''Big Bang Comics'' is a

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, written by Chris Carter and published by Pisces All Media in

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. The game uses a modified version of the '' d20 System''. Characters in the game exist in either of the two worlds of Big Bang Comics (the Silver Age Earth-A or Golden Age Earth-B). Players may create new heroes or take the part of existing heroes from

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. Characters are created with two

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es: a power origin Entry Class, and a "civilian identity" representing their out-of-costume occupation. The power origin classes include choices such as Mutant, Elite (super-trained normal), Sorcerer, and Mechanical. The game rules use standard ''d20'' skills with a large range of original "Feats", which in ''Big Bang'' include super powers and other abilities. The game is also notable for using "Negative Feats", which functioned as disadvantages for a character, allowing more "Feats" to be chosen as a balance to defects. Although common in other roleplaying systems since the 1980s, this was unheard of in the d20 system and its derivations at that time. Pisces announced free download-only

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expansions to its system but to date none have been released.

External links

Official sitePisces All Media homepage
Superhero role-playing games D20 System Role-playing games based on comics Role-playing games introduced in 2006