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Advanced SetTSR 6871 · 1986

Advanced Set Rules

Players + Judges Books + Ultimate Powers Book (TSR6876)

What's Here

The 1986 Advanced Set ruleset (TSR6871), expanded by the Ultimate Powers Book (TSR6876) and decades of community curation at classicmarvelforever.com. This is the FASERIP system most players mean today when they say "Marvel Super Heroes RPG."

The 41 hero stat sheets in Characters are statted to this edition — the powers list and ranks reference the Advanced framework, not the simpler 1984 Basic Set.

If you've never played FASERIP, start at The Universal Table.

Core Mechanics

Universal Tabled% · ranks · color bands RanksShift 0 → Beyond · 18 ranks FEATs5 types · Intensity · color bands KarmaEarn · spend · advancement

Action & Combat

CombatBattle Effects · actions DamageHealth · armor · healing MovementAreas · Speed Table

Powers & Talents

Powers461 powers · 16 categories Talents211 talents · 16 categories

Social & Campaign

Popularity & ResourcesFame · wealth · reactions Character GenerationRandom origins · powers House RulesOptional CMF expansions TechnologyVehicles · weapons · alloys

Source PDFs

The canonical TSR Advanced Set books, downloadable.

Players Book ↓Core rules · TSR6871 Judges Book ↓GM guide · TSR6871 Ultimate Powers ↓Power catalog · TSR6876

External Reference

For the full per-power and per-talent breakdown — way deeper than these summary pages — go to classicmarvelforever.com. The Ultimate Powers List there has all 200+ powers with full mechanics. CMF is the definitive online reference for Advanced FASERIP.