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Mystery Men! is a superhero role playing game inspired by the golden age of comics. The sample characters in the book are derived from characters in the public domain.
Public Domain Superheroes and Comic Book Plus are great sites to research these types of comic books.
And although that is the historical focus of the sample characters and background, the simplicity of the rules and the creatures and enemies provided would allow you to easily run it with other genres such as science fiction or fantasy.
The only thing "missing" is a way to roll random super powers.
(I only say "missing" because many other superhero games include this feature.)
And so...
Random Power Tables for Mystery Men!
These tables are intended to determine random powers for the Adventurer class, but could also be used for the Scientist or Sorcerer with some small adjustments
During character creation, you first need to know the character's Power Level and total starting XP to be spent on super powers.
Then you can decide which power tables you want to roll on based on the XP point range you want to spend on each power.
Keep in mind that the XP cost of the power could be reduced by 50% if you choose to give it a flaw or describe it as an object, gadget or item of power.
There are a total of 262 different power numbers sorted by XP cost on four tables.
Table A lists powers 1 to 76 and the XP cost range is from 500 to 3000.
Table B lists powers 77 to 153 and the XP cost rage is from 6000 to 10000.
Table C lists powers 154 to 217 and the XP cost range is from 15000 to 25000.
Table D lists powers 218 to 262 and the XP cost range is from 30000 to 50000.
After deciding the XP cost range you would like to spend on the power, I.E. which table to roll on, roll the appropriate die for the row and the column and cross reference to find the number of the power on the list of powers below.
EXAMPLE ROLL ONE: I only want to spend between 500 and 3000 on my super power.
Choosing Table A, I roll a 1d10 for the row and a 1d8 for the column.
Rolling first a 4 and then a 5, I see that I get power #29 from the power list below.
This is an Attack type power called Strike True which costs 1000 XP.
EXAMPLE ROLL TWO: I'd like to spend between 30000 and 50000 on another power.
Choosing Table D, I roll a 1d6 for the row and a 1d8 for the column.
Rolling first a 5 and then a 7, I see that I get power #256 from the power list below.
This is an Miscellaneous type power called Elemental Swarm which costs 50000 XP.
I could potentially reduce the cost of any power I roll by 50% by giving it some sort of flaw or saying it's built into some kind of item.
ROLL
|
POWER
|
TYPE
|
XP COST
|
1
|
Force Missile
|
Attack
|
500
|
2
|
Cat fall
|
Defense
|
1000
|
3
|
Chilling Touch
|
Attack
|
1000
|
4
|
Color Spray
|
Attack
|
1000
|
5
|
Command
|
Psychic
|
1000
|
6
|
Create Water
|
Elemental
|
1000
|
7
|
Detect Poison
|
Psychic
|
1000
|
8
|
Disguise
|
Transformation
|
1000
|
9
|
Doom
|
Psychic
|
1000
|
10
|
Endure Elements
|
Elemental
|
1000
|
11
|
Enlarge
|
Transformation
|
1000
|
12
|
Energy Hands
|
Elemental
|
1000
|
13
|
Entangle
|
Movement
|
1000
|
14
|
Frighten
|
Attack
|
1000
|
15
|
Grease
|
Attack
|
1000
|
16
|
Hypnotism
|
