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Cartoon Action Hour is a , Inhumanoids , Centurions , Thundarr The Barbarian , M.A.S.K. , and Bravestarr . It was e-published by Spectrum Games as a PDF role-playing game (RPG) in early 2002, where it garnered a sizable cult following. This prompted Z-Man Games to offer to publish the game as a hardcopy edition. The material from the PDF was revised and expanded upon for the 2003 print version. GAME SYSTEM ''Cartoon Action Hour'' implements a relatively simple ruleset. The core resolution system revolves around rolling a d12, adding a number to it, and comparing it to a ''Difficulty Number''. If the result equals or exceeds that ''Difficulty Number'', the character succeeds in the task at hand. Traits Whereas most RPGs give all characters an identical list of Attribute s (such as Strength, Agility, Intelligence, etc.) and a variable collection of Skill s, ''Cartoon Action Hour'' rolls them all into one type of stat known as Trait s. Each character will have a different list of Traits, with ratings ranging from -4 (nearly non-existent) to 4 (maximum human capability), with 0 being average. Super-Ratings To represent Traits with superhuman or supernatural levels of ability, the designers use super-ratings. Characters with a Trait rating of 4 may have another number in parenthesis, ranging from 2 to 5. This super-rating allows the player to roll more than one d12 when testing that Trait, taking the best result. Special Abilities Superpowers, magic spells, vehicles, weapons, armor, racial abilities, animal companions, psionic abilities, and magic artifacts -- They can all be created using the Special Ability creation rules. Each Special Ability is designed by picking and choosing appropriate "components" that define it. For example, an energy blast would need the following components: ''Damage Rating'' and ''Range''. This can easily be customized further by adding other components and modifiers, thus making the Special Ability truly unique. Reflecting the Genre Every facet of Cartoon Action Hour was created with an eye toward faithfully depicting the subject matter. This is what the authors refer to as "cartoon logic". A few examples of this are as follows:
SUPPLEMENTS Since the hardcopy edition of Cartoon Action Hour was released, numerous supplemental products have been released.
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