Hi guys, new DM here in the initial phases of world-building and character creation still. I am curious how you handle politics and government in a superhero/villain world?

Major themes I can think of myself, are related to the rights of supers, and whether they can even participate in the political system, but maybe there is more to consider?

I'm the GM in a campaign set in Gotham in the 60s. The PCs stole 500,000 from a bank belonging to Carl Grimson and robbed a Falcone dealership (I mixed several versions of Batman). Now they're quite rich and are going to start their own gang. I humbly ask for ideas on how to take this adventure forward, challenging them. Batman hasn't started acting in our timeline yet.

Can a Teleport have both the Extended and Portal modifiers? How many actions should it take?

Extended makes it take 2 move actions to teleport rank+8 distance, Portal makes it take a free action to create a portal (which then takes a move action to step through).

Would it take people two move actions to step through the portal, would it take 1 or 2 move actions to create the portal, what

Estou criando um personagem que teria a habilidade de se transformar no Thunderbird (e somente nele). Ao ler a descrição do poder Metamorph, encontrei este texto: "Metamorph é frequentemente limitado pelos tipos específicos de formas que o personagem pode assumir, como Limitado a Animais ou Limitado a Máquinas."

Então pensei: limitar-me a um único animal ou a um grupo de animais aumentaria a redução de pontos por nível?

FORMA VERDADEIRA: THUNDERBIRD (Variável – 6 Níveis / 12 Pontos)

Durante tempestades e chuvas fortes, Miguizi tem a habilidade de se transformar no lendário Thunderbird, uma figura mitológica das lendas dos nativos americanos.

• Ação: Padrão
• Pontos de Poder Extras: 30 Pontos
• Falhas: -5 pontos por nível
  • Limitado à Forma de Thunderbird: -2 por nível
  • Limitado ao Clima Chuvoso: -1 por nível
  • Efeito Colateral 2: Afligido: -2 por nível

Edit: This character doesnt have only the Thunderbird power, he's is a semigod Son of Zeus (im playing a modified Percy Jackson Universe, where the semi-gods are more powerfull).

I picked up the 3E bundle a while ago. I've also go a hard copy of the Players Handbook. On the 4E side, I backed the Kickstarter, so I've got the beta copies of the chapters.

I've never played the game but, inspired by Guardians of the Galaxy, He-man, and the recent Umdaar and Neon Odyssey publicity, I think I've got an idea of what sort of M&M game I'd like to run. But which edition?

One the one hand 4E is new, presumably better, and will be the edition people are talking about. One the other hand, I've got a lot of resources for 3E, and there's more on the net. Most notably for me, there's character generation software. That's a big deal for a system as complex as this one.

So my (currently completely hypothetical) campaign will be Space Fantasy, high action, and starting around PL6. I'll be playing with in-person friends who are already lined up. Which edition do you think we should be engaging with?

Hello all,

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I had an idea for a power where it would be a transform affliction, very hard to hit but if it hit it would be sure to hit 3 degrees with +0 to hit and a rank 24 affliction. what i wanted to do was to turn someone into kind of like a magic item that would give the wielder powers so long as they held onto it like a device that was actually an entire character sheet. What would be the cleanest way to go about this, obviously the powers would need affects others right?

Creating a damaging aura power that is always active. The goal is a 15ft damaging aura that is always active and damages anyone in the area. My thoughts of how it would work below.

Based on the below it would cost 2.5pts per rank. I am pretty sure I am incorrect. What is the correct way to handle an area of less than 30ft? How would the cost for taking an instantaneous power and making it constant and permanent be calculated?

Damage (1/r)

Modifiers: Area Burst (+1/2/r) to reduce the 30ft area to 15ft area

Alternate Resistance (Fortitude) (+1/r) Specifically because this is resisting radiation damage

Increased Duration (+1/r), Permanent (-1/r) basically cancelling each other out.

Hiiii!! I am a brand spankin’ new player (like i didn’t even know this existed until my friend invited me to join) and I wanna know if you guys have anything any like pet peeves related to newer players! (like maybe some new players try to make their character too OP or a mary sue, etc etc)

i would just really really really REALLY like to know what not to do so i can make sure everyone at the table has fun!! :3

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Hi guys!

I’m building my first character and I’m struggling a little bit with my idea of building an energy beam ranged attack. How would I go about that?

