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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game)
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A tabletop RPG from Green Ronin Publishing, Mutants & Masterminds, also known as M&M, describes itself as "The World's Greatest Superhero Role-Playing Game." DC Comics sure seemed to think so. The game uses a heavily modified versionnote So heavily modified that it is now legally not a version of the d20 System from Dungeons & Dragons 3rd Edition, and its point-buy character creation system is designed to allow players to create just about any character they can think of. In fact, the "Roll Call" section of the Atomic Think Tank, the official Mutants & Masterminds forum, contains fan-submitted stats for pretty much every fictional character that's ever existed, from Superman to Sailor Moon to Shaggy Rogersnote Even Trope-tan.Green Ronin also published DC Adventures, a licensed RPG based on The DCU and using the 3rd edition of the M&M rules.The Freedom City 'verse is the default setting for M&M (and the place for FC-specific tropes). | |
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Super-Reflexes | |
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Super-Reflexes: As with everything else, there are several ways to build this power. Improved Initiative will help your PC go first in combat. Quickness will let her complete routine tasks quickly. Defensive Roll will help her avoid attacks, as will buying up her Defense bonus and/or Reflex saving throw. The Anime-inspired 2E supplement, "Mecha and Manga", added the "Bullet Time" feat which allows for additional standard actions (but only one attack) when combining Extra Effort and a Hero Point. The Masterminds Manual came out with optional rules for extra attacks per round years previously. But in both cases, most GMs avoid both rules like the plague, for two reasons: First, in an effects-based system like M&M, any "single" attack can be described as a flurry of multiple blows in rapid succession - which the "Mecha and Manga" system even supports as a melee version of Autofire. Second, being able to force a second consecutive saving throw in a game where every save might be your character's last if she fails it badly enough means something a lot different than a chance to chip away a few more hit points from a big pile. | |
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Darker and Edgier | |
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Darker and Edgier: The 2nd edition core rulebook includes variant rules for this variant playstyle. | |
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Power Creep, Power Seep | |
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Power Creep, Power Seep: When converting existing characters to the game, interpretations of their level of power vary widely. A common pastime on the official forums is to try and stat godlike characters such as Galactus as playable, rules-legal starting characters. Of course, now that DC Adventures is here, characters are receiving official stats. In addition, canonically, heroes receive 1-2PP per arc of the adventure and every 10-20PP, gain a new Power Level. | |
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You Can't Thwart Stage One | |
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You Can't Thwart Stage One: If the players look like they'll thwart stage one, the GM is encouraged to cheat, put the plot back on the rails, and give the PCs some Hero Points in compensation. | |
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Teenage Mutant Samurai Wombats | |
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Teenage Mutant Samurai Wombats: in its continuing mission to homage every comic book trope ever, the game finally got round to this one in the Superteam Handbook supplement, with four young female rabbits who were mutated into humanoids and became the Shadow Knights. | |
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The GM Is a Cheating Bastard | |
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The GM Is a Cheating Bastard: Some uses of "GM fiat", where things happen to the PCs with them getting a chance to respond, are allowed, but give the affected players a Hero Point in compensation. | |
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Set Swords to "Stun" | |
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Set Swords to "Stun": By default, damage is non-lethal in 2E. 3E makes all damage non-lethal. | |
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Status Effects | |
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Status Effects: M&M has several of them. Pretty much every non-Damage attack power qualifies — Confuse, Dazzle, Fatigue, Mind Control, Nauseate, Paralyze, Stun, etc. 3E condenses them all into a single customizable power, Affliction. | |
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Nobody Can Die | |
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Nobody Can Die: Backed up by the mechanics to varying degrees across editions - see Kick Them While They Are Down and Non-Lethal K.O.. | |
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Omniglot | |
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Omniglot: Achievable with 6PP of the Comprehend power (for reference, a default starting superhero gets allotted 150PP). | |
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The Bad Guy Wins | |
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The Bad Guy Wins: The book "Crooks" has rules for if this happens, which basically allows the villain to spend "villain points" to make the world Darker and Edgier | |
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Thou Shalt Not Kill | |
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Thou Shalt Not Kill: A possible complication is a code of honor that prevents a hero from killing his opponents. | |
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Gender Flip | |
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Gender Flip: The game's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles analogue are the Shadow Knights, who are all female. Notably, the Expies of Splinter and Shredder are also female. | |
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Class and Level System | |
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Class and Level System: Averted. Both the core rulebook and most of the supplements include templates for popular character archetypes, but they are mostly intended to speed up character generation. | |
