Greywind

Re: Normal Human I've had similar discussions in the past. Should effects outside of your character sheet have an effect on the cost of things on your character sheet? Or should each and every character be evaluated separately? Say you have a character that takes extra damage from an attack with an additional disad that states that damage from that type of attack doesn't heal "normally". Now you need something to affect the characters healing. Does the cost of the disadvantage get reduced because one of the other characters can heal others? Tony Stark, IMO, in the early days, was the poster child in a lot of ways of NCM. He was "normal". Highly intelligent and very focused when he was working on something. Flighty, flaky and easily distracted by women. But his INT score could be considered within the normal range, augmented by scientific skills bought at a high level. Keep in mind that comic characters are not bought by game terms and therefore may not reflect efficiency in game terms. When he is running around with Thor (90 STR), Giant Man (60 STR), Wasp (20+ DEX), Cap (most stats in excess of 20, depending on build) why can't he use NCM? If you don't use the other characters around him, but the setting, you have a normal, highly intelligent man, dealing with abnormal situations on a regular basis. Why then isn't NCM allowed? Never/Always free seems like a cheap, easy response to a general "I don't like it".

Re: a [can]trippy question

Re: Normal Human Why do you have to have characteristics in excess of 20 before you can consider NCM? Depending on the group as a whole, if everyone else has stats way over 20, and you are the sole exception, why couldn't you use it?

Re: Cue theme music I have a hearing problem and would rather hear the players talking than music. Of course, sometimes, with the crap that comes out of their mouths, I wish I was listening to music.

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Leaves' Eyes Vinland Saga

Re: What Have You Watched Recently? Superman http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0040852/

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Dangerous Roxette

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Tom Petty The Waiting

Re: Is this Dark Champions or Regular Champions? Captain America flip-flops. At times he's strictly DC. Mostly he's supers level, running with the Avengers.

Re: Bestiar(ies) questions Somehow, I don't really think the victim is going to care how many dice were rolled...

Re: Champions Online on MSNBC "Heroin" is a drug. Heroine is a female hero.

Re: Changing Into The Powersuit Failing that, go with a Flash/Trans suit that just appears around via Instant Change...

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Four Seasons Greatest Hits Vol. 1

Re: THE BOOK OF THE MACHINE: What Do *You* Want To See? We can have it embossed with the face of Mechanon with light-up eyes...

Re: Your Definition Of A Super Hero? A hero risks more than just himself. Superman knows if he falls, Lois, Jimmy, Perry and pretty much the rest of the world is endangered. He risks his body to save his heart. Remember, in a lot of ways, Superman is a pacifist.

Re: Help me get into Bricks. You never watched The Incredibles, did you?

Re: THE BOOK OF THE MACHINE: What Do *You* Want To See? I want to see it hard-bound in stainless steel, with stainless steel pages...

Re: Help me get into Bricks. So does Area Effect attacks...

Re: Poison's Champions Art Thread Is that a kazoo on his chest?

Re: Villains who are Homages to Heroes Steroid use...

Re: Help Make Energy Projectors Interesting Every time Superman came close to perfect and undefeatable, a crisis or a reboot happened.

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Legend of the Seeker

Re: My Failed Project It isn't a failed project unless you give up on it. Your tastes obviously seem to run closer to a Dark Champions power level, as opposed to high level supers. I had a player run a DC level in a high level and he constantly felt left behind. His expectations weren't the same as everyone else had. Your expectations don't seem to run to the mainstream. Nothing wrong with that. What I've seen, you have good ideas on the characters. Your Superman should be a lot cheaper than most peoples.

Re: Stretching at Range My understanding is the Dr. Richards has a max of like 500 yards that he can stretch, unless something changed somewhere.

Re: What Are You Listening To Right Now? Enchanted the Works of Stevie Nicks