by comparison, is auto-success. This may sound like no big deal, but in actual play it allows for extremely streamlined combat and task resolution.
There is *very* little calculation other than rolling a percentile and looking at the pretty color on the table and seeing if it was a Hit or Miss, and the color will determine any superior effects for higher rolls. It's *insanely* easy. Further it "feels" very kinetic in the sense that players have massive amounts of agency in determining the exact nature of their attacks and effects.
There is none of the Heroes Unlimited tick-tacky rules, or calculations, or multi-tiered derived stat requirements for To Hit, To Dodge, To Parry etc. Yes MSH/FASERIP has all that, but all they do is modify your Rank difficulty. It's EASY. In fact, I can GM MSH with no books. Once you know the powers, the conditions, the stat-rankings and what they mean... I literally need nothing other than a set of dice.
Yeah... I pretty much have all the break-points for each rank memorized... mostly. That's either sad, (I suppose for non-MSH players) or glorious (for those that play with me LOL). I'll let my success stories speak for themselves. I've literally *never* had a player ask me to run a Supers game. Literally no one I have played with has ever played any kind of Supers game unless I pitched it to them. And MSH, overwhelmingly, by far, without remote contenders, has become the game of choice.
Even with all my ranting about how good Savage Worlds is and Talislanta that, and any other game I've ever talked about on any forum - MSH will shut anything else down if I'm willing to run it at my table. And I've been telling people, that MSH could be used as a universal system. It CAN do D&D-style fantasy. I've proven it even to my most skeptical of players (I snuck in an adventure that took them to Asgard... and they literally went on an extended Norse mythology campaign... fighting Fire giants, wizards, undead etc etc. and it was glorious.
The system isn't perfect. In fact one of the most irritating things about it is the Aunt May Problem(tm) Basically the way the system works is that the ONE place where Ranks are not directly compared is the actual To Hit mechanics. It's a flat roll. So Aunt May could hit Captain America with her frying pan if she rolls over a 66. Period. Now there are *ways* for Cap to make this impossible. But he shouldn't *have* to. He's fucking Captain America. He's a peak human for Fighting (50!). I have a work-around for it I'm DYING to implement in my next campaign... but yeah like all older systems we find little holes to pick at and fill. But the MSH community has produced INSANE amounts of content to customize your game including material that really at this point, outshines the original published stuff.
TL/DR - The core rules scale smoothly and are fantastically simple to use. One table to look at. Lots of player agency. TONS of high-quality fan support.
Quote from: tenbones on February 03, 2023, 11:35:36 AM
So Aunt May could hit Captain America with her frying pan if she rolls over a 66. Period. Now there are *ways* for Cap to make this impossible. But he shouldn't *have* to. He's fucking Captain America. He's a peak human for Fighting (50!).
In all fairness to Cap, he'd probably let Aunt May hit him with a frying pan because he probably deserved it. Also, doesn't Cap have the highest Fighting in the game outside of Hercules and Thor?
2 other retroclones of this classic are: https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/177913/Faserip (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/177913/Faserip) and https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/379178/Astonishing-Super-Heroes-Book-1-Basic-Rulebook (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/379178/Astonishing-Super-Heroes-Book-1-Basic-Rulebook)
I especially like the latter, as it is a somewhat simplified and cleaned up version of FASERIP and fixes some of the issues tenbones discussed above.
Faseripopedia looks like a new version of the first retroclone I linked to, FASERIP, by Blacky the Blackball. It is the exact same power table and uses the same power rank names.
Quote from: Brad on February 03, 2023, 11:49:00 AM
Quote from: tenbones on February 03, 2023, 11:35:36 AM
So Aunt May could hit Captain America with her frying pan if she rolls over a 66. Period. Now there are *ways* for Cap to make this impossible. But he shouldn't *have* to. He's fucking Captain America. He's a peak human for Fighting (50!).
In all fairness to Cap, he'd probably let Aunt May hit him with a frying pan because he probably deserved it. Also, doesn't Cap have the highest Fighting in the game outside of Hercules and Thor?
Yep - he's at Human Maximum for Fighting. Amazing (50). Herc and Thor are both at Unearthly(100).
Yeah, Steve would totally let Aunt May deck him with the pan... it actually wouldn't hurt him, she's too weak. BUT that's NOT THE POINT GODDAMMIT!!
What are the basics of the system?
Is it solely D% with a graph/chart to the determine the results, like Pacesetter?
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/177913/Faserip (https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/177913/Faserip)
Quote from: Batjon on February 03, 2023, 01:16:34 PM
Faseripopedia looks like a new version of the first retroclone I linked to, FASERIP, by Blacky the Blackball. It is the exact same power table and uses the same power rank names.
