[RPG]: True20 Adept's Handbook, reviewed by Steve Dubya (4/4)

[RPGnet Reviews]

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/14/14171.phtml

Steven Warfield's Summary:

With the addition of roughly 30 supernatural Power sources, three dozen Feats and 100 new Powers for use by Adepts, this is an outstanding sourcebook for the True20 line.

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[Dan Davenport]

Can you give some examples of how the book tries to create a superhero using the Adept rules?

[Steve Dubya]

Originally Posted by Dan Davenport

Can you give some examples of how the book tries to create a superhero using the Adept rules?

I would, were there any examples to give.

What it does say on the subject is this, using the "Role Creation" rules from the Revised Edition, Chapter Nine:

Superhero
Combat Progression: Fast (as warrior): 4 pts
Skill Progression: 2 + Int: 0.5 pts
Save Progression: One Good, Two Normal: 0 points
Power Progression: Fast (as adept), Narrow (access to about 12 powers): 1 point
Flaw (Slow Feat Progression): Only gains one feat every odd level: 0.5 pt bonus
Feat Access: Pick one group (Martial, Expert, or Adept): 0 pts
Core Ability: Relentless
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You will probably need at least ten levels in this role to properly emulate comic-book style superheroes. If your entire campaign has a superhero comic theme, consider starting all the heroes at level 10.

My first response when I read that this was an Adept variant was, "Well, I guess that could work," and then when the idea was pretty much left as it was. Just about every superhero I can think of that would make use of Powers would need additional levels in either Warrior or Expert - or both - to really make the concept work. Plus, the Feat every other level is a real hindrance compared to "non-super" characters.

On the whole, you'd probably just be better off using Mutants & Masterminds, inasmuch that M&M was explicitly designed to handle supers.