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<blockquote data-quote="Insight" data-source="post: 3621255" data-attributes="member: 11437"><p>[sblock=DM_Matt please read]Wow. To run the first round of combat, I had to go through Power Surge again to figure out his powers, and man, is he abusive. I guess I didn't have time to go through it the first time. Is there a power he doesn't have? And I have to think about some of the flaws you took. For example, Requires Concentration check DC 20 assumes there's a reasonable chance you can fail the check. You've got a +17!!! to Concentration! AND he has a feat that lets him re-roll a failed Concentration check! That means on average you have a 7.5% chance to fail a Concentration check. That's not exactly a reasonable chance to fail (which I'd place at 25% chance or higher to get the flaw). And you took full power on just about everything!</p><p></p><p>Also, you've got some things listed for Power Surge that I can't find in either the main M&M book or Ultimate Power, such as the Conscious extra or the Distracting flaw. As stated in the initial post of the OOC thread, you can only use things from M&M or Ultimate Power.</p><p></p><p>I'm going to look through Power Surge again when I have a chance, but I'm currently of the belief that he is vastly overpowered. Not overpowered in terms of his damage bonus or anything, but he can do <em>everything</em>. I prefer characters to have a defined scope of powers, not every power in the book with a bunch of meaningless flaws.</p><p></p><p>Think of the superheroes that appear in comics. They tend to have 3-5 defined powers which all sort of work together. Even characters with lots of powers, such as Iron Man, they are all based on being in the power suit, and even he doesn't have wierd stuff like Mind Control and Insubstantial.</p><p></p><p>I don't mean to be harsh, but I just have an uneasy feeling about this character's really wide range of abilities, and my guess is that there are probably several places where the character design is trying to take advantage of a loophole or otherwise skirting the spirit of the rules.[/sblock]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Insight, post: 3621255, member: 11437"] [sblock=DM_Matt please read]Wow. To run the first round of combat, I had to go through Power Surge again to figure out his powers, and man, is he abusive. I guess I didn't have time to go through it the first time. Is there a power he doesn't have? And I have to think about some of the flaws you took. For example, Requires Concentration check DC 20 assumes there's a reasonable chance you can fail the check. You've got a +17!!! to Concentration! AND he has a feat that lets him re-roll a failed Concentration check! That means on average you have a 7.5% chance to fail a Concentration check. That's not exactly a reasonable chance to fail (which I'd place at 25% chance or higher to get the flaw). And you took full power on just about everything! Also, you've got some things listed for Power Surge that I can't find in either the main M&M book or Ultimate Power, such as the Conscious extra or the Distracting flaw. As stated in the initial post of the OOC thread, you can only use things from M&M or Ultimate Power. I'm going to look through Power Surge again when I have a chance, but I'm currently of the belief that he is vastly overpowered. Not overpowered in terms of his damage bonus or anything, but he can do [i]everything[/i]. I prefer characters to have a defined scope of powers, not every power in the book with a bunch of meaningless flaws. Think of the superheroes that appear in comics. They tend to have 3-5 defined powers which all sort of work together. Even characters with lots of powers, such as Iron Man, they are all based on being in the power suit, and even he doesn't have wierd stuff like Mind Control and Insubstantial. I don't mean to be harsh, but I just have an uneasy feeling about this character's really wide range of abilities, and my guess is that there are probably several places where the character design is trying to take advantage of a loophole or otherwise skirting the spirit of the rules.[/sblock] [/QUOTE]
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