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After doing Batman, it felt right to create Catwoman. Because I had just finished the Dark Knight as a paragon, I did not think twice and thought she had to be able to hold her own but not be as good a fighter nor as broadly competent, so I made her Epic. In retrospect, following my own logic, I should have made her Street. However, I think she came out quite well at that level. She is as quick as Bat (Initiative 16), more agile with a better Acrobatics (80% with Acrobatics, Nimble, Superior Balance and Parkour) but not as good as Spider-Man's. She is also a master thief with Savant in Stealth, Sleight, Electronics, Security Systems and... Seduction... because Selina is more of a charmer than a deceiver. She is very good and slippery in a fight and can use her whip to great effect (keep at bay, disarm, trip) but would not necessarily hold her own too long against Batman and would certainly want to escape.

Spider-Man is another Paragon level hero. Not as broadly competent as Batman and Cap, who both punches far above their weight, he has enough power to be a mid to high profile hero. Spidey is a case where I sold off 30% in skills to get an extra power slot and exceeding the maximum number of limits (9 over 5). His spider powers give him his abilities to run-off walls and his uncanny agility. With all the benefits he has from Acrobatics (Savant, Nimble, Parkour), his Acrobatics checks are generally through the roof. Not bad at all. Even if his natural strength is quite average (10), with Enhanced Strength he can spend 2 or 3 PP to lift 4 or 8 metric tons or double that on a successful Brawn roll. On a hard Brawn roll (27%) and with 3PP, he could push it to 40mt. The spider powers are rounded up by his spider sense, of course. His web-shooters give him a few extra tricks; web boxing gloves, creating a web shield, web binding opponents and of course swinging between skyscrapers. Also of note, his Perform (Wisecraking), 65% and Savant, can be used to confuse or enrage his enemies.

It is always hard to create Batman because he is competent in several fields, he has gear, he has peak trained body... and so on. Savant was really my friend here (he has three fields of Savant) and I converted power slots into more skill points. All the skills with a * and his sheet get a bonus from Savant or Enhanced Reactions but, there is more. With the Parallel Knowledge Boost on all three Savants, he is competent in a very broad range of skills. He has a Polyglot boost and a Vanish in Shadows. Note that his Intimidate is effectively 120%. He has a lot of gear, including the batmobile and as the CEO of Wayne Enterprise, he has access to even more stuff. I really felt like Destined was providing a lot of tools to create the Dark Knight. As you would expect, the Greatest Detective cheated the Paragon level with an extra 6 characteristic points and 1.5 power slots.

When I chose to create Captain America, it was actually to use Enhance Body as a power. I feel Cap came up quite well as a Paragon. He can lift about 1 metric ton, is a combat expert, can ricochet his shield with Precise Strike, has Return as a weapon trait on the shield and for a PP or two rolls for Athletics and Acrobatics between 90% and 150%. From a budget perspective, I exceeded the Paragon budget by 2 characteristics point (he has 102) and half a power slot.

I have added the file here: I did try to clean it up a bit so I hope I didn't mess it up to much.

Of course! I will clean it up a bit and will share it. Do you want me to sent it to you by e-mail or should I just put it in the download section here?

Here is another original, Living Steel. This character is inspired by a creation of two of my good friends (the GM and the player) for a Champions decades ago. When I started creating an Inventor archetype, it reminded me of him, and I recreated him from memory instead. Jonathan Elvis King is a flamboyant, extravagant, genius inventor, CEO of Heavy Metal Industries. He has created a power armor, fashioned in roman centurion style, that gives him the powers to manipulate metal. General Background: He recently learned someone close to him (Dr. Eddie Bell) has been hiding a double life. Maybe they are a superhero, a spy, or even a villain. Will he confront them about it, and how will it affect other people close to him? Origin Background: He always had a gift for technology, even from a young age. He created his first inventions when other kids were more concerned about their junior soccer leagues. Is he just a prodigy with technology or is there some other reason he is so gifted with machines? Core Powers: Creation and manipulation of metals. Genius in a broad number of technical fields.

It is my own sheet. It is an excel spreadsheet where column A to BI is the character sheet that I post here. The character sheet fields are copied from the construction columns (column BJ and onward) of the same spreadsheet. On the character sheet itself, I generally only format Core powers font vs Boost (indented, smaller font). The construction section is semi-automated. Attributes and skills are auto calculated and selecting power level will modify HP, AP, PP, Allotments, and assign targets for skills, core, boost and limits. The construction portion is a modification (I dare not say improvement) of a sheet I believe you have posted and/or created.

