[K5pbem] Give "Nats" something to do?

[Steve Kramer]

On Thu, 19 Jan 2006, robert dorf wrote:

>> So in game terms, espers, cyborgs, etc. would have a DF disad.
>> That might be good, but then, the esper/cyborg/etc. seems to be the
>> default for PCs. Might be difficult in terms of playability.
>>
>> The more I think of it, the Batman analogy seems to be appropriate.
>>   In more recent DC Universe stories, there seem to be all the
>> other heroes...and then there's Batman, who is plain ol' smarter
>> and tougher than they are.  Some of that is plotline stuff.  I
>> wonder if there is a way of doing it in game terms?
>>
>> This is just thinking out loud; I'm not really trying to make a
>> rules change or anything.
>>
> As a normal, you can be just as much of a combat monster as the best 
> Esper or Cyborg, depending on how you spend your points. Batman sunk his 
> into masses of skills, Overall levels, vehicles, bases and equipment. 
> You could always do the same.
>
Well, the idea is not to be a combat monster; the idea is to survive as a 
nat when everyone around you is levitating buildings.  Doc did it with a 
*lot* of armor...then again, there's nothing saying that other characters 
couldn't do armor.

To a certain extent, such a character might need a plotline assist.

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