Zarthose

You get eight everyman skills of your choice, all at 8< for free. You also get 4 points of language for free...most have that in english, but its fair to say you have 2/2 English/ whatever if you grew up bilingual. The +2 to one attack does not cover two attacks. If you pay 3/level, it will cover up to 3 different attacks. About the defense, I felt it was not limiting enough to be worth 1/4 the points spent on that defense. I'm not asking you to make it worse, just that I felt it was not restricting enough to be worth 1/4. I get it, she always looks bloody, but never really hurt bad. As to the flight, I assumed the low point cost flight was to explain how you could cover great distances...I only have an issue with the total speed. Gliding is just a way to dramatically lower the cost, and skip END...which is fine. I'm just trying to keep total speeds down to lower numbers....If you are in NYC, and you could pop off to Boston in less time then it took to walk 2 city blocks then thats a different story then if you felt more confined by time/effort to travel. Thus the exact reason I targeted megascale. I did not list the other choice as I had not yet considered it. Lets just limit the max to 100 MPH. There is zero reason to ever concider the subway, a cab or a car if you always travel faster then everything else. Quicksilver was a classic speedster, and still maxed out at 150 mph, and nobody thought of him as a "street level" hero. As to guns, I insist on Char points being spent on them. You may find ( and use) anything you find in game on the fly, but by the next game session, you ether gotta pay some points, or you tossed it, lost it, it broke, or felt strongly that guns are bad. Maybe you were violent in the past, and are bared from owning a gun. Or you paid the points. ( or get a prop gun, free) About "only in hero form", I posted a question to Steve to make sure I am reading the rules right, and I'll update you as soon as I hear back. If its not a disadvantage, its not worth any points is a rule I like to live by. For example, if you don't have transformation, or shapechange, how is getting 25% off a bunch of your powers a reason to give you free shapechange? I'm not saying you cant have more then one look, just that it should not be free. I remember some ruling that "Only in hero form" should take a while, or its not really a disadvantage....but since Steve is here I prefer to just ask.

Panpiper, Yes you can have a supernatural origin, I was going to add that in after some time of gameplay, but it serves no point if its your concept. I do have an issue with gliding at 3-400 MPH, its just not possible to fall sideways that fast . The point of restricting magascale was to eliminate the option of "I go wherever I want in seconds", so lets tone that down a bit. Your limit on your defenses is not something I agree with ( 1/4x seams to much for the penalty). I'm fine with the listed dis, and your character looks fun. Minor question, how do you transform? You have two shapes, but I don't see anyway to pay for that? How long to transform? Also, which attack gains the +2? Some users of V Juice have physical mutations, and many people who see you will assume you developed your appearance as a result of exposure to the juice. Others will of course respond with religious ideas. A PI will fit in nicely.

Additional limits, Hard cap on speed at 8, average numbers to be 4-6. Hard cap on strength at 50.

