Villain Datafile: The Lizard
Here it is. The final datafile in our week featuring Spider-Man’s rogue gallery, and the big bad ofThe Amazing Spider-Man: The Lizard! Marvel Wiki Bio Printer-Friendly Datafile
Hero Datafile: Sinister Six Bonanza!
Hey everybody. So we’ve had a bit of a dropoff this week. What better can be said than, “Life happens.” We didn’t quite get around to all the Sinister Six … Continue reading
“Hero” Datafile: Scorpion
Since we had already released a villain datafile for Scorpion, I thought I would do something a little different. I took that version of Scorpion, and “stepped it up” to … Continue reading
Monday Milestones: The Sinister Six
It’s Spidey villains week here at Plot Points! On the plate today is an attempt to give you some milestones if you want to try a villain-centered game. I came … Continue reading
Announcements: Pet Avengers on Hold (Plus Some Notes), Sinister Six Week
Today is a quick post. Just to keep you all tuned in. First, the Pet Avengers. Overall, the response to our little micro-event has been great. We’re happy with … Continue reading
Why You HAVE TO Go and Make Things So Complicated
Complications. People often wonder why we should use them. They don’t seem to offer much mechanically to a conflict, other than a possible fourth (or more) type of stress. It’s true that … Continue reading
Comic Review: Defenders #7
Now that I’m working in a comic book shop, I thought I’d give you all an occasional review of Marvel Comics I’m reading, with some Marvel Heroic Roleplaying rules to … Continue reading
Pet Avengers Action Scene: Moon of the Apes
While in Lockjaw’s doghouse, the heroes hear a strange sound. It is the sound of a great many apes approaching. Long ago, the Red Ghost tried invading the Moon to … Continue reading
Event Milestones: Civil War|Pet Avengers
Here are a set of Event Milestones for use in our Pet Avengers Event. Enjoy. (Sorry for the brief post. I’m on vacation.)
Hero Datafile: Tippy Toe
Today, Plot Points presents Tippy Toe, Squirrel Girl’s pet sidekick. We’ve appropriated her to be a new member of the Pet Avengers for a few reasons that we outlined in the buildup … Continue reading
Event Art: Ms. Lion as Captain Universe
Here we are for another installment of Event Art. Today we present to you an image of Ms. Lion with the powers of Captain Universe. Ms. Lion is a classic example … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Zabu
Today’s Pet Avenger Datafile is for Ka-Zar of the Savage Land’s faithful companion. The ferocious Zabu! This is the final hero datafile for the “canon” team. Tomorrow we will be … Continue reading
Pet Avengers Event Buildup
On to the first Scene from our Pet Avengers event. This scene assumes that players have chosen both Tippy Toe and Lockheed. If they haven’t, this can just be narrated … Continue reading
Hero Datafiles: Lockheed and Redwing
I’m taking a little break from doing a Monday Milestones post this week. Instead we will be releasing two more Pet Avengers datafiles. Monday Milestones will be back next week. … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Ms. Lion
Today we bring you Ms. Lion, Marvel’s first cross-dressing dog. We took a slightly different angle on Ms. Lion than you might expect. The problem with this pooch is that … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Throg
Pet Avengers Datafile number two: Throg, the Frog of Thunder! This datafile is more or less a modification of the Thor datafile put out by Margaret Weis Productions a couple … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Lockjaw
Here’s the first datafile for our Pet Avengers Mini Event, the leader of the Pet Avengers (and companion to the Inhuman’s royal family): Lockjaw! You can find his Marvel Wiki … Continue reading
Announcing The Pet Avengers: Civil War
Lockheed the Dragon and Tippy Toe the Squirrel have a run-in with the Infinity Mind Gem. What they see frightens them. The Civil war threatens all heroes, be they pro-registration … Continue reading
Monday Milestones: The Pet Avengers
Now for something completely different! Why the Pet Avengers you ask? Check back on the site tomorrow to find out!