So I have ran two seperate short session fourshot and oneshot games as a gm/dm in this game. While I can run it their are some issues I have. Does anyone have any attempt for easeir character sheets, understanding of rules, making grunt like npc minions and such. Basically is their any knowledge that makes the game running easier as the book can be confusing like powers, points, level design and so on. Like are their any tools or tricks to understanding better to make the game run smother on the dm side, I woukd like to improve so I can one day run a full campaign.

The world is basically superhero vs villian with any origns available.

My friend is starting his first campaign in over twenty years and he decided to run M&M. I built my character and sent it to him for review. He then edited my character to fix them. My issue is that he made many changes to my character without consulting me at all. I know he was just trying to help but I feel like my agency over my character was compromised. I told them that I didn't like that they did that and they started defending the edits without hearing my objections to how they were made.

I'm not trying to make this any worse than I already have, but I want to get him to understand how he overstepped.

Pretty simple stuff I'm sure, but stuff I'm also constantly second guessing myself on.

- How many power points should I award for a milestone completion? Looking for a progression that has a steady climb feel, not a jump.

- how does recovered (looted) weapons work? The players aren't going loot crazy, but when a mook shows up with something the players don't have ready access to they'll tend to hang on to a sample. How's does that work if the weapon crosses the attack:damage power limitations?

Just something I was curious about as I’m planning to start GM-ing at some point so I wanted to know if there’s somethings that would help the player experience.

I’m mainly aware of the trade off rule but was curious about ones not in the books.

I always felt the jet fighter in the fire book was a tiny bit undercooked. so I had a go at making my own version.

I am not used to posting up my Mutants and Madtermind designs here, so feedback would be appreciated.

Cost: 36 Equipment Advantage or 175  points and 4 features - Total of 40 points

Size: Gargantuan 

Strength: 12

Toughness: 10

Defense: 18

Flight: 10 - 4 Miles per Turn/1,500 (2000) Mph

Features

• Navigation Systems: Grants a +5 Bonus to navigation tests
• Ejector Seat: When the craft is destroyed the pilot can safely eject
• Radio: The craft has a built in radio
• IFF: The Raptor and allied units broadcast a IFF, an Identify Friend Foe system: as such they can differentiate between allied units and designate unknown ones as enemies.

 

Powers: 

• Pressurised Cockpit
  • Descriptor: Electronic 
  • Range: Self
  • Action: Permanent 
  • Duration: Permanent 
  • The Raptor has a pressurised and heated cockpit and while still somewhat cold, protects the user from the extreme temperatures of the exterior.
  • The user of the craft is immune to suffocation from high altitude flight and the cold which results from such high conditions.

EMP Shielding

• Descriptor: Electronic 
• Range: Self
• Action: Permanent 
• Duration: Permanent

 

Through careful construction and electronic insulation, the Raptor is immune  to EMP effects 

TAG Sensor

• Descriptor: Electronic 
• Range: Self
• Action: Permanent 
• Duration: Permanent 
• Range: 100,000 feet or 18.9 miles
• This sense can detect if an opponent has been tagged by a laser designator. 
• This sense is accurate out to 100,000 feet 18.9 miles before suffering a -1 to targeting
• This sense is linked to the Missile and bomb weapons and provides a +4 to weapon attack checks if the target is tagged.

 

Radar

• Descriptor: Electronic 
• Range: Self
• Action: Permanent 
• Duration: Permanent 
• Range: 1,000,000 feet or 189.9 miles
• The Radar sense is a radius range effect out to 1,000,000 feet or 189.9 miles before it suffers a -1 to Perception. 
• The range of the horizon at cruising altitude is 250 miles, to bypass the limit of the horizon,  the Raptor has penetrate concealment sense, and can shoot over the horizon.
• However the penetrate concealment cannot penetrate sufficiently dense or radar absorbing materials like lead or most of the surface.
• Targets spotted by this sense are accurate and may be targeted by sense weapons.

IFF

• Descriptor: Electronics 
• Range: Self
• Duration: Permanent 
• The IFF awareness can pick up Freindly units broadcasting a IFF: this aids in preventing Freindly fire at extreme range.

