Since their domestication, dogs have been bred for specific traits, or jobs, such as hunting or herding. While commonly characterized as tracking escaped prisoners or search and rescue, the bloodhound was bred to hunt boar, and deer during the middle ages. Able to pick up a human’s scent even days later, it’s easy to see how these hounds fou [...]
Animal Powered 2: Bloodhound
Since their domestication, dogs have been bred for specific traits, or jobs, such as hunting or herding. While commonly characterized as tracking escaped prisoners or search and rescue, the bloodhound was bred to hunt boar, and deer during the middle ages. Able to pick up a human’s scent even days later, it’s easy to see how these hounds fou [...]
Poisoned Apples, Part 1: Who Let The ...
Suitable Campaign Age: Golden, Dark, or Cinematic
Adventure Tone: Introspective Action-Adventure
Recommended Power Level: Low or Classic
Content Warning: The following adventure explores racism, politics, and social manipulation. More so, there are asymmetrical acts of violence against innocent people, and ev [...]
Animal Powered 1: Alligator
Large reptiles with powerful tails used for swimming and as a weapon, alligators are a primeval apex predator that has existed long before humanity. Their sensory organs, eyes, ears, nostrils, are on the top of their heads, allowing the alligator to rest almost completely submerged below the water. The alligator’s powerful jaw is notable for [...]
Gene Jackers
Suitable Campaign Age: Any, except Silver
Adventure Tone: Introspective Macbra Action-Adventure
Recommended Power Level: Low or Classic
Content Warning: The following adventure explores exploitive medical practices.
Overview
What Chimera’s ultimate goals may be remains a mystery. Never [...]
Animal Powered 0: Animal Inspired Sup...
From Cheata to Toad, with a quartet of turtles watching from the shadows, there are any number of superheroes with powers inspired by animals. Over the coming weeks we will explore how to translate the natural abilities of animals into powers for heroes and villains.
Each week we will look at a different creature. The articles will [...]
Steel Aces Comic
Today is the start of our new comic! Working with Jake Perez, the artist who illustrated Metahumans Rising, we hope you join us in this journey. We hope to bring you a comic that is compelling, inspiring, and, of course, fun to read.
Fans of Metahumans Rising may recognize certain parts of the story, but rest assured, there’s a [...]
Of Wolf and Bear
Suitable Campaign Age: Bronze, Dark, or Cinematic
Adventure Tone: Introspective Macabre
Recommended Power Level: Low or Classic
Content Warning: This adventure explores Native American culture, and the political tensions at play between the US and Reservation borders. The adventure also draws on the Two Spirit idea [...]