Your PCs might be overpowered if...

[Glen Sprigg]

A Jeff Foxworthy tribute post. :)

If Doctor Destroyer surrenders before announcing his dastardly plan...
If Firewing starts chugging ephendrine before challenging you to battle...
If Grond can't beat you in an arm-wrestle with two arms at once...
If the Archmage/Sorcerer Supreme comes to your Fastness seeking your counsel...
If Mechassassin turns down an eight-figure contract on your life because it's not worth the risk...
If Black Paladin, Dark Seraph and Takofanes draw straws to see who has to fight you...
If you feel that 'one VPP isn't enough'...
If the Harbinger of Justice drops his nation-wide pursuit of Card Shark just short of your city because he doesn't want to intrude...

You might be overpowered.

Glen

[Derek Hiemforth]

If Istvatha V'Han decides your dimension just isn't worth the trouble...
If you can fake out Menton with the Jedi Mind Trick...
If you habitually refer to The Harbinger of Justice as "That pansy in the fedora..."
If you can use Turn Undead on Takofanes The Undying Lord...
If you round down your Speed because you only want a Speed of 11...
If you don't need MegaScale...
If Mechanon awards you an "Honorary Inorganic" certificate so he doesn't have to fight you...
If you appeared in The Mutant File*...
If you have to hold back when hitting Grond...
If Doctor Destroyer wheedles you to just let him have the little town of Zerstoitenburg...

You might be overpowered.

* Sorry! Couldn't resist! ;)

[Dynamo]

If your team gadgeteer proudly displays his complete collection of past Mechanon versions...
If Teleios drops by the base to swap recipes...
If Eurostar packs it in and offers an apology when you arrive on the scene...

...you might be overpowered.

[Enforcer84]

If Takofanes asks to be your familiar...
if Dr Destroyer fixes your base moniter when its on the blink....
If Grond buys exercise equipment from you.....

...you might be overpowered

[Hermit]

If your most common line to Gravitar is "Who's yer Daddy?"
If, for only five more points, your base subsumes the REST of Manhatten.
If VIPER Nests collapse when you E-Mail them
If the Empearyeans declare you their El Presedante for life! (they live a long long time)
If your idea of 'making it sporting' is to lower down to a mere 18d6
If You have an always on megascale transform of 'Where I have trod becomes my domain', and you also have lots of running
If When a mystery arises, you can't decide which psychic power to use to break it today, as you have them all anyways
If you have taken 'Earth, 14-' as a DNPC, and the GM can no longer think of ways to threaten it.

--you might be overpowered

[Chaosliege]

If you tell your GM tha DD needs to be "pumped up a little"
If you look at the stars and say, "yeah, I want that one", and then get it
If when the GM says he's throwing the whole (CKC)book at you, he means it
If Time Master doesn't have time to bother you
If you keep your damage dice in a 16oz cup...
and have to roll said cup-o-dice twice

You may be over-powered....

[Acroyear]

My character, Wavemistress, had two VPPs :)

Well, one was sorcery and the other was gadgeteering. They are vastly different things.

[Lord Liaden]

You work out with Mjolnir for an Indian club;
You don't like to commute from the suburbs, so you move them closer to town;
Galactus spots you when he lands on your planet, and says, "Well, I need to lose a few pounds, anyway."
The President of the United States asks you to disarm China.

[BarryB]

Your PCs might be overpowered if...
...the universe is threatened with eternal expansion and a gradual cooling down to maximum entropy and your PCs say "What, again?"

[Patriot]

If you sunbathe ON the sun.


you may also be over-powered if

when an alien race with a hive mind sees you coming...then runs

[Hermit]

Originally posted by Patriot
If you sunbathe ON the sun.


you may also be over-powered if

when an alien race with a hive mind sees you coming...the runs
When a group of villains, through coordinated effort, sound tactics, and sheer luck actually kills one of your duplicates, you yawn and reply
"Crunch all you want, I'll make more..."

You might be overpowered :)

[Blue]

... if superman starts sending you fanmail.
... if you have to send your character spreadsheet to NASA to have them verify the accuracy for you
... if the other players wear earplugs when you roll dice

[Ghost Archer]

...if you can't make more then a half phase move without going in to orbit.

[Wormhole]

...If your Nova Fireball Attack(TM) could destroy the entire known universe with one shot.
...If you have Personal Immunity on the above power.
...If you can grant that Personal Immunity to your DNPC and 7 other people.
:D :D :D :D

[keithcurtis]

You need to go to the Chessex booth and ask if you can roll ALL their dice every time your turn comes around.

If you GM refuses to give you any points for "Hunted by CKC, 14-" because "A disadvantage that is not disadvantageous is not worth any points."

Your costume symbol is a magnifying glass and a stop sign.

Keith "and that's only my DNPC" Curtis

[Mayday]

You ran out of ink again printing out your skills list.

....you might be overpowered.

[Oruncrest]

Prince Vegita (of Dragonball Z) acts very politely when you're around...

... and he only just met you today.:eek:

[BNakagawa]

...you considered taking Doctor Destroyer as a DNPC.

[wcw43921]

Your hero team name is. . .The Invincible Munchkin Bunch!

You are actually PROUD of the fact that your hero team name is. . .The Invincible Munchkin Bunch!

[starblaze]

Your character sheet is about as thick as your copy of FRED!

[Gary]

When your GM asks you to roll stun exponents on your killing attacks to save time.