Hawkman can be tough to create because his power level varies so much from one incarnation to the other. I have chosen this middle of the road version where he is mostly low power but still JSA capable at Paragon level, the same I have assigned to Batman and Captain America. The Hawkman in the Black Adam movie might well be World-Class. This is Hawkman the warrior. He is tough (high constitution and HP), strong (STR 39 for feat of strengths so he lifts up to around 1 mt on a hard Brawn roll) and his Nth metal gear allows him to fly at high speed (up to 400 km/h, 800 with Afterburner) and wields a small array of weaponry at 90%. He is also an expert in archeology and ancient cultures (effective 113% with Savant) and branches out in a multitude of historical fields and lost languages with Instant Specialization. EDIT: Looking at DC Adventures (M&M), Hawkman can fly 250MPH and lift 6 tons. I could drop Afterburner and replace it with Power Lift which would lower his flight to 400 km/h (250MPH) and increase his max lift to 4mt. Close enough.

What about Daredevil then. As explained above, after an initial attempt at Street level, I pushed him up at Epic level. Now I did not respect the limitation on Limits. As a concept, Daredevil has quite a few limits (7 instead of the suggested maximum 4) and he has powerful senses that do require many boosts. The extra limits were necessary to stick to the Epic budget. One of these limits, Blind, actually counts for 2 as it is a very defining, and constraining, limitation of the character. Creating him made me realize that some boosts were too tame. In this case Telescopic that merely double the range of the senses. This is when I started about standardizing what boosts could do to improve capabilities, movement/speed and range (see my second post). From a skill perspective, I think he is ok but specifically note that Athletics, Acrobatics and Perception at 1 or 2 grades easier because of his abilities. It effectively gives him 60% in Athletics and 113% in Acrobatics (or more in specific circumstances) and 100% in Perception. Not too shabby. Edit: I forgot to say that his Law skill at 55% might be a bit low. For more skill points, I could drop Unarmed Expertise and convert it into an extra 15% of skill.

One of (the?) first character I tried my hand at in Destined was Daredevil. My first attempt was to create him at Street level but I quickly realized that with his perception powers were easily pushing him to Epic level even if he operates in a street level context. I will post him later. I then asked myself "who would be a poster child for a street level heroes?". Who else then the Punisher... While creating him, a few things became apparent. First, calibrating average citizens at 9 or 10 for all characteristics is a great design decision. In the write-up above, Frank is average in intellect and personality, but he is strong, big and tough with a good willpower. Second, a street level, it is hard to create characters with broad expertise. Consider that it takes 50% to be considered professional and 75% to be considered an expert (I use round numbers for break points instead of the suggested 51% and 76%) and Frank does not quite cut the mustard in my write-up. I am happy with his Commando Training skill, bolstered by his combat expertise in sniper rifles and pistols, but some of his other skills are lacking. I stuck with the budget and though it was good enough but I could make a case for an extra 50% skill.

Here is an original, Dust Devil. He is a past criminal specializing in breaking and entering, theft and forgery of various forms of art. General Background: He was once part of a villainous Organization of great power and secret influence. He managed to get free, adopting a new identity to hide from his wicked former masters because if they find him, they will destroy him and everything around him. Origin Background: His mother always told him that the powers he has were a blessing, but he has vague memories as a child of a lab and numerous injections. Now that she’s gone, he has no one to ask, but who were they, and why did they choose him? Core Powers: As an elementalist, Dust Devil controls and even creates earth like material including sand, soil, rocks and dust, which he can use to great effect. In a urban environment, I picture him lifting a multitude of pebbles and dust, broken concrete, etc to create a whirlwind. I'll try to post another one tomorrow.

Velocity Damage This is a work in progress but the goal here is to make velocity damage more in line with a higher powered, more four-color flavored game. As written, it is just too deadly. Velocity Damage up to 30 On a Charge, Damage Modifier is increased by one step 31-50 +1d6 51-100 +2d6 101-200 +3d6 201-400 +4d6 401-800 +5d6 801-1,600 +6d6 1,600-3,200 +7d6 3,201-6,400 +8d6 6,401-12,800 +9d6 12,801-25,600 +10d6 Each x2 add 1d6 This progression is much slower as it adds an extra d6 every time speed doubles (instead of every additional 100 meters. Note that at this speed, the hero also incurs damage. To avoid damaging themselves, the hero can decide to inflict only half damage. The Flash slams Grodd at just over 800 Move for a total of 1d3+6d6 damage. To avoid getting injured he delivers a move-by punch, or roll with his own shoulder slam and inflict half damage. Still an average of 12 hits!

