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Old 10-07-2019, 09:31 AM   #19
whswhs
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: Lawrence, KS
Default Re: Super HP [Supers]

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Originally Posted by Culture20 View Post
If you require comic book super powers to make sense, you end up with mostly lame super powers. The first Avengers had a scientist irradiated by a bomb, who should have just been dead or dying with radiation poisoning, a doctor who found a walking stick in a cave while on vacation, a rich man who put transistors, magnets, and roller skates in some iron armor, and a pair or researchers who discovered how ants communicate (but can't get them to do anything human-meaningful).
I'm fine with accepting the tropes of the genre. But I don't see that "spend FP to make a heroic effort and gain increased ability to withstand damage" is one of the tropes of the genre.
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