Villain Datafile: Blastaar
It seems like it’s been a while since we’ve done a villain, so here for your enjoyment is Blastaar, the Living Bomb Burst! Blastaar hails from the Negative Zone, where he … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Songbird
The Memorial Day holiday put this week’s Monday Milestones tie-in file off a day. Songbird is one of the longest tenured members of the Thunderbolts, so I thought she was … Continue reading
Printer-Friendly Datafiles [Updated]
**UPDATE** If you mouse-over the Hero Datafiles page you will see a pop-out for a page with all the printer-friendly versions that are available. I won’t be posting updates every time I … Continue reading
Monday Milestones: Thunderbolts
Where is Andrew again? I think that this time he may be in trouble since he went rogue on us! Maybe, if he comes up with a cool datafile on … Continue reading
Secret War: The Final Truth
Type: Transition Time set: Present. The scene starts right after the heroes overcome Lucia, either letting the explosion go off or preventing it. The Truth is Finally Out At this point … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Red Hulk
Still need more Hulk? Have a Red Hulk! Red Hulk was introduced in Hulk #1 (2008). His human identity was unknown–to characters and readers–until the World War Hulks storyline in 2010. He … Continue reading
Hero Datafiles: Banner and Hulk
Many classic and beloved Marvel characters were left out the basic game. Guys like, Silver Surfer, Dr. Strange, Thor, Nick Fury, Cable, Deadpool, and Hulk. We have been slowly fixing … Continue reading
Secret War Action Scene: Stop the Bomb
Time Set: Present Distinctions & Complications Distinction: Aftermath of a Battle Distinction: Nightfall Complication: Fleeing Patients and Doctors – D8 Buildup: Getting to the Action This scene starts just after … Continue reading
Event Art: Secret War She-Hulk
Here’s something new we’re trying. I have a dream to create art for comics/games. We were kicking around some ideas and I threw out the idea that I’d like to … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Black Bolt
Here’s this week’s Monday Milestone tie-in datafile: Black Bolt! On this one I really tried to capture how devastating his power can be, but also how dangerous it is for him to use … Continue reading
Monday Milestones: The Inhumans
This week’s Milestones are for the mighty Inhumans! The Inhumans were introduced in Fantastic Four #45 all the way back in 1965. They’ve gone on the have a couple runs of their … Continue reading
Plot Points Poll: Next Plot Points Event
Since we are coming to the end of our Secret War event, we are starting to think about what we are going to do next. That’s where you come in. … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Deadpool
Here’s a bonus datafile to go with the X-Force Team Milestones. Do I really need to say anything about ‘Pool? By the way, you can blame Seamus for that one … Continue reading
Secret War Transition Scene: Throne Room Encounter and Fury’s Failsafe
Time Set: Past Type: Transition This Scene requires 2 Plot Points to unlock. This is the final Scene of the Past arc. It occurs chronologically after the Assault on Castle … Continue reading
Secret War Action Scene: Assault on Castle Doom
-Time Set: Past -Type: Action This scene requires a number of Plot Points equal to the number of player characters to unlock. Buildup: Getting to the Action Open this scene … Continue reading
Secret War Transition Scene: Lucia’s Monologue
-Time Set: Present -Type: Transition Use this scene to move from the massive ambush attack at the hospital to either Assault on Castle Doom in the Past, or Stopping the … Continue reading
Secret War Action Scene: Throwdown at the Hospital
Buildup: Getting to the Action This scene will begin immediately after either The Hospital or Gathering the Team Transition Scenes, depending on how your group progresses through the event. Characters … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Angel/Archangel
The Monday Milestones tie-in datafile this week is Angel/Archangel. This character is one that seems to get a different treatment depending on who is writing him. I chose to stat … Continue reading
Secret War Transition Scene: The Hospital
-Time Set: Present -Type: Transition This scene, chronologically, takes place immediately after the Ambush action scene. It’s entirely possible, however, that they’ve unlocked the Gathering the Team transition scene by … Continue reading
Monday Milestones: X-Force
