Hero System ability design

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by whswhs

To work against a normal human being it would need to overcome ED 2 and CON 10+20. Rolling 9d would give an expected 31.5 points of effect, reduced to 29.5; the paralysis would get through 50% of the time.

Yes, but a 9d6 energy blast will render a normal human being unconscious in one hit. There's really no conditions I can think of where the mind control vs con will do better than raw damage (it can work for normal mind control because a lot of targets have low ego and ego defense).