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Nereidalbel · 06-25-2016, 12:19 PM

I've played with a GM who proved that total points means NOTHING by using a 500 point character to utterly destroy a 2000 point characters. Point efficiency means a LOT more than total points, and a character focused on immobilizing and murdering a helpless victim beats the crap out of the guy who hits like a train loaded with semis loaded with nukes, so long as the beefstick is unable to actually go anywhere.

So yeah, our current setting has 500 point characters interacting with 10,000 point characters on a regular basis, and it ends up kind of like the Justice League: Green Arrow takes on low-powered villains, while Superman comes in when a god-like being wants to claim Earth as his newest planet.

06-25-2016, 12:19 PM	#2
Nereidalbel Join Date: May 2013 Location: Ellicott City, MD	Re: [Supers] Mixing power levels and scales I've played with a GM who proved that total points means NOTHING by using a 500 point character to utterly destroy a 2000 point characters. Point efficiency means a LOT more than total points, and a character focused on immobilizing and murdering a helpless victim beats the crap out of the guy who hits like a train loaded with semis loaded with nukes, so long as the beefstick is unable to actually go anywhere. So yeah, our current setting has 500 point characters interacting with 10,000 point characters on a regular basis, and it ends up kind of like the Justice League: Green Arrow takes on low-powered villains, while Superman comes in when a god-like being wants to claim Earth as his newest planet.