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Super Hero Exponential Game System 2D10 RPG

A Generic Universal Super Heroes Game with easy and fast mechanics. Part of the Keep Dead Games Alive Initiative.

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Super Hero Exponential Game System 2D10 RPG

A Generic Universal Super Heroes Game with easy and fast mechanics. Part of the Keep Dead Games Alive Initiative.

Uploaded by

James Rowe
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HomebrewHeroes-KeepDeadGamesali

veInia v
e.
Per
miss
ionisg
rantedtophot
ocopyandpri
ntfor
per
sonalus
eofthisBet
avers
iononl
y.

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Thema pissi
mpl yaguidefordet
ermining
Dis
tancesforthevari
ousplanesoftheuniver
se.NOTE :the
i
ndivi
dua ldi
mensionsofana r
eaa r
eupt otheGameMa st
er
whoma ydeci
dethattherearesevensubreal
msofCha os
andthatinordertogetint
oonei sa+1t othedi
stance. Al
so
TheAstralPl
aneisthedimensionbetweendimensions.

Loc a onJ umpi ng:Thi spowerma ybe


purcha sedwi ththisbonus( +100BC) .Thi
s
all
owsaCha ract
ert oc hangehisphy s
ical
l
oc a onbyonedi mens i
on,bybounc i
nginto
anotherdi mens iona ndt henba c
ktoanew
l
oc a oni nt heor i
gi
na ldimension.This
requirest woDi mens ionT r
avelChecks.Thi
s
alsorequi resei t
hera nAr eaKnowl edgeof
thet a
r getloc a ont ha ttheDimens i
on
Jumper isint endingtog oto,orthatthey’
ve
beena ttha tloca ona tapreviouspointin
theirhistory .

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Awi ll
i
ngtargetma ybes hrunkbyt hef ullAP sof thispowe r.
Aa cki
nganunwi ll
ingt argethasAV/ EVof De x/ AP sofPowe rvs.
OV/ RVofthet a
rget’sDe x/Mind, orBody /Bodyf orobjects
.RAP s
achievedareuseda sifthet ar
ge tuse dt hatma nyAP sofShri
nking
whichlast
sforpha sese qua lt
ot heRAP sma deorf ul
lAPsforwill
ing
target
s.ACha ra
ctermus tha v
et heS hri
nk i
ngP owe rinordertoshri
nk
himself
.Ac haract
erma ya e mptt ocha ng eba ckt onor malthr
ough
aDi c
eC hec
kw/AV/ EVof Wi l
l/Wi l
lvs.OV/ RVs=t otheor i
gi
na l
RAP s
achieved.T
heus erof thispowe rma yr emov ethee ffectatany me .
Thisma ybepurchas edwi ththisBonus :We i
ghta ndS t
rengthare
reducedbyt heRAP saswe ll(
+3F C)
.IfMy scL ink ed,changeRVt o
Spiri
tandAV/ EVtor eturnt onor mal a
sAur a/Aur a .

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1RAP Target’ssur
facethought
sonthecurr
ents ubject.
1/
2RV Thoug htseasi
lyreca
ll
edbythetar
getaboutt he
currentsubjec
t.
F
ull
RV Dis
ta ntthoughtsandmemorieswhi
cht het a
rg et
ma ynotev enreali
zeheknowsaboutthes ubject
.

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Rol
l
/E ffectonT argetAbi lity
2 Offens ive/Strengt hg et-2CSt oRVsDef ensiveg et+ 2CSt oRV.
3 NoE ffec t
4 S cra
mbl eRAPSa ddedt otheAPsofAbi li
ty.
5 Powerg etsFag uing ,ifitha dF ag uingi tl
os esit.
6 Ra ngednowha sT ouc hRa nge, Rangelessnowha sRa nge.
7 Ac quiresAl wa ysOn-Offens ivePower swi thAVfir ei n
Random di recons .S t
reng th( i
ftarge ed)i sNeut ra l
ized.
8 Offens iveg etsEx plos i
veRa dius,Defens i
veg etsAr eaE ffect
9 Powerg etstheT imeL i
mi tli
mi ta on=t o1D10pha ses.
10 Abi l
ityus eg etsa- 2CSt ot heOV.
11 S cra
mbl eRAPss ubt ractedf rom theAPsoft heAbi lit
y.
12 Offens ive/Strengt hg et+ 2CSt oRVsDef ens i
v eget- 2CSt oRV.
13 Offens ivehi t
st arget .Defens ivehitsnea restcha r
a cter.
14 T argetAPsha vled( roundeddown) .
15 Get s# 7a ndr ollaga in(ignor ingroll
sof15) .
16 Ra ngedha sDi minis hing,S elfPower sa r
eonl yus ableonot her
s.
17 Get sAr eaE ffec t
, orl osesi tifithaditbef ore.
18 APsofAbi l
ityreduc edt o0( or1i fA r ibute)
19 Rol ltwice, i
gnor efur therr ollsof19a nd20.
20 Rol lthree mes , i
g nor efur t
herr oll
sof19a nd20.