[Supreme]

If you never hit anyone with any nearby objects because the BODY and DEF are less than the amount of dice from your regular punch -- including the planet Earth itself.

... You might be overpowered.

[lemming]

If your Danger Sense never goes off. "Well, it's not dangerous to me."

[death tribble]

The villains surrender before you even speak or smile

....you might be overpowered

[dbsousa]

If you enter your character in Hero Designer and get this error message: "Error: This character is in violation of the rules. Not of the Hero System, but of suspension of disbelief..."

You might be overpowered.

[Patriot]

You might be to powerful if:.....
Your utility belt can cripple Dr Destroyer.

[Supreme]

Originally posted by Patriot
You might be to powerful if:.....
Your utility belt can cripple Dr Destroyer.
Or your sidekick can cripple Dr. Destroyer...

[mattingly]

Your sidekick is Dr. Destroyer...

Reminds me of the time we joked about building a character with Reputation: Dr. Destroyer owes him a favor. He didn't even need to have a favor from Dr. D, just the reputation for a favor.

[Balok]

You might be too powerful if...

... when people ask Dr. Destroyer about you, he replies "give me your card; I'll see if he's in."
... you have to tell your children to stop rough housing in the yard; it's causing earthquakes and tidal waves.
... the government puts together a huge team of superhumans for "one last attempt to take back our world", and you find out about it by reading the logs from your automated defense system.
... Istvatha V'han greets you with "Here are your dimensions, sir -- I was just keeping them warm for you."
... if Takofanes has to change his suffix to "the Undying except for that one time and I'd just as soon not talk about it if it's all the same to you Lord" after he meets you.

[Prometheus]

...if you buy off your secret identity because... well, where else are the points gonna go?

...you might be overpowered.

[Enforcer84]

Utility changes his quote to:
" The SECOND greatest weapon is the human mind..."

Nebula tries to send you to Duress, but the dimension wimpers and disappears.

Dr. Destroyer greets you with: "Hi boss, what do you want to do today?"

At your request, Microsoft "plays nice".

UNTIL changes its name to "UNTIL (Insert your hero name here) gets here."

Firewing challenges your DNPC to honorable combat.

[Champsguy]

Okay. Some of these hit a little close to home. :)

If your idea of 'making it sporting' is to lower down to a mere 18d6

What? 18D6 isn't all that much...

If Eurostar packs it in and offers an apology when you arrive on the scene...

They haven't been seen since two of us beat them into the ground.

If you have to hold back when hitting Grond...

Guilty. :)

If you don't need MegaScale...

If Mechassassin turns down an eight-figure contract on your life because it's not worth the risk...

Well, Mechassassin souped-up his armor, and had a team of other supers with him, but he still felt that discretion was the better part of valor and got out of there.

If Black Paladin, Dark Seraph and Takofanes draw straws to see who has to fight you...

No Takofanes in our game (still 4th Ed), but the others don't speak up when we're around.

If Firewing starts chugging ephendrine before challenging you to battle...

Firewing ain't dumb. He doesn't challenge us to battle.

If Grond can't beat you in an arm-wrestle with two arms at once...

Again, he ain't all that strong...

...the universe is threatened with eternal expansion and a gradual cooling down to maximum entropy and your PCs say "What, again?"

Universe-saving stuff is fun. :)

When a group of villains, through coordinated effort, sound tactics, and sheer luck actually kills one of your duplicates, you yawn and reply
"Crunch all you want, I'll make more..."

Not duplicates, but we do usually let the Con-El robots handle lesser threats...

Prince Vegita (of Dragonball Z) acts very politely when you're around...

I used Susano's writeups. Unfortunately, he didn't last all that long. :(

[Superskrull]

Originally posted by Champsguy
Prince Vegita (of Dragonball Z) acts very politely when you're around...[/i]

I used Susano's writeups. Unfortunately, he didn't last all that long. :(

Stupid space monkey went down in one punch. Teach him to come to Earth and try to steal our women! :D

[Chaghatai]

To be fair to ol' Vegita however I must point out that Susano's writeup is WAY underpowered. Not even close. SSJ would be bought as a multiform...they become exponentially more powerful when they transform. Their blasts are more intense than nucular blasts and they make it clear (especially in the japanese) that at the more powerful levels they can't even attack with a downward angle for fear of completely destroying the planet. As for speed....in short bursts they are at least as fast as the flash or superman on their best days. Battleships have been wasted with casual attacks at the LOWER power levels. Battleshpshells, much less tank shells don't even do stun. I'm serious! Nappa destroyed an entire naval fleet including the air compliment with contemptous ease. And Goku beat him up...this was BEFORE he could go super saijin. The high level DBZ charecters are hardly worth writing up because they are so powerful that the only way their power can be measured is off each other.....flame away ;)

[Rage]

Originally posted by Champsguy
Okay. Some of these hit a little close to home. :)
SNIP!!!

All Hail the munchkin king.

[Super Squirrel]

You squash a beefed up version of the giant space amoeba with your casual STR.

[death tribble]

Your friend or mistress is Lolth, Demon Goddess of the Spiders and the Drow.

Wait a moment ! That's me on the Necromancer Games Boards !
BWAA HAA HAA HAA HAA !

(Sorry had to get that out of my system)

[TechnoViking]

If you have to use distributed computing to calculate the math of your character.

