Technohol 13: Marvel Super Heroes Role-Playing Game Material
Tuesday, June 24, 2025
(posted on June 9th, 2025)
Hey there, and welcome back to Technohol 13. I know last time I said I probably wouldn't be getting a ton done here on the site this spring, what with everything else on my plate for the time being. But time and inspiration struck me hard, so I figured while the getting was good, I'd crank out as much material as I possibly could - and I just started my latest job, so it may taper off again.
But for now, behold what I have wrought in my Transformers refernce! I verified that all the 1984 Decepticons were properly in line with the text of Transcribing Transformers, since some of them were written before I finalized the text for that thing - and since I am prone to error. I only had a few minor fixes to make, along with a serious overhaul of Megatron to make him fit my system and how he's portrayed.
So with all the extant stuff up to snuff, I started cranking out new Transformers descriptions! Moving on to the 1985 Autobot roster, I have produced descriptions of Grapple, Inferno, Jetfire, Omega Supreme, Powerglide, Seaspray, and Topspin. That gets us up to fifteen out of the twenty-five Autobots that I'm throwing into that roster, so we're uh, sixty percent done with them now. Hooray!
Moving on to my Myths and Legends thing, I also wrote a description of Gugalanna, the Celestial Bull! This almost primordial deity had a minor, but important place in the Anunnaki, and was featured in Gilgamesh's epic. Furthermore, I also crafted a description of the Bashmu, those flying lizard things that Teshub breeds in the underworld, mostly so folks have something to work with when using that entreaty spell.
Speaking of entreaty spells, I have gone over the the Entreaty Spells document once more, because there were a few things I noted which needed fixing while working on the two mythological thingies above. Some of this was minor, but a lot of it involved removing mention of Adad, since he seems to be another variation on Teshub. And you thought sorting out the Greek and Roman versions of gods was a pain.
Oh yeah, I also worked out how I wanted to build the character generation portion of the Combination Character Cookbook, and laid into that monstrosity. I mean sure, I know what I need to put there, but the how of it all confounded me until very recently. But, having sorted the nature of its presentation out in my head, I hammered out a huge chunk of that material once and for all.
This takes the form of the Some Assembly Required chapter, and thus far I've covered everything though generating origins of power, rolling up the powers that will derive from them, and settling on power ranks for each. That meant covering how to do that with each origin, involving a massively truncated retelling of the rules from the previous five character generation options. And I mean massively truncated.
Not bad, eh? As for the future, I don't know what I'll have time for between my job driving a bus (ha!) and my job building a house bus. What I will work on will likely involve material related to the three above acomplishments, as they're all coming along great, and I know what needs to be done to make them go. It may not be a lot, but then again it might be, assuming long pauses while I'm on the job.
Stay tuned to find out!
All that notwithstanding, thank you all for coming back to my ridiculous little corner * of the internet. Your continued interest in my inane (and probably insane) projects is appreciated, and I do hope to keep all y'all coming back for more. Or, at the very least, for further updates to what I've already got sitting here. I do seem to fiddle with what I've already written a whole lot.
* Yes, I know that computer networks lack a shape, much less corners. Save it for the script kiddies.
Anyhow, If you're looking for more, you can find a link to our Skoolie's Patreon, which my wonderful wife has been busy assembling via all the terrible photos and videos I've taken. Furthermore, you can donate to the site itself (which is still live, if barely) at my Paypal thingus, and if you're bored, check out Gaming Nerds ᴙ Us (once I finally get it working) to come chat with us about gaming!
But thanks again for dropping by, hope to see you back here again soon!
But What Have I Done For You Lately?
I've added plenty to the 13 of late, including Sludge, Snarl, Swoop, Tracks, Smokescreen, Twin Twist, Warpath, Red Alert, Topspin, Seaspray, Inferno, Omega Supreme, Powerglide, Jetfire, Grapple, Gugalanna, Bumper, Overdrive, Aragon, Downshift, Cromar, Bashmu, Camshaft, Zetar, Abzu, Sergeant Smasher, Stiletto, Air Raid, Agent Helix, Sightline, Freestyle, Ashiko, Ice Storm, the Blackstars, and Gristle!
