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Message: <blockquote data-quote="D'Raven" data-source="post: 6085162" data-attributes="member: 6699311">If I may add my 2 cents about variable, it's not for characters that can swap out 1power for another. That is what power arrays are for. What variable is for is fluid characters. Example; muto is chasing bumble fly, bumble fly uses flight and takes off. To catch up muto loses his claws, scales and extra limbs, then grows wings and pores all his points into flight. After being caught bumble fly decides he wants to stand and fight, 100' above the street. Since muto no longer needs the speed of his max flight he removes all but the minimum points needed to stay airborne out of flight and puts those into his combat abilities growing claws and scales but leaving the wings in place just weaker. If you want to swap out powers use an array. If you want to mix and match how many power points you want in a selection of powers take variable. And an example of limitations for it would be; only physical transformations like muto above. Mind you all this is only 1 persons take on it.My suggestion for you would be 2 or 3 identical arrays so you would have a pool of powers that you could pick combos out of. To have the, unlimited dreams aspect change the discriptions of yor powers every time you use them. You know people dream of flight, but do they all dream of it the same way? One time u might have wings, the next a jet pack, perhaps a hover board is in your future. A con of the system is that when you get down to the bones of the system it's just mechanics. When you strip away the fluff there is little difference between 2 characters with similar roles, a con shared with most point based systems. For beginners, the unimaginitive or the old guard this is a problem.How ever if used right or with the proper mind set it is an unbelievable pro. It leaves every single aspect of fluff to you. You are not forced into any particular mold to obtain the abilities you want and are not limited to what combinations you want to have. That is why I love point based systems the freedom.</blockquote>

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