RPG Bloggers » mutants & masterminds http://www.rpgbloggers.com The best in tabletop RPG blogs Thu, 02 Sep 2010 15:07:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 Superheroes from The Other Side blog http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2010/08/superheroes.html http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2010/08/superheroes.html#comments Tue, 31 Aug 2010 16:45:00 +0000 The Other Side tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-1005720256576115793 http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2010/08/superheroes.html/feed/ 0 It’s Good To Be Wrong: DC Adventures from The Rhetorical Gamer http://morrisonmp.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/its-good-to-be-wrong-dc-adventures/ http://morrisonmp.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/its-good-to-be-wrong-dc-adventures/#comments Tue, 24 Aug 2010 21:40:09 +0000 The Rhetorical Gamer tag:www.rpgbloggers.com://a934498b311902c08702b17ac52e85e6 ]]> http://morrisonmp.wordpress.com/2010/08/24/its-good-to-be-wrong-dc-adventures/feed/ 0 Why I should hate DC Adventures, but I don’t from Greywulf's Lair » RPG http://greywulf.net/2010/08/why-i-should-hate-dc-adventures-but-i-dont/ http://greywulf.net/2010/08/why-i-should-hate-dc-adventures-but-i-dont/#comments Mon, 23 Aug 2010 07:14:51 +0000 Greywulf's Lair http://greywulf.net/2010/08/why-i-should-hate-dc-adventures-but-i-dont/ http://greywulf.net/2010/08/why-i-should-hate-dc-adventures-but-i-dont/feed/ 0 Review: “DC Adventures: Hero’s Handbook” RPG from Critical Hits » RPG http://critical-hits.com/2010/08/20/review-dc-adventures-heros-handbook-rpg/ http://critical-hits.com/2010/08/20/review-dc-adventures-heros-handbook-rpg/#comments Fri, 20 Aug 2010 11:58:04 +0000 Critical Hits http://critical-hits.com/?p=15066 http://critical-hits.com/2010/08/20/review-dc-adventures-heros-handbook-rpg/feed/ 0 Roll The Bones: Gamers And Their Dice Habits from Geek's Dream Girl » Dungeons & Dragons / RPGs http://geeksdreamgirl.com/2010/08/12/roll-the-bones-gamers-and-their-dice-habits/ http://geeksdreamgirl.com/2010/08/12/roll-the-bones-gamers-and-their-dice-habits/#comments Thu, 12 Aug 2010 14:31:31 +0000 Geek's Dream Girl http://geeksdreamgirl.com/?p=5735 http://geeksdreamgirl.com/2010/08/12/roll-the-bones-gamers-and-their-dice-habits/feed/ 0 Free Stuff Friday: DC Adventures Quick Start PDF from Stargazer's World http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StargazersWorld/~3/W2xs5ORuLtE/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StargazersWorld/~3/W2xs5ORuLtE/#comments Fri, 06 Aug 2010 10:00:32 +0000 Stargazer's World tag:www.rpgbloggers.com://885362bc8700d76a93a5cc82e9e44c81 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StargazersWorld/~3/W2xs5ORuLtE/feed/ 0 [DC Adventures] Quickstart Available for Download from Green Ronin from Life and Times of a Philippine Gamer http://philgamer.wordpress.com/2010/08/04/dc-adventures-quickstart-available-for-download-from-green-ronin/ http://philgamer.wordpress.com/2010/08/04/dc-adventures-quickstart-available-for-download-from-green-ronin/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 04:00:07 +0000 Life and Times of a Philippine Gamer http://philgamer.wordpress.com/?p=2223 ]]> http://philgamer.wordpress.com/2010/08/04/dc-adventures-quickstart-available-for-download-from-green-ronin/feed/ 0 Free Stuff Friday: DC Adventures Character Sheets from Stargazer's World http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StargazersWorld/~3/JtU7W9QqM9o/ http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StargazersWorld/~3/JtU7W9QqM9o/#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 10:00:42 +0000 Stargazer's World tag:www.rpgbloggers.com://f75f7c95ffb44584296829e0cef9d9e3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/StargazersWorld/~3/JtU7W9QqM9o/feed/ 0 A Tale of Two Supermen from The Other Side blog http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2010/07/tale-of-two-supermen.html http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2010/07/tale-of-two-supermen.html#comments Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:00:00 +0000 The Other Side tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-3603859877775518077 http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2010/07/tale-of-two-supermen.html/feed/ 0 Why Green Ronin? 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2010 12:46:00 +0000 The Other Side tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-5308472050495320144 http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2010/05/willow-tara-mutants-masterminds.html/feed/ 0 Zatanna, Every Little Thing She Does is Magic from The Other Side blog http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2010/05/zatanna-every-little-thing-she-does-is.html http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2010/05/zatanna-every-little-thing-she-does-is.html#comments Wed, 05 May 2010 12:29:00 +0000 The Other Side tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-4460494683352900354 http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2010/05/zatanna-every-little-thing-she-does-is.html/feed/ 0 Character du Jour: Math-Whizz from Greywulf's Lair » RPG http://greywulf.net/2010/05/character-du-jour-math-whizz/ http://greywulf.net/2010/05/character-du-jour-math-whizz/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 15:39:31 +0000 Greywulf's Lair http://greywulf.net/?p=8672 http://greywulf.net/2010/05/character-du-jour-math-whizz/feed/ 0 Dracula: Mutants & Masterminds from The Other Side blog http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2010/05/dracula-mutants-masterminds.html http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2010/05/dracula-mutants-masterminds.html#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 10:48:00 +0000 The Other Side tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-4759162550633711327 http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2010/05/dracula-mutants-masterminds.html/feed/ 0 Green Ronin to do DC from The Other Side blog http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2010/05/green-ronin-to-do-dc.html http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2010/05/green-ronin-to-do-dc.html#comments Mon, 03 May 2010 16:00:00 +0000 The Other Side tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7913319789564397699.post-28767054980128132 http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2010/05/green-ronin-to-do-dc.html/feed/ 0 Seven Champions: The Cathedral from Greywulf's Lair » RPG http://greywulf.net/2010/05/seven-champions-the-cathedral/ http://greywulf.net/2010/05/seven-champions-the-cathedral/#comments Sun, 02 May 2010 08:23:20 +0000 Greywulf's Lair 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Basics tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5459604270859239874.post-106182771463215780 Accidental Survivors invited me to play in an ongoing play-by-wiki game over at Obsidian Portal. This is a take on play-by-forum (which I did a little OWoD Vampire forum play back in the day of Prodigy) and was sparked by a post from Ken Newquist over at Nuketown.com. Rob is running the game using Mutants & Masterminds. So, as promised, here is the low down...

