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Otogi
2009-09-20, 11:31 AM
Can anybody tell me what the equivalent of a PL 5 character? PL10? 15? 20?

The Rose Dragon
2009-09-20, 11:34 AM
PL 5 - James Bond. Not really superpowered, but still really, really good humans, or one-trick ponies.

PL 10 - Captain America and Spider-Man. Most superheroes around the block, or inhumanly awesome humans.

PL 15 - Superman and Captain Marvel. The powerhouses of the superhero community.

PL 20 - Silver Surfer and beyond. Cosmic level superpowered heroes.

That is my take on it, anyway.

Cainen
2009-09-20, 05:03 PM
PL5 seems slightly below James Bond-esque characters, honestly - PL6 fits it better.

Green Bean
2009-09-20, 05:05 PM
The system does tend to be fuzzy at lower levels. PL 6 is, however, the first level where characters can use an assault rifle without taking accuracy tradeoffs.

Otogi
2009-09-20, 08:12 PM
I once heard a guy run it down like this:

PL 6: Watchmen/Hellblazer
PL 8: Spider-Man
PL 10: Green Arrow
PL 12: Batman
PL 15: Doctor Strange/Hellboy
PL 20: Avengers/Sandman

What do you think?

Sliver
2009-09-21, 01:39 AM
Don't they give examples for each PL level in the book?

Ah, Mecha and Manga, p11, anime examples..

kpenguin
2009-09-21, 02:19 AM
Power Level is a pretty nebulous thing. I like this (http://www.atomicthinktank.com/viewtopic.php?p=281222#p281222) break-down of it.

Green Bean
2009-09-21, 02:47 AM
I once heard a guy run it down like this:

PL 6: Watchmen/Hellblazer
PL 8: Spider-Man
PL 10: Green Arrow
PL 12: Batman
PL 15: Doctor Strange/Hellboy
PL 20: Avengers/Sandman

What do you think?

That version's a little odd. Spider-Man's generally a bit higher up in most builds of him I've seen (PL 10-12), Hellboy's probably a little lower, as he's powerful, but not in the Cosmic sense, and Avengers/Sandman at PL 20 is a little weird. Sandman characters are generally PL X, as they embody entire aspects of reality, and Avengers run the gamut from Captain America to Thor, so there isn't really one single range.

kpenguin
2009-09-21, 02:57 AM
Ozymandias and Jon are definitely not PL 6.

Salt_Crow
2009-09-21, 03:28 AM
Power Level is a pretty nebulous thing. I like this (http://www.atomicthinktank.com/viewtopic.php?p=281222#p281222) break-down of it.

I second this :)