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Message: <blockquote data-quote="takyris" data-source="post: 1814418" data-attributes="member: 5171">I don't remember the normal-ability-score bonuses being limited by PL, but then, I haven't played with any low-PL PCs, so I wouldn't remember that rule if it were true. <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />Your note about Hero Points/Villain Points is dead-on -- the "reroll and, if neither beats 10, take 10" is a great way for people to avoid that stuff.  The caveat to this is that heroes using their Hero Points that way aren't using those Hero Points to do neat tricks, like using their Gadgets (if they have 'em) or using extra effort to gain a Power Stunt or Extra they don't normally have (eg, Dirk Lancer grabbing computer wires to have an Energy Blast for one round in order to electrocute Von Drech, bypassing his force field, which doesn't work against electrical attacks).  That might not be a big deal, though, depending on how relaxed you're willing to be on that stuff.If you do go the PL 3 route, you might consider also encouraging the Hero's Luck feat, since otherwise, folks will only have 2 hero points even when fresh and ready to go -- and my always-cautious players like to save a hero point for "Miraculously Not Killed". <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    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" />With those in mind, I think that altering the damage save to 10+damage is a fast and simple fix that should work without trouble.</blockquote>

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