nuada

seems like you're looking more for "tricks" with powers, than new power suggestions, but in case you're also looking for power suggestions: damage shields are fun desolid (does not protect against damage, requires small opening to pass through wall), so you can slip under cracks in doors etc. fire characters are perfect for doing area of effect attacks, even when they're HA attacks. Also explosion is a fun but expensive enhancement. Don't know if it's been mentioned already, but dispel darkness is a good power to have, or flash resistance vs. darkness-based powers, with AOE non-selective would work also. The classic "hand of flame" entangle or force wall is fun, too. A double-knockback attack (call it "backblast") As for crazy uses of fire powers, just go get a "best of the Fantastic Four" compilation. I'm sure there's plenty of weird things to do in there. Hope this helps.

SO off topic! Aw, and I was going to compliment you on your name and everything. Now, I'm simply going to have to insist that, since spelling wasn't standardized until 1800 a.d., and that the subject matter relating to the chosen avatar in question all predates that by quite a bit, and is further aggravated by an oral history that was only later recorded by an invading country, that we are both probably correct in the spellings of our respective names. Nuada (we don't need no steenking H's)

RE: Iconics in the same city as players. There's so many fun ways to deal with this. I would (personally) definitely leave them in. You could make the Champions the celebrated heroes that everyone knows and loves, who can do no wrong, and are always at the scene of the crime protecting the city. Or so the people think. In reality, the other supers of the town, including the players, are at those crime scenes, saving everyone's butt, and the Champions are getting all the credit. I'm thinking the normals and especially the media, would much rather just assume that the super-goings-on are all things they are familiar with and can understand. Meanwhile, living in the shadow of such people, your team will inevitably develop a rivalry of sorts. This is further complicated by the fact that several of the Champions are very likable people. Perhaps there's even a love interest there. The possibilities are endless. It's clear to me that the people on this board are very adept at coming up with cool ideas. I'm sure nothing above is so original that you're anxiously writing it down. However, I think part of the joy of a published campaign setting like MC is working with what's there, and twisting it to suit my own needs as a GM. After all, it's what your players are doing in your world, right?