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<blockquote data-quote="WizarDru" data-source="post: 5415356" data-attributes="member: 151">This is a good start, with an easy entry for players and justification/explanation for them being a team, even if they don't particularly like each other or get along.&nbsp; Several superhero groups and comics have used this conceit and could be used for reference material.&nbsp; The most recent example is the relaunch of THUNDER agents, in which the heroes are given their superpowers with the understanding that those powers (or the process that gives them) will result in the heroes death in one year's time.&nbsp; Similar 'professional' superheroes include groups like The Power Company or The Conglomerate.Having said that: it sounds like this group is expecting a high-casualty rate and will be regularly entering into potentially lethal situations requiring the use of deadly force.&nbsp; You should note that this automatically begins sliding you out of the supers genre, generally.&nbsp; While there are comics that operate under those conditions, they're the exception, not the rule.&nbsp; That's OK, but consider in your system how lethality is handled.&nbsp; In GURPS Supers, my players did not fear the villain Phalanx, who was an archeologist possessed by the Spear of Destiny and transformed into a laser shooting Roman centurion.&nbsp; They quaked at the notion of fighting a half-dozen escaped schizophrenics armed with AK-47s, however.&nbsp; A goon with a sniper rifle was incredibly deadly to them.&nbsp; Because GURPS was not designed as a Supers system.&nbsp; In M&amp;M, mooks armed with AK-47s would their get their clocks cleaned.Honestly, a lot of what you're doing sounds kind of like the old Marvel Superheroes system (which used ability scores like Good, Great, Class 1000, Godlike and so forth)&nbsp; In fact, the main problem (that your players want to avoid math and rules) would be abrogated by M&amp;M if YOU MADE THEIR CHARACTERS.&nbsp; The majority of the rules come from creating the character.&nbsp; If you get their concepts and then build the characters for them, that might be far less work than developing your own homebrew (unless that's something you want to do).</blockquote>

[QUOTE="WizarDru, post: 5415356, member: 151"] This is a good start, with an easy entry for players and justification/explanation for them being a team, even if they don't particularly like each other or get along. Several superhero groups and comics have used this conceit and could be used for reference material. The most recent example is the relaunch of THUNDER agents, in which the heroes are given their superpowers with the understanding that those powers (or the process that gives them) will result in the heroes death in one year's time. Similar 'professional' superheroes include groups like The Power Company or The Conglomerate. Having said that: it sounds like this group is expecting a high-casualty rate and will be regularly entering into potentially lethal situations requiring the use of deadly force. You should note that this automatically begins sliding you out of the supers genre, generally. While there are comics that operate under those conditions, they're the exception, not the rule. That's OK, but consider in your system how lethality is handled. In GURPS Supers, my players did not fear the villain Phalanx, who was an archeologist possessed by the Spear of Destiny and transformed into a laser shooting Roman centurion. They quaked at the notion of fighting a half-dozen escaped schizophrenics armed with AK-47s, however. A goon with a sniper rifle was incredibly deadly to them. Because GURPS was not designed as a Supers system. In M&M, mooks armed with AK-47s would their get their clocks cleaned. Honestly, a lot of what you're doing sounds kind of like the old Marvel Superheroes system (which used ability scores like Good, Great, Class 1000, Godlike and so forth) In fact, the main problem (that your players want to avoid math and rules) would be abrogated by M&M if YOU MADE THEIR CHARACTERS. The majority of the rules come from creating the character. If you get their concepts and then build the characters for them, that might be far less work than developing your own homebrew (unless that's something you want to do). [/QUOTE]

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