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ArfactI
den fic
a onT able
RAPS I
nfor
ma onGa ined
1 ABasicGis
t“ I
t’
saWa ndoffir eball
s.

1/2RV Aneartotalunderst
a ndingoftheArf ac
tand
theabil
i
tytous eall
ofi twithoutpenal
ty.
Ful
lRV As1/2butthisalsoincludesanyLimit
a onsa
nd
theabil
i
tytorepa i
ritifnecessar
y.

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ets,enabli
ngde duconofs ci
enceba sedwe aknesses.
UnlikeAna l
ysi
s, Observa ona ll
owstheus ertos eea n
enemy /si
tua ona ndde duc eexploit
ablewe aknesses,
suc ha sa
Powe rLimita on, Drawba cke t
c.
Be f
or ema kinga nObs erva onr ol
l,
theS ci
ens tmus t
spenda nAut oAconobs ervi
ngt hetargeti
na conbe forethe y
ma keDiceAcont og augewe aknesses.OV/RV=t hetar get
’s
abil
it
yt ohidehi swe aknes s(I
nt/WillorAPsofObs cureorBody /
Body).TheNoVi t
alAreasAdv ant ageaddsa+ 2CSpe naltytot he
OV/RV. Alt
e r
edAna tomya ddsa+ CSt otheOVonl y.
1We a knessorUnobs ervedPowe rwill
ber evea l
edt o
theObs erverpe rRAP, witha l
lwe aknessesupona chie
vingt he
ful
lRV. Oncet heS ci
e ns tpointsouthi sObserva on,the
targ
e t’
sOVi sre ducedbyt heRAPsoft hischeck(toami nof1)
foronea a ckonl y
.Note v ery
thingha sawe aknessora nun-
revealedpowe r.

TheOV/RVei
therequa
lst
heSci
en storGadget
ryski
ll
usedto
desi
gnt
heobject
.RAPsar
eint
erpr
etedinKnowledg
ePoint
s:
Knowl
edg
ePoi nts/Anal
ysis
1RAP Ma yus etheobj ectwitha+ 4CSt otheOV. Thi
s
penaltyreplac
est heUns ki
lledUs emodi fiers.
1/2RV Wor kingknowl edgea ndc anus eitwi tha+ 1CS
penalty.Thecha racterunder standsawea kness
oftheobj ec
ta ndma kesitv ulnerableag a
inst
as i
nglea a c
k( -1tot heOVmi nimum of1) .
Ful
lRV Possessescompl etek nowledg ea ndma yoperate
i
twi thoutpena lty.Alsoifthec haracterpossess
es
theDr awingPla nssubs k
ill
,theyma ydr awup
blueprint
stodupl icatethisobj ect.

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Ci
rcust
amc e OV/
RVModi
fier
I
ntr
ude rAle
rtAcva
ted +1
Day/Br
ightArea +2
NoCove rExi
st
s +
3

ACha rac
terma yusehisWeaponr ySkil
l(
ifthesub
sk
il
l a
ppli
es)asanAVf oraWe apona a c
k .I
ftheDe xter
it
yor
t
heWe a
pon’sAVishigherthanusethatinste
a dbuta dda+ 1
t
ot heAVtore pr
esentthetra
ini
nginvolv
e dinthesk i
ll
.Tre
a t
aCharact
erusinghisAPsofMa ralArtsforhiswe aponinthe
sa
mewa y.

