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Dismiss5849 in-depth character profiles from comics, games, movies
Writeups.org is an encyclopaedia of characters in genre fiction — comic books, video games, action movies, etc. It offers illustrated, researched profiles. These also include technical data for role-players. If you need a robust understanding of a character’s abilities, personality, history, etc. this is *the* place to be.
An extensive discussion of Hero Points in the DC Heroes RPG system. Possible misunderstanding, use as experience, roles in stories, etc.
A discussion of the dice probabilities in the DC Heroes RPG (2d10, reroll-and-add on a double). Explanations, graphs, computer simulations, etc.
DC Heroes RPG game stats and explanations for the most common types of police you’ll find in stories. From the doughnut grazers to the tactical elite.
DC Heroes RPG game stats and explanations for the most common types of security guards you’ll find in stories. From doors-checker to combat monster.
DC Heroes RPG game stats and explanations for the most common types of ninja you’ll find in stories. From faceless pushover to the killer shinobi elite.
DC Heroes RPG game stats and explanations for the most common types of bodyguards you’ll find in stories. From faceless grunts to the Navy SEALs.
DC Heroes RPG game stats and explanations for the most common types of criminals you’ll find in stories. From mean drunks to high-tech henchmen.
New Rules, usage notes, proposed clarifications and higher levels of detail, explanations about our cuter approaches, etc. Great DCA / M&M3rd material.
Extensive conversion notes between the second edition of Mutants & Masterminds and the DC Heroes RPG. Useful for M&M2 players, but no longer maintained.
These DC Heroes RPG rules were ahead of their time, and we offer an expansion to make them a full game feature now that the concept is better accepted.
A quick technical framework to represent missiles (the rocket-ish kind) in the DC Heroes RPG in a standardised and easy manner.
Our original article full of stats and explanations for a wide variety of weapons. It was largely overtaken by more specialized writeups.org articles though.
A typical example of comic book combat or security robot for DC Heroes RPG gamemasters who need quick stats for such. Handy, heh ?
Technical article-in-progress about many aspects of Star Wars and how to make them work in DC Heroes.
Our repository of older proposed optional Skills for the DC Heroes RPG system. Computer science, hacking, survival, languages, martial arts magic, etc.
An overview of the Black Canary between the Crisis and the mid-2000s, with capsule stats for her previous eras and her biography as it existed before Flashpoint.
These are chiefly technical notes about Spider-Woman (Jessica Drew)’s fiddly powers.
Our old Tony Stark benchmarking notes, though they were our only Tony Stark article for about 20 years, which I’ll admit is depressing. We keep them around since it’s gonna take a long long while for our chronological Stark writeups to reach the 1990s.
Guidelines that are used on writeups.org to write articles that are easier to read, and explanations about why and how it matters.
This is the Teenage Mutants Ninja Turtles’ best-known enemy, as he appeared in the comic book’s original run.
Loki as a teenager during Kieron Gillens’ fantastic Journey into Mystery arc.
The bad girl Slayer, as played in Buffy and Angel TV series by Eliza Dushku. Enhanced combat monster with a bad attitude and lots of baggage.
The earliest, comic book version of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles ally Casey Jones. This take on Casey was a powerful, unpredictable street fighter raised on terrible tough cop TV shows.
Two would-be swashbuckling heroes from one of Cheech and Chong’s later low-brow stoner comedies. It was an extremely loose adaptation of The Corsican Brothers.
He’s gone to Heaven.
