The Burning Earth: Arena – A Metahumans Rising Other Worlds Setting & Adventure
This micro-setting and adventure inspired by movies such as Death Race 2000, The Running Man, the Hunger Games books and movies, and comics such as 2000AD and Battle Angel Alita. Set in a post apocalyptic wasteland that pits Champions against on [...]
Burning Earth: Arena – A Metahu...
The Burning Earth: Arena – A Metahumans Rising Other Worlds Setting & Adventure
This micro-setting and adventure inspired by movies such as Death Race 2000, The Running Man, the Hunger Games books and movies, and comics such as 2000AD and Battle Angel Alita. Set in a post apocalyptic wasteland that pits Champions against on [...]
Metahumans Rising
Super-science, magic, and Metahumans come together to create a rich tapestry of heroes and villains inspired by classic comic books. After a decade of alien invasion, war and strife the world needs new heroes as the heroes of yesteryear are scattered, missing or worse.
Become the hero you’ve always dreamed of, become a superhero [...]
Fractured Kingdom
Set in the year 2202, players take on the roles of Lucid, people infused with supernatural energies, drawn into a world of shadows, conspiracy where they are the most valuable tools for all sides.
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Who Are We?
House Dok Productions is dedicated to independent table top RPGs. We look to highlight unique game worlds, systems, and authors. Starting in 2013 with our initial offering Fractured Kingdom, a game of conspiracy and mysticism in the dark future.
Developers of the Open Action System, a skill based resolution system. The Open Action System re [...]
Quality Gear 3: Handguns
Time to move into the modern era. Let’s talk about guns, specifically handguns. Extremely popular in the US, handguns are commonly seen as everything from a means of protection to status symbols, with more notorious uses in the middle.Broadly, there are around tend not so distinct categories of handgun, but for the purposes of game pla [...]
Weapon’s Test – A Metahumans Ri...
The Institute for Metahuman Research (IMR) has developed a new Omega battle armor, designed as a military adaptation of their current Zenith series. The armor is designed to be deployed in any field of battle, land, sea, air, or space, with advanced ballistics and laser technology.
The only problem is, it’s so advanced, that standar [...]
Quality Gear 2: Being Blunt
Last week we looked at the sharpest tools in the shed. This week, let’s be blunt, specifically, it’s time to explore clubs and hammers. There are a number of other blunt weapons such as the staff, or nunchucks, but let’s save those for their own articles.
Mechanics
Clubs and hammers have a larger striking surfac [...]
Quality Gear 1: Swords
Weapons are a force multiplier. The effort put into striking unarmed may be the same as with a club or sword, but the impact and damage output is far greater with the weapon. To begin this series, we start with one of the most iconic and varied weapons, the sword. Most people have an idea in their head of what a sword looks like, a long meta [...]
Quality Gear
When we published Metahumans Rising, included in the Power and Gear Examples, Pg. 69 – 75, are a number of weapons and items. A lot of this Gear has been scaled to play at the Classic power level. To let everyone behind the curtain for a moment, this is because we could list powers without a Value and they can scale to any power level [...]
Day Jobs 17: Ex-Con
Not everyone starts out on the path of angels, some people do the wrong thing for the right reasons, and three percent of Americans have been incarcerated. It is also important to note, that being in prison does not mean that the person actually committed the crime, an estimated 5%, or 1 in 20, of all imprisoned people are innocent. There is [...]
Gator Bites – A Metahumans Risi...
Ever since the mutant primate-alligator hybrid Reptilla disappeared into the Mississippi swamps in 1966 rumors of her whereabouts have floated throughout the deep south. When a team of environmental scientists go missing in the Louisiana swamps, the heroes are called in to investigate, because the locals fear they know what, or rather who ma [...]
Day Jobs 16: Sailor
With two thirds of the earth covered in water, you would expect at least a few heroes who worked at sea. There have been a few, and not all sailors have to be away from the campaign city for prolonged time periods, many sailing out and returning the same day. Some notable spandex sailors include the Tattooed Man, and Ultimate Thor.
The [...]
Day Jobs 15: Law Enforcement
It may be strange to think about, but there are a surprising number of superheroes who are also police officers. Not surprisingly there is a fair bit of crossover in the skills needed to wear the badge and put on the spandex. Some examples of heroes who are also in law enforcement include the Human Torch (Jim Hammond), Nite Owl I, the Questi [...]
Poisoned Apples, Part II: The Iron Ha...
Overview
Following the revelation of the Brotherhood in Poisoned Apples: Who Let the Dog Out, Consequences and Repercussions explores the depth of the corruption, and what might happen in trying to expose them.
A Sequel?
This adventure gives options for a direct follow up to Who Let the Dog Out, and if time has passed
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