Subsequent attacks might cause a coma or death, though a character with some Health remaining can choose to be knocked unconscious, instead of being beaten down to zero health. When health reaches zero, the character is stunned. When an attacked succeeds, health is lowered by the difference in the number of stones between winner and loser of that panel. Defense stones work against all attacks that round, while certain powers avoid a defense. When combat occurs, a player has to allocate stones to attack, defense, and power usage (often damage). After the end of a game round (counted in “panels”, not actions), a certain number of red stones would regenerate, determined by several factors. The degree of success is determined by how many stones the winner won the contest by. In an opposed situation between two characters, success is determined by which player allotted more stones to the task. Resistance is how many stones you need to succeed. Clear that hurdle and you can attempt to perform the task. The difficulty rating stated where a character’s base stat associated with that task had to be to have a chance to perform the task at all. When a task or unopposed action is being performed, the player must overcome both a Difficulty Level and a Resistance factor. When a task needed to be performed or a melee action need to be taken, the player would allot a certain number of red stones to performing this action. Depending on their stats, each player received a certain number of maximum red stones. Diceless Superhero Role Playingĭice rolls and randomness were replaced in by a resource allocation system using red stones. A fan-published Unofficial Guide to Spider-Man’s New York since has been produced, because many fans thought a look at the Marvel Universe’s version of New York City would have been illuminating. The game line had slated sourcebooks called Guide to Spider-Man’s NYC and Guide to Wolverine, but these were never released. Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game Supplements The Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game, or MURPGīesides the core book, two supplements were released: Guide to the X-Men and Guide to the Hulk & Avengers. Marvel Comics assumed the two markets were compatible, because of the fantasy nature of the games and probably because both rpg gaming and ccg gaming are seen as geek pastimes. This decision was driven by a desire to wed the storytelling aspects of rpgs to the resource contests of collectible card games.
It’s designed to be a diceless roleplaying game, though it avoided the categorical nature of diceless roleplay set up by the Amber Roleplaying Game and instead used resource allocation for task and combat resolution.
The Marvel Universe Roleplaying Game is a superhero role-playing game that was released in 2003 by Marvel Comics. A Diceless, Resource Allocation Super Hero RPG