Mike

[Thirdbase]

If you have to replace an ink cartridge while printing your Character sheet. Twice.

[starblaze]

When Gravitar wants to marry you and be a stepford wife.

[starblaze]

When Gravitar wants to marry you and be a stepford wife.

[BoloOfEarth]

If you can make Champsguy say "OW!"...

If you're bored enough to actually try and figure out Foxbat's Master Plan (TM)...

If Grond and Durak are each holding one of your arms, and you break out with Casual STR...

... you might be a tad overpowered.

[BoloOfEarth]

(From the GM's perspecive)

Your PCs might be overpowered if...

...they start donating their experience points to their foes.

...they play "Rock, Paper, Scissors" to see which one of them will stop Dr. Destroyer this week.

...every one of the bad guys has 75% resistant damage reduction, 90 DEF, and a Megascale Teleport with an unconsciousness Trigger, and the PCs still aren't challenged.

[Oruncrest]

Originally posted by Chaghatai
To be fair to ol' Vegita however I must point out that Susano's writeup is WAY underpowered. Not even close. SSJ would be bought as a multiform...they become exponentially more powerful when they transform.

Actually, transforming into a Super Saiyajin only increases their power about 50 times. Mike's HERO writeup of the SSJ forms is pretty much on the money.


Their blasts are more intense than nucular blasts and they make it clear (especially in the japanese) that at the more powerful levels they can't even attack with a downward angle for fear of completely destroying the planet.

Of course, when they want to blow up a planet, it won't explode for a half-dozen episodes so they can show the whole climatic fight. :)


As for speed....in short bursts they are at least as fast as the flash or superman on their best days.

You know, I've always heard about how everyone from Raditz on up is supposed to be able to move faster than light, but nobody's ever been able to answer this question; If these guys are all moving faster than light, how can they see each other?


Battleships have been wasted with casual attacks at the LOWER power levels. Battleship shells, much less tank shells don't even do stun. I'm serious! Nappa destroyed an entire naval fleet including the air compliment with contemptous ease.

Psst! I know Nappa's secret. It's called Missile Deflection.


And Goku beat him up...this was BEFORE he could go super saijin. The high level DBZ charecters are hardly worth writing up because they are so powerful that the only way their power can be measured is off each other.....flame away ;)

Feh! Araele could kick ALL their candy @$$es.:D

[Glen Sprigg]

How's THIS for some thread necromancy? :D

...your team's headquarters includes a petting zoo with the Supreme Surpent as the prime attraction.
...your secret lair has a Batphone with Zeus playing the role of Commissioner Gordon.
...DEMON offers to ward your town from evil magic 'as a token of our esteem.'
...the Harbinger of Justice is your sidekick.
...the GM can't come up with a way for Takofanes' VPP to hurt you even after consulting with the Hero board pantheon.

[Powerhouse]

Your team mystic wakes up to a prostate Takofanes who trembles while saying something about "great and terrible mistress..."

[Wanderer]

Gravitar and Viperia duel if off to decide who gets to be your trophy girlfriend

[Basil]

If you got rid of the MegaScaled on your powers, and started buying up the range, AoE, etc., by the normal methods, because you needed somewhere to spend the XP's, you might be a little overpowered.

If your range, AoE, etc. are now greater than they were before you got rid of the MegaScaled, you are definitely overpowered.

[Glen Sprigg]

Gravitar and Viperia duel if off to decide who gets to be your trophy girlfriend
Upon further consideration, I'm now going to create a 10,000 point character just for this scenario. :D

[Rapier]

If the Villains regularly throw small moons and asteroids at you...and you shrug them off.

[Cancer]

If the Villains regularly throw small moons and asteroids at you...and you shrug them off.
Naah. You catch them, eat them, and recharge your END battery that way.

[Trained Chicken]

If your heroes have Swinging, Megascaled, they might be overpowered. Because that's just stupid.

[Cancer]

Y'know, this thread almost has me wanting to write down all the powers down, one each on index cards; ditto the advantages and the limitations. Then start constructing random powers. Draw a power blindly. Roll 1d6 and draw that many advantages. Roll another 1d6 and draw that many limitations. Then turn all the cards over and hammer something together that works.

Because that's the only way I can imagine powers more random than Megascaled Swinging.

[incrdbil]

you did an PRE attack on Takofones....last year..and he's still not able to take an action yet.

Dr. D uses contemplates being hunted by your your sidekick, only to find them listed as more powerful, NCI disadvantage.

Then changes his mind, because its too scary, and instead takes your slightly less powerful DNPC and its still more powerful, NCI.

Mechanon 3000 thinks he may need to go further ahead in time just to hide from you.

You call the Galactic Champions street level heroes.

Foxbat sees you..and acts normal around you.

You've never had to roll your 24d6 of luck..because you've never needed it.

You sell off your recovery.. because you never need to take one.

You can't double the grounds of your base anymore, because the universe hasn't expanded that much yet.

Your agents have followers, and even they violate campaign DC limits.

[incrdbil]

You buy extra dimensional movement with enough additions to depopulate and change entire universe populations in the most challenging game of Musical Multi-Universe Chairs ever played. Those who lose each round get banished to limbo with CLOWN.

[Enforcer84]

I start a thread for writing their characters up.

[nexus]

They show up and Isthva V'han decides to negotiate...her empire's surrender.

Only one of the players can show up that evening, so you throw his character against the entirely of Eurostar (including Panterra) as random encounter to pass the time.