You seem to have a real bee in your bonnet about this. To respond to you once again,
From www.faserip.com:
"FASERIP RPG
This site is a labor of love inspired by FASERIP RPG by Bucky the Blackball. This site, its main author and its contributors are not in any way associated with Bucky or his FASERIP RPG. His RPG is used because it is released under the OGL and that is the easiest platform from which to continue the great legacy of the original 1980s superhero game which started it all! FASERIP by Bucky the Blackball is a "neo-clone" as he calls it but really an edited retroclone of an original long out of print but never forgotten 1980s superhero game.
We have now put together what we believe is a pretty all encompassing version of the true retroclone rules for FASERIP together with a lot of options and additions: FASERIPopedia FASERIP Rules Cyclopedia."
FASERIP RPG was released under the OGC, parts of it were used pursuant to that, but the entire aim is different. Back to the original moreso than "FASERIP RPG."
I don't think it warrants further "discussion."
The same OGC ability rank names and numerical chart is used, but in the actual book it is a rewrite of the same source Bucky the Blackball rewrote, plus of course hundreds of pages of extra content. Where there was any deviation from the original work being cloned, we reverted to the original before making additions or offering options.
Quote from: Rob Necronomicon on February 02, 2023, 06:36:59 AM
My most recent purchase and I'm pretty damn happy. ;D
FASERIPopedia Rules Cyclopedia
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/424637/FASERIPopedia-Rules-Cyclopedia?src=hottest
I know we already had classic marvel forever but to have everything in a digital tome is bliss (for me).
I'm really delighted that you like it. I had to make the decision to cut it down after sending out the draft for review, or it would have ended up being 500 pages or thereabouts, and it reaches the point of - including all the missing things like teams, resources / Wealth rules and so on, and then just trying to stop. All the extra stuff like a full character roster and a character roster for authorized licensed characters from Tidal Wave Productions are on the website at www.faserip.com anyway.
I've tried to add as many sites as possible on the Contacts page too, and it's wonderful to see how many there are.
If you would, please leave a review on DriveThruRPG as well that always helps a product. Only if it's no trouble :)
Quote from: FASERIPopedia on February 03, 2023, 07:04:23 PM
Quote from: Rob Necronomicon on February 02, 2023, 06:36:59 AM
My most recent purchase and I'm pretty damn happy. ;D
FASERIPopedia Rules Cyclopedia
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/424637/FASERIPopedia-Rules-Cyclopedia?src=hottest
I know we already had classic marvel forever but to have everything in a digital tome is bliss (for me).
I'm really delighted that you like it. I had to make the decision to cut it down after sending out the draft for review, or it would have ended up being 500 pages or thereabouts, and it reaches the point of - including all the missing things like teams, resources / Wealth rules and so on, and then just trying to stop. All the extra stuff like a full character roster and a character roster for authorized licensed characters from Tidal Wave Productions are on the website at www.faserip.com anyway.
I've tried to add as many sites as possible on the Contacts page too, and it's wonderful to see how many there are.
If you would, please leave a review on DriveThruRPG as well that always helps a product. Only if it's no trouble :)
No worries... I did already give it 5 stars on DT, but I will leave a short written review asap. Off all the Marvel stuff I have this is by far my favorite and easily the most comprehensive. Cheap at the price IMO too! :)
My last purchase was "Random Esoteric Creature Generator for Classic Fantasy Role-Playing Games and their Modern Simulacra (http://www.lotfp.com/store/index.php?route=product/product&product_id=299)". It is a monster generator and I found it really cool and easy to use. It is made for LotFP but it it works in a pretty generalized way. I particularly like how it has descriptive text blocks in the generators so it gives you some ideas on the look and visual function of the various things you randomly assemble.
So that was the last book I actually have in my possession.. but
Dragonbane by Free League (currently a kicker / late pledge thing (https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1192053011/drakar-och-demoner-dragonbane)) was my last actual payment purchase thing. I have not played it of course, but I expect it will be a smashing product.
Quote from: Rob Necronomicon on February 03, 2023, 08:30:08 PM
Quote from: FASERIPopedia on February 03, 2023, 07:04:23 PM
Quote from: Rob Necronomicon on February 02, 2023, 06:36:59 AM
My most recent purchase and I'm pretty damn happy. ;D
FASERIPopedia Rules Cyclopedia
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/424637/FASERIPopedia-Rules-Cyclopedia?src=hottest
I know we already had classic marvel forever but to have everything in a digital tome is bliss (for me).
I'm really delighted that you like it. I had to make the decision to cut it down after sending out the draft for review, or it would have ended up being 500 pages or thereabouts, and it reaches the point of - including all the missing things like teams, resources / Wealth rules and so on, and then just trying to stop. All the extra stuff like a full character roster and a character roster for authorized licensed characters from Tidal Wave Productions are on the website at www.faserip.com anyway.
