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Hero Spotlight: Crossfire II

May 22, 2015 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Hero Spotlight: Crossfire II     In our first Hero Spotlight we looked at Crossfire’s background, Issue 0 and Drives. This we present his full Character Sheet. 
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From Skills to Talents Superheroic Ch...

May 15, 2015 ~ Written by Dave Silva
From Skills to Talents Superheroic Changes For Metahumans Rising In many RPGs skills represent a characters learned abilities. Some games use broad sweeping categorizes such as Fighting and Guns others are very specific with skills as specialized as  NBC Survival, that’s survival in a nuclear, biological or chemical war zone. With Fractured Kingdom we tried to present a selection of Skills that cover [...]
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Hero Creation: Power Level

May 08, 2015 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Hero Creation: Power Level With the scope of the game established and basic character concepts fleshed out it’s time to decide the campaign’s Power Level. This decision determines the number of points players have to spend on various characteristics and helps to establish what level of power minor, average and major threats to the party might look like. A t [...]
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Hero Spotlight: Crossfire

May 01, 2015 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Crossfire Campaign: Steel’s Pride Power Level: Classic   Background The Lensing conflict changed a lot of people. Mark Jones was no exception. A green recruit he had gone in with the best intentions and come out a man willing to take on any challenge to survive.  Somewhere along the way he had traded in the standard issue M-16 for a cu [...]
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Hero Creation: Backgrounds

Apr 22, 2015 ~ Written by Dave Silva
After the group establishes the scope, tones and themes of the camping it’s time to look at individual characters. Not everyone may have a strong idea of what kind of character they want to play at this point. To help players, they are asked four basic questions to help define their character. These questions become part of the characte [...]
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Hero Creation 1: Hero Creation is Wor...

Apr 03, 2015 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Metahumans Rising does a few things very differently. Starting with character creation or more accurately, before starting character creation. The tones and themes of comic books and superhero stories specifically varies wildly. Ask five people what they like most in a superhero story and you are very likely to get five different answers. Whi [...]
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The Engine Behind Metahumans or What&...

Mar 26, 2015 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Metahumans Rising uses the Open Action System. However, there have been a number of updates to help create the feel of a good comic book. We say goodbye to combat skills and boons and hello to a new Background System, Powers and Willpower. Backgrounds: At the start of character creation the player will make a few important decisions that will [...]
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Metahumans Rising

Mar 26, 2015 ~ Written by Dave Silva
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 [...]
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Interview: Fractured Kingdom: Discove...

Sep 04, 2014 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Interview: Fractured Kingdom: Discovering Gaming After 21 Dragon Cons Recently I had the pleasure of being interviewed for the Daily Dragon on gaming and Fractured Kingdom. Here is a link to the article. Article
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Fractured Dragon*Con

Aug 21, 2014 ~ Written by Dave Silva
Fractured Dragon*Con We are back at Dragon*Con this year with our Introductory Adventures. Each based on a Story Seed originally published here and expanded for Con Play. Each adventure focuses on a different aspect of the Fractured Kingdom universe so there are a lot of things to experience. We hope to see you there. Game times: Fri 1 PM (Session 2) Fri 6 PM (S [...]
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