UNTIL Superpowers Database

by Steven S. Long

UNTIL, the United Nations's quasi-military arm, keeps detailed records on all known superhumans and superpowers. Now we open up their files, providing descriptions and HERO System write-ups for dozens... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1583660135
• ISBN13: 9781583660133
• Release Date: April 2003
• Publisher: Hero Games
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Over seven hundred powers pre-built for Champions.

The Uspide: The UNTIL Superpowers Database is a giant collection of prebuilt Powers. This was the first fifth edition book of pre-built Powers, and remains the largest single collection. There are forty-two separate categories of Special Effect with a total of seven hundred and forty-two individual write-ups. The book also set the standard for how pre-built Powers would be represented in all books after this one - an easy to read template describing the Powers effects before presented the Hero System write-up. The introduction presents the book as a report from UNTIL (United Nations Tribunal on International Law - the world's superhuman response force). This is kept up through the book via the illustrations, each bit of art work is framed by a faux computer screen listing the type of Power being used, name of the Superhero using it and a description to go along with the image from the point of view of an UNTIL field agent or other analyzer. Overall, it gives the book a neat piece of structure to elevate it above just a laundry list of Powers. The side-bars contain a number of optional rules enhancements - mostly in the form of Power Advantages and Adders, introduced early in the history of Fifth Edition. All of these eventually made it into the Revised version of the Fifth Edition rules. For quick reference here are the additional rules introduced in this book. The Limitation "Inaccurate" and the Telekinesis Adder "Affects Porous" are under Acid Powers. The Movement Advantage "No Turn Mode" is under Air and Wind Powers. The Limitation "Physical Manifestation" is under Force Powers. Several Adders for Clairsentience ("Mobile Perception Points" and "Multiple Perception Points") are under Mental and Psionic Powers. The Limitation "Levitation Only" for Flight is under Telekinetic powers. Two Adders for Change Environment ("Multiple Combat Effects" and "Varying Combat Effects") are under Weather powers. The Appendix contains two useful items of note. First is a discussion on the Power Skill and various uses for it in a game. This greatly expands the description in the main rules, providing an example of use as well. Second is a How To for using the book itself. It provides two examples - one is the novice player and how they can use and change Powers in the book to create a character, and the second is a veteran user using the book to create a character in a short amount of time. Both are essentially examples of ways to combine the Powers in the book into a fully built character. The Special Effect categories for the powers a sub-divided into Offensive, Defensive, Movement, Sensory, and Miscellaneous Powers. Some of the categories have additional sub-categories and a few a divided differently. Below is a simple list of each Special Effect category in the book, noting additional or different sub-categories. Preceding each section is a short paragraph or two describing the Special Effect in question, giving alternate names (such as cryokinesis fo

Champions GM/Players Dream!

This is a great book for both Champions players and GMs. Full of already put together powers complete with point totals. It's a hunky book and well worth the price of admission if you're into this Hero System game.