tr
oni
csecur
ityalarms.TheOV/ RVe qual
st hec reator
’sGadgetr
y
orSec
uri
tySystemsS ki
ll
.Anypos iv eRAPsi sas ucces
sinover-
ri
di
ngthesystem.
Astanda r
dsecuri
tys yst
emha sOV/ RVsof5/ 5whil
e
compl
exonesha ve8/8orhi ghe r
.Ittakesami nimumof4APs
of me(1minute )tooverr
ideaS ecuri
tyS yst
e m.
St
ea l
thistheabil
itytomov esil
e ntl
ywi thoutbei
ng
no ce
dbyot herCha r
acter
s.T heOV/ RVi stheI nt/Wil
lofany
onl
ooker
s.TheF oll
owingmodi fie r
sincreas etheOV/ RVs:

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s
omeone

t
hey

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1.
Acv at
eAutoma cPower
s
2.
Rol
lforI
nia ve
3.
Per
formAcons
4.
MakeRe c
over
yChecks

De acva ngaPowe rnevercountsasanAcon, but


aChar
act
e rmaynotacvatea nddeacv at
ethes a
mePowe r
i
nonepha se
.
Onc eaprot
ecv ePowe rhasbeenacv ated,
itdoes
notc
ostanothe
rAcont ousei t
,anditwalls
tayacv at
ed
un l
theuserdeacvate
sitorisrenderedunconsc
ious
.

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Eachcomba t
antresol
vesthei
ra consinorde
rof
t
heiri
nia vescores
,fr
omhi ghes
ttolowe s
t.
Resol
vingAutoma cAconsa repre yeasy(
jus
t
f
oll
owtherul
eswr ienforthepowe retc.
).
ForDiceAcons :Remembe ranyHe r
oPointS
pends
t
oincr
easeanyval
uesmus tbedonebe f
orethedic
ea r
e
r
oll
ed.

APlay
e rmayne ve
rbuyoffmor epointsofDamageonLast
Di
tchDe f
enset hantheirba s
icResi
stanceValuever
sust
he
damagejustsustained.Thede ci
si
ont obuyoffda magemust
betak
e natthei nsta
ncet heda mageisdone.Thecostt
obuy
offasingl
epoi ntofda mag ediffer
sbyGe nr
e.

ACha r
acterautoma call
yg etsaResngRe cover
y
Checka e rasetamountof mepa ss
essincehewa sda maged.
BashingDama geisrol
ledforeveryhour(10APsof me )
,while
Kil
l
ingDa mageisroll
edfore v
ery24hour s(15Apsof me )
.
Characte
rsrecovereachoftheircondionss eparat
ely(Physi
cal,
Me ntal
,orMy sca l
)withseparat
eDi ceChecks.I
facha rac
teris
notfull
yhe a
leda e rmak i
ngthei
rc heckthentheymus twaitthe
appropri
ateamountof met ot r
ya gai
n(thene x
thouror24e tc
.)
.

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Thisi
sonlyuseabl
ebyCha r
ac t
e r
swiththeTechni
ques
Subski
l
lofMa ra l
Ars tandwil
lgiv
et heMa ra lArstafree
handtohanda a ckver
susanyonewhomi ss
estheminme l
ee,
provi
dedthatthea ackrol
lwasundert heCharact
er’
sMa ral
ArtsAPle
vel.T
hisfre
eCounterA a c
ks uffersa-1totheAVfor
thea ackrol
landforeachcounte
ra a ckprevi
ouslymade.

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Ae mp ngtobreakaGrappleisaDiceAconwhich
sest
hebrea
k er
’sDexorStr
(whi
che
v erishi
gher)
/St
rasthe
AV/EVandt
heoppone nt
’sDexorS
tr/StrastheOV/RV.
With1or
moreRAPstheGrappl
eisbrok
en.

Whe nus
inganonAreaOfE
ffec
trangeda a
cktohi
ta
g
rappl
edta
rgeti
fther
ollmi
sse
sby3orl
essthe
ntheothe
r
g
rappl
eri
shiti
nst
ead.