Technoholic Content
In the event that those expressive icons at the top (and bottom) of the page don't tell enough of the story for you to see what lies beyond them, here is a quick summary of just about everything on the site. I even added one or two pages that I didn't have room for in the navigation bar above (well it looks like I do, but there's more coming... oh yes).
The New Universe: It was the world outside your window - at least, until the so-called White Event rippled across the face of the earth, leaving approximately two in every million people forever changed. With the dawn of the paranormal, the world would be forever changed - and for the worse - as various governments scrambled to master this new, uncontrollable power.
GI Joe: a Real American Hero: Assembled from the very best members of the various armed forces, Special Counter-Terrorist Group Delta is also known by its nickname, GI Joe. This group was created to handle all kinds of threats to democracy, but was forced to focus its efforts on Cobra, a ruthless terrorist organization determined to rule the world! Only GI Joe stands between Cobra and its nefarious goal!
Timely Heroes: The dawn of the heroic age, the 1940s were an era fraught with peril, both in the form of rampant fascism as well as villainous individuals of great personal power. The only thing standing in the way of their conquering the world were a loose band of stubborn, individualistic super heroes determined to protect freedom at all costs!
Transformers: hailing from a strange world and unknown and variable distance from our own, the Transformers are a race of mechanoid aliens who ceaselessly vie for control of their native Cybertron... and the universe beyond! Their misadventures described in countless variations, across television and comics and even live action film, the Transformers' battle is never-ending!
Variant Earth 13: Superficially reflecting the 'real' world, Variant Earth 13 is a nexus of sorts, a place that has an analogue of events in a multitude of other timelines. While the Powers That Be try to keep a lid on things and preserve the status quo, all manner of ascendant beings are quite active in the pursuit of their goals, and events are quickly spiraling out of control.
MSH Infinity: Built for adventures throughout a multiverse of possibility, the Planescape campaign setting featured a battle of ideas amidst incredible locations. The MSH Infinity reference will be an eventual translation of this incredible material into MSH RPG terms, allowing you to take your heroes on an adventure they won't soon forget - if they don't simply move in!
Myths and Legends: Something of a new project I'm working on, Myths and Legends is an attempt to document, in RPG terms, a variety of obscure deities that most of you have never even heard of. Most of them will be from the land of Babylon, but others will be from additional places. Drop by and check out the divine when you've got the time!
Marvel Universe Miscellany: A place for those folks that don't quite fit into the sections above, the Marvel Universe Miscellany is a sort of repository for odds and ends that I've perpetrated over the years in statistical form, folks I don't want to build a whole reference for yet I wouldn't mind featuring on the site - since I did make them playable, after all.
Custom Rules: This is a compendium of the custom-built rules systems I have created for use by the general public. Currently, these rules are for the Universal Heroes Role Playing Game ('Classic' MSH RPG) as well as the 4C System: Edition 13 rules. I intend to eventually add Saga versions of all this material, as well as rules for one more game - but that's down the road some.
The Technohol 13 Master Roster: In the event that you are looking for a character you think I've covered in the past but don't want to leaf through the above sections to find him or her (or it), you can't do wrong to look here. This is a compendium of links to everyone I'm currently featuring on the site, in both their MSH Classic and Saga versions. It's huge but comprehensive!
Technoholic Updates: While I try to update the 'news' section above on a weekly schedule, more or less, I usually update the Updates page as soon as I've added something to the 13. Sometimes I'm working 'ahead' and sometimes I'm not, but that'll show you just what it is I'm up to at any given point in time, in the event that you're looking for the newest in Technoholic goods.
The Atomic Links: This is a collection of MSH RPG links I have assembled for you, either in a Classic or Saga flavor. The list seems to be dwindling rapidly of late, as AOL and now Geocities seems to be removing all their hosting services (or going under, as it may be). But these links nonetheless lead to additional MSH RPG material for your gaming use, so check them out when you're done here.
Technoholic Basics: This is a quick bit of information about the site itself, going a bit above and beyond what you see here on the 'main' page, and goes into my motivations for the site and so on. It's also where I've placed the Technoholic Color Changing Mechanism, in the event that you would rather pick your own color than go with the quasi-random Color Rotating Thingus I built a bit back.
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