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Message: <blockquote data-quote="overgeeked" data-source="post: 9735322" data-attributes="member: 86653">Okay. So the original five X-Men before Jean gets telepathy in issue 43. Cool. Not arguing with the numbers listed, but you can see how the team isn't all the same power level, right? It's not just the rank, it's the versatility of the power that matters. This is what point-buy systems try so desperately to account for. Warren has TY flight...which Jean can mimic with her EX telekinesis. Hank has EX strength...which Jean can mimic at a distance with her EX telekinesis. Bobby can hit for EX damage with his ice...which Jean can match with her EX telekinesis. In DC Heroes, telekinesis costs 15 hero points to access plus 6 hero points per rank. Scott's energy blast costs 15 to access and 3 per rank...half as much as telekinesis. Flight is 10 to access and 2 per rank. Wildly, ice creation is 20 to access and 10 per rank...so Bobby is wildly more powerful in DCH than the rest of the team. Assuming rank 10 all around, Jean's telekinesis costs 75 points while Bobby's ice creation costs 120 points. Raising Jean's equivalent to psyche would not account for the 45 point difference.</blockquote>