Team Milestones: Spider-Verse
It’s the last Milestone Monday of 2014! The big “Spider-Verse” event going on now is a massive, mind-bending tale pulling in every single Spider-Man that’s ever appeared. Peter Parker, Miles … Continue reading
Hero Datafiles: Big Hero Six
Blessed Sunday, True Believers! So, I don’t think I need to convince anyone that Disney’s latest movie, Big Hero Six, was really good. But if you want a review for Disney/Marvel’s … Continue reading
Every Man a Team: Running Multiple Characters at Once
A couple of weeks ago, we had a commenter ask how he could have one of his players play both Fitz and Simmons of Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. at the same … Continue reading
Team Milestones: The Legion of Monsters
Now that you have last week’s datafiles for many monstrous heroes, these milestones will help you put those characters to work as a a team. Whether you want to run … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Winter Soldier
It’s the first day of Winter, so what better day to post a highly requested datafile: The Winter Soldier! This datafile is based on the current “Man on the Wall” … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: The Living Mummy
Wrapping up (oops, bad choice of words) our salute to Marvel’s monsters is N’Kantu, the Living Mummy! First appearing in Supernatural Thrillers in the ’70s, he’s popped up since in … Continue reading
Hero & Watcher Datafile: Daimon Hellstrom
We’re one week away from Christmas – and, completely coincidentally, today’s datafile is about another, um, special offspring. Daimon Hellstrom debuted in 1973 as “the Son of Satan,” and he … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Werewolf By Night
Happy Chanukah from all of us at Plot Points! As we continue Monster Week, we come upon another “hero” from the heyday of Marvel Horror in the Seventies: Jack Russell, … Continue reading
Hero & Watcher Datafile: Morbius
Holiday shopping has brought out the beast in us, so it’s time for Monster Week on Marvel Plot Points! Kicking things off — both for the week and as my … Continue reading
Traitors in our Midst: How to Handle Double-Agents In-Game
The revelations of Captain America: Winter Soldier and Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. left fans reeling upon the discovery that Hydra had infiltrated S.H.I.E.L.D. (Spoilers, but if you’re reading a website devoted … Continue reading
Team Milestones: Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.
We’re wrapping up Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. week with an awesome new Team Milestone set by Andrew. He had previously done a S.H.I.E.L.D. Team Milestone set which can be found here. … Continue reading
Item Power Sets: The Bus, The Quinjet and Lola
What a week it’s been! Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. was explosive! I know all of the Plot Points writers enjoyed it. We’ve been talking about it in the bullpen all week. Also, … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Agent Coulson
It’s time for another look at an old favorite: Agent Director Coulson. We have an older version of Phil, but I designed that one before The Avengers film had … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Agent May
How about that mid-season finale? Am I right? Anyhow, today, for your HYDRA-whooping pleasure, we present Agent May. She’s always played to me like another Black Widow, so you may … Continue reading
Hero Datafiles: Fitz-Simmons
How’s everyone liking Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.? Tonight’s the mid-season finale! I’m super excited to see what’s hidden within the City, and what’s to come. If you follow me on Twitter, … Continue reading
Team Milestones: The Guardians of the Galaxy
Monday Milestones are back y’all! Today we’ve got team milestones for the Guardians. I pulled inspiration from the recent Marvel Now! run as well as one of the themes in … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Drax the Destroyer
Here’s the last of the team! Drax the Destroyer! We may revisit the Guardians at a later point, taking a look at Angela, Iron Man and Agent Venom, but for … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Groot
I am Groot. I, am Groot. I AM GROOT! I…am…Groot? I AM Groot.
Hero Datafile: Rocket Raccoon
That loveable furball is here! Tomorrow is our last member of the posse, Drax! Stay tuned!
Hero Datafile: Gamora
The deadliest woman in the universe is now here! Look for the rest of the Guardians of the Galaxy through the rest of the week, and hopefully a team milestone as … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Star-Lord
That’s right! Plot Points is back with a bang! This week, we’re looking at those loveable outlaws, the Guardians of the Galaxy! Though some appeared in Annihilation, not all did, … Continue reading
NEW EVENT: Council of Four!