Here are a few thoughts on some tweaks for Destined. Campaign level (Extended) Power Level Street Epic Paragon World-Class Godlike Cosmic Beyond Charact. Char Pts 80 90 100 110 120 130 Char Limit 18 20 22 24 26 28 Attributes HP + 0 1 2 3 4 5 Action Pts 3 3 4 4 5 5 PP+ -2 0 2 4 6 8 PP Recovery 1/hour 2/hour 3/hour 4/hour 5/hour 6/hour Skills Culture 100 110 125 140 150 165 Career 100 110 125 140 150 165 Bonus 150 180 200 220 250 270 Skill Limit 15 20 25 30 35 40 Total 350 400 450 500 550 600 Abilities Core Power 2 4 6 8 10 12 Max Core 4 6 8 10 12 14 Bonus Boost 0 1 2 3 4 5 Max Limits 3 4 5 6 7 8 Gear Allotment 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% This is a straight extrapolation of the current table (which stops at Paragon). I also have to say that I am not too fussed how the maximum core or maximum limits constrains. If the concept requires more core or limit, why not. Origins Origins Charact. Created CON Experimentation INT Inherent CHA Mutation CON Mystical CHA Superior Being POW Technology INT Training POW I have added “Superior Being” to the list (specifically for Thor) and changed the driving characteristic of “Training” to POW (willpower being key). That being said, I’d be very relaxed about what the driving characteristic of an origin is. Exchanging Slots I expanded a bit on the optional rule found on page 31. Note that it works both ways. A player can sacrifice 30% of skill to get an extra Power Slot or reduce their characteristics pool by 5 to get 20% additional allotment. 1 Power Slot = 30% additional Skills 1 Power Slot = 20% additional Allotment 1 Power Slot = 5 additional Characteristics Boosts and Limits I am using some additional guidelines for Boosts and Limits. They do contradict some existing Boosts: A boost in combat will generally double a value for 2PP and quadruple it for 3PP. A boost for out of combat move is generally x20 in km/h (already included in the Enhanced Speed Core), x50 for 2PP, x100 for 3PP (as per Supersonic). A boost for long range senses is generally 1PP for x10, 2PP for x100, 3PP and concentrating for x1,000 (based on Global Empathy). Some Hero Limits count double since their effect is more constant. New or modified Boosts Strong Power: Each level increases core power level by 1. Secondary attributes increase by one step if calculated on an extra characteristic, or by half a step if calculated by half a characteristic. This is a modification of Power Boost on page 251. Weak Power: Each level decreases core power level by 1. Secondary attributes decrease by one step if calculated on an extra characteristic, or by half a step if calculated by half a characteristic. This is a modification of Weak Power on page 251. Clobber: For 2PP, damage is multiplied by 3 to determine Knockback and Bash effect, For 3PP, damage is multiplied by 10. Power Lift: The hero is able to lift far more than normal. The hero can spend 2 Power Points to double their maximum weightlifting limit for the Core Power, or 3 Power Points to quadruple it. This identical to Size Matters Not p.117) Nigh Invulnerability: The hero spends 2 Power Points to ignore a single attack that inflicts damage no greater than twice their Inherent Armor value, or 3 Power Points to ignore a single attack that inflicts damage up to four times their Inherent Armor value. Resistance: Damage types divided in four broad categories (kinetic, ballistics, energy, special). Something more specific (only versus guns, only versus fire) only cost a boost. Supersonic: The hero is capable of reaching high speeds when unimpeded. Outside of combat the hero can 20x fly their normal flying speed in kilometers per hour. The hero can move 50x this speed for 2 Power Points for every hour of increased flight time, or 100x it for 3 Power Points, but afterwards they must make a Hard Endurance check or suffer 1d3 Levels of Fatigue." Hyper Speed: 2PP for Move x2 or perform an extended task faster (divide time by the speed multiplier), 3PP for Move x4 or perform an extended task faster (divide time by the 10 times the speed multiplier). Telescopic Sense: 1PP for x10, 2PP for x100, 3PP and concentrating for x1,000. Weapon Traits: Dazzle, Defensive, Entangle, Radius, Reach, Returning, Size, Sunder, Thrown. This simply allowing more traits and effects under this boost. New Core Powers Along the way, I created this Core power for Hulk. It is based on Flight. Superleap - Can leap a distance of STR in meters plus Athletics bonus Boost: Stratospheric Jump, Out of Combat Jumps x20, x50 for 2PP, x100 for 3PP Boost: Strong Legs, 2PP for x2 or 3PP for x4 Characteristics and Attributes In Destined, an average human has 9 or 10 in their average characteristics. I think it is an excellent change from vanilla Mythras. However, it needs to come with a few tweaks. First If characteristics are rolled, SIZ and INT are rolled like the other. Second, I have tweaked to SIZ chart to represent that SIZ 9 and 10 are average (not 13). It was mostly useful when I was assigning SIZ to existing characters. Height Weight SIZ Low Average High Lithe Slender Average Broad Heavy 1 0 25 50 1 2 4 6 8 2 25 50 75 1 4 9 14 17 3 50 75 100 4 6 16 26 32 4 75 100 125 9 12 27 41 50 5 100 125 153 16 22 41 61 75 6 125 153 158 25 34 50 65 80 7 153 158 164 37 51 61 70 86 8 158 164 170 40 55 65 75 92 9 164 170 172 43 59 68 77 95 10 170 172 175 46 64 72 80 98 11 172 175 178 47 65 74 82 101 12 175 178 181 49 67 76 85 105 13 178 181 184 51 70 79 88 108 14 181 184 187 52 72 81 91 112 15 184 187 190 54 74 84 94 116 16 187 190 194 56 77 87 98 120 17 190 194 198 58 79 91 102 125 18 194 198 202 60 83 94 106 131 19 198 202 206 63 86 98 110 136 20 202 206 210 65 90 102 115 141 Third, it could be useful to tweak the damage modifier table so that an average human has no DM. An option in to keep the table as is except for STR+SIZ 16-20 = 0 and STR+SIZ 21-25 = +1. Alternatively, keep it as is. An average Joe has a DM of -1d2. Life is tough.