Menton and Dr Destroyer refer to them "Sir" or "Ma'm"

One of them has Hunted: God (Ls Pow, NCI 8-)

[Adventus]

You have The Invincible Munchkin Bunch! listed in your disads as an incompetent dnpc at 14-. And no one threatens them because they are afraid you might get upset.

[megaplayboy]

...you lend your new sidekick that captured Malvan Ultra Dreadnought as a "backup vehicle"
...the Lollypop Guild welcomes you to Munchkin Land
...the Legion of Master Villains is your "less powerful" Hunted

[Snake Gandhi]

As a DBZ fan, I can answer these.


Of course, when they want to blow up a planet, it won't explode for a half-dozen episodes so they can show the whole climatic fight. :)I assume your reffering to the Frieza/Goku fight. The in-character reason was Freiza held back too much, so it took a few minutes for the planet to finish blowing up. The real reason was Toriyama was still working on the manga, so the anime guys had to stretch things out till he finished:)

You know, I've always heard about how everyone from Raditz on up is supposed to be able to move faster than light, but nobody's ever been able to answer this question; If these guys are all moving faster than light, how can they see each other?Thats explained in the fights DBZ saga. Piccolo had trained Gohan, and when the Saiyans showed up Yamcha took the first crack at Nappa. When the fight started, both guys disappeared. Gohan couldn't see anything, then saw everyone else was paying attention to something. Piccolo told him they where moving to fast to see with your eyes, you had to feel their energy and use that to follow the fight. Gohan concentrated, and was able to start to follow the fight.

[mirage]

You have the Arisians as DNPCs and Eddorians as a less powerful hunted.

[incrdbil]

You movethrough the Earth..and it takes knockback.

Telios asks you, politely, for franchise rights to your DNA.

[Jeff T.]

- The aisles of the greenhouse in the PC headquarters read as follows:

Roses
Tulips
Sunflowers
Tyrannons
Chyrsanthemums

[dbcowboy]

You are actually one of Steve Long's real life psychological limitations and he's never even met you.

It probably involves nightmares and cold sweats.

Or crying uncontrollably ever time you roll your dice.

I hope you're happy.

[Solomon]

If you have a specific power tailor-suited against each and every Tyrannon avatar, and can activate all of them simultaneously...

If you had to change HERO System from six-siders to percentile dice 'cause you coudn't find enough dice...

If Superman is your civilian Secret ID (sometimes you just want to lay back and relax a bit)...

If you ask Steve Long whether your character is a legal build, and he replies "I'll give you the address of some ex-colleague of mine, I no longer provide legal advice"...

... your PC might be overpowered.

[megaplayboy]

...if the rulebook shivers and hides when the player enters the room

...if Hero Designer has too few digits to use anymore.

...if their base interior is considered another campaign setting.

[McCoy]

...if Hero Designer has too few digits to use anymore.

Well, for some vehicles, it does!

[Supreme]

If you have ever solved a dilemma by moving the entire Earth backward in time...

If your character is based upon an Alan Moore character whose theme was to show that the more powerful someone is the more removed they are from humanity...

[Dr. Anomaly]

...if Hero Designer has too few digits to use anymore.
I ran into that problem writing up Kid Supernova...

[Dr. Anomaly]

If the PC can threaten the GM and get away with it, your PC might be overpowered.

[Dr. Anomaly]

You have the Arisians as DNPCs and Eddorians as a less powerful hunted.
:lol: Good one! :thumbup: (As it happens, I just finished re-reading that series last night.)


How about...


If your DNPC's 'civilian' vehicle is a souped-up Skylark of Valernon, your PC might be overpowered.

[The Main Man]

If you are better off reciting the digits of Pi than saying your character's cost...
If your character has a power: Major Transform 1d6 (HERO 5th Revised Rules to whatever the hell rules I want; +1), Indirect (+3/4), Transdimensional (+1/2)...
If your PC GMs every game now, and the GM plays his avatar...

...your PC is overpowered.

[Cancer]

My PC would be overpowered if it could solve, in no more than about a few minutes execution time, 3-d numerical magnetohydrodynamics problems on a fine enough spatial grid and time step adequate to model the earth's geodynamo. Then I would follow the evolution of the planetary magnetic field over several polarity reversals, several tens of thousands of years of time.

Considering that a realistic time-frozen "snapshot" of the Earth's core at that resolution represents about 10^15 grid points, with at least half a dozen scalar and vector physical quantities at each grid point, and timesteps on the order of 100 seconds, you need sort of teraflops to tens of teraflops to be able to compute at the same speed as the real thing, so if you want 50,000 years of evolutionary history in about a year's computing time that means something like exaflops of processor speed.

At the theoretical lower limit, one bit takes an energy of 4kT, with T ~ 3 K, and we have to use 64-bit words here, so that's about 100 exabits per second, requiring about a tenth of a milliwatt, which isn't a big deal.

But at real-world computation energy consumption, one can find a source that says a machine capable of petaflops (a factor of 10^3 to 10^4 below the exaflops needed) would consume 1 megawatt of power with currently-feasible technology.

So a PC that does exaflops would (by the simplest extrapolation) consume a gigawatt of power, and dissipate all that in the box next to your desk.

That is an overpowered PC. :p

[McCoy]

That is an overpowered PC. :p
Owe you rep for that one!

