Steve Posted November 17, 2015 Report Share Posted November 17, 2015 Teen Champions for 5th Edition used 200 points for the suggested build level, when standard superheroes were 350 points. To try and set up a similar sort of point limit on Teen Heroes, would 100 points be a good level to use? Or would either 75 or 125 be better? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Goodwin Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 For 5th edition it was 200 total points? I'd say probably 250 would be the equivalent in 6e, with say 75 of those in Matching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 18, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 Oh, I was talking Heroic characters, not Superheroic. I'm inclined to think 100-125 points would probably work for teens at the Heroic level. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Goodwin Posted November 18, 2015 Report Share Posted November 18, 2015 Ah! I misread your initial post. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 I'd make up a couple of characters of the sort you envision without bothering about point totals. Once they're built, look them over and see what they add up to, and use that as your standard. Lucius Alexander Or ask a palindromedary for its opinion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 I'd like that last Palindromedary Pontification ten times if I could. Don't worry about guidelines, make what you want and see how they turn out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucius Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 I'd like that last Palindromedary Pontification ten times if I could. Don't worry about guidelines, make what you want and see how they turn out. I'm saying, make what you want, see how they turn out, THEN write the guidelines around THAT. Lucius Alexander The palindromedary says writing guidelines around acceptable characters is better than writing guidelines and then trying to fit acceptable characters in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 21, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 I've been experimenting with builds for teenaged Urban Fantasy characters ranging from 100 to 200 points. 100 points is too stripped-down feeling but 200 points seems too generous, so at least I'm getting a feel for the range. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bubba smith Posted November 21, 2015 Report Share Posted November 21, 2015 Oh, I was talking Heroic characters, not Superheroic. I'm inclined to think 100-125 points would probably work for teens at the Heroic level. I must concur Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tasha Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 I've been experimenting with builds for teenaged Urban Fantasy characters ranging from 100 to 200 points. 100 points is too stripped-down feeling but 200 points seems too generous, so at least I'm getting a feel for the range. It depends on how much weirdness you need in the game. I find that anything under 200pts don't allow for the weird characters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher R Taylor Posted November 24, 2015 Report Share Posted November 24, 2015 It depends on how much weirdness you need in the game. I find that anything under 200pts don't allow for the weird characters. That is an interesting point. its possible to play strange variants on few points, but the fewer the points the more standardized and simple characters do tend to be. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 25, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 25, 2015 It depends on how much weirdness you need in the game. I find that anything under 200pts don't allow for the weird characters. This is what I'm discovering. I've made several characters at 175 points, a few at 200 and some down as little as 100. I'm finding 175 points to be doable and allow some special abilities. When I have more done, I plan to start posting them for commentary. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Christopher Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Teen Hero is a age category and can mean a lot of different stuff. Does that equate to low, middle, higher or top Tier Heroic point level? Or does it even go into the low Superheroic level? The average teen is on a totally different level then say Asoka Tanno* or the Sailor Moons*. *Asuming you don't put them right in into the Superheroic Category. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IndianaJoe3 Posted November 27, 2015 Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 This is what I'm discovering. I've made several characters at 175 points, a few at 200 and some down as little as 100. I'm finding 175 points to be doable and allow some special abilities. This has been my experience as well, although how, "super" they feel depends on the opposition. It doesn't matter that you can't flip a tank if you never go up against one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Posted November 27, 2015 Author Report Share Posted November 27, 2015 Since this is for an Urban Fantasy Hero setting I'm designing, I was thinking teenaged Heroes could be reduced similarly to how teenaged Superheroes were in Teen Champions, but the numbers aren't working. My mistake was thinking to do a similar percentage reduction for Heroes as was done for Superheroes, but a Teen Champion when compared to Standard Superheroes doesn't scale down from Standard Heroes to a Teen Hero on a 1:1 way. I'm currently looking at 200 points for my designs. So far I have a teenaged medusa, brother and sister elves, a vampire and a succubus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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