Re: [BNW] Strength Bonus

[Theo McGuckin <tsm@jlab.org>]

> > That's when you have the policeman ask to see th goliath's papers and when
> > he doesn't have them DP sends the 5-man squad of power suits to nail him
> > (they've dealt with goliaths before, they know what it takes).
> 
> And everyone dies trying to fight off the armaggeddon suits, my players
> whinge at me for making it too hard (despite it all starting because they
> punch a guy out in a bar that has absolutly nothing to do with the
> adventure), and we dump BNW for another bunch of months.

No offense dude, but your players need to grow up (I'm gonna get it for
this one). Explain to them that the goliath is ultra-powerful in combat
and so that has to be balanced with ultra-painful in normal day life. Also
point out that if the group shows off their powers or does something
obvious like that then they are going to face the consequences. Think of
it this way, we don't go around punching people in the face and starting
bar-brawls in real life. Why? Because, 1. we'd get beat up a lot, and 2.
the cops would arrest us, throw us in jail, etc...
Now picture a USA under martial law (not quite as hard these days ;) and
picture how much more severe the penalties are. 
Better yet, picture a world where everyone carries a gun (they point this
out in BNW) and have the next guy they punch in the face pull out a .357
and start firing. Then have everyone in the bar start pulling out guns and
joining in. Did you ever see Predator 2? Remember the scene on the subway
where all the commuters pull out guns? Think something along those lines. 
Then they can't really complain because they got shot up by a bunch of
stinking regs (and should feel properly shamed for it).

Theo McGuckin - SysAdmin, JLab


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