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S UPERLINE #4

S UPERLINE

Issue 4

December, 2005

www.roninarts.com

Written by: Michael Hammes,

Steve Kenson,

and Philip Reed

Contents

Open Game License ........................2

Introduction.....................................3

Because You Demanded It! .............4

Hell’s Belles ......................................8

Summary....................................................................8

Set-Up ..........................................................................8

Adventure ..................................................................9

Follow-Up ................................................................13

Rewards....................................................................13

Supporting Cast ...................................................13

Big Al’s Used Vehicle Emporium ..17

Panther Cycle.........................................................18

Skull Boat .................................................................19

Wild Weasel Sports Car.....................................22

Gnat Copter............................................................23

Shrieking Crow Jet..............................................24

New Headquarters Features ........25

Improving the Arsenal ..................27

Maximizing Archetypes ................29

Demonic Minions ..........................31

Crisis on the High Seas .................33

Summary .................................................................33

Set-Up .......................................................................33

Adventure ...............................................................33

Follow-Up ................................................................33

Rewards....................................................................38

Supporting Cast ...................................................39

Editing and Development by:

Philip Reed and

Michael Hammes

Cover by: Steve Fastner

and Rich Larson

Interior art by:

Vitor Ishimura

Jake Richmond

Layout and art coloring by:

Philip Reed

Advertisers in this Issue:

Green Ronin Publishing

Ronin Arts

Playtesters:

Lonnie C. Daniel

Mark Gedak

Charles Gray

For more M&M Superlink support please

visit www.roninarts.com/superline and

www.mutantsandmasterminds.com.

D ECEMBER , 2005

OPEN GAME LICENSE Version 1.0a

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containing Open Game Content except as expressly licensed in another,

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Trademark.The use of any Product Identity in Open Game Content does not

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The following text is the property of Wizards of the Coast, Inc. and is

1. Definitions: (a)"Contributors" means the copyright and/or trademark

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formed or adapted; (c) "Distribute" means to reproduce, license, rent, lease,

sell, broadcast, publicly display, transmit or otherwise distribute; (d)"Open

Game Content" means the game mechanic and includes the methods, pro-

cedures, processes and routines to the extent such content does not

embody the Product Identity and is an enhancement over the prior art and

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poses, concepts, themes and graphic, photographic and other visual or

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terms of this License with respect to some or all of the Open Game Content

due to statute, judicial order, or governmental regulation then You may not

Use any Open Game Material so affected.

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becoming aware of the breach. All sublicenses shall survive the termination

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2.The License:This License applies to any Open Game Content that contains

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Authors Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams, based on original

material by E. Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson.

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acceptance of the terms of this License.

Coast, Inc.; Authors Bill Slavicsek, Jeff Grubb, Rich Redman, Charles Ryan, Eric

Cagle, David Noonan, Stan!, Christopher Perkins, Rodney Thompson, and JD

Wiker, based on material by Jonathan Tweet, Monte Cook, Skip Williams,

Richard Baker, Peter Adkison, Bruce R. Cordell, John Tynes, Andy Collins, and

JD Wiker.

4. Grant and Consideration: In consideration for agreeing to use this License,

the Contributors grant You a perpetual, worldwide, royalty-free, non-exclu-

sive license with the exact terms of this License to Use, the Open Game

Content.

Steve Kenson.

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material as Open Game Content, You represent that Your Contributions are

Your original creation and/or You have sufficient rights to grant the rights

conveyed by this License.

Skip Williams.

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tion of this License to include the exact text of the COPYRIGHT NOTICE of any

Open Game Content You are copying, modifying or distributing, and You

must add the title, the copyright date, and the copyright holder's name to

the COPYRIGHT NOTICE of any original Open Game Content you Distribute.

Stephen Kenson, Mark C. Mackinnon, Jeff Mackintosh, Jesse Scoble.

Publishing; Author Steve Kenson

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ing as an indication as to compatibility, except as expressly licensed in

another, independent Agreement with the owner of each element of that

Product Identity. You agree not to indicate compatibility or co-adaptability

published by Ronin Arts.

Edition, by Green Ronin Publishing For Use. Mutants & Masterminds, M&M Superlink, the M&M Superlink logo, and Green Ronin are trademarks of Green

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S UPERLINE #4

I NTRODUCTION

I N T HIS I SSUE ...

In this, the fourth issue of the

Superline series, we bring you the fol-

lowing:

A DJUSTING T HE

A DVENTURES ’

D IFFICULTY

One of the nice things about M&M is

the ease with which the difficulty of

adventures can be adjusted.

Since everything works on the power

point system, all that is needed to create

a more powerful supervillain is to add

Power Levels (and the standard 15 power

points per Power Level) until the

supervillain is a match for the heroes.

Conversely, if the supervillain is too

powerful, simply drop the supervillain’s

Power Level (and the 15 power points)

until the heroes can handle the chal-

lenge.

The same can, of course, be done with

minions.

The first ever Superline centerfold.

Two more adventures, including one

featuring our lovely centerfolds.

Steve Kenson brings back the

Gadget power.

A passel of short articles covering

everything from used vehicles to

redesigning your headquarters to

making the most of archetypes.

While the adventures are designed in

the spirit and at the pace of superhero

comic books and cartoon episodes, the

GM can easily expand each with a little

work.

Each of the adventures is presented in

the following general format:

Summary: A paragraph on what the

adventure is about.

Set-Up: How the heroes can be intro-

duced to the adventure.

Adventure: The actual adventure,

including boxed text for such things as

specific plot points, vehicle statistics, and

villain tactics.

Follow-Up: Options for what might

happen after the heroes complete the

adventure and suggestions for rewarding

(or punishing) the heroes.

Supporting Cast: Information and

statistics on minions and other minor

characters.

Main Villain(s): Detailed back-

ground, information, and statistics about

the major bad guy(s) of the story.

About the Authors

Michael Hammes has been freelanc-

ing in the role-playing industry since

2001. Starting small, he has steadily built

his repertoire, and reputation, by working

for such companies as Ronin Arts, Alderac

Entertainment Group, Dark Quest Games,

and E.N. Publishing. He is currently trying

to balance his writing schedule with his

role as stay-at-home father. To catch the

latest from Michael’s Imagination, please

visit www.michaelhammes.com.

Philip Reed has been working profes-

sionally in the roleplaying game industry

since 1995. In that time he has worked for

such companies as Atlas Games, Privateer

Press, and Scrye magazine. Today Philip

spends his days at home running Ronin

Arts, writing and designing new games,

and watching DVDs. To learn more about

Philip Reed – and Ronin Arts – please

visit

www.roninarts.com

and

www.philipjreed.com.

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