Work progresses with the mighty red pen. Currently fixing and adjusting powers with new progressions and fixing typos and other clarifications.
I wish I had more time to do this stuff but...cest la' vie.
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
Monday, July 13, 2009
Super power advancement
So many of my powers advance at assorted rates. I really want to stabilize that into a few different charts.
many powers (especially the stat boosts) will remain on a one for one. But many of the manipulation, TK/lifting, and damaging powers need to all advance at certain uniform rates that aren't flat. Someone who is a 10 in TK should blast someone who is a 5 by orders of magnitude.
What these orders of magnitude are is still up in the air but here are the 4 basic lines of growth.
Blue is the static 1 for 1 flat line advancement
A - Orange is +1,+1,+2,+2,+2,+3,+3, +3,+3,+4 a slow upward curve in power
B - Yellow is +1, +2, +2, +3, +3 ,+4, +4,+5,+5... a slightly faster upward curve
C - Green is +1, +2, +3, +4, +5, +6 ,+7, +8 ,+9, +10 a fast power curve
I am thinking that most powers will use the yellow line for effects, while lifting will use the green.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tGg0sRgvBIs0U9AFrpLomYA&output=html
For lifting powers this would change the 250kg/power rank (2500kg at rank 10) to 250kg x the number on chart A (5500kg)/B(7500kg)/C(13750kg). All of which would work with RL's proposed Heightened lifting power which would also advance in a similar curve for exponential lifting power.
Most of the damaging manipulation powers would stick with the flat line damage as that isn't their main use. If someone who controls flame wants to shoot fire they can pick up Powerblast for that.
many powers (especially the stat boosts) will remain on a one for one. But many of the manipulation, TK/lifting, and damaging powers need to all advance at certain uniform rates that aren't flat. Someone who is a 10 in TK should blast someone who is a 5 by orders of magnitude.
What these orders of magnitude are is still up in the air but here are the 4 basic lines of growth.
Blue is the static 1 for 1 flat line advancement
A - Orange is +1,+1,+2,+2,+2,+3,+3, +3,+3,+4 a slow upward curve in power
B - Yellow is +1, +2, +2, +3, +3 ,+4, +4,+5,+5... a slightly faster upward curve
C - Green is +1, +2, +3, +4, +5, +6 ,+7, +8 ,+9, +10 a fast power curve
I am thinking that most powers will use the yellow line for effects, while lifting will use the green.
http://spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=tGg0sRgvBIs0U9AFrpLomYA&output=html
For lifting powers this would change the 250kg/power rank (2500kg at rank 10) to 250kg x the number on chart A (5500kg)/B(7500kg)/C(13750kg). All of which would work with RL's proposed Heightened lifting power which would also advance in a similar curve for exponential lifting power.
Most of the damaging manipulation powers would stick with the flat line damage as that isn't their main use. If someone who controls flame wants to shoot fire they can pick up Powerblast for that.
Thursday, July 9, 2009
Saving Throws
I really do not like the concept of saving throws as skills but we'll give it a try.
I've added 2 new skills - Toughness and Willpower.
Dodge works to get out of the way aka a Reflex save
Toughness works to reist poison and other physically debilitating things
Willpower resists mental manipulations
I've added 2 new skills - Toughness and Willpower.
Dodge works to get out of the way aka a Reflex save
Toughness works to reist poison and other physically debilitating things
Willpower resists mental manipulations
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