[megaplayboy]

but what kind of video card does it have?

[Dr. Anomaly]

but what kind of video card does it have?
Who cares? You're gonna be blinded by the glow from the case caused by the waste heat anyway...

[gewing]

Y'know, this thread almost has me wanting to write down all the powers down, one each on index cards; ditto the advantages and the limitations. Then start constructing random powers. Draw a power blindly. Roll 1d6 and draw that many advantages. Roll another 1d6 and draw that many limitations. Then turn all the cards over and hammer something together that works.

Because that's the only way I can imagine powers more random than Megascaled Swinging.


If you do, could you e-mail me the files? :D

[Matt Frisbee]

If someone mentions The Infinite Man and the first words out of your mouth are "What, that wuss?"

If The Champ is hitting you up for a loan.

If alien governments ask your character to deal with an infestation of the Ever-Eating Karrg.

If you have a pet Balrog hanging around in case you want to roast wiennies.

If Thok wants to bum a ride home in your homebuilt starcruiser.

If you have designed a weapon with the following parameters -- Only works vs. Doctor Destroyer, NND -- defense is NOT being Doctor Destroyer.

If your character waited for Doctor Destroyer to get that little gizmo that pumps him up to the high-end stats "just so he would be a challenge."

If NASA keeps asking your character to toss the space shuttle into orbit for them so they can save the cost of rocket fuel.

If military keeps asking your character to quit taking pot shots at passing spy satellites.

...your character might be overpowered.

Matt "Going-to-extremes" Frisbee

[Powerhouse]

1. If the combined forces of the Avengers and Justice League visit your dimension to ask you for help against a force they can't handle.

2. And you decided to loan them your sidekick.

3. And 10 minutes later your sidekick returns muttering how if someone wanna-be heroes are going to waste his time, it should at least be a challenge.

[Kristopher]

If your PCs are named "Dr Destroyer", "Takofanes", and "Tyrannon"...

[Enforcer84]

If your PCs are named "Dr Destroyer", "Takofanes", and "Tyrannon"...
Or merely, Dr. Takofannon.

[Dr. Anomaly]

If your PCs are named "Dr Destroyer", "Takofanes", and "Tyrannon"...
Or if your DNPCs are named "Dr. Destroyer", "Takofanes", "Tyrannon", etc.

:D

[Dr. Anomaly]

If you have a pet Balrog hanging around in case you want to roast wiennies.
:whistle:

One of Dr. Anomaly's teammates is called Balrog, and is supposed by the public at large to be Dr. Anomaly's bound demon familiar.

:whistle:

[Basil]

- The aisles of the greenhouse in the PC headquarters read as follows:

Roses
Tulips
Sunflowers
And they're Slaver sunflowers, which you keep around to "touch up your tan".

[animemun001]

If your characters calculate their character costs the same way scientists write the mathematics of distance between planets.

If the local planet devouring entity makes it a point not to go near your planet again after the indigestion he got last time.

If Warrior Races come to you daily from space to politely ask if it's alright to invade a planet or not (With a white flag of truce of course)

If people begin creating cults to your characters and no one see's anything wrong with this.

you might be over powered

[Egyptoid]

in the den of the team headquarters is a sentient adamantium TV set. :nonp:




actually happened in a game of ours

[Pogo]

If you're reading these posts hoping an excessive example will come up . . . .

[Adventus]

Or if your DNPCs are named "Dr. Destroyer", "Takofanes", "Tyrannon", etc.

:D

And you have down as incompetent:D :smoke:

[Powerhouse]

Batman has time to prepare... and he still can't beat your PC's.

[Powerhouse]

also, Grant Morrison turns down writing your adventures because he can't go epic enough to suit your team.

[ghost-angel]

If under the Power section on your PC sheet it just says "Yes."

[Blue Jogger]

Ok, here's the only one I could think of.

If your Secret Headquarters is in the middle of a black hole, you might be too powerful.

[Mutant for Hire]

...if the GM's Mary Sue NPC thinks you're ridiculously overpowered.

[Adventus]

The King of Munchkins(tm) Rules Raped Monstrosity(tm) of a character refuses to fight you because you are more powerful Than him!!!!!!:D :cool:

And you took him as a hunted less powerful !!:D

[Blue Jogger]

If under the Power section on your PC sheet it just says "Yes."

And I guess under Disadvantages it just says "No." :D

[AndrewD2]

Your mystic summons Cthulhu, and he yields to her power.

[Wanderer]

When superpowers meet to discuss WMD control treaties, a whole chapter is dedicated to you.

The president of the U.S. keeps contingency plans for your going on a rampage near the ones for bombing Moscow.

When you enter a battle, they first notice it on the Richter scale, not on CNN.

They calculate your military equivalent in Megadeaths.

[Ockham's Spoon]

You might be overpowered if...

Your character is able to end all religious wars and strife... because seeing is believing.

__________________________________________________ _____
Deus ex machina - also known as the plot contrivance switch

[Wanderer]

You might be overpowered if...

Your character is able to end all religious wars and strife... because seeing is believing.

But any ambigous statement of yours is likely to spark them anew.

[pendelfield]

When the GM actually comes up with a cosmic accident that reduces your PC to have his original power level, and all of the above still apply.

Your PC might be overpowered.

[AdamLeisemann]

If you have more Resistant Defenses than any cartoon character...
If every god in every religion kneels down to worship you...
If a massive crossover story has to be written about your character's death and ressurection...

