Statline Acronyms

Following the announcement of a new marvel RPG with a statline that spells MARVEL, the resulting joke on Twitter about what DC would do led to other suggestions such as David Goodner’s opposed SUPERMAN stats and inevitable BUFFY and VAMPIRE jokes.

DC would of course want to reflect their core values:

Brawn

Agility

Toughness

Memory

Alertness

kNowledge

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Brawn

Uncanny

Fight with weapons

Fight without weapons

Yelling (or DG’s suggestion for catchall skill Yada Yada Yada)

Brawn for strength and toughness, Uncanny for occult knowledge or power, Fight for fighting with or without weapons, Yada Yada Yada for any other special skill.

(Suggestion for second F by JobotBobica, Figure It Out.)

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Violent

Angry

Mysterious

Plotting

Immortal

Regretful

Evil

Violent for fighting, Angry for being scary, Mysterious for trickery, Plotting for lying or spotting lies, Immortal for knowledge based on a long unlife, Regretful for dealing with emotions, Evil for not dealing with emotions...

And I have now created a thread on RPGnet to avoid derailing the Marvel Multiverse thread. Now a Staff Pick, including some previous published examples!