Sir_Chivalry
2018-01-11, 12:30 PM
Something I've always wondered about when GMing an M&M game is how to model more varied teams like the Guardians of the Galaxy or the Justice League (or even the Freedom League) where not all members of the team are the same PL
In the past I set the "ideal PL" at a certain value (let's say 10) and then players would reduce points to have higher PL (so a PL 11 might have 135pp while a PL 10 had 150) and increase points for a lower PL (so in the above example a PL 8 would have 180pp). This led to potent one-trick ponies and nigh unstoppable skills focused characters of low PL . . . and I'm not sure if what I did was even the right approach
As a tangent from that, is the idea of a varied PL within the party even a good goal to strive for, or does it simply create an imbalance between the players which will ultimately kill fun? And if so what's the solution? Make sure all character concepts are equal in power (so Thor and Hulk are "strong" because they're damage and toughness focused and the system naturally favours that rather than being higher PL, while Black Widow and Hawkeye possess a massive amount of Defensive Roll and Sneak Attack to make up for naturally more human stats)?
In the past I set the "ideal PL" at a certain value (let's say 10) and then players would reduce points to have higher PL (so a PL 11 might have 135pp while a PL 10 had 150) and increase points for a lower PL (so in the above example a PL 8 would have 180pp). This led to potent one-trick ponies and nigh unstoppable skills focused characters of low PL . . . and I'm not sure if what I did was even the right approach
As a tangent from that, is the idea of a varied PL within the party even a good goal to strive for, or does it simply create an imbalance between the players which will ultimately kill fun? And if so what's the solution? Make sure all character concepts are equal in power (so Thor and Hulk are "strong" because they're damage and toughness focused and the system naturally favours that rather than being higher PL, while Black Widow and Hawkeye possess a massive amount of Defensive Roll and Sneak Attack to make up for naturally more human stats)?