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Rule of Cool | |
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Rule of Cool: Assumed to be the law of the universe by default. | |
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Your Mime Makes It Real | |
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Your Mime Makes It Real: The 3rd party supplement "Escape from Alcatraz" has The Mysterious Mime, a marooned alien who was adopted by a circus troupe and channels its telekinesis through miming. | |
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Non-Lethal K.O. | |
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Non-Lethal K.O.: Even with super-strength, no matter how high the damage, the worst that can happen to a target is being KOed when using non-lethal damage. In the third edition this is enforced for all damage - no amount of damage of any type can do more than incapacitate someone, and they only stand even a chance of dying if damaged again (see Kick Them While They Are Down, above). | |
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Player Mooks | |
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Player Mooks: Sidekicks and minions. | |
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When Trees Attack | |
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When Trees Attack: The villainous Green Man and his brides from the Freedom City setting is all about this. | |
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Homing Projectile | |
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Homing Projectile: A power feat called Homing can allow many powers to work like this. | |
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Damage Typing | |
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Damage Typing: "Lethal" and "Nonlethal." Under the default rules, all damage is assumed to be the latter unless specifically stated otherwise, but all attacks can inflict either type. The third edition does away with this distinction, treating all damage as nonlethal until it is directed at a character that is already incapacitated. | |
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Grappling with Grappling Rules | |
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Grappling with Grappling Rules: In 2E, about as bad as any other d20 game with the caveat that particular powersets have grapple bonuses that can guarantee success. The system was changed for 3E/DCA to reduce the ridiculous levels of grapple bonuses at the expense of making it very difficult for even an optimized grappling build to secure a hold. | |
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Dump Stat | |
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Dump Stat: Every Ability score except Constitution (see One Stat to Rule Them All below) can fall into this trap, depending on the character concept. Most of the Abilities exist only to fuel Skills, and maybe Saving Throws, so if there aren't enough of either that your character cares about investing in, then they're not an efficient purchase. And Strength only matters if you care about heavy lifting or melee damage. Charisma in 1E/2E, and its 3E successor, Presence, are the best examples by far. Constitution can be a dump stat in 3E. Constitution is mostly good for raising Toughness & Fortitudenote (It also handles recovery checks, which are nothing to sneeze at, but are more of a "downtime" factor than a combat one.), and it costs exactly the same to buy them both up directly (the situation is a bit different in 2E, where Constitution also added to recovery checks). In fact, robot or undead heroes dump their Constitution all the way down to zero and buy immunities and protectionnote (and regeneration) to compensate. Dexterity can also be a dump stat. Raising an ability score is expensive, so it's only worthwhile if the score boosts an attack and multiple skills. Dexterity only boosts two skills, Sleight of Hand and Vehicles, neither of which are useful for many character concepts, and while it applies to ranged attacks (an important ability) it's cheaper to just put points into the Ranged Attack advantage instead. In 1E and 2E, Dexterity boosted the skills of Acrobatics, Escape Artist, and Stealth, and also affected initiative bonuses and reflex saves, but some of these benefits were moved to Agility in 3E and Reflex was eliminated in favor of Dodge. Lastly, in 3E, Fighting adds to Parry and Close Combat at the exact same cost as buying those abilities directly. | |
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BadassNormal | |
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Badass Normal: The system is designed to ensure that these can compete. It comes from making the game mechanics generic. So your ranged damage +10 ability could be described as heat vision or an electrified batarang. The system doesn't care. | |
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Play-by-Post Games | |
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Play-by-Post Games: There are several on the Internet, hosted on both the official M&M forums and third-party sites. Freedom City Play By Post is the largest, most active, and longest-running. | |
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Kick Them While They Are Down | |
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Kick Them While They Are Down: In the third edition, this is the only way anyone can die. Characters only move to "Dying" status after failing a resistance check against damage after already being incapacitated. After that, they still only die if they accumulate three or more degrees of failure on a DC 15 Fortitude check, or get finished off again by another source of damage they fail to resist. Thus, barring GM fiat, in order to kill anything, one would have to first incapacitate it, then "finish it off" with yet another attack, and then finish it off again to complete the job - even if the target is a gerbil and the attack is a planet-destroying superweapon. | |
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Keystone Superpower | |
