The Marvel Phile

On these pages, I will have the stats and game information presented in Dragon Magazine's Marvel Phile column.

First up is probably the most important and best thing that ever graced the pages of the Marvel Phile. The Ultimate Addendum (to the Ultimate Powers Book) and the The Ultimate Addendum Addenda.
Ultimate Addendum
Second Addendum

Now you can try out the point-based character generation system.

Here is a site that might have every Marvel Phile in pdf format.

Here is an excellent addition to any Judge's campaign. Use them in conjunction with Rom and the Space Knights, or let the player's deal with the Dire Wraiths themselves. with more Rocket Raccoon information and complete background and history of Halfworld.

With these stats and backgrounds you can go to the fun filled dimension where the Bamfs live.

I was proud of the stats I modeled for these guys, but then they were posted to the Marvel Mailing list and I found out they were written up in the Marvel Phile. So I took my version down and here are the official writeups for the Kree Starforce.

The Freedom's Lady, is an Annihilator-class Earth battleship, owned and operated by the Guardians of the Galaxy.
CTRL: AM
SPEED: UN
BODY: RM
SHIELDS: SH-X
Five laser cannons: IN damage, MN range
Two torpedo launchers: GD Body, IN Control, IN Speed, MN damage

Here are some new Martial Arts talents as per the Marvel Phile.

Martial Arts F: gives +1CS to damage from slugfest.
Martial Arts G: gives +1CS when dodging and -1CS damage from hand-to-hand attacks.
Martial Arts H: gives 1 extra attack after 1 round.
Martial Arts I: Endurance is +1CS when recovering health and when dealing with Stuns.

Here are some miscellaneous character stats from the Marvel Phile.
More Stats
For those gaming with an uncontrollable Hulk in their universe, here's some equipment used by the Hulkbusters.
Now you can use the same augmentation process that Dr. Karl Malus used while working for The Power Broker, and create your own super-powered agents.
Augmentation Process
You can now travel to Earth-S where the Squadron Supreme and many others dwell.
Need help running an ultra-powerful campaign? This article on running CL. 1000 Adventures should help.
Certain types of disasters and situations will bring the players into conflict or contact with the military. Here are stats on some equipment from the U.S. and Russian armed forces.
U.S. Military
U.S.S.R. Military
Here's an Alternate Magic System to try out.
The Marvel Phile cleared up some questions on Claws and Body Armor.

Someone asked me a question about claws and body armor. Body armor subtracts from claw damage; if the rank of body armor is greater than the claw damage, no damage is done and the defender cannot be stunned or slammed. Wolverine cannot slay Ben Grimm outright; Ben's hide is too tough for an instant kill.

An exception to this rule is (which brought up the whole discussion) concerns Body Armor in the form of a battle suit or metal plate, such as that used by a Soviet Super-Trooper, or a Sentinel. Wolverine's claws could not hurt the occupant or damage the internal circuits of a Super-Trooper suit, but he could shred the metal in the first round of combat. It would require a Fighting FEAT to hit the armor and a Strength FEAT to rip it up. Wolverine could then do damage to the suit's wearer on the following rounds (if he hits the suit in the same location).

For more campaign detail, here are rules on alcohol and drug abuse.
Here are alternate rules for normal human super hero character generation.
We now have more detailed rules for creating characters that utilize a Battle Suit or powered armor as a means for their powers.
When gaming in the depths of space, you'll need better rules on Starship Speeds.
The Gatherers are on the next page.
Gatherers

The SHIELD Super Agents are over here.
SHIELD Super Agents

From the pages of Spiderman come The Femme Fatales!

The Midnight Wreckers are well known to the Machine Man.

Go here for some more Mighty Marvel Monsters.
Take a look at stats for a couple characters from Excalibur.
As I get more of these typed in they will appear here. If you have any Marvel Philes to contribute e-mail me and see if I have them or not. I'll post any you send to me.
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