The Game

Mutants & Masterminds (M&M) has been around for a while now and has cemented it's position as the premier D20 supers game. The game is versatile and well supported in it's second edition. I've yet to come up with a super I couldn't stat out using this game system. I've game mastered and played both the 1st and 2nd edition IRL and had a great time doing so. I could go on and on about the game, but this post isn't so much a review of the game as it is of its application to the play-by-wiki (PBW) approach.

Let me make note before we go much further that Rob has stated that the current game is an experiment. Based on suggestions that Ken made in post at Nuketown, Rob is bringing the game to life over at Obsidian Portal. We all, players and GM alike, are feeling our way through play. Some elements are more collaborative storytelling and others more game-y.

First things first: the characters. We created Power Level 6 heroes. This sets the tone and feel for the game. PL 6 is below the typical starting level of 10. This fits in the range of street-level characters; these 'supers' will either be highly skilled/well-equipped 'normals' or possessing some small set of powers. This fits in nicely with the setting Rob chose - Freedom City.

Freedom City is normally home to some heavy hitters in the M&M world, but Rob has chosen to set the game during the setting's Iron Age. The year is 1985. In our world, comics were darker and populated with all manner of anti-heroes. This is the world into which The Raven was born.

Technical Aspects

I'm a self-acknowledged min/max-er when it comes to M&M. I like to feel that I get the most out of every power point. This leads to some intense character creation. In the past I've used a spreadsheet program for doing this. This time when I used it didn't seem to work very well when it came to the powers sheet. I may have too new a version of Microsoft Excel. I did not try the Open Office version.

