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yes I do not see this as a conclusion or this Wanting the fantasy feel to not be too modern in a game to me does not mean anything...

Anyone can build a Superman IMO, if they are given enough points to work with. That's balance so far as I'm concerned.

Because Thanos was more resistant than the spaceship? That seems the obvious answer. After all, unless you think she was holding back...

I prefer the middle as well. I feel MSH lived there pretty well too.

Those groups do tend to operate mostly in separate titles for a reason, to be fair.

Point-buy systems aren't attempting to balance characters. The point limit is a by-product of the genre: normal people get X points...

Agreed. I lean process sim for the most part, and want my superpowers to have distinct mechanical effects. My favorites are TSR's MSH...

There seems to be two pretty distinct groups of supers games these days. There are pretty firmly narrative games where the ‘power’ of a...

As a fan of Mutants and Masterminds 2e, I liked using the RPGs Point Buy system to create customizable superpowers that make your...

Can you think of a non-Narrativist game that does this well? Or is the claim that a successful superhero RPG must have a Narrativist base?

I don't know. People seem to like the Lord of the Rings RPG for 5e. What IP-based "bad" RPGs are you thinking of?

Why? Does the magic work differently? Where's the in-fiction justification for your claim?

You can still start with B/X and add more material. Games do it.

I never played 1E, but I played AD&D 2E for close to a decade. As I understand it, the systems are similar mechanically. I don't think...