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Ahol disbrokeni noneoff ourwa y
s ,thea a ckerlets
go,theonebe inghe ldcana e mptt obr eakt hehol dbyus ingan
AVofe i
t herDe xorMa ra lArts(T echnique s
)a nda nE VofS tr,
Body,Wi ll
,Mi ndOv e rMa e r
,orMa ra lAr t
s( whic heverishigh-
est)aga
ins tanOVofDe xorT echni quesa ndaRVofS tre
ng th..
.
thethi
rdwa yt obr e
a kaS ubmissionHol di ssimilart othes econd,
butwithaT eam( T eamA a ckBonus ).Stretchinga ndot he r
powe r
swhi c
he nableape rsontos udde nlya l
terthef ormwi l
l
automa c all
ybr eakas ubmi ssi
onhol d.
Oppone ntsinS ubmi s
sionHol dsma ybef orcedtomov e
aboutorf oll
owr easonablev er
ba lordersduet othepa ininduc ed
compliance .
Oppone ntswi t
he it
he rMi ndOv e rMa e rorNoVi t
al
Areascani gnoret hepa i
n( sothe ydon’tha vet ofol l
owv erbal
orders
,butt he yma ybemov eda roundv ialev era
g e.

Thi
sisafor
mofMul- Aa c
kwhereei
theranobj
ector
atrai
nedMa ralArst’
sbodycanbeuse
dtoa a cka
sma ny
opponent
saspossi
ble.
Thi
snegate
soneColumnShi mula a c
k
penal
tyontheOVs i
deoft
hing
sforthea a
c kr
oll
.

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Non-
Skil
l
edDodg ingisanAutoma cAconwhi ch
provi
desa+ 1OVbonust otheDodg e
r.AS ki
l
ledDodg eis
donewi tht
heSubski
llofAcroaba c
sca l
l
e d“Dodg i
ng”which
i
saDi ceAcon( i
facha r
acterhasal
readyusedhi sacons ,
thenbot hv
ers
ionsofDodgingistak
enf r
omt hene xtround)
.
Skil
le
dDodg i
ngaddstheirAPsofSkil
ltotheOVi nsteadof
j
us tt
akinga1CSbonus .

Pa
rryi
ngc a
nonlybedonei facharac
terisusi
ng
eithertheMa ra l
Ars tski
lloraMe l
e eWeaponwi t
hthe
We a
ponr yski
l
l(meleewe apons)
.Tec hni
cal
lyMara lArst
Blockinginc
ludesParry
ing(differ
entt hema ctrappi
ngsbut
sameg ameme chani
ce ffect)
.Parr
yingwi t
hawe aponprovi
des
thes amebonusa sParryi
ngwi t
hMa ra l
Arts(
+1OV) .

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Throwingorfir inga nobjecttori
cochet
,bounceoff
s
urf
acesisa neleme ntoft hea acker’
sWe aponr
yMi s
sil
e
s
kil
l
.Thiscanc auseas ur
pr is
e“bli
nds i
de”bonusortohit
t
arget
shidingbe hindobje ct
s.Thi
sisdonebyma ki
nga“Tri
ck
S
hot”whichi sa+ 2OVpe natl
y

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103
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105
Weaponsc
anhav
ethei
rownAVa ndE Vs
cores.
In
thecas
eofAV,ause
rmayusewhiche
verAVisbe er.
ForEVs
ofmeleewea
pons,t
heda
ma gei
stheHighe
stEVbetweenthe
weaponorSt
r+1.

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A t
udeAdj
ust
mentT
able
A t
ude OV&RVColumnS
his
Awe st
ruck/
E na
mored -
2
Fri
endly -
1
Neutral 0
Suspici
ous +
1
Hosl e +3
Oppos ed +5
PersonalVende a +7

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108
Ga
dge
ts

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110
Rel
iabi
l
ityT
abl
e
Rel
i
abi
l
ityNumber F
CModi
fier
0 +
3
2 +
2
3 +
1
5 0
7 -
1
9 -
2
11 -
3

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113
114
DividingOmni-Ga dge tAPs
I
Inordertore prese
ntawi de rrangeofde
vic
es,anOmni-
Gadget’
sAPr a ngc anbedi videdamongsever
alAr i
but
es
andPowe rs
,a slongasthet otalAPsdonotexc
eedtheAP
ra ngoftheOmni -
Gadget.

