Living Legends Corebook.pdf

LIVING LEGENDS

Name: Nemesis (aka Vurrane)

Age: 270

Sex: Female

Race: Darkling

Player: NPC Villain

Score: / Effect:

Basic Characteristics:

Notes:

Cost:

Secondary Characteristics:

PHYSIQUE: 22 / d10

Move:

Fly: 5 / 10

REFLEX: 11 / d6

Leap:

DEFTNESS: 16 / d8

Mass (kg): 60

Mass Effect: d4

INTELLECT: 11 / d6

Carry (kg): 480

COOL: 22 / d10

d8 Appearance

NRG ( 16

VITALITY: 22 / d10

Luck Roll: d4

Wealth Roll: d4

BC Subtotal:

Fame: 16

Fame Effect: d8

Other Abilities:

Cost:

Base Points: 100

Weaknesses: 50

Spent Eps: 20

Unspent Eps:

DARKLING RACIAL ABILITIES

ADAPTATION (C): Spaceworthy (5)

Total Cost: 170

DISINTEGRATION (V): 1d6 Damage (21), Energy Field, 3" diameter area effect (+6),

NRG Cost: 1 to activate (-1)

FLIGHT (V): 5 Acceleration, 10 top (6), Light Speed: 5 x the speed of light (7)

HEIGHTENED SENSE: Vision based on X-rays instead of Visible Light (0)

GRAVITY WELL

TELEKINESIS (V): d10, no range (29)(-3), 3" diameter area effect (+3),

Reduced At Range (-1), Linked to Disintegration (-1), Can't Hold Back (-1),

Only useable to draw things toward herself (-5)

SKILLS

SCIENCE [Astronomy](INTL/S): d8 (5)

ASSESS VALUE (INTL/G): d8 (2)

TELEKINESIS (DEFT/G): d10 (2)

Total Cost:

170

Value:

Character Portrait

Weaknesses:

Background:

DISTINCTIVE: Black silhouette with glowing eyespots.

Home:

Career Fields:

Darkworld

Science & Crime

INTL 2+ to notice, Skill 4+ to disguise, Unattractive

Origin:

Motivation:

Evolved

Egotist

SUSCEPTIBILITY: Bright lights and light-based attacks.

A highly evolved Darkling astronomer. While observing

human astronauts collecting rock samples, she learned that

the Earth has a vast repository of astronomical oddities -

rare specimens that she demands for her own experiments!

Common, d6 damage per exposure

COMPULSION: Collects rare meteorites, Rare, COOL 6+ to resist and recover

Total Weaknesses:

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LIVING LEGENDS

The Superhero Roleplaying Game

Edition #1.0 - July 2005

Designed, Written & Illustrated by Jeff Dee

Comic Panel Inks by Pat Zircher

Living Legends is a trademark of UNIgames

P.O. Box 2933 Pflugerville TX 78691

www.io.com/unigames

Original Playtest Group:

John Hilla, J.D. House, ‘Manda, John Trowbridge

Current Playtest Group:

Brian Adams, Bruce Adams, Jeff Johannigman,

Beth Loubet, 'Manda, Jason Rosenblum, Matt

Sheffield, Janet Swisher

Table of Contents

Section Title Page

1.0 Introduction 1

1.1 Living Legends 1

1.2 Role-Playing Games 1

1.3 This Game 1

1.4 What Is A Superhero? 1

1.5 What Else Do I Need? 2

1.6 Using The Dice 2

1.7 Online Support 2

Section Title Page

2.2.6.1.1 Base Cost 24

2.2.6.1.2 Maximum Base Cost 24

2.2.6.1.3 Cost Modifiers 24

Cost Table 25

2.2.6.1.4 Background Skills And

Mundane Equipment 26

2.2.6.1.5 Balance 26

2.2.7 Secondary Characteristics 26

2.2.7.1 Move 26

2.2.7.2 Carry 26

2.2.7.3 HITS 26

2.2.7.4 NRG 26

2.2.7.5 Leap 26

2.2.7.6 Luck 26

2.2.7.7 Wealth 26

2.2.7.8 Fame 26

2.2.8 Character Concept 27

2.2.8.1 Superhero Name 27

2.2.8.2 Identity 27

2.2.8.3 Costume 27

2.2.8.4 Superhero Motivation 27

2.0 Character Generation 3

2.1 Character Points 3

2.2 Character Creation 3

2.2.1 Basic Characteristics 4

2.2.1.1 Assigning Random BC Scores 4

2.2.1.2 Choosing BC Scores 5

2.2.1.3 Partial Characteristics 6

2.2.2 Place Of Origin 6

2.2.2.1 Known Regions Of The Earth 6

2.2.2.2 Lost Regions Of The Earth 7

2.2.2.3 Time Periods Of The Earth 9

2.2.2.4 Other Worlds 10

2.2.3 Background 11

2.2.3.1 Age 11

2.2.3.2 Gender 12

2.2.3.3 Mass 12

2.2.3.4 Career Fields 12

2.2.3.5 Skills 13

2.2.3.5.1 Selecting Random Skills 13

2.2.3.5.2 Buying Skills 17

2.2.4 Powers 17

2.2.4.1.1 Culture 17

2.2.4.1.2 Species 17

2.2.4.1.3 Origin 18

2.2.4.2 Random Powers 18

2.2.4.2.1 Damage Type 22

2.2.5 Weaknesses 23

2.2.6 Finishing Touches 24

2.2.6.1 Purchasing Powers 24

3.0 Skills 29

3.0.1 Base BC 29

3.1 Using Skills 29

3.1.1 Unskilled Attempts 29

3.2 Skill List 29

4.0 Powers 37

4.1 Activating and Using Powers 37

4.2 Deactivating Powers 37

4.3 Power List 38

4.4 Power Enhancements 89

4.5 Power Restrictions 97

5.0 Equipment Catalog 109

5.1 Weapons 109

5.1.1 Melee Weapons 109

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Living Legends

Living Legends is a superhero role-playing game.

Many characters we recognize as superheroes

have appeared on film, in radio dramas, in

literature, on stage, and even in role-playing

games, instead of in comics. Likewise, many

characters who appear in comic books are not

superheroes.

1.2 Role-Playing Games

A role-playing game is a game in which the players

take on the roles of specific well-defined

individuals (player-characters, or PCs) and

maneuver them through a continuing series of

adventures.

Superheroes are always visually distinctive, but not

always because they wear tights or a mask. For

example, a certain green gamma-ray powered

behemoth often goes around wearing only the

tattered remnants of whatever pants he had on

when he changed. Likewise, not all characters

who wear tights (or masks, or capes) are

superheroes.

The adventures which characters go through are

set up by a separate, non-playing judge or "game

master" (abbreviated GM). The GM plays the roles

of all the characters and creatures which the PCs

may happen across (these are non-player

characters or NPCs). Also, the GM acts as the

ultimate and impartial judge in any rules disputes. It

is the GM's job to keep the story running smoothly,

the rules working fairly, and the players

entertained-- hopefully to everyone's mutual

enjoyment.

Most superheroes have powers, but some

characters we recognize as superheroes have no

powers at all. For example, a certain caped

nocturnal detective gets by on his skills and fancy

equipment alone. Likewise, not every character

with weird powers is a superhero.

The ultimate goal is to have fun and to

cooperatively create entertaining stories. However,

it is common for PCs to develop higher and higher

levels of physical, political, social, or intellectual

power over the course of many adventures. This is

partly as a reward for players' participation, and

partly in the interest of the story. People get better

with practice in real life, and thus so do characters

in a role-playing game.

Crime fighting is very common among

superheroes, but it's not strictly necessary. A comic-

book character who wore tights and used weird

powers to save people from natural disasters would

still be recognized as a superhero, even if they

never lifted a finger against any actual crooks. Not

everyone who fights crime is a superhero, either!

