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Marvel Heroes RPG
is a Playbypost RPG based on the Marvel Universe. It is an Alternate Universe which branched off at around Civil War (2006) with some post-Civil War characters and Original Characters thrown in for good measure. Not to be confused with the unrelated free-to-play game.
Marvel Heroes RPG includes examples of:
- All There in the Manual: The history, powers, etc. of the characters can be found on their applications.
- Alternate Universe: Earth MHR-616. Its Civil War went differently and it lacked an M-Day which had ramifications from then on.
- The Alternate Realities board allows for stories that take place outside of MHR-616.
- Breakout Character: As a quirk of the nature of a Play-by-Post RPG (players pick the characters they happen to be fans of), some characters are much more prominent on site than in canon.
- Canon Immigrant: Quite a few characters who were created after Civil War were too fun to pass up.
- Cosmetic Award: No-Prizes, named after the old Marvel cosmetic awards. Most are awarded for things other than pointing out typos though. Players can even get one for updating our TV Tropes page!
- Depending on the Writer To be expected when a new person starts writing a character formerly played by someone else.
- Long Runner: The site's been in operation for over a decade.
- Original Character: Fight among and against the canon heroes and villains.
- Rainbow Speak: Quite a few players use coloration and other effects to distinguish their character speaking from other text.
