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<blockquote data-quote="Dannyalcatraz" data-source="post: 9133262" data-attributes="member: 19675"><p>I’ve seen multiple published builds for DC, Marvel & other publishers’ comic book characters for Champions/HERO over the years. Typically, the way most have handled the iconic ultra-skilled human archetype (like Batman) vs innately powerful archetypes (Superman, etc.) at the same power level (same number of build points) is that the majority of the points in the latter are personal attributes, whereas the former have LOADS of external in-setting resources.</p><p></p><p>So Batman types would have things like a trainload of skills at higher proficiency levels, great wealth, a base with multiple kinds of high-tech equipment (supercomputers, labs, etc.), vehicles, weapons, contacts, swappable gear, yada, yada yada. They might not be able to stand toe-to-toe with beings that are effectively demigods- at least, not without prep time*- but they make everyone else on the team MUCH more effective.</p><p></p><p>Well, what about Kal-el’s Fortress of Solitude? Last I checked, it’s exceedingly rare for him to use anything from it in anything but the most extreme situations- like when he dusts off the Phantom Zone Projector. So most such articles don’t give the Superman types much in the way of external resources.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>* in keeping with Batman’s self-proclaimed “having a plan to deal with every superpowered being” he knows of, that would probably be an ENORMOUS Variable Power Pool that requires time and a base of operations to change what it can do.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dannyalcatraz, post: 9133262, member: 19675"] I’ve seen multiple published builds for DC, Marvel & other publishers’ comic book characters for Champions/HERO over the years. Typically, the way most have handled the iconic ultra-skilled human archetype (like Batman) vs innately powerful archetypes (Superman, etc.) at the same power level (same number of build points) is that the majority of the points in the latter are personal attributes, whereas the former have LOADS of external in-setting resources. So Batman types would have things like a trainload of skills at higher proficiency levels, great wealth, a base with multiple kinds of high-tech equipment (supercomputers, labs, etc.), vehicles, weapons, contacts, swappable gear, yada, yada yada. They might not be able to stand toe-to-toe with beings that are effectively demigods- at least, not without prep time*- but they make everyone else on the team MUCH more effective. Well, what about Kal-el’s Fortress of Solitude? Last I checked, it’s exceedingly rare for him to use anything from it in anything but the most extreme situations- like when he dusts off the Phantom Zone Projector. So most such articles don’t give the Superman types much in the way of external resources. * in keeping with Batman’s self-proclaimed “having a plan to deal with every superpowered being” he knows of, that would probably be an ENORMOUS Variable Power Pool that requires time and a base of operations to change what it can do. [/QUOTE]
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