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My present character does it fairly routinely. As the primary meleeist in the group, I like to give the spell casters and missilers as much leeway as possible. I also have the best AC, so if I can suck up the AOOs the rest of the party has more freedom. My guy is also Lawful Good, and really...

I am just going to throw out another crazy idea. What if you took a nod from Mutants and Masterminds and made Fatigue a function of Extra Effort. So instead of just penalizing people for being injured (which also sucks) give them the opportunity to trade Fatigue for something good (bonus...

I am not sure what is disingenuous about my suggestion. I am all for the front line fighters having high hit points (the damage absorbing element). Sincerely, I mean it. If you want to play a Tank, someone who primarily absorbs damage on the front line, that is cool too, put those extra points...

The question of what will induce the more balanced character. 1. Needing CON to offset low (or potentially low) hit point rolls. 2. Not Needing Con to offset low hit points. If I understand your argument, people are MORE likely to put points in Str than the non-physical stats, when playing a...

In my homebrew system, I use something like this. Inspired by Castle Falkenstein, fights are always win or lose, but the players pretty much decide what "win" and "lose" means. Lingering injuries (or death) were always potential issues, but never the default. I think in the classic...

This has been interesting to see other people's experiences. I am not a huge fan of randomness in chargen, so I am inclined to make it non-random. The question then is what is the sweet spot for a non-random assignment. I am inclined to think the max hps might be the way to go for PCs and...

I am not really upset about the existing structure. I just notice that whoever ends up with the Magical Healing power (be it cleric, bard or whoever) tends to get pigeon holed into that roll. As a player I usually push for Wands of Cure Light or something, to take the pressure off the player...

One way to deal with it would be to give each "Walking Dead" a "Negative Level" each time it is reduced below 0 hps. So a Walking Dead beaten down, again and again becomes pretty pathetic, but still a threat. Of course, this would be a virtual "negative level" since it is already undead. But the...

In order to de-emphasis the Magical Healing, but not eliminate it. And to make the Healing Skill more useful, especially at higher ranks, I am considering making it more useful. HEALING : In addition to its other uses, a person with ranks of Healing can: Stabilize - Rename existing ability...

I am wavering. I am inclined to make it just the PCs and select monster and NPCS. I don't use the normal XP system (I award a level when I feel like it, basically) so I am not too worried about that. I am okay with either of these consequences. I guess, I've never had a problem challenging the...

Has anyone tried this? I mean, giving Fighters 10 HP/Level, Wizards 4, Clerics 8, etc.. I was thinking it might make the distinction between the fighters and other classes more distinct. I am not sure what other consequences or side effects it might have.

It takes a little getting used to. One thing that helps is seeing the players using Hero Points. That isn't cheating. Well GM Fiat is basically the same thing (in fact they used to have a mechanism called villain points) which basically did the same thing. One reason it might seem like...

I guess I am not as impressed by the wizards as most. Lets say 20 wizards - 15th level? or are we talking higher? Each would get around 25 spells of significant size (3rd level or higher). Should we say 20% of those are defensive/spying/movement? (Pretty conservative I would say) So that is...

Another thing to think about is keeping the players busy so that they can't all team up on one villain. I like to have some mooks, or have the villain launch an attack against a nearby school bus or building. That way, someone has to go save the kids, or put out the fire, and the big baddy can...

Another tool in your M&M tool belt is GM Fiat. If the for whatever reason the heroes get a crit on the first hit, and you roll a 1, you can, totally by the rules without any hand waving at all, say "you hit him with a telling blow, smoke and fire erupt from your mighty blast (or the hills echo...

So as I understand it, an archer can avoid the -4 penalty for firing into a melee, if the archer can aim at least 10ft away from an ally and still target the opponent. So, if a medium human is adjacent to a large troll, and ally of the human can target the troll ten feet from the human without...

I appreciate the plug Kennon! Say hi to Elizabeth for me, and tell her we could really use that Heat Vision of hers down here. lol It looks like we might have filled the vacant chair, but there may yet be room for an intersting and interested party.

Seeking Adult Female for weekly Mutants and Masterminds game. We had a person drop out of our Tuesday Night game for work related reasons. We'd like to fill the seat with an interested woman or a couple (you'd each get a seat). We will entertain inquiries from individual men, but our preference...

Hmmm... I definitely had fun running M&M last spring. Maybe I will run something this year as well. I could do another M&M Adventure. Or maybe something different. I will think about it. Maybe I could also play this year, must start buttering up wife now.

I am listed as a subscriber to the community supporter account, but my Search function appears to have disappeared. Am I the only one experiencing this? Is there a simple fix? I apologize if this has been addressed before, but lacking a search function, it is difficult to find out.