This week’s Monday Milestones are for the group you call when somebody absolutely, positively needs to be dead: X-Force! Obviously, these are for the newer incarnation of the team, a.k.a. Cyclops … Continue reading
Secret War Villain Datafiles: Lucia Von Bardas
In the special double Plot Points feature, we present you with both versions of the main bad guy (or gal) in the Secret War event – Lucia von Bardas. The … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Rogue
This datafile was requested by Brian Liberge back when I did Gambit’s datafile. I finally got around to creating it. Rogue has always been one of my favorites. Probably from … Continue reading
Updates From the Bullpen
We wanted to take a minute to update you all on some things, and let you know about some stuff that has been going on behind the scenes here at … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Shiver Man
Reader Shawn Schmitting won one of our contests to have us create a datafile for a character of his choice. He proceeded to choose one of the most obscure characters … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Moon Knight
Marc Spector one of the most complex, yet underrated characters of the Marvel pantheon. He has been a mercenary, taxi driver, millionaire, film-maker, as well as a vengeful masked vigilante; … Continue reading
Monday Milestones: The Secret Avengers
This week’s Monday Milestones are for a relatively new team: The Secret Avengers! Created by Steve Rogers shortly after he is made director of SHIELD, the Secret Avengers are the … Continue reading
Announcing the Plot Points Twitter Account
Greetings True Believers! This is just a quick post to let you all know that we have created a Twitter account for the blog. We’ll all be tweeting from it … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Vision
To close out Avengers Week (hopefully you’ll get to go see the movie this weekend), we’re presenting you with that amazing android, Vision! Vision is the Avengers’ version of the … Continue reading
Action Scene: Attack on Avengers Mansion
Avengers Week brings us an Action Scene, set in the Avengers Mansion. This is a quick little scene, utilizing some of the stuff we’ve presented in the past. This scene … Continue reading
Villain Datafile: Loki
To carry on with Avengers Week, we bring you Loki, god of mischief and lies! Kneel before him! I had a fun time putting this one together, as he’s got … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Agent Coulson
This week’s Monday Milestone tie-in datafile is none other than the Son of Coul himself, SHIELD Agent Phil Coulson! When I started this datafile, Coulson wasn’t in the “616” continuity. Then … Continue reading
Avengers Week
This week at Plot Points is Avengers Week! Now, we want to keep our site firmly in Earth-616 territory (perhaps some day we’ll look at the Ultimate Universe), so while … Continue reading
Monday Milestones: S.H.I.E.L.D.
I’m back with a brand new, fresh from the oven Monday Milestone! It’s Avengers Week here at Plot Points, so we’ll be bringing you lots of MHRPG goodies that tie into Marvel’s … Continue reading
Secret War Transition Scene: Gathering the Team
-Time set: Past -Type: Transition -Activation cost: 1PP This is the first of the flashback scenes that the players can activate to remember and understand what is provoking seemly random … Continue reading
Incorporating Item Power Sets
What, you didn’t think you would go a whole week without hearing from me did you? Let me just say up front that this article is really by all of … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Ronin
Bob Conway, who runs Play Marvel Online, sent me an interesting datafile the other day: Ronin, one of the most mysterious of the heroes in the Marvel Universe. Multiple heroes … Continue reading
Resource: Breakout Hero Character Tokens
A lot of people have been asking for these, so I thought I’d comply: Character tokens of all of the Marvel heroes in the Basic Game. As I complete them, … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Multiple Man
Jamie Madrox: how can you not love this character? I’m sure our reader Lukas likes him, since we are answering his request. Multiple Man started as a C-list mutant that … Continue reading
Monday Milestones: X-Factor
Oh My god! It’s is Monday Milestones and Andrew is missing! What do we do when some weird cases like that pop up? We go to X-FACTOR Investigations! Sometimes superhero … Continue reading
Secret War Datafiles: Villains
Here they are: the villains of the Secret War! Yesterday, you saw the list of possible villains the heroes could face in the Ambush, and now we’re presenting the villains … Continue reading
Secret War Action Scene: Ambush!