Lately I watched the Destined actual plays by @inwils (inwils - YouTube) and I found them quite entertaining, and it showed Destined was working quite well. The power system is quite interesting and even if it limits itself on power level, on purpose, it feels easily expandable with a few adjustments. Also, while I am more than happy to have a bunch of custom boosts and limits, I thought a few more pointers, and standardization, would have been useful on top of those already given. In any case, I believe Destined is the best BRP/d100 power system at the moment and an excellent stand-alone game. (well done @Timejockey). I’d like more stuff being done with it. In the next post, I will add notes I have collate up for it. They may seem extensive, but they really are just a collection of soft tweaks and extrapolations to expand the scope of the game a bit. Over the next several days, I will add characters, DC, Marvel and originals. Some of them I shared already a while ago. They were collected by @Bilharzia on Discord. The versions in this thread will be updated. In creating the characters, I have followed some general principles: For the originals, I created them at Paragon level, chose a power template and randomly rolled for origin, culture, career, one general background and one origin background. For DC and Marvel, I guesstimated a power level and assigned characteristics, powers and skills based on budget. Power levels assigned were roughly Street Level for street heroes (Punisher), Epic Level for street heroes with powers (Daredevil), Paragon Level for “low” power heroes playing in the big league (Batman, Captain America) or medium power heroes (Spider-Man), World-Class level for big league heroes (Flash, Iron Man), Godlike level for truly powerful heroes (Thor, Hulk) and Cosmic level for truly powerful heroes with a huge array of powers (Superman). I did not necessarily respect the maximum number of Core and Limits. If the emerging concept required more, it was what it was. I was pretty loose with Combat Styles. I generally folded Unarmed under the CS instead of investing in two skills. All the characters are “90% finished”. I am sure I would look at them again and realized I forgot am important power, would tweak a skill, and so on. I have not tried to zone in a specific interpretation of the characters. They are not MCU Iron Man or DC Rebirth Superman. They are just… generic. Up next, a few tweaks... Happy for people to contribute their creations and house rules.

You have my sword...

Glad to see nothing will be removed. If at all possible, I'd like you to consider harmonising the super powers with Destined but having errata incorporated Is already good. If the PDF for the POD is also updated, it would be time for me to buy another MI!

Good news. Will MI content be updated in any way (content added, content removed)? Will some content be updated with the latest? As an example, the superpowers in MI are not quite aligned with the ones in Destined. Will they be harmonized?

Based on your last few posts, I'd toss it out. It feels like you like the idea of having it as a characteristic but don't have a real need for it that cannot be covered by Charisma already and at best its use will be very limited.

And Amazon Australia. Apparently published in 2019...

Looks interesting! Very happy to see authors starting to use the new BRP! Mechanically, what will the game take (and leave) from BRP:UGE?

Best of Luck! I see you have Charisma and Appearance. Would you mind discussing how the game differentiates and uses both mechanically?

Absolutely this. Because of the mastery mechanics, I would have prefered QW to use a d10. Since that boat has sailed, I am ok with 9M2 (never had any problem to roll against the first number and use the second one as bumps) but aestheticaly, am not really fond of the 'M' notation. I would prefer 9|2 or 9². Replacing "M" with another symbol is fine but adding to it with "+" or whatever, I just find uglier.

My preferred option is to use the Mythras way (also an optional rule in BRP p.112). If both roll the same level of success, the highest roll win. That way having a higher skill gives you an edge without totally skewing it in your favor - this is what happens if you use the highest skill wins.