So it's possible to be a superhero without meeting

one or more of these conditions. For the purposes

of this game, a superhero is defined as:

1.3 This Game

Living Legends is a universal set of role-playing

rules. Rules and background material are provided

for running Superhero games. Experienced GMs

may generate new material on their own to suit

the type of game they wish to run. For the novice

GM, sourcebooks will be published providing the

information needed to adapt these rules to a

number of different genres.

any larger than life character who regularly

performs heroic deeds and is visually distinctive

A character may be larger than life by having

weird powers or extraordinary abilities, or merely by

being involved in grand adventures of heroic

proportions. Characters such as action heroes and

monsters can be larger than life without being

superheroes. But if a character is not larger than

life, then they cannot be called a superhero.

1.4 What Is A Superhero?

Superheroes regularly perform heroic acts. This may

include anything from fighting crime to averting

disasters. Just risking your life isn't enough. An act is

only heroic if you're risking your life for the sake of

some greater good. If a character does not

regularly perform heroic deeds, then they are not

a superhero.

The most widely recognized definition is probably

"a comic-book character in tights who uses weird

powers to fight crime". But how accurate is that?

A character is visually distinctive if they are

immediately recognizable by anyone who has

seen them before. This may be due to a uniform or

costume they wear when on duty, or because of

bizarre physical features, or some badge of office

such as a distinctive emblem or artifact. If a

cinematic version of the character was played by

different actors in different films, but you still knew

exactly what character they were on first glance,

then they could be considered a superhero.

Six-, eight-, ten-, and twelve-sided dice are all

pretty straightforward to use. A few old twenty-

sided dice are numbered from 0-9 twice; to use

these as d10s, read the 0 as a 10.

The rules sometimes call for d100 or "percent" rolls.

These are made by rolling two d10s, reading 10's as

0's, and treating the first die as the "tens" digit and

the second die as the "ones" digit. A roll of "00"

yields 100.

1.5 What Else Do I Need?

Living Legends also calls for d2s and d3s. These are

just special rolls using the d6. For a d2 simply roll a

d6 and call odd rolls "one" and even rolls "two". To

simulate a d3, roll a d6 and call 1-2 a "one", 3-4 a

"two", and 5-6 a "three".

Each player should have a pencil, eraser, and

scrap paper. The GM will find it useful to keep a

notebook, preferably a ring binder with pockets

inside, for storing information about the game -

much of which must be kept secret from the

players.

The result of a "d1" roll is always ONE.

In some instances multiple dice must be rolled and

added together. For example, 3d10 indicates that

three 10-sided dice should be rolled, then these

numbers are added together to obtain the die-roll

result.

One component needed for play that is not

available at a typical office supply outlet are the

polyhedral dice used in this and many other role-

playing games. Living Legends requires at least

one of each of the following: a 4-sided die, a 6-

sided die, an 8-sided die, a 10-sided die, a 12-sided

die, and a 20-sided die.

On other occasions die rolls must be made with a

modifier. d6+2 means roll a six-sided die and add

two to the result. 2d8-1 means roll two eight-sided

dice, total them, and then subtract one from the

result.

Many role-playing gamers find it convenient to use

miniature figures or cardboard counters to

represent the characters in scale on the tabletop.

Miniatures can be found at any hobby store that

carries gaming equipment. Counters can be easily

made from 1" squares of sturdy white cardboard,

with portraits of the characters added by hand.

1.7 Online Support

You can find errata, source material, conversion

notes, adventures, and other resources on Living

Legends web site:

1.6 Using The Dice

www.io.com/unigames/ll.html

Living Legends uses polyhedral dice, and so a few

explanatory notes on the use of polyhedral dice

are added here for new players.

The letter "d" followed by a number is an

abbreviation commonly used to denote the type

of die rolled. The number denotes the number of

sides; d4 means a four-sided die, d6 means a six-

sided die, etc.

Four-sided dice have three numbers on each face,

and the number on the edge against the table is

the one read; this will be the same on all three

visible sides. Because of their sturdy squat shape,

d4s do not tumble very well. Roll them from a

reasonable height with a bit of spin to avoid

doubts.

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