 

ECM

• Descriptor: Electronics 
• Range: Self
• Action: Permanent 
• Duration: Permanent 
• The Raptor is concealed against visual senses of Radar and infared systems and is concealed against heat senses. 
• The raptor gains a +4 to stealth checks vs technological sensors

 

ECCM

• Descriptor: Electronics
• Range: Self
• Action: Free - Skill Check
• Duration: Permanent 
• The Raptor can counter the effects of concealment against radar senses. But the pilot must make a DC: 11 Technology Skill check.

Flare System

• Descriptor: Electronics
• Range: Self
• Action: Permanent 
• Duration: Permanent 
• As an action the Raptor can detect incoming projectiles with the homing quality which can give off a heat signature (like missiles). The raptor can roll a d10 and on a 11 or higher the immunity to Homing attacks activates, on a 10 or lower it fails, and the weapon can make an attack roll.
• The Flare System is Noticeable

Missile

• Descriptor: Explosive 
• Range: Perception - Radar
• Action: Standard - Attack
• Blast: 480 feet radius
• Damage: 11
• Dodge/Toughness DC: 26
• If the opponent is concealed from radar or heat the attack can still be made with a -5 circumstance modifier to its attack check, and does not gain homing.
• The missile attack has a homing level of (6), allowing for a reroll on a failed attack every turn for 6 turns - 1 minute. The homing attack tracks via heat so can be negated by concealment visual infrared.
• The attack has the unreliable modifier, inferring a combined limit of 8 missiles or bombs. If the GM is willing the craft may mount more bombs or missiles externally to the craft, negating the ammo limit, but this leaves it vulnerable quality. Halving its Dodge from 18 to 14.  Or the user can spend a hero point to replenish their ammo.

 

Bombs

• Descriptor: Explosive 
• Range: Perception - Radar
• Action: Standard - Attack
• Blast: 1920 feet radius
• Damage: 12
• Dodge/Toughness DC: 27
  • These attacks are inaccurate and suffer a -4 to hit.
  • The attack has the unreliable modifier, inferring a combined limit of 8 missiles or bombs. If the GM is willing the craft may mount more missiles and bombs externally to the craft, negating the ammo limit, but this leaves it vulnerable quality. Halving its Dodge from 18 to 14.

  

Auto Cannons

• Descriptor: Ballistic  
• Range: 400/800/1,600 feet
• Action: Standard - Attack 
• Damage: 6
• Toughness DC: 21
• This attack has Multi-Attack

 

Points

Total: (180) or (36 points) + 4 Features 

Features (4)

• Navigation Systems: +5 to  navigate
• Ejector Seat
• Radio 
• IFF: Identify Friend Foe Device

 

Size: Gargantuan (4)

• Strength: 12 - 12
• Toughness: 11 - 10
• Defence: -4 - 18

Flight (20) 

4 miles per second/1,500 to 2000 mph

Toughness (-1)

Defense: (12)

Form: ((35))

Powers : ((155))

Immunity (4)

Suffocation (1)

Cold (1)

EMP (2)

Radar Sensor (12)

Awareness (1): Heat

Range (1)

Radius (1)

Accurate (2)

Extended (5)

Penetrates concealment (4)

Quirk (-1): -5 to detect hunan sized targets 

Quirk (-1): Cannot penetrate deep items like lead 

Tag Sensor (10)

Detect (1): Tagged

Range (1)

Accurate (2)

Extended (3)

Accurate (2)

IFF (1)

Awareness (1): IFF

ECCM (1)

Counter Concealment (2) x1  ‎ = 2 

Skill Check (-1): Tech Use

ECM (10)

 Concealment (2) x4 ‎ = 8

Heat Senses  2

Radar 2

Visual Infrared 4

Enhanced Stealth (1) - Limited to technology (-1) = 2pp x2 = (2)

Flare System (2)

Immunity (1): Homing - Unreliable (-1): Tech Use = 2pp x3 = (3)

Noticable (-1)

Heat Seeking Missile  (82)

Perception Range Damage (3) + area  (1) + extended (4) - Unreliable (-1) = (7) x11 ‎ = 77

Heat tracking 

Homing (6) - 1 Minute

Has 8 missiles or bombs 

Multi Bomb (1) Alt

Perception Range Damage (3) + Area (6) - Limited (-1): Ground  - Unreliable (-1) = (7) x12 = (84) - Inaccurate (-2) = (82)

Has 8 missiles or bombs 

Auto Cannon (21)

Blast (2) + Mukti Attack (1) = (3) x6 = (18)

Extended Range (4)