Howdy, True Believers! How about that season finale of Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D., huh? And Arrow too! Now to move on to something completely unrelated, it has been a while since … Continue reading
Mini-Event: The Moon is a Lonely Place to Die: Introduction and Scene 1
Welcome, true believers! I got my start in reading comics with Fantastic Four, Vol 3, Issue 10, wherein Reed Richards is captured by the Trapster. The art was gorgeous, by … Continue reading
Damage Control: New Powers and SFX (Part 2)
Last time, I worked out a couple power trait home rules that have been out there. A good reading of the rules shows them to be unnecessary. Now, I will … Continue reading
Damage Control: New Powers and SFX (Part 1)
I want to start this series off with a discussion about Power Sets. Some of the things I have found outline powers and abilities that are missing from Marvel Heroic Roleplaying … Continue reading
SUCCESS, BUT AT WHAT COST?
Heroic Role-Playing is a type of RPG often referred to as a narrative-driven game. Such games focus more on the storytelling and character development than on such game concerns as … Continue reading
Damage Control: An Introduction
Now that the game has been out of print (plus whatever the digital equivalent is), I have been searching around for resources for the game. Mainly I’ve been looking around … Continue reading
Specific Rules Questions: Chases and Throwing One Character at Another
I’m noticing certain trends now that Marvel Heroic Roleplaying has passed on. Some time has passed and fans of the game are emerging. With this emergence I am seeing a surge … Continue reading
Structuring Events the Marvel Movie Way
If any of you out there are like me, you can’t get enough of the movies and TV shows coming out of Marvel Studios. There are plenty of superhero movies … Continue reading
Young Avengers Datafiles!
Hey there True Believers! As a follow-up to our last You Need To Read This post, here are datafiles to play the most recent Young Avengers team! This means full … Continue reading
You Need To Read This: Young Avengers (Vol. 2)
You Need To Read This is a column where writers of Marvel Plot Points wax poetic about their favorite Marvel series and storylines. STYLE > SUBSTANCE. That’s what Kieron Gillen … Continue reading
New Event: How Doctor Doom Stole Christmas
Doctor Victor von Doom, the on-and-off dictator of Latveria, hates Christmas. It gives people hope, encourages them to celebrate things that aren’t Doom himself, and takes attention away from the … Continue reading
New Event: The Tape
Okay. This looks bad. Someone has stolen a tape. (Yes, S.H.I.E.L.D. still uses VHS tapes, apparently.) And this isn’t just any run-of-the-mill outdated recording medium. It shows something that could … Continue reading
You Need to Read This: Hawkeye
You Need to Read This is a new column where the writers of Marvel Plot Points wax poetic about their favorite Marvel series and storylines. Okay, this looks bad. Really … Continue reading
Cortex Plot Points is Live!
It’s here, it’s here! You can go now to Cortex Plot Points now to see our introductory post as well as a great post by Joshua Unruh of the Caped … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Hit Monkey
Hey, True Believers! We’re back again, and we’ve got some fresh content for you. I’d like to thank Ryan Goodman (You can follow him here). He’s got some great stuff … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Professor Xavier
Hey everyone! Last night’s Google Hangout was a wash, with only a couple of people showing up. I’ll be putting up a scheduled new event soon. However, in anticipation for … Continue reading
Join Us for a Surprise MHR Event!
Excelsior! Tomorrow evening, at 9:00 PST, I (Mark) will be running a Marvel Plot Points event on Google Plus. I’d love for you all to join me! I’ll have six … Continue reading
New Event: X-Men Avenged!
Howdy, fellow MHRPGers! I am honored that Mark has brought me on board and allowed me to contribute to this awesome blog! But first, introductions are in order. My name … Continue reading
Captain Marvel and the Cinematic Universe
There’s been a lot of talk lately about introducing Carol Danvers (Captain Marvel) into the Marvel Cinematic Universe. And why not? She’s a powerful female character who not only stands … Continue reading
Update At Plot Points!