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Keystone Superpower: In 1E, there were several powers, such as Cosmic Powers that have a bundle of powers that can be bundled together. There are also Secondary Effect Power Stunts that are similar to alternate effects/powers in later editions, in being cheaper, but only being able to be used in replacement of the base power. They were all some more limited in what they could replace. In 2E and 3E, any Power can be made into an "Array" through the use of Alternate Powers/Effects, which lets you assign multiple Powers under the same base power to reduce the cost in Power Points. The trade-off is that you can only use one specific Power in your Array per turn, and because all such items are considered to be part of the same power, nullifying or weakening one removes or weakens all of them. To use an example suggested by the Hero's Handbook, "Magnetism" is a Control power that, by itself, gives a ranged Blast attack. It can be made into an Array with Move Object so long as the objects moved are metal in nature. | |
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Charm Person | |
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Charm Person: Essentially the effect of using the Love aspect of Emotion Control. | |
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Self-Damaging Attack Backfire | |
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Self-Damaging Attack Backfire: One of the common setups for application of the first level of Side Effect is that the negative effect happens on a miss, or if the defender makes their resistance check. | |
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Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards | |
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Linear Warriors, Quadratic Wizards: Averted, since there are no character classes. True Badass Normals, lacking any powers or devices which give them powers, are at something of a disadvantage in combat and raw power. But they can make up for it in other ways. A minor example of this is with Power Stunts (expending energy to do something that fits inside the "theme" of your power) and Arrays (a number of different powers that easily fit under the umbrella of a single one), since vaguely-defined powers like magic or energy control can more easily encompass this than straightforward powers like super strength or flight. Even then, though, simple creativity or comic book science can go a long way. | |
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Solar-Powered Magnifying Glass | |
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Solar-Powered Magnifying Glass: In "High Noon", part of the Lame Mage Evil Genius adventures, Dr. Null posthumously launches a doomsday device that deploys a cloud of small nanotechnology crystals that float around and focus beams of indiscriminate destruction from the sun's rays to destroy major cities. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Artistic License – Law | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_8391b1c7 | comment |
Artistic License – Law: One of the sourcebooks "Crooks!" has an optional rule where you can determine the result of a villain's trial with a single d20 roll, with modifiers based on how bad the crime was, how rich they are, and more. The designers admit this isn't very realistic but point out that a realistic trial system would likely be pretty boring. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Superhero | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_8448fdd0 | comment |
Super Hero: Although the system can be used to simulate any genre of fiction, this is the assumed default for M&M games. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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PowerLevel | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_85c07524 | comment |
In addition, canonically, heroes receive 1-2PP per arc of the adventure and every 10-20PP, gain a new Power Level. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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The Ages of Superhero Comics | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_89dc8f16 | comment |
The Ages Of Super Hero Comics: The core book actually has a historical summary of every major age, encouraging GMs to use them as a guide for the tone of a campaign. The Golden Age of Comic Books: The game assumes a default setting of the present, but there is a sourcebook dealing with this era. The Silver Age of Comic Books: Another "historic supers" setting, sharing a sourcebook with The Bronze Age of Comic Books. The Bronze Age of Comic Books: This is one of several "historic supers" settings, sharing a sourcebook with The Silver Age of Comic Books. The Iron Age Of Comic Books: The game assumes a default setting of the present, but there is a sourcebook dealing with this era. The Modern Age of Comic Books: The tone and setting assumed by default for the game. A modern day supers 'verse where the Darker and Edgier excesses of the Iron Age are over, and there's a bit of Silver Age idealism returning to the world. Manga: Not actually an "Age" per-se, but there is a 2E sourcebook that lets players build everything from Sentai and Magical Girls to Mecha and Mons Trainers. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_89dc8f16 | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_8b387569 | type |
The Six Stats | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_8b387569 | comment |
The Six Stats: As a game using the d20 System, M&M 1E and 2E had them. 3E changed the names on everything, and added "melee attack bonus" and "ranged attack bonus" as abilities (with attendant skills) instead of being handled by a separate value. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_8b387569 | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_8dff7e48 | type |
Stealth Expert | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_8dff7e48 | comment |
Stealth Expert: Quite possible to build, although the way in which skills are capped means that it's just as easy for someone on the other side to have enough Notice bonus to counteract your Stealth bonus, bringing it back to approximately a 50/50 chance. Also, the use of various super-senses like the ability to sniff out enemies or X-Ray Vision means that you may auto-fail according to some GMs. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_8dff7e48 | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_8f3a20a | type |
Heroic Spirit | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_8f3a20a | comment |
Heroic Spirit: Represented by the Extra Effort and Hero Point rules, which allow PCs to, for example, get a Heroic Second Wind or temporarily gain New Powers as the Plot Demands. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_8f3a20a | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_92248a9 | type |
