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Old 08-05-2020, 10:32 AM   #61
WingedKagouti
 
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Default Re: Muggle Power Ideas.

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Personally, if this is meant to be something all Muggles have, I wouldn't give the Muggles a Perk/Advantage, but rather put an appropriate Limitation on the powers of the supernatural characters (and/or give them an outright Disadvantage), and limit what powers they can have.
In a world where everyone without special powers causes some kind of power disruption, I would simply make it a setting rule and require Cosmic (Ignores Mundane Power Disruption) to ignore the rule. I would not offer a discount for having the same limitation as everyone else with powers.

And characters would not be allowed to use that enhancement without a really good reason. It would obviously be extremely rare for NPCs as well.
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Old 08-05-2020, 02:21 PM   #62
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In a world where everyone without special powers causes some kind of power disruption, I would simply make it a setting rule and require Cosmic (Ignores Mundane Power Disruption) to ignore the rule. I would not offer a discount for having the same limitation as everyone else with powers.
That's really not a good pricing strategy. "Powers" aren't priced only in comparison to each other, but also to all other traits - attributes, skills, and non-"power" advantages.

If all "powers" only work during the night under a new moon, but cost full price, they're ludicrously overcosted compared to 'mundane' traits.
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Old 08-05-2020, 02:48 PM   #63
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Just a question for anyone to answer. Has anyone done a GURPS version for the Archetypes and Avatars in Unknown Armies? if not, then I'll just open up another thread.
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Old 08-06-2020, 03:37 AM   #64
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That's really not a good pricing strategy. "Powers" aren't priced only in comparison to each other, but also to all other traits - attributes, skills, and non-"power" advantages.
And as both Powers and Supers constantly remind the reader: Having abilities that can't be replicated by off-the-shelf equipment/drugs should come at a premium.
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If all "powers" only work during the night under a new moon, but cost full price, they're ludicrously overcosted compared to 'mundane' traits.
That's a very different scenario from "All non-powered people disrupt powers" and in no way comparable to what I'm talking about.
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Old 08-06-2020, 09:26 AM   #65
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And as both Powers and Supers constantly remind the reader: Having abilities that can't be replicated by off-the-shelf equipment/drugs should come at a premium.
...Except that if you want that to be the case, you need to add it in independently. Abilities that can and can't be imitated by equipment are thoroughly intermixed and the books don' t differentiate. (And can't, since they don't know what equipment and drugs exist in your setting.)
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That's a very different scenario from "All non-powered people disrupt powers" and in no way comparable to what I'm talking about.
I find it very easy to compare - in both cases, you're putting a Limitation on all Power-associated Advantages. I don't know what the distinction you're drawing is.
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Old 08-06-2020, 11:59 AM   #66
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In a world where everyone without special powers causes some kind of power disruption, I would simply make it a setting rule and require Cosmic (Ignores Mundane Power Disruption) to ignore the rule. I would not offer a discount for having the same limitation as everyone else with powers.
This can work, but as with Ulzgoroth, I'm not comfortable basically charging everyone with such powers a hidden Unusual Background. Consider a setting where the only way someone can purchase DR as an Advantage (armor works fine) is with the Tough Skin Limitation. Would you simply charge the full [5] per point of DR, rather than apply the -40% for Tough Skin (reducing it to [3])? In a setting with superheroes who all share the same -10% Power Modifier, do you just leave off the -10% and charge everyone full price?
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Old 08-06-2020, 12:05 PM   #67
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Consider a setting where the only way someone can purchase DR as an Advantage (armor works fine) is with the Tough Skin Limitation. Would you simply charge the full [5] per point of DR, rather than apply the -40% for Tough Skin (reducing it to [3])?
Maybe. After the End does it that way canonically. It just depends on the setting and the campaign.
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