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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Jemal" data-source="post: 4741021" data-attributes="member: 9026">I'd REALLY prefer if people would ask me before grabbing extra books.  UP has a lot of options that aren't present in the main book, and I didn't say it was a usable source specifically b/c I wanted to keep this game a bit more basic.  I understand a lot of the options in it are doable in the base book, but still I'd prefer if people used JUST the core book.Arkhandus whoops, i thought that was a 10 speed, not a 1.If you want it to take a while to charge up, that's pretty much what the action flaw exists for.AndorSide Note: M&M ALSO has an optional wealth system detailed on page 132 that works just like d20 modern, but i'm not using it.Now, as Shayuri allready said, it's not about money, it's about usefulness in the game.  The EP cost is about how useful the items are to super-hero type characters.  Wealth is about how much the item would cost, money wise.  They are completely seperate things, and in no way should one be confused for the other.  Having 10 EP doesn't mean you have X dollars worth of gear, it means you have 10 points worth of useful equipment.  actually, I think they handled it quite well, it's far less abusable this way.It's not that they were confused or couldn't make up their minds.  reading through the book shows that their #1 concern with everything seems to be balance, and using a system where you purchase usefulness instead of monetary value is very much in fitting with that.BinderThe long range problem on your attack teleport isn't a problem with it emulating your other powers, It's that I do not want a long ranged teleport attack in my game.  If you need something to explain to yourself why it doesn't work long range when your others do, how about this : Dragging someone elses life force is a lot more difficult than an object or your own, and as such the distance over which you can accomplish this is lessened.The complication as it origianlly stands is ok, b/c complications only matter WHEN they happen, I just needed to know how much of a complication it was (seems it's almost nonexistant unless somebody specifically knows they're yours and what to do to keep them from you).  I think, though, that the infused essence thing would make more sense and be cooler, you could even take that as a drawback instead of just a complication - Limitation: Summoned Objects: Only works on things you've infused with your life energy (a move action requiring a touch that lasts indefinitely?)</blockquote>

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