[Supers] Undetectable As A Super

[Anaraxes]

If all the super abilities are hidden in the AFs, then you might get away with No Signature on the base form cost of 15. (In human form, there's nothing else to mask until you change; the only weird ability you have at that point is exactly the ability to change.) Only 3 points that way, but still more than the Perk.

Certainly arguable that you should have to pay to mask the whole point pool as well. That would make more powerful supers easier to detect, or else more expensive to hide.

If the setting is such that you need to hide from the Sentinels, then it's probably too cheap to let the supes easily hide for a point or three.

[Varyon]

Originally Posted by Anaraxes

If all the super abilities are hidden in the AFs, then you might get away with No Signature on the base form cost of 15. (In human form, there's nothing else to mask until you change; the only weird ability you have at that point is exactly the ability to change.) Only 3 points that way, but still more than the Perk.

No Signature on Alternate Form would just mean it's not obvious when you change form that you've done so. Reinterpreting No Signature as "the character doesn't scan as having this ability to foes who can discern that" is a pretty decent idea, however.


With Alternate Form in play, there's another option available - put Super -10% on all of the abilities he gets access to when in any Gear above Neutral, but don't put Super -10% on Alternate Form itself. When not "transformed," he doesn't actually have the Super modifier at all, and thus won't scan as such. Note this will also mean the character can technically switch into First Gear (or higher) even when in a situation where his powers are suppressed... he just won't be able to use any of that form's special abilities.

I do still feel the Perk is the most fair, however.

[Otaku]

I was going to half-jokingly suggest I add Anaraxes' suggestion to "the list", but... maybe I should add a literal list of suggestions already given to my opening post? I mean, it is another good suggestion.

Since I don't know the specifics of "Secret Mage", I don't know how much help it is supposed to be. Is detecting that someone is a mage supposed to be really easy/common, or is it supposed to be a rare thing? Something in between? Then we can use that to judge what kind of settings with Supers would find the Secret Super Perk to be badly underpriced, fair, or maybe even a bit of a waste.