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

[vitruvian]

Originally Posted by Ragabash Moon

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

I'm saying you need to benchmark the DR to the amount of damage you plan for them to take (more to average than maximum damage), then do something with HP and/or IT:DR so any hit that gets through DR at all doesn't tend to obliterate them.


And you need way more than 100 DR to deal with nukes, and Cosmic won't help against nukes or conventional artillery. Some Hardened might be in order, though. Say something on the order of DR 20-100, Hardened, PLUS IT:DR of at least (100), probably more like (1,000) or (10,000) if you seriously want them to be able to handle even tac nukes.