Marvel Super Heroes Advanced Set
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| Publishers | TSR |
|---|---|
| Systems | Marvel Super Heroes |
Marvel Super Heroes Advanced Set is a role-playing game supplement published by TSR in 1986 for the Marvel Super Heroes role-playing game.
Marvel Super Heroes Advanced Set is a boxed set which contains a more complex but standalone version of the rules found in the original Marvel Super Heroes: The Heroic Role-Playing Game basic set. It contains a more elaborate "Universal Table" which enables a wider variety of results to happen. Character creation involves detailed superhuman powers now in 10 categories (such as Movement, Mental Powers, or Energy Control), and combat is more complex as well and has rules for magic. This set presents statistics for many weapons and vehicles, more information on campaigns, game statistics for 45 heroes, 28 villains, and 9 special entities, as well as character cards and cardstock miniatures.[1] The Advanced Set includes a Judge's Book as well as a larger set of character statistic cards, 3-D fold-up characters and a map not found in the original set.[2]
The set provides a new character generation system in which characters can have attributes of any value, with rank determined according to the range where the score falls. The set includes expansions to the FEAT and combat systems which allows for an increase in available types of action and with improved definitions of what characters are able to do and how to determine the appropriate results.[3] Resources have become an attribute instead of a pool of points that a character spends, and every power is given a rating to show its strength and allow for FEATs for that power. Negative popularity has become an official rule. The rules for area movement were retained, with an alternative system for ranged movement added. Comprehensive tables for weapons and vehicles statistics are included as well as rules for constructing a headquarters. The Universal Table is expanded at its higher end to include extremely powerful beings.[3] The game rules are all in the Players' Book, while the Judges' Book contains Advanced Set statistics for all of the significant Marvel characters.[3] The set comes with soft plastic dice and a wax crayon, as well as card character sheets and card figures, and a map of New York.[3]
Publication history
Marvel Super Heroes Advanced Set was written by Jeff Grubb, with art by Jeff Butler, and was published by TSR, Inc., in 1986 as a boxed set containing a 96-page book, a 64-page book, a cardstock booklet, a color map, and dice.[1]