Rule Zero | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_92248a9 | comment |
Rule Zero: Notably, this game some specific mechanics for it. The gamemaster sets the "power level" of the game which caps many key bonuses. Gamemaster fiat allows the gamemaster to arbitrarily create obstacles to prevent players from ruining the adventure in exchange for which the hero earns a hero point they can use later thereby awarding players for initiative and creative thinking. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_92248a9 | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_923be466 | type |
Game System | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_923be466 | comment |
Game System: A derivative of the d20 mechanic from D&D3E, though with a completely different character creation system (a Point Build System instead of a Class and Level System). The third edition remains d20 based, but strips out many of the D&D terms and mechanics (such as the division between ability scores and ability modifiers). | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_923be466 | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_9b8671cf | type |
As Lethal as It Needs to Be | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_9b8671cf | comment |
As Lethal as It Needs to Be / Almost Lethal Weapons: Sometimes the lethal weapon is lethal, sometimes not depending on drama. The former covers the minion rule in that whether you get killed depends on who you are. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_9b8671cf | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_9d184483 | type |
Changing Clothes Is a Free Action | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_9d184483 | comment |
Changing Clothes Is a Free Action: If you have the right feat or power. | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_9d184483 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_9d184483 | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_9f4a47f2 | type |
Competitive Balance | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_9f4a47f2 | comment |
Competitive Balance: The tradeoff mechanic allows for characters of the same Power Level to perform differently, allowing for generalized Jack of All Stats characters or specialized characters that make tradeoffs such as sacrificing accuracy for the sake of raw power. Since offense and defense are nearly always evenly balanced with respect to one another and speed is not factored into the tradeoff system, however, archetypes common in other systems such as the Glass Cannon and the Fragile Speedster are nearly always averted. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_9f4a47f2 | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_9f63d4f1 | type |
Our Vampires Are Different | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_9f63d4f1 | comment |
The superhero universes this game is based off of tend to be this way, so the rules support the necessary flexibility to build anything from vampires to dinosaurs to ninjas to ringwraiths. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_9f63d4f1 | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_a414c3f0 | type |
One-Hit Kill | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_a414c3f0 | comment |
One-Hit Kill: The system separates all characters into two types, "Heroes/Villains" and "Minions." When "Heroic" characters fail a saving throw against an attack, the degree of harm they suffer is directly proportional to the margin by which they failed the roll. If a Minion fails a save, they automatically suffer the worst possible result of the attack. | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_a414c3f0 | |
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Touch the Intangible | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_a6327754 | comment |
Touch the Intangible: This appears as the "Affects Insubstantial" power feat (2e) or flat-value modifier (3e), which grants 50% effectiveness the first time it's taken and 100% effectiveness the second. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_a6327754 | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_a7b8ba72 | type |
Point Build System | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_a7b8ba72 | comment |
Point Build System: Necessary in order to accurately reflect the source material — you can mix-n-match powers, abilities, and skills to make anything from a Flying Brick to a Badass Normal. | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_a7b8ba72 | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_a9e14a3b | type |
Flying Firepower | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_a9e14a3b | comment |
Flying Firepower: One of the sample hero archetypes is called "Energy Controller," and has the basic package of Flight, Hand Blasts, and a Force Field. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_a9e14a3b | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_ab7b9269 | type |
You All Meet in an Inn | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_ab7b9269 | comment |
You All Meet in an Inn: The two stock adventures from the rulebook are "You all meet when supervillains rob a bank while you're in line in your secret identity" and "You all meet when a benefactor invites you to form a super team". | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_ab7b9269 | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_afc52a86 | type |
Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_afc52a86 | comment |
Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot: You can make just about any character you like with this system. Examples can be found in Roll Call, the character thread area of the Atomic Think Tank. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_afc52a86 | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_b21ed2d2 | type |
Experience Points | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_b21ed2d2 | comment |
Experience Points: "Power Points." In a refreshing change of pace from most RPGs, they function identically to the points characters receive at character generation. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_b21ed2d2 | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_b28b2006 | type |
Minmaxer's Delight | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_b28b2006 | comment |