Attack
|
1000
|
17
|
Invulnerability 1
|
Defense
|
1000
|
18
|
Iron Grip
|
Attack
|
1000
|
19
|
Jump
|
Movement
|
1000
|
20
|
Mount
|
Movement
|
1000
|
21
|
Potent Attack
|
Attack
|
1000
|
22
|
Protection
|
Defense
|
1000
|
23
|
Ray of Enfeeblement
|
Attack
|
1000
|
24
|
Rope Trick 1
|
Miscellaneous
|
1000
|
25
|
Shield
|
Defense
|
1000
|
26
|
Sleep
|
Attack
|
1000
|
27
|
Speak with Animals
|
Psychic
|
1000
|
28
|
Stomp
|
Attack
|
1000
|
29
|
Strike True
|
Attack
|
1000
|
30
|
Summon Item
|
Miscellaneous
|
1000
|
31
|
Super Ability
|
Transformation
|
1000
|
32
|
Understand Language
|
Psychic
|
1000
|
33
|
Unseen Servant
|
Miscellaneous
|
1000
|
34
|
Ventriloquism
|
Illusion
|
1000
|
35
|
Weapon Master
|
Attack
|
1000
|
36
|
Ghoulish Touch
|
Attack
|
2000
|
37
|
Super Speed
|
Movement
|
2000
|
38
|
Blur
|
Defense
|
3000
|
39
|
Calm Emotions
|
Psychic
|
3000
|
40
|
Chameleon
|
Transformation
|
3000
|
41
|
Chill Metal
|
Elemental
|
3000
|
42
|
Control Air
|
Elemental
|
3000
|
43
|
Darkness
|
Miscellaneous
|
3000
|
44
|
Dark vision
|
Transformation
|
3000
|
45
|
Daze
|
Attack
|
3000
|
46
|
Delay Poison
|
Healing
|
3000
|
47
|
Energy Blade
|
Elemental
|
3000
|
48
|
Enthrall
|
Psychic
|
3000
|
49
|
Fog Cloud
|
Elemental
|
3000
|
50
|
Glitter Dust
|
Miscellaneous
|
3000
|
51
|
Gust of Wind
|
Elemental
|
3000
|
52
|
Heat Metal
|
Elemental
|
3000
|
53
|
Hideous Laughter
|
Attack
|
3000
|
54
|
Hypnotic Pattern
|
Attack
|
3000
|
55
|
Levitate
|
Movement
|
3000
|
56
|
Make Whole
|
Transformation
|
3000
|
57
|
Mirror Image
|
Defense
|
3000
|
58
|
Obscure Object
|
Psychic
|
3000
|
59
|
Precognition
|
Psychic
|
3000
|
60
|
Pyrotechnics
|
Elemental
|
3000
|
61
|
Read Minds
|
Psychic
|
3000
|
62
|
Rope Trick 2
|
Miscellaneous
|
3000
|
63
|
Scare
|
Attack
|
3000
|
64
|
See Invisibility
|
Psychic
|
3000
|
65
|
Shape Wood
|
Transformation
|
3000
|
66
|
Shatter
|
Attack
|
3000
|
67
|
Shield Other
|
Defense
|
3000
|
68
|
Spectral Hand
|
Attack
|
3000
|
69
|
Spider Climb
|
Movement
|
3000
|
70
|
Strike Blind
|
Attack
|
3000
|
71
|
Strike Deaf
|
Attack
|
3000
|
72
|
Super Hearing
|
Transformation
|
3000
|
73
|
Super Vision
|
Transformation
|
3000
|
74
|
Touch of Idiocy
|
Attack
|
3000
|
75
|
Web
|
Attack
|
3000
|
76
|
Zone of Truth
|
Psychic
|
3000
|
77
|
Blink
|
Defense
|
6000
|
78
|
Call Lightning
|
Elemental
|
6000
|
79
|
Clairvoyance
|
Psychic
|
6000
|
80
|
Displacement
|
Defense
|
6000
|
81
|
Elasticity
|
Transformation
|
6000
|
82
|
Energy Bolt
|
Elemental
|
6000
|
83
|
Energy Resistance
|
Elemental
|
6000
|
84
|
Fission
|
Transformation
|
6000
|
85
|
Gaseous Form
|
Elemental
|
6000
|
86
|
Inflict Pain
|
Attack
|
6000
|
87
|
Inflict Wounds
|
Attack
|
6000
|
88
|
Invisibility Sphere
|
Illusion
|
6000
|
89
|
Invisibility Purge
|
Psychic
|
6000
|
90
|
Invulnerability 2
|
Defense
|
6000
|
91
|
Light
|
Miscellaneous
|
6000
|
92
|
Liquid Form
|
Elemental
|
6000
|
93
|
Non detection
|
Defense
|
6000
|
94
|
Protective Circle
|
Defense
|
6000
|
95
|
Quench
|
Elemental
|
6000
|
96
|
Rage
|
Attack
|
6000
|
97
|
Ray of Exhaustion
|
Attack
|
6000
|
98
|
Regenerate
|
Healing
|
6000
|
99
|
Searing Light
|
Elemental
|
6000
|
100
|
Shrink Item
|
Transformation
|
6000
|
101
|
Siphon Strength
|
Attack
|
6000
|
102
|
Sleet Storm
|
Elemental
|
6000
|
