Marvel Zombies: Avengers Campaign (🏳️‍🌈 & Newbie Friendly)

Creating your character

The Core rulebook, X-Men expansion, Spiderverse Expansion, and Avengers expansion are all available! You can either choose a sheet of an established character in one of those books or you can build your own using the instructions on pages 43-50 in the Core Rulebook. This will be done before your first session, and each player is entitled to one 3 hour character creation help session with me if needed. Your sheet should be submitted at least 1 hour before your first game begins. Your character may start between Ranks 1 and 4. I am presuming most characters will be either level 3 or 4, but if you want to play, say, a citizen survivor that’s now an Avenger that is totally fine. I balance encounters to both the group and the individual. If you are starting at Rank 1 or 2, I will raise your ranks fairly quickly to meet with the other players. The rank cap will be 4 for this game, though if it seems like rank 5 could work and everyone wants to move the rank cap upwards, I am not opposed to doing so near the end of the campaign. I have a form-fillable PDF for the character sheet. I have a digital copy of the Core Rulebook and physical copies of the others, which I can take pictures from and share with you if at any point you become interested. The dicebot in my Discord server specifically is coded for the 616 dice system, so any Roll20 characters will only be for tokens on maps. If you want to only use basic powers or have your own Demiplane books and want to build your character on that sheet, that will also be fine.

Preparing for the session

Please join the Discord server and Roll20. Please also read, in conjunction with character creation inf, chapters 2-4 of the core rulebook.

What Brooke- GM sadhedonist brings to the table

I provide a lifelike world with art, music, maps, sound effects, and character voices. My NPCs (you might not be the only survivors…) act like real people. I bring a compendium of knowledge on Marvel comics and know the rules. Using rules as written, you will leave my game knowing how the mechanics work and have a teacher who believes in you. This will be an action-packed game, but Marvel isn’t Marvel without the human moments and role play opportunities. You’ll be able to truly inhabit the character you created, not just their powers. I’m also very conscientious and will speak with everyone about horror level going into games, so that it can be thrilling but not too frightening.

Homebrew rules

We will use the optional Zombie rules in the free Tony’s Workshop supplement.

How Brooke- GM sadhedonist creates a safe table

My number one goal is always for my players to have fun. In order to have fun, you must feel safe! I use a variety of techniques to do so, starting with a lines and veils document based off the Monte Cooke Consent Checklist that will be sent upon joining the game. That document will also allow you to state what you wish to see in the future! We will also talk about how to make this game excellent for everyone during Session 0, something particularly important in a game with horror themes like this. That conversation never stops, and I’ll periodically check in after sessions if they’re intense. You can always stop a session if you’re uncomfortable by DMing me X on Discord, typing X in the chat and tagging me, clicking the X card on Roll20, or verbally saying “X.” The game will then immediately stop and we can come together to see what’s needed, and I’ll privately check in with you after the game has ended. I have a 13 minute break about halfway through the session and 5 minute breaks outside of that, but you are always free to leave for a bit to use the restroom, grab food, take an important call, etc. as long as you type brb in the chat. I’m always wanting to check in with my players, so you’ll get a GM feedback card from me where you can anonymously tell me your thoughts about halfway through the campaign, though you can always reach out!