I've tried to add as many sites as possible on the Contacts page too, and it's wonderful to see how many there are.
If you would, please leave a review on DriveThruRPG as well that always helps a product. Only if it's no trouble :)
No worries... I did already give it 5 stars on DT, but I will leave a short written review asap. Off all the Marvel stuff I have this is by far my favorite and easily the most comprehensive. Cheap at the price IMO too! :)
Thank you so much! It just never made sense to me to pace out information on this retroclone in multiple books because all the questions come up when you generate your character, and by the end of the first session all the teams, vehicles, weapons, goods and services and even animals and creatures have probably popped up too.
I also wanted to slay the "renamed labels" dragon. Some people like to have a rulebook that "gives them permission" so as you have seen I made sure to say Resources = Wealth and whatever the renaming of things, look underneath and it's the same. Talents / Specialities / Skills / Areas of Knowledge is another one. :)
Quote from: FASERIPopedia on February 03, 2023, 07:01:18 PM
Quote from: Batjon on February 03, 2023, 01:16:34 PM
Faseripopedia looks like a new version of the first retroclone I linked to, FASERIP, by Blacky the Blackball. It is the exact same power table and uses the same power rank names.
You seem to have a real bee in your bonnet about this. To respond to you once again,
From www.faserip.com:
"FASERIP RPG
This site is a labor of love inspired by FASERIP RPG by Blacky the Blackball. This site, its main author and its contributors are not in any way associated with Bucky or his FASERIP RPG. His RPG is used because it is released under the OGL and that is the easiest platform from which to continue the great legacy of the original 1980s superhero game which started it all! FASERIP by Bucky the Blackball is a "neo-clone" as he calls it but really an edited retroclone of an original long out of print but never forgotten 1980s superhero game.
We have now put together what we believe is a pretty all encompassing version of the true retroclone rules for FASERIP together with a lot of options and additions: FASERIPopedia FASERIP Rules Cyclopedia."
FASERIP RPG was released under the OGC, parts of it were used pursuant to that, but the entire aim is different. Back to the original moreso than "FASERIP RPG."
I don't think it warrants further "discussion."
The same OGC ability rank names and numerical chart is used, but in the actual book it is a rewrite of the same source Bucky the Blackball rewrote, plus of course hundreds of pages of extra content. Where there was any deviation from the original work being cloned, we reverted to the original before making additions or offering options.
Huh? I seem to have a real "been in my bonnet" about this? Um, no. I have never heard of your product before this thread and was simply trying to figure out who was behind it and what was different about it compared to the other FASERIP retroclones I already own and am already familiar with. Considering you use the exact same power ranks table as the FASERIP retroclone by Blacky the Blackball, I assumed your product might be a new/improved version of his FASERIP retroclone. I was simply speculating and trying to figure out because I'd never heard or seen anything about your product before. I tried to contact you through your website for the product but the link to contact you is broken. I had to manually find a way to send you an email, so at the time I was still thinking you might be Blacky the Blackball or associated with him. Specifically, I was trying to discern if this is like a new version of his product he had done before or a totally new one independent of what he had done prior. I was working when I first stumbled upon this stuff and this is likely why I missed what you had on your webpage about this question.
The fantastic Astonishing Superheroes game I mentioned above is one where I've had a lot of interactions with the dev. Not only is it a fantastic product, but the dev has been nothing but nice and welcoming to me.
Quote from: Rob Necronomicon on February 03, 2023, 08:30:08 PM
Quote from: FASERIPopedia on February 03, 2023, 07:04:23 PM
Quote from: Rob Necronomicon on February 02, 2023, 06:36:59 AM
My most recent purchase and I'm pretty damn happy. ;D
FASERIPopedia Rules Cyclopedia
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/424637/FASERIPopedia-Rules-Cyclopedia?src=hottest
I know we already had classic marvel forever but to have everything in a digital tome is bliss (for me).
I'm really delighted that you like it. I had to make the decision to cut it down after sending out the draft for review, or it would have ended up being 500 pages or thereabouts, and it reaches the point of - including all the missing things like teams, resources / Wealth rules and so on, and then just trying to stop. All the extra stuff like a full character roster and a character roster for authorized licensed characters from Tidal Wave Productions are on the website at www.faserip.com anyway.
I've tried to add as many sites as possible on the Contacts page too, and it's wonderful to see how many there are.
If you would, please leave a review on DriveThruRPG as well that always helps a product. Only if it's no trouble :)
No worries... I did already give it 5 stars on DT, but I will leave a short written review asap. Off all the Marvel stuff I have this is by far my favorite and easily the most comprehensive. Cheap at the price IMO too! :)
Do you own or have looked at FASERIP by Blacky the Blackball or Astonishing Super Heroes?