Hey everyone! Sorry everything has gone dark here over the last few months. Busy schedules from everyone involved, plus a general disappointment over the end of Marvel Heroic have put … Continue reading
An Introduction to Me And My Love for Marvel Heroic
Hello to all Plot Pointers! My name is Joshua Unruh and I’m the newest blogger to join the Plot Points stable. It took the death of the Marvel part of … Continue reading
Back In Black
Following the events of Civil War, members of the resistance have it rough. They either wound up imprisoned, reluctantly registering, or on the run from the law. No one better … Continue reading
Plot Points TV: Episode 1 and All New Actual Play
This past Saturday we had a big ol’ G+ Hangout party and we recorded it all to share with you! We began with an Actual Play session that is going … Continue reading
MHRPG – “Saudade” feelings
Saudade is one of those unique words each language have. In that case, it’s a portuguese word that represents a mix of feelings like missing, longing, grief and mourning. Saudade … Continue reading
Marvel Heroic RPG Post-Mortem
So, it’s been a few days. All of the fans of Marvel Heroic are licking their wounds. We’re all upset, but this doesn’t mean that we’re done with the Marvel … Continue reading
And There Came A Day…
Well folks. Sad news today on the Marvel Heroic Roleplaying front. If you haven’t yet, give this article on the MWP website a read. For my part, I still plan … Continue reading
Who Holds the Annihilation in Their Hands?!
We have a winner! Using a quick little roll of the dice, and we have the winner of the Annihilation Event Book is… Mr. Jared Rascher! Congratulations! Even if you … Continue reading
Plot Points Video: Annihilation Issue #1
On Saturday Night, Andew, Seamus and myself were joined by Enrique Bertran, Eric Paquette and Ryan Goodman for a game of Annihilation on Google+. We also recorded the session! It didn’t … Continue reading
X-CUTIONER’S SONG
Back when I first joined Plot Points, I penned an Event covering the events of X-Cutioner’s Song. At the time, Civil War: X-Men hadn’t come out, and I was new … Continue reading
Annihilation is Yours!
We’re running a major contest on Dice Monkey and Plot Points! We’re giving away a copy of the Annihilation Premium Edition PDF! The premium edition includes the full Operations Manual, so … Continue reading
What I’m Reading (And What I’m Not)
Working at a comic shop, you read a lot of comics. I’ve decided to give you my recommendations, and why I’m not reading other ones. What I’m Reading FF: This … Continue reading
Age of Ultron: Part I
I was reading the Age of Ultron series last week (still ongoing with two issues out so far) and thought, “this would make a great Event.” Rather than wait, I … Continue reading
Building Your Campaign the Marvel Cinematic Way
I just recently watched The Avengers again, and really enjoyed it. I noticed, however, there are a lot of references to the previous films. It’s fine for me, as I’ve … Continue reading
Maximum Screw-Up
Hey everybody. So… yeah. I have not had any time to work on Maximum Carnage, and any time I have had, I haven’t been able to get my mind in … Continue reading
New Specialty: Politics
When I was writing Liberty And Justice For All it occurred to me that a Specialty for handling political confrontations would serve the story very well. Since then I’ve written the … Continue reading
UNIVERSAL TABLE: MARVEL HEROIC EDITION
From the ashes of Marvel Super Heroes, like a Phoenix the Universal Table rises once more. NOTE: Maximum Carnage will return soon. We’ve got quite a few Scenes in the … Continue reading
Maximum Carnage: Doppelganger, Demogoblin, and Carrion
We’ve got the last three members of the Carnage Family for you today. I apologize for the delay in getting them out. The plan for next week is to start … Continue reading
Review: Annihilation Event Book
Annihilation, the newest Event Book for the Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Game, has been out for a couple of weeks now and I’ve finally been able to sit down and get … Continue reading
Watcher Datafile: Doctor Annabelle Riggs
Doctor Riggs is one of my new favorite characters. She appears in the new Fearless Defenders, and I’m interested in seeing what they do with her. Will she play an … Continue reading
Maximum Carnage: Carnage and Shriek
Now we’re getting to the good stuff. Today, we are featuring “Daddy” and “Mommy” from the Carnage Family. Carnage We don’t have a whole new datafile for Carnage, because honestly … Continue reading
Maximum Carnage: Hero Milestones
Well, it took a little longer than I wanted, but here are some new Distinctions and Milestones for the canon characters in Maximum Carnage. These are for use with official … Continue reading
Maximum Carnage: Event Milestones
Take a look at the Event Milestones I worked up for Maximum Carnage. I wanted to capture the struggle that the protagonists experienced throughout the event: What are they willing to do … Continue reading
Annihilation is Coming Today!
