Basic Action Super Heroes!

So I was looking at the Minion rules. Maybe I missed something, maybe I'm not totaling points correctly, maybe there's an x-factor I'm missing....

How do you BUILD a Minion from scratch? How do the "Character Point" values work? I assumed that you build them the SAME as a normal PC. But the points (from what I see) don't add up like that...

But here's what I see:

(MINIONS)
Points Values: Minions points values are a bit different from Heroes, because they have less Hits.
- Every 10 hits the minion has less than 60, is a -1 reduction in its points value.
- The points value is also -1 if the minion is unarmed and has no special means to defend itself (see Innocent Bystander).
- If the minions are armed with advanced equipment, like energy cannons, add +1 to their points value.

Alien Shock Trooper
10pts
B2 A2 M1
20 Hits/25 Soak Attack 14 Defend 14
Armor 3. Blaster Carbine: x5 Dmg, range 20; Three Energy Grenades x6 Dmg, Medium Burst, Range 10

Bruisers
7pts
B2 A1 M1
20 Hits/10 Soak (20 Soak vs. Unarmed)
Attack 14 Defend 7
Martial Arts Mastery 1: Tough Style; Unarmed Technique 2
(+1Hit, +1DM). Punch (x3 Dmg), Two-By-Four (x2+10 Dmg)

Innocent Bystander 0pts
B1 A1 M1
10 Hits/5 Soak Attack 7 Defend 7
Clumsy Punches: (x1 Dmg)

Crowd of Bystanders
7pts
B1 A2 M1
30 Hits/20 Soak Attack 14 Defend 8
Size 3. Clumsy Punches: (x1+15 Dmg), Grab 22

I picked (randomly) four different Minions to try to total the Character Point values. Two of them seem to fit, the other two didn't. I'm wondering if I'm calculating correctly.
And if there's anything else I'm missing when building a NEW minion.
Here's what I calculated:


Alien Shock Trooper
Stats 10 + Powers 0
-4 (has less than 60 hits modifier)
0 (is not an innocent bystander)
+3 (is armed with advanced equipment: Blaster, Grenades, Armor)
TOTAL = 9 Character Points (not 10 pts)

Bruisers
Stats 8 + Powers 2
-4 (has less than 60 hits modifier)
0 (is not an innocent bystander)
0 (is not armed with advanced equipment)
TOTAL = 6 Character Points (not 7pts)

Innocent Bystander
Stats 6 + Powers 0
-5 (has less than 60 hits modifier)
-1 (is an innocent bystander)
0 (is not armed with advanced equipment)
TOTAL = 0 Character Points

Crowd of Bystanders
Stats 8 + Powers 3
-3 (has less than 60 hits modifier)
-1 (is an innocent bystander)
0 (is not armed with advanced equipment)
TOTAL = 7 Character Points


thanks for the tutorial!
-kev-

The alien adds up as follows:
Stats 10 pts
Hits -4 pts
Powers 3pts (Armor is a power is a power is a power)
High tech equipment 1pt

BASHMAN wrote:The alien adds up as follows:
Stats 10 pts
Hits -4 pts
Powers 3pts (Armor is a power is a power is a power)
High tech equipment 1pt

BINGO!
I was thinking that EACH bit of equipment would cost a point. Also... duh. Armor is a power is a power is a power. LOL

thank you sir!
now I know,
and knowing is.....


'nuff said,
-kev-

Bruiser: Stats 8 + Powers 3 -4 = 7pts
Innocent Bystander & Crowd of Bystanders add up as you say.