Converting Characters from Marvel Super Heroes to Supers! This system is designed to convert characters from TSR’s old Marvel Super Heroes (MSH) to Supers!. RESISTANCES For the most part, Resistances in Supers! have clear equivalents in MSH. Reaction is the equivalent of MSH’s Agility, Fortitude is the equivalent of MSH’s Endurance, and Will is the equivalent of MSH’s Psyche. The only Resistance without a clear equivalent is Composure. Composure, therefore, should simply be assigned in accordance to how cool, stylish, self-possessed, dignified, and confident the character in question comes off in the source material. One might consider the Will/Psyche attribute as a starting point for making this determination, but it doesn’t always equate. The following tables provide the actual conversion values. SUPERS! FORTITUDE
MSH ENDURANCE
SUPERS! REACTION
REACTION AGILITY
SUPERS! WILL
WILL PSYCHE
1d
TYPICAL
1d
TYPICAL
1d
TYPICAL
2d
GOOD
2d
GOOD
2d
GOOD
3d
EXCELLENT
3d
EXCELLENT REMARKABLE
3d
EXCELLENT REMARKABLE
4d
REMARKABLE
4d
INCREDIBLE
4d
INCREDIBLE
5d
INCREDIBLE
5d
AMAZING
5d
AMAZING
6d
AMAZING
6d
MONSTROUS
6d
MONSTROUS
7d
MONSTROUS
7d
UNEARTHLY
7d
UNEARTHLY
8d
UNEARTHLY
8d
SHIFT X
8d
SHIFT X
9d
SHIFT X
9d
SHIFT Y
9d
SHIFT Y
10d
SHIFT Y
10d
SHIFT Z
10d
SHIFT Z
Example: Mike is converting Spider-Man from MSH to Supers!. Spider-Man’s MSH write-up lists his Endurance at “Incredible,” his Agility at “Amazing,” and his Psyche at “Incredible.” Consulting the appropriate tables, Mike assigns the following values to Spider-Man’s Resistances: Fortitude 5d, Agility 5d, Will 4d. Now he has to assign a value to Spider-Man’s Composure. He considers making it equivalent to Spider-Man’s Will 4d. He knows enough about the character, however, to determine that Spider-Man is the consummate “everyman” superhero, with a pretty mundane bearing and sense of self. He therefore assigns Spider-Man a Composure 2d.
APTITUDES For the most part, Aptitudes in Supers! equate to Talents in MSH. MSH Talents are not normally ranked in character write-ups, but they are usually attached to a controlling Ability. In most cases the Talent/Ability pairing is pretty obvious. Acrobatics, for instance, is linked to a character’s Agility, while Science skills are linked to a character’s Reason. To make the conversion, simply determine the controlling ability and use its rank to make the conversion using the table below. SUPERS! APTITUDE
MSH TALENT
1d
TYPICAL
2d
GOOD
3d
EXCELLENT REMARKABLE
4d
INCREDIBLE
5d
AMAZING
6d
MONSTROUS
7d
UNEARTHLY
8d
SHIFT X
9d
SHIFT Y
10d
SHIFT Z
Example: Spider-Man’s MSH write-up lists Acrobatics as one of his Talents. Mike determines that Acrobatics is best converted to Supers! as Athleticism. Mike now has to assign a value to Spider-Man’s Athleticism. SpiderMan’s MSH Acrobatics is linked to Spider-Man’s “Amazing” Agility. Consulting the Aptitude/Talent table, Mike determines that Spider-Man’s Athleticism should be ranked at 5d. All Aptitudes over 3d must have a specialization, so Mike defines Acrobatics as Spider-Man’s Athleticism specialty.
POWERS Converting powers involves finding the appropriate match between the systems and then assigning a value using the table below. In addition, any MSH Strength score above “Remarkable” should be counted as Super Strength in Supers!. As is always the case with conversions, one must “season to taste” in order to accurately model the character in the new system. SUPERS! POWER
MSH POWER
1d
TYPICAL
2d
GOOD
3d
EXCELLENT
4d
REMARKABLE
5d
INCREDIBLE
6d
AMAZING
7d
MONSTROUS
8d
UNEARTHLY
9d
SHIFT X
10d
SHIFT Y
Example: In MSH, Spider-Man has the following powers: Wall-Crawling (“Amazing”), Spider-Sense (“Amazing”), and Web-Shooters (“Incredible” on the first round, “Monstrous” once it hardens). Running down the list of powers in Supers!, Mike determines that Spider-Man should have the following powers: Super Senses (Danger Sense), Wall Crawling, and Webs. Mike notes that Spider-Man also has an MSH Strength rank of Incredible, which qualifies him for Super Strength in Supers!. Now Mike needs to assign values to his favorite web-slinger. Consulting the chart, he determines that the Wall Crawling should be ranked at 5d. Webs is a little trickier, because MSH assigns two values for Spider-Man’s web-shooters. Mike decides to split the difference and gives Spider-Man Webs at 6d. Spider-Man’s Spider-Sense should be ranked at 6d, but Mike only has to buy Super Senses at 3d because of the way the power works. A straight conversion of SpiderMan’s Strength would yield a Super-Strength score of 5d. This is an acceptable value, Mike knows that SpiderMan can lift 10 tons in the comics. Super Strength 5d would allow Spidey to lift 16 tons, while Super-Strength 4d would allow Spidey to lift 8 tons. Mike decides that the 4d is a little more accurate, so he goes with the lower of the two options. Although not listed on Spider-Man’s MSH write-up, Mike knows that he should buy a few levels of Super Leap (3d) to round out the character.
Converting Characters from Marvel Super Hero Adventure Game to Supers! This system is designed to convert characters from the Marvel Super Hero Adventure Game (MSHAG) to Supers!. Simply use the table below to convert values from one system to another. Fortitude is equivalent to Strength. Reaction is equivalent to Agility. Psyche is equivalent to Will. Composure will have to be assigned according to knowledge of the characters as they appear in the comics, as there is no direct equivalent for this Resistance in MSHAG. Equivalents for Aptitudes and Powers should be easily discernable. SUPERS! VALUE
MSHAG VALUE
1d
3-4
2d
5-6
3d
7-8
4d
9-10
5d
11-14
6d
15-16
7d
17-18
8d
19-20
9d
21-22
10d
23-25
Converting HERO System Strength to Supers! Supers! Fortitude
HERO Strength
HERO Damage
1d
1-10
1d6 – 2d6
2d
11-15
3d6
3d
16-20
4d6
4d
21-25
5d6
Supers! Super Strength
HERO Strength
HERO Damage
1d
26
5d6
2d
31
6d6
3d
36
7d6
4d
41
8d6
5d
46
9d6
6d
51
10d6
7d
56
11d6
8d
61
12d6
9d
66
13d6
10d
71
14d6
11d
76
15d6
12d
81
16d6
13d
86
17d6
14d
91
18d6
15d
96
19d6
16d
101
20d6
17d
106
21d6
18d
111
22d6
19d
116
23d6
20d
121
24d6