103
|
Slow
|
Movement
|
6000
|
104
|
Speak with Dead
|
Psychic
|
6000
|
105
|
Speak with Plants
|
Psychic
|
6000
|
106
|
Stinking Cloud
|
Attack
|
6000
|
107
|
Suggestion
|
Psychic
|
6000
|
108
|
Tongues
|
Psychic
|
6000
|
109
|
Ubiquitous Vision
|
Psychic
|
6000
|
110
|
Vampiric Touch
|
Attack
|
6000
|
111
|
Wall of Wind
|
Elemental
|
6000
|
112
|
Water Breathing
|
Transformation
|
6000
|
113
|
Water Walk
|
Movement
|
6000
|
114
|
Negate Power
|
Defense
|
7500
|
115
|
Fusion
|
Transformation
|
8000
|
116
|
Black Tentacles
|
Attack
|
10000
|
117
|
Charm
|
Psychic
|
10000
|
118
|
Command Animals
|
Psychic
|
10000
|
119
|
Command Plants
|
Psychic
|
10000
|
120
|
Confusion
|
Attack
|
10000
|
121
|
Contagion
|
Attack
|
10000
|
122
|
Control Body
|
Psychic
|
10000
|
123
|
Curse
|
Attack
|
10000
|
124
|
Despair
|
Attack
|
10000
|
125
|
Detect Spying
|
Psychic
|
10000
|
126
|
Dimension Hop
|
Movement
|
10000
|
127
|
Discern Lie
|
Psychic
|
10000
|
128
|
Energy Blast
|
Elemental
|
10000
|
129
|
Energy Burst
|
Elemental
|
10000
|
130
|
Fear
|
Attack
|
10000
|
131
|
Flame Body
|
Elemental
|
10000
|
132
|
Fly
|
Movement
|
10000
|
133
|
Force Sphere
|
Defense
|
10000
|
134
|
Ice Body
|
Elemental
|
10000
|
135
|
Ice Storm
|
Elemental
|
10000
|
136
|
Imbue with Power
|
Transformation
|
10000
|
137
|
Invisible Eye
|
Psychic
|
10000
|
138
|
Locate
|
Psychic
|
10000
|
139
|
Magnetism
|
Elemental
|
10000
|
140
|
Neutralize Poison
|
Healing
|
10000
|
141
|
Phantasmal Killer
|
Attack
|
10000
|
142
|
Poison
|
Attack
|
10000
|
143
|
Polymorph
|
Transformation
|
10000
|
144
|
Remove Curse
|
Healing
|
10000
|
145
|
Remove Impairment
|
Healing
|
10000
|
146
|
Restoration
|
Healing
|
10000
|
147
|
Rusting Grasp
|
Elemental
|
10000
|
148
|
Shape Stone
|
Elemental
|
10000
|
149
|
Shout
|
Attack
|
10000
|
150
|
Solid Fog
|
Elemental
|
10000
|
151
|
Spy
|
Psychic
|
10000
|
152
|
Wall of Fire
|
Elemental
|
10000
|
153
|
Wall of Ice
|
Elemental
|
10000
|
154
|
Adapt Body
|
Transformation
|
15000
|
155
|
Blight
|
Attack
|
15000
|
156
|
Break Enchantment
|
Healing
|
15000
|
157
|
Cloudkill
|
Attack
|
15000
|
158
|
Command Many
|
Psychic
|
15000
|
159
|
Commune
|
Psychic
|
15000
|
160
|
Contact Other Plane
|
Psychic
|
15000
|
161
|
Correspond
|
Psychic
|
15000
|
162
|
Create Object
|
Transformation
|
15000
|
163
|
Dismissal
|
Attack
|
15000
|
164
|
Dream
|
Illusion
|
15000
|
165
|
Energy Cone
|
Elemental
|
15000
|
166
|
Fabricate
|
Transformation
|
15000
|
167
|
False Vision
|
Illusion
|
15000
|
168
|
Feeblemind
|
Attack
|
15000
|
169
|
Hold Person
|
Attack
|
15000
|
170
|
Illusion 1
|
Illusion
|
15000
|
171
|
Invisibility
|
Illusion
|
15000
|
172
|
Invulnerability 3
|
Defense
|
15000
|
173
|
Mirage
|
Illusion
|
15000
|
174
|
Nightmare
|
Illusion
|
15000
|
175
|
Phase
|
Movement
|
15000
|
176
|
Polymorph Other
|
Transformation
|
15000
|
177
|
Power Leech
|
Attack
|
15000
|
178
|
Sending
|
Psychic
|
15000
|
179
|
Shrink
|
Transformation
|
15000
|
180
|
Telekinesis
|
Psychic
|
15000
|
181
|
Telepathic Bond
|
Psychic
|
15000
|
182
|
Transmute Stone
|
Elemental
|
15000
|
183
|
Tree Stride
|
Movement
|
15000
|
184
|
Wall of Force
|
Defense
|
15000
|
185
|
Wall of Iron
|
Elemental
|
15000
|
186
|
Waves of Exhaustion
|
Attack
|
15000
|
187
|
Magic Jar
