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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dragonblade" data-source="post: 566830" data-attributes="member: 2804">Don't forget the power stacking rule.  The rules are actually balanced quite well.Let me give you an example.Juggernaut is PL 10 with Super Strength +10 and picks up and swings a log with hardness 5.He can do up his strength in damage from the item itself BUT anything over the hardness of the item will basically destroy the item in the course of the attack.Since the log is Hardness 5, my Juggernaut can add up to +5 to his Strength damage bonus without destroying the item.  So Juggernaut can punch without the log for +10 damage or swing the log for +15 (without destroying the log in the act) or swing the log for up to +20 damage but the log will be destroyed.But because of the power stacking rule, Juggernaut cannot do more damage than his Power Level.  So if Juggernaut is PL 10 he cannot do more than +10 damage by swinging the log.  In Juggernaut's case, swinging the log is purely special effects since he has already maxed his Super Strength at +10.However, if Juggernaut were PL 20 but his Strength wasn't maxed out then swinging the log would be beneficial.  If Juggernaut had Super Strength +6, for example, he could pick up and swing the log and add up to +6 damage from the log due to his strength.  He could swing for up to +12 damage which is ok because its less than his PL of 20.  However if he does more than +11 damage when swinging the log then the log will break because the log's hardness is only 5 and anything beyond that will destroy it.</blockquote>

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