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Post by roxolid on Aug 19, 2023 4:32:15 GMT -5
No included scenario in the book, it's on Roll20.
No (official) PDF for the game. To get the nearest thing to it you need to sign up for an account on Roll20 so that's the book you pay for on there and the monthly sub. Plenty of complaints on Drivethru rpg and another corporate misstep that drives people to looking for an alternative. The bootleg PDF has been out a week, based on the over priced Kindle format version.
I've got the hardback arriving Monday supposedly so I'll have a flick through but so far the mixed reviews and the ranks/writeups are putting me off. At a glance I would say the game needs a point buy system instead of shoehorning character X into Y rank. Daredevil, Taskmaster and others (a review on Amazon says Captain America can't one shot a Hydra goon and has a 1 in 6 chance of rebounding the shield to strike several goons, something he routinely does in comics).
The system itself seems fine. The devil is in the details...
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Post by andyman on Aug 22, 2023 18:57:19 GMT -5
I hadn't actually bought the book and from your explanations of how the game works...I don't plan to now. So we shall carry on with FASERIP!
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Post by andyman on Aug 22, 2023 20:51:29 GMT -5
I found evidence pretty easily of Vision speaking while phasing, but I don't think Captain Marvel in Light Form was much of a talker. What does the group think? Should Monica be unable to speak when in energy form?
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Post by roxolid on Aug 25, 2023 11:23:23 GMT -5
I first encountered CM (Monica) in the Avengers and don't recall her being able to talk, but applying the laws of physics to people who can change their bodies into light and fly to the sun in 8 1/2 minutes is probably a nonsensical idea, so I suggest she be able to talk. Some gobbledigook about manipulating solid light waves to mimic sound or whatever...
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Post by andyman on Aug 25, 2023 23:11:02 GMT -5
I first encountered CM (Monica) in the Avengers and don't recall her being able to talk, but applying the laws of physics to people who can change their bodies into light and fly to the sun in 8 1/2 minutes is probably a nonsensical idea, so I suggest she be able to talk. Some gobbledigook about manipulating solid light waves to mimic sound or whatever... The trouble is that being energy avoids almost all damage types. It seems almost daring to not just be energy by default and only go solid if you really need to. I want the rules to make sense why she'd be in human form most of the time. Same for the Vision. Why doesn't he just stay phased most of the time? I'd love more in-game reasons for these two to be in their normal forms most of the time. |
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Post by crisiscomics on Aug 27, 2023 0:03:05 GMT -5
I honestly think that being unable to physically interact with anything and the power limitations you introduced (limiting the amount of damage that can be done in flesh or energy) are enough for Monica atm. Not to mention that being made of "Energy" doesn't necessarily make her invincible- just because solid objects or Shocker's Vibro-Blasts can pass through light and X-Rays doesn't mean the same would apply to say, a Skrull sidearm or the Vision's Solar Beam. ![]()    Also, I did some research into Monica's issues from her Trade Paperback- and there are plenty of instances where she speaks in her energy form- including a particular instance from the Marvel Two-in-One book where she gets STUCK in her energy form. It's just that Monica spends a good chunk of time while flying in thought balloons, so I can see how that would give the impression she can't speak. |
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Post by andyman on Aug 28, 2023 21:19:23 GMT -5
I honestly think that being unable to physically interact with anything and the power limitations you introduced (limiting the amount of damage that can be done in flesh or energy) are enough for Monica atm. Not to mention that being made of "Energy" doesn't necessarily make her invincible- just because solid objects or Shocker's Vibro-Blasts can pass through light and X-Rays doesn't mean the same would apply to say, a Skrull sidearm or the Vision's Solar Beam. ![]() View AttachmentView AttachmentView AttachmentAlso, I did some research into Monica's issues from her Trade Paperback- and there are plenty of instances where she speaks in her energy form- including a particular instance from the Marvel Two-in-One book where she gets STUCK in her energy form. It's just that Monica spends a good chunk of time while flying in thought balloons, so I can see how that would give the impression she can't speak. Nice find! I have that Marvel Team-Up issue but didn't remember her being stuck in energy form. Okay, talking light it is! |
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Post by crisiscomics on Aug 31, 2023 11:25:51 GMT -5
How long would it take in-universe for us to recover our Endurance ranks in Health?
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Post by andyman on Sept 10, 2023 21:54:02 GMT -5
How long would it take in-universe for us to recover our Endurance ranks in Health? One hour spent in light activity (no world saving stunts), including researching, watching the tube, or taking a nap. |
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Oct 27, 2023 18:15:56 GMT -5
question... Can vision still use his solar beam at Shift-0 Density? Otherwise I think I need to turn solid again to really attack/help here.
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Post by andyman on Oct 30, 2023 1:03:56 GMT -5
question... Can vision still use his solar beam at Shift-0 Density? Otherwise I think I need to turn solid again to really attack/help here. I did some research and it seems that while phased, Vision can not be harmed by physical attacks, but he can be harmed by energy attacks and he is subject to attacks against machinery. There are now only three of you, so I'll say that that Vision can use solar beam while phased. I just hope every battle isn't Vision phasing and blasting away with the energy beam every turn. In a room full of grappling mechanical arms though, I think this is a fair strategy. |
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Post by roxolid on Oct 30, 2023 5:49:59 GMT -5
I'm not sure of a mechanic in the Marvel Faserip game but it kinda sounds like Dispersal in the DC Heroes game where Partial Dispersal is allowed. That means all apart from <insert body part like fist, foot, laser beam forehead etc> can't be hit and to hit those exposed sections requires a Trick Shot. In Marvel Terms maybe -4CS to strike (blindly) at Vision whilst phase/energy blasting? Your call as usual, just throwing in my 2c
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Nov 4, 2023 18:10:00 GMT -5
No worries. If you play your trump card all the time your enemies (or the GM) will start making ways to counter it.
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Post by Hoots Rowlet on Jan 17, 2024 1:18:24 GMT -5
This Die roller hates me. (working on the assumption that anything under 50 is basically a miss for Vision)
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