|
Attack
|
20000
|
188
|
Miracle
|
Miscellaneous
|
20000
|
189
|
Acid Fog
|
Attack
|
25000
|
190
|
Analyze
|
Psychic
|
25000
|
191
|
Animate Objects
|
Transformation
|
25000
|
192
|
Control Water
|
Elemental
|
25000
|
193
|
Create Undead
|
Transformation
|
25000
|
194
|
Death Zone
|
Attack
|
25000
|
195
|
Disintegrate
|
Attack
|
25000
|
196
|
Energy Current
|
Elemental
|
25000
|
197
|
Eyebite
|
Attack
|
25000
|
198
|
Heal Wounds
|
Healing
|
25000
|
199
|
Heroism
|
Transformation
|
25000
|
200
|
Illusion 2
|
Illusion
|
25000
|
201
|
Illusion 3
|
Illusion
|
25000
|
202
|
Legend Lore
|
Psychic
|
25000
|
203
|
Move Earth
|
Elemental
|
25000
|
204
|
Negation Field
|
Defense
|
25000
|
205
|
Petrify
|
Transformation
|
25000
|
206
|
Planar Binding
|
Miscellaneous
|
25000
|
207
|
Repulsion
|
Defense
|
25000
|
208
|
Shadow Walk
|
Movement
|
25000
|
209
|
Suggestion Many
|
Psychic
|
25000
|
210
|
Summon Creature
|
Miscellaneous
|
25000
|
211
|
Time Acceleration
|
Miscellaneous
|
25000
|
212
|
Time Hop
|
Miscellaneous
|
25000
|
213
|
True Seeing
|
Psychic
|
25000
|
214
|
Veil
|
Illusion
|
25000
|
215
|
Wall of Thorns
|
Defense
|
25000
|
216
|
Word of Recall
|
Movement
|
25000
|
217
|
X-ray Vision
|
Psychic
|
25000
|
218
|
Command Undead
|
Psychic
|
30000
|
219
|
Control Weather
|
Elemental
|
30000
|
220
|
Energy Conversion
|
Elemental
|
30000
|
221
|
Etherealness
|
Movement
|
30000
|
222
|
Finger of Death
|
Attack
|
30000
|
223
|
Force Cage
|
Attack
|
30000
|
224
|
Force Sword
|
Attack
|
30000
|
225
|
Insanity
|
Attack
|
30000
|
226
|
Power Reflection
|
Defense
|
30000
|
227
|
Project Image
|
Illusion
|
30000
|
228
|
Simulacrum
|
Illusion
|
30000
|
229
|
Statue
|
Transformation
|
30000
|
230
|
Suspend Life
|
Transformation
|
30000
|
231
|
Teleport
|
Movement
|
30000
|
232
|
Vision
|
Psychic
|
30000
|
233
|
Charm Many
|
Psychic
|
35000
|
234
|
Clone
|
Miscellaneous
|
40000
|
235
|
Demand
|
Psychic
|
40000
|
236
|
Dimension Lock
|
Movement
|
40000
|
237
|
Earthquake
|
Elemental
|
40000
|
238
|
Firestorm
|
Elemental
|
40000
|
239
|
Force Hand
|
Attack
|
40000
|
240
|
Horrid Wilting
|
Elemental
|
40000
|
241
|
Incendiary Cloud
|
Elemental
|
40000
|
242
|
Mind Blank
|
Defense
|
40000
|
243
|
Polymorph Anything
|
Transformation
|
40000
|
244
|
Power Protection
|
Defense
|
40000
|
245
|
Rainbow Pattern
|
Attack
|
40000
|
246
|
Screen
|
Defense
|
40000
|
247
|
Shadow Body
|
Transformation
|
40000
|
248
|
Telekinetic Sphere
|
Defense
|
40000
|
249
|
Temporal Stasis
|
Attack
|
40000
|
250
|
Trap the Soul
|
Attack
|
40000
|
251
|
Whirlwind
|
Elemental
|
40000
|
252
|
Astral Projection
|
Movement
|
50000
|
253
|
Control Gravity
|
Elemental
|
50000
|
254
|
Disjunction
|
Attack
|
50000
|
255
|
Dominate
|
Psychic
|
50000
|
256
|
Elemental Swarm
|
Miscellaneous
|
50000
|
257
|
Foresight
|
Psychic
|
50000
|
258
|
Freedom
|
Movement
|
50000
|
259
|
Gate
|
Movement
|
50000
|
260
|
Imprisonment
|
Attack
|
50000
|
261
|
Shambling Mound
|
Transformation
|
50000
|
262
|
Tornado Blast
|
Elemental
|
50000
|
Wow - well done. Might have to roll up a couple myself.
ReplyDeleteLove it, Mystery Men is one of my favorites, and I love toying around with the rules, Matt is a monster at game design!
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