Recently we revisited martial arts in Metahumans Rising series, adding Sumo wrestling to the options. This got us thinking: Are there other styles out that that people might want to see? So far we’ve covered everything from Aiki-jujutsu to Wing Chun, but there are so many others we haven’t touched.
Help us decide which martia [...]
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Poll: New Martial Arts In Metahumans ...
Recently we revisited martial arts in Metahumans Rising series, adding Sumo wrestling to the options. This got us thinking: Are there other styles out that that people might want to see? So far we’ve covered everything from Aiki-jujutsu to Wing Chun, but there are so many others we haven’t touched.
Help us decide which martia [...]
Powering Through 8: Electric Life
It had to happen eventually, we pulled a winner on the first click of the random button. This week we are digging into Electric Life, Superpower wiki describes it swapping electricity for life energy, digging into the applications, we see this could also be a body of electricity or any number of other explanations that we can explore in the [...]
Powering Through 7: Hypnotic Combat
Dream a little dream with me this week as we dive into Hypnotic Combat. Really happy that the random button gave us this power. Let’s have some fun mixing hypnotism with martial prowess. But first, it’s time for the …
♪♫ Reject Rundown! ♫♪
Chopsticks Proficiency: As silly as this one might sound, take the Actual Tool [...]
Powering Through 5: Mythical Bestiary
As always we begin with the ♪♫ Reject Rundown! ♫♪ <Air-Horn Sounds here.>
Technorganic Symbiosis: This is fun power, and would be a great example, except, it’s already an example. Take a look at Tecnica in the Metahumans Rising core book (Pg. 185.) There are a few differences in the narrative, but the results are extremely similar. [...]
Powering Through 4: Bike Mimicry
We begin with the rundown of random rejects!
Trophy Attacks: As described, this would be a narrower version of an Improvised Weapons Specialty. Played for comedy, one might want a Serendipity Specialty for finding Trophies, along with the aforementioned variant on Improvised Weapons. Fear Masking: Fear Masking would apply whenever a [...]
Power Tricks: Control
In the various Power Boons, Control may be the most flexible option, or tied alongside Alter. Control allows a hero to manipulate a chosen thing, forcing it to act based on how it aligns with their own intentions, assuming it has intentions. Control also has a lot of implied functions that, if the Power doesn’t include them by default, may e [...]
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 [...]