Villains & Vigilantes Living Legends.pdf

Living Legends

The Superhero Role-Playing Game

Edition #0 - June 2005

Designed, Written & Illustrated

by Jeff Dee

Living Legends is a trademark of UNIgames

www.io.com/unigames/vandv.html

Original Playtest Group:

John Hilla, J. D. House, 'Manda, John Trowbridge

Current Playtesters:

Jeff Johannigman, Beth Loubet, 'Manda, Jason

Rosenblum, Matt Sheffield, Janet Swisher

Table of Contents

Section Title Page

1.0 Introduction 1

1.1 Living Legends 1

1.2 Role-Playing Games 1

1.3 This Game 1

1.4 What Is A Superhero? 1

1.5 What Else Do I Need? 2

1.6 Using The Dice 2

1.7 Online Support 2

Section Title Page

2.2.6.1.1 Base Cost 24

2.2.6.1.2 Maximum Base Cost 24

2.2.6.1.3 Cost Modifiers 24

Cost Table 25

2.2.6.1.4 Background Skills And

Mundane Equipment 26

2.2.6.1.5 Balance 26

2.2.7 Secondary Characteristics 26

2.2.7.1 Move 26

2.2.7.2 Carry 26

2.2.7.3 HITS 26

2.2.7.4 NRG 26

2.2.7.5 Leap 26

2.2.7.6 Luck 26

2.2.7.7 Wealth 26

2.2.7.8 Fame 26

2.2.8 Character Concept 27

2.2.8.1 Superhero Name 27

2.2.8.2 Identity 27

2.2.8.3 Costume 27

2.2.8.4 Superhero Motivation 27

2.0 Character Generation 3

2.1 Character Points 3

2.2 Character Creation 3

2.2.1 Basic Characteristics 4

2.2.1.1 Assigning Random BC Scores 4

2.2.1.2 Choosing BC Scores 5

2.2.1.3 Partial Characteristics 6

2.2.2 Place Of Origin 6

2.2.2.1 Known Regions Of The Earth 6

2.2.2.2 Lost Regions Of The Earth 7

2.2.2.3 Time Periods Of The Earth 9

2.2.2.4 Other Worlds 10

2.2.3 Background 11

2.2.3.1 Age 11

2.2.3.2 Gender 12

2.2.3.3 Mass 12

2.2.3.4 Career Fields 12

2.2.3.5 Skills 13

2.2.3.5.1 Selecting Random Skills 13

2.2.3.5.2 Buying Skills17

2.2.4 Powers 17

2.2.4.1.1 Culture 17

2.2.4.1.2 Species 17

2.2.4.1.3 Origin 18

2.2.4.2 Random Powers 18

2.2.4.2.1 Damage Type 22

2.2.5 Weaknesses 23

2.2.6 Finishing Touches 24

2.2.6.1 Purchasing Powers 24

3.0 Skills 29

3.0.1 Base BC 29

3.1 Using Skills 29

3.1.1 Unskilled Attempts 29

3.2 Skill List 29

4.0 Powers 37

4.1 Activating & Using Powers 37

4.2 Deactivating Powers 37

4.3 Power List 38

4.4 Power Enhancements 89

4.5 Power Restrictions 97

5.0 Equipment Catalog 109

5.1 Weapons 109

5.1.1 Melee Weapons 109

Section Title Page

5.2 Missile Weapons 110

5.2.1 Thrown Weapons 110

5.2.2 Bows 110

5.2.3 Firearms 111

5.2.4 Miscellaneous 111

5.3 Armor 112

5.4 Shields 113

5.5 Life Support 113

5.6 Transportation 114

5.7 Sensory Gear 115

5.8 Communications 116

5.9 Miscellaneous Gear 116

Section Title Page

10.3.2.4 Levitation 138

10.3.2.5 Leaping 138

10.3.2.6 Long Duration Leaps 138

10.3.2.7 Blocking 138

10.4 The Action Phase 138

10.5 Combat 139

10.5.1 Combat Effects 140

10.5.1.1 Knockback 140

10.5.1.2 Knockout 141

10.5.1.3 Mortal Wounds 141

10.5.1.4 Fatigue 141

10.5.1.5 Intensity Attacks 141

10.5.2 Combat Strategies 141

10.5.2.2 Multiple Attacks 141

10.5.2.3 Called Shots 141

10.5.2.3.1 Attacking Equipment 142

10.5.2.4 Aimed Attacks 142

10.5.2.5 Cover 142

10.5.2.6 Lying Prone 142

10.5.2.6.1 Getting Up 142

10.5.2.7 Pulling Punches 142

10.5.3 Non-Standard Attacks 142

10.5.3.1 Off-Handed and

Two Weapon Attacks 142

10.5.3.2 Grapple Attacks 142

10.5.3.3 Brawling Weapons 143

10.5.3.4 Thrown Weapons 144

10.5.3.5 Ramming Attacks 144

10.5.3.6 Area Effect Attacks 144

10.5.3.7 Autofire 145

10.5.3.8 Carried Attacks 145

10.5.3.9 Energy Fields 145

10.5.4 Rest & Recuperation 145

10.5.4.1 Regaining Consciousness 145

10.5.4.2 Emergency Medical Attention 145

10.5.4.3 NRG Recovery 145

10.5.4.4 Wound Recovery 145

6.0 Character Weaknesses 119

7.0 Core Game Mechanics 125

7.1 The Universal Table 125

7.2 Score 126

7.3 Effect 126

7.3.1 Effect Modifiers 126

7.3.2 Setting Difficulty 126

7.3.3 Difficulty Table 127

7.3.4 Lucky Break Rule 127

7.3.5 Fumbles 127

7.3.6 Pushing 127

7.3.7 Multiple Actions 128

7.3.8 Combined Efforts 128

7.3.9 Multiple Attempts 128

7.3.10 Hidden Rolls 128

7.4 Level 128

7.5 Value 129

7.5.1 English to Metric Conversion 129

8.0 Character Interaction 131

8.1 INTL Rolls 131

8.2 COOL Rolls 131

8.3 Animal Behavior 131

8.4 Reaction Table 131

8.5 Fame 132

8.5.1 Gaining Fame 132

8.5.2 Losing Fame 132

8.5.3 Fame Rolls 132

8.5.4 Recognition Rolls 133

11.0 Game Physics 147

11.1 Structural Rating 147

11.1.1 Structural Support 147

11.2 Falling 147

11.3 Senses 148

11.4 Asphyxiation 148

9.0 Time & Travel 135

9.1 Travel-Scale Play 135

