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Message: <blockquote data-quote="frankthedm" data-source="post: 2707617" data-attributes="member: 1164">Yes M&M does this, you buy up your ability scores, AC, attack bonus,, skills, special attacks and save bonuses*. all capped by the power level of the game. You use XP to raise these numbers in the same way.It is the GM's call to raise power level [which is recomended every so often] so if you 'max out' at character creation, then you have to use XP to round out your abilities, feats, etc, rather than "Pump Up the Damage, Pump Up the damage!"** BUT it also ditches HP for a 4th save, a toughness save, where instead of HP sucking up each succesfull hit, your toughness might negate the damage. Failing the save results in reduced chances to save vs further damage if you only fail by a little, being dazed for a round and then having -2 on all your rolls if failed by a larger amount, going up to being knocked out if you fail the roll by 20 or so [base rules are for gold to bronze era super heroes who are knocked out rather than killed.] blue rose has the same HP system, but with lethal damge and non lethal damage tracks.It is a softened up WoD Spiral of Death for D20Check green ronin's preview PDFs of M&M and Blue rose to see the systems in more detail3. POWER LEVELYour GM sets the starting power level for the series. Generally this is 10thlevel, but it may range anywhere from around 5th level to 20th level ormore. All characters begin play at the same power level, which determinestheir starting power points and where you can spend them. See PowerLevel later in this chapter for details.4. BASIC ABILITIESChoose the ability scores you want your character to have and pay 1 powerpoint for each ability score point over 10. Choose the attack bonus anddefense bonus for your character, paying 2 power points per +1 to attackor defense bonus. Choose the saving throw bonuses for your character,paying 1 power point per +1 save bonus. Keep in mind these bonuses arelimited by power level. See Chapter 2: Basic Abilities, for details onthese abilities and Power Level later in this chapter for more on powerlevel limits.5. SKILLSChoose the skill ranks you want your character to have and pay 1 powerpoint per 4 skill ranks. Keep in mind your character can’t have a rank inany skill greater than the campaign’s power level +5. See Chapter 3:Skills, for details.6. FEATSChoose the feats you want your character to have and pay 1 power pointper feat or rank in a feat. See Chapter 4: Feats, for details.7. POWERSChoose the powers you want your character to have and pay the power’sbase cost, multiplied by the number of ranks. Power modifiers increaseor reduce a power’s capabilities and cost. See Chapter 5: Powers, fordetails.8. COMPLICATIONS & DRAWBACKSChoose the complications you want your character to have. Choose thedrawbacks you want your character to have (if any) and add their valueto the power points you have to spend. Keep in mind you’re generallylimited to no more points in drawbacks than the campaign’s power level.See Chapter 6, for more detail on complications, drawbacks and theireffects.9. CHECK YOUR MATHGo back through and add up the cost of your hero’s ability scores, attackbonus, defense bonus, saving throw bonuses, skills, feats, and powers, andsubtract the value of your hero’s drawbacks. You should end up with afigure equal to the starting power points shown on the Starting PowerPoints Table on page 24. If not, double-check your math and eitherremove or add traits to your character to reach the starting power pointtotal.A post for the systems workings<a href="http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=154558" target="_blank">http://www.enworld.org/showthread.php?t=154558</a></blockquote>

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