FASERIP

FASERIP is the shorthand abbreviation and quasi-acronym for a superheroes RPG system from the 1980s. It has remained remarkably popular and is used informally as a way to describe characters' power levels in a way that allows comparison with other heroes and villains published from a welter of other sources including the original official game and the recent Old School Rules movement publications that have created public domain versions of FASERIP.

FASERIP rates a character in Fighting, Agility, Strength, Endurance (health and hit points), Reason (intelligence and memory), Intuition (instinct) and Psyche (ESP, paranormal power and willpower). It is a percentile system scoring from 01 (the worst) to 00 (the best). In the game system 1d100 is rolled and compared to a universal chart. 01 is always going to fail, 00 will pretty much always succeed.

A character has health or hit points equal to the sum of their physical stats = FASE and a character has a reserve of willpower, psionic energy or magic points equal to the sum of their mental stats = RIP. The RIP sum is referred to as KARMA in the original rules and can be spent to avoid failure. It can also be lost by a character behaving in a way which is evil, aberrant or totally out of character.

The system is entirely devoted to powers, abilities and talents or skills. Because it was based on a superhero universe, power levels go literally off the charts.

For the Book of Mysteries universe, all human characters are considered to be typical power level unless otherwise noted, with the exception of the very young and very old, who will naturally have poor or feeble power levels or in the extended system as low as Shift-0 ratings for some statistics.

The absolute maximum score for each statistic for human beings is provided in the chart at this link:

http://www.classicmarvelforever.com/cms/human-maximums.html

Other links on FASERIP:

http://www.classicmarvelforever.com/cms/

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/177913/Faserip

https://gurbintrollgames.wordpress.com/faserip/

https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/167522/Foresee-Alpha?manufacturers_id=9210

http://www.lulu.com/shop/blacky-the-blackball/faserip/paperback/product-22131161.html

A Wiki exists for FASERIP: ☀https://marvelfaserip.wikia.com/wiki/Marvel-FASERIP_Wiki

Universal Table: http://classicmarvelforever.com/cms/universal-table.html