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<blockquote data-quote="Assenpfeffer" data-source="post: 991044" data-attributes="member: 9061">This is a compliacted question.&nbsp; I like M&amp;M a great deal.&nbsp; However, and this is a big however, it flatly does not have the flexibility in power construction that either Hero or SAS Tri-Stat have.&nbsp; The stock example is the Cosmic Power Pool/Dynamic Power in Hero/SAS.&nbsp; There's nothing to simulate that kind of thing in M&amp;M.Yeah, you can just make powers up.&nbsp; But if I want a freeform game, I'll play freeform.Now, you may not need that extra bit&nbsp; of flexibility in the game you want to run.&nbsp; If not, then use M&amp;M, which is a great system.&nbsp; If you do, then I think you have to go with Hero or SAS.Of the two, I like Hero better.&nbsp; It's more clearly written, despite the larger rulebook, has far better support, and handles low-powered characters better, because of the more detailed skill system.&nbsp; It's also more useful as a universal system for non-supers games.&nbsp; If you want to use SAS for non-supers, I highly reccommend the new Tri-Stat dX book, which is outstanding, and finally fulfills Tr-Stat's promise as a universal system, much like Hero 5 did for Hero.I dislike the new Marvel game.&nbsp; Not because it's diceless (I love Nobilis,) but because it's bad.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Assenpfeffer, post: 991044, member: 9061"] This is a compliacted question. I like M&M a great deal. However, and this is a big however, it flatly does not have the flexibility in power construction that either Hero or SAS Tri-Stat have. The stock example is the Cosmic Power Pool/Dynamic Power in Hero/SAS. There's nothing to simulate that kind of thing in M&M. Yeah, you can just make powers up. But if I want a freeform game, I'll play freeform. Now, you may not [i]need[/i] that extra bit of flexibility in the game you want to run. If not, then use M&M, which is a great system. If you do, then I think you have to go with Hero or SAS. Of the two, I like Hero better. It's more clearly written, despite the larger rulebook, has far better support, and handles low-powered characters better, because of the more detailed skill system. It's also more useful as a universal system for non-supers games. If you want to use SAS for non-supers, I [i]highly[/i] reccommend the new Tri-Stat dX book, which is outstanding, and finally fulfills Tr-Stat's promise as a universal system, much like Hero 5 did for Hero. I dislike the new Marvel game. Not because it's diceless (I love Nobilis,) but because it's [i]bad[/i]. [/QUOTE]

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