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Author Topic: 3rd-Party Supers for d20 Modern?  (Read 1074 times)

kythri

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« on: January 14, 2019, 02:09:11 PM »
So, back in the day, d20 Spectaculars was supposed to get released, and it never ended up doing so, to my disappointment.

Dismissing Mutants & Masterminds for d20 Supers type stuff, is there any such beast for d20 Modern that I may have overlooked?

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« Reply #1 on: January 14, 2019, 08:07:07 PM »
Here a few options:

Edit: Read your post too fast. You wanted D20 Modern (not D20).That limits it to Phoenix Project:

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This is The Phoenix Project RPG, a completely free, superhero expansion pack for d20 Modern. These rules layer on top of Modern with relatively few changes. If you know how to play Modern or D&D 3.X, then you can play this game with relative ease.
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« Reply #2 on: January 14, 2019, 11:06:35 PM »
Quote from: kythri;1071397
So, back in the day, d20 Spectaculars was supposed to get released, and it never ended up doing so, to my disappointment.

Dismissing Mutants & Masterminds for d20 Supers type stuff, is there any such beast for d20 Modern that I may have overlooked?

Nope, Mutants and Masterminds ate that boat.
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« Reply #3 on: January 15, 2019, 10:28:28 AM »
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Nope, Mutants and Masterminds ate that boat.

Not only ate that boat, but at least in this area, ate all the other Superhero boats too (there used to be a pretty active Champions group in the area, but they went Mutants & Masterminds and never looked back).

To the OP, is there a particular reason you don't want to go with Mutants and Masterminds?

I ask because 2e is pretty close to d20 Modern overall in play (six attributes, AC/defense, three saves, skill points, feats, standard and move actions, d20 conditions) and has options hit points or wounds/vitality if you don't want the toughness saves.

Alternatively for replacing Toughness Saves we've gotten good results out of giving heroes/villains 50 hit points (staggered at 20; mooks/normals only get 10hp) and having damage dealt be 1d20 + Power Level - Toughness (or other defense). Recoveries restore 10 hit points. It maps reasonably close to the average combat length produced by Toughness saves, but is less swingy.

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« Reply #4 on: January 15, 2019, 02:08:03 PM »
Thanks all for the info!

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To the OP, is there a particular reason you don't want to go with Mutants and Masterminds?

It didn't get a lot of interest from the group, and we are/were hoping to find something for d20 Modern to gradually work into the current campaign we've got running right now.

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« Reply #5 on: January 16, 2019, 12:59:09 AM »
BLOOD & VENGENCE: MODERN D20 SUPERHEROES.

BY RPGObject Games.

kythri

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« Reply #6 on: January 16, 2019, 02:13:25 PM »
Thanks, Lou!

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« Reply #7 on: January 25, 2019, 07:44:06 AM »
These days, D20 would just not be the system I'd use for Supers. No D&D-derived system would be.
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« Reply #8 on: January 25, 2019, 11:34:59 AM »
Eh, it's what we all want to play.  By and large, my group has little desire to jump to a new system.

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« Reply #9 on: January 25, 2019, 01:20:02 PM »
Well, if you can kludge a functioning supers system onto D20 Modern, who are we to dissuade you?  Happy gaming!
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