True Believers, looks like we will be getting our hands on the PDF of the newest MHRPG Event book later today! According to a MWP forum post from Cam Annihilation will … Continue reading
Maximum Carnage: Introduction
The spree-killer Cletus Kasady (better known as Carnage) is locked away in Ravencroft Institute for the Criminally Insane. His alien symbiote suit, originally spawned by the Venom symbiote, has been … Continue reading
Announcing a New Event: Maximum Carnage!
I really started to get into comics in the early 1990s. Spider-Man was my gateway drug. Maximum Carnage is the first big event I remember reading, and it has a … Continue reading
Annihilation’s Nova
It’s here! It looks like the next event, Annihilation, is on its way very soon. Today, Margaret Weis Productions brought us a preview of Nova, Mr. Richard Rider himself! Click … Continue reading
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL: WHAT HAPPENS NOW?
NOTE: This is the last installment of Liberty And Justice For All. We hope you enjoyed it. With the passing of the MRA, a full-scale Civil War is averted. Heroes … Continue reading
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL: ACTION SCENE: APPEARING BEFORE CONGRESS
You have done your best to garner popular support for the MRA. Now the time has come to go before the congress and testify. Your testimony could make or break … Continue reading
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL: ACTION SCENE: MEET THE PRESS
Now that the MRA has a sponsor in congress, the heroes need to take their message to the people. They need to convince the fence-sitters that the SHRA is too … Continue reading
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL: ACTION SCENE: GETTING A SPONSOR FOR THE MRA
Some heroes, including Daredevil and She-Hulk, have serious misgivings about the SHRA, and have met to hash out a compromise that will protect metahuman civil rights yet keep events like … Continue reading
LIBERTY AND JUSTICE FOR ALL: GETTING THE MRA PASSED
Given the reactionary climate to Nitro’s actions at Stamford, those seeking to get the MRA passed will have to win major public support and receive a sponsor in Congress. This … Continue reading
Liberty and Justice for All (Addendum): The Right to a Separate Identity
One of the provisions of the MRA deals with the registering and maintaining of secondary legal identities kept apart and private by the government. This secondary identity would not be … Continue reading
Liberty and Justice for All: Milestones
The Milestones available for this Event variant are different than in the Civil War Event Book. Most of the Milestones on pages CW15 – CW17 are not available if the … Continue reading
Liberty and Justice for All: The Metahuman Response Act
A WHAT-IF? SCENARIO BY JAYSON JOLIN The provisions of the Superhuman Registration Act were on their face unconstitutional violations of the civil rights of metahumans. However, that does not mean … Continue reading
Liberty and Justice For All: A Civil War What If? Scenario
My first introduction to the Civil War storyline was through the Civil War Event Sourcebook. I hadn’t been reading comics for years, having quit them after the Clone Saga, at … Continue reading
We’re Not Dead Yet
Greetings True Believers! Remember us? So, we did not intend for there to be such a tremendous lag is updates here. Life just conspired to swamp all of us at … Continue reading
Brand New Mini-Event: Secrets and Lies
Hey, everyone! I know I’ve been gone a while, but college is killing me. A few weeks back, I recieved a message from Justin Schmid, asking if Plot Points would … Continue reading
The Road to Civil War: Deadpool’s Diary
Dustin Curtis played Plot Point’s version of Deadpool in the Skype game I ran last month (which you can read more about here). He was inspired by Seamus’ War Journal … Continue reading
The Road to Civil War: Punisher’s War Journal
Hey, gang. We had a run-up session to Civil War some time ago run by our very own Andrew Gatlin. You can see his summary of it here. Now, whenever I have … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Spitfire
The British Invasion continues. Reader Iain Row comes through again with a datafile for the Invader Spitfire. Spitfire was actually a little difficult to nail down. Her main powerset was … Continue reading
The Road to Civil War: After-Action Report