You might be overpowered.

[megaplayboy]

...if the Living Tribunal and the Spectre call you in to mediate their dispute
...if you refer to your Genki Dama/Spirit Bomb as your "low end" attack
...if you use Dr. Destroyer as a "generic agent template"
...if Mechanon reprograms itself to exclude you from extermination
...if every Security Council resolution ends with "if that's okay with Captain Galaxy"

[CandidGamera]

.. you were rejected as a character on Dragonball GT for being too powerful.
.. to pumice your callouses you need to kick Darkseid in the face.
.. the Anti-Life Equation is your phone number.
.. Wolverine acknowledges you as the best there is at what he does. Bub.

[Wanderer]

If when DEMON cultists try to summon the Kings of Edom to your world, they make a frightened shriek and disappear

If Galactus gives his herald a standing order to avoid your world

If Kree and Skrull declare your world "peaceful coexistence nexus"

[6-Sided_Buddha]

You movethrough the Earth..and it takes knockback.


Sorry to Necromance, but I had a character that actually did something like that. Move Through on Volcanus, the Titan, who had connected himself to the spiritual center of the earth yadda yadda, so I move through'ed him at full move speed, and maybe a Non-Com multiplier or two, since he was so big I literally couldn't miss..

Well, I did twenty hexes of knockback to him after his KB resist, and the Earth moved with him. I think we forgot put it back...

[death tribble]

If you use Takofanes as a paperweight or as a doorstop, you might be overpowered.

[The Main Man]

If your disadvantages cost points...

If the Kings of Edom failed to lock you away for the good of the universe...

If you upstage Pre-Crisis Superman by juggling universes...

If you refer to Dr. Manhattan as "that whiny little *****"...

[Basil]

If every time he flexes his biceps, it causes a sonic boom.

If you have to roll 40 d6, and then multiply by 20.

For his Casual Strength.

[Lethosos]

(To paraphrase WoW here...)

If he rides around on the biggest, baddest beastie he can find.

And it's his weakest mount, too. :D

[Badger]

-If your character sheet is a list of the skills and powers you do NOT have.....

-......which also means your character sheet is blank.:)


-You actually succeeded in killing Wolverine.:eek:

- Cthulhu takes one look at you and loses HIS sanity

-If you throw away Lion-o's Sword of Omens because it is too weak for you.

-in an effort to take you down DC and Marvel merge and send all their supers at you.......

-......at the same time.......

-....and you still won.

-if Jack Bauer took one look at you and wet himself

- if the phrase "faster than a speeding bullet, stronger than a lcomotive" refers not to you but your grandma.

-if you avoid eating beans because your flatulence will cause a disruption in the time-space continuum.:nonp:

[gewing]

If you finally retire and quit moving because you are afraid you will destroy the universe.

Again!

[Balok]

You might be overpowered if...

... you must rent a front end loader to have a reasonable chance of rolling all your attack dice at once.

... you left the Champions Universe in 2020 after Witchcraft started yammering at you, and didn't return until almost 3000.

... every time you shake the dust from your costume, physicists revise their dark matter estimates upwards

... "We are the Borg. We have analyzed your - a thousand pardons, sir, we did not notice that it was you."

... "Don't be too proud of this technological terror you've created. The ability to destroy a planet is insignificant compared to the power of <insert your character's name here>"

... David Letterman's "Most powerful characters" was the only Top One list in the history of the show.

... your equipment skews the ATRI curve for everyone else

... some guy named Loser Black keeps calling from Earth and asking if you'll let him play with your five pets

[ghost-angel]

The universe ends... and you don't notice.

[GoldenAge]

The universe ends... and you don't notice.
'nuff said.

[Robyn]

So a PC that does exaflops would (by the simplest extrapolation) consume a gigawatt of power, and dissipate all that in the box next to your desk.

That is an overpowered PC. :p

Good literal response to showcase a legitimate answer to a question that could have been worded more clearly :D

I've given too much Rep out in the last 24 hours, but let's see what I can come up with here . . . :eg:

if you finish reading through this list and think "What a bunch of wimps."

[Weldun]

When your PCs refer to Dr. Destroyer as "Capt. Tribble" during an interview. And his only response is to begin adding orange and white fur to his armor.

[Basil]

...you can do just one thing better than anyone in the entire multiverse...


...but that one thing is "exist."

[WhammeWhamme]

...the GM lives in fear of them figuring out which dimension HE lives in...

[The Main Man]

...they play Chuck Norris, Vin Diesel, and Mr. T. The joke ones.

[JSenecal]

Instead of throwing fighter jets, your character picks up an air craft carrier to catch the jets the other bricks are throwing.

You use a bank vault door for origami

You see a team mate half kill another in a sparing match with a 16d6 attack and think that would be good for cleaning your costume, because even if all 6's were rolled it still wouldn't get past your defenses.

The scary part is I once had a character that could do those things!

[kahuna's bro]

prince vegita (of dragonball z) acts very politely when you're around...

... And he only just met you today.:eek:ouch

[Opale]

- they say : "awwh ! we have to put Grond into jail again ?! But I have to find my fiancée a nice ring .. Hey ! Sidekick, try to get him, it will train you a few..."

[jms1973]

You tell Captain Chronos you know exactly what he's up to and to stop messing the situation up. You'll handle it after breakfast.

[JSenecal]

Your PC might be overpowered if...