9.2 Downtime 135

12.0 Wealth 149

13.0 Luck 151

10.0 Combat 137

10.1 Scale 137

10.2 Initiative 137

10.3 The Turn 137

10.3.1 Free Die Rolls 137

10.3.2 The Move Phase 137

10.3.2.1 Acceleration 137

10.3.2.2 Flight 138

10.3.2.3 Gliding 138

14.0 Running A Campaign 153

14.1 Scenario Design 153

14.2 Experience Points 153

14.2.1 Awarding Experience Points 153

14.2.1.1 Tagged EPs 153

14.2.2 Group Experience 153

14.3 Opponent Design 154

14.3.5 Villain Motivations 154

1.0 INTRODUCTION

1.1 Living Legends

Many characters we recognize as superheroes

have appeared on film, in radio dramas, in

literature, on stage, and even in role-playing

games, instead of in comics. Likewise, many

characters who appear in comic books are not

superheroes.

Living Legends is a superhero role-playing game.

1.2 Role-Playing Games

A role-playing game is a game in which the players

take on the roles of specific well-defined

individuals (player-characters, or PCs) and

maneuver them through a continuing series of

adventures.

Superheroes are always visually distinctive, but not

always because they wear tights or a mask. For

example, a certain green gamma-ray powered

behemoth often goes around wearing only the

tattered remnants of whatever pants he had on

when he changed. Likewise, not all characters

who wear tights (or masks, or capes) are

superheroes.

The adventures which characters go through are

set up by a separate, non-playing judge or "game

master" (abbreviated GM). The GM plays the roles

of all the characters and creatures which the PCs

may happen across (these are non-player

characters or NPCs). Also, the GM acts as the

ultimate and impartial judge in any rules disputes. It

is the GM's job to keep the story running smoothly,

the rules working fairly, and the players

entertained-- hopefully to everyone's mutual

enjoyment.

Most superheroes have powers, but some

characters we recognize as superheroes have no

powers at all. For example, a certain caped

nocturnal detective gets by on his skills and fancy

equipment alone. Likewise, not every character

with weird powers is a superhero.

Crime fighting is very common among

superheroes, but it's not strictly necessary. A comic-

book character who wore tights and used weird

powers to save people from natural disasters would

still be recognized as a superhero, even if they

never lifted a finger against any actual crooks. Not

everyone who fights crime is a superhero, either!

The ultimate goal is to have fun and to

cooperatively create entertaining stories. However,

it is common for PCs to develop higher and higher

levels of physical, political, social, or intellectual

power over the course of many adventures. This is

partly as a reward for players' participation, and

partly in the interest of the story. People get better

with practice in real life, and thus so do characters

in a role-playing game.

So it’s possible to be a superhero without meeting

one or more of these conditions. For the purposes

of this game, a superhero is defined as:

1.3 This Game

any larger than life character who regularly

performs heroic deeds and is visually distinctive

Living Legends is a universal set of role-playing

rules. Rules and background material are provided

for running Superhero games. Experienced GMs

may generate new material on their own to suit

the type of game they wish to run. For the novice

GM, sourcebooks will be published providing the

information needed to adapt these rules to a

number of different genres.

A character may be larger than life by having

weird powers or extraordinary abilities, or merely by

being involved in grand adventures of heroic

proportions. Characters such as action heroes and

monsters can be larger than life without being

superheroes. But if a character is not larger than

life, then they cannot be called a superhero.

Superheroes regularly perform heroic acts. This may

include anything from fighting crime or averting

disasters. Just risking your life isn't enough. An act is

only heroic if you're risking your life for the sake of

some greater good. If a character does not

regularly perform heroic deeds, then they are not

a superhero.

1.4 What Is A Superhero?

The most widely recognized definition is probably

"a comic-book character in tights who uses weird

powers to fight crime". But how accurate is that?

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