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With the DC A D v e n t u r e s roleplaying game, you can create your own super hero and take your place amongst

the legendary characters of DC Comics. Have you ever wanted to team-up with

Batman, thwart Lex Luthor’s schemes, or defend the universe

as part of the Green Lantern Corps? Now you can with

DC A D v e n t u r e s !

game system, the 280-page DC A D v e n t u r e s Hero’s

Handbook provides you with everything you need

to create your own fantastic stories set in the DC

Universe. Lavishly illustrated by DC Comics artists,

the full-color, hardcover Hero’s Handbook contains

hero creation and game play information, advice on

creating your own adventures and series, an overview

of the DC Universe, and 28 of its most famous heroes

and infamous villains.

A STRONG

FOUNDATION

DC A D v e n t u r e s is built on the M u t A n t s & M A s t e r M i n D s

game system, winner of multiple awards and the lead-

ing super-hero RPG for nearly a decade. DC A D v e n t u r e s

is a complete, stand-alone game, but it is also fully

compatible with the third edition of the M&M game

rules.

EASY TO USE

Everything your hero does in DC A D v e n t u r e s is resolved

with a simple system of action checks: a twenty-sided die roll, plus or

minus modifiers based on your hero’s traits and the situation. Compare the result to a number that

rates the difficulty and you immediately know if your attempt succeeded or failed and by how much.

HEROIC ACTION

DC A D v e n t u r e s uses hero points to give characters the opportunity to really pull out all the stops when it counts. Play-

ers can spend hero points to improve die rolls and help their heroes shake off damage. Hero points put the keys to

success in the players’ hands and give the Gamemaster a way to reward them for successful and heroic play.

GET INTO THE GAME!

You don’t have to wait to try out the DC A D v e n t u r e s game for yourself. This Quick Start gives you everything you need to

take the game out for a spin, complete with a super-hero slugfest between Superboy, the Teen of Steel, and the brawl-

ing bombshell Knockout!

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IntroductIon

THE RULES

Games have rules, and DC A D v e n t u r e s is no different in that respect. The essence of the M u t A n t s & M A s t e r M i n D s game sys-

tem that powers DC A D v e n t u r e s is actually quite simple. The vast majority of the rules expand upon the core mechanics of

the system, providing special-case rules or situational modifiers. So long as you understand the essentials of the game,

you can handle just about any situation that comes up; just choose an appropriate type of check, a Difficulty Class, and

make a roll to see if the character succeeds or not! It’s that simple.

RANK

CHECKS

Every trait in DC A D v e n t u r e s —abilities, skills, powers, and

so forth—has an associated rank , a value telling you how

strong (or weak) that trait is. Ranks run from –5 (very weak)

all the way up to 20 (incredibly strong) or more, with an

average of 0. Superboy’s Strength, for example, is rank

15, far above the greatest Strength of an ordinary human

(around rank 5). The Kid’s Intellect, on the other hand, is

rank 1; above average, but it doesn’t break the bank.

Actions in DC A D v e n t u r e s are all resolved through checks ,

a roll of a 20-sided die, plus a modifier derived from a

character’s trait ranks. If the total of the check equals or

exceeds the Difficulty Class, the action is a success. If it

doesn’t, then it’s a failure.

So, for example, an unarmed attack check for Superboy

is his Fighting ability rank (4), plus his Close Combat: Un-

armed skill rank (5), for a total of 9, plus the result of a roll

of the die. The DC is the Parry of his target, plus 10 (19, in

the case of Knockout).

DIFFICULTY CLASS

DEGREES

Every task—from making an attack to avoiding harm to

figuring out a gadget—has a Difficulty Class or DC , a num-

ber that tells you how hard that task is to perform. DCs

range from 0 (automatic, so easy it’s not worth rolling) to

40 (nearly impossible):

Checks often have degrees of success or failure: Just rolling

a success or failure counts as one degree. Every five full

points a check result is over or under the difficulty class

adds a degree. Fractions are ignored. So DC 10 check with

a result of 13 is one degree of success, just as a result of 8 is

one degree of failure. A result of 16 is two degrees of suc-

cess (6 over DC 10, ignoring the fraction) whereas a result

of 5 is two degrees of failure (5 under DC 10).

CHECK EXAMPLES

Difficulty (DC)

Example (Traits Used)

Very easy (0)

Notice something in plain sight

(Awareness + Perception)

RESISTANCE CHECKS

Easy (5)

Climb a knotted rope (Strength

+ Athletics)

Avoiding an effect is a resistance check, with a Difficulty

Class of the effect’s rank plus 10 or 15 depending on the

effect. A successful resistance means you avoid the effect,

a failed check means you suffer some (or all) of the effect.

