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Base Points, Ability Guidelines

Super-heroic, Low-Powered
Base 150+100 Disadvantages.

Char SPD CV DC Active Skill Roll DEF/r
10-30 3-8 6-11 6-12 40-75 25-80 8-14 12/6

(Hero System 5th ed, p15)

I think it best to keep the discussion here, and separate from the
Current Version of the page.

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4 Responses to “Base Points, Ability Guidelines”

  1. Collie Says:
    January 9th, 2006 at 11:55:52

    What’s a Char of 10-30 mean, please? How do we find out our passwords so we can comment? Will you be helping us build our characters?

  2. Bob Says:
    January 9th, 2006 at 12:03:27

    > What’s a Char of 10-30 mean, please?

    Your characters primary Characteristics (STR, DEX, etc.) should be in the listed range, from 10 to 30.

    > Will you be helping us build our characters

    Yes. I think it’s important for the GM to be part of the character construction process.

    > How do we find out our passwords so we can comment?

    You’ll need an account, which I will set up. Once your first comment is approved, future comments should appear immediately.

  3. Bob Says:
    January 9th, 2006 at 12:34:52

    Are we Super?

    It’s important the players feel their characters are Super enough. I’m not sure the “Low-Powered” abilities of 5th edition really do that. Many normal melee weapons and firearms do enough damage to be a real threat to a “Low-Powered” Super-hero. A handful of “agents” with pistols (2k) or basball bats (5n) would be a threat to a character with DEF 12/6r.

    The problem I have with going immediately to the “Standard” category is two-fold:

    1. Most folks see the upper boundary of listed limits as the right place for their stats, and I don’t really blame them.
    2. I think we’d also need to move the base points up to the next category to accomodate the increased cost of the powers. That’s another 150 points.

    In general, I don’t think that’s too bad an idea, so long as we don’t try to “top out” the stats for the characters and keep them a bit broad from the start.

  4. Bob Says:
    January 16th, 2006 at 16:56:13

    I’ve updated the Base Points, Ability Guidelines page, based on our discussion this weekend. Feel free to leave any comments or questions.

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