Archive for June, 2013

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NOTE: Due to the content of this character sheet, spoilers for the Fate franchise follow.

One of the charms of Marvel Heroic Roleplaying is its way of dealing with varying power levels. Its leveling of the playing field translates decently enough to other settings and character; not every story has evenly matched characters, making it otherwise hard to fit them into a RPG. A game can evolve into a massive crossover with various characters from all sorts of media and yet keep its balance.

It’s also tremendously fun to write up datafiles for non-Marvel characters.

Under the cut is a MHRP character datafile for Saber from the Fate franchise, part of Type-Moon‘s Nasuverse. I’ve based her on the version of the character that appears in the Fate storyline in Fate/Stay Night. Her stats should be compatible with normal MHRP parties if your Watcher allows fan-built characters from other media sources and her backstory makes her easy to dump into a party of heroes. I’ve always enjoyed the Matter of Britain from a storytelling perspective and while the idea of a female King Arthur is really silly, it also tickles me.

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The Infinity Gauntlet

The Infinity Gauntlet

The culmination of the Infinity Gems posts is finally here!  Behold the ultimate power of the Infinity Gauntlet!

The Infinity Gauntlet, when used to its full potential, makes its wielder a nigh unstoppable reality shaping god. There are only two known beings with powers greater than the Infinity Gauntlet, the Living Tribunal and the One Above All… and yet, for better or worse, I present to you a power set for the Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Game that you could provide to a savvy player who’s collected and controlled the ultimate power of the Infinity Gems.

Further Reading: Infinity Gems on Wikipedia, Infinity Gauntlet on Marvel Database

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