Average (10)

Hear an approaching

security guard (Awareness +

Perception)

Tough (15)

Disarm an explosive (Intellect +

Technology)

CIRCUMSTANCE MODIFIERS

Challenging (20)

Swim against a powerful

current (Strength + Athletics)

Some circumstances make checks easier or harder, result-

ing in a positive or negative modifier to the check. Charac-

ters at an advantage are said to have a circumstance bonus

for the check, while those at a disadvantage have a circum-

stance penalty. Apply a modifier of +2 if the character has

a bonus (+5 for a major bonus) and a modifier of -2 for a

penalty (-5 for a major penalty).

Formidable (25)

Climb a wet, slippery rock-face

(Strength + Athletics)

Heroic (30)

Overcome a sophisticated

security system (Intellect +

Technology)

Super-heroic (35)

Convince the guards even

though you have no credentials,

they should let you into the

building (Presence + Deception)

ACTION!

When things really start happening in a DC A D v e n t u r e s

game, time is broken down into six-second segments

called rounds (sometimes “action rounds”). A round isn’t

very much time. Think of it like a page in a comic book,

just long enough to go around the table once, with each

Nigh-impossible (40)

Track a trained commando

through the jungle on a

moonless night after 12 days of

rainfall (Awareness + Perception)

the rules

character doing something. Each character’s portion of

the round is called their turn .

a check of Toughness rank against a difficulty class equal

to 15 plus the damage rank. So, for example, Superboy re-

sisting a punch from Knockout is a check of his Toughness

15 against a DC of (Knockout’s Strength 15 plus the base

difficulty class of 15) or 30. The results of a damage resis-

tance check are shown on the accompanying table:

On your turn, your character can move and do something

else like make an attack or use a power. So, for example,

on his turn, Superboy could fly (or run at super-speed) and

also throw a punch, use his heat vision, lift a heavy object,

or some other action.

DAMAGE RESISTANCE CHECK

MOVING

TOUGHNESS VS. [DAMAGE RANK + 15]

Success: The damage has no effect.

A normal person can move about 30 feet per turn (twice that

if doing nothing other than moving). Heroes and villains of-

ten have powers that allow them to move much faster. Su-

perboy, for example, has both the Flight and Speed powers,

making him faster than a fighter jet! Such characters can

move up to the listed speed for their power each turn.

ATTACKING

Failure (one degree): The target has a –1 circumstance

penalty to further resistance checks against damage.

Failure (two degrees): The target is dazed until the end

of their next turn, able to move or attack, but not do

both. The target has a –1 circumstance penalty to fur-

ther checks against damage.

Failure (three degrees): The target is staggered: able

to move or attack, but not both, each turn, and mov-

ing at only half speed. The target has a –1 circumstance

penalty to further checks against damage. If the target

receives three degrees of failure on a Damage resistance

check again, apply the fourth degree of effect.

DC A D v e n t u r e s characters can attack in various ways, from a

simple punch to using weapons or amazing powers, but it

is all handled the same way: characters have an attack bo-

nus, based off Fighting for close attacks and Dexterity for

ranged attacks, modified by the character’s Close Combat

or Ranged Combat skill. Superboy, for example, has Fight-

ing 4 and Close Combat: Unarmed 5, giving him a bonus

of (4 + 5) or 9 when throwing a punch. His Dexterity 2 and

Ranged Combat 7 skill also give him a 9 bonus with his

heat vision.

Failure (four or more degrees): The target is incapaci-

tated : knocked out and unable to act.

HERO POINTS

Heroes have a resource called hero points , representing

the determination and strength of spirit that helps them

accomplish the impossible when they have to. The Game-

master awards players hero points for facing difficulties

in the game and generally behaving heroically. You can

spend your hero points to do one of the following:

When making an attack, roll a check using the attack’s

bonus against a Difficulty Class equal to 10 plus the tar-

get’s appropriate defense: Parry for close attacks, Dodge

for ranged attacks. A check total (the die result plus the

bonus) that equals or exceeds the DC is a success, while a

total that is less than the DC is a failure.

DAMAGE

•

Re-roll a die roll and take the better of the two rolls.

If the second roll is a 10 or less, add 10 to it so the

result is 11–20.

An attack that hits causes damage, which is ranked like all

other traits in DC A D v e n t u r e s . Unarmed damage is based

on Strength rank, while the damage caused by powers is

based on the power’s rank (such as Superboy’s heat vision,

which does Ranged Damage 12).

•

Immediately remove a dazed condition from dam-

age, allowing your hero to act normally.

The DC A D v e n t u r e s Hero’s Handbook describes many other

uses for hero points, but these two are the basics for this

Quick-Start.

A character hit by a successful attack can avoid some or

all of the damage with a damage resistance check. This is

the rules

superboy

When Superman was

believed killed by

Doomsday, Project

Cadmus attempted

to replace him with

a clone, grown from a

combination of Krypto-

nian and human DNA. When

Superman returned, he gave the

young man the name “Kon-El” and

the secret identity of “Conner Kent.”

