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<blockquote data-quote="Emiricol" data-source="post: 1760750" data-attributes="member: 469">Actually, Freedom City PlayByPost (sig) has moved to that model.&nbsp; I really like it better than the 10 point one due to the ability to model a wider range of character types.&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;PL3 wasn't quite glamorous enough for my tastes.&nbsp; Every mook was a potential threat!&nbsp; We used a modified rule only in that pre-determined ranks of armor and weapon could be taken for various real-world pistols, rifles, body armor etc.&nbsp; The PCs were all skilled normals, with no powers except through gadgets, weapons, etc.&nbsp;&nbsp;PL 5 was really cool - the PCs were teenagers, just coming into their adolescent powers.&nbsp; Although I didn't DM the other NPC teens with enough angst (funny, when I was a kid I was so good at that...), the players had fun.&nbsp; We used the same weapons/armor rules, but unlike the PL3's they were allowed to take real powers but only one at the maximum rank.&nbsp; Everything else had to be (max-1) for the first power, (max-2) for rest.&nbsp; Each rank could have one full extra and the rest partial extras of half maximum or lower (+3 or lower).&nbsp; During play they were allowed to spend PP however they wanted, but could still only have one power (with one extra) at maximum rank.&nbsp;&nbsp;The campaign world was gritty.&nbsp; Mutants were the only source of powers besides training, and mutants were hunted.&nbsp; It was very 5th Column style, and dark.&nbsp; Worked out super.&nbsp; By the end they had an HQ with mutant Followers - kids they'd freed from the Purification Camps or rescued from the clutches of government squads dedicated to detecting and tracking down mutantkind.&nbsp;&nbsp;By the end they were about PL 9, and taking on tanks and jets, as well as the much-hated powerarmored government Enforcer g-men.&nbsp; It was a blast <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />&nbsp; Very not 4-color though.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Emiricol, post: 1760750, member: 469"] Actually, Freedom City PlayByPost (sig) has moved to that model. I really like it better than the 10 point one due to the ability to model a wider range of character types. PL3 wasn't quite glamorous enough for my tastes. Every mook was a potential threat! We used a modified rule only in that pre-determined ranks of armor and weapon could be taken for various real-world pistols, rifles, body armor etc. The PCs were all skilled normals, with no powers except through gadgets, weapons, etc. PL 5 was really cool - the PCs were teenagers, just coming into their adolescent powers. Although I didn't DM the other NPC teens with enough angst (funny, when I was a kid I was so good at that...), the players had fun. We used the same weapons/armor rules, but unlike the PL3's they were allowed to take real powers but only one at the maximum rank. Everything else had to be (max-1) for the first power, (max-2) for rest. Each rank could have one full extra and the rest partial extras of half maximum or lower (+3 or lower). During play they were allowed to spend PP however they wanted, but could still only have one power (with one extra) at maximum rank. The campaign world was gritty. Mutants were the only source of powers besides training, and mutants were hunted. It was very 5th Column style, and dark. Worked out super. By the end they had an HQ with mutant Followers - kids they'd freed from the Purification Camps or rescued from the clutches of government squads dedicated to detecting and tracking down mutantkind. By the end they were about PL 9, and taking on tanks and jets, as well as the much-hated powerarmored government Enforcer g-men. It was a blast :) Very not 4-color though. [/QUOTE]

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