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Message: <blockquote data-quote="RangerWickett" data-source="post: 314648" data-attributes="member: 63">I think the problem is most substantial at low levels, when you're only acquiring one or two super powers, in which case the exchange is indeed pretty cheap.  We could have tried to price every super power individually for a gp-equivalent, but that would've taken too much space, and would've been too complicated.  We tried to make the system fairly easy to use, but there will be hang-ups.One of the main problems is if a character uses all the hero points toward one power.  Take two examples:1.  The PC wants +10 Strength, which costs 15 Hero Points.  So, he gives up 60,000gp worth of potential wealth.  If you were to make a magic item that granted +10 strength, it would cost 100,000gp, so yes, the PC gets a bargain here.  However, in order to buy this power, the PC needs to be at least 12th level, with a suggested wealth of 88,000 gp.  So sure, he gets a 30 Strength, but he'll have a hard time hitting magical monsters with damage reduction.  Still, though, this is a good bargain for him.2.  The PC wants +6 Strength and +4 Constitution, which also costs 15 Hero Points.  However, a +6 strength item would cost 36K, and the +4 Con item would cost 16K, for a total cost of 52K.  In this case, the PC loses out slightly.  The more powers the PC gains, the greater the disparity between magic item value and super power value.Thus, the easiest solution would be to say that a PC cannot use more than 75% of the Hero Points he can gain from this ability on a single power.</blockquote>

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