Mythic Supers Rules

 Here are the rules I use when running games with supers, using Mythic:

Simplified Mythic Supers Rules

Abilities

Characters have 5 Abilities:

• Body:  Anything strength-related, including Melee Combat and Toughness.
• Agility:  Anything requiring speed, including Ranged Combat and Reflexes
• Mind:  Anything requiring brains, including Computers, research, and Sneakiness.
• Talk:  Interactions.
• Heart:  Powers.

Rules and Options:

• Stats for Abilities range from + to - with 0 being average.
• Characters gain 3 Ability Points per Level.
• Level 0 characters get 0 AP.
• Starting characters can trade points from one ability to another.

Skills

• Characters can trade 1 AP for 3 Skill Points.

Body:

• Strength: Any non-combat physical rolls.
• Melee Combat:  Attack and Damage.
• Toughness:  Resisting Physical Damage.

Agility:

• Athletics:  Running, jumping, rolling.
• Ranged Combat:  Attack and damage.
• Reflexes:  Avoiding ranged attacks.

Mind

• Brains:  Anything requiring thinking.
• Sneak:  Anything less than honest.
• Wits:  Able to see sneakiness.

Talk:

• Pursuade:  Make someone calmer and cooperative.
• Question:  Gather information, formally, or general dialog.
• Bluff:  Deceiving others.

Heart

• Damage:  Anything that causes harm.
• Escape:  Movement and Defense.
• Effect:  Everything else.

Character Creation

• Distribute Ability Points.
• Choose Powers (if any).
• Create background, appearance, etc.
• Save the world! (Or destroy it!)