Min Maxers Delight: Since the system favors Character Customization, in order to best reflect the source material, character creation requires more Game Master oversight than most RPGs. Attacks with Perception as their range can hit anyone the character can perceive with an accurate sense (sight, touch, or some super-sense alternative), at any range, without requiring an attack roll. There are only minor disadvantages such as the modest cost increase, the inability to aim blind, and no ability to boost damage through critical hits or combat maneuvers. Some groups opt to ban or mitigate it by forcing such attacks to allow an additional saving throw instead or by stipulating that Perception range attacks be at a rank below PL. Various forms of power "arrays" allow characters to have various powers at a dramatically lower price than they would take to buy them all normally. Generally this comes with the balance factor that they cannot all be used at once. For instance, a shapeshifter has a finite budget for their alternate forms, but can use any combination of powers that they can afford within that budget. "Alternate Powers" ("Alternate Effects" in 3E) are bought at almost no cost, with the stipulation they cannot be used simultaneously with the power to which they're attached, and that they cannot be more expensive than their 'parent'. As these systems are ripe for abuse, the books caution GMs about allowing power arrays that amount to "all the powers I want my Hero to have" rather than reflecting a coherent theme. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_b28b2006 | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_b6e1d40b | type |
Acceptable Breaks from Reality | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_b6e1d40b | comment |
Acceptable Breaks from Reality: The core book even points out how many things like realistic consequences of certain powers or logistical concerns like keeping track of ammo, vehicle fuel, or monetary cost of equipment are often Hand Waved in favor of having fun in a setting that runs on Superhero Tropes and Rule of Cool. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_b6e1d40b | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_b72ae7 | type |
Omnidisciplinary Scientist | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_b72ae7 | comment |
Omnidisciplinary Scientist: Made the rule in 3E where there's one skill, Technology, for all inventors and one skill, Expertise: Science, for all scientists. Even in 1E and 2E, since most skills dealing with science and technology are based on the Intelligence stat, building one of these is both easy and cost-effective. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_b72ae7 | |
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One Stat to Rule Them All | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_b798d379 | comment |
One Stat to Rule Them All: Mostly averted from 2E up, though it's been noted that high-Strength/Toughness builds are statistically more likely to win a fight than high-Defense/Accuracy builds, even if they're at the same Power Level. Constitution/Stamina is as close as it comes. Every 2PP you spend on it gives you +1 to 3 different values, which would each cost 1PP per +1 to purchase independently. It's the only Ability that's cost-effective no matter what. | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_b798d379 | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_bf9ed416 | type |
Immortality | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_bf9ed416 | comment |
Immortality: All the various subtropes can be purchased even as a starting character though some of them are pretty expensive. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) | hasFeature |
Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_bf9ed416 | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_c1c29f00 | type |
Character Level | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_c1c29f00 | comment |
Character Level: "Power Level" (not to be confused with Power Levels), though they don't mean quite the same thing as in other d20-derived games. "Power Points" are what actually increase your character's abilities — Power Level only restrict how you can spend your points (e.g., adding up the strength of your attack and its accuracy together cannot exceed your PL times two, so you can't raise one sky-high without sacrificing the other; same goes for pairing up several kinds of defences with each other). | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_c1c29f00 | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_c26e2b1 | type |
New Powers as the Plot Demands | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_c26e2b1 | comment |
New Powers as the Plot Demands: This ability is built into the core mechanics of the system, for all characters. A mechanic called Extra Effort allows a PC to temporarily gain a new power at the cost of becoming fatigued (though a Hero Point can negate that penalty). Variable Powers, such as "Nemesis" and "Shapeshift," allow characters to gain new traits as the situation demands without the need for Extra Effort or Hero Points. But they are very expensive, so the character pays a high premium for the flexibility. Further, when using "Nemesis" the GM picks what powers you get. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_c26e2b1 | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_c27bb61b | type |
Alliteration & Adventurers | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_c27bb61b | comment |
Alliteration & Adventurers: Mutants & Masterminds, along with 2E supplements Wizards & Warlocks and Mecha & Manga, feature Dungeons & Dragons-style names, with an occasionally teased supplement for teen comics to be named Hunks & Heartbreakers. | |
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| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_ce6555f0 | type |
Lighter and Softer | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_ce6555f0 | comment |
Lighter and Softer: The 2nd edition core rulebook includes variant rules for this variant playstyle. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_ce6555f0 | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_d4fa75fc | type |
Easy Levels, Hard Bosses | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_d4fa75fc | comment |