Hello Shadow, and Panpiper, Yesterday this was a whim, to see if anyone is interested. Today I am working on details. Vampires/Werewolf would be each a 100 point package, plus skills, eq and base stats before the power up. Both would have to have the ability to infect others to replenish the troops, each with about 5,000 memebers to start world wide (undercover). Magic would not be a thing. DCV,OCV would maybe average 6-7, hard max of 10. Damage classes would be a hard max of 12, Defenses I can see letting go unlimited...if you just want to be immune, spend your points that way...You still can't fly, or hit, or teleport ect. Banned would be multi-power and variable power pool, as I hope each hero would seam unique. Thats a lot tougher when everyone has a multi pool. Megascale would only be offered in a limited form. +3/4...scale would be 1:100. So 30 M teleport =3 km teleport. Enough to escape any intimidate danger, but you cant get to paris on a whim. Summon/Duplicates would be banned or limited...if you have 10 characters, then you have 10 actions each segment. Multiform with a few limits....You alternate form cannot have more points value then the campaign max( start 300, and a max of one extra form...like werewolf, or maybe 2...human/wolf/hybred. I would want to see fleshed out characters who could survive as characters if they had no powers (IE, at least 18 skill points in non combat stuff, maybe a drivers licence, or a doctors licence ect. Secret ID is worth 15 points...but only if you actually have and use your other ID, public ID is worth 10. Assume this is based on NYC, and powers are know, and have been for 5 years...its new, but public. All known powers come from a Drug "V Juice". Every 50 points in powers would get you a rank...So if you have 150 points in powers, then your a rank 3...even if you have a 300 point guy/gal. To much V Juice, and you go crazy. So rake 10 guys...they are scary, and almost certainly have some serious mental health issues. You may have no more then 150 points in powers...but a handgun does not count twords that limit. You get 240 points for free, and can take up to 60 more as dis. for a total of 300. Hunted is blocked to start...If you are hunted, everyone is hunted...but only you get the points. Vigilantism is a thing, and its illegal, but not chased yet. Kill off 30 mobsters and leave the bodies in the street, and they are gonna call in the A Team ( Government sponsored Heros, all rank 5-6, plus training and eq). Beat up a wanted criminal and leave him tied up in front of the police, eh, they will likely look away. The pandemic is not happening in this world, though uprisings and protests are happening, the last big ones were 2 years ago. This would be a street level story...not saving the world, or changing the government. If you guys are Ok with it, I would include some dark tones. Origins would be based on V Juice, werewolf or vampire, skill based or some combo of these. If you have an idea, just float it to me. If it involves something you want keep secret, then PM me. There would also be some tone similar to the Boys ( amazon prime) just not at that power level. Total known number of powered people in the world would be under 2,000, most of them at rank 1-2. A full cases ( 200 doses) was stolen and sold off about 2 months ago....thats becoming a problem.

Checking to see if there would be any interest in a Dark Champions style game, roughly 300 starting points, with a house rule of no VPP or multipowers, and limiting megascale. A once a week game for 3 hours, with 4-6 players. Think characters at the netflix superhero level, plus vampires and werewolf's similar to Underworld. Supers are out in the public, but its new. Supernaturals are still hiding. There would also be guns. Tech level would be close to 2020 real. I'm thinking 6th edition. I might be able to drag in 3 people.

My favorite setting is one I made called the Commonwealth. I based it about 200 years from now, Humans have intersystem travel, but not FTL. Psionics are there, but not supers level, with harsh social restrictions from PSICORE( Babalon 5). Military style government and power armor( Starship troopers). There are Genetically engineered people of a number of types, all second class with heavy social penalties. Cybernetics are not common, but if earned through "service" are not viewed unkindly. There are also AI with robotic bodies, androids or just as programs...all are supposed to have the laws of robotics installed in them, after the AI wars, which ended 30 years ago. Limiting tech was a critical tool in storytelling, space travel might still involve being cryro frozen, Bullets were still better then most lazers, though gryojets worked better in space. Storys revolved around questions like "What is it really mean to be human" or " What happens if a psyic goes bad" or "What happens when you met the Killer cat people". Hard science when possible, zero magic.

I am building a drain/aid self character in 6th edition. He will have his Drain (END) be zero end, constant, no range, persistent, area of effect( my body), and the Aid will have trigger, zero end, expanded effects, aid self only and linked to the drain. Question 1 Do I need to buy personal immunity to the drain? Question 2 I want to make all elements of the combo invisible. Does that mean I have to buy that advantage at +1X? What about the Aid self, does that also cost +1X, it is an internal only power ? If I wanted to make the effect painless ( like sometimes they show a vampires kiss to be pleasurable, not painful...Yet clearly there is a drain going on) How would I price that out? Question 3 Part of me thinks that the cost to make an attack painless should be +1/2X more...but then I am looking at a massive increase in cost to the point of it being ether to weak to be useful, or to expensive to ever chose. Could you advise on a recommended fair cost?