Buildup: Getting to the Action This arc takes place primarily in NYC in the Present. The event that kicks off this arc is a hero being put into the hospital, … Continue reading
Item Power Set: The Casket of Ancient Winters
This was the big McGuffin of last year’s Thor movie, and it’s now in the hands of your heroes! The Casket of Ancient Winters introduces two new SFX. Powerful is … Continue reading
Dynamic Initiative
The turn order system implemented by the Marvel Heroic RPG is a whole new kind of beast. Where once the DM (or GM in some systems) would call out, “Roll … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Namor the Sub-Mariner
This week’s Monday Milestone tie-in is the monarch of Atlantis: Namor! Namor first appeared in Marvel Comics #1 back in 1939, and has changed relatively little since then. He is temperamental, arrogant, and distrusting … Continue reading
Monday Milestones: The Invaders
It’s time for another Monday Milestone! This week we have one of Marvel’s earliest teams, WWII group: The Invaders! The group was originally composed of Captain America, Namor, and the android Human Torch. … Continue reading
Play Marvel Online & Other Marvel Sites
There’s a new website in town. Well, a couple of websites. And we’ll talk about all of them right now. Play Marvel Online is a brand new site that lets … Continue reading
Secret War Character Milestones
This is our first entry from the Plot Points Bullpen! Three of us, Andrew, Felipe and myself, have worked on new Character Milestones for any character involved in the Secret … Continue reading
Item Power Sets: Life Model Decoy, Nick Fury-Issued Kree Tech Armor, Failsafe
Three Item Power sets today! One can be used for any campaign, the other two… well, they’re a bit more Secret War Event specific. We hope you enjoy. The heroes … Continue reading
Secret War Introduction
A Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Game Event by Mark Meredith, Andrew Gatlin and Felipe Mascarenhas. Based on the Secret War Mini-Series by Brian Michael Bendis and Gabriele Dell’Otto When Nick Fury … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Silver Surfer
Today, our Hero Datafile for The Defenders is none other than that cosmic-power-wielding wonder: Silver Surfer! Silver Surfer is a cosmic being, able to fly through suns, and as such, … Continue reading
Monday Milestones: The Defenders
This week we have Marvel’s infamous “non-team”: The Defenders. The Defenders were originally assembled by Doctor Strange to battle the extra-dimensional demons, the Undying Ones. Over their history they have served as the … Continue reading
Secret War Hero Datafiles
In the Secret War event, almost all the heroes have been created already in the Marvel Heroic Basic Game. As such, there’s no need for brand-new datafiles, especially since this … Continue reading
Item Power Set: The Crimson Gem of Cyttorak
Hey, everybody. I’m Seamus. The new guy. I’m a contributor over at RPGMusings.com, where I write under the handle “The Opportunist”. I have recently become a huge fan of Marvel Heroic … Continue reading
The Doom Pool Economics – How The Marvel RPG Balances Itself According to Party Size
Every RPG, even ones able to support large or small groups, is designed for an “ideal” party size. For example: Dungeons and Dragons need at least one player covering each … Continue reading
Hero and Villain Datafile Templates
You’ve been asking for it, so I’m obliging. Everyone’s been asking for the Hero and Villain Datafile Templates, and I’ve been attempting to find a way to store and allow … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Nico Minoru
I’m back with this week’s Monday Milestone hero tie-in: Nico Minoru. Hey Sabrina, this is a REAL teenage witch! Unfortunately, no one guessed correctly, so everyone wins a no-prize! Nico’s … Continue reading
Resource: SHIELD Letterhead
Need to send a memo to your players about the next game session? Want an in-game prop to use? We’ve got some SHIELD letterhead for you to use! Click here! … Continue reading
Monday Milestones: The Runaways
Today’s Monday Milestones are for The Runaways. I’ll be honest. I was not incredibly familiar with this book before I started working on these milestones, but in the process of … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Slapstick
I know what you’re thinking. Why is he putting up a datafile for Marvel’s greatest hero so soon after the blog launched? Shouldn’t he be saving it? Allowing the antici…pation … Continue reading
Announcing: Secret War, a Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Event by Plot Points
When Nick Fury discovers a disturbing connection between many of Marvel’s deadliest villains, he assembles a ragtag team of the Marvel Universe’s most misunderstood heroes for a secret mission … Continue reading
Change to Our AvX Plans