You know exactly what Captain Chronos is up to cause you read his mind without him knowing...

This actually happened in a game I was running...

[jms1973]

If you can make Menton sing "I'm a Little Teapot" anytime somebody snaps their fingers, you might be just a little overpowered.

[OddHat]

You finish staring in a Joss Wheedon series better off than you began and you're not even a waif.

[megaplayboy]

...if your "new and inexperienced" sidekick's character sheet has "Dr. Destroyer (high-end)" crossed out and "Kid Titan" penciled in at the top.

[The Main Man]

...if The Doctor is your companion.

[JSenecal]

Uh oh. I didn't think we were overpowered.... But the third Doctor materialized in our groups back yard and has been hanging around with us.... And we did just beat up Takofanes without any casualties.... Hmm....

Your PC's might be overpowered if Mechanon is the butler for your base.

[OddHat]

Your PCs might be over powered if you and the GM won't skip game day for fear of pissing them off.

[pinecone]

I feel sure I've posted this before....If your unpowered Secret ID is Chuck Norris....

[The Weapon]

And I guess under Disadvantages it just says "No." :D

...because the GM says having Doctor Destroyer, Grond, VIPER, UNTIL and Mechanon cooperating to hunt you doesn't really disadvantage your character, so you get no points.

[The Weapon]

You can't double the grounds of your base anymore, because the universe hasn't expanded that much yet.


And you can't double the size of the universe - again - until your END battery recharges - in 5 minutes.

[New Hero]

. . . your PCs hold a press conference and announce to the world that 'Doctor Destroyer is a scared little girl!' And Destroyer does nothing in retaliation.

. . . during combat, Doctor Destroyer unleashes his most powerful AoE attack, and when the smoke clears, the PCs are sitting at a table playing poker. One of the PCs looks up at Doctor Destroyer, and says, 'Hold that thought, bunky. Let us finish this hand first.'

. . . your PCs tell Doctor Destroyer to pay homage to them and he :hail:

. . . your PCs grab Mechanon and recycle him into tin cans in 1 turn.


:nonp:

[Shadow Hawk]

The heroes are playing a friendly game of bridge when the police call and say "Godzilla is attacking!"
And one player says "I'm dummy this round, I'll take care of it."
And he does.

[megaplayboy]

...if they use psychic surgery to turn Great Cthulhu into a productive member of polite society.

[hfergus]

... if they scowl at Galactus (or Darkseid) and he begs forgiveness.

[OddHat]

Dick Cheney shoots them in the face, and apologizes.

[casualplayer]

A dice cup isn't voluminous enough to resolve your attacks. Your group uses a dice barrel.

Your magical abilities are powered by Dr. Destroyer's tears, and you get no limitation because they aren't hard for you to acquire.

Putting a billboard on the moon with an arrow pointed at the Earth and saying "We live here" was enough to thwart ten alien invasions.

Istvatha Vhan keeps drunk dialing you, pleading for "just one more chance."

Grond is your pet.

[kahuna's bro]

megamind gives up crime and becomes a super-hero BEFORE his career begins

[Black Ops]

Who is Megamind ?

[kahuna's bro]

the movie character played by wil farrel in the upcoming movie megamind

[Matt Holck]

Fire Wing is trapped in their force walls

[megaplayboy]

....they use only casual STR and pull their punch...and still hospitalize Valak the World Ravager after a one-segment "combat".

[DusterBoy]

Valak the World Ravager?

[megaplayboy]

Valak the World Ravager?

CU baddie, I think he's written up in either Stronghold or Champions Worldwide. Super strong and tough, with a massively damaging weapon. One of the few solo non-master villains capable of going toe to toe for a while with Dr. D. Should be appearing either in the Champions Villains sourcebook, or maybe in the Champions Beyond book.

[BoloOfEarth]

Your PC might be overpowered if:

He refrains from eating beans because the last time that he did... well, y'know that planet that used to be between Mars and Jupiter...?

The glint of sunshine off his smile is a 24d6 Flash Attack, AOE Cone.

Dan Simon had to specially upgrade to Hero Designer just to accomodate your character.

[The Main Man]

...if they all bought Does BODY (+1) for their Presence.

[megaplayboy]

...if they all bought Does BODY (+1) for their Presence.

"Well, hey, we had to figure that the Does Knockback, Double Knockback, Megascale Presence would probably hurt..."

[The Weapon]

The most popular plan among aliens for destroying planet eating godlike beings is to divert them to your planet.

This plan was developed because after several galaxy spanning empires species lost their entire navies to you.

Some of those navies were destroyed on the off chance they'd invade so you'd be sure of a free weekend.

[casualplayer]

Their secret identities are Marianne Sioux and Martin Stew.

[kahuna's bro]

if ares god of war is their sidekick

[Starcloud]

... if Istvatha V'han is the character's follower's DNPC. (Incomp., Frequent)
... and doesn't get points for it.

[The Main Man]

If the comic relief were played by Arnold Schwarzenegger

[DusterBoy]

Well, Arnie is comic relief. . .

[Matt Holck]

you have more stun and endurance at the end of combat

[The Weapon]

The President can't justify invading countries to stop them gettting nukes because no foreign leader would be stupid enough to think they'd be effective while you're around.

[megaplayboy]

The President can't justify invading countries to stop them gettting nukes because no foreign leader would be stupid enough to think they'd be effective while you're around.

