These notes will help you play in the Marvel Universe using Unisystem. It's a series of tables that will allow you to convert key aspects of the game. You'll need the old Marvel Super Heroes RPG (MSH), by TSR, to make any sense of them. Luckily for you, it's available here.

They were done by someone else, but I tweaked them a bit. Bear in mind that these were created in the early days of the Unisystem and so will be out of synch with the current books, either classic or lite, and the upcoming Beyond Human.

Have fun!

ATTRIBUTES
      MSH had seven Attributes, four physical and three mental, also known as FASERIP (the word formed by the Attributes' initials). It used a system of adjectives and nouns to rank them, ranging from Shift 0 at the lower end to Class 5000 at the top (actually, it went all the way to Beyond, but I don't think we need rules for that kind of level). The table below gives the Unisystem levels for each rank of each Attribute. I tried to correlate the maximum human level in Marvel to its respective value in Unisystem.

* For specialty weapons add +1 or +2 to the base skill.
**For skill purposes, attributes above 10 count as a 10; extra levels add special bonuses.

Hand to Hand Damage Table

Life Point Formulas

Normal Human: (Str+Con) x 4 +10 + END Bonus
Enhanced/Mutant: (Str+Con) x 10 + 50 + END Bonus
Asgardians: (Str+Con) x 10 +100 +END Bonus

Endurance Point Formulas

Normal Humans: (Str + Con + Will) x 3 +5
Enhanced/Mutant: (Str+Con+Will) x 10 +20
Asgardian: Same as Mutant

Essence Point Formulas

Normal Human: Sum of Attributes
Enhanced/Mutant: Sum of Attributes x 2
Asgardian: Sum or Attributes x 5

QUALITIES

Mystic Origin
2-point Supernatural Quality
      The character has dabbled in the magical arts and can buy mystical powers.

High Technology
3-point Racial Quality
      A race with this Quality has access to a level of technology greater than the norm for the campaign. As such, characters belonging to these races are able to buy hi-tech items using either power points or money.

SKILLS

POWERS
      You'll have to wait for Beyond Human, but, meanwhile, you can adapt the MSH powers. First of all, we need to use the table to below to correlate MSH's ranks with levels that can be bought in Unisystem. In order for a character to reach the next rank, he needs to buy all the levels in the previous rank (note that these levels are not related to MSH rank numbers).

Example: If a player wants to by the Flight power at the Excellent rank (6-10), he would have to buy at least 6 levels. Since Flight costs 2 points/level, this would cost 12 points. If the player changes his mind and decides his character should have Remarkable (11-15) speed, he would have to buy five more levels, for a total of 22 points.

     One thing to remember is that these levels are only for cost purposes. Effects like damage and range are given by the rank, which must be referenced in the appropriate Attribute column or MSH table.

RACES

Asgardians
Attributes: +14 STR [18], +1 DEX [1], +6 CON [6], +1 INT [1], +1 PER [1], +1 WILL [1]
Life Points: (STR+CON) x 10 +100 +END Bonus [19]
Endurance Points: (STR+CON+WILL) x 10 +20 [12]
Essence Points: Sum of Attributes x 5 [20]
Skills: +2 Martial Arts [2], +2 Melee [2]
Powers: Good Body Armor (AV 30) [12], Forever Young [4]
Total: 99/48 points

Atlanteans
Attributes: +5 STR [5], +4 CON [4]
Powers: Excellent Resistance to Cold [6], Poor Swimming [2], Water Breathing [2]
Total: 19 points

Denizens of the Dark Dimension
Attributes: +1 DEX [1], +1 PER [1], +1 WILL [1]
Qualities: Mystic Origin [2]
Skills: +1 Occultism [1]
Total: 6 points

Deviants
Attributes: +1 CON [1], +1 INT [1], -1 PER [-1], -1 WILL [-1]
Drawbacks: Attractiveness -2 [-2]
Total: -2 points

Eternals
Attributes: +14 STR [18], +2 DEX [2], +8 CON [8], +2 INT [2], +3 PER [3], +2 WILL [2]
Life Points: (STR+CON) x 10 +50 +END Bonus [14]
Endurance Points: (STR+CON+WILL) x 10 +20 [12]
Essence Points: Sum of Attributes x 2 [4]
Powers: Unearthly Flight [82], Amazing Force Bolts [63], Forever Young [4], Invulnerable (Heat, Cold, Energy, Electricity, Radiation, Toxins and Disease) [X]
Total: 214+/184+ points

Inhumans
Attributes: +3 STR [3], +2 DEX [2], +4 CON [4], +1 INT [1], +1 PER [1], +1 WILL [1]
Total: 12 points

Kree
Attributes: +3 STR [3], +2 CON [2], +1 INT [1], +1 PER [1]
Qualities: High Technology [3]
Total: 10 points

Lemurians
Attributes: +3 STR [3], +4 CON [4], +1 WILL [1]
Qualities: Mystic Origin [2]
Powers: Excellent Resistance to Cold [6], Poor Swimming [2], Water Breathing [2]
Total: 20 points

Olympians
Attributes: +14 STR [18], +2 DEX [2], +8 CON [8], +2 WILL [2]
Life Points: (STR+CON) x 10 +100 +END Bonus [19]
Endurance Points: (STR+CON+WILL) x 10 +20 [12]
Essence Points: Sum of Attributes x 5 [20]
Powers: Good Physical Body Armor (AV 30) [8], Forever Young [4], Immortality [10]
Total: 103/52 points

Shi’ar
Attributes: +5 STR [5], +1 DEX [1], +1 CON [1], +1 INT [1], +1 PER [1], +1 WILL [1]
Qualities: High Technology [3]
Total: 13 points

Skrulls
Attributes: +1 INT [1]
Qualities: High Technology [3]
Powers: Amazing Imitation [63], Amazing Shape-Shifting [63]
Total: 130 points

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