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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Herobizkit" data-source="post: 2635119" data-attributes="member: 36150">After reading several of my gaming supplements (specifically BESM d20, Blue Rose, and Arcana Unearthed), I have come up with a theory.Looking at the capabilities of many "standard" high-level 3.x PCs, they seem more and more like superheroes... especially (but not limited to) wizards.You have your warriors that dish out a great amount of attacks and damage and are near invulnerable to normal wo/men.  The wizards can do all sorts of abilities... flight, blasting, changing a to b, and so forth.  The rogues can perform all sorts of near-superhuman feats and (usually) gain the greatest amount of public fame/infamy.  The (good) priests command power over life itself, and gather people en masse to follow one specific goal... the betterment of their people.I've also seen a number of similarities between BESM d20, GURPS, and Blue Rose.  The most significant that I've found is that, in all three cases, spells/magic is skill-based rather than "fire and forget".  Mana points/Fatigue and failed skill checks notwithstanding, most magic can be used almost indefinitely with no real disadvantage for doing so.  The same can be said for most super-powers.Mechanically, however, I raise the question:  Comparing PCs from the various sources I've listed above and the base classes from 3.x, do you consider that high level PCs can be mechanically represented as low- or even high-powered Superheroes?EDIT:  I ask because I am looking for "THE" Ruleset I'd like to use for all my future campaigns, and while each setting has a lot to offer, I don't want to go through the bother of trying to convert one to another without knowing which one to use as the base.</blockquote>

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