[Hero 5th] Strength, Martial Arts, and Campaign Limits

Well the other solution is the one I've seen applied by most Gms.
Point limits, damage caps etc are for character creation - everything
can grow beyond those points once play begins, they are simply
construction limits for new characters.

Considering that the folks at HERO generally don't follow their own
rules on this (a quick flip thru the Fantasy Grimoire will show this
since they have spells at more than double the Active point limits as
the standard) one must assume that this is the intent under the
system.



On 17 Jun 2004 12:06:43 -0700, lewis.DeleteThis@lwb.org (Lewis W Beard) wrote:

>Indiana,
>
>> I usually give a cap on Damage Classes. 50 STR gives the character a 10
>> DC attack, and the Offensive Strike adds 4 DC for a total of 14 DC. If
>> the cap was 12 DC (fairly common for a supers game), the character would
>> need to be toned down.
>
>My problem with this is, what if a character is at the cap and its
>pure Strength, and they've been floating there for some time, and they
>decide to take martial arts? Do the laws of the universe prevent it? I
>always feel awkward as both a GM and a player at this stage. Do you
>ask the player to just not do it? Or do you let them take the
>maneuvers and use them but still cap the damage?
>
>Lewis

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There are lots of different options and it darned near impossible to cover
them without taking way more time. Here's something you could consider...

As the gamemaster, you have already established that the campaign maximum is
10 DC or 50 active points in Attack power. Martial Arts adds to that maximum
damage and if the player took any sort of Martial strike, it would add . You
may either choose to raise your campaign maximum, and if the campaign has
been going for a while, this would be realistic and true to campaign growth.
If not, you may want to have the player in question just purchase levels
with Hand to Hand and define this as "Martial Arts".Also, make sure that
this is not a knee-jerk maneuver by a player to gain unfair advantage over
the other PC's and that the player has an in-character justification for
this change. Make him (or her) purchase the KS for the martial art first and
then space out how the maneuvers are purchased (it shouldn't happen
overnight, after all).

Again, this is just a suggestion, not knowing how you've set up your
campaign or any specific information.




"Lewis W Beard" <lewis DeleteThis @lwb.org> wrote in message
news:c581d835.0406171106.65fcecab@posting.google.com...
> Indiana,
>
>> I usually give a cap on Damage Classes. 50 STR gives the character a 10
>> DC attack, and the Offensive Strike adds 4 DC for a total of 14 DC. If
>> the cap was 12 DC (fairly common for a supers game), the character would
>> need to be toned down.
>
> My problem with this is, what if a character is at the cap and its
> pure Strength, and they've been floating there for some time, and they
> decide to take martial arts? Do the laws of the universe prevent it? I
> always feel awkward as both a GM and a player at this stage. Do you
> ask the player to just not do it? Or do you let them take the
> maneuvers and use them but still cap the damage?
>
> Lewis