Sorry to build everyone’s hopes up, then let them down. We’ll be holding off on the Avengers vs. X-Men series. After a lot of discussion between myself and my contributors, … Continue reading
Avengers Vs. X-Men: Overview
It’s coming… The big Marvel Event of the year is Avengers vs. X-Men. The Phoenix Force is returning to Earth in search of Hope, whom some say is the Mutant … Continue reading
Big Happenings at Margaret Weis Productions Website
If you haven’t been, you need to head over to the MWP website. Now. They’ve got new content! Specifically, they have a brand new Random Datafile Generator! Get your dice … Continue reading
Sideways Development – The Marvel Way to Level Up
Editor’s note: I’d like to welcome our newest contributor, Filipe Mascarenhas from distant Brazil! Welcome to the crew, Felipe. You can see Felipe’s bio over on our Contact Us page. … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: She-Hulk
Here’s this week’s hero datafile tie-in to the Monday Milestones post. After the Secret Wars, Ben Grimm took an extended leave from the Fantastic Four and recruited She-Hulk as his replacement. … Continue reading
Monday Milestones (Giant-Sized Edition): The Fantastic Four
This week’s Monday Milestone brings you Marvel’s First Family: The Fantastic Four. I ended up with three milestone paths that I liked for the FF, and I just couldn’t decide which … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Nightcrawler
We’ve had several people asking for a datafile for the fuzzy, blue elf. So, here he is: Nightcrawler. Enjoy.
Transition Roleplay: Captain America and Mr. Fantastic
Seamus Corbett, one of the players in the last couple games I ran, decided to write up a scene that took place between his character, Captain America, and Adam’s character, … Continue reading
Item Power Set: Symbiote
The Symbiote has been a popular “character” since its debut in the 1980’s. In recent years, its abilities have been expanded and further explained, including its ability to leech off … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Psylocke
As requested by reader Jason Seas. Here is the datafile for Psylocke. Jason requested the power set of the character shortly after her transformation into Lady Mandarin. That coincides with how she … Continue reading
Villain Datafile: Ronan the Accuser
While Margaret Weis Productions is hard at work on statting up the various cosmic heroes and villains of Annihilation, I decided to create a Cosmic Villain Datafile of my own, … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Hawkeye
This week’s Monday Milestone tie-in datafile is the World’s Greatest Marksman: Hawkeye! Like I mentioned Monday, I had a blast designing Hawkeye’s datafile. These panels gave me a ton of inspiration. … Continue reading
Monday Milestones: The Avengers
It’s time for another Monday Milestone! This week we’ve got THE iconic Marvel team: The Avengers. I have to say, I had a lot of fun coming up with these … Continue reading
Play This Universe: Earth-98 (Realtime)
There are a massive amount of Marvel Universes out there. Most people know of the primary Marvel Universe, designated 616, as well as the film universe, which includes Iron Man, … Continue reading
Actual Play: Into the Savage Land
Last night, a few guys and I got together to play the Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Game on Google+. I had initially planned on running The Moon is a Lonely Place … Continue reading
Item Power Set: Cosmic Control Rod
Welcome back! This week’s Item Power Set comes to us from the Negative Zone. The Cosmic Control Rod is the source of Annihilus’s power, but also his greatest weakness. If … Continue reading
Online DM Presents Marvel Heroic Framework for MapTool
The Online Dungeon Master (who’s site I designed), has written up some amazing code for the Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Game. He’s on his second draft now, and he’s made a … Continue reading
Avengers Assemble! Join Us for Some Online Gaming
Your two writers, Mark and Andrew, will be playing the Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Game on Wednesday night at 9:30 CST on Google+. Please join us as we play through a … Continue reading
Hero Datafile: Gambit
Well, as I mentioned on Monday, we are going to be offering hero datafiles related to our Monday Milestones articles. The milestone set this week is for the X-Men. So … Continue reading
Basic Game Books On Their Way!
Today, Cam Banks, the Lead Designer for the Marvel Heroic Roleplaying Game posted up pictures of the Basic Game books arriving at the MWP studio. With his permission, here’s one … Continue reading
Monday Milestones: The X-Men
Welcome to the first in a new series of posts that will offer new Milestone options for your Marvel Heroic Roleplaying characters! Greetings fellow True Believers! My name is Andrew … Continue reading
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