So here I have a stack of blank character sheets for the D6 Star Wars Role-Playing Game (Revised, Expanded, UPdated edition), with no plans to run a campaign.
Hmph.
Maybe I’ll create a character, for old times’ sake.
Mutants and Masterminds
Today my gaming group began a new role-playing campaign, using the Mutants and Masterminds game system.
We spent a couple of hours creating characters, with me doing it hesitantly, since I was running the campaign.
I decided to make a ‘Crime Fighter’ type, since I wanted to make a Shadow/Crimson Avenger/Green Hornet type. That isn’t what I ended up with.
The following is a result of the die rolls generated as I used the quick-start character creation system:
Dark Avenger: Your life changed in a single, horrifying moment. Since then you’ve trained your body and mind to become an instrument of vengeance.
I need to come up with what that traumatic event was.
Incredible Presence: You are physically impressive or otherwise intimidating. You are also a natural leader.
Okay.
Sleuth: You’re a student of observation.
Scientist: You are a trained scientist and capable of inventing gadgets of your own.
Cool.
Acrobat: You’re a trained acrobat, capable of incredible feats of agility.
By this time I figured that I was going to have a Batman-esque hero. Or maybe Blue Beetle II/Nite Owl.
Avenger: You’ve trained yourself in a number of useful skills.
The advantages given here totally makes this guy like Batman (Streetwise, Intimidation, Vehicles).
Investigator: You’ve studied investigation and other forms of observation.
Next, this character ended up with Gadgetry, granting him a Headquarters, and a further roll granted a Combat Suit.
I figured that this would be an animal based hero, and that animal would be…
ENTER… THE KOALA
I made him about the same size as me (5’6″, 160 lbs) and spoke with a raspy Christian Bale voice as we played.
We decided that the super team would use this character’s HQ as their base, the Koala Den, located around Yerba Buena Gardens in the South of Market area of San Francisco.
We haven’t come up with a super group name yet. And I may do a little fudging and grant everyone some equipment, like Koala-rangs for my character.
Fun times ahead.
RPGs
Starting Today
Repost: Day 2
Not that I plan on posting something every day on this blog, though I should.
Nah.
I spend the better part of the day out an about, browsing aisles at Fry’s and Game Kastle. I needed a replacement charging cable for my phone, so I ended up getting 2 of those (one was found to be too short when I got home), a Hot Wheels car, and some gummi candy from Fry’s. I also almost walked out of there with a USB microphone, the kind used for things like podcasts. I stopped myself when I realized that I don’t podcast.
At Game Kastle, I must have spent over an hour there, browsing and almost starting a trip down the rabbit hole/money suck that is the Batman Miniatures game. The rulebook alone, along with just 3 minis, was a bit too high to start investing in a game that I probably would end up not playing, much like Warhammer 40K had become over the years. At least I may be playing 40K again.
I also looked at supplements for a couple of other games, including Zombicide: Black Plague and a couple of RPGs: Mutants and Masterminds and Traveller.
I found that I could get the Black plague supplement cheaper online.
I was reminded that I purchased a mega bundle of M&M PDFs, including most of the printed items that I saw today.
As for Traveller, I’ve been itching to play some sort of space-themed role-playing game since watching Rogue One. I dug out the original Star Frontiers rules, and browsed the Traveller PDFs that I had picked up in another online sale sometime last year. Again I found that I either had the printed materials in PDF, or I could get them cheaper online.
My monthly group may or may not be starting a new RPG campaign with Mutants and Masterminds. I’d love to start a space RPG campaign.