Since then, Superboy has worked to live

up to the legacy of the Man of Steel, including attend-

ing school in Smallville and working with the Teen Titans.

He has his work cut out for him, since he learned his human

DNA came from none other than Superman’s arch-foe Lex Luthor!

Superboy’s tactile telekinesis seems like superhuman strength

(along with invulnerability and flight) but allows him to do some

things sheer strength cannot. He can disassemble machines and

other objects he is touching simply by willing it, extend the protection

of his telekinetic field over someone else, or project force down into the

ground to create a powerful shockwave.

SUPERBOY

PL12

SKILLS

Close Combat: Unarmed 5 (+9), Deception 4 (+6), Insight 4 (+6),

Perception 6 (+8), Ranged Combat: Heat Vision 7 (+9)

STR

STA

AGL

DEX

FGT

INT

AWE

PRE

POWERS

Flight: Array (26 points)

Flight 13 (30 miles per round) •

OFFENSE

InITIaTIVE +2

•

26 points

Speed 13 (30 miles per round) •

Unarmed +9

Close, Damage 15

•

1 point

Heat Vision: Ranged Damage 12 (heat) • 24 points

Invulnerability: Protection 5, Impervious Toughness 12;

Immunity 5 (Cold, Heat, Pressure, Radiation, Vacuum)

• 22 points

Super-Senses: Senses 7 (Acute and Extended Hearing,

Extended Vision 3, Infravision, Ultra-Hearing) • 7 points

Super-Speed: Quickness 6 • 6 points

Super-Strength: Enhanced Strength 3, Limited to Lifting

(Lifting Str18; 6,000 tons) • 3 points

Tactile Telekinesis: Array (15 points), Alternate Effects of

Strength Damage, Feature 1: Can exert Strength without

moving • 1 point

Disassemble:

Heat Vision +9

Ranged, Damage 12

DEFENSE

DODgE

FOrTITUDE

Parry

TOUgHnESS

WIll

COMPLICATIONS

Identity: Conner Kent, Smallville High School Student.

relationship: Conner has been romantically involved with

Cassie Sandsmark (Wonder Girl).

Secret: His connection to Lex Luthor sometimes makes

Superboy doubt himself.

Weakness: Kryptonite leaves Superboy impaired, disabled,

and eventually debilitated in terms of Strength and powers. His

condition becomes dying after a few minutes of exposure.

•

Transform 5 (assembled into disassembled),

Continuous • 1 point

Shield Others:

•

Protection 15, Affects Others Only • 1 point

•

Shockwave:

Burst Area Affliction 12, Extra Condition,

Limited Degree (Resisted by Fortitude; Dazed and

Vulnerable, Stunned and Defenseless), Limited (Superboy

and targets must be touching the ground) • 1 point

POWER POINTS

abIlITIES

SkIllS

ADVANTAGES

All-out Attack, Extraordinary Effort, Move-by Action, Second

Chance (resist mind control), Taunt

POWErS

DEFEnSES

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superboy

knockout

A former Female Fury from Apokolips, Knockout (“Kay” to her friends) rebelled against Granny Goodness and escaped to

Earth. She became a dancer in a Hawaiian club called the BoomBoom Room before the challenge of Earth foes like the

Boy of Steel drew her attention. Unable to resist a challenge (or a pretty face), Knockout has committed crimes largely

for the challenge and the opportunity to fight worthy opponents. In spite of her flirtatious, devil-may-care attitude and

her escape from the fire-pits of Apokolips, Knockout is a stone-cold killer.

KNOCKOUT

PL12

POWER POINTS

abIlITIES

STR

STA

AGL

DEX

FGT

INT

AWE

PRE

SkIllS

POWErS

DEFEnSES

POWERS

Fast Healer: Regeneration 3 (Knockout removes a –1 penalty

due to damage every three rounds) • 3 points

Strong: Enhanced Strength 4, Limited to Lifting (lifting Str 19;

12,000 tons) • 4 points

Tough: Immunity 2 (Aging, Disease), Impervious Toughness 8

• 10 points

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ADVANTAGES

All-out Attack, Attractive, Fast Grab, Improved Initiative, Power

Attack, Takedown

SKILLS

Acrobatics 4 (+7), Expertise: Dancer 6 (+8), Insight 4 (+5),

Intimidation 6 (+8), Perception 4 (+5), Ranged Combat:

Throwing 6 (+9)

OFFENSE

InITIaTIVE +7

Unarmed +9

Close, Damage 15

Throwing +9

Ranged, Damage 15

DEFENSE

DODgE

FOrTITUDE

Parry

TOUgHnESS

WIll

COMPLICATIONS

Competitive: Knockout likes to win. She lives

for the fierce competition of battle.

Flirtatious: Knockout is a notorious flirt,

often mixing it with her fighting.

Power loss: At least some of

Knockout’s tremendous Strength

seems to come from her confidence.

Occasions when she has been

dispirited have weakened her considerably.

knockout

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