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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Baduin" data-source="post: 3741599" data-attributes="member: 45562">I read a book about the ways to detect lies. Apparently according to some research policemen are not better at detecting lies than normal people. Only Secret Service agents had a clear advantage - because they have to constantly observe the crowd. They have  to look for a man who will draw a weapon and react before he shoots, so they must be able to detect his intention from his face. In fact, Secret Service agents are not selected because they are impervious to bullets. They must have iron nerve, perfect aim and a sixth sense. Perhaps you have sometimes to throw yourself on a grenade - but it is not because you are sure you will survive.And I hope we are not speaking about Mutants&Masterminds here? A superhero invulnerable to bullets is quite popular, but normal men generally have to do without that remarkable ability.An iron-jawed boxer has certainly a high Constitution. But why a separate class should be necessary for him? Why should he have skills different from another strong, but glass-jawed boxer? Constitution bonus to hit-points shows the difference nicely. The characters who keep going regardless of situation are certainly popular - I think I mentioned some. Wolverine is a good example - although you need to remember that his invulnerability is due to supermetal and superpowers, not training. On the other hand, he certainly doesn't seem to be unskilled or stupid, I think? I would dare to say that he is quite competent. Similarly Batman, or Bond in the latest film. Both are good examples of a character class I would wish to see.The examples of that archetypes usually aren't mountains of muscle. In fact, among normal men the highest Constitution should be typical for a marathon runners etc. They don't look like they are invulnerable to bullets.That is why I think that the present Tough Hero or Tank class should be partially removed and partially combined with Strong Hero.But I think there is a need of another class, both resilient and skilled. There is no lack of archetypes for it. I think a generalist who is able to do something in any situation, and who can keep going when all others lack either endurance or ideas should also be useful in a party. He could call such an archetype Hard-baked, Survivor, Die-hard or something similar.</blockquote>

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