Wild Talents is a superhero

Superhero

A superhero is a type of stock character, possessing "extraordinary or superhuman powers", dedicated to protecting the public. Since the debut of the prototypical superhero Superman in 1938, stories of superheroes — ranging from brief episodic adventures to continuing years-long sagas —...

 role-playing game

Role-playing game

A role-playing game is a game in which players assume the roles of characters in a fictional setting. Players take responsibility for acting out these roles within a narrative, either through literal acting, or through a process of structured decision-making or character development...

 published by Arc Dream Publishing

Arc Dream Publishing

Arc Dream Publishing is a small role-playing game publishing company founded in 2002 by Pagan Publishing veteran Dennis Detwiller and editor Shane Ivey after the release of their first roleplaying game Godlike: Superhero Roleplaying in a World on Fire, 1936-1946 was published by Hobgoblynn Press.As...

 and written by Dennis Detwiller

Dennis Detwiller

Dennis Detwiller is a computer game designer for Hothead Games as well as a role-playing game developer and artist.-Biography:Detwiller was a founding member of Pagan Publishing with John Tynes as art director where he co-created the Origins Award winning Delta Green in 1997 with Tynes and Adam...

, with Greg Stolze

Greg Stolze

Greg Stolze is an American novelist and writer, whose work has mainly focused on properties derived from role-playing games.Stolze has contributed to numerous role-playing game books for White Wolf Game Studio and Atlas Games, including Demon: the Fallen...

, Kenneth Hite

Kenneth Hite

Kenneth Hite is a writer and role-playing game designer. He holds an M.A. in International Relations from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor's degree in Cartography from East Central University. He has been writing games since 1981 and full-time since 1995...

, and Shane Ivey, with illustrations by Christopher Shy

Christopher Shy

Christopher Shy, who occasionally goes by the pen name "Ronin," is a freelance fantasy and science fiction artist.-Biography:His work includes character portraits for White Wolf's Mage: the Ascension revised edition and Good Apollo, I'm Burning Star IV, Volume One: From Fear Through the Eyes of...

, Sam Araya, and Todd Shearer. The game was shipped to customers worldwide on December 18, 2006.

Setting

Wild Talents picks up the settings started by Godlike

Godlike (role-playing game)

Godlike: Superhero Roleplaying in a World on Fire, 1936-1946 is an alternate history World War II era Superhero role-playing game, created by Dennis Detwiller and Greg Stolze. Godlike was originally produced by Dennis Detwiller and John Tynes of Pagan Publishing , and published by Hawthorn...

after the events World War II

World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global conflict lasting from 1939 to 1945, involving most of the world's nations—including all of the great powers—eventually forming two opposing military alliances: the Allies and the Axis...

 with the next step in development of the powers of the Talents. Unlike the first wave of Talents to emerge during WWII, these Wild Talents are unable to counter act each other's powers by will alone. Beyond being a follow-up to Godlike, Wild Talents includes tools and ideas for any superhero setting.

System

The ORE System used by Wild Talents expands on the system introduced by Godlike. Dice pools of d10s are used to perform task checks where sets of matched dice determine success.

See also

• Godlike
  Godlike (role-playing game)
  Godlike: Superhero Roleplaying in a World on Fire, 1936-1946 is an alternate history World War II era Superhero role-playing game, created by Dennis Detwiller and Greg Stolze. Godlike was originally produced by Dennis Detwiller and John Tynes of Pagan Publishing , and published by Hawthorn...
  
  
• NEMESIS
  NEMESIS (role-playing game)
  Nemesis is a supernatural horror role-playing game, created by Dennis Detwiller, Greg Stolze and Shane Ivey, with game mechanics by Greg Stolze. The game is available electronically for free. Nemesis uses the One-Roll Engine gaming system, a dice pool system where matched die results determine...
  
  

External links

• Wild Talents Homepage the official Arc Dream page for the game
• Learn to play