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117
Thema i
nAbi lie sofComput ersincl
udet heBody ,
I
ntell
igenc e,Interne tConne cons ,t
heRe cal
lPowe r(fornon
i
nternets toredda ta )andv ariousS k
il
lsa ndAdva ntagessucha s
Detecv e ,Cry pt
og raphy ,Rese a
rch,orE xpe rse/Scholar.
Unlessitisinc ontrol ofaphy si
calsyst
e mt henitwillnotbe
abl
et odoa nyphy sicalma ni
pul a onsforitsowns ki
l
lse t
c.An
A.I
.hasWi llandMi nd,a nd“S el
f-Aware ”Comput ersha ve
Mysc alAr ibutes.
Othe rcomput erPowe r
se tc.i
nc l
udeRe mot eSensing,
andS ecurityS ys
tems .
Ac omput e rma yuseaS k
il
latitsownAPs ,oritma y
beuse dt oe nhanc et heS ki
llofaCha racterwhoa l
readyha sthe
Ski
ll
.Int helae rc ase ,
re ducetheOV/ RVbyt hec omput er
’sAPs
oftheS kil
l,toami nimimumofa1.

Hackersmus tpos sesse i


theraS c
hol arora nEx pers e
i
nComput erProgra mmi nga ndNe tworkS ecurity.TheAV/ EV
forha cki
ngisInt/Wi llandt heOV/ RVr angesf r
om1/ 1(av ery
i
ne xpe r
iencedComput e rUs er),3/
3( typicaluse r
),5/5(Maa nd
Pas hopwhi chhire da n“ expe r
t”),8/8(mos tbus inesses),and
15/15( Gov er
nme nt /Mili
ta ry).
Arfic ialIntell
igenc eorc ounte rhacke r
sma ya e mpt
tore mov eaha cker’sac cesstot hes ys
te m-i fno c ed.Aha c
k e
r
sudde nlyshu ngdowns ys t
e ms,ope ningupa utoma cg atesetc.
i
se asyt ospot,othe rwiset hisisanoppos se
dI nt/Wi l
lChe ck.If
thec ounterha c
ke rno c est he nbotht heHa c kerandt heCount er
Hac kermus troll
ve rsusa5/ 5.Subt r
actt heCount erHa ck er
’s
RAPsf romt heHa ck ers
. Tha t
’sther ema ini
ng met heHa ckercan
“research”thingsbe foret heCount erHa ckerboot shim. Ifnegav e
resultsarescoredt hent heHa ckerha sbe enba ck-tr
a c
e d.

118
Thea r
ibute
sofc omputersva
ry,s
oa sarul
eto
g
oby:Usemodernequiv
a l
entsandtheBenchmark
sTable
t
ofigur
eoutwhatfitsyourCha r
acte
rbest,t
heGM ma yof
c
our
sema kec
hangesaccordi
ngtothegamewor l
d.

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120
121
Ma
gic

122
TheHE ROPOI NTCOS Tforri
tuals
..
.
TheCos toftheRitual:Buytheeffe ctasthought he
Powe rorSkil
lwe rebeingpur c
hasedforane wCha rac
ter.
ThesePowe rsdonotr equi
reMy scL i
nks.Modi f
ytheCos tby
theCa sngT i
me ,
a ndNe ces
s a
ryCompone ntstabl
es.Any
Ar ibutewhichwi llr
eplaceaCha ra
cter
’sA r i
buteisit
ali
cize
d
andha sit
sFCinc reasedby2. Undernocir
c umstancesshould
anymodi fierreduceaF Cbelow1.
Oncet heinia lmathisdone,subtract10pointsfor
eachS peci
alRestri
con. Fi
nall
ydivi
deby4a ndroundup.

Ca
sngT
imeT
abl
e
CasngT i
me APs(me) F
CModi
fier
I
nstant 0 +
2
Sec
onds 1-3 +
1
1Minut e+ 4-7 0
15Mi nutes
+ 8-11 -
1
4Hour s+ 12-15 -
2
2Day s+ 16-19 -
3
1Mont h+ 20-23 -
4
1Year 24+ -
5
Ne
ces
sar
yCompone
ntsT
abl
e
Compone nt
s APs(Cos
t) F
CModi
fier
0 0 +
2
$50 1-3 +
1
$400 4-5 0
$1000 6-8 -
1
$10,
000 9-11 -
2
$100,
000 12-15 -
3
$1,
000,000 16-19 -
4
$20,
000,000 20+ -
5

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124
TheHE ROPOI NTCOS Tforri
tuals
..
.
TheCos toftheRitual:Buytheeffe ctasthought he
Powe rorSkil
lwe rebeingpur c
hasedforane wCha rac
ter.
ThesePowe rsdonotr equi
reMy scL i
nks.Modi f
ytheCos tby
theCa sngT i
me ,
a ndNe ces
s a
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