Kirby Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 Hello everyone, Out of curiosity, does anyone use underpowered villains to go against their heroes? I'm not talking about five 150 point VIPER agents fighting one or two supers, I'm talking about villains with less than 250 points to go one on one(ish) with your 250+ point heroes? Bad guys such as "Ack Ack" McClearly (240) and Roundhouse (200) from Enemies for Hire, or Bulldozer (175) from Classic Enemies. I generally don't do it too often, but I like to start a fresh campaign off with these people so that the players will definitely have a fun first run, which is what sets the mood for the rest of the campaign. I usually do a mini-scenario with one to three PCs vs. one to two villains to help people get acquainted with their own characters as well as the other PCs. These are intended to be interspersed within the main plot. Also, I may due it within the campaign itself if I'm stuck between plots or just want to make combat a little bit easier for me and the players. Just curious. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hermit Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 Re: Lesser Powered Villains Yup. Bulldozer gets a lot of use, particularly when I want to let the PCs slap someone around and be on the giving end of pain for a time Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argus Posted June 16, 2004 Report Share Posted June 16, 2004 Re: Lesser Powered Villains I'm running a game right now where the 350+ point characters have been out smarted by a 200 point norm. And are fighting 300 point villains 1 on 1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
animemun001 Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 Re: Lesser Powered Villains *sheepish* well I did use a 100pt villian once against a group of 4 characters of 200pt's each. ^^;; He almost killed them all Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Worldmaker Posted June 17, 2004 Report Share Posted June 17, 2004 Re: Lesser Powered Villains I've got a couple of low-powered types who are rather specialized... and thus fully capable of holding their own in their own particular arena. The Mouse is the Catwoman of the GGU. She's there for the chasing, because once she's caught she's not really in the PCs league combat wise. Not that she can't defend herself, but she's not in the PCs league. She's built on 275 points. Ambrosia is a specialized mentalist (High dice Mind Control with a single command: you want to make me happy, only effective against men, with the SFX being that she exudes a super-pheremone.) She's built on close to 200 points, if memory serves. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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