New Mutants and Masterminds Campaign 'Opening Moves' ooc thread

[Hellzon]

Might not be able to post during the weekend. If an action is needed, I think you (jasamcarl) can see a tendency i Kineto's "strategy". (Hey, it's working!) See ya monday, if not sooner.

 

[Karl Green]

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[Thanee]

Ahhh... so the police station is actually quite close to the site where the explosions had gone off? I thought those weren't really next to each other.

Bye
Thanee

 

[Hellzon]

Might not be able to post during the weekend. If an action is needed, I think you (jasamcarl) can see a tendency i Kineto's "strategy". (Hey, it's working!) See ya monday, if not sooner.

I'm ba-ack!

 

[perivas]

I'm not trying to be a rules lawyer, but I was scrolling in the character thread yesterday and something struck me as odd. On Nagi, the flaws for not affecting insulated characters struck me as extremely strange. Isn't insulated a power on the part of the defender (i.e., protection vs. electricity only)? That means that the flaw is exclude people that are already protected from the attack! While I must admit that, strictly by the rules, this implies someone with 1 rank of protection can negate 20 ranks of attack...but this still does not seem like an adequate limitation to constitute a flaw.

On another note, someone had asked whether or not flaws are inherited? I believe that they are. After all, if you have Armor that also provides for Super-Strength, the Super-Strength does not work if you don't have the Armor on. As to the question regarding the disparity between extras and flaws, my answer would be that's why you get a 1 pp/rank discount. After all, the only other disadvantage to chaining powers is drain/negation and that can be protected against by adding the inherent extra on the base power.

Please let me know what you guys think.

 

[Thanee]

I read this as insulated in the technical sense rather.

Bye
Thanee

 

[perivas]

I read this as insulated in the technical sense rather.

Yes, but what constitutes insulated then? Rubber sneakers? Remember that we are dealing with a game system where even a pistol costs 5pp. A rubber suit is going to cost 1pp/rank and basically be Protection (flaw: electric only, device).

 

[Elfy]

There are ways other than wearing a rubber suit that would allow someone to be considered 'insolated vs. electicity', such as being properly grounded, for example.

 

[perivas]

There are ways other than wearing a rubber suit that would allow someone to be considered 'insolated vs. electicity', such as being properly grounded, for example.

Actually, everyone standing on the ground with bare feet is properly grounded...which is why you get shocked badly when lightning strikes. Grounding makes things worse and lets the electricity pass through your body that much easier. Your statement does not make any sense.

 

[Thanee]

Be nice!

Flying would probably count as insolated (not grounded), and wearing non-conductive clothing (especially shoes).

Bye
Thanee