About a month ago I got some guys together on Skype and ran my first full session of MHRPG. Since then I’ve been intending to do this recap post, but … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Union Jack II
Reader Iain Row sent this datafile for the second incarnation of Union Jack my way. I thought he did a great job with it. It’s also kind of cool that a Brit … Continue reading
Review: Civil War|50 State Initiative Event Supplement
The first Civil War supplement book is out, and Margaret Weis Productions was kind enough to send me a copy of the PDF to review. Let’s get to it! First … Continue reading
Road to Civil War- Skype Game August 30
Howdy Y’all. So, it’s been a while. Sorry about that. I promise we have not been eaten by lions, just been really busy. I’m going to be running a game … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Whizzer
Things have been a little slow here at Plot Points…..well, not anymore! Today, we proudly presents our fellow readers with Squadron of Justice….sorry….Squadron Supreme speedster member: Whizzer. While researching him, … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Skrullian Skymaster
Today in our ongoing series on the Squadron Supreme, we present the Skrullian Skymaster, Marvel’s answer to the Martian Manhunter. Skymax has been a particular challenge, especially when working on … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Power Princess
Each task I get on the blog is always a challenge, and it also never fails to surprise me. Being the Marvel’s counterpart to the JL, I had the impression … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Hyperion
Look up in the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…Hyperion!?! Hyperion is the Squadron Supreme’s version of Superman. Really this datafile can be turned into Supes just by … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Doctor Spectrum
Here, in honor of our Squadron Supreme thrust, we present Doctor Spectrum, Earth-712’s Green Lantern. Part of the fun of working on the Squadron Supreme is that it gives some … Continue reading
Monday Milestones: Squadron Supreme
Monday Milestones comes roaring back with team milestones for the Justice Lea..err..I mean..The Squadron Supreme! All this week we will be bringing you datafiles for the members of the Squadron … Continue reading
Pet Avengers Unlockables
Here are the unlockables associated with our Pet Avengers Mini-Event. While the Event itself may not be all that big, these can be useful if you’re playing this as a … Continue reading
Pet Avengers Action Scene: The Baxter Building
Here it is, the one you’ve all been waiting for, the final Action Scene that pits the heroes against a villain that none are prepared to face. A former heroic … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Havok
Havok is not just Cyclops’ brother. He is a much cooler version of the iconic X-men longtime leader! When I first got into X-men comics, Havok was a current member … Continue reading
Pet Avengers: Mind Gem Item Power Set
I must apologize up front: This is an idea that came to me late in the game. We introduced this event by saying that the heroes got together through the … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Firestar
When I got the assignment to do this Datafile, I thought “Piece of cake, I will just take Human Torch, change some small bits and done!” The job turned out to … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Iceman
Here’s a datafile for one of the original X-Men and one of Spidey’s “amazing friends”: Iceman! Iceman has always been one of my personal favorites. His mutation just seemed so cool to me. … Continue reading
Pet Avengers Action Scene: The Stark Warehouse
“Let’s just say Tony Stark’s warehouse manager should invest in bigger locks.” The Punisher One of the first things the Pet Avengers need to do after battling apes on the … Continue reading
Comic Review: AVX Versus #1
The Avengers Versus X-Men event is a massive undertaking by Marvel, pitting the two biggest teams in the Marvel Universe against one another. With such a massive battle, how do … Continue reading
Monday Milestones: Spider-Friends
Time for another Monday Milestone! This week’s continues the tie-in with the Amazing Spider-Man with milestones specifically for his friends. These are a little different in that they tie your milestones … Continue reading
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