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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Admiral Caine" data-source="post: 4609657" data-attributes="member: 60438">Another devil's advocate comment: The game does expect the GM to actually GM it, and be familiar wth the rules. That is, in the aspiration to inclusive to any style of gameplay- the rules will allow you to put some really game breaking power concepts together. There are powers that look fine on paper but will shred plots. I'm not condemning that. Its done for a reason. To give the GM and the Players all of the tools, and not withold anything just because its hard to adjudicate or run a balanced game with. But you should be aware of that. You should plan on deciding what character concepts are going to work best for your game, because the system isn't going to do that for you (I'm looking at you, Time Travel, Mind Reading, and Transformation). Some GMs can adjudicate those certain powers, while others struggle with them. Steve Kenson will be the first to admit, you can't be a passive GM, because you can come up with some broken and/or abusive combinations of powers. Its not bad writing, but the expecatation is that the GM set the boundries. M&M gives you all the tools, even the ones that are tricky to use. I'd also suggest getting the Ultimate Powers book. Not only does it have a lot of additional powers, but all of the Powers in the Core Book are rewritten for clarity, and it has more examples of everything, including how to set up arrays and fine tune powers to get the precise look and feel you want. Its not really a splat book in any sense of the word..  I consider it a mammoth replacement for the entire Chapter 5 (on Powers) of the Core Book. I'd consider it more useful than even the Masterminds (GM's) Manual. Then again, there is nothing wrong with the Chapter 5 Core book either. Its just a testament that you can literally devote the page count of entire book to Powers, which they did, creating the finest supplement in the entire line as a result.</blockquote>

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