Can we assume this is the route we'll go then? It is a good compromise between going with something new and keeping the old one going. If so, then this is what I'm thinking:
Core Assumptions:
The beginning of this game will correspond pretty much with the beginning of the original, with similar background:
Toki said:
The world of the Legacy Universe is one going through several changes, as the world adapts to the appearance of super-human beings with powers beyond the ken of normal mortals. World Governments have banned together to assess the threat that the Elites pose to normal humanity, or "baselines" as most people refer to non-powered humans.
Elites have been in existence since 2010, after the arrival of Ghenther's Comet, an unknown comet that passed through Earth space in the summer of 2010. The first documented elite was Michael McCoy, also known as Miracle, an elite capable of controlling the primal forces of the world to great effect. He was able to manipulate the Earth to create a barrier in order to shield himself from an out of control semi-truck. Since his appearance, elites have appeared consistently over the intervening ten years.
One of the best-known elites is the international hero, Paragon, an advocate for peaceful integration of elites and baselines. He is one of the most powerful elites on the planet and the team leader of Justice Elite, an international team of elites who work for the newly strengthened United Nations to protect baselines from elite threats. They do double duty as spokespeople and humanitarian throughout the world, with such efforts as the terraforming of the Sahara desert, and furthering study into the elimination of disease and cancer.
In general elites tend to be viewed with awe by most folks of the world, powerful beings who are capable of either great good, or even greater evil in the eyes of most baselines. They often make headlines, and live public lives if they do not maintain a secret identity.
PCs are teens, aged 15 through 19, having developed their abilities recently, and have joined the Mudaba Adin Institute for Elite Children to learn about their new power, be with those like them, or maybe because they were sent there, whatever.
Also, do what you like for a PC. No one is beholden to their old PCs if you want to go with something different. Make no assumptions as to who is important to what, why, when or where. To make the game fresh and interesting, all of that needs to be dropped.
Though things like will look similar on the surface, I've already got a good idea on how to change the fundamental structure of what's going on and why.
Of course, backgrounds, personality and motivations are most important in these games, but if you want to mess around with builds, I'm thinking an 80 point, PL 6 ceiling to start, with 40 points minimum going to the baseline build and then the rest going to adding the powers, feats, skills, stats or anything else enhanced by elite powers. You can use Ultimate Power if you have access, and in fact, I encourage that.