Just picked up Poplollies and Bellibones. Looking to add some Gygaxian names to my NPCs.
Quote from: FASERIPopedia on February 03, 2023, 07:01:18 PM
Quote from: Batjon on February 03, 2023, 01:16:34 PM
Faseripopedia looks like a new version of the first retroclone I linked to, FASERIP, by Blacky the Blackball. It is the exact same power table and uses the same power rank names.
You seem to have a real bee in your bonnet about this. To respond to you once again,
From www.faserip.com:
"FASERIP RPG
This site is a labor of love inspired by FASERIP RPG by Bucky the Blackball. This site, its main author and its contributors are not in any way associated with Bucky or his FASERIP RPG. His RPG is used because it is released under the OGL and that is the easiest platform from which to continue the great legacy of the original 1980s superhero game which started it all! FASERIP by Bucky the Blackball is a "neo-clone" as he calls it but really an edited retroclone of an original long out of print but never forgotten 1980s superhero game.
We have now put together what we believe is a pretty all encompassing version of the true retroclone rules for FASERIP together with a lot of options and additions: FASERIPopedia FASERIP Rules Cyclopedia."
FASERIP RPG was released under the OGC, parts of it were used pursuant to that, but the entire aim is different. Back to the original moreso than "FASERIP RPG."
I don't think it warrants further "discussion."
The same OGC ability rank names and numerical chart is used, but in the actual book it is a rewrite of the same source Bucky the Blackball rewrote, plus of course hundreds of pages of extra content. Where there was any deviation from the original work being cloned, we reverted to the original before making additions or offering options.
Bucky?
Pretty sure it's Blacky.
https://gurbintrollgames.wordpress.com/
Quote from: Batjon on February 04, 2023, 03:42:06 PM
Do you own or have looked at FASERIP by Bucky the Blackball or Astonishing Super Heroes?
I have them both. Both are good products!
But this latest one is fantastic and my current favorite because it has everything in the one place with quite a few options that I've not seen before. So it's like having a huge Marvel tool kit in one large tome. :)
Quote from: Brad on February 03, 2023, 11:49:00 AM
Quote from: tenbones on February 03, 2023, 11:35:36 AM
So Aunt May could hit Captain America with her frying pan if she rolls over a 66. Period. Now there are *ways* for Cap to make this impossible. But he shouldn't *have* to. He's fucking Captain America. He's a peak human for Fighting (50!).
In all fairness to Cap, he'd probably let Aunt May hit him with a frying pan because he probably deserved it. Also, doesn't Cap have the highest Fighting in the game outside of Hercules and Thor?
IIRC, Black Panther, Cap, and Punisher have Amazing. Maybe Iron Fist? It's been a while.
Quote from: Aglondir on February 04, 2023, 07:39:28 PM
IIRC, Black Panther, Cap, and Punisher have Amazing. Maybe Iron Fist? It's been a while.
Yeah I checked my roster books and you are correct. Iron Fist is Incredible, though. But he can increase it to Amazing with his Chi FEAT for 10 rounds, which is pretty good.
In all seriousness, I think Cap should actually have been bumped up to Monstrous because he's literally unbeatable and I'm also the biggest Cap fanboy ever.
Quote from: Brad on February 04, 2023, 09:16:04 PM
Quote from: Aglondir on February 04, 2023, 07:39:28 PM
IIRC, Black Panther, Cap, and Punisher have Amazing. Maybe Iron Fist? It's been a while.
Yeah I checked my roster books and you are correct. Iron Fist is Incredible, though. But he can increase it to Amazing with his Chi FEAT for 10 rounds, which is pretty good.
In all seriousness, I think Cap should actually have been bumped up to Monstrous because he's literally unbeatable and I'm also the biggest Cap fanboy ever.
Cap is the best, no doubt.
Karnak has AMA! I did not know that.
Cap should be at the pinnacle of fighting ability. I've been a massive Cap fan since I was a a child.
Quote from: Brad on February 04, 2023, 09:16:04 PM
Quote from: Aglondir on February 04, 2023, 07:39:28 PM
IIRC, Black Panther, Cap, and Punisher have Amazing. Maybe Iron Fist? It's been a while.
Yeah I checked my roster books and you are correct. Iron Fist is Incredible, though. But he can increase it to Amazing with his Chi FEAT for 10 rounds, which is pretty good.
In all seriousness, I think Cap should actually have been bumped up to Monstrous because he's literally unbeatable and I'm also the biggest Cap fanboy ever.
If you factor in all of Cap's Martial Arts Talents - he's running Monstrous MOST of the time. And God forbid you dare forget that he's rocking Weapon Specialist with that shield. If you extrapolate multiple attack rules - he's basically bouncing that shield off your head 4-time per round... and he can do INC(40) Blunt or Edged... with a Class 3000 Weapon...