Need help fighting the dreaded MinMaxer. - Page 3

Jasonft · 08-01-2015, 12:58 PM

To start, I think it is broken as heck... but it looks legal.

Someone built a ranged attack using two or three dice in a Supers game. Gave it Cosmic (target cannot dodge/ block etc) and cosmic (bypasses non-Cosmic DR). Gave it a couple other things like Homing and Low Signature.

So far so good. It's a gravitic attack of some sort that does crushing damage.

Then they gave it Very Rapid Fire, Selective Fire, and Autofire high enough that it fires well over 100 rounds with each attack. Possibly as high as 300 or even higher. They specifically did *not* give it Cosmic (always hits).

This I has a problem with

Is Selective really powerful enough on it's own to prevent this power from causing insane collateral damage and/ or civilian casualties every time it is fired at a target? As written, Selective seems to say even if the target or targets are in the middle of a packed crowd you can spray hundreds of dice of unstoppable death into the room and nobody other than your intended target or targets even get their hair mussed.

Unless of course you roll a 17 or 18 on the attack. In which case the building and maybe the entire block dies.

Would I ever allow it in my game if I was GM? Heck no. But I need solid rules to stand on when arguing with this person as a fellow player.

Help?

08-01-2015, 12:58 PM	#1
Jasonft Join Date: Aug 2008	Need help fighting the dreaded MinMaxer. To start, I think it is broken as heck... but it looks legal. Someone built a ranged attack using two or three dice in a Supers game. Gave it Cosmic (target cannot dodge/ block etc) and cosmic (bypasses non-Cosmic DR). Gave it a couple other things like Homing and Low Signature. So far so good. It's a gravitic attack of some sort that does crushing damage. Then they gave it Very Rapid Fire, Selective Fire, and Autofire high enough that it fires well over 100 rounds with each attack. Possibly as high as 300 or even higher. They specifically did not give it Cosmic (always hits). This I has a problem with Is Selective really powerful enough on it's own to prevent this power from causing insane collateral damage and/ or civilian casualties every time it is fired at a target? As written, Selective seems to say even if the target or targets are in the middle of a packed crowd you can spray hundreds of dice of unstoppable death into the room and nobody other than your intended target or targets even get their hair mussed. Unless of course you roll a 17 or 18 on the attack. In which case the building and maybe the entire block dies. Would I ever allow it in my game if I was GM? Heck no. But I need solid rules to stand on when arguing with this person as a fellow player. Help?