Champions Now Ep. 2: Mistaken Identity

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My one-on-one Champions Now campaign with my daughter had its second adventure.  It began with her PC, Jackie "Dark Matter" Lee having the usual college experience: suffering through boring classes with her frenemy Ashley "Dark Elf" Mason, awkwardly talking to a boy she likes (Ben "the Face" Rodriguez), and fending off the unwanted advances of another supervillain classmate (Joseph "Ronin" Kane).

But all the teen drama is interrupted when several students at Waterford College are found suffering from a mysterious malady that leaves them weak and sickly.  Jackie suspects her friend Plaque from her old school, but discovers a strange, tentacled monster is stalking the campus instead.  Unfortunately Jackie, in her Dark Matter costume, is spotted near one of the victims by Captain Hollywood, a minor local superhero.  Now she is a prime suspect in the attacks and dangerously close to having the Guided Studies program exposed.

Captain Hollywood, by Phil Cho
I'm still enjoying the rules-light approach.  A handful of skills manage to cover most of what you come across in a superhero campaign.  There are still a few things about the rules that I am getting used to, like only have one kind of Multipower slot (for those who know the game--it's the flexible kind) and not being able to adjust Endurance or Stun with points, just the base characteristics.

Anyways, this game is picking up steam. 

Comments

  1. EvanJuly 21, 2018 at 6:43 AM

    Fun idea, looking forward to seeing where this goes. And intrigued by the skills.

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  2. WQRobbJuly 23, 2018 at 10:58 AM

    There's only about a dozen of them, including Acrobatics, Climbing, Detective Work, etc. What's gone are things like languages, specific sciences, contacts, etc.

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