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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Altamont Ravenard" data-source="post: 4476922" data-attributes="member: 14700">I'm currently a player in a Mutants and Masterminds game.Start-Up Cost: I'm guessing <a href="http://www.greenronin.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=1001&Product_Code=grr2501&Category_Code=1" target="_blank">this</a> is enough.  Expanded Cost: We only play with the main book. The DM has the Freedom City campaign setting (which you won't need if you homebrew). Style of System: It's a point-based game. The DM decides the Power Level of the game (1-20) and you get 15 points per Level to spend on stats, skills, feats and powers. Pretty straight-forward.Ease of System: I'd say that it's somewhat simpler than D&D 3.5. Range of Power: Although we haven't played at various levels, by going through the book a few times, I'd say that it's pretty good with heroes of different strengths. Of course, some icons (Superman, mainly) are probably beyond the scope of Power Level 20. Setting: Seems pretty generic information. There is even a section on the different eras of comics superheroes.Potential: I'm not a huge superhero connaisseur, but pretty much everything I could think of in concept could be modeled (if you have enough points, that is).All in all, the rules seem pretty balanced, and the system is very flexible, IMO. I nevertheless have the following commentaries on M&M:- Combat seems a little bland to me: If you want to have a chance at being effective, you need to concentrate your points in a few abilities, which means you have limited options. Also, combat lasts until the bad guy rolls a 1 and is incapacitated.- Even if the powers are balanced in terms of point cost, some are just better. If your group is made up of powergamers, they'll end up with similar characters, IMO.- Comic-book style action, coupled with the M&M rules, can lead to some ridiculous results, some times. Last game, a PC got punched by a baddie and ended up being knocked back 500 000 feet. Basically, that PC was out of the combat, since no one had high-enough speed (or teleportation) to go get him and bring him back.AR</blockquote>

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