Cosmic vs. Cosmic (ala Kryptonian vs. Kryptonian?)

[Ragabash Moon]

Originally Posted by vitruvian

Pretty much, although high HP and some level of Injury Tolerance (Damage Reduction) would also be a good idea, so that the standard deviation on, say, a 30d6 punch doesn't mean the difference between bouncing off the DR and punching a hole through the other guy and forcing a HT check for death.

But Cosmic +50% on your DR definitely doesn't mean that attacks without some version of Cosmic will bounce off without fail, which your original post seemed to imply. E.g., even with Cosmic, your 10 DR will still let a point or two of damage through from an IMI Eagle (3d6) about half the time.

Well, right but a Kryptonian is looking at benchmarking DR. Back in 3rd edition there was "Invincible" for 300pts. Which was essentially DR Infinity. Totally broken, so 4th ed you benchmark it so the most damage they could possibly take as your DR. Or, since you want them to all be on a level playing field, say average? So, say the average Kryptonian has a 30d6 punch, then you need 90 points of DR for the average punch to get through the average DR. But, the DR needs to still be high enough to reflect the fact that the Kryptonian can pretty much take a Rocket Propelled Grenade to the face. I mean, really the only threat to Superman is other supers on his level. Assuming he's not near kryptonite of course. Other Kryptonians, BRANIAC, Phantom Zoners, Martian Manhunter... they're on his level. A nuclear missile? Might give him a suntan.

So then better wording of my question I guess is, would it be overkill to put cosmic on the DR, or Cosmic on the attacks? Or both? So they negate each other, but a kryptonian can punch through a steel vault like it's tissue paper because they are ignoring the DR?

Now I think I might be confusing myself LOL