Upon suggestion I tried Mutagen! a free Java applet for M&M character creation. The website that offered a download is now gone, the yahoo group is all but a ghost town, I don't believe the program is in active development, but I got my hands on a copy. It had a short learning curve and seemed to do the trick. The stat block in the character page (linked above) for The Raven was generated using this app.

Now the PBW is very similar to play-by-forum (PBF). You post something that relates to what your character is doing. The cool thing is that we're all editing the same wiki page of text. We build the story interactively. The down side is, like PBF, there can be down time between posts since not everyone has the same amount of free time. I have been guilty of that as I was away from my computer for a week, so The Raven didn't do much.

One of the things I had to get used to was how much I should write. I started off only writing a few lines, basically explaining one action. Rob pointed out that we had more authorial control and should expand. I loosened up and seemed to have found a nice rhythm.

Obsidian Portal also includes a die roller. We've used this in a couple of combat situations to relate the effectiveness of an attack or skill use. I'm interested to see how it gets used when more of the players are involved in the same scene.

I'm also able to create my own pages for things like my alter ego's apartment. and list off some supporting characters. The linking feature of wikis proves quite useful. For example, if Rob introduces an organization into the story, he create a page relating what is known about that organization without slowing down the narrative.

As a result of Rob posting about his experiment, Obsidian Portal upped his membership to the Ascendant level. This means the campaign gets forums, email notification and more maps. We're in the process of trying out all the fiddly bits. I recently posted the first two forum topics and we'll see where that goes.

After a little bit of back story development, Rob is kicking off Vol. 1, Issue 1 of Freedom City: Shades of Grey. Something very cool about this is that it looks like he is running two stories side-by-side. My thought is that the two groups of heroes will eventually meet up and interact together. But the possibility always remains to easily spin off a side jaunt or Shag & Scoob (spit up the party) if need be.

So far, smooth sailing. I'm in a mind to try running a PBW myself. If I do, I'll be sure to post it here.

Follow Your Bliss,
JJ
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I am gaming like its 1997!
By that I mean, I am playing in a game of Vampire: The Masquerade, and I have a tattered copy of the Shadowrun rules (2e) sitting on the nightstand beside my bed.
I’ve not yet tackled the Shadowrun book (though I do have many warm memories of playing it back in the day) as I’ve been absorbed by the Vampire stuff. I forgot how solid the story was that supported the game. I know the whole Caine, generation, Gehenna – thing wore some gamers out after awhile, but I still have fond memories of it . . . so much so that I bought the new World of Darkness rulebook and Vampire: The Requiem.
More on that in a second  . . .
But why the sudden rush of nostalgia.
Well, first off it is not nostalgia. It is the search for a better, or at least different, game than the iterations of D&D I’ve been playing regularly for the last bit. I love Pathfinder, and I love 4e – but the heart wants what the heart wants. And mine wants something different, something new, something I’ve yet to fully test out.
That has led me to 3 games:
- New World of Darkness – I am/was an avid fan of the The Masquerade, and as such swallowing The Requiem’s more toolkit approach has taken some getting used to. That said, I see opportunities for great, dark, gritty games. Also, considering Mage: The Awakening and Hunter: The Vigil . . .
- Savage Worlds - I am far too ignorant about this system. I’ve just recently started researching it a bit, and will likely be purchasing the Explorer’s Edition book soon. I’ve got hot ideas of running a Dark Sun campaign with this system.
- Mutants & Masterminds – One of my favorite gaming systems out there. I’ve never run with it my gaming friends though – it has always been online or one-shots with other people. Superhero games can be difficult to pull off in my experience, but this system is so vibrant it begs to be given another shot.

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Anyways, right now I am ‘preparing’ a Requiem game set in Detroit. I am about 50/50 on running a Masquerade campaign (Camarilla, Sabbat) using the new rules and just running a game that cleaves more to Requiem’s suggested content.
The decision has been difficult and I am going to pose it to my player’s on Thursday during our Pathfinder game. On one hand we all love the Caine story, the Camarilla vs. Sabbat action – but Requiem is very open to such playstyles too, though it loses important things like, oh, the Tremere clan . . .
Anyways, I am posting to warn those who read this blog (and its occasional updates) that my posts will be shying away from D&D for the foreseeable future to focus on these systems.
Hopefully this week I will detail my plans for Detroit by Night . . . .
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