RtJ, Rules, & Conventions
Supporting Characters
As the game evolves, the players will be asked to take on characters in addition to their Prime characters. These characters are called Supporting characters. We will introduce supporting characters during subplots focused on one of the Prime characters. This will give each of the players something to do during subplots allow them to feel more engaged. In theory, these supporting characters will have nearly as much to contribute to a subplot as the prime character. It's possible that as the fiction develops, the supporting characters may become superheroes themselves. I hope that some of the supporters win our hearts and become our favourite characters.
Supporting characters will have access to the same Moves that the Prime characters have. This includes Basic and Special Moves.
Supporting characters will start with 0 bond points. They can only gain Bonds as a result of moves made, such as Fit In. The story is about the Prime characters and the choices they make. The supporting characters do not have to make the same sacrifices of their lives to be superheroes.
Supporting characters do not have Origin playbooks. They have not yet begun their careers as superheroes. If something happens to them in the fiction of the story that resembles an Origin, they may become a superhero.
EXAMPLE
Tony Stark created a suit of armour as a prototype. After he designed more advanced suits, he stored it and moved on. When his friend Col James Rhodes decided the need was great, he donned that suit. From that moment on he was War Machine, a superhero in his own right.
Supporting characters do not begin play with any Drive Playbook open. They can open drive books if suitable events occur in the fiction.
EXAMPLE
Initially, Hope van Dyne supported her father and his protégé in preventing the Pym Particles from being misused. Later she must make her own contributions to science and superheroism. She became driven to rescue her mother from the microverse.
The support characters have the same statistics as Prime heroes: Smash, Maneuver, Influence, Protect, Investigate.
They will have the same stat array as the Prime characters: - 1, 0, +1, +1, +2. Usually you will be free to distribute them as you wish.
Supporting characters will have a powers summary, but it will be a fairly ordinary one. They will not begin with anything unlocked on their Powers Profile.
EXAMPLE
Peggy Carter begins play with a Powers Summary including:
Codebreaker
Secret Agent
When she is pursuing an enemy agent, she attempts to use a gun to force his car to a stop. She attempts the Push move, and succeeds. She adds this ability to her Powers Profile. Later on she is able to use this same 'power' to attack enemy vehicles in cars with a gun.