RE: [BNW] Leaping, etc.

["Steve Crow" <crow_steve@hotmail.com>]

> >Regardless, and as previously noted, the point remains that Strength and
> >Strength adds seems to be somewhat unbalanced compared to other Powers 
>that
>
> >boost attributes.  See the original post about comparing a Gunner to a
> >Goliath.
>
> >Or to put it another way...a Bouncer or Goliath gets more for their 
>pluses
> >to Strength than a Genius gets for his +5 Smarts or a Speedster for his 
>+5.
>
>          I would have to disagree on the points you're raising here. I run 
>a
>relatively low combat game. Combat can be fun, but it's long, and I'm into
>heavy role-playing. The point w/ the Goliath, is that out of combat, their

Well, I stayed away from discussing the Goliath in my previous post, because 
I suspect we could debate all day whether the Goliath's various "quirks" 
balance out his combat-only expertise.  I was referring more to the Bouncer.

>not much. It's not like you can go around bench pressing trucks or
>something. Everything about the Goliath draws unwanted attention. In a
>combat situation, he's the one that people would hit first and hardest in 
>my
>opinion. He's big, he's obvious and he's got good armoring as a rule. It

None of which applies to the Bouncer necesarily...

>balances out in thought out tactic based combat. Most combat situations are
>team based and at least in the case of primers, they will have tactics and
>contingency plans for all situations and many cases, will operate with
>greater precision than most law enforcement and military agencies today.
>It's just how you plan your game. As a GM,you simply must create more
>opportunities for the other individuals to take advantage of their
>abilities. And really, that is w/ any game. Naturally, if your game is
>combat driven, then the Goliath's, Scrappers,and Toughs will see a lot of
>action. Many of the other packs will seem less useful.
>I hope that explains some things as well.
>

I wasn't trying to measure the usefulness of, say, Smart-based skills vs. 
Strength-based skills.  My point is that Strength-types gets skills _and_ 
Combat advantages - Smart-types only get skills.

If you don't want to emphasize or use combat, that's perfectly fine.  But in 
general Strength still seems to be a "better" attribute, whether you use it 
or not.

Hope that clarifies.

>John II@ Alley OOP, star Goliath and delta ball all pro!!!!!!!!!
>


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Steve Crow

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