Easy Levels, Hard Bosses: Being based on comic books, Mooks and the rank-and-file goons villains hire rarely be a challenge to a regular hero, let alone a team of them. Their bosses, on the other hand, are all but guaranteed to be as tough as one of the heroes, if not tough enough to take the entire team at least on stage one of their evil plan. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_d4fa75fc | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_d7105837 | type |
Swiss-Army Hero | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_d7105837 | comment |
Swiss-Army Hero: One of the easy ways to pile more abilities into a character is to play one of these by buying Alternate Powers for Alternate Form. | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_d7105837 | featureApplicability |
1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_e1ff8ff6 | type |
Fantasy Kitchen Sink | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_e1ff8ff6 | comment |
Fantasy Kitchen Sink: The superhero universes this game is based off of tend to be this way, so the rules support the necessary flexibility to build anything from vampires to dinosaurs to ninjas to ringwraiths. The default Mecha and Manga setting is explicitly intended as an anime-genre kitchen sink: there's martial artists, mech pilots, sorcerers, Mons trainers and Magical Girls. | |
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1.0 | |
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1.0 | |
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Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_e1ff8ff6 | |
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Expy | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_e5421161 | comment |
Expy: The default setting, Freedom City, is filled to overflowing with familiar characters with different name and artwork. Players would be hard-pressed to create a character who isn't very similar to one or more existing comic book superheroes. And that isn't a bad thing. | |
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Mons | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_e545924c | comment |
The default Mecha and Manga setting is explicitly intended as an anime-genre kitchen sink: there's martial artists, mech pilots, sorcerers, Mons trainers and Magical Girls. | |
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Universal System | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_e5ccbfd5 | comment |
Universal System: Being a Point Build System revolving around supers, the game tries its best to allow for any superhero to be built from Superman to Cyclops to Doctor Doom to even Cardcaptor Sakura. | |
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Guns Are Worthless | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_eb4ee9eb | comment |
Guns Are Worthless: May or may not be in play, depending on the characters' power level. At low levels, they're a legit threat; by mid-level, it would take a really terrible roll (or a really fragile character) to even cause a bruise, and at a high level it's almost impossible to hurt someone with a normal gun. | |
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Distracted by the Sexy | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_f10d3363 | comment |
Distracted by the Sexy: In the supplement about Japanese media Mecha & Manga, there's a feat called "Distracting Looks" that allows your character to provoke this reaction to reduce targets' effectiveness with social skills. Both Second and Third Edition provide the "Attractive" feat/advantage, which provides a bonus to Deception and Persuasion checks when interacting with someone who might find your looks appealing, as well as the Fascinate feat/advantage that allows the player to make skill checks to hold someone's attention. | |
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All-Accessible Magic | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_f3d9aa5b | comment |
All-Accessible Magic: Anyone can buy a Feat (later renamed an Advantage) called Ritualist, which permits the casting of lengthy spells that demand props and ingredients, but only the very special people have superpowers that allows them to use magic easily and instantly. | |
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| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_f54f6082 | type |
Selective Magnetism | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_f54f6082 | comment |
In 2E and 3E, any Power can be made into an "Array" through the use of Alternate Powers/Effects, which lets you assign multiple Powers under the same base power to reduce the cost in Power Points. The trade-off is that you can only use one specific Power in your Array per turn, and because all such items are considered to be part of the same power, nullifying or weakening one removes or weakens all of them. To use an example suggested by the Hero's Handbook, "Magnetism" is a Control power that, by itself, gives a ranged Blast attack. It can be made into an Array with Move Object so long as the objects moved are metal in nature. | |
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Hit Points | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_f6722211 | comment |
Hit Points: Averted completely and replaced by damage saving throws. Characters are knocked out/killed by failing the save by a large enough margin, and narrower failures penalize subsequent saves until the character is healed, making this gradually more likely. The Mastermind's Manual presents these as an official house rule. | |
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| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_fd1a643b | type |
Polyglot | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_fd1a643b | comment |
Polyglot: Notoriously expensive to build. It's generally cheaper to simply pay to become an Omniglot then roleplay it as limited to whatever languages you would have taken. | |
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Comic Book Tropes | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_fe5dfa4c | comment |
Comic Book Tropes: Most of these are assumed to be in effect by default. | |
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Talking Is a Free Action | |
| Mutants & Masterminds (Tabletop Game) / int_ff5a74c8 | comment |
Talking Is a Free Action: Par for the course in a game that has roots in d20 and comic books. The game even alludes to how much chatter happens between characters in the source material, with heroes making witty quips and villains monologuing about their master plans. | |
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