Heck...if the President's "nuclear football" has been replaced with a briefcase containing your team's private phone number, your PCs might be overpowered.

[The Main Man]

If the weakling can Summon Cthulhu as a food source.

[GoldenAge]

If the weakling can Summon Cthulhu as a food source.
Mmmmmmm. Cthulumari! :)

[shugotenshi]

Mmmmmmm. Cthulumari! :)

Ahah, that cracked me up. GJ

[The Main Man]

If your setting has a team that the Justice League calls upon when outmatched, and your PCs are the team that team calls when outmatched.

[AirborneRob]

If your team upgrades the Infinity Gauntlet as a side project while the they are on vacation.

The cosmic deities watch from their domains as the team upgrades the Infinity Gauntlet and take notes.

The team pimp slaps the being that created the Infinity Gems for not working the bugs out ahead of time.

I'll apologize now if the Infinity Gauntlet/gems have already been utilized in this thread :)

[matrix3]

<snip />
The team pimp slaps the being that created the Infinity Gems for not working the bugs out ahead of time.
<snip />

Your PCs might be overpowered if...you have a team pimp. Oh, wait, that's just the "government liason"

[AirborneRob]

Your PCs might be overpowered if...you have a team pimp. Oh, wait, that's just the "government liason"

lol, nice

[Asperion]

. . . When an oil derrick is thinking about failing and one look from you not only fixes the problems but also makes it clean up any resultant problem.

[Tigereye]

Your PCs might be overpowered if...you have a team pimp. Oh, wait, that's just the "government liason"

Hey, my team has a pimp in it! (And no, he's not the government liaison.)

Super-Pimp!

[Cassandra]

If Chuck Norris meets you and says "Please don't hurt me."

[Certified]

If Chuck Norris meets you and says "Please don't hurt me."

Does that mean Bruce Lee was overpowered?

- - -

... The Character sunbathes inside the sun.
... Their response to "Yes, I have. I think perhaps I'll create some." (Referring to Human life) is it's an over rated experience but have fun.

[GoldenAge]

Does that mean Bruce Lee was overpowered?
yes

[Pizza Man]

If the villains buy hunted disadvantages...by you.

If the minions see you and just fall down, pretending to be unconscious.

If run into Daleks, and they stop saying "Exterminate!" and start saying "Terminex!"

[The Weapon]

[QUOTE=Certified;2100800]Does that mean Bruce Lee was overpowered?

[QUOTE]

He created Chuck Norris, with nothing other than a dojo, a willing white guy and his free time. If he wanted to create more he could, but really why bother? Yes he's overpowered.

[The Weapon]

The chief goal of most evil overloads is to get you out of dimension long enough to trash the earth so badly their won't be tempted to try to invade again.

[Asperion]

. . . If the Beyonder looks at you and decides it is better to withdraw than to fight.
. . . You get into the Cash Cab and they give you the grand prize before asking any questions

[kahuna's bro]

if tv producers have to scrap plans for an animated series since they can't tone yuour powers down for network standards

[Fryguy]

You were able to purchase the content of the known universe under the "+5 points rule."

[megaplayboy]

...if the magic word you use to transform is actually a nested set of acronyms, each standing for a different set of mythological/legendary beings. (i.e., "The S stands for SHAZAM, the T stands for...")

[dmjalund]

When your team goes offworld - all signs of global warming disappear :)

[Asperion]

. . . Santa's elves are threatening to strike and the very threat of you being the negotiator makes them cooperate.
. . . There is a movement to make you dictator for life since none would ever think about going against you.

[GoldenAge]

Lobo (The Main Man) refuses to try and bring them in despite a record-setting bounty on their heads.

[Century III]

- You can leg sweep The Republic of Korea
- The Earth takes knockback before you do...

[moquif]

The US Superpowered Division has 4 threat levels:
Local Threat
National Threat
Planetary Threat
Annoys <your character>

[Cassandra]

Chuck Norris calls you "Sir"

[McCoy]

"You are trying to annoy me, Lord Takofanes. I fear you shall succeed. You should fear it also."

[megaplayboy]

If the Z-fighters have to go through hard training 3 times, learn 2 new power-ups, and 4 transformations...

....just to have a chance...

...against your butler.

[dmjalund]

Each morning when they wake up, the universe reboots.

[McCoy]

Each morning when they wake up, the universe reboots.
The character is Phil Connors (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107048/fullcredits#cast)?

[Asperion]

. . . The stock markets do as the PCs desire, regardless of who else it will effect.
. . . Val Halla extends the Rainbow Bridge just because they would like to visit.

[Maccabe]

You can't use Hero Designer to make up your character because the points field can't handle
numbers that high.

[Nothere]

Supervillians use a dimensional teleporter to leave the universe if it's rumored your awake.

[Mathew]

...if it becomes more economical to list the skills, perks and talents you character DOES NOT HAVE on their character sheet, rather than the ones they do have.

[Shadow Hawk]

...if it becomes more economical to list the skills, perks and talents you character DOES NOT HAVE on their character sheet, rather than the ones they do have.

The only skill you don't have is stealth. You just tell people "you didn't see me, because if you did see me..." and golly, they don't see you!

[casualplayer]

The only skill you don't have is stealth. You just tell people "you didn't see me, because if you did see me..." and golly, they don't see you!

If you see me coming, better step aside. Lotta men didn't and a lotta men died.