Basic Action Super Heroes!

Just wondering how changing the 1-5 stats to the following would have on the game(s) - esp. In sci fi edition (heroic scale) and what else might need to be altered to accommodate them.

[roughly]
0: feeble/severely impaired
1: weak
2: average
3: good
4: excellent
5: pinnacle

-I'm meant to start a sci fi game you see for folk who have just come off the 1-5 vampire the masquerade scale.

Edit: it's not a matter of granularity, more a case of player familiarity.

As long as the same scale applies to all characters in the game, there is no problem at all; it works fine. I tend to have 4 be max human stat for Brawn and Agility, however, that way non-human species can be stronger or faster.

yeah, that's cool.

I guess you could give them a +X amount to the end result too.

AngryGhost wrote:yeah, that's cool.

I guess you could give them a +X amount to the end result too.

You know, that is a good possible way to deal with it. For wound threshold, you'd just add the +X to that as well as Brawn rolls.

The only issue is when a species has a penalty to their stat. There has to be a way of balancing it. With templates, there is no need to "balance" anything, since you are getting the same number of points; it is just telling you ways they cannot be spent, or minimums that have to be bought.

something along the lines, but not necessarily as written, he Heightened power from UE 2nd printing?

AngryGhost wrote:something along the lines, but not necessarily as written, he Heightened power from UE 2nd printing?

Maybe, but I'd do it in +5 increments.

Again there is the issue of "who will willingly take a -5 Result Penalty to rolls" issue. It's easier to impose caps on stats than penalties.

I think I had a solution but then thought it probably makes things a bit complicated, and borrows a little too much from opend6 (which if your using alt dice mechanics for bash might not work as well)...so I'll think on it.

On a side note about other species, both in sci fi and fantasy - I would like to see a little bit more bite to creating non-human characters - if only to let folk know they're really playing something non-human.

As the character creation for other races (using rpg terminology here) is quite condensed, would you consider making more packages in an UE version? For example, the wolfkinin fantasy don't have a x4 cap like humans and have one extra power but otherwise are indistinguishable from humans.

How could you add more species specific feel?

I am guessing giving human characters 1 or 2 more mundane powers to balance out the lack of racial traits would be a little generic - and go for the fantasy/sci fi stereotype that everything else is built off a baseline human.

However, maybe some guides in a future edition as to race specific armour/weaponry etc (and how to create it for non pre-package species) would be a viable option?

That is a good idea. I definitely would give some more flavor; like you see in BASH! SF at least.