Grod_The_Giant
2011-11-25, 10:32 PM
So I just received the Mutants and Masterminds rulebook (3rd edition) as an early Hanukkah present. I was very excited, being a big fan of comic books and having heard good things about the system, so I sat down right away to read the book. The character creation rules look excellent-- simple and versatile. I had no trouble figuring out how to build a character... well, almost no trouble.
I say that because I'm having a hard time figuring out how combat works, exactly. I THINK I figured out how to fill out everything on the character sheets, more by looking at the examples than by understanding what the book told me. There are, however, a few points that leave my confused.
How do you calculate attack rolls?
How do you determine damage?
Your health is your Toughness score, right?
What are the virtues of the various ways of boosting abilities/attacks (buying points straight, buying attributes as powers, taking skills, taking advantages and so on)
Clarification would leave me very happy.
I say that because I'm having a hard time figuring out how combat works, exactly. I THINK I figured out how to fill out everything on the character sheets, more by looking at the examples than by understanding what the book told me. There are, however, a few points that leave my confused.
How do you calculate attack rolls?
How do you determine damage?
Your health is your Toughness score, right?
What are the virtues of the various ways of boosting abilities/attacks (buying points straight, buying attributes as powers, taking skills, taking advantages and so on)
Clarification would leave me very happy.