Runner-Marvel conversion

David says...

"These are conversion rules for the old TSR Marvel Superheroes game to the DAM Rules © system. As the old Marvel rules are now relegated to role playing history, I was determined my large source of material was not going to be wasted. For a long time I and my players were very unhappy with the experience system using Karma and the rate at which power stunts could be gained. This led to my thinking that maybe a complete overhaul was needed as to a revision of the rules, as I was also never that ecstatic about the Universal Table nor character creation. After initially using my Runner rules I have since decided to refine them using my DAM and, again, it means a lot of work on my part and quite an in-depth character creation process. Converting existing characters is not that hard however, read on..."

TSR's Marvel heroes had 11 statistics to their characters, seven primary: Fighting, Agility, Strength, Endurance, Reason, Intuition and Psyche and four secondary ones: Health, Karma, Resources and Popularity.

Health and Karma were derived from primary statistics and Resources and Popularity by a default rank. This means we can do away with the secondary statistics as they do not determine the finished character. The primary statistics however, must be used for the conversion process as these form the heart of the hero.

MARVEL STATISTIC	DAM EQUIVALENT
Fighting	Combat skills
Agility	Dexterity
Strength	Strength
Endurance	Stamina
Reason	Mind	Whichever original Attribute is higher use for the DAM Mind rating
Intuition	Mind
Psyche	Spirit Power or Mystic Power, and Charisma

Take the Rank of each statistic and find the new equivalent Runner Rating on the table below:

MARVEL RANK	DAM RATING
Shift 0	10%
Feeble	15%
Poor	30%
Typical	40%
Good	50%
Excellent	70%
Remarkable	85%
Incredible	100%
Amazing	130%
Monstrous	160%
Unearthly	180%
Shift X	240%
Shift Y	310%
Shift Z	400%
Class 1000	500%
Class 3000	1000%
Class 5000	2000%
Beyond	?

Doctor Doom with Incredible Endurance now has 100% DAM Stamina, he won't need a doctor much!

Magneto has Incredible Reason and Good Intuition, therefore the Reason is used and he now has 100% DAM Mind, very clever individual!

Powers need to checked against the DAM Super Powers, based on the old Marvel Ultimate Powers Book.

Popularity can still be used if wished by the DM, I would suggest using it as a modifier against a DAM Charisma roll, but of course only to those people who either know or have heard of the hero/villain.

TSR - DAM CONVERSION